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Beyond the HSC/NSC Merger: Integrating States and Localities into Homeland Security Policymaking [PDF]

, 2009
This article appeared in Homeland Security Affairs (January 2009), v.5 no.1The most critical issue in merging the Homeland Security Council (HSC) and the National Security Council (NSC) is one that has received the least attention.
Stockton, Paul
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Mapping the “Supply–Demand–Flow” of Ecosystem Services for Ecosystem Management in China

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study develops a “supply–demand–flow” framework clarifies how ecosystem services move between regions by distinguishing potential and actual supply and demand. Using integrated biophysical–socioeconomic modeling, nine services in China were mapped.
Yikun Zhang, Yadong Yang, Yongsheng Wang, Guirui Yu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

New Requirements for a New Challenge: The Military's Role in Border Security [PDF]

, 2008
This article appeared in Homeland Security Affairs (October 2008), v.4 no.3U.S. border security is not what it used to be. Over the last three decades America's concerns have steadily escalated from what was once as much a humanitarian issue as a ...
Tussing, Bert
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Adult Sex Ratio as a Demographic Feedback Linking Mating Systems, Parental Care, and Evolution

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Breeding systems are some of the most diverse social behavior, and our team is investigation the evolutionary causes of this diversity. This review summarises our research carried out at the University of Bath. We argue that demographic components of wild populations, especially the adult sex ratio, plays a key role driving breeding system variation ...
Tamás Székely, Oscar G. Miranda
wiley   +1 more source

Homeland Security Affairs Journal, Volume VI - 2010: Issue 2, May [PDF]

, 2010
Homeland Security Affairs is the peer-reviewed online journal of the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS), providing a forum to propose and debate strategies, policies, and organizational arrangements to strengthen U ...

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Engineering Approaches to Modify Immunomodulatory Functions of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSCs): Tissue Regeneration and Clinical Application

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) show promise for treating immune‐related disorders through immunomodulation and tissue regeneration. This review gives a brief overview of current clinical approval of MSC therapies. It also discussed how bioengineering, including genetic modification, biomaterial delivery, extracellular vesicles, and iPSC‐derived MSCs,
Sichen Yang, Kejia Li, Ning Wang, Zhen Li, Zhiyong Zhang, Rocky S. Tuan, Yangzi Jiang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Landslide Susceptibility Assessment in Yulong County Using Contribution Degree Clustering Method and Stacking Ensemble Coupled Model Based on Certainty Factor

Remote Sensing
To address the subjectivity of traditional factor attribute grading methods and the weak predictive capabilities of single-model classifications, this study focused on Yulong County; the Contribution Degree Clustering Method (CDCM) utilizes the Certainty
Yang Qin, Zhifang Zhao, Dingyi Zhou, Kangtai Chang, Qiaomu Mou, Yonglin Yang, Yunfei Hu   +6 more
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Astrocytic Phenotypic Switching in Posterior Piriform Cortex Orchestrates Bone Cancer Pain–Depression Comorbidity via Purinergic–Noradrenergic Signaling

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Bone cancer pain and depression share a common origin: astrocytic A2‐to‐A1 transition in the posterior piriform cortex. This phenotypic shift disrupts the ATP–adenosine–A2AR–norepinephrine axis, simultaneously driving nociceptive and affective dysfunction.
Jiang‐Ping Liu, Jun‐Han Zhang, Zhi‐Xuan Tan, Wei‐Bing Yan, Ya‐Ru Yuan, Yao Liu, Bing‐Di Wei, Meng‐Qi Ding, Zhuo‐Min Fu, Ying Liu, An‐Qi Wang, Lin Ma, Yong‐Hong Li, Er‐Qing Chai, Chao‐Jun Wei   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conference report on the Regulation of the Private Security Sector in Africa, 19-20 April 2007, ISS Boardroom, Pretoria

, 2007
The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) is an applied policy research institute with a mission to conceptualize, inform and enhance the debate on human security in Africa; the organization supports policy formulation and decision making at every level ...
Institute for Security Studies
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Homeland Security Affairs Journal, Volume V - 2009: Issue 1, January [PDF]

, 2009
Homeland Security Affairs is the peer-reviewed online journal of the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS), providing a forum to propose and debate strategies, policies, and organizational arrangements to strengthen U ...

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