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This paper presents an advanced approach for automating Rubber-Tired Gantry Crane (RTGC) systems, integrating a hybrid sensor and optimized control methods to enhance container handling in diverse port environments.
Steven Bandong +3 more
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The Political Ecology of the ‘New’ Feminism in Late‐1990s Britain
ABSTRACT The 1990s were a vexed time for feminists in Britain. Cultural commentators declared that feminism's key battles had been won, and that given women's ascendency across various political and cultural barometers of success, the country was entering a newly ‘postfeminist’ era.
Sarah Crook
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The Application of the Double-mouse Hole Stand Building Offline System on Land Rig
In view of the low efficiency and high cost of the existing stand building on land rig, a double-mouse hole stand building offline system that does not occupy the wellhead has been proposed. The system uses the double mouse hole drill floor layout.
Guo Xiaoyan +4 more
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Barbara's Daughters: Women's Boxing and Social Memory in Britain
Abstract A pioneer of post‐war boxing, Barbara Buttrick fought in fairgrounds and on music‐hall stages in Britain and France before making a career in the United States during the 1950s. She fought against practical obstacles, prejudice and discrimination to become the Women's World Flyweight and Bantamweight Champion in 1957. This article examines her
Matthew Taylor
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Abstract Suicides disguised as homicides present a persistent challenge in forensic case analysis, particularly when the weapon is deliberately removed after discharge. This study investigates the evolution of weapon concealment techniques—specifically the “load‐and‐rope” and “helium balloon‐tied gun” methods—across documented casework, forensic ...
Ernesto Damiani +2 more
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ABSTRACT Between 2018 and 2021, the Identification and Documentation of Immovable Heritage Assets (IDIHA) Project recorded over 19,000 rock art panels in the AlUla (al‐‘Ulā) region of north‐western Saudi Arabia. This study presents a chronological assessment of the corpus, drawing on superimpositions, datable motifs, inscriptions, and varnish formation,
Maria Guagnin +3 more
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Rulers on the road: Itinerant rule in the Holy Roman Empire, AD 919–1519
Abstract Itinerant rule, rule exercised through traveling, was a common yet insufficiently researched, premodern form of governance. Studying the determinants of ruler itineraries in the Holy Roman Empire, AD 919–1519, we argue that rulers' visits targeted “marginal” elites.
Carl Müller‐Crepon +3 more
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The responses of long moving vertical ropes and cables subjected to dynamic loading due to the host structure sway [PDF]
Long moving vertical ropes and cables are used in various engineering systems. In particular, in high-rise structures traction drive elevators they are employed as a means of car and counterweight suspension and for compensation of tensile forces over the traction sheave.
Kaczmarczyk, Stefan +2 more
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Importance of track rope slipping on tramway systems, The
OITAF-NACS: tenth symposium, August 17 - 19, 2009, Hampton Inn, Denver West, Lakewood, Colorado, USA; International Organization for Transportation by Rope, North American Continental Section.Held at: Arthur Lakes Library, Colorado School of Mines ...
Blomer, Red
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Abstract Measurement non‐invariance arises when the psychometric properties of a scale differ across subgroups, undermining the validity of group comparisons. At the item level, this manifests as differential item functioning (DIF), where item responses differ across groups after controlling for the latent trait.
Gabriel Wallin, Qi Huang
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