Behavior of Full-Scale Porous GFRP Barrier under Blast Loads by D. Asprone, A. Prota, G. Manfredi, A. Nanni

“…This research paper is part of the SAS (Security of Airport Structures) Project funded by the European Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection, whose objective was to develop and deploy a fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) fencing system intended to protect airport infrastructures against terrorist acts. In the paper, the efficacy of the proposed glass FRP discontinuous (porous) barrier under blast loads is presented by showing the results of the blast test campaign conducted on full-size specimens with a focus on the reduction of the blast shock wave induced by the barrier. …”
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Retour à la page blanche après le choc du 11 Septembre by Yves Davo

“…By refusing to represent the event, by erasing the frames themselves, the author questions the role of narration after such a terrorist attempt of erasure, an ethical position which eventually needs to be discussed.…”
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International Criminalization of International Terrorizm by A. G. Volevodz

“…The author notes that differences in definitions that are enshrined in them hinders international cooperation in criminal matters with respect to terrorist cases. Difficulties reside in the necessity to meet the dual criminality requirement and in the political offense exception. …”
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Gender Perspective in the Studies of War by T. V. Skorospelova

“…The second section focuses on perceptions of new gender roles of women at war, which include the images of a woman as a soldier and a terrorist, both in the academic discourse and in the media. …”
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A Modified -Median Model for the Emergency Facilities Location Problem and Its Variable Neighbourhood Search-Based Algorithm by Menghao Xi, Feng Ye, Zhong Yao, Qiuhong Zhao

“…Emergency incidents, including natural disasters, terrorist attacks, public health outbreaks, and industrial and mining accidents, and so forth, result in severe human casualties and property losses. …”
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"Out there in that cabin in the middle of nowhere in Montana": Narrating the Geographical and Mental Deviance of the Unabomber by Robert Winkler

“…In 1996, the mathematician-turned-terrorist Theodore J. Kaczynski, nicknamed the Unabomber, was arrested in his self-built cabin in the woods of Montana after having terrorized the nation for over 20 years. …”
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The impact of the Hamas-Israel conflict on the U.S. defense industry stock market return. by Jeroen Klomp

“…On October 7th, 2023, Hamas carried out a terrorist attack on Israel. The Israeli government promptly retaliated the attack with massive bombing and a major military operation in the Gaza Strip. …”
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Leadership Networks as a Tool of Coercion in World Politics by A. I. Podberezkin, O. A. Podberezkina

“…Social media analysis is widely used in economics, sociology, in medical studies of spreading infectious diseases and in forensic science to stop terrorist networks and drug proliferation. Social media analysis is also used in political sphere. …”
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The Impact of Suicide Attacks on Voting Behavior: The Case of November 2015 Early Elections by Ceren Yegen

“…The participants supported the government in case of the suicide attacks and other terrorist attacks. The majority of the participants believed thatthe suicide attack, whichtook place in the train station intersection in Ankara,would have no effect on the behaviors of the voters for the Early Elections of November 1, 2015.…”
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Structure and subjects of information policy by A. A. Ebzeev, O. A. Sudorgin, V. F. Nitsevich, O. A. Nesterchuk

“…The use of the information space by terrorist and extremist organizations deprived of their official status for their own purposes is analyzed.…”
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Sulla (ri)articolazione della “marocchinità” nel Marocco contemporaneo, tra festivalizzazione del dissenso giovanile e revival sufi by Michela Buonvino

“…After September 11, 2001, and following terrorist attacks in Casablanca, the Moroccan monarchy was engaged in redefining a field of the sacred, which involved the neutralization of Salafist tendencies and their replacement with a Sufism deemed harmless and incapable of threatening the nation's spiritual security. …”
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THE AXIS OF EVIL: THE ALLIANCE OF NEO-CONSERVATISM AND NEO-ORIENTALISM IN RUSHDIE’S SHALIMAR THE CLOWN / ŞEYTAN ÜÇGENİ: SALMAN RUSHDİE’NİN SOYTARI ŞALİMAR ROMANINDA AŞIRI SAĞCI NEO... by Beyazıt AKMAN

“…It is argued that rather than questioning the assumptions about the “<em>Islamic</em> terrorist” and its place in the Western collective conscious, Rushdie reinforces and licenses the intellectual neo-orientalist discourse of “the axis of evil” perpetuated by the Bush administration by applying the stereotypes and clichés about the East, without engaging in a dialogue to understand the Other or historicizing the subject matter. …”
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Blast Protection of Unreinforced Masonry Walls: A State-of-the-Art Review by Lucas Lantz, Joshua Maynez, Wesley Cook, Claudia Mara Dias Wilson

“…The recent rise of terrorist attacks has reinforced the need for mitigation of damage caused by blast loading on unreinforced masonry walls. …”
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Empowering Aid Personnel That Respond to Disasters by Vedat Işıkhan

“…Today, earthquakes, floods, drought, fires, volcanic and nuclear explosions, terrorist attacks have turned into ordinary events. …”
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Damage Assessment of Two-Way Bending RC Slabs Subjected to Blast Loadings by Haokai Jia, Ling Yu, Guiying Wu

“…Terrorist attacks on vulnerable structures and their individual structural members may cause considerable damage and loss of life. …”
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THE SECURITY ASPECT OF TURKEY-UNITED STATES RELATIONS: IN SEARCH FOR A NEW MODEL by I. A. Svistunova

“…At the same time such questions as participation of Turkey in the fight against ISIL and the USA military cooperation with the Syrian Kurds, whom Ankara considers to be connected with the PKK terrorist organization, has brought serious contradictions between the two countries. …”
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Well done! Or how to Avoid Dangers of Pseudoscience: Common Standard for Research in Behavioural Analysis and Deception Detection in Aviation Security by Jenny K. Krüger, María C. Feijoo-Fernández, Signe M. Ghelfi

“…This is especially true for aviation security as airports continue to constitute attractive targets for terrorist attacks. In consequence, law enforcement agencies are seeking effective and efficient solutions for ensuring high-level security and are often adopting approaches that include behaviour detection. …”
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Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Pressure Field of Curved Shell Structure Subjected to Interior Blast by Jialu Ma, Feng Fan, Lingxin Zhang, Chengqing Wu, Xudong Zhi

“…A terrorist attack on a long-span spatial structure would cause horrible results. …”
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THE EMERGENCE OF DEWAN SYARIAH KOTA SURAKARTA: A Precondition by Yusuf Rohmat Yanuri, Wildan Rahmat Hidayat

“…Last, Solo is a city that is closely linked to terrorist activities. This study makes an important contribution to the literature on social movements, particularly in the context of Islamic movements in Indonesia. …”
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THE IMPLICATIONS OF TERRORISM ON FOOD PRICES IN NIGERIA by LILIAN NNENNE AKHANOLU, HEZEKIAH AMAMIZO OGUNNUBI

“…In view of these occurrences , this paper examines the implications of terrorism on the recent prices of food and our empirical results shows that terrorism has a negative effect on the prices of food in the country .The study adopted the descriptive analysis of secondary data to examine the effects of terrorism on food prices in the nation .The study will examine the topic in detail and based on this ,the following policy recommendations will be put forward which includes government providing securities for farmers by using the non-biased military to silent the insurgents, adopt a registration data of herders with government which will capture all operating herders in Nigerian states for easy tracking of any misbehavior, provide employment for our jobless youths who had become instruments in the hands of terrorist promoters, and  above all, Nigerian government should adopt State police for a better protection of our rural areas and communities. …”
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