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The Aid of Optical Studies in Understanding Millisecond Pulsar Binaries [PDF]

, 2016
A large number of new "black widow" and "redback" energetic millisecond pulsars with irradiated stellar companions have been discovered through radio and optical searches of unidentified \textit{Fermi} sources.
Boettcher, Markus, Harding, Alice K., Venter, Christo, Wadiasingh, Zorawar   +3 more
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Programmed unmanned aerial vehicles show great potential for monitoring marine megafauna in specific areas of interest

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Targeted conservation measures are contingent on robust knowledge of spatio‐temporal animal distribution in areas of interest. We explore unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) transect monitoring as a novel method for standardized digital aerial surveys of marine megafauna by investigating the fine‐resolution spatio‐temporal distribution of harbour porpoises ...
Dinah Hartmann, Valdemar Palmqvist, Johanna Stedt   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Michael Collins at 100: Exaltation or Execration? [PDF]

Estudios Irlandeses
In the wake of the heightened attention accorded Michael Collins on the occasion of the centennial anniversary of his death in August 2022, this review essay addresses both the most recent and the most influential scholarly and popular treatments of his ...
John Rodden
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Nature and Patterns of Kidnapping for Ransom in Ekiti State, Nigeria

Salus Journal, 2023
Despite the criminalisation of kidnapping in Nigeria by the Nigerian criminal codes and an Anti-Kidnapping Act, Ekiti State continues to experience kidnapping schemes for ransom that have raised concerns ...
Ayomide Augustine Ilori, Joseph Olusola Adeleye   +1 more
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Ransomed by God into His household: interpreting the ransom imagery in 1 Peter within the economic context of its author and addressees

Acta Theologica, 2013
1 Peter 1:18 states: “You know that you were ransomed ...” (NRSV). This article offers an interpretation of the ransom image in 1 Peter within the economic context of the author and addressees, taking into consideration the relevant structure of ...
Fika J. van Rensburg
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A comparison of thermal drones and camera trap population estimates for Sitka black‐tailed deer in Alaska

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
One of the most difficult challenges for wildlife managers is reliably estimating wildlife populations. Camera traps combined with spatial capture–recapture (SCR) models are a popular tool for population estimation. They have limitations, however, including long data processing times.
Shannon P. Finnegan, Amael Hinojo, Sarah Monod, William A. Wall, Peter Olsen, Maximilian L. Allen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Barrgh-gaining with Somali Pirates [PDF]

, 2012
Ransoms paid to Somali pirates are drifting upward and negotiation times are increasing, yet there is huge variation in bargaining outcomes across shipowners.
de Groot, Olaf J., Rablen, Matthew D., Shortland, Anja   +2 more
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Detection of Bursts from FRB 121102 with the Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope at 5 GHz and the Role of Scintillation [PDF]

, 2005
FRB 121102, the only repeating fast radio burst (FRB) known to date, was discovered at 1.4 GHz and shortly after the discovery of its repeating nature, detected up to 2.4 GHz.
L. G. Spitler, W. Herrmann, G. C. Bower, S. Chatterjee, J. M. Cordes, J. W. T. Hessels, M. Kramer, D. Michilli, P. Scholz, A. Seymour, A. P. V. Siemion, Bassa C. G., Cordes J. M., Cordes J. M., Cordes J. M., Cordes J. M., Cordes J. M., Cordes J. M., Desvignes G., Gajjar V., Law C. J., Lazarus P., Marcote B., Metzger B. D., Mikami R., Oostrum L. C., Ransom S. M., Scholz P., Scholz P., Spitler L. G., Spitler L. G., Tendulkar S. P.   +31 more
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Spatiotemporal mapping the usable space of free‐roaming equids across the western United States

Wildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.
Identification of the inter‐decadal (2010‐2011) enhancement‐degradation gradients in the usable space for wild equid Herd Management Areas in the Great Basin, USA. Abstract Management of feral equids in the American West is hindered by the lack of a formal habitat map and monitoring system.
Alexander Hernandez, Eric Thacker, Kaden Patten, David Stoner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

PORWANIE LUB PRZETRZYMYWANIE DLA OKUPU WEDŁUG KODEKSU KANONÓW KOŚCIOŁÓW WSCHODNICH Z 1990 ROKU

Civitas et Lex, 2014
Subject of this article is the legal research on crime of kidnapping or hostage- keeping for ransom in jurisdiction of Code of Canons of Oriental Churches. Dogmatic and legal analysis of norms of the present code shows that can. 1445 and can.
Olga Arent
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