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The international climate change regime and general principles of law

Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, EarlyView.
Abstract The Climate Change Advisory Opinion (AO) by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) demonstrates the growing prominence of general principles of law in international law. The Climate Change AO was handed down at the end of the International Law Commission's project on general principles of law with the adoption of its Draft Conclusions.
Renatus Otto Franz Derler, Mads Andenas
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RSA-PT: A Point Transformer-Based Semantic Segmentation Network for Uninterrupted Operation in a Distribution Network Scene

Sensors
The digitization of uninterrupted operation in the distribution network is of great significance for improving people’s quality of life and promoting economic development. As an important means of achieving digitization, point cloud technology is crucial
Deyu Nie, Linong Wang, Shaocheng Wu, Zhenyang Chen, Yongwen Li, Bin Song   +5 more
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NASA Manned Launch Vehicle Lightning Protection Development [PDF]

, 2009
Historically, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) relied heavily on lightning avoidance to protect launch vehicles and crew from lightning effects.
Jones, Steven R., Mack, Jonathan D., McCollum, Matthew B.   +2 more
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3G Internet Diffusion and Secondary Education Attainment: Evidence of Opportunity Cost in Vietnam

Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mobile internet diffusion has led to significant societal and economic transformations since its early diffusion, especially in the Global South. This has implied changes in human capital formation, particularly through education, and has reshaped the trade‐off between education and employment, especially among the younger population.
Trang Thi Pham, Bernardo Caldarola
wiley   +1 more source

High current lightning test of space shuttle external tank lightning protection system [PDF]

During lift-off, the shuttle launch vehicle (external tank, solid rocket booster and orbiter) may be subjected to a lightning strike. Tests of a proposed lightning protection method for the external tank and development materials which were subjected to ...
Anderson, A., Mumme, E., Schulte, E. H.
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Emotions in Meaning‐Making: Toward a Sociological Theory of Cathexis

Sociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The role of emotion in meaning‐making remains undertheorized in cultural sociology. This article argues that emotions and affect are intrinsic to meaning‐making and proposes cathexis—the attachment of emotions generated in social interaction to objects, symbols, and ideas—as the fundamental mechanism by which emotions co‐constitute cultural ...
Dmitry Kurakin
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating lightning hazards to building environments using explicit numerical solutions of Maxwell's equations [PDF]

The objective here is to describe the lightning hazards to buildings and their internal environments using advanced formulations of Maxwell's Equations. The method described is the Three Dimensional Finite Difference Time Domain Solution.
Collier, Richard S., Mckenna, Paul M., Perala, Rodney A.   +2 more
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Living in the Mycelial World

Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract This manuscript documents a systematic ethnomycological analysis of ethnographic archives. Focusing on texts describing human–fungi interactions, I conduct a global, cross‐cultural review of mushroom use, covering 193 societies worldwide. The study reveals diverse mushroom‐related cultural practices, emphasizing the significance of fungi ...
Roope O. Kaaronen
wiley   +1 more source

Lightning Protection Technology for Overhead Insulated Lines of 10kV Distribution Network Based on Linear Least Square Positioning Method

Journal of Applied Science and Engineering
The calculation of the series gap distance of the lightning protection device in the 10 kV distribution network is rough, and the positioning error of the lightning strike point may be large, which affects the stability of electricity consumption ...
Fengwen Chen
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Lightning Protection for farms

, 1995
Lightning, one of natures most powerful forces, can cause a great deal of damage, particularly in a farm environment. A lightning strike can start fires in buildings, damage electrical equipment, and electrocute humans and livestock.
Chamberlain, Diane, Hallman, Eric
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