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2nd Rhode Island Musket [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This paper examines a musket with unique markings (2 RI) and reports on the weapon\u27s ...
Desmarais, Norman
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The interaction between clothing and air weapon pellets [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Comparatively few studies have been carried out on air weapon injuries yet there are significant number of injuries and fatalities caused by these low power weapons because of their availability and the public perception that because they need no licence
Thomson, J., Wark, K., Wightman, G.
core   +3 more sources

Using photovoice to understand community perceptions of firearm risks and protective factors among Asian Americans

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study used photovoice methodology to explore Asian Americans' perspectives on the root causes and protective factors of firearm violence in their communities. Photovoice provided a participatory platform for community members to document lived experiences and identify priorities for change.
Tsu‐Yin Wu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Border harm and affective injustice: The politics of anger at the Melilla border, Spain

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines protests in a detention center in Melilla, Spain—a site where structural violence intersects with the everyday harms of confinement. Adopting a justice and dignity‐centered perspective, we analyze grassroots forms of resistance emerging at the border. The study focuses on the protests of Tunisian migrants and explores the
Corina Tulbure
wiley   +1 more source

Research on Dynamic Target Search for Multi-UAV Based on Cooperative Coevolution Motion-Encoded Particle Swarm Optimization

open access: yesApplied Sciences
Effectively strategizing the trajectories of multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) within a dynamic environment to optimize the search for and tracking of mobile targets presents a formidable challenge.
Yiyuan Li   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Impact of Job Strain on Occupational Access to Firearms and Firearm‐Related Suicide Among US Workers

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Firearm‐related suicide rates are notably high among workers such as police officers and farmers. One risk factor is occupational access to firearms, but other occupational characteristics, such as job strain, are less understood.
Victor A. Soupene   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Improved Method for Predicting the Remaining Useful Life Using a Spatial–Temporal Feature Extraction Network With Attention Mechanism

open access: yesIEEE Access
The prediction of the remaining useful life (RUL) of mechanical equipment is of vital importance to its operation and maintenance. Deep learning methods can effectively extract degradation information closely related to equipment RUL from extensive ...
Xiaojia Yan, Weige Liang, Shiyan Sun
doaj   +1 more source

From Quantum Cheating to Quantum Security [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
For thousands of years, code-makers and code-breakers have been competing for supremacy. Their arsenals may soon include a powerful new weapon: quantum mechanics. We give an overview of quantum cryptology as of November 2000.Comment: 14 pages, 4 figures.
Gottesman, Daniel, Lo, Hoi-Kwong
core   +4 more sources

‘Turkeys Cannot Vote for Christmas’: Why Epistemic Disobedience in an Anti‐Black World Matters

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Never in the history of global coloniality has the idea of epistemic disobedience been as important as in the 21st century. This is not only because the struggle for decolonisation has shifted from physical confrontation between the coloniser and the colonised into a battle of ideas but also because the former has deployed the idea of ...
Morgan Ndlovu
wiley   +1 more source

Coil Gun Turret Control Using A Camera [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
--- A conventional weapon usually by pointing to the target aimed by using hands. It is considered less effective and efficient in terms of military service because of spending lots of time to chase the target.
Iflachah, Emillia   +2 more
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