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The Unintended Consequences of German Deterrence
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Germany's evolving deterrence posture boils down to continued participation in NATO nuclear sharing and an ambitious conventional rearmament program. Due to its non‐nuclear status and a result of decades of underinvestment, Germany prioritizes modern conventional weapons.
Ulrich Kühn
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An Integrated Framework with SAM and OCR for Pavement Crack Quantification and Geospatial Mapping
InfrastructuresPavement condition assessment using computer vision has emerged as an efficient alternative to traditional manual surveys, which are often labor-intensive and time-consuming. Leveraging deep learning, pavement distress such as cracks can be automatically
Nut Sovanneth +3 more
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Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article explores Australian media commentary on white Rhodesians migrating to Australia, focusing on the period of Malcolm Fraser's prime ministership (1975–1983). The main argument is that the Australian media debates about whether to classify white Rhodesians as ‘migrants’ or ‘refugees’ were not merely semantic but reflected a deeper ...
George Bishi, Ana Stevenson
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Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study traces how gambling in Australia changed from a simple form of leisure, enjoyed by all social classes in colonial times, to a billion‐dollar industry driven by political and economic imperatives. Using a case study, it links vertical fiscal imbalance (VFI), caused by changes to the state‐federal taxation structure, to the ...
Barbara Kinder, Michael B. Charles
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Mobile Laser Scanning for Road Pavement Distress Detection
IEEE Open Journal of Intelligent Transportation SystemsThis study investigates the efficacy of Mobile Laser Scanning (MLS) for detecting pavement distresses from precise 3D point cloud data. A conventional MLS system was evaluated against a high-accuracy pavement mapping reference system. The study data were collected by a Roamer-R4DW mobile mapping system equipped with a Riegl VUX-1HA scanner, while the ...
Aimad El Issaoui +9 more
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On 3‐MMC: A Cathinone I Have Come to Know and Love
Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article attempts to complicate the mythology of a compound in a state of becoming. I will trace lightly its origins as a cultural disruptor and how I am implicated in this imperative. Introducing you to 3‐MMC will require multiple modes of storytelling and taking of liberties, drawing on literature reviews, practice‐based research, prose,
Carmen Ostrander
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YOLOv8-PD: an improved road damage detection algorithm based on YOLOv8n model
Scientific ReportsRoad damage detection is an crucial task to ensure road safety. To tackle the issues of poor performance on multi-scale pavement distresses and high costs in detection task, this paper presents an improved lightweight road damage detection algorithm ...
Jiayi Zeng, Han Zhong
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On-edge artificial intelligence technique for road pavement distress detection
Transportation Research Interdisciplinary PerspectivesRoad pavement distress significantly affects traffic safety, vehicle durability, and environmental sustainability, making timely maintenance essential.
Federica Petrongolo +8 more
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Transformation of the Agrarian Landscape and Hope in the Central Kalimantan Peatlands
Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, agrarian state programs and corporate strategies seek to transform indigenous Ngaju Dayak into sedentary farmers. Focusing on the notion of transformation, the paper traces whether and how rural people can engage in struggles against structural injustices.
Anu Lounela
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Applied SciencesAutomatic pavement distress detection using deep learning has revolutionized maintenance efficiency, but deploying models in new, unseen scenarios presents significant challenges due to shifts in data distribution.
Yushuo Hou +5 more
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