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Assessment of Soft Power Strategies: Towards an Aggregative Analytical Model for Country-Focused Case Study Research [PDF]

, 2016
The paper advances a realist analytical model for case studies of national soft power policies. First, it argues that for the purposes of realist analysis, a soft power policy must be considered as a rational strategy pursued under the conditions of ...
Patalakh, Artem
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The affective underpinnings of soft power [PDF]

, 2014
The concept of soft power occupies a prominent place in International Relations, foreign policy, and security studies. Primarily developed by Joseph S.
Solomon, Ty
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Nonlinear Stochastic Optimal Control Using Piezoelectric Stack Inertial Actuator

Shock and Vibration, 2020
An optimal control strategy for the random vibration reduction of nonlinear structures using piezoelectric stack inertial actuator is proposed. First, the dynamic model of the nonlinear structure considering the dynamics of a piezoelectric stack inertial
Q. F. Lü, X. F. Wang, K. Lu, R. H. Huan
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Detection of distinct power spectra in soft and hard X-ray bands in the hard state of GRS 1915+105 [PDF]

, 2014
The well-known black hole X-ray binary GRS 1915+105 is a unique source in the sense that it cannot be classified within the standard picture of black hole binary states.
Stiele, H., Yu, W.
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Lowering the sound transmission loss of impedance-matching structures: Data-driven optimization assisted with a priori knowledge

Materials & Design, 2023
Impedance-matching structures (IMSs) with low sound transmission loss (TL) are of great importance in engineering applications. Due to the limitations of the traditional research methods, the designs of the IMSs were usually empirically guided, e.g ...
Junjie Gu, Qingkun Zhao, Binglun Yin, Haofei Zhou, Shaoxing Qu   +4 more
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A Study on the Application of Defect Data Mining in the Aid Decision Making of Dispatching and Control Integration

MATEC Web of Conferences, 2015
The purpose of the research project is to design an aid decision-making system of dispatching and control integration that cooperates with expert judgments based on the data mining of equipment defects so as to improve the risk pre-warning and pre ...
Guo Hongzuo, Lu Huayong, Su Haitao, Li Lifang, Li Sheng   +4 more
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Soft X-ray spectral variations of the narrow line Seyfert l galaxy Markarian 766 [PDF]

, 1999
The X-ray variability of the narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy Markarian 766 is studied using nine ROSAT PSPC data sets. The spectrum is well described by a power law combined with a blackbody (kT ∼ 70 eV) soft excess.
Antonucci, Beichman, Boller, Boller, Brandt, Brandt, Brandt, Cruz-Gonzalez, Done, Done, Done, Done, Ebisawa, Edelson, Edelson, F. J. Carrera, Fireman, Forster, González-Delgado, Goodrich, Grupe, Guilbert, Hasinger, Ho, Hughes, J. P. D. Mittaz, K. O. Mason, Kunieda, Lawson, Leighly, M. J. Page, Matsuoka, McHardy, Mihara, Miller, Miyamoto, Molendi, Molendi, Morris, Nandra, Netzer, Osterbrock, Otani, Papadakis, Pounds, Pounds, Pounds, Pounds, Prieto, Puchnarewicz, Puchnarewicz, Reynolds, Ross, Ross, Shastri, Snowden, Snowden, Spinoglio, Stark, Stephens, Svensson, Thompson, Torricelli-Ciamponi, Turner, Turner, Walter, Walter, Wills, Zdziarski   +68 more
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Designing Ionic Conductive Elastomers Using Hydrophobic Networks and Hydrophilic Salt Hydrates with Improved Stability in Air

Advanced Electronic Materials, 2023
Existing soft ionic conductors fall into two distinct categories: liquid‐rich ionic conductors containing large amounts of liquid electrolytes (≈70–90 wt.% water for hydrogels and ≈20–80 wt.% ionic liquids for ionogels), and liquid‐free ionic conductors ...
Burebi Yiming, Zhaoxin Zhang, Nasir Ali, Yuchen Lu, Shaoxing Qu, Shuze Zhu, Costantino Creton, Zheng Jia   +7 more
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Switchable dry adhesive based on shape memory polymer with hemispherical indenters for transfer printing

Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters, 2021
Transfer printing based on switchable adhesive is essential for developing unconventional systems, including flexible electronics, stretchable electronics, and micro light-emitting diode (LED) displays.
Hongyu Luo, Chenglong Li, Chuanqian Shi, Shuang Nie, Jizhou Song   +4 more
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What Makes Autocracies’ Soft Power Strategies Special? Evidence from Russia and China [PDF]

, 2016
The paper problematizes the national soft power strategies of authoritarian states arguing that many of their features stem from those countries’ political regime.
Patalakh, Artem
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