The study attempts to propose a syntactic account of bi-comparatives in Mandarin Chinese under the generative framework.Bi plays a role reminiscent of a prepositional complementizer projecting a self-completed clause (Hsing 2003, Chung 2006), a preverbal adjunct Wafers in the wake of Liu (1996).Following Abney (1987), Kennedy (1997), Kennedy & Merc
Abstract COVID-19 Rings pandemic represented a worldwide major challenge in different areas, and efforts undertaken by the scientific community led to the understanding of some of the genetic determinants that influence the different COVID-19 outcomes.In this paper, we review the studies about the role of human genetics in COVID-19 severity and how
Abstract Soft actuators have attracted significant attention owing to their unique characteristics and potential for various applications.A dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA) is a type of soft actuator driven by electric voltage and has superior characteristics, such as a fast response, light weight, and simple structure.Several studies have been
Abstract As a starting point in equipment manufacturing, sawing plays an important role in industrial production.Intelligent manufacturing equipment is an important copyright of intelligent manufacturing technologies.Due to the backwardness of intelligent technology, the comprehensive performance of sawing equipments in China is obviously different
Iran has a great potential for wind energy.This paper introduces optimization of 7 wind turbine blades for small and medium scales in a determined wind condition of Zabol site, Iran, where the average wind speed is considered 7 m /s.Considered wind turbines are 3 bladed and radius of 7 case study turbine blades are 4.5 m, 6.5 m, 8 m, 9 m, 10 m, 15.