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Neutrosophic Framework for Violence Prediction in Urban Environments: A Hybrid Approach Integrating fsQCA and Machine Learning for Public Safety Decision-Making [PDF]

open access: yesNeutrosophic Sets and Systems
In the context of citizen security, predictive systems for urban violence are essential for preventive decision making and the efficient allocation of security resources.
Alfonso Aníbal Guijarro Rodríguez   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Executive Power, Drone Executions, and the Due Process Rights of American Citizens [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Few conflicts have tested the mettle of procedural due process more than the War on Terror. Although fiery military responses have insulated the United States from another 9/11, the Obama administration’s 2011 drone execution of a U.S. citizen allegedly
D\u27Errico, Jonathan G.
core   +1 more source

Redistributive land reforms, agricultural productivity, and structural change: New cross‐national evidence

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial patterns of European droughts under a moderate emission scenario [PDF]

open access: yesAdvances in Science and Research, 2015
Meteorological drought is generally defined as a prolonged deficiency of precipitation and is considered one of the most relevant natural hazards as the related impacts can involve many different sectors.
J. Spinoni, G. Naumann, J. Vogt
doaj   +1 more source

Family Immigration: The Long Wait To Immigrate [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Family immigration quotas are inadequate and result in separation and long waits for Americans, lawful permanent residents and close family members. Approximately 4 million people are waiting in family immigration backlogs, according to data obtained ...
Stuart Anderson
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The Insistence of Blackness and the Persistence of Antiblackness in Ireland

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper positions Ireland as a critical site for examining the insistence of blackness and an antiblackness created and sustained through Irish ethnonationalist imaginaries and exclusionary processes. Drawing on connected sociologies and Irish Black Studies, this enquiry argues that antiblackness in Ireland operates as a generational force,
Philomena Mullen
wiley   +1 more source

Strain-rate dependence for Ni/Al hybrid foams

open access: yesEPJ Web of Conferences, 2015
Shock absorption often needs stiff but lightweight materials that exhibit a large kinetic energy absorption capability. Open-cell metal foams are artificial structures, which due to their plateau stress, including a strong hysteresis, can in principle ...
Jung Anne   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lessons Learnt from Maritime Disasters. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
not availableJRC.G-Institute for the Protection and the Security of the Citizen ...
VETERE ARELLANO Ana lisa
core  

Superannuation Reimagined: Moving Beyond the Origins to an Indigenous Focus

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Retirement income systems, such as superannuation, are meant to be non‐discriminatory and consider disadvantage faced by members of society. There are significant differences between the life expectancies of Indigenous and non‐Indigenous peoples. The gap in life expectancies is not considered when determining when Indigenous peoples can retire.
Levon Ellen Blue   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors associated with perception of insecurity: the case of Chilpancingo, Guerrero

open access: yesRevista de Psicología y Ciencias del Comportamiento de la Unidad Académica de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales, 2020
This paper analyzes the cumulative perception of insecurity, defined as the locations where people feel insecure due to crime, in the areas assisted by the National Crime Prevention Program (PRONAPRED) in the municipality of ...
Jorge Luis Triana Sánchez
doaj   +1 more source

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