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Importance of higher modes for dynamic soil structure interaction of monopile‐supported offshore wind turbines

open access: yesEarthquake Engineering &Structural Dynamics, Volume 53, Issue 6, Page 2006-2031, May 2024.
Abstract Offshore wind turbines (OWTs) have emerged as one of the most sustainable and renewable sources of energy. The size of OWTs has been increasing, which creates more challenges in the design of foundations due to the potential higher‐mode effects involved in the dynamic soil‐structure interaction (DSSI) response.
Upendra Kumar Sah, Jun Yang
wiley   +1 more source

Will policy help close the digital gender divide? An intersectional feminist policy analysis of Ethiopia's national digital policy

open access: yesDevelopment Policy Review, Volume 42, Issue 2, March 2024.
Abstract Motivation Digital technologies can enable development, but they risk further entrenching inequalities in society, such as through the digital gender divide. The divide can not only slow development, but also slow progress towards gender equality.
Robert Ferritto
wiley   +1 more source

NATO & CSDP: Can the EU afford to go solo?

open access: yesCogent Social Sciences, 2016
This article negotiates whether Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) can replace North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s (NATO) military capabilities. It examines the following two cases: (1) Whether European integration can spell the end for NATO and (
Petros Demetriou
doaj   +1 more source

France's return to NATO: the death knell for ESDP? [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Security, 2010
Abstract Our article focuses on the likely impact of France's return to NATO's integrated military command on the future of the European security and defense policy (ESDP). First, we describe the triangular relationship between France's defense, NATO and European defense policies that dominated the era of the Gaullist–Mitterrandist consensus (1958–95 ...
Irondelle, Bastien, Mérand, Frédéric
openaire   +2 more sources

Human Security: Does Normative Europe Need a New Strategic Narrative? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Alongside a sustained debate about the role of the EU in the international system and the nature of its power as an external actor, foreign and security policy making continues to reflect an awkward mixture of civilian, military and normative instruments,
Martin, Mary.
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Beyond Fashoda: Anglo-French security cooperation in Africa since St-Malo [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Traditionally divided on security matters, France and Britain broke new ground when they signed the 1998 Saint-Malo agreement, promising to collaborate on defence and security, and pledging to cooperate bilaterally and in a ‘bi-multi’ fashion on Africa ...
Chafer, Tony, Cumming, G.
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Assessing the Students’ Usability of e‐Learning Management System: Case in Hawassa University, Ethiopia

open access: yesInternational Journal of Computer Games Technology, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.
This study investigated the usability of an electronic learning administration system for learners, aiming to explore their perspectives on technology‐integrating teaching and learning at Hawassa University. The study employed both quantitative and subjective strategies.
Bekele Tunsisa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deconstructing and defining EULEX [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Hailed as the greatest European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) mission to date, the European Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) has been oscillating between fulfilling its mission statement crafted in Brussels, while managing the controversial ...
Geci, Shkëndije, Musliu, Vjosa
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Development and Balance Evaluation for Land Use and Transport Interaction Using Node‐Place Model and Data Envelopment Analysis

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Transportation, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.
To meet the evolving demands of land use and transport interaction (LUTI) assessment within China’s national territory spatial planning (NTSP) system, this paper introduces the level of development (LoD) and the level of matching (LoM) evaluation models, based on the traffic facility and land use factors.
Xiaoyi Ma   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating the application of the European spatial development perspective in the United Kingdom: Methodological considerations and emerging trends [PDF]

open access: yes
The aim of this paper is to consider how the emerging European spatial development policy agenda is influencing the performance of regional strategic planning in the United Kingdom.
Sykes, Olivier John
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