Splendour and misery of «Spanish» historiography in former Czechoslovaquia by Peter SZÁRAZ

“…This can be observed in relation to topics such as the Czechoslovak policy of selling weapons to Spain, the activities of the International Brigades and Czechoslovak asylum policy.</p>…”
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Fatto in Italia: Refashioning Italy by Tiziana Ferrero-Regis

“…This article discusses how the Made in Italy brand helped Italy to recover from economic recession in the 1980s, but also how it redefined the country's identity after the traumatic years of terrorism and especially after the murder of the Christian Democratic Party Secretary, Aldo Moro, at the hands of the Red Brigades. In this period cinema as a form of artistic achievement declined, while fashion and industrial design moved at the centre stage of economic and creative success. …”
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TOA geo-location for real-time indoor wifi localization system by Cao, Guopeng

“…Accurate indoor positioning with minimum dedicated infrastructure is required for certain critical applications such as emergency rescue, fire brigades or incident management. This report presents a Time of Arrival (TOA)-based localization system for IEEE 802.11b network. …”
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The Contribution of the Workers of Kalmykia to the Construction of the Railway Astrakhan - Kizlyar (October 1941 - August 1942) by Vladimir B. Ubushaev

“…But even in these circumstances, builders, perfectly aware of the significance of their mission, managed to carry out assignments for 180-200%, and for individual brigades – by 250 %. Thanks to the heroic labor of the builders, among them a considerable part were represented by women, old people and teenagers, a railway with a length of 356 kilometers was erected within the shortest possible time: for 10 months. …”
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Diari e memorie degli emigranti italiani arruolati nella Legione straniera francese by Sandro Rinauro

“…The first candidates for the Legion among Italians migrants were, during the Thirties, the ";fuorusciti";, the voluntaries of the international brigades defeated at the war of Spain and especially the Italians menaced of repatriation because of unemployment. …”
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Comprehensive evaluation of male health in four communities in rural Honduras by Jason Galo, Michelle Feeney, Kevin Zambrano, Chelsie Galo, Daniel Clinchot

“…Our findings indicate that medical brigades to the developing world should understand and quantify the relevant health challenges faced by their target populations. …”
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A Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol for Using an Accelerometer-Smartphone Application Intervention to Increase Physical Activity and Improve Health among Employees in a Military... by Emilia Pietiläinen, Heikki Kyröläinen, Tommi Vasankari, Matti Santtila, Tiina Luukkaala, Kai Parkkola

“…Under the protocol, employees from six military brigades in Finland will be randomly assigned to intervention and control groups. …”
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Coyotes, Concessions and Construction Companies: Illegal Water Markets and Legally Constructed Water Scarcity in Central Mexico by Nadine Reis

“…Actors benefitting from water rights trading include the coyote and his 'working brigades', water users selling surplus rights, and (senior and lower-level) staff in the water bureaucracy. …”
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Technology for salt brines utilization on distant pastures in the arid zone of the Republic of Kazakhstan by Bezborodov Yuri, Balgabaev Nurlan, Khozhanov Nyetbai, Ustabaev Timur

“…Application of the proposed technological scheme will allow providing the good quality drinking water for shepherd brigades on summer distant pastures and further utilization of salt brines (concentrated waste waters, remained after desalination) in a safe for the environment manner.…”
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How to improve the impact of healthcare campaigns by introducing methods of health impact assessment among students and health professionals by Sergio Monares Ortiz

“…The development of health brigades in vulnerable populations constitutes a fundamental role for the approach of students to clinical practice and allows professionals to attend to basic needs in small and specific populations. …”
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A METHOD FOR MEASURING THE SENSITIVITY OF BUILDING STRUCTURAL MEMBERS TO FIRE DECAY PHASES by Thomas Gernay

“…This work enhances the understanding of the behaviour of structures under natural fires, and has important implications for the safety of fire brigades and of people responsible for making a building inspection after a fire.…”
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Localization of Mobile Sensors and Actuators for Intervention in Low-Visibility Conditions: The ZigBee Fingerprinting Approach by Jose V. Marti, Jorge Sales, Raul Marin, Ernesto Jimenez-Ruiz

“…Moreover, they permit having an alternative communication infrastructure to the emergency brigades, allowing also the implementation of localization algorithms for the mobile sensors, actuators, and firefighters. …”
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Accidents with sulfuric acid by Rajković Miloš B.

“…The fact is that huge energy, sacrifice and courage were involved in the recovery from accidents where rescue teams and fire brigades showed great courage to prevent real environmental catastrophes and very often they lost their lives during the events. …”
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“Written barracks.” On the Production and Circulation of Newsletters in the Internment Camps of Southwest France by Guadalupe Adámez Castro

“…This article analyzes some 30 newsletters produced by a variety of groups in the camps: political groups, which were mostly linked to the field of education, different intellectuals and members of the International Brigades. The main goal of this work is to disentangle how the newsletters were produced, discuss the aims of the different publications and show how the texts were circulated and exchanged within the internment camps. …”
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Cuba – Asia y Oceanía: historical relations by Ruvislei Gonzalez Saez

“…The author looks at different areas of cooperation with the countries of the region, including health care (exchange of medical professionals, support by sharing medical brigades, shipments of diagnostic equipment and medications), agriculture and food security, academic exchange, etc. …”
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Possibilities of spatial hearing testing in occupational medicine by Tomasz Przewoźny

“…Dysfunctions of the organ of hearing are a significant limitation in the performance of occupations that require its full efficiency (vehicle driving, army, police, fire brigades, mining). Hearing impairment is associated with poorer understanding of speech and disturbed sound localization that directly affects the worker’s orientation in space and his/her assessment of distance and location of other workers or, even most importantly, of dangerous machines. …”
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La banda Cavallero by Elisa Santalena

“…Si leur but initial était celui de recueillir de l’argent pour financer la guérilla à l’étranger et la lutte armée insurrectionnelle en Italie alors que les Brigades rouges étaient loin de voir le jour, au fil du temps, Cavallero et Rovoletto, à l’insu de Notarnicola, dépenseront tout l’argent pour leurs propres intérêts en trahissant le pacte social et politique établi entre eux. …”
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Impact of the Development of the Design of Firefighter Helmets on the Mechanical Shock Absorption Capacity by Agata Walczak, Daniel Pieniak, Paweł Lonkwic, Włodzimierz Kupicz, Szymon Ptak, Piotr Piątek, Wiktor Wąsik, Artur Renkas

“…The test subjects were firefighter’s helmets compliant with the European standard for helmets used by fire brigades. The study was carried out under model conditions, using special equipment with a head model and an additional force sensor placed under it, where the cervical spine is anatomically located. …”
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Politics by Other Means in the Italian ‘Years of Lead’: Armed Groups, Ideology and Patterns of Violence by Valeria Scuto

“…This theoretical framework is used for a micro-comparative, most-similar case study analysis of the Red Brigades and New Order militant organisations in Italy during the so-called ‘Years of Lead’. …”
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Réflexions sur la déchéance de nationalité en contexte terroriste – (pluri)appartenance et (sous)citoyenneté en France et au Maghreb by Delphine Perrin

“…The form of terrorism which had affected Europe during the Cold War (the Red Army Fraction in the Federal Republic of Germany, the Red Brigades in Italy, or Direct Action in France) had been handled from an endogenous angle, without bringing the issue of nationality into question despite a similar transnational political situation. …”
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