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The Canadian Civil Wars of 1837–1838

open access: yesThe London Journal of Canadian Studies, 2020
Canadian historians have traditionally stressed that the rebellions of 1837 and 1838 in Upper and Lower Canada were revolts against British imperial authority.
doaj   +2 more sources

Assessment of a Model‐Based Approach to Achieve Authorization to Operate

open access: yesSystems Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Accreditation of United States Government (USG) Information Systems (IS) is required to assure their function and security before delivery to the operational environment. However, in many cases, the baseline document‐based accreditation processes are sources of cost and schedule overruns.
Edan C. Sanchez   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Alignment of Agile and Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) Principles in Systems Engineering

open access: yesSystems Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Organizations have consistently sought faster and more efficient methods for producing and delivering products. Agile principles offer essential guidance for shaping their policies and practices. The Agile Manifesto (AM) outlines 12 core principles for guiding software development but can also be applied in other contexts.
Terry Plonsky, Daniel R. Herber
wiley   +1 more source

Impacts of Change‐Type and State‐Type System Qualities on Complex System Architectures

open access: yesSystems Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT System qualities, such as scalability, expandability, and reconfigurability, are key requirements of complex systems. Requirements associated with system qualities are important factors in design trade space analyses, but systems engineering design methodologies make only limited use of these qualities, hindering a holistic understanding of ...
Christina F. Bridges   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of the Irish Civil War 1922-1923 on suicide rates in Ireland: a retrospective investigation of the archives of the registrar-general for Saorstát Éireann

open access: yesEpidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health, 2018
Introduction: Emile Durkheim differentiated between two types of wars: National and Civil Wars in terms of effect on suicide mortality. This study investigates Durkheim’s assertion by examining the effect of Irish Civil War on the 1882-1928 suicide rates
Mugtaba Osman   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Decolonizing Civil War

open access: yesCritical Analysis of Law, 2017
This essay argues that there is a need to decolonize the genealogy of civil war. David Armitage’s new book brilliantly reveals civil war’s generative power in shaping European and North American conceptions of politics, revolution, and the laws of war.
openaire   +1 more source

Accelerating Mission Engineering: Evidence of a Stratified Landscape and a Path Toward Unified Practice

open access: yesSystems Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mission Engineering is maturing as a Systems Engineering discipline, yet adoption of its common frameworks remains stratified. This study examines whether selective adoption is observable across ME scholarship and develops a framework to address identified barriers.
James Moreland   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Saudi Arabia and Egypt in the Yemeni Civil Wars

open access: yesJournal of Central and Eastern European African Studies
The Arabian Peninsula was one of the defining regions of world politics in the last century and still is today. The states of the region have always tried to extend their influence on the peninsula, which has caused conflicts in several cases.
Máté Percze
doaj   +1 more source

How weather got its words: a history of meteorological English – Part 1: Old English to the Age of Discovery

open access: yesWeather, EarlyView.
The English language is a gargantuan, gluttonous beast. It has become extraordinary among its peers in its powers of assimilation – such that we rarely consider the diverse origins of the words we use. In this two‐part paper, we will explore these origins, including the Pontic‐Caspian steppe, the British Empire, latinophone scientists and a TV show. We
Kieran M. R. Hunt
wiley   +1 more source

Integration of Micro‐CT and XRF Mapping for Multimodal 3D Analysis of Polychrome Wooden Artifacts

open access: yesX-Ray Spectrometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the past 5 years, computer applications have become crucial to archeological research. Since the 1990s, the focus has transitioned from data management tools to the development of virtual models. Recently, digital documentation of cultural heritage has gained considerable focus, with 3D modeling of objects.
Josiane E. Cavalcante   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

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