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Non-Contact Measurement of Human Vital Signs in Dynamic Conditions Using Microwave Techniques: A Review. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Ostrysz M, Szczepaniak Z, Sondej T.
europepmc   +1 more source

Beyond the Rebel ‘Territorial Trap’: Governing Armed Sovereign Formations in Eastern Myanmar

Development and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Territorial control is a central concept in the study of civil wars and rebel governance. However, scholars often fall into a ‘territorial trap’, assuming that territorial control is either an outcome of or a precondition for armed governance. Based on immersive fieldwork in eastern Myanmar, this article traces how different spatial orderings ...
Tony Neil, Saw Day Chit Htoo
wiley   +1 more source

The repaired man or the man with extras: medical human-cyborgs. [PDF]

Front Digit Health
Speer G.
europepmc   +1 more source

Heller’s Problematic Second Amendment Categoricalism [PDF]

, 2009
Blocher, Joseph
core   +1 more source

Isbaaro: Checkpoints and World Making beyond the State in Somalia

Development and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the dynamics of checkpoint authority in Somalia, focusing on how kinship, mobility and checkpoint practices intersect to shape political and social orders. Challenging the notion that checkpoint governance is either an expression of state‐like power or indicative of the state's absence, the authors argue that Somali ...
Peer Schouten, Abdirahman Edle, Jethro Norman   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
wiley   +1 more source

A critical reassessment of the novel weapons hypothesis and allelopathy as an adaptive strategy that facilitates plant invasion. [PDF]

New Phytol
Colautti RI, Antunes PM.
europepmc   +1 more source

Chasing the perfida Albione: Anglo‐Italian productivity gap in the late 1930s

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper presents new estimates of Anglo‐Italian labour productivity levels in manufacturing in the late 1930s, derived using the standard single‐deflation approach. The findings confirm a substantial productivity gap between Italy and the United Kingdom at the aggregate level, alongside pronounced intersectoral heterogeneity.
Tancredi Salamone
wiley   +1 more source

Generated cultural heritage question-answer dataset: Durga in multi-dimensional perspectives. [PDF]

Data Brief
Suryanto TLM, Wibawa AP, Hariyono, Nafalski A, Kurubacak Çakır G.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Between famine and freedom: Food prices during the Indonesian War of Independence, 1945–9

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper investigates how the Indonesian War of Independence (1945‒9) influenced staple food prices, and how fluctuations in those prices, in turn, shaped the trajectory and dynamics of the conflict. We compiled a dataset comprising more than 8600 prices for staple foods covering the entire Indonesian archipelago from 1939‒49, allowing us to
Ingrid de Zwarte, Helmi Moret, Pim de Zwart   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source