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A Systems Thinking Approach to Nuclear Pedagogy and Workforce Development
Journal of Critical Infrastructure Policy, Volume 6, Issue 2, Fall/Winter 2025.ABSTRACT Nuclear technology's controversial status has been shaped by its early use in military applications, fear driven by high‐profile accidents, and unresolved waste management challenges. There have, on the other hand, been periodic claims that a “nuclear renaissance” is imminent, driven by different dynamics at different times, most recently ...
Brandon Costelloe‐Kuehn +4 more
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“We're tired of this Weber guy!”—Force experts, police reforms, and the violence of standardization
American Anthropologist, Volume 127, Issue 1, Page 5-19, March 2025.Abstract Since the mid‐2000s, the use‐of‐force continuum—a global standard for providing law enforcement with guidelines on the proportionate use of force—has been central in Turkish police training and reporting practices. Liberal police accountability tools, like the use‐of‐force continuum, rely on standardization to prevent police violence.
Hayal Akarsu
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American Anthropologist, Volume 126, Issue 4, Page 567-580, December 2024.Abstract Kurdish smugglers have been targeted and killed by security forces in Turkey's Van borderlands systematically and with impunity. In response, the killed smugglers’ families and their lawyers conducted what I call vernacular counterforensics—the forensic examination both of the killings and of the legal authorities’ failure to investigate them ...
Fırat Bozçalı
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The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 29, Issue 4, Page 352-363, December 2024.Abstract This paper explores selective aspects of the historical processes of organization of the kichwa peasantry in the Andes of Ecuador. Based on the analysis of two representative cases of confrontation between peasants and landowners over access to land in the province of Chimborazo, it discusses the relevance of the concept of “gamonalismo” as ...
Víctor Bretón
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Uso legítimo de la fuerza por parte de las fuerzas armadas
Enfoques JurídicosEn México, actualmente nos encontramos ante un incremento en la inseguridad en la mayoría del País. Tratando de remediarlo con un proceso de militarización, cuya intervención deberá ser extraordinaria, acreditando su “absoluta necesidad”, y “temporal y solicitada de forma expresa y justificada por la autoridad civil”.
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Functional Ecology, Volume 38, Issue 11, Page 2350-2368, November 2024.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Niche segregation is a mechanism by which competition between coexisting species is reduced. The ecological niche is a multidimensional space shaped by the conditions and resources that enable the existence of species.
Carolina Reyes‐Puig +3 more
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El uso de la fuerza pública frente al derecho de resistencia
IUSTITIA SOCIALIS, 2020 La investigación analiza el derecho constitucional a la resistencia de forma pacífica. De manera contraria, es necesario aplicar el uso progresivo de la fuerza por las autoridades para asegurar la integridad de las personas y bienes. Ecuador cuenta con una norma general que regula este proceder.
Nelson Eduardo Carpio-Nata +3 more
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Financial speculation meets cultural heritage in China's wildlife markets
Conservation Biology, Volume 38, Issue 5, October 2024.Abstract Environmental regulations restricting the use of a natural resource or species often have unintended consequences. One example is prohibitions on the international trade in culturally important endangered wildlife. Trade restrictions may artificially increase scarcity and, consequently, value.
Annah Lake Zhu, George Zhu
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FINANCIAMIENTO DE LA FUERZA MILITAR Y USO DE SUS RECURSOS
Política. Revista de Ciencia Política, 2020 Este artículo analiza el financiamiento de la Defensa Nacional y su uso por la Fuerza Militar. A partir del análisis del escenario estratégico de Chile el autor postula una planificación de la defensa por demanda – capacidad y una metodología plan-programa-presupuesto-ejecución como herramienta de la política presupuestaria en la materia.
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Land‐use change from market responses to oil palm intensification in Indonesia
Conservation Biology, Volume 38, Issue 1, February 2024.Abstract Oil palm is a major driver of tropical deforestation. A key intervention proposed to reduce the footprint of oil palm is intensifying production to free up spare land for nature, yet the indirect land‐use implications of intensification through market forces are poorly understood.
Felix K. S. Lim +3 more
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