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The Private Military Industrial Complex - Extending Conflict Duration and Quality: The Cost of Using Private Military Contractors [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The American military and Executive Branch have transitioned the way that the US engages in war strategy to rely more and more on private military contractors. This paper sought to examine the consequences that this dependence will cause.
Moher, Casey
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Changes in the vector of industrial policy and possibilities for the innovative development of the industrial regions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
In the present paper, reasons for the increased interest in industrial policy in both developed and developing countries are explained. The systematisation of the results of the development of Russian industry from 1989 to 2014 showed a lack of ...
Romanova, O. A., Starikov, E. N.
core   +1 more source

Flexible Phase Change Bandage Incorporated With Zeolite for Temperature‐Controlled Wound Hemostasis

open access: yesENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
A novel flexible hemostatic phase change bandage (HPB) was designed and constructed through chemical cross‐linking and electrospinning to mitigate thermal injury and broaden the application of PCMs in the medical field. Furthermore, the flexible HPB shows thermal stability, strong mechanical strength, excellent infiltration, and reliable thermal ...
Xinyu Zhang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis and systematization of experience of state administration of Russian Federation military-industrial complex

open access: yesAspekti Publìčnogo Upravlìnnâ, 2014
The analysis of the systems of development of the military-industrial complex of the Russian Federation is conducted in the article. Control system of the military-industrial complex of the Russian Federation is schematically represented in the article ...
O. F. Salnikova, H. P. Sytnik
doaj  

“Passive” Scalecraft as a State Strategy in Post‐Authoritarian Environmental Governance: A Case From South Korea

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study employs a scalar politics framework to unpack how participatory rhetoric operates statecraft in a post‐authoritarian context, thereby illuminating hybrid‐regime behavior along a continuum of environmental governance. An examination of the environmental governance of an ecotourism project in South Korea is performed using ...
Souyeon Nam
wiley   +1 more source

Technology, National Identity and the State [PDF]

open access: yes
The following paper traces the emergence of a Swedish military-industrial complex, through its heydays and to its eventual decline. The notion of a military-industrial complex is heavily based on American research and it is the American politico ...
Stenlås, Niklas
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Neural Network–Assisted Metasurface Retroreflector With Wide‐Angle Adaptivity

open access: yesElectron, EarlyView.
This work proposes a wide‐angle, multi‐polarization, self‐sensing, and self‐adaptive intelligent metasurface retroreflector, with a planar profile and ultrathin thickness. By integrating a pre‐trained artificial neural network (ANN), the metasurface retroreflector can recognize the incident angle and promptly adapt to changes in the incoming wave.
Jing Ning   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

IMPROVEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING FOR THE MILITARY- INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

open access: yesВысшее образование в России, 2016
Strengthening of the defense capability and the national security of the country in the faceof the contemporary challenges requires the improvement of professional training, retraining, advanced training, additional training of personnel and specialists ...
Anatoly V. Ivanov, Oleg V. Kuznetsov
doaj  

Why U.S. corporations should get out of South Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 1978
Paper based on a panel presentation to African Studies Association meeting Nov.
Seidman, Ann
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Recent advances in multifunctional soft robots: A materials–structures–systems co‐design perspective for synergistic integration

open access: yesFlexMat, EarlyView.
Abstract Soft robots, engineered from highly compliant materials, offer superior adaptability and safety in unstructured environments compared to their rigid counterparts. Recent advancements, fueled by bio‐inspiration and material programmability, have led to the rapid co‐evolution of their core modules: actuation, sensing, protection, energy, and ...
Qiulei Liu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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