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MiningBackground: Bucket-wheel excavators are critical assets in surface mining operations, where structural modifications to increase productivity must be validated through rigorous stress analysis to ensure operational safety.
Angela Maria Andreica +2 more
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The predatory behavior of ants: an impressive panoply of morphological adaptations
Insect Science, EarlyView.This review focuses on predation in ants, showing the wide diversity of cases from solitary foraging to group hunting tactics, as well as the evolution of mandible shape frequently adapted to capture specific prey. Although most ants are generalist feeders, finding their sugary substances directly on plants or indirectly via sap‐sucking insects, some ...
Alain Dejean +6 more
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Robot Mobility Systems for Planetary Surface Exploration – State-of-the-Art and Future Outlook: A Literature Survey [PDF]
, 2010 Hirzinger, Gerd +2 more
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Human Resource Management Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT International human resource management (IHRM) and its larger sibling of international business (IB) have cross‐fertilized each other for many years. In this paper, we suggest that IHRM research's nuanced appreciation for new patterns of work, such as the increase in internationally integrated work processes and the emergence of global virtual
Johann Fortwengel +4 more
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Autonomous Locomotion Mode Transition Simulation of a Track-legged Quadruped Robot Step Negotiation
, 2019 Multi-modal locomotion (e.g. terrestrial, aerial, and aquatic) is gaining increasing interest in robotics research as it improves the robots environmental adaptability, locomotion versatility, and operational flexibility.
Davies, K. A. +2 more
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The Unintended Consequences of German Deterrence
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Germany's evolving deterrence posture boils down to continued participation in NATO nuclear sharing and an ambitious conventional rearmament program. Due to its non‐nuclear status and a result of decades of underinvestment, Germany prioritizes modern conventional weapons.
Ulrich Kühn
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Rover technology for manned Mars missions [PDF]
A set of roving vehicle design requirements were postulated, corresponding to an idealized Mars transport vehicle operational scenario which could serve as a reference for a manned Mars mission.
Klein, Gail
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Sowing time, false seedbed, row distance and mechanical weed control in organic winter wheat. [PDF]
, 2000 In organic farming, mechanical weed control in winter wheat is often difficult to carry out in the fall, and may damage the crop, and weed harrowing in the spring is not effective against erect, tap-rooted weeds such as Tripleurospermum inodorum, Papaver
Rasmussen, Ilse A.
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Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Following the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, multi‐stakeholder partnerships (MSPs) have received renewed political attention. In several policy fields, MSPs have been criticized for a lack of accountability, resulting in efforts to redress this problem.
Matteo De Donà, Kristina Jönsson
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HeliyonThe process of seedling transplantation has significant importance within the realm of mechanical vegetable production in contemporary agriculture.
Ankit Sharma, Sanjay Khar
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