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Terraced landscapes: risk and liability
Journal of Agricultural EngineeringTerraced landscapes are preserved elements of the human-influenced environment, maintained by ongoing agricultural activities. Farmers are subject to the periodic collapse of terraces, which are repaired by means of traditional techniques. Unless it can
Gabriele Delogu +2 more
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Clinical spectrum of congenital Zika virus infection in Brazil: Update and issues for research development [PDF]
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina TropicalThis review aimed to provide an update on the morphological and/or functional abnormalities related to congenital Zika virus (ZIKV) infection, based on primary data from studies conducted in Brazil since 2015.
Celina Maria Turchi Martelli +7 more
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Distorting Legal Principles [PDF]
, 2010 Legal principles enable society to order itself by preserving broadly based expectations. Sometimes, however, parties transact in ways that are so inconsistent with generally accepted principles as to create uncertainty or confusion that undermines the ...
Schwarcz, Steven L.
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Collapse, war and reconstruction in Uganda : an analytical narrative on state-making [PDF]
, 2008 Since independence from British colonial rule, Uganda has had a turbulent political history characterised by putsches, dictatorship, contested electoral outcomes, civil wars and a military invasion.
Golooba-Mutebi, Frederick
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Disproportionate Collapse Mitigation in Tall Mass Timber Buildings
Modular and Offsite Construction (MOC) Summit Proceedings, 2019 Tall buildings are a unique type of structure with their own characteristic behaviour. They are most often occupied by a large number of people; therefore, their damage, loss of functionality, or, in worst case scenario, collapse will lead to catastrophic consequences.
Hossein Daneshvar, Ying Hei Chui
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Geoengineering and Non-Ideal Theory [PDF]
, 2016 The strongest arguments for the permissibility of geoengineering (also known as climate engineering) rely implicitly on non-ideal theory—roughly, the theory of justice as applied to situations of partial compliance with principles of ideal justice. In an
Morrow, David R., Svoboda, Toby
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Cogent Economics & FinanceThe article examines the interrelations among the key determinants of anti-money laundering (AML) systems, including money laundering risks, state vulnerability and institutional transformation, in the context of their legal regulation, aiming to ...
Olha Kovalchuk +5 more
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Restructuring in Ireland [PDF]
, 2013 Ireland’s economy is relatively small and trade-dependent and is considered one of the most globalised and open in the world. It suffered disproportionate damage following the 2008–9 global recession as a large construction and financial sector bust ...
Eurofound
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Patterns of lung cancer mortality in Russia over a 16-year period, 2000-2015
Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018 Background Tobacco smoking has been historically high in Russian men, and steadily increased in Russian women following the Soviet Union's collapse. Much has been published about alcohol consumption and alcohol-related mortality in Russia, however, few ...
Irina Zarubina, Yehuda Neumark
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Orbital correlations in the pseudo-cubic \emph{O} and rhombohedral ${R}$-phases of LaMnO$_3$
, 2004 The local and intermediate structure of stoichiometric LaMnO$_3$ has been studied in the pseudocubic and rhombohedral phases at high temperatures (300 to 1150 K).
E. Dagotto +5 more
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