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All options on the table : leaders, preventive war, and nuclear proliferation
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ISBN: 1501760351 Year: 2022 Publisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press,

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When is preventive war chosen to counter nuclear proliferation? In 'All Options on the Table', Rachel Elizabeth Whitlark looks beyond systemic and slow-moving factors such as the distribution of power. Instead, she highlights individual leaders' beliefs to explain when preventive military force is the preferred strategy. Executive perspective - not institutional structure - is paramount. Whitlark makes her argument through archivally based comparative case studies. She focuses on executive decision making regarding nuclear programs in China, North Korea, Iraq, Pakistan and Syria.


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Pearl Harbor : Japan's attack and America's entry into World War II
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ISBN: 150953721X 1509537201 9781509537204 9781509554911 Year: 2022 Publisher: Cambridge Polity

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"Hawaii, December 7, 1941, shortly before 8 a.m.: Japanese torpedo bombers launch a surprise attack on the US Pacific fleet anchored in Pearl Harbor. The devastating attack claims the lives of over 2,400 American soldiers, sinks or damages eighteen ships, and destroys nearly 350 aircraft. The US Congress declares war on Japan the following day. In this vivid and lively book, Takuma Melber breathes new life into the dramatic events that unfolded before, during, and after Pearl Harbor by putting the perspective of the Japanese attackers at the center. Most other histories of Pearl Harbor are told from the American point of view, so by giving attention to the Japanese perspective as well, Melber is able to provide a richer, more comprehensive and more balanced account of the battle, its conditions, and its consequences. He sheds new light on the long negotiations that went on between the Japanese and Americans in 1941, and shows how US intelligence and military leaders in Washington misinterpreted the information they had about Japanese war intentions. Melber's description of the battle itself is informed by the latest research and benefits from including the plannng and post-raid assessment made by the Japanese commanders. This balanced and thorougly researched book deepens our understanding of the battle that precipitated America's entry into the war and will appeal to anyone interested in World War II and military history."--


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Atlantic piracy in the early nineteenth century : the shocking story of the pirates and the survivors of the Morning Star
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ISBN: 9781800104365 9781783276707 9781800104372 1800104367 Year: 2022 Publisher: Woodbridge : The Boydell Press,

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The pirate attack on the British brig Morning Star, en route from Ceylon to London, near Ascension Island in 1828 was one of the most shocking episodes of piracy in the nineteenth century. Although the captain and many members of the crew were murdered by the pirates led by the notorious Benito de Soto, some survived, escaped and sailed the ship back to Britain. This book, based on extensive original research in Britain, Spain and Brazil, retells the story of the Morning Star, provides much new detail and corrects errors present in the many contemporary accounts of the attack. It sets the attack in the wider context of piracy in the period, and discusses many issues which the episode highlights: how pirates' careers began and developed; how they were pursued and tried, often with difficulty; what became of their treasure; how stories of the attack and of the survivors were sensationalised; how the women passengers on the ship endured their ordeal at the hands of the pirates and then, back in Britain, had to endure potential loss of their reputations.


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Security of Cyber-Physical Systems
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Year: 2022 Publisher: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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Cyber-physical system (CPS) innovations, in conjunction with their sibling computational and technological advancements, have positively impacted our society, leading to the establishment of new horizons of service excellence in a variety of applicational fields. With the rapid increase in the application of CPSs in safety-critical infrastructures, their safety and security are the top priorities of next-generation designs. The extent of potential consequences of CPS insecurity is large enough to ensure that CPS security is one of the core elements of the CPS research agenda. Faults, failures, and cyber-physical attacks lead to variations in the dynamics of CPSs and cause the instability and malfunction of normal operations. This reprint discusses the existing vulnerabilities and focuses on detection, prevention, and compensation techniques to improve the security of safety-critical systems.

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Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- smart grids --- device authentication --- situational awareness --- home area networks --- time-delay switch attack --- networked control systems --- secure control design --- Lyapunov theory --- attack estimation --- hardware-in-the-loop testing --- machine learning --- industrial control systems --- anomaly detection --- fault detection --- intrusion detection system --- blockchain --- security --- privacy --- financial transactions --- transportation systems --- autonomous vehicles --- power system resilience --- disaster --- Federated Learning --- edge intelligence --- resilience management systems --- resource-limitations --- demand response --- remedial testing --- greybox fuzzing --- vulnerability detection --- enhanced security --- traffic microsimulation tool --- cooperative automated driving systems --- vehicle powertrain --- safety --- road capacity --- contested environments --- anomaly isolation --- artificial neural networks --- Cyber Physical System --- out-of-bounds --- vulnerable detection --- patch --- inverter-based energy resources --- islanded microgrids --- resilient control design --- secondary control --- false data injection --- smart grids --- device authentication --- situational awareness --- home area networks --- time-delay switch attack --- networked control systems --- secure control design --- Lyapunov theory --- attack estimation --- hardware-in-the-loop testing --- machine learning --- industrial control systems --- anomaly detection --- fault detection --- intrusion detection system --- blockchain --- security --- privacy --- financial transactions --- transportation systems --- autonomous vehicles --- power system resilience --- disaster --- Federated Learning --- edge intelligence --- resilience management systems --- resource-limitations --- demand response --- remedial testing --- greybox fuzzing --- vulnerability detection --- enhanced security --- traffic microsimulation tool --- cooperative automated driving systems --- vehicle powertrain --- safety --- road capacity --- contested environments --- anomaly isolation --- artificial neural networks --- Cyber Physical System --- out-of-bounds --- vulnerable detection --- patch --- inverter-based energy resources --- islanded microgrids --- resilient control design --- secondary control --- false data injection


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Security of Cyber-Physical Systems
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Cyber-physical system (CPS) innovations, in conjunction with their sibling computational and technological advancements, have positively impacted our society, leading to the establishment of new horizons of service excellence in a variety of applicational fields. With the rapid increase in the application of CPSs in safety-critical infrastructures, their safety and security are the top priorities of next-generation designs. The extent of potential consequences of CPS insecurity is large enough to ensure that CPS security is one of the core elements of the CPS research agenda. Faults, failures, and cyber-physical attacks lead to variations in the dynamics of CPSs and cause the instability and malfunction of normal operations. This reprint discusses the existing vulnerabilities and focuses on detection, prevention, and compensation techniques to improve the security of safety-critical systems.


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Muslims in Scotland
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ISBN: 9781474408035 1474408036 9781474408011 147440801X 9781474408028 1474408028 9781474408042 1474408044 Year: 2022 Publisher: Edinburgh

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The experience of being a Muslim in Scotland today is shaped by the global and national post-9/11 shift in public attitudes towards Muslims, and is infused by the particular social, cultural and political Scottish ways of dealing with minorities, diversity and integration. This book explores the settlement and development of Muslim communities in Scotland, highlighting the ongoing changes in their structure and the move towards a Scottish experience of being Muslim. This experience combines a sense of civic and social belonging to Scotland with a strong religious and ideological commitment to Islam.


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Microbial Communities in Cultural Heritage and Their Control
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Year: 2022 Publisher: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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Cultural heritage plays a key role in understanding the history of humankind; therefore, the adoption of appropriate strategies for its conservation is essential. Microorganisms, such as bacteria, fungi and microalgae, which are usually organized on the surface in microbial communities as “biofilms”, can cause serious problems in the conservation of cultural heritage, making the adoption of prevention and conservation strategies a critical issue. This editorial focuses on studies published within the present Special Issue that present advances in the field of the biodeterioration of cultural heritage caused by microbial communities, with a particular focus on new methods for their elimination and control.


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Health Literacy Development among People with Chronic Diseases: Advancing the State of the Art and Learning from International Practices
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Year: 2022 Publisher: Basel MDPI Books

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Chronic diseases account for a considerable part of the strain on health care systems and are burdensome for each affected individual and their families. In recent years, the concept of health literacy has been substantially elaborated on, particularly regarding the development and implementation of interventions at different levels, efforts to improve its measurement, and the role of communities and organizations. While a range of advancements are uncontested, specific challenges still revolve around, for example, a thorough application of modern practices of health literacy that focus on societal support of health literacy strengths and response to health literacy challenges; developing, testing, and evaluating strategies for organizational health literacy responsiveness; and improving the co-design, local ownership, and integration of health literacy actions and interventions in communities experiencing vulnerability and disadvantage. This Special Issue showcases research addressing these and further aspects about developing health literacy - particularly among people with chronic diseases - by which we mean advancements in health practices, organizations, and policies that create enabling environments in which people have the necessary knowledge and feel confident accessing, understanding, and using health information and services.


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Microbial Communities in Cultural Heritage and Their Control
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Cultural heritage plays a key role in understanding the history of humankind; therefore, the adoption of appropriate strategies for its conservation is essential. Microorganisms, such as bacteria, fungi and microalgae, which are usually organized on the surface in microbial communities as “biofilms”, can cause serious problems in the conservation of cultural heritage, making the adoption of prevention and conservation strategies a critical issue. This editorial focuses on studies published within the present Special Issue that present advances in the field of the biodeterioration of cultural heritage caused by microbial communities, with a particular focus on new methods for their elimination and control.


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Health Literacy Development among People with Chronic Diseases: Advancing the State of the Art and Learning from International Practices
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Chronic diseases account for a considerable part of the strain on health care systems and are burdensome for each affected individual and their families. In recent years, the concept of health literacy has been substantially elaborated on, particularly regarding the development and implementation of interventions at different levels, efforts to improve its measurement, and the role of communities and organizations. While a range of advancements are uncontested, specific challenges still revolve around, for example, a thorough application of modern practices of health literacy that focus on societal support of health literacy strengths and response to health literacy challenges; developing, testing, and evaluating strategies for organizational health literacy responsiveness; and improving the co-design, local ownership, and integration of health literacy actions and interventions in communities experiencing vulnerability and disadvantage. This Special Issue showcases research addressing these and further aspects about developing health literacy - particularly among people with chronic diseases - by which we mean advancements in health practices, organizations, and policies that create enabling environments in which people have the necessary knowledge and feel confident accessing, understanding, and using health information and services.

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