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State Integration and Violence at the Margins: The Logic of Police Raids in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas
The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates police raids in Rio de Janeiro's favelas through a property rights framework, exploring their organisational structure, motivations and implications. Using data from police reports, academic studies, NGOs and news sources, it examines why and how the state intervenes in these contested spaces.
Joseph Bouchard
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Community rotorcraft air transportation benefits and opportunities [PDF]
Information about rotorcraft that will assist community planners in assessing and planning for the use of rotorcraft transportation in their communities is provided.
Cafarelli, N. J. +5 more
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Evaluation of drone system for thinning operations–a case study in Sweden
International Transactions in Operational Research, EarlyView.Abstract Thinning operations in forestry typically involve a two‐machine system (TMS) with a harvester and a forwarder. Its productivity in different forest conditions is well documented. To date, drones have been used for data collection and surveillance but not as an alternative to a TMS.
Mikael Rönnqvist +3 more
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A mathematical model of the UH-60 helicopter [PDF]
This report documents the revisions made to a ten-degree-of-freedom, full-flight envelope, generic helicopter mathematical model to represent the UH-60 helicopter accurately.
Hilbert, K. B.
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Charge control experiments on a CH-53E helicopter in a dusty environment [PDF]
Charge control tests were carried out on a ground based, Marine Corps helicopter to determine if control of the electric fields acting on the engine exhaust gases could be used to reduce the electrification of the helicopter when it operated in a dusty ...
Hunyady, S. J. +2 more
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Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aims To understand the experiences and decision‐making practices of registered nurses when assessing acuity at triage in emergency departments. Design The study utilised a qualitative exploratory‐descriptive design. Methods Purposive sampling recruited 11 registered nurses with triage experience from across the United Kingdom.
Hugh Gorick, Marie McGee, Toby O. Smith
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Rotorcraft handling-qualities design criteria development [PDF]
Joint NASA/Army efforts at the Ames Research Center to develop rotorcraft handling-qualities design criteria began in earnest in 1975. Notable results were the UH-1H VSTOLAND variable stability helicopter, the VFA-2 camera-and-terrain-board simulator ...
Aiken, Edwin W. +3 more
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Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Pink salmon originate from the North Pacific area but were introduced into northwest Russia from the late 1950s onwards. Since 2017, the alien species has increased dramatically in abundance and rapidly invaded adjacent areas of the North Atlantic region.
Jaakko Erkinaro +10 more
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No Remedy: Injustice and Constrained Citizenship in Indonesia's Plantation Zone
Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This contribution to the special issue examines a constrained version of citizenship in Indonesia's plantation zone. When corporations take hold of village land, residents experience devastating dispossession and a profound sense of injustice, yet they lack effective channels through which to claim rights as citizens or secure remedy from the ...
Tania Murray Li, Pujo Semedi
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AI-Driven Adaptive Camouflage Pattern Generation for Helicopter Detection Evasion in Aerial Sensor Imagery Using Fine-Tuned YOLOv8 and Stable Diffusion. [PDF]
Sensors (Basel)Im J, Kim Y, Chun HJ, Kim K.
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