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The Burlington Races Revisited: A Revised Analysis of an 1813 Naval Battle for Supremacy on Lake Ontario [PDF]

, 2012
From the safety of the Lake Ontario shore near Burlington, military and civilian observers witnessed the jockeying for position for many sailing vessels during the afternoon of Tuesday, September 28, 1813. They likened the event to a yacht race.
Williamson, Robert J.
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Remote and On‐Site Working During the Covid‐19 Pandemic: (Re)Configuring Work Organisation in Border Control Services and the Nuclear Industry

New Technology, Work and Employment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT During the COVID‐19 pandemic, the nuclear and border control services had to reorganise their work, both on‐site and remotely, to continue their activities. Whereas employees came to work at the power plants and border posts every day, the health rules introduced by the public authorities and those relating to the lockdown of populations ...
Laure Bonnaud, Tania Navarro Rodríguez
wiley   +1 more source

Influence of sample intervals in real-sea trails on the nonparametric model of 3-DoF ship motion predictions

Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science
The accuracy of ship manoeuvrability models based on real sea trail data heavily relies on data quality, as noise and measurement errors pose significant challenges in data processing and model training.
Jiankun Lou, Hongdong Wang, Wenliang Yuan, Hong Yi   +3 more
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An experience of modularity through design [PDF]

, 2001
We aim to utilise the experiences of a marine industry-based design team to determine the need for research into a modular design methodology in an industrial environment.
Duffy, Alex H.B., Nisbet, Charles, Robb, Malcolm D., Smith, Joanne S., Thomson, Alistair   +4 more
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Tudor England and Stewart Scotland Through Spanish Eyes: A Complete Transcription and Translation of Pedro de Ayala's Letter of 1498 to King Ferdinand of Castile and Queen Isabella of Aragon

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Pedro de Ayala served as a diplomat for King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile at the courts of Henry VII, King of England, and James IV, King of Scots. In July 1498, he wrote a letter, partly in cipher, to report to his king and queen on such matters as Spain's interests in international diplomacy; the characters and ...
Adrian William Jaime, Valeria Tapia Cruz, Mairi Cowan   +2 more
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A prediction program of manoeuvrability for a ship with a gate rudder system [PDF]

, 2016
The Gate Rudder is a special twin rudder system with two rudder blades placed aside of a propeller. Main advantage of this system is the energy saving originated from the rudder thrust which is induced by the two cambered rudder blades comparably ...
Atlar, Mehmet, Carchen, Alessandro, Sasaki, Noriyuki, Shi, Weichao   +3 more
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Deep Dark Futures: Foresighting Human Impacts on Mesopelagic Ecosystem Services

Fish and Fisheries, Volume 27, Issue 4, Page 876-894, July 2026.
This study uses foresighting to explore four plausible future scenarios of human activity affecting mesopelagic ecosystem services; provisioning, regulating, supporting and cultural. Using participatory scenario development, qualitative network modelling and indicator design, we assess systemic risks and early warning signals linked to harvest, climate
Ben Scoulding, Alistair J. Hobday, Rowan Trebilco, Heidi Pethybridge, Ingrid van Putten, Katherine Baker, Karen Evans, David Green, Eriko Hoshino, Haris Kunnath, Clothilde Langlais, Tim P. Lynch, Javier Porobic, Tyler Rohr, Elizabeth H. Shadwick, Caroline A. Sutton, Jodie Van de Kamp, Briannyn Woods, Bowen Zhang   +18 more
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Proposal for Global Standard Maneuvering Orders for Tugboats [PDF]

TransNav, 2013
The use of ?Standard Maneuvering Orders? for tugboats, vocabulary and phrases mutually pre-agreed between ships and tugboats, is essential for the former to provide clear direction for the latter when berthing or un-berthing safely.
Ayumi Ishikura, Kazumi Sugita, Yuji Hayashi, Koji Murai   +3 more
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A study on the shallow water effect on a ship's pivot point [PDF]

, 2012
Information on the pivot point of a turning ship is collected, taking into account practical notes and manuals on ship maneuvering as well as experimental data and simulated results which all together reveal a consistent behavior when varying water ...
Carreño Moreno, Jorge, Mora, Jaime David, Pérez Arribas, Francisco Lázaro   +2 more
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Laws, Enforcement, and Strategy: A Multi‐Layered Qualitative Study of Multinational Enterprise Compliance Under European Union and Chinese Data Protection Regimes

Policy &Internet, Volume 18, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT In an era of proliferating but divergent data protection regimes, the European Union's rights‐based approach and China's sovereignty‐centric model have become two dominant poles of global data governance. This article examines how multinational enterprises navigate compliance under these dual systems and how that compliance is shaped through ...
Yiping Cao
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