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Between Practicality and Politics: Factors of Sub‐National Aid Allocation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Journal of International Development, Volume 38, Issue 2, Page 347-361, March 2026.ABSTRACT Bosnia and Herzegovina represents a unique case of aid recipient for its complex history and administrative and political divisions. Yet, little is known about how foreign aid is allocated to local recipients. This qualitative study uncovers factors shaping sub‐national aid allocation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, highlighting donors' and ...
Lenka Dušková +5 more
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Project management in mine actions using Multi-Criteria-Analysis-based decision support system
Croatian Operational Research Review, 2014 In this paper, a Web-based Decision Support System (Web DSS), that supports humanitarian demining operations and restoration of mine-contaminated areas, is presented.
Marko Mladineo +2 more
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Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 3, 16 February 2026.Abstract Soil production, through bedrock weathering, regulates landscape evolution, biogeochemical cycles, and societal sustainability, yet quantifying soil production rates (SPRs) remains difficult due to limited tools. Here, we present a new framework for measuring SPRs based on uranium comminution ages and validate this approach at a deep granitic ...
Shenghui Ouyang +3 more
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Aging Cell, Volume 25, Issue 2, February 2026.Assessment of oxygen consumption rates in young, middle‐aged, and old flies from the Drosophila B lines and long‐lived O lines revealed a significant increase in metabolic rate with aging only in B flies. Lisinopril prevented the age‐related rise in metabolic rate in B female flies.
Denise Vecchié +3 more
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Humanitarian Demining: Reality and the Challenge of Technology – The State of the Arts
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2007 In the context of humanitarian demining it is essential to have a reliable and accurate sensor or an integration of heterogeneous/homogeneous sensors with efficient and reliable data fusion and processing techniques.
Maki K. Habib
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Metals, 2021 Even today, there are countries that are affected by war and its pitfalls. The authors have decided to present a part of the accompanying research results in this article. This research precedes the design of a demining machine Božena 5. The main goal of
Miroslav Blatnický +3 more
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Environmental determinants of landmine detection by dogs: Findings from a large-scale study in Afghanistan [PDF]
, 2012 This article’s purpose is to examine the strengths and weaknesses of mine-detection dogs in different environments. The experiments employed a total of 39 dogs in Afghanistan between October 2002 and July 2003.
Bach, Havard +3 more
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Advances in optical sensing of explosive vapours [PDF]
, 2018 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under agreement no 284747, and the EPSRC under EP/K503940/1, EP/K503162/1, and EP/N509759/1.
Campbell, Iain Angus +4 more
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Learning to Love Rats: A Postwar Ecology in a Cambodian Minefield
American Anthropologist, Volume 127, Issue 4, Page 746-756, December 2025.ABSTRACT This paper follows the implementation of landmine detection rats in Cambodia. Over the course of my ethnographic fieldwork with the team for the landmine detection rat technique training in Cambodia, I saw that the way the human landmine detectors (a.k.a.
Darcie DeAngelo
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Reconstruction of Critical Industrial Complexes After Artillery Fire in Wartime Conditions
Vojenské rozhledyThe study focuses on the methodologies and strategic implications of restoring industrial complexes in post-conflict environments. Drawing on empirical evidence from the war in Eastern Europe, it links NATO engineering doctrine with approaches to damage ...
Radovan Vnuk +3 more
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