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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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Brokering Localization: Country‐Based Pooled Funds in Humanitarian Assistance
Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article analyzes Country‐Based Pooled Funds (CBPFs) to identify types of brokerage models and their effects on localization. CBPFs are intermediaries in the aid chain connecting donors to implementers such as the United Nations, international non‐governmental organizations (INGOs) and national NGOs (NNGOs). This paper analyzes four of the
Maryam Zarnegar Deloffre
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Transdisciplinarity in Serious Gaming Design for Improved Crisis Preparedness
International Journal of Serious GamesTransdisciplinarity is identified as an important paradigm to cope with the complexity of societal problems, such as public health crisis and climate change.
Francesca de Rosa +4 more
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Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, EarlyView.Ammonium dinitramide (ADN) and 3,4‐Diaminofurazan (DAF) form a 1:1 energetic cocrystal. We report its crystal structure and spectroscopic signature and evaluate thermal stability, decomposition behavior, hygroscopicity, and combustion properties. Propellant performance calculations benchmark the material against guanylurea dinitramide (GuDN) and ...
Peter Schultz +2 more
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Application of Hidden Markov Models to Analyze, Group and Visualize Spatio-Temporal COVID-19 Data
IEEE Access, 2021 The coronavirus epidemic (COVID-19) is a public health challenge due to its rapid global spread. Its unprecedented speed and pervasiveness have led many governments to implement a series of countermeasures, such as lock-downs, stopping/restricting ...
Shanglin Zhou +6 more
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Assessing Capability Complexity Using Enterprise Architecture Framework
Systems Engineering, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study proposes a structured and quantitative methodology to evaluate the holistic complexity of system‐of‐systems (SoSs), employing the Zachman Architecture Framework (ZAF) as its foundational analytical tool. A five‐phase analytical procedure is developed and empirically validated, encompassing: (1) refinement of complexity measures, (2)
Javad Bakhshi, Mahmoud Efatmaneshnik
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Conceptualizing and measuring consumers’ negative attitudes towards online shopping
British Journal of Management, EarlyView.Abstract Despite the advantages of online shopping, increasing evidence indicates the prevalence of negative consumer attitudes towards online shopping (NATOS). Yet existing research exhibits a nearly exclusive focus on measuring positive attitudes, creating limited conceptual breadth. Moreover, despite the existence of conceptually related constructs (
Kaj‐Johanna Stichnoth +1 more
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Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 2018 The rapid urbanization around the world has generated a tremendous interest in the study of megacity insurgencies. The purpose of this paper is to introduce a new field of study—of expeditionary energy economics (e3)—that addresses energy management in ...
Ion A. Iftimie
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The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 140-148, January/March 2025.Abstract In this article, the key dilemmas that will confront the new Labour administration in Britain during its initial period in power are examined. The Starmer government is seeking to use the state pragmatically to improve British economic performance, stem the crisis in public services and strengthen the strategic capacity of Whitehall.
Patrick Diamond +2 more
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Exploiting Ethnicity in Russian Hybrid Threats
Strategos, 2020 Recently, the term ‘hybrid warfare’ has been applied to a set of levers by which some actors in international relations attempt to achieve their foreign policy objectives.
D. Jonathan White, Douglas Overdeer
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