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Applied Sciences, 2021 The present study proposes a new seismic retrofitting method using a concrete-filled tube modular frame (CFT-MF) system, a novel technique to overcome and improve the limitations of existing seismic strengthening methods. This CFT-MF seismic retrofitting
Jin-Seon Kim +4 more
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Cogent Business & Management, 2023 This study aimed to examine the macroeconomic and firm-specific determinants of financial performance using 121 listed non-life insurance companies from 48 African countries for the period 2008–2019.
Thabiso Sthembiso Msomi
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Plato’s Cave and the Image of the Family Home in John McGahern’s The Barracks
Review of Irish Studies in Europe, 2019 This article argues that, in The Barracks, John McGahern’s literary production of the domestic familial space charts the fractures and partitions within that supposed unified space to reveal the anaemic passivity and alienating nausea that overcomes ...
John Singleton
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Investment strategy and future performance: The moderating effect of ownership
Business: Theory and PracticeThis study aims to investigate the Role of ownership structure on the Effect of investment strategy on future performance. The research focuses on ownership that compares foreign and domestic ownership structures.
Idil Rakhmat Susanto +2 more
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Regulating intimate relationships in the European polity: same-sex unions and policy convergence [PDF]
, 2013 Since 1989, twenty-three European countries have implemented same-sex union (SSU) laws. We argue that the political processes leading to the adoption of these policies have been shaped by international influences such as policy harmonization, elite ...
D. Paternotte +4 more
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Computed Tomographic Anatomy and Topography of the Lower Respiratory System of the Southern White-Breasted Hedgehog (Erinaceus concolor) [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Veterinary Surgery, 2018 Objective- The aim of this study was preparing detailed anatomic images of the thoracic cavity of the southern white-breasted hedgehog using the non-invasive computed tomography (CT) technique.Design- Descriptive study.Animals- Five southern white ...
Siamak Kazemi-Darabadi +3 more
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Parachute Method: A Novel Method to Retrieve a Stuck Degloved Finger
Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2022 An entrapped finger is a relatively uncommon domestic injury. When the finger gets stuck proximal to the proximal interphalangeal joint, the resultant distal edema and inappropriate attempts at retrieval can result in circumferential degloving of the ...
Madhu Periasamy +5 more
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Non-Price Criteria for Evaluating Offers in Poland and the European Union
Finanse i Prawo FinansoweThe purpose of the article. An important element that influences the effectiveness of public procurement is the multi-criteria offer evaluation model. Moving away from comparing offers only in terms of their price, a single-criteria model, allows you to ...
Jarosław Szymański
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, 2020 Anatomical middle and inner ear parameters are often used to predict hearing sensitivities of mammalian species. Given that ear morphology is substantially affected both by phylogeny and body size, it is interesting to consider whether the relatively ...
Burda, H., Malkemper, E., Mason, M.
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Diet uniformity at an early farming community in northwest Anatolia (Turkey) : carbon and nitrogen isotope studies of bone collagen at Aktopraklik [PDF]
, 2017 Aktopraklık is a settlement site composed of three areas (A–C) in the Marmara region of northwest Anatolia, with phases of occupation that date to the Late Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic periods, mid-seventh to mid-sixth millennium bc (ca.
Alpaslan-Roodenberg, Songül +5 more
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