The creation school of opportunity formation is a relatively new partial theory of entrepreneurship built upon a relatively new approach to theorizing. Given their significant respective impacts, we critically evaluate both that school and that appro...
The study investigates the stability of financial risk preference choices elicited from subjects by way of two methods, namely: experimentally elicited incentivized revealed risk preferences (IRRP) and (self-reported) perceived willingness to take a...
This pilot exploratory qualitative study used the Modified Grounded Theory Approach (M-GTA) and the Realist Evaluation (RE) framework to clarify the interrelationships between nursing support and Peer Support (PS) in the creation and utilization of C...
The purposes of the present study are two-fold: (1) To examine whether social psychological variables, such as attitude and subjective norm, can predict South Korean English as a foreign language high school students’ intention to learn English...
An axiomatic development of control systems theory can systematize important concepts. The current research article is dedicated to the investigation and comparison of two axiomatic approaches to the analysis of discrete linear time-invariant systems...
Herein, we present molecular dynamics analyses of systems containing TiO2 interfaces with water, simulated using empirical forcefields (FF), Density-Functional Tight-Binding (DFTB), and Density-Functional Theory (DFT) methodologies. The results and o...
Information is a subject of multiple efforts of conceptualization leading to controversies. Not frequently sufficient effort is made to formulate the concept of information in a way leading to its formal mathematical theory. Discussions of conceptual...
Answer Set Programming (ASP) is a well established logical approach in artificial intelligence that is widely used for knowledge representation and problem solving. Equilibrium logic extends answer set semantics to more general classes of programs an...
In this paper, we deploy a complexity theory as the foundation for integration of different theoretical approaches to sustainability and develop a rationale for a complexity-based framework for modeling transitions to sustainability. We propose a fr...
The paper presents several theories related to definitions of powers and power factors in non-sinusoidal and non-symmetrical regimes. The theories must meet some requirements: (a) to facilitate the measuring of power quantities by using acquired elec...
The phase field approach was developed in the last 20 years to handle radiation damage in materials. This approach bridges the gap between atomistic simulations extensively used to model first step of radiation damage at short time and continuum appr...
The asymptotic approach is suggested for the description of interacting surface and internal oceanic solitary waves. This approach allows one to describe stationary moving symmetric wave patterns consisting of two plane solitary waves of equal amplit...
The growing complexity of modern practical problems puts high demand on mathematical modelling. Given that various models can be used for modelling one physical phenomenon, the role of model comparison and model choice is becoming particularly import...
In this paper, the Buddhist view on language and its implications for perception and cognition will be analyzed. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that archaic Buddhism, as documented in the suttas of the Pāli Canon, already presents a wel...
We develop a new model for urban wind corridors analysis and detection of urban wind ventilation potential based on concepts and principles of network theory. Our approach is based solely on data extracted from spatial urban features that are easily...
In this research, we provide a novel approach to the development of effective numerical algorithms for the solution of first-order IVPs. In particular, we detail the fundamental theory behind the development of the aforementioned approaches and show...
Due to their higher strength-to-weight ratio and ability to operate in harsh environments, the usage of fiber-reinforced cylindrical shells experienced a significant increase in the past decades. The key novelty of this study lies in implementing dua...
This article is an attempt to capture, in a reasonable space, some of the major developments and currents of thought in information theory and the relations between them. I have particularly tried to include changes in the views of key authors in the...
In this paper, a novel global optimization approach in the form of an adaptive hyper-heuristic, namely HyperDE, is proposed. As the naming suggests, the method is based on the Differential Evolution (DE) heuristic, which is a well-established optimiz...
The concept of charge transfer (CT) transitions in ferrites is based on the cluster approach and takes into account the relevant interactions, such as the low-symmetry crystal field, spin–orbital, Zeeman, exchange and exchange-relativistic inte...
It is often stated that there are no laws in biology, where everything is contingent and could have been otherwise, being solely the result of historical accidents. Furthermore, the customary introduction of fundamental biological entities such as in...
The main objective of this paper is to establish new oscillation results of solutions to a class of fourth-order advanced differential equations with delayed arguments. The key idea of our approach is to use the Riccati transformation and the theory...
With the development of intelligent technology, data in practical applications show exponential growth in quantity and scale. Extracting the most distinguished attributes from complex datasets becomes a crucial problem. The existing attribute reducti...
The main objective of this paper is to establish new oscillation results of solutions to a class of even-order advanced differential equations with a p-Laplacian like operator. The key idea of our approach is to use the Riccati transformation and the...
This paper investigates the oscillatory behavior of solutions to fourth-order functional differential equations (FDEs) with multiple delays and a middle term. By employing a different comparison method approach with lower-order equations, the study i...
For general metric theories of gravity, we compare the approach that describes/derives the field equations of gravity as a thermodynamic identity with the one which looks at them from entropy bounds. The comparison is made through the consideration o...
In this paper, a data-driven based spatiotemporal model reduction approach is proposed for predicting the temperature distribution and developing the computation speeds in the microwave heating process. Due to the mixed boundary conditions, it is dif...
We present a Monte Carlo approach that allows us to easily implement Lynden-Bell (LB) entropy maximization for an arbitrary initial particle distribution. The direct maximization of LB entropy for an arbitrary initial distribution requires an infinit...
Using the example of the COVID-19 global crisis (2020), we prove the low effectiveness of the existing approach to managing the financial risks of investments based on commercial investments. For this, we performed an applied quantitative study based...
This paper provides a brief overview of methods to incorporate ecosystem service values into measures of agricultural total factor productivity (TFP), both in theory and in practice. This includes a review of the academic literature, a summary of rel...
Thermodynamics of plutonium monocarbide is studied from first-principles theory that includes relativistic electronic structure and anharmonic lattice vibrations. Density-functional theory (DFT) is expanded to include orbital-orbital coupling in addi...
This paper investigates the effects of shear deformation on the flutter and divergence instabilities of a cantilever beam subjected to a concentrated mass and applied dynamic couple. The beam is modeled using classical and truncated Timoshenko beam t...
Web services have the advantage of being able to generate new value-added services based on existing services. To effectively compose Web services, the composition process necessitates that the services that will participate in a given composite serv...
We review the first successes and failures of a “new wave” of quantum chemistry-based approaches to the treatment of protein/ligand interactions. These approaches share the use of “enhanced”, dispersion (D), and/or hydrogen-bond (H) corrected density...
This article presents principles for matching reactance parameters for minimizing balancing compensation, whose mathematical origins come from the Currents’ Physical Components (CPC) theory developed by Czarnecki. The construction of minimizing...
One of the most common approximations in the theory of composite materials is the homogenization theory. The main difficulty in its application lies in solving the cell problem, i.e., the boundary value problem on a periodically repeating element of...
This paper argues that a monolithic land-use planning “grand narrative” is not sufficiently flexible, but that the fragmentation into innumerable “small narratives” goes against any sense of the existence of an established dom...
The careers of many scholars in various disciplines have been focused on the study of hagiography, including that of the author. Yet, as those scholars have uncovered new knowledge and employed new interpretations of the materials at hand, the very n...
This paper deals with the linear natural vibrations analysis of beams where the geometric and material properties vary periodically along the beam axis. In contrast with homogeneous prismatic beams, the frequency spectra of such beams are irregular a...
According to the achievement motivation theory, in achievement context, students may have to not only approach success/gain (e.g., strive to get a better grade) but also avoid failure/loss (e.g., avoid performing worse). However, these two types of a...
Because predictions of transportation system reliability can provide useful information for intelligent transportation systems (ITS), evaluation of them might be viewed as a beneficial activity for reducing traffic congestion. This evaluation procedu...
The following paper talks about the dynamic modeling and control of robot manipulators using Hamilton’s equations in the screw theory framework. The difference between the proposed work with diverse methods in the literature is the ease of obta...
Motivated by the two strategies of intermittent control and discrete feedback control, this paper aims to introduce a periodically intermittent discrete feedback control in the drift part to stabilize an unstable Markov jumping stochastic differentia...
The theory of two-phase immiscible flow in porous media is based on the extension of single phase models through the concept of relative permeabilities. It mimics Darcy’s law for a fixed average saturation through the introduction of saturation...
The high-temperature thermodynamical properties for the actinide monocarbides and mononitrides ThC, ThN, UC, UN, PuC, and PuN are calculated from first-principles electronic-structure theory. The electronic structure is modeled with density-functiona...
Theory-based transport modeling has been widely successful and is built on the foundations of quasilinear theory. Specifically, the quasilinear expression of the flux can be used in combination with a saturation rule for the toroidal mode amplitude....
We describe two well-established, practice-based Master’s programmes as examples of existing competence development opportunities for practitioners and how such links between theory and practice can be developed and taught within the Higher Education...
A parameterization for the planetary boundary layer (PBL) based on the statistical theory of turbulence formulated by Geoffrey Ingram Taylor is derived to be applied in the Brazilian Global Atmospheric Model (BAM). The BAM model is the operational sy...
Photoionization or photodetachment is an important process. It has applications in solar- and astrophysics. In addition to accurate wave function of the target, accurate continuum functions are required. There are various approaches, like exchange ap...
Dynamic Wave Energy Converter (WEC) models utilize a wide variety of fundamental hydrodynamic theories. When incorporating novel hydrodynamic theories into numerical models, there are distinct impacts on WEC rigid body motions, cable dynamics, and fi...
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