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This body of art: The singular plural of the feminine [PDF]

, 2005
I explore the possibility that the feminine, like art, can be thought in terms of Jean-Luc Nancy’s concept of the singular plural. In Les Muses, Nancy claims that art provides for the rethinking of a technë not ruled by instrumentality.
Fielding, Helen A.
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Looming struggles over technology for border control [PDF]

, 2006
New technologies under development, capable of inflicting pain on masses of people, could be used for border control against asylum seekers. Implementation might be rationalized by the threat of mass migration due to climate change, nuclear disaster or ...
Brian Martin, Callaghan S., Dando M., Deiming L., EU, Hambling D., Hambling D., Jansen S.C., Jansen S.C., Martin B., Rappert B., Sharp G., Steve Wright   +12 more
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Modeling and Implementation of a Joint Airborne Ground Penetrating Radar and Magnetometer System for Landmine Detection

Remote Sensing, 2023
We modeled and implemented a joint airborne system integrating ground penetrating radar (GPR) and magnetometer (MAG) models specifically for landmine detection applications.
Junghan Lee, Haengseon Lee, Sunghyub Ko, Daehyeong Ji, Jongwu Hyeon   +4 more
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A Portable Biosensor for 2,4-Dinitrotoluene Vapors

Sensors, 2018
Buried explosive material, e.g., landmines, represent a severe issue for human safety all over the world. Most explosives consist of environmentally hazardous chemicals like 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), carcinogenic 2,4-dinitrotoluene (2,4-DNT) and ...
Marc Prante, Christian Ude, Miriam Große, Lukas Raddatz, Ulrich Krings, Gernot John, Shimshon Belkin, Thomas Scheper   +7 more
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How Transnational Civil Society Realized the Ban Treaty: An Interview with Beatrice Fihn

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2018
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017. ICAN is a global coalition of non-governmental organizations in over 100 countries and was honored for its efforts to advance the Treaty on the ...
Motoko Mekata
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Ratting on wildlife crime: training African giant pouched rats to detect illegally trafficked wildlife

Frontiers in Conservation Science
The illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is one of the largest global crime economies, directly threatening species and their habitats, and biodiversity, and indirectly the global climate, and countries’ economies.
Isabelle D. Szott, E. Kate Webb, E. Kate Webb, E. Kate Webb, Said Mshana, Anthony Mshigeni, Walter S. Magesa, Alexander Iyungu, Miraji Saidi, Dian Van de Laak, Miriam Schneider, Ashleigh Dore, Kirsty Brebner, Harriet Davies-Mostert, Harriet Davies-Mostert, Christophe Cox, Cynthia D. Fast, Cynthia D. Fast, Cynthia D. Fast   +18 more
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The value of statistical life and cost–benefit evaluations of landmine clearance in Cambodia [PDF]

, 2010
Development agencies spend approximately US$ 400 million per year on landmine clearance. Yet many cost–benefit evaluations suggest that landmine clearance is socially wasteful because costs appear to far outweigh social benefits.
Cameron, Michael Patrick, Gibson, John, Helmers, Kent, Lim, Steven, Tressler, John, Vaddanak, Kien   +5 more
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Mission creep or responding to wider security needs? The evolving role of mine action organisations in Armed Violence Reduction

Stability : International Journal of Security and Development, 2013
Since the late 1980s, mine action organisations have focused their efforts on reducing the social, economic and environmental impacts of anti-personnel mines and other explosive remnants of war (ERW) through a broad range of activities, including survey,
Sharmala Naidoo
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Landmine injuries in Eritrea [PDF]

BMJ, 2000
During the 29 year guerrilla war against the Ethiopians, 1-2 million landmines were scattered over much of Eritrea.1 We aimed to assess the incidence of civilian landmine injuries over time since the war ended in May 1991 and to evaluate the sex, age, and pattern of injuries of landmine victims.
K, Hanevik, G, Kvâle
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First landmines, now small arms?: the international campaign to ban landmines as a model for small-arms advocacy [PDF]

, 2006
This paper is a comparative analysis of the international campaigns around landmines and small arms. The aim is to determine whether aspects of the successful campaign to ban landmines can be replicated by non-governmental organisations (NGOs ...
O'Dwyer, Diana
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