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On unilateral divorce and the "selection of marriages" hypothesis [PDF]

This paper revisits the issue of the unilateral divorce law, taking into account that: 1/ the decisions to engage in marriage and then to divorce or to stay married are fundamentally sequential decisions; 2/ household consumption has a large joint ...
Langlais, Eric
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Chiari I Malformation: Review and Update of Current Treatment Options

Clinical Anatomy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The pathophysiology of Chiari malformation type I (CM‐I) is complex, involving structural abnormalities at the craniovertebral junction that result in herniation of the cerebellar tonsils through the foramen magnum. In this study, we aim to present and evaluate current treatment options for CM‐I, with a focus on evidence‐based clinical ...
Jordan J. Lo, Shuhei Shiino, Stephen Z. Shapiro, Brianna L. Hines, Noritaka Komune, Carmine Antonio Donofrio, Filippo Badaloni, Antonio Fioravanti, Joseph Lockwood, C. J. Bui, Aaron S. Dumont, R. Shane Tubbs   +11 more
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UNILATERAL CONTACT PROBLEMS IN STEEL STRUCTURES CONNECTIONS

, 1988
THIS PAPER DEALS WITH UNILATERAL PHENOMENA OCCURING IN PROBLEM OF ANALYSIS OF CONTACT ZONES IN PRISMATIC MEMBERS CONNECTING STEEL PLATES AND IN GENERAL ENCOMPOSSES SIMILAR SITUATIONS ENCOUNTERED IN OTHER FORMS OF BOLTED CONNECTIONS OF STEEL MEMBERS ...
Abdalla, Khairedin
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Anatomy of the Soft Palate and Its Role in Upper Airway Function: A Narrative Review

Clinical Anatomy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The soft palate is a complex anatomical structure, located at the posterior aspect of the oral and nasal cavities, able to dynamically create valve closure of the nasal and the oral cavities. Its precise movement is critical for speech, swallowing, and respiration. Despite its functional importance, detailed characterization of its constituent
James C. D. Miller, Nikki Mills, Ho‐Fung Chan, Alys R. Clark, S. Ali Mirjalili   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unilateral dynamic contact of two viscoelastic beams

, 2011
This work is focused on a dynamic unilateral contact problem between two viscoelastic beams. Global-in-time existence of weak solutions describing the dynamics of the system is established.
BERTI, ALESSIA, Naso MG
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Compliance optimization with frictionless unilateral contact

, 2005
We consider the problem of topological optimization of a structure with frictionless unilateral contact. The boundary conditions (zero displacements, loads) and the geometry of the contact surfaces being known, we consider the problem of minimization of ...
B. Desmorat, J. Frelat
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Collaborating for Circularity: A Relational View Perspective on Buyer–Supplier Relationships in Restorative and Regenerative Supply Chains

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Industrial firms are required to redesign their supply chains into restorative and regenerative archetypes, rethinking not only their own production systems but also relationships with suppliers that may possess resources, capabilities, and knowledge too complex to be developed on their own but vital for circular value creation.
Francesco Cafforio, Giovanni Franceco Massari, Ilaria Giannoccaro   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Do Firms Exercise Unilateral Market Power? Evidence from a Bid-Based Wholesale Electricity Market [PDF]

This paper uses the framework in Wolak (2003a,b and 2007) and data on half-hourly offer curves and market-clearing prices and quantities from the New Zealand wholesale electricity market over the period January 1, 2001 to June 30, 2007 to characterize ...
Shaun D. MCRAE, Frank A. WOLAK
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Governing Agriculture or Farmers? Problem Representations of Biodiversity and Farm Loss in Swedens Strategy for the Common Agricultural Policy

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT European Union (EU) strategies for food supply address challenges of increasing, or at least maintaining, today's level of agricultural food production. At the same time, European farmland biodiversity continues to deteriorate despite considerable investments in measures to promote environmentally friendly farming practices.
Johanna Tangnäs, Tuija Hilding‐Rydevik   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Oracle/PeopleSoft Case: Unilateral Effects, Simulation Models and Econometrics in Contemporary Merger Control [PDF]

An increasingly important part of contemporary merger control both in the US and the EU is unilateral effects analysis, particularly with regard to oligopolistic mergers. In practice, this requires econometric analyses of past market data and, above all,
Arndt Christiansen, Oliver Budzinski
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