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An Overview of the Rock Art of AlUla: Tracing Changes in Content and Form Across 12,000 Years of Human History

open access: yesArabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Between 2018 and 2021, the Identification and Documentation of Immovable Heritage Assets (IDIHA) Project recorded over 19,000 rock art panels in the AlUla (al‐‘Ulā) region of north‐western Saudi Arabia. This study presents a chronological assessment of the corpus, drawing on superimpositions, datable motifs, inscriptions, and varnish formation,
Maria Guagnin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Armed to the Hilt: Nigeria's Battle with Illicit Gun and Local Production in a State of Fragility [PDF]

open access: yesKošická bezpečnostná revue
Nigeria is now battling the spread of illegal weapons, which is stoking a number of security concerns that jeopardise its national sovereignty. The Nigerian firearms legislation is essentially unenforceable due to its ineffectiveness and numerous ...
Olagoke Oluwafemi AWOTAYO   +3 more
doaj  

Opium Cultivation Imperilling Endangered Species in Northern Laos

open access: yesAnimal Conservation, EarlyView.
To avoid government eradication efforts, farmers in northeastern Laos shifted opium cultivation deep into a national park, causing a > 1000% increase in protected forest cleared for the crop between 2018 and 2022. This displacement directly threatened endangered species like white‐cheeked gibbons, elephants, and dholes by causing a rise in hunting ...
Jay White   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Commercial treaties and political transformation in Sulu and Southeast Asian littorals, c. 1830–1840

open access: yesAsia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This article re‐examines an economic treaty concluded between Spain and the Sulu Sultanate in 1836. Analysing the Tausug (Jawi) and Spanish treaty versions alongside archival sources from Spain, the Philippines, and England, it traces the impact of indigenous agency beyond the formal signatories on economic and political transformations ...
Eleonora Poggio   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Suicide by firearm in Switzerland: who uses the army weapon? Results from the national survey between 2000 and 2010

open access: yesSwiss Medical Weekly, 2018
AIMS In comparison with other central European countries, Switzerland has a high prevalence of gun ownership and a high rate of suicide by shooting.
Nina Thoeni   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Boots in Bowral: The Military Occupation of Bowral and Its Effects on Australian Defence Policy

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT On 13 February 1978, the Governor‐General of Australia signed an order to call out Australian Defence Forces (ADF) to the New South Wales (NSW) country town of Bowral, on the advice of the Federal Executive Council. The troops were deployed to secure the town while it hosted the Commonwealth Heads of Government Regional Meeting (CHOGRM), which
James Mortensen, Sue Thompson
wiley   +1 more source

Countering illicit arms trafficking in the Russian Federation

open access: yesУченые записки Казанского университета: Серия Гуманитарные науки, 2019
Illicit arms trafficking stimulates an increase in crime, which is a threat to public safety. The relevance of the research is due to the issues of countering illicit arms trafficking in the Russian Federation.
K.V. Sharov
doaj   +1 more source

Significant Far‐Right Challenges to Australian Society? The XYZ and AustraliaOne

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Scholars who analyse the Australian far‐right from a criminological or security studies perspective propose that activists and groups pose ‘political’ challenges to Australian society. This paper examines the far‐right news website The XYZ and the AustraliaOne political party, and argues that claims that the far‐right may normalise ...
Timothy Lynch
wiley   +1 more source

A Farewell to Arms… Manufacturing: Learning From a Landmine Producer Who Became a Deminer

open access: yesBusiness Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Certain industries—labeled “dirty,” “sinful,” “stigmatized,” or “controversial”—are under public scrutiny because of the ethical, social, and environmental concerns that they raise. Previous research has typically focused on the industry or organizational level of analysis, examining how companies in controversial industries can enhance their ...
Marco Guerci, Luca Carollo
wiley   +1 more source

Disposing of Unwanted Firearms and Firearm Injury Prevention

open access: yesJAMA Network Open
This comparative effectiveness study estimates the size of the US firearm stock by 2034.
Humphreys, David K., Wiebe, Douglas J.
openaire   +2 more sources

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