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Energy Efficient Node Deployment in Wireless Ad-hoc Sensor Networks

open access: yes, 2019
We study a wireless ad-hoc sensor network (WASN) where $N$ sensors gather data from the surrounding environment and transmit their sensed information to $M$ fusion centers (FCs) via multi-hop wireless communications.
Guo, Jun   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Why the Vote Wasn’t Enough for Selma [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
In Why the Vote Wasn't Enough for Selma Karlyn Forner rewrites the heralded story of Selma to explain why gaining the right to vote did not bring about economic justice for African Americans in the Alabama Black Belt. Drawing on a rich array of sources, Forner illustrates how voting rights failed to offset decades of systematic disfranchisement and ...
openaire   +1 more source

Wasn\u27t it a Party? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
My brother said it\u27s just withdrawal from the ecstasy. It\u27s such a high, he told me, that a normal low is so far down it\u27s like jumping off a building. Just don\u27t do it too often,he said. You might rewire your brain and your normal will never
Doak, Emily
core   +1 more source

The use of Web Ontology Language (OWL) to Combine Extant Controlled Vocabularies in Biodiversity Informatics Appears Redundant [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Implementation of PESI requires data to be combined from multiple source databases. Some of the shared fields in the source databases used different controlled vocabularies of terms.
Roger Hyam, Roger Hyam
core   +3 more sources

Innovative design and construction of 220 m high wind turbine tower

open access: yesStructural Concrete, Volume 26, Issue 4, Page 4051-4066, August 2025.
Abstract This paper presents an innovative design and construction approach for a 220‐m‐high wind turbine tower, designed to meet the increasing demand for renewable energy and the specific needs of large‐scale wind energy projects. The design leverages a hybrid structural concept with a concrete foundation that supports three inclined legs and a ...
Aibek Toktorbai   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fruit of a Vile Tree: The Eshelman Family\u27s War [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Frederick Eshelman\u27s father wasn\u27t home. He was in Petersburg, the chilly and treacherous trenches stretching to his right and left as far as the imagination might take them. That\u27s where the danger was.
Rudy, John M.
core   +1 more source

Review of Energy Harvesters Utilizing Bridge Vibrations

open access: yes, 2016
For health monitoring of bridges, wireless acceleration sensor nodes (WASNs) are normally used. In bridge environment, several forms of energy are available for operating WASNs that include wind, solar, acoustic, and vibration energy.
F. Khan, I. Ahmad
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Like a Phoenix from the Ashes: Management Control and Organizational Resilience During NASA's Apollo and Space Shuttle Programs

open access: yesAbacus, Volume 61, Issue 1, Page 23-52, March 2025.
This study draws on archival sources to investigate the ways in which management control may contribute to and support organizational resilience by analyzing crises from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Apollo (1961–1972) and Space Shuttle (1972–2011) programs. Both programs suffered significant events with tragic consequences.
Basil P. Tucker, Hank C. Alewine
wiley   +1 more source

Sit Down Together at a Table of Brotherhood : Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
As we walked along the tidal basin back toward the Smithsonian Metro Station, I began to cry. Just a few tears, here and there, welled in my eyes. It wasn\u27t the monument or the quotes. It wasn\u27t the deep feelings I had looking at his face.
Rudy, John M.
core   +1 more source

The Experiences and Expectations of Older Adults and Close Family in Nursing Home and Emergency Department Transitions: A Qualitative Study

open access: yesJournal of Aging Research, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Aim To identify the experiences, expectations, and preferred transitional care expressed by nursing home residents and close family, thus mapping perceived barriers and facilitators to improve this identification process. Design In this study, a qualitative design was employed. Methods Individual, semistructured interviews were conducted.
Elin Høyvik   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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