Gauja, as a River embraces the most significant position in the mindset of the Latvians, not only because it is among the largest rivers of Latvia, but also because of its sacred imprints on the Latvian history and heritage.From a geographical point ACIDOPH DBLE STR GOAT of view, it is the only large river of Latvia, which has its upper and lower s

ObjectivesThe cabin-skeleton coupling structure of a blended-wing-body underwater glider is optimized using a data-driven discrete optimization concept.MethodsFirst, a Kriging-assisted discrete global optimization algorithm (KDGO) is proposed for computationally expensive black-box problems.The KDGO uses a novel infill-sampling strategy to capture

This article adds to the analysis of Hong Kong TV Wooden Car culture by investigating recent trends in television production.It demonstrates that the small screen has become a means of grappling with postcolonial Hong Kong identity, and that this is most noticeable in its reinvention of the genre of the financial crime thriller.This analysis must b