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Officers as Prostitutes: Myth or Reality? (A Study on Poaching of Officers in the Philippines) [PDF]

open access: yesTransNav, 2010
This descriptive-qualitative research looked into the reasons why a seafarer is likened to a prostitute and in what aspects they are alike. It also aimed to determine from the key informants the practices and or procedures employed by shipping and ...
Melchor M. Magramo   +3 more
doaj  

The Dynamics of Military Skills: The Role of Experience-Based Knowledge in Challenging Situations

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Military Studies, 2020
Based on narratives from Swedish officers’ experiences from challenging situations, the article investigates the role of experience-based knowledge in military practice.
Lotta Victor Tillberg
doaj   +1 more source

Climate‐Smart Dairy Practices: The Role of Practice Clusters in Enhancing the Performance of Dairy Farms in Kenya

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate variability is affecting the productivity, profitability, and resilience of smallholder dairy producers in developing countries. The adoption of climate‐smart (CS) dairy practices has been promoted to mitigate these negative effects. However, while interest in dairy CS practices is growing, empirical evidence on their adoption patterns
Mercy Mburu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gallasovský hofmistr Johann Heinrich Dienebier (1677–1748)

open access: yesTheatrum Historiae, 2012
The newly collected information sheds light upon the social origins and ties of Johann Heinrich Dienebier (1677–1748) and makes us familiar with his 27 years of service for Johann Wenzel Gallas (1671–1719), an important and wealthy aristocrat in ...
Martin Krummholz
doaj  

Account of Operations in the Boulogne Area [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Account by Lieutenant-Colonel J.E.
Anderson, J.E.
core   +1 more source

Impact of Sustainable Agricultural Practices on Labor Use Among Rice Farmers in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Mekong Delta (MKD), Vietnam has achieved high rice productivity through rapid intensification. However, this progress has led to environmental degradation and adverse economic and health effects. To mitigate these challenges, sustainable agricultural practices (SAPs) have been promoted.
Nguyen Thi Thu Hien   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Badges and Brothels: Police Officers' Attitudes Toward Prostitution

open access: yesFrontiers in Sociology, 2018
There is a gap in the literature regarding police officers' attitudes about vice, specifically prostitution. Scholars should study this topic because police are interacting with drug dealers and drug users, prostitutes, and Johns, and gamblers and ...
Cody Jorgensen
doaj   +1 more source

An officer employed as a revenue collector in the structure of the National Revenue Administration – critical remarks

open access: yesPrawo Budżetowe Państwa i Samorządu, 2020
This article is devoted to the institution of an officer employed as a revenue counsellor which is regulated in the Polish legal system since 1 March 2017 with the establishment of the National Revenue Administration.
Ireneusz Nowak
doaj   +1 more source

Iowa Law Enforcement Academy Annual Report, FY 2009 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The Iowa Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) was created by an act of the Iowa legislature in 1967 with its purpose being to upgrade law enforcement to professional status.

core  

Volcanogenic Dark Matter and Mass Extinctions

open access: yes, 1996
The passage of the Earth through dense clumps of dark matter, the presence of which are predicted by certain cosmologies, would produce large quantities of heat in the interior of this planet through the capture and subsequent annihilation of dark matter
Afsar Abbas   +20 more
core   +1 more source

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