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Feasibility of Anti-Submarine Buried Target Destruction Technologies

水下无人系统学报
This paper discussed the technologies and methods for the effective destruction of submarine buried targets in modern warfare and maritime security. As these targets are highly concealed and difficult to destroy, they are mainly dealt with by kinetic ...
Weichen LI, Songyi KANG, Yi CAI, Yuan GAO, Xiyu JIA   +4 more
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Putting culture into the Cold War: the Cultural Relations Department (CRD) and British covert information warfare [PDF]

, 2003
In 1943 the British Foreign Office created an obscure outfit called the Cultural Relations Department (CRD), to manage the growing organization of intellectual, cultural, social and artistic contacts designed to promote Allied goodwill.
Aldrich, Richard J.
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Beyond the Ban—Shedding Light on Smallholders' Price Vulnerability in Indonesia's Palm Oil Industry

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Indonesian government imposed a palm oil export ban in April 2022 to address rising cooking oil prices. This study explores oil palm smallholders' vulnerability to the policy using descriptive statistics, Lasso, and post‐Lasso OLS regressions.
Charlotte‐Elena Reich, Tim Ölkers, Vanessa Bonke, Oliver Musshoff   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Application, development, and challenges of stealth materials/structures in next-generation aviation equipment

Applied Surface Science Advances
Accessing the electromagnetic spectrum is the essence of modern warfare, which is determined by the detection direction, the airframe structure, and the material.
Li Jin, Yiming Zhao, Chen Chen, Jianwei Zhang, Yonglyu He, Changping Yin, Nan Wu, Jun Tang, Suli Xing   +8 more
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“The Most Vivifying Influence:” Operation Delta in Preparing the Canadian Corps for the Hundred Days [PDF]

, 2018
Preparation and training for Operation Delta in May and June 1918 provided the Canadian Corps with vital experience for the types of operations conducted during the Hundred Days.
Stewart, William F.
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Return and Volatility Spillovers Among Major Cotton Markets

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores return and volatility transmission among major cotton markets. Several events have disrupted cotton supply and demand in recent years, leading to heightened price volatility and significant shifts in market interconnections.
Susmitha Kalli, Berna Karali, Yangxuan Liu, Munisamy Gopinath   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the Impact of Promotions on Consumer Purchasing Behavior During Crises

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding how households modify their food expenditure decisions during times of crisis is essential because consumer purchasing behavior frequently changes during these times. This study looks at these behavioral shifts during the COVID‐19 pandemic, concentrating on how price sensitivity and response to sales promotions changed over the ...
Wafa Mehaba, José María Gil
wiley   +1 more source

The Geography of Success: A Spatial Analysis of Export Intensity in the Italian Wine Industry

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the paradox of how Italy's fragmented, SME‐dominated wine industry achieves global export success. Moving beyond purely firm‐centric explanations, we test whether export intensity is spatially dependent, clustering geographically in regional ecosystems.
Nicolas Depetris Chauvin, Jonas Di Vita
wiley   +1 more source

NASA Light Emitting Diode Medical Applications from Deep Space to Deep Sea [PDF]

, 2001
This work is supported and managed through the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center-SBIR Program. LED-technology developed for NASA plant growth experiments in space shows promise for delivering light deep into tissues of the body to promote wound healing ...
Buchmann, Ellen V., Caviness, James, Cevenini, Vita, Chen, Gina, Cwiklinski, Joan, Gould, Lisa J., Hodgson, Brian D., Ignatius, Ron, Kane, Mary P., Martin, Todd, Meyer, Glenn A., Stinson, Helen, Turner, Scott G., Whelan, Harry T., Whelan, Noel T.   +14 more
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High‐Resolution Genomic Characterization of WAGR Spectrum Disorder: Insights From a Novel Cohort and Literature Synthesis, and Validation of Patient‐Reported Data

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT WAGR spectrum disorder (WAGRSD) is an ultra‐rare congenital disorder caused by heterozygous deletion of chromosome 11p13. While classically associated with Wilms tumor, Aniridia, Genitourinary anomalies, and a Range of developmental delays, accurate delineation of the deletion is critical for prognosis because the phenotypic spectrum extends ...
Andrew M. George, Bamelak T. Duki, Zoe S. Katz, Aravind Viswanathan, Suzanne P. MacFarland, Evan R. Hathaway, Caitlin Monahan, John Morris, Kelly L. Trout, Shari M. Krantz, Arupa Ganguly, Jennifer M. Kalish   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source