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Theory of the Fireball [PDF]

open access: yes, 1964
Abstract : The successive stages of the fireball due to a nuclear explosion in air are defined. This paper is chiefly concerned with Stage C, from the minimum in the apparent fireball temperature to the point where the fireball becomes transparent.
openaire   +2 more sources

Designing “Korean” Kimchi: Speculative Configuration of Distance and Commodity Value in the Chinese Kimchi Industry

open access: yesEconomic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the Chinese kimchi industry, manufacturers employ product names, photographs, and logistical strategies to promote their kimchi's “Koreanness.” So, what makes their kimchi “Korean,” and how does its Koreanness formulate kimchi's commodity value?
Heangjin Park
wiley   +1 more source

The Riddle of Ball Lightning: A Review

open access: yesThe Scientific World Journal, 2006
One of the most intriguing and enduring scientific challenges is to find an explanation for ball lightning, the shining fireballs that sometimes appear near lightning strokes.
José Donoso   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

“All Native Speakers” at Singapore's ESL Schools: Implications for TESOL Communities in the Pursuit of Diversity‐Based Professionalism

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores an understudied question of who teaches English in the Singaporean English language teaching (ELT) industry. Study 1 analyzed the website contents of ESL schools, and Study 2 conducted questionnaire surveys and interviews with three schools.
Yoko Kobayashi
wiley   +1 more source

Plasma fireball sheath dynamics: a brief review and meta-analysis

open access: yesDiscover Space
We present a progressive overview of diverse plasma fireball sheath (PFS) structures, sheath-induced collective phenomena, and associated instability excitation processes, illustratively.
Subham Dutta   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Bioregional Approach to Teaching Sustainability and Resilience Online

open access: yesNew Directions for Teaching and Learning, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This chapter describes how the first graduate program in resilient and sustainable communities has evolved over the past decade, maintaining its bioregional approach to distance learning while adapting the curriculum to meet new challenges in the age of climate change.
Laird Christensen
wiley   +1 more source

Predictions of Imminent Earth Impactors Discovered by LSST

open access: yesThe Astrophysical Journal
Imminent impactors are natural bodies discovered in space before impacting the Earth. They provide a rare opportunity to characterize individual near-Earth objects (NEOs) in great detail as asteroids in space, meteors in Earth’s atmosphere, and ...
Ian Chow   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘Everything is a signal’: speaking circuits and noisy signs in the making of language‐oriented AI « Tout est signal » : circuits parlants et signes bruyants dans la création de l'IA orientée langage

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Contemporary artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are often presumed to be capable of revealing unmediated truths about the world, including the truths language might hold, echoing the long‐standing assertion that language's primary function is to directly translate reality.
Beth M. Semel
wiley   +1 more source

Thermal Environment inside a Tunnel after Thermobaric Explosion

open access: yesShock and Vibration, 2017
The outstanding thermal damage effect of thermobaric explosive (TBX) is enhanced in closed or semiclosed spaces, which may pose a serious threat to the security of people sheltered in tunnels or other protective engineering.
Fei Chen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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