A review of topsoil governance for mining and agriculture in South Africa and abroad
Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.Topsoil is taken for granted as the dirt under our feet. Yet, humanity hinges on 15 cm of topsoil. As with potable water, topsoil is a natural resource we depend on daily. This review examines the chronological development of topsoil conservation through the governance of legal and other instruments since 1701. It highlights how topsoil is defined, its
Chrizette D. Neethling +4 more
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Security of ADS-B and Remote ID Systems: Cyberattacks, Detection Techniques, and Countermeasures. [PDF]
Sensors (Basel)Shi Q, Caleb TD, Shao S, Kaabouch N.
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Export controls and the energy transition: Aligning security and sustainability
Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines how the accelerating use of export controls, once motivated by narrow security interests, can now affect the pace and success of the global energy transition. As strategic rivalry intensifies among the US, the EU and China, export controls increasingly target access to critical and emerging technologies such as advanced ...
Olga Hrynkiv
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Explainable multi agent reinforcement learning framework for secure and adaptive communication in UAV swarm based fanets. [PDF]
Sci RepAlkahtani HK +3 more
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Interfacial Synergy in a Band-Aligned Low-Dimensional Heterojunction Toward Broadband Photodetection. [PDF]
Adv Sci (Weinh)Monolithically integrating sensing and communication, a Ta2NiSe5/Sb2Te3 heterojunction achieves visible‐to‐near‐infrared photovoltaics with high‐speed terahertz photo‐thermoelectric detection at room temperature. By engineering a Type‐II van der Waals heterojunction, we overcome the intrinsic spectral limitations and disparate physical requirements of ...
Wen Y +20 more
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Formal Institutions and Corporate Tax Disclosures: A Cross‐Country Analysis
Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of tax‐related formal institutions on corporate tax disclosures. Our theorizing, based on voluntary disclosure theory and institutional theory, highlights the cost–benefit analysis firms engage in to decide on corporate tax disclosures, where transparency enhances legitimacy but also entails risks like revealing ...
Reggy Hooghiemstra +2 more
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Bertrand Russell, Karin Costelloe‐Stephen, and Temporal Experience
Noûs, EarlyView.
Emily Thomas
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The Russian Review, EarlyView.Abstract How did World War II affect the nature and resilience of Soviet institutions and authority, especially in the extreme case of the Blockade of Leningrad? During the Blockade, Leningraders acted with great agency by engaging in the shadow trade of food and shadow talk for information and community in order to survive.
Jeffrey K. Hass, Nikita A. Lomagin
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Anti interference and fault tolerant control of UAVs integrating residual based diagnosis disturbance estimation with counter drone strategies. [PDF]
Sci RepXie Z, Long Y.
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Political Naturalisation: Conscripting Transit Citizens in the United Arab Emirates
Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Since its formation, the United Arab Emirates has sought to construct a cohesive sense of national identity among its citizens, centred on a system of material and legal privileges granted exclusively to Emirati nationals. A pillar of its nation‐building project was the strict exclusion of foreigners from citizenship and the upholding of a ...
Mira Al Hussein
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