Euromech 563 Cisterna di Latina 17–21 March 2014 Generalized continua and their applications to the design of composites and metamaterials: A review of presentations and discussions

In the present paper, a rational report on Euromech 563, Generalized continua and their applications to the design of composites and metamaterials (Cisterna di Latina 17–21 March 2014), is provided. The frank and constructive spirit which animated the workshop by Dell’Isola et al. ( ZAMM 2014; 94(5): 367–372) also characterized Euromech Colloquium 563. All presentations were video-recorded and are freely available online at the address http://www.memocsevents.eu/euromech563/?page_id=1013 . The topics treated were selected by the organizers in order to allow a comparison of the available experimental evidence with the predictive capability of current theoretical models. The numerical investigations selected and presented aimed to make more effective the aforementioned comparison. The interested reader will find more details about the colloquium at the dedicated webpage http://www.memocsevents.eu/euromech563 . The design and use of advanced materials and structural elements requires an extensive and rigorous process of mathematical modeling. The organizers of Euromech 563, being aware of this need, have chosen as participants renowned and reputed scientists (and some promising young researchers) who all agree on recognizing to mathematical sciences their role of unifying and coordinating tool in the effort for the advance of technology. The Colloquium has indeed surely contributed to the development of more advanced technological possibilities and to the theoretical conception of completely new ones.

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The Role of Distress Disclosure Tendencies in the Experience and Expression of Laboratory-Induced Sadness

Journal of Individual Differences ◽

10.1027/1614-0001/a000222 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 38 (1) ◽

pp. 55-62 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jeffrey H. Kahn ◽

Daniel W. Cox ◽

A. Myfanwy Bakker ◽

Julia I. O’Loughlin ◽

Agnieszka M. Kotlarczyk

Keyword(s):

Individual Differences ◽

Emotional Reactivity ◽

Subjective Experience ◽

Negative Emotion ◽

Theoretical Models ◽

Laboratory Research ◽

Emotion Words ◽

Distress Disclosure ◽

Computerized Text Analysis

Abstract. The benefits of talking with others about unpleasant emotions have been thoroughly investigated, but individual differences in distress disclosure tendencies have not been adequately integrated within theoretical models of emotion. The purpose of this laboratory research was to determine whether distress disclosure tendencies stem from differences in emotional reactivity or differences in emotion regulation. After completing measures of distress disclosure tendencies, social desirability, and positive and negative affect, 84 participants (74% women) were video recorded while viewing a sadness-inducing film clip. Participants completed post-film measures of affect and were then interviewed about their reactions to the film; these interviews were audio recorded for later coding and computerized text analysis. Distress disclosure tendencies were not predictive of the subjective experience of emotion, but they were positively related to facial expressions of sadness and happiness. Distress disclosure tendencies also predicted judges’ ratings of the verbal disclosure of emotion during the interview, but self-reported disclosure and use of positive and negative emotion words were not associated with distress disclosure tendencies. The authors present implications of this research for integrating individual differences in distress disclosure with models of emotion.

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Exploring the role of identity fusion and group identification in predicting parochialism amongst Indonesian Islamic groups

10.31234/osf.io/e8ytr ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Christopher Michael Kavanagh ◽

Susilo Wibisono ◽

Rohan Kapitány ◽

Whinda Yustisia ◽

Idhamsyah Eka Putra ◽

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Keyword(s):

Group Identification ◽

Control Sample ◽

Theoretical Models ◽

Religious Groups ◽

Diverse Range ◽

Beliefs And Practices ◽

Identity Fusion ◽

Beliefs And Practice ◽

Fusion Theory

Indonesia is the most populous Islamic country and as such is host to a diverse range of Islamic beliefs and practices. Here we examine how the diversity of beliefs and practices among Indonesian Muslims relates to group bonding and parochialism. In particular, we examine the predictive power of two distinct types of group alignment, group identification and identity fusion, among individuals from three Sunni politico-religious groups - a fundamentalist group (PKS), a moderate group (NU), and a control sample of politically unaffiliated citizens. Fundamentalists were more fused to targets than moderates or citizens, but contrary to fusion theory, we found across all groups, that group identification (not fusion) better predicted parochialism, including willingness to carry out extreme pro-group actions. We discuss how religious beliefs and practice impact parochial attitudes, as well as the implications for theoretical models linking fusion to extreme behaviour.

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“Eternal Bodies”: images of archangels in the upper parts of Nubian buildings

10.31338/uw.2083-537x.pam29.2.30 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 713-736

Author(s):

Magdalena Łaptaś

Keyword(s):

Near East ◽

Structural Elements ◽

Christian Art ◽

The Earth ◽

Cosmic Space

Images of archangels and angels, which were painted on the walls, in the upper parts of the buildings and, on their structural elements, were very popular in Christian Nubian painting as attested by the discoveries from Church SWN.BV on the citadel in Old Dongola. These images, which derive from pre-Christian art, depict the eternal nature of the archangels and angels. Presenting this group of representations, the author traces the origins of these images to highlight the role of these spiritual beings as intermediaries between God and humankind. As such, they move freely between the Heavens and the Earth, so the air and cosmic space are their natural surroundings. Moreover, archangels govern the forces of nature, the planets, and the seven skies. Therefore, their sanctuaries were located on hill summits, in the upper chapels, on structural elements of ecclesiastical buildings, etc. The Nubian tradition is therefore part of a broader Mediterranean tradition, the roots of which should be sought in the Near East.

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Planning of infrastructures and the role of remote analysis of structural elements in the bedrock

Geologiska Foereningan i Stockholm Foerhandlingar ◽

10.1080/11035899309452766 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 115 (3) ◽

pp. 275-277

Author(s):

Sven A. Tirén

Keyword(s):

Structural Elements ◽

Remote Analysis

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Structural elements in the flexible tail of the co-chaperone p23 coordinate client binding and progression of the Hsp90 chaperone cycle

Nature Communications ◽

10.1038/s41467-021-21063-0 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Maximilian M. Biebl ◽

Abraham Lopez ◽

Alexandra Rehn ◽

Lee Freiburger ◽

Jannis Lawatscheck ◽

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Keyword(s):

Proximal Region ◽

Tryptophan Residue ◽

Structural Elements ◽

Physiological Importance ◽

In Vivo Experiments ◽

Cellular Context ◽

Catalytic Loop ◽

Hsp90 Chaperone

AbstractThe co-chaperone p23 is a central part of the Hsp90 machinery. It stabilizes the closed conformation of Hsp90, inhibits its ATPase and is important for client maturation. Yet, how this is achieved has remained enigmatic. Here, we show that a tryptophan residue in the proximal region of the tail decelerates the ATPase by allosterically switching the conformation of the catalytic loop in Hsp90. We further show by NMR spectroscopy that the tail interacts with the Hsp90 client binding site via a conserved helix. This helical motif in the p23 tail also binds to the client protein glucocorticoid receptor (GR) in the free and Hsp90-bound form. In vivo experiments confirm the physiological importance of ATPase modulation and the role of the evolutionary conserved helical motif for GR activation in the cellular context.

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Experimental and Numerical Investigations of a Turbulent Flow Behavior in Isolated and Nonisolated Conical Diffusers

Journal of Fluids Engineering ◽

10.1115/1.4003236 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 133 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

F. Aloui ◽

E. Berrich ◽

D. Pierrat

Keyword(s):

Turbulent Flow ◽

Flow Behavior ◽

Piv Measurements ◽

Numerical Investigations ◽

Image Velocimetry ◽

Sst Model ◽

Proper Orthogonal ◽

Hydraulic Circuits

In some industrial processes, and especially in agrofood industries, the cleaning in place mechanism used for hydraulic circuits plays an important role. This process needs a good knowledge of the hydrodynamic flows to determinate the appropriate parameters that assure a good cleaning of these circuits without disassembling them. Generally, different arrangements are present in these hydraulic circuits, such as expansions, diffusers, and elbows. The flow crossing these singularities strongly affects the process of cleaning in place. This work is then a contribution to complete recent studies of “aliments quality security” project to ameliorate the quality of the cleaning in place. It presents experimental and numerical investigations of a confined turbulent flow behavior across a conical diffuser (2α=16 deg). The role of a perturbation caused by the presence of an elbow in the test section, upstream of the progressive enlargement, was studied. The main measurements were the static pressure and the instantaneous velocity fields using the particle image velocimetry (PIV). Post-processing of these PIV measurements were adopted using the Γ2 criterion for the vortices detection and the proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) technique to extract the most energetic modes contained in the turbulent flow and to the turbulent flow filtering. A database has been also constituted and was used to test the validity of the most models of turbulence, and in particular, a variant of the shear stress transport (SST) model.

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Demand and Defective Growth Patterns: The Role of The Tradable and Non-Tradable Sectors in an Open Economy

The American Economic Review ◽

10.1257/aer.104.5.272 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 104 (5) ◽

pp. 272-277 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Sandile Hlatshwayo ◽

Michael Spence

Keyword(s):

Open Economy ◽

Aggregate Demand ◽

Value Added ◽

Growth Patterns ◽

Structural Elements ◽

Total Income ◽

Us Economy ◽

The Us ◽

Tradable Sector

This paper examines the underlying structural elements of US growth patterns, pre- and post-crisis. Prior to the recession, the US economy exhibited a defective growth pattern driven by outsized domestic demand. As domestic aggregate demand retreats to more sustainable levels relative to total income, the tradable side of the economy is a catalyst for restoring strong growth. A structural rebalancing is already underway; although it is only a third of the economy, the tradable sector generated more than half of gross gains in value-added since the start of the recovery. However, distributional issues loom on the horizon.

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The Role of the Conclusions of the Council of Judges of the Russian Federation in the Prevention of the Emergence and Development of Conflicts of Legal Interests in the Judicial System of Russia

RUSSIAN JUSTICE ◽

10.37399/issn2072-909x.2020.12.56-66 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

pp. 56-66

Author(s):

E. V. Ryabtseva ◽

Keyword(s):

Russian Federation ◽

Judicial System ◽

Structural Elements ◽

Consistent System ◽

Optimal Behavior ◽

Regulatory Impact ◽

The Russian Federation ◽

The Impact ◽

Individual Regulation

The growing role of the judicial community in reforming the judicial system actualizes the scientific problems of law enforcement associated with understanding the essence of the regulatory impact of the Councils of Judges of the Russian Federation as a body of the judicial community to prevent the emergence of conflicts of legal interests in judicial activity. The purpose of the research is to theoretically substantiate the essence of individual regulation of conflicts of legal interests by the Council of Judges of the Russian Federation, aimed at optimizing its activities to combat corruption. The worldview and methodological basis were the works of theoretical scholars and their methods of integrative understanding of law to substantiate the impact of the Council of Judges of the Russian Federation on judicial activity through individual regulation. The conclusion is substantiated that the activities of the Commission of the Council of Judges of the Russian Federation on Ethics, related to the drawing up of opinions on the assessment of conflicts of legal interests and other corruption risks for both acting judges and retired judges, is an individual regulation of legal relations through: interpretation of law; overcoming gaps and conflicts in the law; individuali zation of rights, etc. The content of the interpretation of law by the Commission of the Council of Judges of the Russian Federation on Ethics is: the application of certain norms of both international and national law in a specific legal relationship when assessing conflicts of legal interests among judges through a systematic interpretation of the norms of law as a system of elements, defining its role in law, identifying other norms, as well as the principles of law; interpretation of the principles and norms of law, through the legal-logical interpretation of a normative act as logically interconnected structural elements of a single, internally agreed and consistent system of principles and norms of law, when deciding on the presence of conflicts of legal interests in the activities of judges, etc. The paper substantiates that in relation to conflicts of legal interests, individualization should be aimed at determining by the Council of Judges of the Russian Federation typical situations of such conflicts for their correct assessment and development of recommendations related to the optimal behavior of judges, when circumstances arise that lead to conflicts of legal interests.

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