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Health-aware control of an octorotor UAV system based on actuator reliability [PDF]
, 2017 A major goal in modern flight control systems is the need of improving the reliability. This work presents a reliable control approach of an octorotor UAV that allows distributing the control effort among the actuators using health actuator ...
Nejjari Akhi-Elarab, Fatiha +3 more
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Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
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Pre-colonial institutions and socioeconomic development: The case of Latin America [PDF]
, 2017 We study the effects of pre-colonial institutions on present-day socioeconomic outcomes for Latin America. Our thesis is that more advanced pre-colonial institutions relate to better socioeconomic outcomes today. We advance that pre-colonial institutions
Angeles, Luis, Elizalde, Aldo
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An update on the landscape of collagen bioactive fragments
The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.The remodeling of the extracellular matrix releases collagen bioactive fragments, which exert molecular functions and regulate numerous biological processes via several signaling pathways. Here, we summarize the latest findings describing the roles of major bioactive fragments from collagens I, IV, VI, and XVIII in various physiological and ...
Sylvie Ricard‐Blum, Julie Fradette
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El Inca y sus curacas: poliginia real y construcción del poder
Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines, 2008 Although we have little historic data from the chronicles on the ancient curacas conquered by the Incas in the area around the city of Cuzco, we do have important data on the matrimonial, political, calendrical, ritual and mythical relations that the ...
Tom Zuidema
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, 2011 En Los Incas, el historiador peruano Franklin Pease GY explora todos los aspectos de la vida en el Tawantinsuyu, el gran imperio inca que se extendía por miles de kilómetros a lo largo de los Andes de los actuales Bolivia, Chile, Ecuadro y Perú. Pease lo hace al reexaminar las fuentes de la mayor parte de nuestro conocimiento de esta sociedad compleja,
Pease G. Y., Franklin, Tegel, Simeon
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Book review: America’s blind spot: Chávez, oil and US security [PDF]
, 2013 Latin America holds some of the world’s biggest oil reserves, but unstable political events in the region are hindering its potential, especially in Venezuela. Global U.S. security would benefit from a revamping of outdated policies towards Latin America,
Boscan, Luis
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Direct $N$-body code on low-power embedded ARM GPUs
, 2019 This work arises on the environment of the ExaNeSt project aiming at design and development of an exascale ready supercomputer with low energy consumption profile but able to support the most demanding scientific and technical applications.
AR Brodtkorb +12 more
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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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A Machine Learning-Driven Wireless System for Structural Health Monitoring [PDF]
INCAS BulletinThe paper presents a wireless system integrated with a machine learning (ML) model for structural health monitoring (SHM) of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) structures, primarily targeting aerospace applications.
Marius POP +6 more
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