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New Media and the Arab Spring of 2011 [PDF]

, 2012
About media and the Arab ...
Hudson, Robert Charles, Oboh, Godwin Ehiarekhian   +1 more
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The Influence of Abaca Fiber Treated with Sodium Hydroxide on the Deformation Coefficients Cc, Cs, and Cv of Organic Soils

Fibers
This study shows the influence of the inclusion of abaca fiber (Musa Textilis) on the coefficients of consolidation, expansion, and compression for normally consolidated clayey silt organic soil specimens using reconstituted samples.
Carlos Contreras, Jorge Albuja-Sánchez, Oswaldo Proaño, Carlos Ávila, Andreina Damián-Chalán, Mateo Peñaherrera-Aguirre   +5 more
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Structural safety uncertainties in codes of practice for reinforced concrete

, 2004
The limit-state design approach, currently used in codified design of concrete structures reinforced with steel reinforcement, is based on semi-probabilistic procedures.
Neocleous, K., Pilakoutas, K., Waldron , P.   +2 more
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Organising Civil Resistance - Understanding the Effects and Dynamics of Organisational Structures on the Outcome of Civil Resistance Campaigns

The Journal of Social Encounters
The use of nonviolent tactics has become the most common way to achieve change. The field of civil resistance has been predominantly focused on the dynamics related to the outcome, however, surprisingly little or no attention has been given to organizational structures that shape these dynamics.
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Jiu-jitsu in the Context of Armed Conflict: The Power of Nonviolent Resistance

Ciudad Paz-ando, 2016
This article explains how, through civil resistance, the community of Samaniego made the abuses of the armed actors in their territory backfire, a phenomenon described as “jiu-jitsu”.
María Belén Garrido, Cécile Mouly, Annette Idler   +2 more
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Dismantling Civil Rights: Multiracial Resistance and Reconstruction [PDF]

, 2001
Fenton, Minal Shah, Forman, David M., Gifford, James, Hoshijo, Bill, Kim, Jayna, Serrano, Susan K., Yamamoto, Eric K.   +6 more
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The Quest for Women\u27s Rights in Turn-of-the-Century Japan [PDF]

, 2005
This chapter will discuss the goals of women\u27s rights advocates and the meaning of their demands in the context of turn-of-the-century state and society formation.
Molony, Barbara
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Keep on Keeping On : African Americans and the Implementation of Brown v. Board of Education in Virginia [PDF]

, 2008
This chapter examines African American efforts to implement the Brown decision in Virginia. While considering how government officials, segregationist organizations, and white supporters influenced the implementation process, this study focuses on how ...
Daugherity, Brian J.
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Battle for the People: Ideological Conflict between Soviet Partisans, the German Military, and Ukrainian Nationalists in Nazi-Occupied Ukraine

, 2016
Soviet historiography discusses the People’s War during the Second World War, the idea that all of the Soviet people rallied to the cause and fought off the Nazi invaders, but this is far from the truth. Within the western borderlands of the Soviet Union
Heim, David L.
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Research Progress on Nanopolymer Composites in Civil Engineering. [PDF]

Nanomaterials (Basel)
Gao T, Zhao Y, Niu Y, Cao X.
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