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Characteristics of Lightning Strikes on High‐Speed Rail Corridors in Jiangsu Province, China

Meteorological Applications
Cloud‐to‐ground (CG) lightning occurs frequently in Jiangsu Province, China. High‐speed rail (HSR) spans across the province, covering a large geographic area. Studying the occurrence of lightning and the characteristics of strikes in HSR corridors is of
Yan Liu, Zheng Li, Xiao Jing, Yingkun Fang, Wenhao Hou, Weitao Lyu, Wen Yao, Shoujun Chen   +7 more
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Behind Closed Doors: How Boardroom Silence and Implicit Theories Shape Corporate Governance

Corporate Governance: An International Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research Question/Issue Why do directors, despite formal authority and oversight responsibilities, remain silent in the boardroom, and how does such silence shape governance outcomes? Research Findings/Insights Silence in boards is not a passive absence but a routinized governance practice.
Marilieke Engbers
wiley   +1 more source

Two Faces of the Anti‐Inclusion Neoconservative Coin in Brazil: Neoliberalism and Far‐Right

Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Brazil has recently experienced the resurgence of the far‐right, a movement that has also occurred in other countries around the world. Given this context, this article seeks to understand the factors that enabled the union among neoliberalism, neoconservatism, and the far‐right in Brazil, demonstrating that in times of economic crisis the ...
Eloisio Moulin de Souza
wiley   +1 more source

Asynchronous lightning and Santa Ana winds highlight human role in southern California fire regimes

Environmental Research Letters, 2018
Southern California’s most extreme fire weather is caused by offshore Santa Ana winds, which commonly occur later in the year than the lightning which provides natural ignition. Examination of the specific dates of both lightning and Santa Ana winds over
Jacob Bendix, Justin J Hartnett
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The effect of lightning impulse characteristics and line arrester to the lightning protection performance on 150 kV overhead lines: ATP-EMTP computational approach

Journal of Mechatronics, Electrical Power, and Vehicular Technology, 2019
This simulation study presents the effect of lightning strikes on the performance of arresters at 150 kV overhead lines. Lightning strikes have several parameters that affect the performance of line arresters (LA), namely lightning charge, and impulse ...
Fri Murdiya, Febrizal Febrizal, Cecilia Stevany, Havel Alindo Sano, Firdaus Firdaus   +4 more
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Quality Regulation and Unexpected Gaming: Evidence From Mandating Flight Delay Compensation

Journal of Economics &Management Strategy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Policies that target a single aspect of agents' motivation may lead to their diminished efforts in other areas. This paper examines the effect of the European Union's flight delay compensation policy on flight on‐time performance by exploiting a unique policy variation in a difference‐in‐differences framework.
Jingyi Xing
wiley   +1 more source

Natural disaster risk salience and the strategic appointment of directors with sustainability expertise

Journal of Financial Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how salient sustainability risks from near‐miss natural disasters influence board composition. Using a difference‐in‐differences design, I find that firms located in counties neighboring disaster‐affected areas significantly increase the presence of directors with sustainability expertise following the disaster.
Bo Wang
wiley   +1 more source

Bank Competition Amid Digital Disruption: Implications for Financial Inclusion

The Journal of Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine how digital disruption affects bank competition using the staggered rollout of 3G mobile networks. 3G expansion increased mobile banking adoption among tech‐savvy households, reducing branch networks—especially in younger counties.
ERICA XUEWEI JIANG, GLORIA YANG YU, JINYUAN ZHANG   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Semi-Analytical Solution for Shock Wave Pressure and Radius of Soil Plastic Zone Induced by Lightning Strikes. [PDF]

Materials (Basel), 2022
Wu Z, Rao P, Nimbalkar S, Chen Q, Cui J, Ouyang P.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Magnetic properties of geraisites, the first tektite strewn field identified in Brazil

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Geraisites are a newly recognized class of tektite from Brazil. They occur as centimeter‐sized, elongated to subspherical bodies scattered across surface gravel and shallow subsurface layers within a ~90‐km‐long strewn field extending between the municipalities of São João do Paraíso and Curral de Dentro, near the border between the states of ...
Melissa De Andrade Nunes, Ricardo I. F. Trindade, João Pedro Rodriguez Pinto, Alvaro P. Crósta, Gabriel G. Silva, Ludovic Ferrière, Camila R. Sales, Giovanna M. Tosi   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source