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Consistent map building in petrochemical complexes for frefghter robots using SLAM based on GPS and LIDAR [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The objective of this study was to achieve simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) of frefghter robots for petrochemical complexes. Consistency of the SLAM map is important because human operators compare the map with aerial images and identify ...
Amano, Hisanori   +9 more
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The Interactional Pathways of Mass Killings: Toward a Novel Understanding of Rampage School Shootings

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, Volume 49, Issue 2, Page 253-282, May 2026.
Rampage school shootings, where students go to their own school to randomly kill classmates, teachers, friends, and strangers, are among the most drastic types of human behavior. While research increasingly points to interaction dynamics as being key for the emergence of crime and violence, scholars have not yet systematically studied interaction ...
Anne Nassauer
wiley   +1 more source

Self-tapping screws as reinforcement for timber structures

open access: yes, 2009
Modern self-tapping and continuously-threaded woodscrews enable new methods for strengthening and joining timber and glulam construction elements. As these screws have a high axial strength and an excellent continuous bond to the wood they can be used similar to steel reinforcement in concrete construction.
TRAUTZ, Martin, KOJ, Christoph
openaire   +2 more sources

Surgical management of an open humeral fracture in a greater rhea (Rhea americana): Internal placement of a locking compression plate and post‐operative complications

open access: yesVeterinary Record Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 2, May 2026.
SUMMARY A 17‐year‐old, 24‐kg, female greater rhea (Rhea americana) presented with an acute onset of left wing droop. Clinical examination and radiographs revealed an open, simple, displaced, short‐oblique diaphyseal fracture of the distal third of the left humerus.
Pierre Huberdeau   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Right‐Wing Populist Turn in the Conservative Party of Canada? Continuities and Ruptures Under the Leadership of Pierre Poilievre (2022–2025)

open access: yesCanadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie, Volume 63, Issue 2, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Since his election as leader of the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) in 2022, Pierre Poilievre has been associated with populism in media and political discourse, with implicit and explicit comparisons to Donald Trump. This article investigates the validity of such assessments by applying “complex” theories of populism, which conceptualize ...
Efe Peker, Emily Laxer, Rémi Vivès
wiley   +1 more source

Helical coaxial resonator RF filter [PDF]

open access: yes, 1969
Helical coaxial resonator RF ...
Maxwell, M. W.
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Things at Work: How Things Contribute to Performing Work

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, Volume 63, Issue 3, Page 1155-1191, May 2026.
Abstract A crucial question for organizations is what constitutes work performance. While the importance of human competence and motivation to work performance has been established, less well understood is how ‘things’ – such as algorithms, tools, instruments, and raw materials – contribute to work performance.
Jörgen Sandberg   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Influence of moisture content and gaps on the withdrawal resistance of self tapping screws in CLT [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Self-tapping screws (STS) have been proclaimed as the easiest solution for structural timber connections, in special for cross laminated timber (CLT) constructions.
Branco, Jorge M.   +4 more
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“It's okay to feel!”: How a music‐based pedagogical activity fosters medical students' emotional development

open access: yesMedical Education, Volume 60, Issue 5, Page 535-547, May 2026.
Abstract Background Emotions are an intrinsic part of medicine. However, formal medical curricula fall short in addressing the role of emotions in medicine, and the hidden curriculum often promotes emotional detachment as a core component of medical professionalism.
Marcelo B. S. Rivas   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Design, fabrication, testing, and delivery of a solar energy collector system for residential heating and cooling [PDF]

open access: yes
A low cost flat plate solar energy collector was designed for the heating and cooling of residential buildings. The system meets specified performance requirements, at the desired system operating levels, for a useful life of 15 to 20 years, at minimum ...
Borzoni, J. T., Holland, T. H.
core   +1 more source

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