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Two‐Way Shape Memory Alloy and Polymer Composite Hybrid Smart Actuator With High Speed, Accuracy, and Reversible Deformation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Tailored thermo‐mechanical properties of shape memory polymer composites enable large reversible deformation as well as high actuation speed. Moreover, a structural design with curvature in the transverse direction achieves sub‐second actuation on heating and a larger recovery ratio on cooling. Finally, these newly developed smart two‐way actuators can
Dajeong Kang, Seong Yeon Park, Yitro Samuel Aditya, Ha Eun Lee, Wonvin Kim, Sangyoon Bae, Seong Su Kim   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Human Rights Due Diligence for Arms Companies: Lessons from Supply Chain Regulations

European Journal of Risk Regulation
In comparison to other high-risk industrial sectors, human rights due diligence (HRDD) in the arms sector remains unclear and underdeveloped. This article elucidates how supply chain regulations can provide pertinent guidance for clarifying and ...
Hiruni Alwishewa
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Global Arms Trade and Oil Dependence* [PDF]

The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2018
We investigate how oil dependence affects the trade of weapons between countries. We argue that oil-dependent economies have incentives to transfer arms to oil-rich countries to reduce their risk of instability and, as a result, the chances of disruption in the oil industry.
Bove, Vincenzo, Deiana, Claudio, Nisticï¿1⁄2, Roberto   +2 more
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Engineering Strategies for Stable and Long‐Life Alkaline Zinc‐Based Flow Batteries

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Alkaline zinc‐based flow batteries face persistent challenges from unstable zinc deposition, including dendrite growth, passivation, corrosion, and hydrogen evolution, which severely limit cycling stability. Current research addresses these issues through coordinated electrode structuring, electrolyte regulation, and membrane design to control zinc ...
Yuran Bai, Xiaoyu Huo, Xin Long, Enkang Fu, Xusong Gong, Lei Wei, Liang An   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multi‐Scale Interface Engineering of MXenes for Multifunctional Sensory Systems

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
MXenes, as two‐dimensional transition metal carbides and nitrides, demonstrate remarkable capabilities for multifunctional sensing applications. This review systematically examines multi‐scale interface engineering approaches that enhance sensing performance, enable diverse detection functionalities, and improve system‐level compatibility in MXene ...
Jiaying Liao, Sin‐Yi Pang, Jianhua Hao
wiley   +1 more source

Arms Trade

, 2017
The international arms trade is unique because it is a sector of trade that receives a larger amount of attention than its size deserves from an economic perspective. The reason for this attention is obvious: the international arms trade has the potential to fuel interstate conflict, intrastate conflict, and, to a lesser extent, enables repressive ...
openaire   +2 more sources

THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF ARMS EXPORT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: CAUSALITY ANALYSIS BETWEEN DEFENSE EXPORT, GDP AND DEFENSE EXPENDITURE IN TURKIYE [PDF]

Journal of Defense Resources Management
The aim of this study to investigate the the role of defense export in developing countries and also its effects onmilitary expenditure andgross domestic product (GDP) in Turkiye during the period 2001-2024.
Meliha ENER, Nazan YELKIKALAN, Selen SAVAŞKAN   +2 more
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Highly Sensitive Oxidation‐Resistant Degradable Janus Piezoresistive Electronic Skin for Sustainable Wearable Electronics

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This study presents a highly sensitive, oxidation‐resistant, biocompatible, and degradable Janus piezoresistive electronic skin for sustainable wearable electronics. The electronic skin exhibits sensitive and stable response across a broad pressure range, exceptional oxidation resistance, and Janus wettability.
Joon Kim, Mohammad Zarei, Deristisya Zahra, Yuhan Lee, Daegun Kim, Seung Goo Lee   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Indirect Interventions in Civil Wars

Czech Journal of International Relations, 2019
Current research on motivational sources of military interventions in civil wars frequently assumes that states intervene due to direct interests in the civil war country.
Kamil Klosek
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Harmonization of legislation of the Republic of Serbia with the EU strategy to combat illicit accumulation and trafficking of small arms and light weapons and their ammunition: Degree of compliance and necessary measures [PDF]

Војно дело, 2015
The problem of illicit trade in small arms and light weapons and their ammunition is especially current in the European Union and its close neighborhood.
Kotarlić Dragan, Joksimović Slobodan
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