Demystifying Decoloniality: Epistemic Rupture and Material Reality
Development and Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Decolonial thought has become increasingly influential across the social sciences, foregrounding coloniality, epistemic injustice, ontological difference and pluriversality as alternatives to Western universalism. This Introduction to the Forum Debate ‘Debating Decolonial Thought’ critically examines the ‘decolonial turn’ in development ...
Sreerekha Sathi
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A Framework for Biological Weapons Deterrence
The United States faces a growing range of biological threats, including the potential use of increasingly sophisticated biological weapons. As advances in science and technology expand the scope of these risks, deterring biological attacks has become an
Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction,
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Stochastic expansion of radionuclide inhalation dosimetry for consequence management application: uncertainty and sensitivity analysis in the ICRP 130 human respiratory tract model. [PDF]
J Radiol ProtMate-Kole EM +5 more
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The first bear raid and squeeze: Isaac Le Maire and the Dutch East India Company
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract In 1609, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) faced a bear raid by a syndicate of short sellers led by Isaac Le Maire, a former director. We reconstruct the forward trade between 1607 and 1611, the actions taken by the syndicate members, and the responses to these actions by the company.
Oscar Gelderblom +2 more
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An efficient hybrid CNN-transformer framework for real-time weapon detection and face recognition. [PDF]
Front Artif IntellShanthi P, Manjula V.
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The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The cultures and governance of security markets in the United Kingdom are often characterised through a paradoxical narrative of simultaneous state retreat and progressive advance. In the face of repeated recent high‐profile security failures, and global changes in material political economy, we argue that UK security governance is adapting to
Ben Collier, Jamie Buchan
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The Zoetrope effect in phage evolution. [PDF]
Front MicrobiolRodriguez-Valera F, Martin-Cuadrado AB.
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Focusing on the narratives of two Japanese undergraduate students, this article examines their everyday experiences of using and learning English, situated within entangled relations of power. Drawing on the Foucauldian notion of discourse, the study reveals how multiple power/knowledge systems—such as native speakerism, prescriptivism ...
Aina Tanaka, Daisuke Kimura
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Ready before the call: Integration of civilian surgeons into a combat casualty care clinical readiness program for large-scale combat operations. [PDF]
J Trauma Acute Care SurgRemondelli MH +10 more
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Multidimensional Militarisation, Evidence From Mexico's War on Drugs
International Social Science Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article documents different dimensions of militarisation observed in Mexico since the start of the war on drugs. It argues that militarisation is a multidirectional phenomenon that is characterised by rationales that justify the use of illegal means to address complex issues, promising expediency and efficiency but rarely delivering on it.
Agustin Hernandez Berea
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