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“Women of the Happy Life”: Prostitution, Public Morality, and Venereal Disease in US‐Occupied Nicaragua, 1912–33

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT During the years of the US occupation (1912–33), Nicaragua's government legally regulated prostitution. Convinced of their objectives to protect society's moral and public health, politicians embarked on a long struggle to apprehend, quarantine, and segregate female prostitutes nationwide.
Eimeel Castillo
wiley   +1 more source

Traffic control signal design manual

, 2009
Title from PDF cover (DOT web site, viewed Dec. 3, 2009).; Previously published: Manual of traffic control signal design. [Wethersfield, Conn] : Dept. of Transportation, Bureau of Highways, Office of Engineering, Division of Traffic, [1984].; Includes ...

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Multi-Sensor Integration for Maritime Situational Awareness: A Systematic Review of Traffic Surveillance Technologies

Journal of Maritime Policy Science
The rapid development of maritime transportation, autonomous navigation, and digital surveillance has increased the need for reliable Maritime Situational Awareness (MSA) based on complementary sensing sources.
Kiki Ambar Purwanti, Abdul Rivai Ras, Yusnaldi Yusnaldi   +2 more
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Simulation analysis of water area in inland waterway service area

Shuili Shuiyun Gongcheng Xuebao, 2019
The inland waterway service area (IWSA) is an important auxiliary navigation facility along the inland waterway, which provides special services including berthing and replenishing of daily necessities for vessels and mariners during their voyages.
HAN Peng, LIAO Peng, LIU Zhongwei, NI Bing   +3 more
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Post‐Breach Events, Itemisation and the Avoided Loss Rule

The Modern Law Review, EarlyView.
In English law, the following equation is used to compute damages awards: (a) loss sustained in consequence of the breach of duty (‘prima facie loss’) minus (b) benefits obtained as a result of the breach of duty = (c) net loss. This paper explores the manner in which prima facie loss is defined.
Melody Hadfield
wiley   +1 more source

Castles in the Air: Sectarian Puritanism, the Revolutionary Caribbean and the Forgotten Colony of New Warwick, Trinidad

History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines an overlooked attempt to colonize the island of Trinidad during the English Revolution of the 1640s. This project was engineered by a consortium of radical puritans, seeking to create a protected enclave in the New World for separatists, anabaptists and other sectaries.
DAVID R. COMO
wiley   +1 more source

Grid-based extension method for anchor circle decision using ship-specific characteristics

Brodogradnja
With the global increase in maritime cargo volume and vessel size, accurate anchor circle determination is crucial for safe and efficient anchorage management.
Gil-Ho Shin, Hyun Yang
doaj   +1 more source

Applications and Benefits for the Development of Cartographic 3D Visualization Systems in support of Maritime Safety [PDF]

TransNav, 2011
Maritime shipping is among the world?s most important industries and is vital to the global economy. With growing levels of traffic marine accidents pose a danger to health and lives of ship crews, en-vironment, and have a strong impact on profitability ...
Rafal Goralski, Cyril Ray, Chris Gold
doaj  

Family Work Among the Astors

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Within classical sociological accounts of capitalism, families are curious remnants of the past. Contemporary elite sociology dismisses the family in a different way: by primarily focusing on individual men. When the family does appear within elite studies, scholars frequently follow a stratification framework, which focuses on the ...
Shamus Khan, Max Besbris, Estela Diaz
wiley   +1 more source

Statistical analysis of vessel loss of command frequency

Maritime Transport Research
Vessel losses of command (e.g., propulsion, electrical power, or steering failure) can serve as the initiating event for significant maritime accidents, such as grounding.
Spencer August Dugan, Ingrid Bouwer Utne
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