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Nuclear Weapon-Free Zones as an Arms Control Measure [PDF]

open access: yes, 1983
This dissertation assesses the usefulness of nuclear weapon-free zones as an arms control measure. It seeks to answer the essential question whether nuclear weapon-free zones are worth pursuing as a distinctive regional nuclear arms control measure or ...
Graham, Kennedy Gollan Montrose
core  

Staging concept for aging management: Definition, mechanism, and coping strategies

open access: yesVIEW, EarlyView.
We divided the overall aging stage into “pre‐aging”, “aging compensation”, and “aging disability”. For each stage, we delineate the clinical presentations, biological phenomena, theoretical underpinnings, and key management priorities. Abstract Aging, as a gradual and largely irreversible biological process, characterized by declining organismal ...
Zhonghan Wang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Undiversity, inequity, and exclusion in supply chains: The unintended fallout of economic sanctions and consumer boycotts

open access: yesProduction and Operations Management, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Economic sanctions and consumer boycotts are common tools to punish organizations for undesirable behavior and attempt to coerce them to change their actions. However, these tools occasionally spill over beyond the intended recipients and affect guiltless supply chain members, jeopardizing the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion in ...
Timofey Shalpegin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

REDUCTION OF WEAPON GRADE PLUTONIUM INVENTORIES IN A THORIUM BURNER [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Large quantities of weapon grade (WG) plutonium have been accumulated in the nuclear warheads. Plutonium and heavy water moderator can give a good combination with respect to neutron economy.
Şahin, Sümer   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Electrical Breakdown Analysis of Emerging Oil–Paper Insulation Systems

open access: yesHigh Voltage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This investigation addresses the effect of particulate additives on the electrical breakdown strength of the oil impregnated insulation paper system. The morphological complexity is addressed by converting data from scanning electron microscope images to a data set suitable for numerical simulation analysis. Then, by using the conventional oil‐
Yue Xu   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A reappraisal of the Middle to Later Stone Age prehistory of Morocco Réévaluer la préhistoire du Maroc, du Middle Stone Age au Later Stone Age

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Over the last 25 years, perceptions of the early prehistory of Northwest Africa have undergone radical changes due to new fieldwork projects and a corresponding growth in scientific interest in the region. Much of this work has been focused in Morocco, known for its extremely rich fossil and archaeological records in caves and rock shelters.
Nick Barton   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Toward Irreversibility in Nuclear Disarmament: The Role of Transparency Measures

open access: yesJournal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
Transparency can increase confidence in irreversibility in nuclear disarmament by enhancing verification and increasing the openness of fuel cycle choices and operations.
Joseph F. Pilat
doaj   +1 more source

Southeast Asia nuclear-weapon-free zone and the nuclear-weapon states [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
For more about the East-West Center, see http://www.eastwestcenter.org/Following a decade-long impasse, the Southeast Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone is finally on a path to being endorsed by the world’s five recognized nuclear-weapon states—China, France,
Liang, Xiaodon, Crail, Peter
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125 years of exploration and research at Gough's Cave (Somerset, UK) 125 ans d'exploration et de recherches à Gough's Cave (Somerset, Royaume‐Uni)

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Our understanding of the recolonization of northwest Europe in the period leading up to the Lateglacial Interstadial relies heavily on discoveries from Gough's Cave (Somerset, UK). Gough's Cave is the richest Late Upper Palaeolithic site in the British Isles, yielding an exceptional array of human remains, stone and organic artefacts, and butchered ...
Silvia M. Bello   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Policy Proposal: From Peace on the Korean Peninsula to a Northeast Asia Nuclear Weapon Free Zone [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Policy Proposal: From Peace on the Korean Peninsula to a Northeast Asia Nuclear Weapon Free Zone, pp.1-50; 2019technical ...
Hayes, Peter   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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