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Coventry University
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About: Coventry University is a education organization based out in Coventry, United Kingdom. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Higher education. The organization has 4964 authors who have published 12700 publications receiving 255898 citations. The organization is also known as: Lanchester Polytechnic & Coventry Polytechnic.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a computationally efficient finite element model is presented for predicting low-velocity impact damage in laminated composites using a quasi-static load model with surface-based cohesive contact, where the effect of compressive through-thickness stress on delamination is taken into account by introducing contact friction force in the shear force direction.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the impact of cold ironing on the CO 2 emissions from ships at berth if the electrical power was drawn from national electricity grids and found that in the majority of major maritime nations, such as Japan, UK, and Italy, using the International Energy Agency databases on electrical supply and atmospheric emissions to calculate the mass of CO 2 which would be emitted if ships were to draw electrical power from national electrical grids.
Abstract: Maritime shipping is becoming increasingly recognised as an important source of both priority pollutants such as NO x , SO 2 , CO, and particulate matter (PM) and the main greenhouse gas, CO 2 . The atmospheric emissions from ships are of particular concern when vessels are at berth, because they consume significant quantities of electrical power which is generated by inefficient onboard diesel engines leading to unnecessary emissions of priority pollutants and greenhouse gasses. One alternative to using onboard power generation is to connect ships to an onshore electrical supply; this is referred to as shoreside power or cold-ironing. In this paper, we have investigated the impact that shoreside power could have on the CO 2 emissions from ships at berth if the electrical power was drawn from national electricity grids. We have used International Energy Agency databases on electrical supply and atmospheric emissions to calculate the mass of CO 2 which would be emitted if ships were to draw electrical power from national electricity grids and compared the results to the existing emissions from ships at berth reported in the literature. In addition, we have calculated the change in NO x , SO 2 , and CO emissions if shoreside power were to be implemented in the United Kingdom. We have found that in the majority of major maritime nations, the use of shoreside power drawn from national electricity grids could lead to a significant reduction in CO 2 emissions, most notably in Japan, UK, and Italy. In the US, small reductions in CO 2 emissions could be achieved, while in China shoreside power could lead to a 38% increase in CO 2 emissions. We have demonstrated our findings using three case studies.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors used an eye-tracking experiment to assess how respondents' visual attention patterns may affect product comprehension and found that the use of words in marketing communications for new products is generally more effective to enhance product comprehension than pictorials, while the combination of mental simulation and pictures yielded a high comprehension level for this product.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the relationship between leverage and product market competition is non-linear (parabolic or cubic), depending on industry type, company size, and firms’ growth opportunities.
Abstract: Financial and industrial economists have increasingly recognized the interaction between product market competition and financing decisions of firms. This paper analyzes the relationship between product market competition (measured by Tobin’s Q) and the capital structure of Chinese listed firms in a static and dynamic setting. We study an unbalanced panel dataset of 1'8416 firm-year observations in 12 industries from 1994 to 2006. Employing several empirical methods, this study finds that there are significant differences in the debt ratios and product market competition across different industries. Our results suggest that the relationship between leverage and product market competition is non-linear (parabolic or cubic), depending on industry type, company size and firms’ growth opportunities. The system-GMM results reveal that Chinese firms tend to adjust their leverage ratios through time. Overall, the fixed effects and GMM estimates detect a linear and inverse relationship between the intensity of competition and leverage ratio, which supports the predation theory.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed an intelligent adaptive extended Kalman filter (IAEKF) method that can detect the moment of distribution change of EIS by the maximum likelihood function and then, the ICM is updated based on the EIS after that moment to improve the SOC estimation accuracy.
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Xiang Zhang | 154 | 1733 | 117576 |
Zidong Wang | 122 | 914 | 50717 |
Stephen Joseph | 95 | 485 | 45357 |
Andrew Smith | 87 | 1025 | 34127 |
John F. Allen | 79 | 401 | 23214 |
Craig E. Banks | 77 | 569 | 27520 |
Philip L. Smith | 75 | 291 | 24842 |
Tim H. Sparks | 69 | 315 | 19997 |
Nadine E. Foster | 68 | 320 | 18475 |
Michael G. Burton | 66 | 519 | 16736 |
Sarah E Lamb | 65 | 395 | 28825 |
Michael Gleeson | 65 | 234 | 17603 |
David Alexander | 65 | 520 | 16504 |
Timothy J. Mason | 65 | 225 | 15810 |
David S.G. Thomas | 63 | 228 | 14796 |