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Concordia University
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About: Concordia University is a education organization based out in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Context (language use) & Control theory. The organization has 13565 authors who have published 31084 publications receiving 783525 citations. The organization is also known as: Sir George Williams University & Loyola College, Montreal.
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15 Jan 2002-Materials Science and Engineering A-structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of impurities and dispersoids on the constitutive equations for Al alloys are briefly discussed and compared with carbon, micro-alloyed, tool and stainless steels and to ferritic steels which usually do not exhibit DRX.
Abstract: Constitutive equations including an Arrhenius term have been commonly applied to steels with the objective of calculating hot rolling and forging forces. The function relating stress and strain rate is generally the hyperbolic-sine since the power and exponential laws lose linearity at high and low stresses, respectively. In austenitic steels, the equations have been used primarily for the peak stress (strain) associated with dynamic recrystallization (DRX) but also for the critical and steady state stresses (strains) for nucleation and first wave completion of DRX. Since the peak strain is raised by the presence of solutes and fine particles, the stress is raised more than by simple strain hardening increase, thus causing a marked rise in activation energy in alloy steels. In contrast, large carbides, inclusions or segregates, if hard, may lower the peak strain as a result of particle stimulated nucleation. Due to the linear relation between stress and strain at the peak, flow curves can be calculated from the constitutive data with only one additional constant. Maximum pass stresses can also be calculated from a sinh constitutive equation determined in multistage torsion simulations of rolling schedules. Comparison is made between carbon, micro-alloyed, tool and stainless steels and to ferritic steels which usually do not exhibit DRX. Parallels to the effects of impurities and dispersoids on the constitutive equations for Al alloys are briefly discussed.
892 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify determinants of corporate environmental disclosure using multi-theoretical lenses that rely on economic incentives, public pressures and institutional theory, focusing on large firms from a continental Europe country, Germany, with a distinct legal and regulatory context and where environmental concerns are especially acute.
Abstract: Investors and stakeholders in continental Europe are becoming increasingly concerned about corporate environmental policies. As a result, many firms are voluntarily increasing the extent of their environmental disclosure in their annual report. While mostly unregulated, corporate environmental disclosure does have potential economic significance considering the scarcity of alternative information sources. The purpose of this study is to identify determinants of corporate environmental disclosure using multi-theoretical lenses that rely on economic incentives, public pressures and institutional theory. The study focuses on large firms from a continental Europe country, Germany, with a distinct legal and regulatory context and where environmental concerns are especially acute. Results show that Risk, Ownership, Fixed Assets Age, Firm Size as well as routine determine the level of environmental disclosure by German firms in a given year. Moreover, consistent with institutional theory, results sugge...
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TL;DR: It is argued that presenteeism has important implications for organizational theory and practice, and a research agenda for organizational scholars is presented.
Abstract: Presenteeism refers to attending work while ill. Although it is a subject of intense interest to scholars in occupational medicine, relatively few organizational scholars are familiar with the concept. This article traces the development of interest in presenteeism, considers its various conceptualizations, and explains how presenteeism is typically measured. Organizational and occupational correlates of attending work when ill are reviewed, as are medical correlates of resulting productivity loss. It is argued that presenteeism has important implications for organizational theory and practice, and a research agenda for organizational scholars is presented. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
877 citations
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TL;DR: The optimal detector for the so-called spatial modulation (SM) system introduced by Mesleh et al. in 2006 is derived, and it is shown that SM with the optimal detector achieves performance gains over popular multiple antenna systems, making it an excellent candidate for future wireless communication standards.
Abstract: In this letter, we derive the optimal detector for the so-called spatial modulation (SM) system introduced by Mesleh et al. in (Mesleh, 2006). The new detector performs significantly better than the original (~ 4 dB gain), and we support our results by deriving a closed form expression for the average bit error probability. As well, we show that SM with the optimal detector achieves performance gains (~ 1.5 - 3 dB) over popular multiple antenna systems, making it an excellent candidate for future wireless communication standards.
875 citations
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17 May 2015
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a systematic exposition of Bit coin and the many related crypto currencies or "altcoins" and identify three key components of BitCoin's design that can be decoupled, which enables a more insightful analysis of Bitcoin's properties and future stability.
Abstract: Bit coin has emerged as the most successful cryptographic currency in history. Within two years of its quiet launch in 2009, Bit coin grew to comprise billions of dollars of economic value despite only cursory analysis of the system's design. Since then a growing literature has identified hidden-but-important properties of the system, discovered attacks, proposed promising alternatives, and singled out difficult future challenges. Meanwhile a large and vibrant open-source community has proposed and deployed numerous modifications and extensions. We provide the first systematic exposition Bit coin and the many related crypto currencies or 'altcoins.' Drawing from a scattered body of knowledge, we identify three key components of Bit coin's design that can be decoupled. This enables a more insightful analysis of Bit coin's properties and future stability. We map the design space for numerous proposed modifications, providing comparative analyses for alternative consensus mechanisms, currency allocation mechanisms, computational puzzles, and key management tools. We survey anonymity issues in Bit coin and provide an evaluation framework for analyzing a variety of privacy-enhancing proposals. Finally we provide new insights on what we term disinter mediation protocols, which absolve the need for trusted intermediaries in an interesting set of applications. We identify three general disinter mediation strategies and provide a detailed comparison.
865 citations
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Alan C. Evans | 183 | 866 | 134642 |
Michael J. Meaney | 136 | 604 | 81128 |
Chao Zhang | 127 | 3119 | 84711 |
Charles Spence | 111 | 949 | 51159 |
Angappa Gunasekaran | 101 | 586 | 40633 |
Kaushik Roy | 97 | 1402 | 42661 |
Muthiah Manoharan | 96 | 497 | 44464 |
Stephen J. Simpson | 95 | 490 | 30226 |
Roy A. Wise | 95 | 252 | 39509 |
Dario Farina | 94 | 832 | 32786 |
Yavin Shaham | 94 | 239 | 29596 |
Elazer R. Edelman | 89 | 593 | 29980 |
Fikret Berkes | 88 | 271 | 49585 |
Ke Wu | 87 | 1242 | 33226 |
Nick Serpone | 85 | 474 | 30532 |