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Load Distributing Metamaterials Via Discrete Optimization

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Mechanical metamaterials are computationally optimized to homogenize transmitted forces by minimizing the spread of reaction forces. The resulting architectures transform localized loading into broader, more uniform force distributions and experimentally demonstrate robust load spreading under quasi‐static and impact loading.
Andrea Detry, Hannes Holey, Raja Zulkarnain, Roberto Guerra, Ilaria Papa, Michael Zaiser, Stefano Zapperi   +6 more
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Blockchain‐Based Smart Contracts in US Specialty Crop Marketing: Grower Preferences and Adoption Potential

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using survey and discrete choice experiment data, we examined US specialty crop growers' preferences for marketing contract attributes in the context of emerging blockchain‐based technologies and expanding traceability initiatives. Results show that farmers preferred traditional written contracts but might be willing to accept digital ...
Elizabeth Canales, Alba J. Collart, Matthew G. Interis, Esther Mmenaa Agyemang‐Duah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

REPUTATION AND PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS: BRAZIL AND MIDDLE POWERS IN CHALLENGING TIMES

Revista da Escola de Guerra Naval, 2017
International law has been barely focused on the reputational status, which may be represented as a complex of attributes based on the perception of the others, that can determine the state’s position in the international arena and cooperation scenarios.
Sabrina Evangelista Medeiros, André Panno Beirão   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

POLÍTICA E GESTÃO DE “OFFSETS” EM AQUISIÇÕES DE DEFESA: CONTRIBUIÇÕES DA EXPERIÊNCIA INTERNACIONAL PARA O BRASIL

Revista da Escola de Guerra Naval, 2016
O presente artigo explora as características dos acordos de compensação comercial, industrial e tecnológica, conhecidos como “compensações”3, praticados internacionalmente.
Felipe Augusto Rodolfo Medeiros, Guilherme de Sousa Moreira   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

OS IMPACTOS TRABALHISTAS E SOCIAIS DOS MARITIME AUTONOMOUS SURFACE SHIPS (MASS)

Revista de Direito e Negócios Internacionais da Maritime Law Academy, 2023
Diante do atual cenário de incertezas acerca dos MASS (Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships) no qual ainda não está claro como irá se operacionalizar toda a mudança de paradigma que tais embarcações causarão, parece temerário tentar predizer quais serão os ...
Jones Alexandre Barros Soares, Gustavo Magno Felipe Franco, Vitor Ribeiro Fernandes   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evidence for adaptive explanations of semelparity in animals

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Semelparity, the reproductive strategy of reproducing once, is widespread but uncommon in animals. Classes of models to explain the evolution of semelparity are based either on age structure and mortality schedules – demographic models in which high post‐reproductive mortality risk favours high reproductive effort and semelparity results from ...
Diana O. Fisher, Roberto Salguero‐Gómez   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Universal and Actionable Measure of Corporate Sustainability for Strategic Decision Making

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Managers require a universal, comparable, and decision‐useful measure of corporate sustainability that can reliably inform business strategy, yet such a tool remains absent in the literature and current practice. This paper introduces a comprehensive and operational metric—grounded in Goertz's Basic Framework for developing social science ...
Mariapia Pazienza, Martin de Jong, Dirk Schoenmaker   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

OUTSOURCING IN MARITIME SECURITY: PIRACY THREATS IN THE HIGH RISK AREA (2007-2011) [PDF]

Revista da Escola de Guerra Naval, 2019
The Horn of Africa and the Gulf of Aden registered an increase in piracy rates between 2007 and 2011. Losses caused by piracy acts stemming from Somalia led the international community to take several measures to increase security, including the creation
Jacqueline Bacellar, Marcos Valle Machado da Silva   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disposiciones de acuerdos de paz y sus efectos en estabilidad y reconciliación (1989-2012)

Revista Científica General José María Córdova, 2022
La rapidez y complejidad de las transformaciones en los escenarios de seguridad y defensa desafían la estabilidad y la reconciliación que han buscado los acuerdos de paz que han dado término a conflictos intra- e interestatales en diversas regiones del ...
Luisa Fernanda Villalba-Garcia, Ximena Andrea Cujabante-Villamil, Faiver Coronado-Camero, William Alfredo Sierra-Gutiérrez, Fernando Andres Polo-Puentes   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

From Policy to Practice: A Global Review of Circular Economy Strategy Documents in Construction Using NLP

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores how circular economy (CE) principles are incorporated in construction‐related policy roadmaps worldwide, addressing the growing need for effective resource strategies in a highly material‐intensive sector. National strategic CE documents from 57 countries were analyzed using natural language processing techniques, and then ...
Aidana Tleuken, Hamad Hassan Awan, Aidos Kyrkynbay, Sanzhar Sanat, Huseyin Atakan Varol, Ferhat Karaca   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source