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Laboratory Setback Activators and Explosive Suitability for Gun Launch [PDF]

Problemy Mechatroniki, 2019
There is currently no agreed standard methodology for assessing the suitability of explosives for gun launch or for the determination of acceptance criteria for explosive fill defects.
Ernest BAKER
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Intelligence within BAOR and NATO's Northern Army Group [PDF]

, 2008
During the Cold War the UK's principal military role was its commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) through the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR), together with wartime command of NATO's Northern Army Group.
Aldrich Richard J., Andrew Christopher, Betts Richard, Blake George, Bracken P. J., Cracken L. William, Daalder Ivo H., Fahey J. A., Ganser Daniel, Garner J. R., Geraghty Tony, Gibson S., Hackett General Sir John, Herman Michael, Jones Kevin, Kalugin O., Ladd James, Levite Ariel, Maddrell Paul, Mastny V., Nicholls John S., Office of Technology Assessment, Pocock Chris, Richard J. Aldrich, Schwartz D. N., Shapiro S., Smith Michael, Stacy W. W., Stafford David, Stares P. B., Stromseth J. E., Woodhead L., Wylde Lt. Col. N. N., Young John   +33 more
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An Assessment of the Soundscape West of the Svalbard Islands

Geophysical Research Letters
A climatic shift is driving the Arctic Ocean toward an “Atlantification” process. This phenomenon might turn the future Arctic into an ice‐free Ocean and affect its soundscape. Measurements of ambient noise are scarce in the eastern Arctic, so we present
Giacomo Giorli, Giuliana Pennucci, Gaultier Real   +2 more
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Redefining the Indirect Approach, Defining Special Operations Forces (SOF) Power, and the Global Networking of SOF

Journal of Strategic Security, 2014
The current Defense Strategy assigns Special Operations Forces (SOF) to play a central role in countering terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, and irregular warfare.
Scott Morrison
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The issues caused by misinformation—How workers and organizations deal with it: A systematic literature review

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract In today's digital age, misinformation propagates rapidly through digital channels, blurring the lines between truth and fiction, and challenging the foundations of trust in information sources. Although affecting all spheres of life, misinformation poses a significant threat to workers highlighting a critical intersection between ...
Ashwani Malhotra, Nina Evans, Jing Gao, Jia Tina Du, Connie Zheng   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflicts Typical motivations causing the destruction

Obrana a Strategie, 2018
Even though the issue of protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict has been stressing during last years in the matter of frequency and significancy, the substantive debate related to values of cultural property and motivations of ...
Eva Pelikánová
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Fostering Social Cohesion in Post‐Conflict Societies: The Power of Normative Apologies in Reducing Competitive Victimhood and Enhancing Reconciliation and Intergroup Negotiation

European Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The present research investigated whether a normative outgroup apology enhances conciliatory attitudes (i.e., willingness for intergroup contact and feelings of peace) and intergroup negotiations while reducing competitive victimhood. In three experiments (N = 855) conducted in the post‐conflict context of Kosovo, we manipulated the normative ...
Islam Borinca, Yasin Koc, Sevim Mustafa
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Mutual manipulation between a dark soliton and an Airy pulse at the optical event horizon

Results in Physics, 2022
A fiber-optical analog of the event horizon is proposed via the collision dynamics between a dark soliton and an Airy pulse for the first time, under the effect of soliton-induced Kerr nonlinear effect.
Jifang Rong, Hua Yang, Qibo Xu, Kangle Shen, Jiayi Zhao   +4 more
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Soft Power in Trade: Quantifying the Impact of Confucius Institutes on China's Exports

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the role of Confucius Institutes (CIs) as a form of China's cultural diplomacy and their impact on international trade, particularly exports. Using a gravity model, we analyze data from 1990 to 2019 across countries, finding that the presence of CIs significantly boosts China's exports.
Renjing Chen, Wei Jin, Tangrui Yang
wiley   +1 more source

Cracks in the Foundation: NATO's New Troubles [PDF]

, 2008
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is beginning to fracture. Its members, sharing the triumphalism that underpinned U.S. foreign policy after the Cold War, took on burdens that have proved more difficult than expected.
Stanley Kober
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