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The demand for defense spending in Russia: Economic and strategic determinants

Russian Journal of Economics, 2018
The allocation of resources to defense and national security is influenced by several factors, both domestic and external. Findings, reported in the relevant empirical literature, suggest that military spending is determined by a cohort of economic ...
Christos Kollias, Suzanna-Maria Paleologou, Panayiotis Tzeremes, Nickolaos Tzeremes   +3 more
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Information Transmission Strategies for Self‐Organized Robotic Aggregation

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
In this review, we discuss how information transmission influences the neighbor‐based self‐organized aggregation of swarm robots. We focus specifically on local interactions regarding information transfer and categorize previous studies based on the functions of the information exchanged.
Shu Leng, Zihan Li, Yifeng Shao, Jinhao Liu, Li Yu, Shuguang Li   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

NATO, 2% to Defense, 20% to Equipment: Cumulative Nature of Military Spending and the Role of the Economic Performance

Vojenské rozhledy
Military spending is a widely discussed topic, especially in the current geopolitical landscape. Expenditures on “equipment” play a pivotal role in total defense spending.. However, the nature of the equipment expenditures is cumulative.
Jan Kofroň
doaj   +1 more source

Democracy’s third wave and national defense spending [PDF]

Public Choice, 2021
I investigate how the third wave of democracy influenced national defense spending by reference to a panel of 110 countries over the 1972–2013 period. I apply new data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute on military expenditures, which has been extended to years prior to 1988, and four democracy measures to address differences ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Multimodal Locomotion in Insect‐Inspired Microrobots: A Review of Strategies for Aerial, Surface, Aquatic, and Interfacial Motion

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review identifies key design considerations for insect‐inspired microrobots capable of multimodal locomotion. To draw inspiration, biological and robotic strategies for moving in air, on water surfaces, and underwater are examined, along with approaches for crossing the air–water interface.
Mija Jovchevska, Kaushik Jayaram, Nicole Xu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mutual Adaptation and Influence: Review of Latent Dynamics Models in Human–Robot Interaction

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Robots are becoming better teammates by learning hidden patterns in how people act. This review covers how state‐of‐the‐art approaches leverage these patterns to help robots not only react but also anticipate and guide cooperation. Here, we synthesize a unifying framework for these approaches, classify and review existing works, and highlight key ...
Mason O. Smith, Sunny Amatya, Seyed Yousef Soltanian, Jonathan Bush, Wenlong Zhang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
wiley   +1 more source

GLOBAL MILITARY TRENDS AND DOMESTIC POLICY RESPONSES: LESSONS FOR NIGERIA’S DEFENSE BUDGETING AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCE

International Studies Journal
This study examines the relationship between national defense expenditure and economic development in Nigeria, with a focus on the implications of persistent insecurity and global military spending trends.
AGBEYINKA YINKA IBRAHIM
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Continuum Robots in Surgery: From Engineering Design to Clinical Practice

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
The hyper‐redundant nature of continuum robot structures enables near‐infinite degrees of freedom leading to immense potential for medical applications. This review provides a historical background of continuum robots and novel ideas shaping their progress to current structural design, sensing technology, modeling techniques, and control methods.
Griffin Smith, Kaitlyn Clancy, Siwen Xie, Xiaochen Li, Sarah Khalife, Benjamin van der Woerd, Onaizah Onaizah   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coixenolide Enhances Antitumor Immunity of Cytotoxic CD8+ T Cells by Inhibiting S100A8/A9‐CD36 Axis in Obesity‐Associated Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PAAD) remains highly lethal with limited treatment options. This study demonstrates that coixenolide, a bioactive compound from Coix lacryma‐jobi L. and a key component of the clinically approved Kanglaite injection, exhibits enhanced antitumor efficacy in high‐fat diet (HFD)‐induced obese mice bearing PAAD tumors compared to
Kaidi Chen, Rong Chen, Wei Li, Bin Song, Ruiying Zhang, Lewei Dai, Yuwei Qi, Ruqian Chen, Yifan Xu, Hangbin Li, Jingyi Huang, Fangping Wu, Jianan Peng, Xinyu Wang, Yang Xiong, Chaofeng Mu, Guilin Cheng, Zhaoshen Li, Shanming Ruan, Lei Huang, Mancang Gu   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source