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The Distinctness of Objects Near and Far
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Philosophers working on the metaphysics of persistence typically do not extend their views to the distinctness of objects at a single time. I argue that we can provide criteria to distinguish objects across time if and only if we can provide criteria to distinguish objects at a time. Furthermore, I endorse a stronger claim.
Erica Shumener
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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. +2 more
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Review of the Lightning Strike Incident at Launch Complex 37 on July 27, 1967, and Comparison to a Gemini Lightning Strike [PDF]
, 1967 The Launch Complex 37 lightning strike of July 27, 1967, was reviewed and compared to a similar incident on the Gemini Program. Available data indicate little likelihood of damaging currents having been present in SA-204 Launch Vehicle or the ground ...
Llewellyn, J. A.
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Review of lightning protection standard in building structures in Nigeria. [PDF]
, 2014 A lightning protection system performs a simple task. It provides a specified path on which lightning can travel. When a building structure is equiped with a lightning protection system, the distructive power of the lightning strike is directed safely ...
A. Abdulkareem +5 more
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“I had to open my eyes”—A narrative approach to studying the process of adult belief change
Political Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Why do people, socialized and sedimented in their political beliefs, change their convictions in adulthood? Belief change has a long history of research in the social sciences. Yet, in quantitative research, belief change is studied largely through cognitive and behavioral lenses, that, however valuable, struggle to capture how people ...
Marcel van den Haak, Kamile Grusauskaite
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A Strike from the Air: Cerebral Hemorrhage after a Lightning Strike
Indian Journal of NeurosurgeryLightning strikes pose a rare but catastrophic risk for a variety of injuries, including damage to the central nervous system. We present the case of a 79-year-old farmer who survived a lightning strike directly in the chest resulting in an intracerebral
Mojsije Radovic +3 more
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The 1981 direct strike lightning data [PDF]
Data waveforms obtained during the 1981 direct strike lightning tests, utilizing the NASA F-106B aircraft specially instrumented for lightning electromagnetic measurements are presented.
Pitts, F. L., Thomas, M. E.
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Lightning a Fundamental of Atmospheric Electricity [PDF]
, 2014 This paper discussed briefly the basic connection between lightning phenomena and atmospheric electricity. Characteristics pertaining to lightning discharges were reviewed in order to elucidate some elementary mystics that are still associated with ...
Akinyemi, M. L. +4 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
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Effect of lightning strike on bromine intercalated graphite fiber/epoxy composites [PDF]
Laminar composites were fabricated from pristine and bromine intercalated pitch based graphite fibers. It was found that laminar composites could be fabricated using either pristine or intercalated graphite fibers using standard fabrication techniques ...
Brink, Norman O. +2 more
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