Ballistic missile defence: how soon, how significant, and what should Australia's policy be? [PDF]
Summary: The issue of ballistic missile defence (BMD) was a controversial one when US President Reagan first advocated a strategic-level system in the early 1980s. It remains so today. What’s Australia’s interest?
Andrew Davies, Rod Lyon
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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Archaeological evidence demonstrates that mortuary practices involving human sacrifice, known in Korea as sunjang, were conducted in ancient Korea. However, few studies have examined the biological attributes of individuals associated with this practice to explore the relationship between sacrificial victims and principal tomb occupants or to ...
Eun Jin Woo +3 more
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Comprehensive Review of the Impact of Maternal Stress on Fetal Development
Pediatric Discovery, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Maternal stress impacts millions of pregnant women across the globe each year and refers to mental or psychological stress that occurs during the prenatal period. Although it remains known that maternal stress can negatively impact maternal health, the downstream effects of stress on fetal and infant development in the long‐term are unclear ...
Divya Tadanki +8 more
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Psychology in the Schools, EarlyView.ABSTRACT War poses a unique crisis situation for special education teachers, with uncertainty, lack of resources, and fears for their own and their students' safety, compounded by a complex student population. This study explored Israeli special education preschool teachers' stress and well‐being in the war that began on October 7, 2023, focusing on ...
Deborah Bergman Deitcher, Raaya Alon
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Capable companies or changing markets? Explaining the export performance of firms in the defence industry [PDF]
The paper carries out an empirical analysis of the factors explaining the export performance of firms in the defence sector. We focus on the case of Norway, and make use of two complementary methodologies: the first is based on quantitative firm-level ...
Castellacci, Fulvio, Fevolden, Arne
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How digitisation of herbaria reveals the botanical legacy of the First World War
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Digitisation of herbarium collections is bringing greater understanding to bear on the complexity of narratives relating to the First World War and its aftermath – scientific and societal. Plant collecting during the First World War was more widespread than previously understood, contributed to the psychological well‐being of those involved and ...
Christopher Kreuzer, James A. Wearn
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Microneedle-mediated transdermal delivery of N-acetyl cysteine as a potential antidote for lewisite injury. [PDF]
Int J Pharm, 2023 Kshirsagar S +6 more
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Genetic diversity and population structure of pedunculate oaks (Quercus robur) in Wytham Woods
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Genetic diversity underpins forest resilience and adaptation, yet centuries of human activity have reshaped woodland ecosystems worldwide. We studied the population genetics of pedunculate oaks (Quercus robur) in Wytham Woods, UK, across stands with different ages and management histories.
Tin Hang Hung +6 more
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Enhanced Q learning and deep reinforcement learning for unmanned combat intelligence planning in adversarial environments. [PDF]
Sci RepJianhong X, Gongqian L.
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Chemical, Physical, and Toxicological Properties of V-Agents. [PDF]
Int J Mol Sci, 2023 Pampalakis G, Kostoudi S.
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