Huge Wave Research Articles

Study on Stock Price Fluctuation of DHL after Cross-border Merger and Acquisition

In the 21st century, global logistics companies have launched a huge wave of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), including many international logistics giants launching crazy M&A to adapt to the expansion strategy of globalization. The cross-border logistics market is an extremely attractive cake in the logistics market, but the express delivery business in many low tier cities in many countries has long been dominated by many local enterprises, and its market has not been fully developed and does not meet international standards. The world has experienced five waves of M&A, and now this trend is affecting the development of DHL and has a significant impact on the evolution of the logistics industry. This article introduces the background of the topic selection, research objectives and significance, as well as the examination of whether M&A are necessary. This article uses the ARIMA-GARCH model to predict DHL's future stock price, and confirms the relationship and impact between its stock price and M&A behavior by comparing actual data. Based on the company's stock liquidity, the M&A effect is evaluated. The research results indicate that M&A can enable companies to quickly acquire the resources needed for development, generate synergies through integration, establish core competitiveness, and gain competitive advantages.

Computational study on complex wave hydrodynamics of multidirectional extreme waves at fringing reef

Due to the special topography of coral reefs, most of the energy of incoming waves can be reduced through the wave breakings at the reef edge, thus playing a vital role in protecting the coastal regions behind coral reefs. In severe weather conditions, wind-generated waves tend to propagate in multiple directions in real ocean environment. The abrupt multidirectional wave-focusing mechanisms may result in the formation of huge waves in both deep and shallow waters, threatening the safety of coastal infrastructures and well-being of coastal communities at the reef islands. Therefore, it is crucial to thoroughly examine the complex hydrodynamics of multidirectional extreme waves at the fringing reefs. Previous studies on reef wave hydrodynamics predominantly focus on unidirectional waves. Only a small number of studies have considered the wave hydrodynamics of fringing reefs under multidirectional waves, let alone multidirectional extreme waves. To address the knowledge gap in previous studies, this study analyzes the complex hydrodynamic processes of multidirectional extreme waves at the fringing reef by applying a nonhydrostatic numerical wave model (NHWAVE). Influences of several key factors are analyzed, such as significant wave height, peak wave period, water depth, incident wave angle, and reef topography. It is expected that the research findings of this study will contribute to a deeper understanding of the hydrodynamics of multidirectional extreme waves at the fringing reef.

Long Short-Term Memory Networks' Application on Typhoon Wave Prediction for the Western Coast of Taiwan.

Huge waves caused by typhoons often induce severe disasters along coastal areas, making the effective prediction of typhoon-induced waves a crucial research issue for researchers. In recent years, the development of the Internet of Underwater Things (IoUT) has rapidly increased the prediction of oceanic environmental disasters. Past studies have utilized meteorological data and feedforward neural networks (e.g., BPNN) with static network structures to establish short lead time (e.g., 1 h) typhoon wave prediction models for the coast of Taiwan. However, sufficient lead time for prediction remains essential for preparedness, early warning, and response to minimize the loss of lives and properties during typhoons. The aim of this research is to construct a novel long lead time typhoon-induced wave prediction model using Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), which incorporates a dynamic network structure. LSTM can capture long-term information through its recurrent structure and selectively retain necessary signals using memory gates. Compared to earlier studies, this method extends the prediction lead time and significantly improves the learning and generalization capability, thereby enhancing prediction accuracy markedly.

Humanitarian Aid for Ukraine as a Pivotal Element in the Polish Aid Programme and an Opportunity to Amplify the Role of Development Cooperation in the Polish Foreign Policy

Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and the ensuing humanitarian crisis made 2022 a landmark year in terms of humanitarian aid to Ukraine and resulted in a huge wave of support, not only financial. Poland became known as a “humanitarian superpower,” and the attitude of Poles was assessed as unprecedented in terms of solidarity. The events in Ukraine significantly affected the Polish development cooperation system (Polish Aid), causing not only a more than 200 percent increase in ODA and the proportion of its distribution, but increasing the involvement of Polish actors. The answer to the question of how much the situation is likely to translate into an increase in the share of humanitarian aid, which is part of development cooperation, in Polish foreign policy depends on Poland’s further strategy of providing humanitarian aid and skillfully combining it with social potential.

The fastest growing modes in rotating magnetoconvection with anisotropic diffusivities and their links to the Earth's core conditions

ABSTRACT The fastest growing modes in anisotropic rotating magnetoconvection (RMC) processes are presented. After reminding the state of the art, we present our new approach that applies to isotropic as well as anisotropic diffusivities' conditions. We describe three cases: T (only temperature perturbation is time dependent), Q (temperature and velocity field perturbations are time dependent, but magnetic field perturbation is time independent) and G (temperature, magnetic and velocity field perturbations are time dependent). Isotropies as well as anisotropies are further distinguished by values of molecular and turbulent diffusivities. We show that T case does not describe properly convection in the Earth's outer core conditions, because it implies too huge Ekman numbers for the transition between the RMC modes of weak and strong magnetic field types. In G case, the convection is usually much more facilitated than in the T case: instabilities may arise with much smaller values of Ekman number and, in general, all types of convections occur with values of the physical parameters of the Earth consistent with the most reliable estimations. We demonstrate (and indicate) that Q and G cases can be well suited for the magnetic field of the Earth (and for other planetary magnetic fields), but only G case may correspond to turbulent stay of the Earth's core. We prove that, analogously like in the marginal modes, the value of anisotropic parameter α (the ratio between horizontal and vertical diffusivities) crucially influences the convection. The cases of α < 1 ( 1 $ ]]> α > 1 ) strongly decrease (increase) the Ekman numbers at which the RMC modes of weak and strong magnetic field types change between each other. Finally, we show and stress that not all types of anisotropies in the fastest growing modes can be equally strong. More specifically, we show that a fixed Rayleigh number puts a constraint on the maximum value of α, but do not put any lower positive limit on the minimum value of α. This special constraint is given by the necessary positiveness of the growth rate of the fastest growing modes. Our RMC approach allows to easily deal with very huge wave numbers and Rayleigh numbers as well as with very small Ekman numbers, what is usually not possible in the standard geodynamo simulations.

Distinct wave profiles relating to a coupled of Schrödinger equations depicting the modes in optics

Diverse aspects of real-world problems are portrayed through nonlinear Schrodinger equations. This exploration considers a pair of fractional order Schrodinger equations describing important nonlinear instability phenomena which are related to heat pulse, quantum condensates, nonlinear acoustics, hydrodynamics, and nonlinear optics. The improved auxiliary equation and improved tanh schemes are imposed on the governing model which generate a bulk of innovative accurate wave solutions. Plenty of wave solutions achieved in this study could be utilized to characterize the interior mechanisms of intricate phenomena relating to the considered nonlinear models. Some of the solutions are selected to figure out in the sense of contours, 3D and 2D outlines after assigning suitable values to the involved free parameters. The directed techniques are employed to explore appropriate wave solutions of the above-stated nonlinear model for the first time ensuring the unique solutions rather than the results in earlier studies. This present work highlights the competency of used methods celebrating huge appropriate wave solutions of suggested complex nonlinear models and gives a guideline for related future research.

Telling the Truth via Fiction: Imre Kertész, Péter Esterházy, and Hungarian Post-1989 Literary Anticommunism

ABSTRACT In post-1989 Hungary, as the superstructure of a well-established censorship rapidly collapsed, a huge wave of formerly restricted information refreshed the stagnant water of literary and social culture. Nevertheless, the mainstream of contemporary highbrow belles-lettres began to take a rather apolitical approach towards literary production. Realism as an objectivist literary style and referential mode of representation was felt, after 1989, as too ideological, and thus lost its credibility along with the grand narrative of state socialism. A postmodern canon was soon established and popularized, based on formal experimentation and on the non-referential nature of the literary work. Despite the fact that postmodernism generally rejected realist fiction, Hungarian post-communist mainstream writers felt compelled to address the memory of the communist past. This paper aims to investigate major ethical and aesthetical problems of telling the truth via fiction, focusing on seminal books like The Union Jack, Kaddish for an Unborn Child, and Dossier K. by Imre Kertész; as well as Celestial Harmonies and Javított kiadás (Revised Edition) by Péter Esterházy. Last but not least, the article will analyse the compelling piece Egy történet (A/One Story), written by both the aforementioned authors.

Recent bio-applications of covalent organic framework-based nanomaterials.

Appearing as a new class of functional organic materials, covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have aroused a huge wave of interest in versatile fields ever since they were first proposed in 2005. Thanks to but not limited to their ultralight weights, high surface areas, ordered channels, variable functional groups and well-defined crystal structures, the applications of COF-based biomaterials in the fields of drug loading and delivery, photodynamic therapy, photothermal therapy, bioimaging, etc. are comprehensively summarized and introduced. The existing challenges and future prospects for this emerging but hot research direction are also discussed. It is hoped that this review will serve as a guidance for future research on COFs as multifunctional bioplatforms.

Zn,N-codoped mesoporous carbon particles/carbon fibers for wide-band electromagnetic wave absorption

Carbon fibers with low density, high stability and unique structural characteristics are a huge potential electromagnetic wave absorber. However, it is difficult to achieve wide-band absorption of the carbon fibers due to their impedance mismatching and limited loss factors. Herein, we develop a facile method to fabricate Zn,N-codoped carbon particles/carbon fiber (N,Zn-PNP/NCF). The Zn,N-codoped strategy can cause the distortion of electron clouds of C atoms and the generation of defect sites, which improve the electromagnetic wave absorption performance of carbon fibers. As a result, the optimal N,Zn-PNP/NCF show excellent absorption property with an effective absorption bandwidth of 5.89 GHz at the thickness of 2.0 mm, which is significantly superior to the ordinary N-doped carbon material and most of reported carbon-based absorbers. Theoretical calculations and the experimental results suggest that the Zn,N-codoping along with the interfaces between carbon particles and carbon fibers can effectively enhance the polarization loss capability of carbon fibers due to the charge redistribution caused by the Zn and N heteroatoms. Besides, based on the dielectric characteristic of the optimal N,Zn-PNP/NCF, a pressure response absorber (PSA) is designed, which can realize the selective absorption in the wide frequency region.

Israel's Constitutional Moment

AbstractAs the result of the initiation of the ‘judicial reform’ in January 2023, and the huge wave of public protest, Israel is currently undergoing a political turmoil which may develop into a fully fledged constitutional crisis. In this article I provide an account of the roots and causes of the present crisis from a public law theory perspective. In particular, I discuss the relationship between constitutional and administrative law in Israeli law. I argue that the core of Israel's constitutional structure has always been the institutions of administrative law as created and developed during the ‘administrative revolution’ of the 1980s. In contrast, Israel's constitutional law has always been a peripheral in the core structure of judicial review over the political branches. Contrary to common wisdom, I argue that the ‘constitutional revolution’ of the mid-1990s has not changed this core structure, but rather provided an external belt of normative barricades for this core structure. Accordingly, and despite the pretentious constitutional discourse developed in the 1990s by the Court, Israel was and still is a monistic democracy with no true constitutional layer of norms that enjoys higher status vis-à-vis regular legislation.

Hydrodynamic Loads and Overtopping Processes of a Coastal Seawall under the Coupled Impact of Extreme Waves and Wind

Driven by strong winds, huge ocean waves can cause devastating destruction to coastal regions during harsh weather events. There is growing evidence showing that extreme waves can occur in both shallow and deep waters. To protect the coast against the destructive power of huge waves, coastal protection facilities, such as seawalls, are often built along the coast. The integrity and stability of these coastal protection facilities are essential to the safety of coastal regions. Since huge waves are often accompanied by strong winds in real ocean environments, to fill the knowledge gap left by previous relevant studies, this study numerically investigates the hydrodynamic loads and overtopping of a coastal seawall model on a sloped beach under the coupled impact of an extreme wave group and wind. The influences of several main factors are considered, such as water depth, wind speed, and significant wave height. The research results reveal that strong wind can greatly increase the average overtopping rate and enhance the hydrodynamic loads exerted by the extreme wave group on the seawall.

“Keep That German Kitsch Away from the Czech Hands!” Ethnic Cleansing in the Light of Material Culture: Furnishings of the Displaced Moravian and Silesian Nobility on the Post-1945 Brno Auction Market

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Slanted Translation[s]: An Interview with Artist Rosanna Bruno

In this interview-essay, artist Rosanna Bruno talks with the author about her illustrations of The Trojan Women, a comic-book made in collaboration with Anne Carson. Bruno’s illustrations offer the reader an oblique entry into a devastated Troy: they are translation “at a slant.” The artist speaks on going against what is visually expected or plausible, in her use of surprising imagery to convey and counterpoint suffering, and touches upon the use of humor to bring the tragedy into sharp focus. Bruno explains how the comic-book format can communicate radical ideas in the interdependence of word and image. She talks through creating the feeling of live theater and the emotional tenor brought about by an almost entirely non-human cast: dogs, cows, a huge wave, a turnip-like rootling, a pair of dungarees. The illustrator elucidates the collaborative process between herself and Carson, revealing the various iterations of characters before they settled on their final forms, and the materials and methodologies Bruno employed in its rendering.

The Effect of Covid-19 Volunteer Motivation on Affective Commitment Through Volunteer Satisfaction

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a huge wave of compassion. In particular, volunteering platforms established channelling help for high-risk groups. Volunteers have become a valuable set of human resources in many sectors of society. This study focuses on the research on the effect of volunteer motivation involved on affective commitment of members mediated volunteer satisfaction in work. This research was conducted at the Muhammadiyah University Maharesigana organization. The subjects in this study were 114 volunteers from Maharesigana. Data analysis was carried out using SEM-PLS with WARP PLS 5 software. In this study it was found that volunteer motivation was not in line with their affective commitment. volunteer satisfaction at work also has a unidirectional relationship in mediating the influence of volunteer motivation on affective commitment

Molecular phylogenomic analysis reveals a single origin of monkeypox virus transmission in Guangzhou, China in June 2023

The monkeypox (mpox) virus has caused worldwide transmission since its initial report in England in early May 2022. Available data from the World Health Organization (WHO) show that Europe and the Americas experienced a huge wave of mpox virus infection. Now the number of infected cases is on the rise in Asia. Several sporadic infections have been reported in China. In this study, we obtained high-quality whole viral genomic sequences using a mpox virus-specific amplicon-based sequencing strategy. Our analysis of the phylogenomic characteristics indicated that all eight mpox virus sequences from Guangzhou belonged to the clade IIb lineage B.1.3 cluster. However, we could not locate the exact origins where the virus was imported, based on all the available mpox virus sequences from the Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Influenza Data (GISAID) database (https://gisaid.org/), except for their closest sequence similarity to that was reported from Japan. Novel amino acid mutations were found among the eight cases, suggesting that a local transmission may have occurred in Guangzhou, China.

Fundamental Challenges and Management Opportunities in Post Disaster Reconstruction Project

The study examines the root causes of delays that the project manager is unable to resolve or how the decision-maker can identify the best opportunities to get over these obstacles by considering the project constraints defined as the project triangle (cost, time, and quality) in post-disaster reconstruction projects to review the real challenges to overcome these obstacles. The methodology relied on the exploratory description and qualitative data examined. 43 valid questionnaires were distributed to qualified experienced engineers. A list of 49 factors causes was collected from previous international and local studies. A Relative Important Index (RII) is adapted to determine the level of importance of each sub-criterion in the four main criteria (scope, time, cost, and quality) to represent the causing changes in projects. The concluded 13 important factors represent the challenges faced by managers. This process requires active participation in the management role to overcome potential delays that face a great challenge and cause huge waves of displacement that affect the Iraqi economy and lead to social and environmental modifications. Reconstruction projects create jobs, improve the quality of life, and encourage people to return to their homes and rebuild their cities. So, unlocking local potential is the key to sustainable rebuilding in Iraq. Doi: 10.28991/CEJ-2023-09-09-05 Full Text: PDF

EXPLORING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION OF GENERATION Y PEOPLE IN THAILAND

The main purpose of this study is to analyse the factors affecting and exploring entrepreneurial intention of generation Y people in Thailand with particular attention to demographics, personal planned behaviours, and contextual factors, those factors will be the key tools that may encourage entrepreneurship. This study based on interview the person who born in 1980 to 1997 called generation Yers. The results showed they have a high expectation of being a self-employee rather that working in a well-known organisation and be able to understand the idea how these young entrepreneurs identify business opportunities and overcome challenges through self-attitudes toward unforeseen failure in business. Yers believe that they are the huge wave of movement to challenge and develop a globalisation throughout creativity and innovation. This study also shown the result of relationship among demographics, personal planned behaviours, and other contextual details that are the main key tools were the determinants of Thai entrepreneurial intention.

Samuelson against “Rawls’s gratuitism”: some lessons on the misunderstandings between Rawls and the economists

Soon after the publication of A Theory of Justice, Rawls found himself swept up in the huge wave of enthusiasm his work had elicited from economists, while also having to respond to major critiques. Among the latter we find a largely unknown piece by Samuelson, a giant in the world of economics, devoted to a central question of Rawls’s framework, namely the maximin, which he supplemented with several virulent letters strongly attacking Rawls’s notions of justice or fairness. A few years later, in a paper written in response to Arrow’s 1985 Tanner Lectures, Samuelson would dedicate a section to “Rawls’s Gratuitism,” caustically remarking that “if something true by definition is a ‘truism,’ then we may perhaps call something gratuitous a ‘gratuitism’.” Focusing on the dialogue between Rawls and Samuelson after A Theory of Justice, paying special attention to their correspondence, the paper aims to shed light on the reasons for Samuelson’s furore against Rawls’s maximin, and to draw some lessons concerning the complex dialogue between Rawls and the economists, both as regards the attitude of the economists towards Rawls and as regards Rawls’s position towards economists and the economy.

Rodzina i jej doświadczenie emigracyjne w kontekście wielokulturowości. Wybrane zagadnienia

The article addresses issues related to migration/emigration of individuals and their families, and draws attention to the specificity and size of contemporary emigration, emphasizing the importance of the unique historical context of modern relocation of people, both the propagation of the COVID-19 pandemic and the huge wave of refugees from war-torn Ukraine. The aim of the study was to discuss selected correlates important for contemporary migration/emigration that shape the identity of the family and its members residing in a culturally diverse environment. Multiculturalism as a value in itself is generally not questioned today, but the practice of everyday life shows that for many people it is a real practical challenge. Therefore, subjective and social determinants of learning and assimilating culture as well as building family and individual identity were distinguished. The value of the process of education and family upbringing as a factor supporting the process of adaptation to the conditions of multiculturalism was also emphasized.

Deteksi Perubahan Garis Pantai Menggunakan Citra Satelit Sentinel-2 di Kabupaten Klungkung, Bali

Coastline changes are a process that occurs continuously due to movement of sediments, ocean currents, waves, and land use. The impact of this process can be in the form of abrasion and accresion. Due to the huge waves on the south coast, the beaches along the Klungkung Regency are often experience abrasion and accresion. Detection of coastline can use remote sensing methods. This study uses Sentinel-2 satellite images with a spatial resolution of 10 ms to extract the coasline of Klungkung Regency in 2015 and 2020. The coastline extraction method used is the threshold value and band ratio approach. In this study, the digital coastline analysis system (DSAS) toolbox was used for coastline change analysis. The analysis result of coastline change in Klungkung Regency in 2015 and 2020 shows that Gunaksa Village experienced the highest abrasion of 108,6 meters, while Negari Village experienced the highest accrestion of 46,98 meters. The highest rate of coastline change in Klungkung Regency is the abrasion range from 0,058 m/year to 1,846 m/year, while those accretion range from 0,055 m/year to 1,084 m/year.