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This paper seeks to draw lessons from the IMF’s experience in handling financial crises around the globe over the past ten years that are relevant to the challenges faced by countries in Latin America, especially in the wake of the recent crisis in Argentina. Experience suggests that...
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high repetitive rate YAG laser-induced discharge texturing (LIDT) is to get deeper hardening zone. By observing and … measuring cross-section of LIDT spots in different discharge conditions, it is found that the single-crater, which is formed by … the discharge conditions of anode, which is covered by an oil film and with rectangular current waveform, has the most …
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This study proposes a two-stage intelligence-based pumping control (TWOPC) model for real-time pumping operation to solve the complex problem of estimating the desired pump flow and determining the optimal combination of pumps deployed in a flood event. In Stage I of the model, the desired pump...
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characteristics of runoff including peak discharge caused by rain-on-snow have been investigated. The major climatic feature was found … to be a precipitation, which as maximum in summer; and the major hydrological feature was a discharge, which was maximum …
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discharge, and this would prevent the application of standard time series analysis tools. Furthermore, the highly nonstationary … water discharge time series presents very complex time structure, therefore the joint application of the SSA and the FS …
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feedstock, on the discharge of nutrients to rivers. Annual data from 1968-2008 on stream flow, cropped acres, and precipitation … for Wharton County, Texas are used. A positive impact of increased corn acreage over this period on river discharge is …
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The influence of wind turbine blade rotation on the lightning behavior is not sufficiently studied. The original theoretical analysis and experimental investigation, whose most important segments are described in this paper, should enable a better understanding of this phenomenon. The tests were...
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The private non-financial sector in Europe is facing increased challenges in meeting its debt servicing obligation. In response, governments are revisiting legal tools and—in some cases—institutional arrangements to deal with over-indebtedness. For households, where the problem in...
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after hospital discharge and readmission for beneficiaries with atrial fibrillation or other chronic conditions. About half … of those beneficiaries with a hospitalization had an outpatient visit within 14 days of discharge. Readmission rates were … follow-up care shortly after discharge may lower readmissions for patients with atrial fibrillation or other chronic …
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