In this paper, a numerical solution procedure is presented for the free and forced vibration of a piezoelectric nanowire under thermo-electro-mechanical loads based on the nonlocal elasticity theory within the framework of Timoshenko beam theory. The influences of surface piezoelectricity, surface elasticity and residual surface stress are taken into consideration. Using Hamilton’s principle, t...

BACKGROUND Experiences of forced sex have been shown to be prevalent in Southern Africa. Negative outcomes of forced sex have been documented in general populations of women and men and include alcohol abuse, drug use, mental health problems, mental distress, sexual health problems and poor overall health. This study is the first to examine experiences of forced sex and associated health proble...

We show how preferred committee assignments act as an electoral subsidy for members of Congress—empowering representatives’ legislative careers. When holding preferred assignments, legislators are free to focus on legislative activity in Washington, DC. But when the subsidy is removed, legislators are forced to direct attention to the district. To test our theory of legislative subsidy, we expl...

Currently at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Don is engaged in research that will help U.S. industry measure the standard hack. Unfortunately , NIST does not have a very good sense of humor, so he was forced to write his first book

The coming of war has forced us to rediscover the merits of many discarded ways of living in all departments of life. In the realm of education, the emergency improvisation of home teaching units took us back temporarily to the days of the old dame school, but now that the first few weeks of initial disorganization which brought these to life have passed, the experience has left some of us with...

The Greek restructuring of March 2012 illustrates how non-price contract terms can have a significant effect on the pricing of sovereign debt. In the Greek restructuring, bonds governed by local law suffered NPV haircuts in the range of 60-75%, whereas those bonds governed by foreign law were paid in full and on time. Other contract parameters such as the currency in which the debt is denominat...

social-science concepts to "fit" the historical sources. 43 And it is especially important not to forget the contributions, and indeed the suffering, of those historians forced to flee Nazi persecution after 1933. But if, as a previous volume in this series has shown," German historical scholarship in the postwar era was significantly shaped by those who had left after 1933, it was also profoun...

Penalties are frequently used in games and rarely in tutors, creating a dilemma for designers seeking to combine games and tutors to maximize fun and learning. On the one hand, penalties can be frustrating and waste instructional time, on the other, they may increase excitement and prevent gaming. This study tested the effects of penalties on learning and interest. In a randomized, controlled e...

Forced migration has become a world-wide phenomenon in the past century, affecting increasing numbers of countries and people. It entails important challenges from a global health perspective. Leppold et al have critically discussed the Japanese interpretation of global responsibility for health in the context of forced migration. This commentary complements their analysis by outlining three pr...

The privatization of social housing transformed many transitional countries in Central and Eastern Europe into societies with predominant home ownership and a marginalized rental sector. The relevant question arising from the current housing situation in these countries is whether the current tenure structure is sustainable in the long run (Mandič, 2000). The answer is probably negative since t...