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Transportation, Terrorism and Crime: Deterrence, Disruption and Resilience [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
: Terrorists likely have adopted vehicle ramming as a tactic because it can be carried out by an individual (or “lone wolf terrorist”), and because the skills required are minimal (e.g.
Edwards, Frances L., Goodrich, Daniel C.
core   +1 more source

Playful learning: tools, techniques, and tactics

open access: yes, 2018
Over the past decade, there has been an increased use of playful approaches to teaching and learning in higher education. Proponents argue that creating ‘safe’ playful spaces supports learning from failure, management of risk-taking, creativity and ...
N. Whitton
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Tactics of dispossession: Access, power, and subjectivity at the extractive frontier

open access: yesTransactions (Institute of British Geographers), 2019
In this article we analyse and theorise how power is exercised and subjectivities reworked to achieve and maintain socio ‐ political order in areas of large ‐ scale international extractive investment.
T. Frederiksen, Matthew Himley
semanticscholar   +1 more source

3D Printing of Soft Robotic Systems: Advances in Fabrication Strategies and Future Trends

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Collectively, this review systematically examines 3D‐printed soft robotics, encompassing material selections, function integration, and manufacturing methodologies. Meanwhile, fabrication strategies are analyzed in order of increasing complexity, highlighting persistent challenges with proposed solutions.
Changjiang Liu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nonlocomotory Robotic Strategies for Dynamic Rotation Control in Terrestrial Robots: A Review

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Terrestrial robots increasingly require rapid body rotation to maintain stability and agility in complex environments. This review shows nonlocomotory rotational control strategies that operate without ground contact, including reaction wheels, tails, bars, limbs, and thrusters.
Y. Liang   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strategic science communication as planned behavior: Understanding scientists’ willingness to choose specific tactics

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2019
Strategic science communicators need to select tactics that can help them achieve both their short-term communication objectives and long-term behavioral goals.
J. Besley, K. O'Hara, A. Dudo
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Magnetic Field Driven Microrobot Based on Hydrogels

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Hydrogel‐based magnetic microrobots synergize remote magnetic control with the biocompatibility of flexible hydrogels, emerging as promising tools for minimally invasive biomedicine. This enables remotely controllable, untethered navigation within complex biological microenvironments.
Juncai Song, Yubing Guo
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the legality of coercive restructuring tactics in uk exchange offers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This article discusses bondholder exchange offers, a useful private debtrestructuring technique. In a typical offer, an under-performing issuer will seek to exchange its old bonds for new bonds with economically less favourable terms to bondholders, thus
Peel, Robert
core  

Modelling human teaching tactics and strategies for tutoring systems [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
One of the promises of ITSs and ILEs is that they will teach and assist learning in an intelligent manner. Historically this has tended to mean concentrating on the interface, on the representation of the domain and on the representation of the student’s
du Boulay, Benedict, Luckin, Rosemary
core   +4 more sources

A Systematic Social Observation Study of Police De-Escalation Tactics

open access: yesPolice Quarterly, 2018
This study analyzes 131 police–citizen interactions observed during Fall 2016 and coded through systematic social observation. We assessed how often officers use de-escalation tactics, factors associated with their use, and the relationship between de ...
N. Todak, Lois James
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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