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The Generics Revolution and the New Economic Geography of the Global Pesticide Industry
Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The global pesticide industry transformed from one dominated by patented products and legacy multinationals with strong manufacturing bases in the United States and EU to one dominated by generic products produced in India and China. We use proprietary market research data, data from regulatory filings, industry press and bilateral trade data ...
Christian Berndt +4 more
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Centrifuge study of anchored geosynthetic slopes
, 2013 This paper presents the results of centrifuge model testing on slopes reinforced by anchored geosynthetics and subjected to seepage conditions. The tests were conducted on 2V:1H slope models under steady seepage condition at 50g.
RAJABIAN, A +2 more
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BuildingsEarly-age cracking is a common issue in the prefabrication of large-scale box girders, and the application of pre-tensioning techniques to introduce pre-compressive stress is an effective measure to mitigate such cracking.
Tao Zhang +6 more
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Sociology Lens, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Despite their very diverse interests, the classical sociological thinkers were concerned with analyzing the dramatic social transformations in the wake of colonialism, slavery, and modern industrial capitalism as well as the multiple revolutions, particularly in relation to the new forms of social inequalities and power disparities.
Zaheer Baber
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The frontal-impact response of a booster-seated child-size PMHS [PDF]
, 2009 Capítulos en librosThis paper presents the response of a child-size Post Mortem Human Subject in a series of frontal impact sled tests. Specific focus is on the whole-body kinematics and resulting head trajectories under two different restraint ...
Kent, Richard W. +7 more
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The (trans)national Russian religious imagination in exile: Iulia de Beausobre (1893‐1977)
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract The article offers a case study of how Russian Orthodox who migrated from the Soviet Union after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 reimagined their religious identity and their church in a transnational setting. Iulia de Beausobre (1893‐1977) was a Russian aristocrat who fell victim to the Stalinist purges but survived the Soviet prison system ...
Ruth Coates
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Mağallaẗ Al-kūfaẗ Al-handasiyyaẗComposite materials are widely used in engineering applications due to their high strength-to-weight ratio and tunable mechanical properties. This research aims to investigate the effect of equi-biaxial pre-tensioning load on the mechanical performance ...
Hawraa Ali Nasir, Mustafa Baqir Hunain
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James Lyman Merrick's Aborted “Mission to the Mohammedans of Persia”
The Muslim World, EarlyView.Abstract James Lyman Merrick (1803‐1866) served as a missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) in Persia between 1835 and 1845. He was America's first missionary to the Muslim world. Based on his field research on the Persians’ religious beliefs, he correctly predicted that the conversion of Persia's Muslims into ...
Hooman Estelami
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Design of Diagonal Roof Bracing Rods and Tubes
, 1985 The behavior of rods and tubes as horizontal tension members is investigated In the design of double diagonal tension bracing each member must carry the tension forces as well as its own weight either by cable action in the case of rods or by beam action
Kitipornchai, S, Woolcock, ST
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The Scholar Imprisoned: Young‐Bok Shin's Decolonial Thought Against (Sub) Imperialisms in East Asia
Sociological Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article reads Young‐Bok Shin (1941–2016) as a decolonial thinker who theorized transformative worldmaking from the standpoint of the oppressed, rooted in the historical experiences of East Asia. Against the (sub)imperial “logic of sameness” that structures colonial modernity in his social world, Shin advances gongbu (studying) as a ...
Veda Hyunjin Kim
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