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Stochastic modeling for the COMET-assay [PDF]
, 2003 We present a stochastic model for single cell gel electrophoresis (COMET-assay) data. Essential is the use of point process structures, renewal theory and reduction to intensity histograms for further data ...
Hösel, V. +4 more
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Comets As Omens of Catastrophe: Halley’s Return in 1910 and the Ottoman Empire
KadimThis study examines the historical role of comets in astrological interpretations and apocalyptic narratives, as well as their psychological and cultural impact on societies.
Kübra Fettahoğlu
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Tähistaeval põhinevatest uskumustest III Vana-Hiina [PDF]
Mäetagused, 2002 The article concerns Chinese astral myths, calendar and astrology. Chinese creation myths concern also the creation of the Sun, Moon and stars. The heavenly bodies are constantly endangered by the sky dragon that now and then catches them, probably a ...
Enn Kasak
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Halley's comet photographed in 1910
, 2021 Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatory - Site, Models of Telescopes, Opening of Siding 2.3m Telescope, Halley's Comet - The Rt. Hon. R. J.
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Measuring Physical Properties at the Surface of a Comet Nucleus [PDF]
, 2021 The European Space Agency’s cornerstone mission Rosetta is due for launch in January 2003. It will perform a rendezvous with comet 46P/Wirtanen beyond 3 AU and, following an initial mapping phase, deploy a lander to a selected site on the nucleus surface.
Ball, Andrew Jonathan, Ball, Andrew J.
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Convening Black Sociability Over a Corpse: Obituaries in the Early South African Black Press
Media and CommunicationThis article explores the significance of obituaries in the early 20th-century black press in South Africa, particularly focusing on how they served as a medium for memorializing black excellence within a context of colonization and oppression.
Lesley Mofokeng
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Weather, EarlyView.The English language is a gargantuan, gluttonous beast. It has become extraordinary in its powers of assimilation – such that we rarely consider the origins of the words we use. In this paper, we will shed light on these origins, including the Pontic–Caspian steppe, the British Empire and, of course, a TV show.
Kieran M. R. Hunt
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Local Elites in Chile's Pisco Valley: Dispossession, Legal Mobilisation and Intertwined Citizenship
Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In countries in the Global South, citizenship is often closely tied to access to water and land ownership. In Latin America, the literature has primarily explored social mobilisation and identity reconfiguration in response to development‐driven processes of land and water dispossession affecting peasants, rural and Indigenous communities ...
Chloé Nicolas‐Artero
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Properties of mass-loading shocks, 2. Magnetohydrodynamics [PDF]
, 1992 The one-dimensional magnetohydrodynamics of shocked flows subjected to significant mass loading are considered. Recent observations at comets Giacobini-Zinner and Halley suggest that simple nonreacting MHD is an inappropriate description for active ...
Oughton, Sean +3 more
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Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Volume 34, Issue 3, September 2026.ABSTRACT It has been 40 years since Charles Perrow published the landmark work Normal Accidents ([1984]1999), built largely on an analysis of the Three Mile Island (TMI) nuclear power plant accident. While still a highly influential framework in the study of complex systems, the status of the argument remains in flux.
Joseph H. Spear
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