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From Combat Boots to Civilian Shoes: Reflections on \u3cem\u3eThe Chickenhawk Syndrome\u3c/em\u3e [PDF]

, 2010
This essay is part of a symposium on Cheyney Ryan’s The Chickenhawk Syndrome: War, Sacrifice, and Personal Responsibility (2009). Ryan’s reply to his critics can be found on pp.
van der Linden, Harry
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From Organizational Resilience Capability to Firm Performance: A Time‐Lagged Investigation

Journal of Product Innovation Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT An organizational resilience capability is essential for firms to adapt in an ever‐changing world characterized by diverse crises and adversities. However, the mechanisms and contingencies needed to harness and channel organizational resilience capability remain uncertain.
Yi‐Ying Chang, Susanne Durst, Mathew Hughes, Sascha Kraus, Thomas Clauss, Che‐Yuan Chang   +5 more
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Increased p‐Tau181 Levels After Overnight Wakefulness Are Associated With Neuroticism in Young Women

Journal of Sleep Research, EarlyView.
Overnight wakefulness, mimicking night shift conditions, impaired morning vigilance in healthy, reproductive‐aged women, regardless of estradiol or neuroticism. However, the overnight wakefulness‐related rise in the Alzheimer's disease blood biomarker p‐Tau181 was greater in women with higher neuroticism, suggesting that neurobiological vulnerability ...
Diana A. Nôga, Elisa M. S. Meth, Abdullah Almajni, Viviana Rossi, Camilla Zetterlund, Samira F. M. Noory, Michaela Danek, Asma Al‐Grety, André P. Pacheco, Meina Wu, Mia Phillipson, Henrik Zetterberg, Kim Kultima, Pei Xue, Christian Benedict   +14 more
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Wartime Leadership as a Bridge Over Troubled Waters: A Representative Bureaucracy Perspective on Ethnically Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Schools

Public Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The representative bureaucracy literature asserts that minority personnel in public organizations can promote their social group either through their own behavior or by influencing other staff members or focal citizens. However, these phenomena have not been examined in wartime settings in ethnically homogeneous and heterogeneous organizations.
Maayan Davidovitz, Chen Schechter
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Performance analysis of a self-protection system for vehicles in case of WUI fire entrapment [PDF]

, 2019
Sheltering inside a civilian vehicle has proved to be a high risk strategy in case of wildfire entrapment. Survival is by no means guaranteed, especially in moderate to high-intensity wildfires.
Agueda Costafreda, Alba, Mata Miquel, Cristian, Pastor Ferrer, Elsa, Planas Cuchi, Eulàlia, Sebastià, Joan, Valero Pérez, Mario Miguel   +5 more
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The Socio‐Structural Drivers of Strategic Improvisation in Emergency Services: An Exploratory Study of the Royal Malaysia Police

Public Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Strategic improvisation often occurs in fast‐paced decision‐making environments. Yet, improvisation has received little scholarly attention in public administration and management. This knowledge gap leads to the study's research question: what drives strategic improvisation in the emergency services of a developing country?
Ian R. Hodgkinson, Paul Hughes, Darwina Arshad, Swapan Ghosh, Mohd Sharizal Ainul   +4 more
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Firefighting Resources Optimization to Reduce Risk of Fire Dominoes in Process Industries

Chemical Engineering Transactions
Effective control of fires in process industries is essential due to their significant potential risk to both individuals and valuable assets. Insufficient firefighting resources can lead to irreversible consequences both onsite and offsite in case of ...
Morteza Cheraghi, Aliakbar Eslami Baladeh, Nima Khakzad   +2 more
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Computer vision based early fire-detection and firefighting mobile robots oriented for onsite construction

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management
Fires are one of the most dangerous hazards and the leading cause of death in construction sites. This paper proposes a video-based firefighting mobile robot (FFMR), which is designed to patrol the desired territory and will constantly observe for fire ...
Liulin Kong, Jichao Li, Shengyu Guo, Xiaojie Zhou, Di Wu   +4 more
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Simulations All the Way Up! An Atheist's Response to the Fine‐Tuning Argument

Analytic Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT So the Fine‐tuning Argument goes, because it is so unlikely for the physical constants of the laws of nature to have taken the values that they in fact take, we should significantly raise our credence that God exists. Simulation Arguments argue that our world might be (or, in stronger versions, that it probably is) a mere computer simulation ...
Nikk Effingham
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Leveraging an Unhappiness Lens for Smarter Policies

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Traditional policy research has largely focused on enhancing happiness or well‐being, privileging positive outcomes as the primary metric of success. We argue that a systematic focus on the drivers of unhappiness—rather than solely on happiness—offers a complementary analytical framework that can uncover hidden societal deficits and broaden ...
Marine Coupaud, Gilles Grolleau, Naoufel Mzoughi   +2 more
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