War Through an Interdisciplinary Lens. Book Review of ‘An Inquiry into the Applied Theory of War’ by Andrey A. Kokoshin by V. A. Zolotarev

“…The reviewer also commends the author’s observations on new trends in modern warfare, including an increase in number and geographical scope of local military conflicts, a worldwide growth in military expenditures, and an explosive progress in advanced military technologies. …”
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Forecasting Eruptions at Poorly Known Volcanoes Using Analogs and Multivariate Renewal Processes by Ting Wang, Mark Bebbington, Shane Cronin, Joel Carman

“…Applying this tool to Tongariro volcano (NZ), there is a 5% probability for a Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) ≥ 3 explosive eruption in the next 50 years. …”
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Physicochemical Characteristics of Chitosan–Alginate Scaffold Containing Atorvastatin by Hananeh Hamedfar, Tayebeh Zivari-Ghader, Abolfazl Akbarzadeh, Soodabeh Davaran

“…The results revealed that drug loading was nearly complete, and the first hour revealed a 25% explosive release. The drug was gradually released over 10 hr at approximately 35%. …”
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Sujeição e agência em situações de violência contra as mulheres: trajetórias de superação e ressignificação by Érika Nunes de Medeiros Ferreira Borges, Eliane Gonçalves

“…The study focuses on specific characteristics and similarities in the analyzed trajectories and allows to conclude that: (i) despite the relative delay in understanding the context of violence in its early signs, (ii) assigning idiosyncratic traits to partners such as explosive behavior or jealousy and (iii) the reluctance and hesitation to seek help at moment of violence, this group of women managed to give a new meaning to their lives, indicating a desire to overcome what they went through, something already or very close to the outcome in the narratives of them all. …”
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Intermediate cities and automobile parks in Chile. Territorial sustainability in check? by Francisco Maturana, Mauricio Morales, Ulises Sepúlveda, Johana Maldonado

“…Through the compilation and systematization of databases provided by official agencies and the use of statistical analysis, the explosive but heterogeneous increase of the vehicle fleet in the communes of such cities is made visible. …”
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Trust-Based Access Control Model from Sociological Approach in Dynamic Online Social Network Environment by Seungsoo Baek, Seungjoo Kim

“…There has been an explosive increase in the population of the OSN (online social network) in recent years. …”
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Damage Analysis of Aluminium Foam Panel Subjected to Underwater Shock Loading by Xuan He, Ji-li Rong, Da-lin Xiang

“…Underwater shock loading experiment device is the equipment which simulates underwater explosive shock wave through experiment. Underwater shock loading experiment device was used to conduct high-speed underwater impact on aluminium foam panel and its damage modes were studied in this paper. 3D dynamic DIC test system was used to collect and analyze real-time deformation of target board. …”
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Effects of layer arrangement, pin size, polyurethane thickness, and polyurethane hardness on forming limits of Al/Cu bimetallic sheets through multi-point forming process by Milad Aali Majidabad, Ramin Hashemi, Habibolah Akbari

“…This study experimentally evaluated the forming limit diagram (FLD) of Al/Cu bimetallic sheets fabricated using explosive welding in multi-point forming. The results showed that the forming limit was greater in multi-point forming than in the Nakazima test. …”
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The Experimental Studies on Behavior of Ultrahigh-Performance Concrete Confined by Hybrid Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Tubes by Zong-cai Deng, Jiu-ling Qu

“…The test results show that the local rupture of HFRP tubes did not lead to explosive failure of UHPC cylinder, and its ductility is better than that of UHPC confined by only one type of FRP tube; HFRP tube can effectively improve the compressive strength and ultimate strain of UHPC specimens; the stress-strain curves divide into three distinct regions: linear phase, transition phase, and linear strengthening phase. …”
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The Physiological Aspects of Exercise-Induced Adaptation in the Cardiovascular System by Abdulla Ahmad

“…In the past four decades, explosive progress in knowledge and application has been made in the field of exercise physiology. …”
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To the question of ethno-cultural policy of contemporary states by E. S. Karsanova

“…Today practically everywhere the structure of modern national states loses the uniformity, and explosive forces of multiculturalism generate very serious political and sociocultural problems. …”
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Critical Distance of the Seismic Waves’ Impact in Disintegration of Rock Blasting by Dušan Kudelas, Blažej Pandula, Michal Cehlár, Marcela Taušová, Ján Koščo

“…The presented paper deals with attenuation of seismic waves, which depends on the degree of disintegration of the rock environment in which seismic waves are propagated due to the explosion of explosive charges during blasting operations. …”
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The war inside your mind: unprotected brain battlefields and neuro-vulnerability by Robert McCreight

“… The 21st century featured explosive discoveries, inventions, and finely crafted technologies where the vaguely dangerous and ambiguous mix of genomics, neuroscience, nanotech, robotics, cyber, and other advanced scientific ventures leads to unknown and possibly unpleasant outcomes pose an acute dilemma. …”
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Blast Liquefaction Test of Saturated Sand Foundations Disposed by a Drainage Rigid Pile by Songtao Ni, Yumin Chen, Runze Chen, Hanlong Liu, Changchun Li, Shaobin Hu

“…The effect of ordinary rigid piles and drainage rigid piles on the disposal of saturated sand foundations was investigated by using carbon dioxide (CO2) fracturing to generate explosive vibratory loads. The test results showed that the blast vibration load increased the relative density of the site by approximately 10% and that the relative density was proportional to the burial depth. …”
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Open model of education using Open Source principles by Viduka Dejan, Ličina Boris, Kraguljac Vladimir

“…The open model of education has experienced explosive growth in the last decade thanks to the increasing availability of modern technologies. …”
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A new method for mining event influence propagation trees from spatio-temporal data by FANG Dianwu, WANG Lizhen, ZOU Muquan, DENG Fei

“…Once the spatio-temporal events were dense, the cost of mining time and space would be significantly increased by an explosive growth in the number of combinations, therefore, it would be difficult to mine large-scale data. …”
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Sprawność fizyczna warszawskiej młodzieży gimnazjalnej by Joanna Nieczuja-Dwojacka, Joanna Grzelak, Anna Siniarska, Kamila Chwaścińska

“…Exposure to smoking had a negative impact on result in grip strength of hand, endurance, and explosive power of the lower extremities. The number of people in family had negative effect on grip strength of hand, however lifestyle had a positive influence on number of sit-ups (abdominal muscular strength and endurance). …”
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CHF Phenomena by Photographic Study of Boiling Behavior due to Transient Heat Inputs by Jongdoc Park, Katsuya Fukuda, Qiusheng Liu

“…For the 2nd group with shorter periods, the direct transition to film boiling from non boiling occurs as an explosive boiling. The direct boiling transition at the CHF from non-boiling regime to film boiling occurred without a heat flux increase. …”
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Effects of Unidirectional In Situ Stress on Crack Propagation of a Jointed Rock Mass Subjected to Stress Wave by Zhanfeng Fan, Jianhua Cai

“…The results verify the similarity between the electric spark source and the explosive source. The two-dimensional finite element program (ANSYS/LS-DYNA) was applied to further simulate the crack propagation of a jointed rock mass under different in situ stresses. …”
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White Garden Snail, Theba pisana (Mueller) (Gastropoda: Helicidae) by Jane E. Deisler, Lionel A. Stange

“…Theba pisana is capable of explosive reproductive rates where it has been introduced, and can be found in densities of up to 3000 snails per tree (Mead 1971) after periods of less than 5 years (Chace 1915, Orcutt 1919). …”
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