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Abstract Background Ultra‐high dose‐per‐pulse (UHDP) dosimetry remains a key challenge in FLASH radiotherapy. Conventional ionization chambers (ICs) experience severe electric field perturbations under UHDP conditions due to high charge densities, leading to severe recombination.
Marco Montefiori +13 more
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Conspicuously absent: shipping emissions in climate change policy [PDF]
This repository item contains a single issue of Issues in Brief, a series of policy briefs that began publishing in 2008 by the Boston University Frederick S.
Cowing, Rebecca
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Impacts of bat use of anthropogenic structures on bats and humans
Abstract Human‐induced landscape modifications and climate change are forcing wildlife into closer contact with humans as the availability of natural habitats decreases. Although the importance of anthropogenic structures for the conservation of species is widely recognized, negative narratives surrounding bats may impede conservation efforts in human ...
Ella A. Sippola +15 more
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El Bunkering en el Ecuador, negocio de beneficios por aprovechar
This article focuses on Bunkering, and efficient business model in Ecuador, with the use and the effects on the economy. With a comparison of the sources of supply in the country of oil, fuel and especially the sea.
Carpio-Freire, Raúl +2 more
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LNG-fueled vessels in the Norwegian short-sea market : a cost-effective response to environmental regulation [PDF]
The objective of this thesis is to assess the environmental and economic advantages of using LNG as fuel for ships. Air emissions from ships are an increasing environmental concern.
Baumgart, Meike +1 more
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False consensus beliefs and populist attitudes
Abstract A well‐established finding from social psychology is that people tend to hold “false consensus beliefs,” that is, they regularly overestimate how many others agree with their own opinions. However, the consequences of such beliefs for citizens' assessment of democratic legitimacy are still largely unexplored.
Nils D. Steiner +2 more
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In this study, the operability of an FLBT (floating LNG bunkering terminal) was evaluated experimentally. Model tests were conducted in the KRISO (Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering) ocean engineering basin.
Dong-Woo Jung +5 more
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Betting on Displacement: Oil, Violence, and the Switch to Civilian Rule in Nigeria [PDF]
This paper presents an analytic narrative of three decades of oil and violence in Nigeria, assuming rational choice by all the actors. It argues that, in the 1980s and 1990s, the government had to choose between spending money on preventing pollution and
Azam, Jean-Paul
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Abstract Tornadic tropical cyclones (TCs) in China occur at a similar frequency to those in the U.S., yet the number of TC tornadoes in China is only 16.5% of that in the U.S. This study reveals that one reason is that tornadic TCs in China have shorter track lengths, fewer recurving tracks, and more southerly locations when producing tornadoes.
Jingyi Wen +3 more
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Moral Lacunae in the Management of Dual Agency Dilemmas Comment on "Dual Agency in Hospitals: What Strategies Do Managers and Physicians Apply to Reconcile Dilemmas Between Clinical and Economic Considerations?" [PDF]
Lipworth W.
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