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From the Discovery of the Giant Magnetocaloric Effect to the Development of High‐Power‐Density Systems

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
The article overviews past and current efforts on caloric materials and systems, highlighting the contributions of Ames National Laboratory to the field. Solid‐state caloric heat pumping is an innovative method that can be implemented in a wide range of cooling and heating applications.
Agata Czernuszewicz, Yaroslav Mudryk, Jun Cui, Lucas Griffith, Duane D. Johnson, Julie Slaughter   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

MILITARY-GROWTH CORRELATION: NEW EVIDENCE FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES [PDF]

Journal of Defense Resources Management, 2021
It is generally believed that high levels of military expenditures hamper economic growth because it crowds out investment. In this study, we investigate how defense spending affects economic growth in the 50 developing countries over the period 2010 ...
Masoud Ali KHALID, Twana N. Mohamad KHAN
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Energy Consumption Optimization in Trajectory Planning for Fuel Cell Hybrid Uavs Based On HMPC

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
The endurance limitation of multirotor drones is a critical challenge. This study adopts a hybrid power system of fuel cells and lithium‐ion batteries. Using Nondominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II, it integrates trajectory planning with energy management optimization.
Xindi Wang, Jianyang Dong, Yongming Yao, Kaijin Hu, Jianxiong Cui, Yikai Luo, Jiawen Zhang, Shichao Niu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does military spending affect inequality in South Africa? A revisit

Cogent Economics & Finance
Previous investigations on the military spending-inequality nexus (in South Africa) were underpinned by the assumption that military spending and inequality behaves in symmetric fashion and employed linear autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model in ...
Mduduzi Biyase, Hinaunye Eita, Thomas Bilaliib Udimal, Talent Thebe Zwane   +3 more
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THE EFFECTS OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN THE MILITARY ORGANIZATION

Bulletin of "Carol I" National Defense University, 2021
  This article makes a brief analysis of the sustainable development goals that are applicable in the military organization and identifies, through the literature-review method, the main ways in which the military organization was affected by the ...
Daniela-Elena HRAB
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Flexible Memory: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities

Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
Flexible memory technology is crucial for flexible electronics integration. This review covers its historical evolution, evaluates rigid systems, proposes a flexible memory framework based on multiple mechanisms, stresses material design's role, presents a coupling model for performance optimization, and points out future directions.
Ruizhi Yuan, Sen Chen, Minghui Guo, Ziliang Cui, Yujie Du, Jing Liu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

TRENDS IN THE DYNAMICS OF THE MILITARY-TECHNOLOGICAL COMPLEX INDUSTRY IN THE GLOBAL MARKET

International Journal of Innovative Technologies in Economy, 2021
The article examines current trends in the development of the global market of military-technical products. The author draws attention to the steady growth dynamics of purchases of military-industrial products in the world.
Natalia Fursina
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Military Spending, Corruption, and the Welfare Consequences

Defence and Peace Economics, 2020
In pursuit of good governance and better allocation of resources, corruption is of interest to policymakers and citizens alike. Using panel data from 1996 to 2016 for 59 countries, the aim of this paper is to examine the relation between military ...
Hamid E. Ali, S. Solarin
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Deep Reinforcement Learning Approaches for Sensor Data Collection by a Swarm of UAVs

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This article presents four decentralized reinforcement learning algorithms for autonomous data harvesting and investigates how collaboration improves collection efficiency. It also presents strategies to minimize training times by improving model flexibility, enabling algorithms to operate with varying number of agents and sensors.
Thiago de Souza Lamenza, Bruno José Olivieri de Souza, Markus Endler   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The spillover effects of military spending across superpowers using the TVP - VAR approach

Ho Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science - Economics and Business Administration
The amount of money spent on military activities across superpowers globally has generally caused significant concerns regarding military conflicts, the arms race, economic growth development, security, political stability, and governance.
Duc Hong Vo, Minh Phuoc Bao Tran, Phuong Thi Ha Cao   +2 more
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