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Polymer Composites, EarlyView.Processing the Mode I and Mode II fracture analysis Basalt/Kevlar fiber reinforced hybrid composites with GnP. ABSTRACT This research examines the Mode I and Mode II fracture behavior of basalt/Kevlar fiber reinforced epoxy hybrid composites augmented with graphene nanoplatelets (GnP). Hybrid composites containing varying concentrations of GnP (0, 1, 2
Mehmet Bulut +3 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Traditional knowledge about wild plants connects people to nature and sustains both cultural identity and biodiversity. This study explores how cultural exchange among Albanians, Greeks and Aromanians in southern Albania shapes the use and naming of medicinal and food plants.
Evanthia Dina +9 more
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FAILURE IN IRAQ? AN EXAMINATION OF AMERICAN SUCCESS REBUILDING A POST-SADDAM IRAQ [PDF]
, 2018 This thesis project examines the United States’ involvement during the second war in Iraq from 2003-2011. The question that this thesis aims to study is why the Iraq War unfolded the way it did, and to disprove the notion that Iraq was never a winnable ...
Pope, Kevin
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Pest Management Science, EarlyView.We developed an invasion risk index framework that integrates socioeconomic and environmental data using an entropy‐weighting method. The case study highlights the need for region‐specific biosecurity measures for Chilo suppressalis. Abstract BACKGROUND Biological invasion risk is a multifaceted concept that, according to the Food and Agriculture ...
Jinsol Hong +11 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The dynamic nature of small islands being geographically isolated and their perceived connectedness with global networks complicates research attempts to draw general conclusions on whether insularity leads to marginalization or strengthens their resilience for sustainable development.
Toheeb Lekan Jolaosho +2 more
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Can Hearts and Minds Be Bought? The Economics of Counterinsurgency in Iraq [PDF]
We develop and test an economic theory of insurgency motivated by the informal literature and by recent military doctrine. We model a three-way contest between violent rebels, a government seeking to minimize violence by mixing service provision and ...
Jacob N. Shapiro +2 more
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Climate Vulnerability and Renewable Energy Consumption: The Moderating Role of Financial Development
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the nexus between climate vulnerability (CVUL) and renewable energy consumption (RECO) and tests the moderating effect of financial development (FD) on this relationship. The analysis is, particularly, relevant for the 162 panel countries observed between 1995 and 2022, which face diverse climate risks and exhibit ...
Sorin Gabriel Anton
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the interplay between climate change, violent conflict and forced migration in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), focusing on asylum flows to the European Union (EU). By integrating high‐resolution climate, conflict and socioeconomic data spanning 2000 to 2023, we develop a comprehensive empirical framework to ...
Shifa Mathbout +4 more
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Do Working Men Rebel? Insurgency and Unemployment in Iraq and the Philippines [PDF]
Most aid spending by governments seeking to rebuild social and political order is based on an opportunity-cost theory of distracting potential recruits.
Michael Callen +3 more
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Reply to: “Alcohol Intake and Parkinson's Symptoms Following Diagnosis”
Movement Disorders, EarlyView.
Sahar Hemeda +8 more
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