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The business of security and the transformation of the state [PDF]
The field of security policy seems to have undergone dramatic changes in the last decades. Under the broad umbrella of a turn to security governance, one can observe trends of an internationalization and privatization of security.
Deitelhoff, Nicole
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Phytotherapy Research, EarlyView.Amentoflavone, a preferentially TGF‐ββ receptor 1 inhibitor, attenuates transverse aortic constriction (TAC)‐triggered cardiac hypertrophy, fibrosis, and dysfunction by suppressing downstream Smad and MAPK signaling cascades in cardiomyocytes and cardiac fibroblasts.
Jiangjiao Wu +10 more
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Reliability Assessment of Water Hydraulic-Drive Wave-Energy Converters
Energies, 2019 The main objective of the current paper is to determine fatigue critical details of wave-energy converters (WECs) and to evaluate their reliability.
Hua Liu +6 more
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Do Single‐Sex STEM Programs Have Merit? If So, for Whom, on What Measures?
Science Education, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Single‐sex STEM programs—defined here as voluntary, gender‐segregated extracurricular or supplemental activities (e.g., summer camps, workshops, robotics clubs, internships, or citizen science initiatives)—have experienced heightened popularity and scrutiny amid efforts to increase diversity in STEM fields.
Chen Chen +4 more
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Electronic Reverse Auctions: Spawning Procurement Innovation in the Context of Arab Culture [PDF]
, 2016 Government e-procurement initiatives have the potential to transform local institutions, but few studies have been published of strategies for implementing specific e-procurement tools, particularly involving procurement by a foreign government adapting ...
Gravier, Michael J, Hawkins, Timothy G.
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Djibouti's economic evolution over the past two decades reveals a distinct dual structure: a steadily expanding service sector that anchors the economy and a volatile industrial sector driven by episodic, foreign‐financed infrastructure projects.
Sadik Aden Dirir
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The dynamic nature of small islands being geographically isolated and their perceived connectedness with global networks complicates research attempts to draw general conclusions on whether insularity leads to marginalization or strengthens their resilience for sustainable development.
Toheeb Lekan Jolaosho +2 more
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Homefront: Black Servicemembers and Black Voters in the Civil Rights Era
Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The role of Black World War II veterans in the Civil Rights Movement has been well documented, but the effect of Black military service on Black voting patterns remains unclear. Combining detailed information on World War II enlistments and Civil Rights Commission data on voter registration by race, we estimate the role of Black veterans in ...
Thomas Koch +2 more
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Fracture and Structural Integrity, 2018 This paper aims to disclose the influence law of cracks on instantaneous and long-term deflections of reinforced beam. For this purpose, four concrete beams were created, pre-loaded to varied degrees of cracking, and reinforced with carbon fibre ...
Shiyong Jiang +3 more
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ASPECTS OF LOGISTIC PLANNING IN A MILITARY UNIT AT PEACETIME [PDF]
Journal of Defense Resources Management, 2017 The inter-conditioning of the management processes within the economic domain with those belonging to military logistics generates a modern approach of logistics management, in the context of creating the necessary circumstances for fulfilling the ...
Gheorghe MINCULETE, Diana TUTUIANU
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