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A Profile of Knee Injuries Suffered by Australian Army Reserve Soldiers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Despite having to perform the same occupational tasks as full-time soldiers, part-time soldiers may have lower levels of physical conditioning and report higher rates of injury per unit exposure to active service. The purpose of this study was to profile
Dey, Paramita   +3 more
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Translating EU civil protection in the Nordic states – towards a theoretical understanding of the creation of European crisis management capacities. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This paper analyses how EU civil protection is translated (both in a linguistic/conceptual sense and in an organisational sense) in the Nordic states. The analysis builds on interviews with civil servants and illustrates how European crisis management ...
Britz, Malena.
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Strategic autonomy: A ‘quantum leap forward on’ European total defence?

open access: yesEuropean Journal of International Security
In the last decade, the idea of total defence – a whole-of-society approach integrating civilian and military capabilities – has gained renewed prominence in Europe, including within the European Union (EU).
Jana Wrange
doaj   +1 more source

Antimicrofouling activities of marine macroalga Dictyota dichotoma from the Red Sea

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, 2019
Introduction. Marine organisms produce a variety  of secondary metabolites mainly for achieving the defence against the competitors and predators. These compounds could be used as natural product antifoulants for the management of biofouling growth on ...
Alaa Aref Gadhi   +4 more
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Legislative disconnect or institutional gatekeeping? Challenges of researching South Africa's military past

open access: yesScientia Militaria, 2020
The Department of Defence Archive in Pretoria is the repository of all military documents generated by the Union Defence Force, the South African Defence Force and the South African National Defence Force.
Kleynhans, Evert , Gordon, Will
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The hiv stigma: duty or defence? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
: This article will outline and analyse the current stance of English criminal law regarding the transmission of HIV. The issues that surround consent, particularly in circumstances involving HIV, will be examined in conjunction with the defence of ...
Harker, Kate, Wright, Ellen
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A survey of safety and trustworthiness of deep neural networks: Verification, testing, adversarial attack and defence, and interpretability

open access: yesComputer Science Review, 2018
In the past few years, significant progress has been made on deep neural networks (DNNs) in achieving human-level performance on several long-standing tasks.
Xiaowei Huang   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Defence and space expenditures in the US: An inter-firm analysis [PDF]

open access: yes
The economic impact of defence and space expenditures has been an important policy issue because of the secondary benefits expected to be accruing from it.
Chakrabarti, Alok K.   +2 more
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NATO in transition. OSW Commentary NUMBER 314 | 4.12.2019 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The run-up to the celebrations of NATO’s 70th anniversary in London revealed a wide range of problems the Alliance is currently facing, starting with the differing narratives on trans- -Atlantic relations, the varying threat perceptions, insufficient ...
Gotkowska, Justyna
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India-New Zealand track two dialogue: geopolitical trends in the Asia Pacific including maritime security [PDF]

open access: yes
Geo-political trends point to the decline of the Post - Cold War order in the Asia Pacific region. Introduction For several decades Asia Pacific geopolitics has been dominated by the strategic primacy of the United States. That is changing.
Paul Sinclair
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