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Beyond Manoeuvre Theory for European Defence
ABSTRACT This article contributes to the debate about European defence in the light of the Russo‐Ukraine war and growing doubts about US commitment to Europe. It argues that Europeans need to fundamentally relearn the ability to imagine military strategy from a European viewpoint.
Lukas Mengelkamp, Sam Vincent
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Making Mining Licit: Gold, Commodification, and the Everyday Performance of Law in Colombia
ABSTRACT Ethnographies of resource‐making have shown that the extraction of resource value from objects is premised on obviating the emplaced lifeworlds that surrounded objects before they traveled to consumer markets. Much of this literature looks at such supply‐chain disentanglement from the viewpoint of corporate and formal regulatory practices ...
Jesse Jonkman
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Coal is important basic energy and important raw materials, the development of coal industry to support the rapid development of the national economy.
Liu Yang, Kaiyi Xue
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Abstract Housework is central to feminist calls for recognition of women's work, economic histories explaining the sexual division of labour, and claims regarding the progressive role of scientific knowledge. Yet little is known about the time it actually took. We address this lacuna.
Sara Horrell, Jane Humphries
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Reliability Simulation of Mining System for Mechanized Coal Face
This paper first analyzes the logical relationship in mining system of fully mechanized coal face and then establishes the system reliability calculation model and simulation model.
Dao Hua Pan +3 more
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Inter‐disciplinary perspectives on sustainability in machinery manufacturing
Abstract Perspectives on economic, social and environmental sustainability in machinery manufacturing are changing. These are predominantly driven by increased consumer, firm and public knowledge on the importance of sustainability and the role that machinery manufacturers can play to achieve sustainability outcomes.
Oluwaseun E. Olabode +5 more
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A virtual reality collaborative planning simulator and its method for three machines in a fully mechanized coal mining face [PDF]
The existing automatic control program and its parameters for three machines in a fully mechanized Coal Mining face are static and simplex and are therefore inadequate for satisfying the complex and dynamic environment of underground coal mines.
Xie, Jiacheng +11 more
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Moving in Cycles: Explaining the Failure of Militarization to Address Illegal Mining in Ghana
ABSTRACT Mining contributes to Ghana's economic growth but also imposes significant social costs—land dispossession and unemployment—which have fueled the rise of illegal mining (galamsey). Galamsey, which intensified during the commodity boom of the 2010s, provides livelihoods while simultaneously worsening environmental degradation and social ...
Sulemana Alhassan Saaka, Phil Faanu
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ABSTRACT Background Mining workers are exposed to a range of respiratory hazards, including respirable dust. While exposure to respirable crystalline silica in the mining industry has been found to be common, less is known about trends in measured levels of exposure to respirable dust overall.
Renee N. Carey +4 more
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Rural Capitalists and Development in Colonial Africa: A Comparative Analysis
ABSTRACT This paper explores the emergence and role of rural capitalists in colonial Sub‐Saharan Africa by comparing three peasant‐based economies: Bechuanaland, the Gold Coast and Tanganyika. Using social tables, we estimate the population and income shares of better earning agricultural producers and assess their impact on rural inequality and ...
Prince Young Aboagye +2 more
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