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Quality research of paintwork of Volkswagen Tuareg car body elements

open access: yesIOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2020
Appearance is one of the criteria forming the aesthetic perception of a particular vehicle. However, the appearance of the car is a factor determining the consumers’ opinion about the brand of the car.
F. A. Kipriyanov   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Messages from the past: the petroglyphs of El Hierro Island, Canary Islands

open access: yesGeology Today, Volume 40, Issue 6, Page 236-242, November/December 2024.
Ancient cultures have frequently made use of stone surfaces to carve and engrave symbols, letters and messages for others. These petroglyphs usually have a lasting character and are frequently preserved well beyond the survival of the culture that produced the petroglyphs.
Mario Guglielmi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Géopolitique africaine et rébellions touarègues. Approches locales, approches globales (1960-2011)

open access: yesL’Année du Maghreb, 2011
The Tuareg situation epitomized by rebellions since the 1960s has generally been considered as a major problem, limited however to the Sahel and southern Sahara.
Pierre Boilley
doaj   +1 more source

Northern Mali: the things we assume [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Events have developed quickly these last days and weeks in Mali, as fast as an all terrain vehicle can drive in the sand, basically. And although electronic media can go faster than four wheel drives, they can only go as fast as the rumours they feed on.
Lecocq, Baz
core   +1 more source

Development of a rapid detection assay for acetolactate synthase inhibitors resistance in three Amaranthus weed species through loop‐mediated isothermal amplification

open access: yesJournal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, Volume 104, Issue 9, Page 5522-5532, July 2024.
Abstract BACKGROUND The early detection of herbicide resistance in weeds is a key factor to avoid herbicide waste and improve agriculture sustainability. The present study aimed to develop and validate an allele‐specific loop‐mediated isothermal amplification (AS‐LAMP) assay for the quick on‐site detection of the resistance‐endowing point mutation Trp ...
Andrea Milani   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sur l’origine de l’écriture libyque. Quelques propositions

open access: yesAfriques, 2013
A few hypotheses about the origin of the so-called “Libyan” alphabets are presented. Attested in more than a thousand inscriptions from Libya to the Canary Islands in northern Africa, these alphabets are probably the forebears of the current ones used by
Dominique Casajus
doaj   +1 more source

Adaptation of the pastoral farming systems: the example of the periurban dairy camel breeders in the area of Agadez (Niger) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Facing to the mutations related to climate change and globalization of the economy, Sahelian pastoralists are not necessarily located on the margins of development, as evidenced by the emergence of peri-urban production systems.
Chaibou, Mahamadou   +2 more
core  

Roving Bandits? The Geographical Evolution of African Armed Conflicts [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The fighting in some civil wars primarily takes place in a few stable locations, while the fighting in others moves substantially. We posit that rebel groups that do not primarily fight for a specific ethnic group, that receive outside military ...
Arreguin-Toft   +59 more
core   +1 more source

Terrorism, Trust, and Identity: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Nigeria

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, Volume 68, Issue 3, Page 942-957, July 2024.
Abstract We study the effects of terrorism on political trust and national versus ethnic identification. Making use of unexpected attacks by the extremist group Boko Haram in Nigeria, which occurred during the fieldwork of a public opinion survey in 2014, we show that even in a context of weak state institutions and frequent terrorist activities ...
Robin Harding, Arinze Nwokolo
wiley   +1 more source

Vagabonds or Elites? The Mobile Lifestyle of Contemporary Tuareg

open access: yesDve Domovini, 2013
A large proportion of contemporary Tuareg no longer move in traditional nomadic cycles, but accord- ing to individual choice. Always on the move and in search of making a living, they drift between the Saharan states.
Ines Kohl
doaj  

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