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Evolution of Weapon Types and Design [PDF]

, 1940

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A dynamic model of capital and arms accumulation [PDF]

How does competitive arms accumulation affect investment and capital accumulation? In a dynamic optimization framework including both investment and military spending, we find that, when the utility function is separable between consumption and the ...
Heng-fu Zou
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Long Range Weapons Establishment, Australia: Dr. C. F. Bareford [PDF]

, 1952

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Weaponomics : the global market for assault rifles [PDF]

This paper introduces the first effort to quantitatively document the small arms market by collating field reports and journalist accounts to produce a cross-country time-series price index of Kalashnikov assault rifles.
Killicoat, Phillip
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Comparative analysis of dehazing algorithms on real-world hazy images

Scientific Reports
Images captured in adverse weather conditions (haze, fog, smog, mist, etc.) often suffer significant degradation. Due to the scattering and absorption of these particles, various negative effects, such as reduced visibility, low contrast, and colour ...
Chaobing Zheng, Wenjian Ying, Qingping Hu   +2 more
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XVII.—On some of the Weapons of the Celtic and Teutonic Races. By John Yonge Akerman, F.S.A., Secretary [PDF]

John Yonge Akerman
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DEATH (MACHINES) AND TAXES [PDF]

In the defense policy literature, it is widely believed that there is a pronounced bias towards the procurement of a less than optimal number of excessively sophisticated weapons. In this paper, we consider the possibility that this perceived bias is the
Lipow, Jonathan, Plessner, Yakir
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Distributed Intelligent Video Surveillance for Early Armed Robbery Detection based on Deep Learning [PDF]

arXiv
Low employment rates in Latin America have contributed to a substantial rise in crime, prompting the emergence of new criminal tactics. For instance, "express robbery" has become a common crime committed by armed thieves, in which they drive motorcycles and assault people in public in a matter of seconds.
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Weapons of the two African Rhinoceroses [PDF]

, 1956
C. R. S. Pitman
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Hunting with Cane: Traditional Cherokee Blowguns and Darts

EXARC Journal, 2013
The Cherokee Indians were a large Southeastern tribe who occupied land in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Virginia. During the Historic Period, the Cherokee were one of the Five Civilized Tribes and even had their own ...
Doug Meyer
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