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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Geneva Diary: Report From The Gichd, Ian Mansfield
Geneva Diary: Report From The Gichd, Ian Mansfield
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining provides operational assistance to mine-action programs and operators, creates and disseminates knowledge, works to improve quality management and standards and provides support to instruments of international law.
Gis Technology Helps Rid Southeast Asia Of Landmines And Uxo, Carla Wheeler
Gis Technology Helps Rid Southeast Asia Of Landmines And Uxo, Carla Wheeler
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Southeast Asia remains one of the most heavily mined regions in the world. Cambodia, which has a 2009 deadline for the Ottawa Convention, has requested a deadline extension because it will be impossible to meet its clearance obligations by then. The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority is being aided by software from ESRI, which is used to create databases, maps and charts to record the location of mines and unexploded ordnance. This information is used to more effectively locate and demine contaminated areas. As Cambodia’s population increases, it is becoming more critical to clear the land of mines.
The Reintegration Of Landmine Survivors In Mine-Affected Northeast Albania, Melanie Reimer
The Reintegration Of Landmine Survivors In Mine-Affected Northeast Albania, Melanie Reimer
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
No abstract provided.
Unmas/Gichd Technology Workshop, Nicole Neitzey
Unmas/Gichd Technology Workshop, Nicole Neitzey
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
This article highlights the United Nations Mine Action Service/Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining Technology Workshop held in September 2008 in Geneva, Switzerland.
Transfer And Dissemination Of Appropriate Wheelchair Technology, William K. Smith, Nikola Prvulov, Kathryn Jackson
Transfer And Dissemination Of Appropriate Wheelchair Technology, William K. Smith, Nikola Prvulov, Kathryn Jackson
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Since 1996, the Center for International Rehabilitation has been dedicated to providing assistive devices to landmine victims. The CIR, in collaboration with Whirlwind Wheelchair International and the Afghan Ministry of Martyrs and Disabled, designed and distributed a centrally fabricated, locally-fitted wheelchair designed for post-conflict countries and tested it in Afghanistan and Jordan. The following discusses the outcome of that collaboration.
The Gichd Land Release Project, Tim Lardner
The Gichd Land Release Project, Tim Lardner
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
In the past, inconsistent and inefficient methods of identifying and clearing mines and unexploded ordnance have wasted precious demining resources and left affected areas contaminated. In 2006, the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Deming recognized the need for a more effective land-release process in the international mine-action community and subsequently developed the Land Release Project.
Female And Integrated Demining Teams: Past, Present And Future, Cisr Journal
Female And Integrated Demining Teams: Past, Present And Future, Cisr Journal
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Over the past few years, demining has evolved from being a man’s occupation to a unisex occupation. In many countries, females now work alongside males to clear mine-affected areas, removing landmines and unexploded ordnance at about the same rate as their male counterparts.
The Association Of Volunteers In International Service Foundation, Cisr Journal
The Association Of Volunteers In International Service Foundation, Cisr Journal
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The Association of Volunteers in International Service is an international not-for-profit, nongovernmental organization founded in Italy in 1972. The AVSI mission is to support individuals in developing countries focusing on education and dignity of all people according to the teachings of the Catholic Church. It is currently operating in 39 countries with 120 expatriates in extended field assignments and 700 local staff managing 111 long-term projects benefiting about 4.15 million people
United Nations Development Fund For Women, Cisr Journal
United Nations Development Fund For Women, Cisr Journal
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) has taken several measures to promote gender equality in all areas of life. These include not only several operational programs around the world but also a number of important areas of information collection and dissemination through various publications. These areas of work have been invaluable for organizations attempting to further gender equality in mine action. They have provided a starting line of information on how women are disproportionately affected by armed conflict and ERW as well as how women can be better integrated into solving the problems following a mine- accident.
Ncdr And Women In Jordan, Adnan Telfah, Cisr Journal
Ncdr And Women In Jordan, Adnan Telfah, Cisr Journal
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
High levels of gender inequality exist within Jordan—inequalities that affect the workforce. In a nation like Jordan, where women have minimal political participation and only 26 percent of women are active economically, it is difficult for women to be incorporated into the workforce. Fewer women are employed outside of the home when compared to men, with only 9 percent of Jordanian women above the age of 15 working outside their homes. Among females, unemployment rates are double those for males; further, high percentages of women are discouraged from seeking employment outside of the home. Women who are employed are typically …
An Update On The Itep Program And Activities, Franciska Borry
An Update On The Itep Program And Activities, Franciska Borry
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Since 2000, the International Test and Evaluation Program for Humanitarian Demining has been a crucial instrument in the research and development field, providing comprehensive test and evaluation information to the demining community worldwide. This article summarizes the main ongoing and planned test and evaluation activities carried out by the ITEP participants, either as coordinated efforts or as national projects.
United Nations Office For Disarmament Affairs, Cisr Journal
United Nations Office For Disarmament Affairs, Cisr Journal
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs is the global community’s chief authority on the issues of weapons reduction. Among its responsibilities UNODA acts as the U.N. Secretary-General’s liaison in fulfilling the obligations established by both the Ottawa Convention and the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons. The Office for Disarmament Affairs’ Geneva branch oversees these activities and is responsible—in accordance with the Ottawa Convention—for collecting Article 7 reports, maintaining the list of Article 8 experts and organizing meetings of States Parties, as well as organizing meetings pertaining to the CCW.
News Briefs, News Brief
Experimenting With New Technologies For Technical Survey In Humanitarian Demining, Fernando Termentini, Salvatore Esposito, Marco Balsi
Experimenting With New Technologies For Technical Survey In Humanitarian Demining, Fernando Termentini, Salvatore Esposito, Marco Balsi
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The Humanitarian Demining Laboratory of Università La Sapienza di Roma, Italy, currently performs research and experimental work for multisensor explosive-remnants-of-war detecting platforms. In this article, the authors report preliminary testing results on a new, active thermal technique discovered through their research.
Endnotes Issue 12.2, Cisr Journal
Endnotes Issue 12.2, Cisr Journal
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Endnotes Issue 12.2
Gender In Mine Action: The Tajikistan Experience, Shahrinisso Davlyatova
Gender In Mine Action: The Tajikistan Experience, Shahrinisso Davlyatova
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
This article discusses the involvement of Tajik women in educating those in their communities about the threats of landmines and unexploded ordnance. It also highlights why there is an increased danger from landmines and unexploded ordnance for women and children.
Cluster Munitions Monitoring And Information Campaign In Azerbaijan, Hafiz Safikhanov
Cluster Munitions Monitoring And Information Campaign In Azerbaijan, Hafiz Safikhanov
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
This article describes the initiatives undertaken by the Azerbaijan Campaign to Ban Landmines to confront the threat of cluster munitions in the country. Since the publication of its report in January of 2008, AzCBL has continued to lobby the government of Azerbaijan to ban the use of cluster munitions.
Unsung Hero: Noimany Pialeuxay, Cisr Journal
Unsung Hero: Noimany Pialeuxay, Cisr Journal
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Noimany Pialeuxay, the first woman driver to be hired by MAG Lao PDR, has worked with her all-female unexploded ordnance clearance team to clear landmines in remote areas of Laos. Her story has been an inspiration to many other women who wish to join the demining effort.
Proud Students Against Landmines, Cisr Journal
Proud Students Against Landmines, Cisr Journal
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
At St. Francis de Sales Central Catholic School in Morgantown, West Virginia, which has students ranging from pre-kindergarten to eighth grade, what began in 1998 as an art project with old shoes became an inspiration for social justice and change. Today, a small organization of students at St. Francis, known as the Proud Students Against Landmines, or PSALM, meets once a week in the school art room to work on projects related to mine action.
Paying It Forward, Cisr Journal
Paying It Forward, Cisr Journal
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Some believe that the work of one person can affect many—that just one person can help save the lives of thousands. After the loss of three U.S. government officials, Ambassador Robert C. Frasure, Dr. Joseph Kruzel and Colonel Samuel Nelson Drew, in a tragic automobile accident in Bosnia, the U.S. State Department’s Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM/WRA) and James Madison University’s Mine Action Information Center decided it was time to do just that: aid many with just one.
Swiss Campaign To Ban Landmines: Gender And Mine Action Programme, Cisr Journal
Swiss Campaign To Ban Landmines: Gender And Mine Action Programme, Cisr Journal
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The Swiss Campaign to Ban Landmines’ Gender and Mine Action Programme has worked to create a resource where mine-action organizations can find information and support for their endeavors to mainstream gender considerations in mine action. In this pursuit, the Swiss Campaign has created a gender portal and conducted a global research study.
Mixing It Up: The Rotary Mine Comb, Chris Wanner
Mixing It Up: The Rotary Mine Comb, Chris Wanner
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The Rotary Mine Comb has been put to the test on Angola’s most dangerous stretch of road. In the province of Cuando Cubango, The HALO Trust has deployed the vehicle-based RMC system with impressive results. This article assesses the system’s features and minimal-metal anti-tank mine-clearance capabilities in the field.
A Comparison Of Interview And Self-Report Methods For The Assessment Of Borderline Personality Disorder Criteria, Christopher J. Hopwood, Leslie C. Morey, Maria Orlando Edelen, M. Tracie Shea, Carlos M. Grilo, Charles A. Sanislow, Thomas H. Mcglashan, Maria T. Daversa, John G. Gunderson, Mary C. Zanarini, John C. Markowitz, Andrew E. Skodol
A Comparison Of Interview And Self-Report Methods For The Assessment Of Borderline Personality Disorder Criteria, Christopher J. Hopwood, Leslie C. Morey, Maria Orlando Edelen, M. Tracie Shea, Carlos M. Grilo, Charles A. Sanislow, Thomas H. Mcglashan, Maria T. Daversa, John G. Gunderson, Mary C. Zanarini, John C. Markowitz, Andrew E. Skodol
Charles A. Sanislow, Ph.D.
Interview methods are widely regarded as the standard for the diagnosis of borderline personality disorder (BPD), whereas self-report methods are considered a time-efficient alternative. However, the relative validity of these methods has not been sufficiently tested. The current study used data from the Collaborative Longitudinal Personality disorder Study to compare diagnostic base rates and the relative validity of interview and self-report methods for assessing functional outcome in BPD. Although self-report yielded higher base rates of criteria endorsement, results did not support the common assumption that diagnostic interviews are more valid than self-reports, but instead indicated the combined use of these …
Robert Charles Carson (1930-2006): Obituary, Charles A. Sanislow
Robert Charles Carson (1930-2006): Obituary, Charles A. Sanislow
Charles A. Sanislow, Ph.D.
No abstract provided.
Ddasaccident689, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident689, Hd-Aid
Global CWD Repository
While he was prodding in the Mine Field suddenly a stone slipped down.
Ddasaccident684, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident684, Hd-Aid
Global CWD Repository
The Team member established rest area in the one side of the previously cleared BAC task#228, during the off time the deminers wants to rest in the designated rest area in the task # 228, on the way to the rest area the deminers hit a stone by foot and the accident happened to them.
Ddasaccident564, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident564, Hd-Aid
Global CWD Repository
According to the deminer statement: He starts his work. At 6.45 AM. After short break for 15 minutes from 7.30 to 7.45 he restart his work and found an AP mine approximately at 7.55 AM .The mine was RSP by the team Leader and he restart his work after few minutes his detector indicate a signal and after pin pointing the signal he use the prodder and start excavating the ground with his shovel. While he was excavating his visor fall down and simultaneously he activate the buried mine with his shovel. (
The Serial Interaction Of Stress And Syncope, John J. Mccarthy
The Serial Interaction Of Stress And Syncope, John J. Mccarthy
John J. McCarthy
Many languages respect the generalization that some or all unstressed vowels are deleted. This generalization proves elusive in classic Optimality Theory, however. The source of the problem is classic OT’s parallel evaluation, which requires that the effects of stress assignment and syncope be optimized together. This article argues for a version of OT called Harmonic Serialism, in which the effects of stress assignment and syncope can and must be evaluated sequentially. The results are potentially applicable to other domains where process interaction is best understood in derivational terms.
The Gradual Path To Cluster Simplification, John J. Mccarthy
The Gradual Path To Cluster Simplification, John J. Mccarthy
John J. McCarthy
When a medial consonant cluster is simplified by deletion or place assimilation, the first consonant is affected, but never the second one: /patka/ becomes [paka] and not *[pata]; /panpa/ becomes [pampa] and not [panta]. This article accounts for that observation within a derivational version of Optimality Theory called Harmonic Serialism. In Harmonic Serialism, the final output is reached by a series of derivational steps that gradually improve harmony. If there is no gradual, harmonically improving path from a given underlying representation to a given surface representation, this mapping is impossible in Harmonic Serialism, even if it would be allowed in …
Graduate Record 2008: Year Of The Dawg, Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Graduate Record 2008: Year Of The Dawg, Southwestern Oklahoma State University
SWOSU Yearbooks
The 2008 Graduate Record was produced by the journalism department.