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Winston Churchill and France: A Certain Ideal
History, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines relations between Winston Churchill and France. It argues that Churchill was sympathetic to France and, in particular, unusual among Englishmen of his generation in being sympathetic to its political system, but also that this sympathy did not make Churchill consistent in his relations with France.
Richard Vinen
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Comprehensive Simultaneous Shipboard and Airborne Characterization of Exhaust from a Modern Container Ship at Sea [PDF]
, 2009 We report the first joint shipboard and airborne study focused on the chemical composition and water-uptake behavior of particulate ship emissions. The study focuses on emissions from the main propulsion engine of a Post-Panamax class container ship ...
Agrawal, Harshit +13 more
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Churchill and Germany: A ‘Special’ Relationship
History, EarlyView.Abstract No other country defined the trajectory of Churchill's political career more than Germany, a country of which he had little direct knowledge but which he either sought to emulate, accommodate or oppose throughout his time in politics. This article traces Churchill's relationship with Germany from his entry into politics at the beginning of the
T. G. Otte
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Masterplan Wind - Seabirds Cruise Report August 2010 [PDF]
This cruise report provides an overview of the fifth survey in a series of seabirds at sea surveys that will be carried out in 2010 and 2011 over the Dutch Continental Shelf (DCS) of the North Sea and adjoining waters. This fifth survey in the series was
Geelhoed, S.C.V., Keijl, G.O.
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Are object detection assessment criteria ready for maritime computer vision? [PDF]
, 2019 Maritime vessels equipped with visible and infrared cameras can complement other conventional sensors for object detection. However, application of computer vision techniques in maritime domain received attention only recently.
Dong, Huixu +3 more
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‘A Sort of Armed Argument’: Ireland's Civil War of Words
History, EarlyView.Abstract This article sets out to contribute to the study of the languages of European civil wars through outlining and analysing the deployment of language as a weapon by the opposing sides of the Irish independence movement that split over the terms of the Anglo‐Irish Treaty of December 1921.
DONAL Ó DRISCEOIL
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Churchill and Spain: More Sancho than Quixote?
History, EarlyView.Abstract This article offers a detailed analysis of Winston Churchill's relationship with Spain over the course of his long and eventful political and personal life. The article focuses on three key episodes: Churchill's ambivalent stance during the Spanish Civil War; his leadership and policy towards Spain during the crucial years of the Second World ...
EMILIO SÁENZ‐FRANCÉS
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AUGURAL TERRITORIES: On the Prophetic Organizing of the Mid‐range
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract In this article I introduce the concept of augural territories to theorize the urbanism that emerged during pandemic lockdowns. I draw on ethnographic research in Madrid to examine how community‐based responses—including mutual aid networks, food pantries and neighbourhood associations—disrupted the spatial and temporal logics of territorial ...
Alberto Corsín Jiménez
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Remote Sensing, 2018 Major challenges for automatic ship detection in optical remote sensing (ORS) images include cloud, wave, island, wake clutters, and even the high variability of targets.
Chao Dong, Jinghong Liu, Fang Xu
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Physico-statistical modeling of the hydrodynamic field of the ship on the basis of hydrodynamic calculations [PDF]
, 2018 Розглядаються перспективні напрямки розвитку систем автоматизованого проектування кораблів. Показані переваги математичного гідродинамічного моделювання кораблів у порівнянні з фізичним моделюванням гідродинаміки його моделі.
Гладких, Ігор Іванович +1 more
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