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Human security thinking in practice: ‘personal security’, ‘citizen security' and comprehensive mappings [PDF]
Contemporary Politics, 2015 This paper describes the introduction of an emphasis on ‘personal security’ in human security thinking and practice, as part of the ultimately unsuccessful attempt to compartmentalize the pursuit of security. It reviews the past 20 years of attention to ‘personal security’: both in compartments that consider organized physical violence or threats to ...
Gasper, Des, Gómez, OA
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Citizen security revisited: Whose security/ies are we talking about?
Latin American PolicyAbstractThis article addresses two issues related to citizen security and its developments in Mexico. First, it analyzes the limits of citizen security in terms of its exclusions and marginalizations as they particularly affect women and migrants. It is argued that citizen security policy does not capture the multilayered security concerns that affect ...
Marianne H Marchand
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Image Enhancement and Feature Extraction Based on Low-Resolution Satellite Data
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2015 The purpose of this study is to investigate the sensitivity of contrast-based textural measurements and morphological characteristics that derive from high-resolution satellite imagery (three-band SPOT-5) when diverse image enhancements techniques are ...
Vasileios Syrris +3 more
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Assessment of the Added-Value of Sentinel-2 for Detecting Built-up Areas
Remote Sensing, 2016 Monitoring of the human-induced changes and the availability of reliable and methodologically consistent urban area maps are essential to support sustainable urban development on a global scale.
Martino Pesaresi +5 more
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Robust Spectrum Sensing Demonstration Using a Low-Cost Front-End Receiver
International Journal of Antennas and Propagation, 2015 Spectrum Sensing (SS) is an important function in Cognitive Radio (CR) to detect primary users. The design of SS algorithms is one of the most challenging tasks in CR and requires innovative hardware and software solutions to enhance detection ...
Daniele Borio +3 more
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On the performance of fish stock parameters derived from VIT pseudo-cohort analysis
Scientia Marina, 2010 The comparison of VIT model results with those of the virtual population analysis assessment of the cod stock in the Skagerrak, North Sea and Eastern Channel established by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) reveal that ...
Hans-Joachim Rätz +2 more
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A New Method for Earth Observation Data Analytics Based on Symbolic Machine Learning
Remote Sensing, 2016 This work introduces a new classification method in the remote sensing domain, suitably adapted to dealing with the challenges posed by the big data processing and analytics framework.
Martino Pesaresi +2 more
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Stand-Alone and Hybrid Positioning Using Asynchronous Pseudolites
Sensors, 2014 global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers are usually unable to achieve satisfactory performance in difficult environments, such as open-pit mines, urban canyons and indoors. Pseudolites have the potential to extend GNSS usage and significantly
Ciro Gioia, Daniele Borio
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Genesis of citizens' rights and security
Revista on line de Política e Gestão Educacional, 2022 This study reveals the problem of protecting the rights of migrant workers in the CIS countries. The authors conduct a comparative analysis of international law in the context of the protection of the rights of migrants. The study demonstrates the priority use of bilateral international cooperation agreements that provide the necessary level of ...
Tapakova Vilor +4 more
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Generating citizen trust in e-government using a trust verification agent: A research note [PDF]
, 2006 Generating Citizen Trust in e-Government using a Trust Verification AgentThis is an eGISE network paper. It is motivated by a concern about the extent to which trust issues inhibit a citizen’s take-up of online public sector services or engagement with ...
Elliman, T
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