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Ultra-wideband 3D image processing for improving landmine detection with GPR
Journal of Telecommunications and Information Technology, 2005 This paper describes a new landmine detection algorithm starting from high resolution 3D ground penetrating radar (GPR) images. The algorithm consists of two procedures, object detection and object classification; both strongly depend on the properties ...
Eveline E. Ligthart +3 more
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Women Pose Innocent Victims of Landmines in Postwar Iran [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2010 "nBackground: Although in the last few years there has been an increasing attention to the problem of landmines, to date, the implications of women being victims of landmine has not been duly dealt with in the world including Iran, which is ...
AR Soroush +5 more
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Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2013 Objective To estimate post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in those injured and not injured by landmines or unexploded ordnance (UXO) in rural Lao People's Democratic Republic and to determine whether the perception of social support was ...
Bouavanh Southivong +3 more
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IP and the Global Public Interest: Challenges and Opportunities [PDF]
, 2007 [Excerpt from article] Intellectual property (IP) capacity is essential for economic development, particularly as countries transition into the higher technology sectors, for example biotechnology.
Cavicchi, Jon R., Kowalski, Stanley P.
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Bulletin of "Carol I" National Defense UniversityThe detection of buried landmines remains a persistent challenge in security and humanitarian demining. In this work, we present an indirect detection methodology based on the analysis of prompt gamma-ray emissions induced by 14 MeV neutron irradiation.
Konstantinos KARAFASOULIS
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Economic Consequences of Wars: Evidence from Landmine Contamination in Mozambique [PDF]
This paper evaluates the economic returns to improved households access to infrastructure, public services and land in the context of a large landmineclearance program in post-war Mozambique. The International Campaign to Ban Landmines production and use
Ouarda Merrouche
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The Costs of Organized Violence: A Review of the Evidence [PDF]
I critically review recent studies that estimate those costs of violence and conflict that can emerge among organized political groupings, from states, religious and ethnic organizations to guerillas and paramilitaries.
Stergios Skaperdas
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Landmine Detection and Discrimination Using High-Pressure Waterjets
EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, 2004 Methods of locating and identifying buried landmines using high-pressure waterjets were investigated. Methods were based on the sound produced when the waterjet strikes a buried object.
Beetner Daryl G +5 more
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Statistical Analysis of Landmine Fatalities in Kurdistan [PDF]
This study analyzes mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) victim data in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq during the period of the 1960s to 2005. In addition to descriptive analysis of the data, we use regression analysis to identify the determinants of the ...
Heshmati, Almas, Khayyat, Nabaz T.
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Green and Brown? Globalization and the Environment [PDF]
Globalization - viewed as a process of economic integration that embraces governance as well as markets - could lead to worldwide convergence toward higher or lower environmental quality, or to environmental polarization in which the 'greening' of the ...
James K. Boyce
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