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Thedynamicalbehaviourofstructurescanbemodelledandsimulatedsatisfactorilyinthelinearandslightlynonlinearrangesusingfiniteelementsandotheranalyticalmodelsinconjunctionwithmoderncomputers.However,thehighlynonlinearbehaviourofstructuresremainstobestudiedfurther.Thenonlinearresponseofcomplexstructureswhichhavebeendamagedbystrong-motionearthquakesliesinthisarea.Itisextremelydifficulttocollectsufficientfieldorlaboratorydatafortheconstructionofaccuratemathematicalmodelsofsuchstructuresforpracticalapplications.Thisispartlyduetothefactthatthefailurebehaviourofagivenstructureishighlyload-historydependent.Intheabsenceofreliableanalyticaltools,systemidentificationtechniquesmayoccasionallybeappliedtoverifyand/orupdatethemathematicalmodelofastructure.Thedevelopmentofmathematicalmodelsusefulforanalysisofstructuralbehaviourtoearthquakeexcitationisanareatoolargetobecoveredindetailbyasinglereview.Inthispaper,anattemptismadetocriticallyreviewavailablemathematicalmodelsintherandomearthquakeresponseanalysisofstructures.Byrandom,werefertotheexcitation,tothepropertiesofthestructureitself,ortoboth.Weareespeciallyinterestedinthosemodelsdealingwithslightlytohighlynonlinearbehaviour.Somerecentworkwhichutilizestheseanalyticaltechniquesishighlighted.Alsoincludedisareviewofsystemidentificationtechniquesasappliedtostructures.Theconceptofdamageaccumulationismentioned,andadamageindexisdiscussedwhichmaybeusedinconjunctionwithananalyticalmodel.Aselectivebibliographyisalsogivenforamorecompleteintroductionintotheareasdiscussedherein.
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OnVinogradov'sConstantinGoldbach'sTernaryProblem OriginalResearchArticle
JournalofNumberTheory,Volume65,Issue2,August1997,Pages334-358
DmitriiZinoviev
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ThispapershowsthatundertheassumptionoftheGeneralizedRiemannHypothesis,everyoddintegergreaterthan1020canbewrittenasasumofthreeprimes.UsingthecomputationalresultsitmaybepossibletochecktheTernaryConjectureforalloddnumbers
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ExtensionsofthelinearboundintheFüredi–Hajnalconjecture OriginalResearchArticle
AdvancesinAppliedMathematics,Volume38,Issue2,February2007,Pages258-266
MartinKlazar,AdamMarcus
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Wepresenttwoextensionsofthelinearbound,duetoMarcusandTardos,onthenumberof1-entriesinann×n(0,1)-matrixavoidingafixedpermutationmatrix.Wefirstextendthelinearboundtohypergraphswithorderedvertexsetsand,usingpreviousresultsofKlazar,weproveanexponentialboundonthenumberofhypergraphsonnverticeswhichavoidafixedpermutation.This,inturn,solvesvariousconjecturesofKlazaraswellasaconjectureofBrändénandMansour.WethenextendtheoriginalFüredi–Hajnalproblemfromordinarymatricestod-dimensionalmatricesandshowthatthenumberof1-entriesinad-dimensional(0,1)-matrixwithsidelengthnwhichavoidsad-dimensionalpermutationmatrixisO(nd−1).
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Anepistemologicalevaluationofresearchintoprojectsandtheirmanagement:
Methodologicalissues OriginalResearchArticle
InternationalJournalofProjectManagement,Volume25,Issue4,May2007,Pages423-436
HedleyJ.Smyth,PeterW.G.Morris
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Aunifiedtheoryofthemanagementofprojectsdoesnotexist.Projectsarecontext-specificandlocatedinopen-systems.Whilethisisnowwidelyacknowledged,researchmethodologiesoftencontinuetooverlookthis.Thispaperaddressesmethodologicalissuesthathaveyettobefullyresolvedinresearchinprojectsandtheirmanagementandevaluateshowtheseissueshaveadirectandindirectimpactuponresearchandpractice.Wearguethatthepursuitofexplanationsthatrelyuponidentifyinggeneralpatternsbaseduponcauseandeffectmarginalisestheparticular,whileafocusupontheparticularfrustratestheemergenceofcommonpatterns,sharedmeaningsandnormativerecommendations.Thepaperreviewsresearchpracticeinthelightofprojectmanagementparadigmsandtheirmoregeneralepistemologicalunderpinnings.
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1.Introduction
2.Thetheoreticalbasistounderstandingthemanagementofprojects
2.1.Paradigms
2.2.Bodiesofknowledgeandguides:
theproblemofthegeneralandparticular
3.Researchmethodologyandphilosophicalunderpinnings
3.1.Applyingpositivismandempiricism
3.2.Othermethodologies
3.3.Applyingcriticalrealism
4.Recentresearchonprojects
5.Conclusionandsummary
Acknowledgements
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CorporatereputationinthePeople’sRepublicofChina:
AB2Bperspective OriginalResearchArticle
IndustrialMarketingManagement,Volume39,Issue5,July2010,Pages728-736
MichaelT.Ewing,LydiaWindisch,FionaJ.Newton
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HowB2BfirmsinthePeople'sRepublicofChina[PRC]view,valueandmanagetheircorporatereputationhasreceivedlittleresearchattention.Drawingonmultiplecasestudies,ourfindingsconfirmthatfirmsareutilizingcertainWesternconceptualizationsofcorporatereputation,includingtheleveragingofintangibleformsofcorporatereputation.However,manyofthefirmswerealsousingthehithertounderemphasizedelementsoffirm–governmentrelationshipsandgovernmentregulatorypoliciestocreatepositiveassessmentsofafirm'sreputationamongkeystakeholders.NotwithstandingourfindingsthatcorporatereputationisvaluedasameansofgainingcompetitiveadvantageanddispellingperceptionsthatChineseproducts/servicesarelow-costandlow-quality,concernremainsthatbuildingreputationcapitalamongstakeholdersmayresultinalossofpricecompetitiveness.Finally,unliketheframeworkproposedbyBarnett,Jermier,andLafferty(2006),ourresultssuggestthatB2BfirmsinChinadonotimposeclearboundariesbetweenreputationand‘corporatereputationcapital’.Nordoesthereappeartobeanemphasisondisaggregatingtheconstructsofidentifyandimagefromthatofreputation.
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1.Introduction
2.CorporatereputationandthePeople'sRepublicofChina
3.Methods
4.Findings
4.1.ContextualinfluencesonthedevelopmentofcorporatereputationamongB2Bfirms
4.2.Perceivedbenefitsofbuildingandmaintainingcorporatereputation
4.3.Marketingthefirm'sreputationtostakeholders
4.4.Tangibleandintangibleaspectstocorporatereputation
4.5.TheroleofGovernmentinthebuildingandmaintenanceofcorporatereputation
4.6.Leveragingsocio-culturalfactorstoenhancecorporatereputation
5.Discussion
6.Implications
6.1.Managerialimplications
6.2.Theoreticalimplications
7.Limitationsandfutureresearchdirections
7.1.Limitations
7.2.Futureresearch
Acknowledgements
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Gametheoryandeducationalpolicy:
PrivateeducationlegislationinChina OriginalResearchArticle
InternationalJournalofEducationalDevelopment,Volume29,Issue3,May2009,Pages227-240
Wing-WahLaw,Su-YanPan
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ThisarticlepresentsagametheoryanalysisoflegislatingprivateeducationinChina,basedonsetofprimaryandsecondarydocumentsrelatedtothisissue.Thearticlearguesthatshapingeducationallegislationisadynamic,repeatedgameofnegotiation,cooperation,and/orcompetitiononmultipleoccasionsamongvariousinterestedactors,includinglawmakinginstitutions,eachwithitsowngoals,authorities,informationsources,andstrategies.ThisarticlesuggeststhatgametheorycomplementsexistingmodelsforunderstandingthepoliticsofeducationallegislationinChina,anditelucidatestheimplicationsandlimitationsofusingthisapproachtounderstandthedynamicsandcomplexityofeducationalpolicymaking.
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1.Introduction
2.Gametheoryandeducationalpolicymaking
2.1.Basicassumptionsofgametheory
2.2.Essentialelementsofagame
2.3.Selectedtypesofgames:
dynamic,cooperative,andrepeated
3.ThegeneralcontextofChineselawmakingpolitics:
agame-theoreticanalysis
3.1.Methodology
3.2.KeyinstitutionalplayersandtheirrolesincreatingChineselegislation
3.3.ThegeneralorderofplayintheprocessofChineselawmaking
4.Thelegislationofprivateeducation:
arepeatedgameofnegotiation,cooperation,andcompetition
4.1.Pre-lawenactmentstagebefore1998:
thestatecouncilasakeyplayerandpolicyissuesassociatedwithprivateeducation
4.1.1.Thereemergenceofprivateeducation
4.1.2.TheNPC'sbasicpreferenceforencouragingthedevelopmentofprivateeducation
4.1.3.Thestatecouncil'spreferenceforkeepingadministrativeorderinprivateeducation
4.2.Lawenactmentstage,1998–2002:
theNPCasakeyplayeranditsgamestrategies