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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Family financial assistance with home ownership has attracted significant scholarly attention in recent years. However, the role of culture and ethnicity, transnational ties, and migration in this practice remains significantly under‐addressed.
Julia Cook
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Integrated intelligent techniques for remarshaling and berthing in maritime terminals [PDF]
, 2011 [EN] Maritime container terminals are facilities where cargo containers are transshipped between ships or between ships and land vehicles (trucks or trains). These terminals involve a large number of complex and combinatorial problems.
Federico Barber +4 more
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Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT On‐orbit rendezvous and docking constitute one of the most technically challenging activities in the history of space activities. As space endeavours mature to crewed missions, space rendezous and docking technologies (RDT) emerge as an area of technological innovation critical to advances in future crewed space exploration.
Nikita Chiu, Markus Kornprobst
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A Comprehensive Analysis and Assessment of the Content of Business Cooperation Agreements and Contracts of Berth between Marinas and Charter Agencies [PDF]
International transport law review, 2017 The basic aim of this paper is to research business cooperation agreements and contracts of berth between marinas and charter agencies by analysing the rights, obligations and responsibilities of the contracting parties and to assess the various aspects of their content.
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Animal Conservation, EarlyView.Using fecal DNA metabarcoding, we quantified dietary overlap among reintroduced fishers and sympatric coyotes, bobcats, and Pacific martens in Washington's North Cascades. Niche overlap was substantial for common prey but varied with body size, revealing fine‐scale resource partitioning that may limit fishers' access to energetically efficient prey ...
Kayla A. Shively +7 more
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Fisheries Oceanography, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Global climate change is intensifying ocean deoxygenation, particularly in eastern boundary current systems such as the California Current. This study investigates the impact of hypoxic events on a nearshore, multispecies recreational groundfish fishery along the Oregon coast.
Leif K. Rasmuson +3 more
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The Heythrop Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Newman's educational writings can present an apparent contradiction or rupture, with the ‘intellectualist’ Idea of a University opposed to the ‘commonsensical’ Grammar of Assent. An appeal to the imagination—to imaginative and implicit reasoning—has sometimes been made in order to reconcile these apparent contradictions. While Newman's thought
Austin Walker
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The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this article, we address the hitherto neglected question of how sentencers and other professional actors in the criminal courts think about the legitimacy of probation services. We deploy a framework from the organisational studies literature, which suggests three dimensions of legitimacy that organisations seek from their stakeholders ...
Gwen Robinson +4 more
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Vessel arrival planning with full information
International Transactions in Operational Research, EarlyView.Abstract Planning efficiency and timely arrival of vessels is crucial to smooth operations of maritime transport networks, ensuring optimal utilization of resources and minimizing operational costs. Coordination between vessel operators and terminals has the potential to reduce costs, fuel consumption, and waiting time.
Pim Willem Antoon van Leeuwen +1 more
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A goal-programming based optimal port docking scheme under COVID-19. [PDF]
Ocean Coast Manag, 2022 Muren, Meng W, Li G, Hua L.
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