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Application of Gradient Theory and Quantized Fracture Mechanics in Snow Avalanches

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials, 2009
Konstantinidis, A., Cornetti, P., Pugno, N., Aifantis, E.G.   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fracture-driven weakening amplifies projected ice loss from West Antarctica. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Blasco J, Coulon V, Izeboud M, Gregov T, Li Y, Pattyn F.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Impact of Digital Technologies on Skills‐to‐Job Mismatches

New Technology, Work and Employment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A pervasive discourse calls for worker upskilling amid ongoing digital transformation. This study introduces a skills‐to‐job mismatch perspective into research on the digital transformation of work by conceptualising technological adoption as a process that reshapes the relationship between workers’ skill endowments and evolving job ...
Ana Santiago‐Vela
wiley   +1 more source

Coordinated control of acceleration slip regulation and active front steering for in-wheel motor driven electric vehicle based on dynamic slip ratio constraint. [PDF]

PLoS One
Zhou Z, Shen W, Xu F, Yang R.
europepmc   +1 more source

Distinct Surcharge Effects in Taxi Markets: Evidence From New York City Yellow Cabs

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines how alternative surcharge designs affect market outcomes in the New York City (NYC) Yellow Cab system. We study two distinct policies: a congestion surcharge that raises passenger fares without directly compensating drivers, and a rush‐hour surcharge that provides time‐based incentives to drivers during periods of high ...
Gyure Kim, Jihyun Kim
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating troubled waters: Posthumanist vulnerability and entanglement in Richard Powers's Playground (2024)

Orbis Litterarum, EarlyView.
Abstract Richard Powers's most recent novels to date—The Overstory (2018), Bewilderment (2021), and Playground (2024)—engage with some of the environmental and technological threats that loom over our planet, such as deforestation, species loss, the degradation of the ocean bottom, and the risks associated with the development of generative AI ...
Carmen Laguarta‐Bueno
wiley   +1 more source

Design and performance optimization of vehicle-mounted thermal snow-melting system. [PDF]

PLoS One
Li Z, Sheng Y, Xu W.
europepmc   +1 more source

Trauma and affect in a Holocaust survivor's story: Rosita Fanto's novel Rozalia Alone

Orbis Litterarum, EarlyView.
Abstract My article endeavors to redress the neglect of Rosita Fanto's Rozalia Alone (2010), which deals with a page of history that is less known worldwide, the Holocaust in Romania. Using a trauma studies perspective that mixes with affect theory, the article demonstrates that Rozalia Alone covers in a nutshell the whole magnitude of the late 1930s ...
Arleen Ionescu
wiley   +1 more source

Blankness in post‐post‐postmodern poetry

Orbis Litterarum, EarlyView.
Abstract Jameson's “myth” identifies reification as the leading cause of cultural change. The myth also adumbrates the semiotic form of post‐postmodernism and post‐post‐postmodernism, which Jameson himself did not explore. One of the most extreme varieties of post‐post‐postmodern verse is the would‐be blank poem, pursued by Russian Futurists, Lettrists,
Shawn Normandin
wiley   +1 more source

Weight Optimization of Steel Tied-Arch Footbridge. [PDF]

Materials (Basel)
Sokołowski D, Wudkiewicz T.
europepmc   +1 more source