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This article reviews the current state of bioinspired soft robotics. The article discusses soft actuators, soft sensors, materials selection, and control methods used in bioinspired soft robotics. It also highlights the challenges and future prospects of this field.
Abhirup Sarker +2 more
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Historiografía militar española contemporánea (1940-1989)
This article is a selective study of the works about contemporary Spanish military history published between 1940 and 1989. I refer to the military historiography that deals with the Army -more than about the Navy and Air Force- and Society; not that ...
Carlos Navajas Zubeldía
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Combat Related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom: A Review of the Literature [PDF]
The conflict Afghanistan and Iraq have now taken their places amongst the longest running wars in American history. As many Americans return from military service, the prevalence of combat related post traumatic stress syndrome is estimated to be as high
Kaiser, Dakota J
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Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen +5 more
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En la formación de batalla los guerreros germánicos con largas lanzas y grandes escudos se colocaban en la vanguardia. El tamaño de estos escudos daba una buena protección contra las armas enemigas y por lo tanto las armaduras no eran muy necesarias para
Alexander K. Nefedkin
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Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra +3 more
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One of the Finest Sources of Recruits: The Canadian Cadet Movement During the Second World War [PDF]
This article examines the history of the Sea, Army, and Air Cadet programs during the Second World War. The movement expanded rapidly during the war, with the assistance of the Canadian forces, which became more directly involved with the equipping ...
Woodger, Kevin
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Food insecurity and unemployment among immigrants in the United States
Abstract Immigrants can be more vulnerable to economic downturns and, during periods of economic hardship, more likely to experience food insecurity compared to natives. This study examines the differential effect of the unemployment rate on the probability of being food insecure among diverse groups of immigrant households relative to natives in the ...
Siwen Zhou +3 more
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The study of materials on the history of military temple construction is particularly relevant today. Archival sources play a special role in the study of the history of military temples of Saint Petersburg of the 18th – early 20th centuries.
A. N. Ivitskaya
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Over the course of this year, we’ll be interviewing some of the speakers from the upcoming 2018 CWI conference about their talks. Today we are speaking with Jonathan Lande, a doctoral candidate in History at Brown University, where he was the 2016 Peter ...
Luskey, Ashley Whitehead
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