Apart from altruistic reasons, NGOs may engage in developing countries under conditions of conflict and war in order to secure funding and survive in the ‘market’ of humanitarian relief and development assistance. Applying a difference-in-difference-in-differences approach, we analyze empirically whether the presence of US-based NGOs in Afghanistan and Iraq improved their chances of external fu...

There has been a growing interest to incorporate Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) in various military applications. UUVs can be easily deployed in an area of interest such as offshore fleet operating regions and littoral penetration zones to collect critical data. In many military scenarios, collected sensor data have to be transmitted to a host station which could be a land base station, a ...

We learn the words belonging to language of Xiongnus (Asian Huns) through works written by Chinese who developed political, military and economic relations with this community. In study, one Hunnic word carrying meaning spoon, remained unexplained until now, will be explained on base sound passings peculiar Turkic.

1. introduction tarikh-e baihaqi has been most often read as a seminal work of literature; by virtue of this fact, a great deal of its merits has been eclipsed. in this very research, the extent of demonstrating the prominence of war and military related issues will go under a close scrutiny. the prime assertion of this research states that tarikhe-e beihaqi presents a panoramic view of war and...

This paper examines the relationship, often claimed as beneficial, between war and advances in medicine and surgery. Some of the conflicting opinions that have been expressed are discussed. Military medicine in general is conservative and non-innovative. Some medical advances have indeed originated in war, but many other efforts were failures and are forgotten. The application of others is limi...

French colonial medicine is only a short part of French military medicine: three quarters of a century. The officers cadets often belonged to the plebeian elite of the Third Republic, and were educated at the Faculty of Medicine in Bordeaux. They left for oversea territories where they brought a humanistic message on behalf of their country. Some academic classes lost within two decades as many...