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Journal articles on the topic "Improvised means"
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Koynov, Maxim Yurevich, and Igor Viktorovich Golubev. "Legal grounds for the use of improvised means in the activities of police patrol officers." Полицейская деятельность, no. 3 (March 2023): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.7256/2454-0692.2023.3.40607.
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The article deals with the legal issues of improving the activities of patrol and post police units in terms of the use of improvised means and means that are not in service when solving operational and service tasks. The purpose of the study: the formation of theoretical knowledge on the legal basis and procedure for the use of improvised means and means that are not in service with the police during carrying out patrol duty. The purpose of the study is to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the regulatory framework governing the use of improvised means and means that are not in service in the activities of police patrol and patrol service officers when solving operational and service tasks. To study the practice of using improvised means and means that are not in service in the activities of police patrol officers when solving operational and service tasks. The main conclusions of the conducted research are the need for additional legal regulation of the use of improvised means not only in place of special ones, but along with them other means to ensure the fulfillment of the tasks assigned to the patrol and post service of the police. Determination of the grounds, conditions, limits and tactical features of the use of improvised means by police officers. And also, the need to correlate the used improvised objects with a similar special tool, which is in service with the police. The problematic points in the topic under study and ways to eliminate such problems are identified, the need for further research in the affected topic is justified.
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de Bruin, Leon R. "Evolving Regulatory Processes Used by Students and Experts in the Acquiring of Improvisational Skills: A Qualitative Study." Journal of Research in Music Education 65, no. 4 (2017): 483–507. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022429417744348.
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The way an improviser practices is a vital and significant aspect to a musician’s means and capacities of expression. Expert music performers utilize extensive self-regulatory processes involving planning, strategic development, and systemized approaches to learning and reflective practice. Scholars posit that these processes are constructivist and socioculturally explained and manifest in individual, jointly negotiated, and shared learning. This qualitative study explores the regulatory processes of four prominent Australian improvising musician-educators and four tertiary improvisation students. Expert and developing musicians’ processes in learning and teaching improvised music-making were investigated through observations of self-regulation, co-regulation, and shared regulation strategies. I identified and analyzed regulatory learning strategies located from practice, training, and experience using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Findings suggest insights of evolving self-regulative behavior that are dynamic, task-specific, personalised, and contextually contingent across individual and collaborative tasks and activity. An integrative regulatory model of learning offers guidance and reflection of metacognitive flow within a social constructed view of learning. Implications for researchers and educators are drawn for meaningful educational practice by knowing and understanding expert improvisers’ complex concepts of self-regulation, critical thinking, problem solving, and the evolution and evaluation of creative processes in improvisers.
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Rayala, Venkat, and Satyanarayan Reddy Kalli. "Big Data Clustering Using Improvised Fuzzy C-Means Clustering." Revue d'Intelligence Artificielle 34, no. 6 (2020): 701–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.18280/ria.340604.
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Clustering emerged as powerful mechanism to analyze the massive data generated by modern applications; the main aim of it is to categorize the data into clusters where objects are grouped into the particular category. However, there are various challenges while clustering the big data recently. Deep Learning has been powerful paradigm for big data analysis, this requires huge number of samples for training the model, which is time consuming and expensive. This can be avoided though fuzzy approach. In this research work, we design and develop an Improvised Fuzzy C-Means (IFCM)which comprises the encoder decoder Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) model and Fuzzy C-means (FCM) technique to enhance the clustering mechanism. Encoder decoder based CNN is used for learning feature and faster computation. In general, FCM, we introduce a function which measure the distance between the cluster center and instance which helps in achieving the better clustering and later we introduce Optimized Encoder Decoder (OED) CNN model for improvising the performance and for faster computation. Further in order to evaluate the proposed mechanism, three distinctive data types namely Modified National Institute of Standards and Technology (MNIST), fashion MNIST and United States Postal Service (USPS) are used, also evaluation is carried out by considering the performance metric like Accuracy, Adjusted Rand Index (ARI) and Normalized Mutual Information (NMI). Moreover, comparative analysis is carried out on each dataset and comparative analysis shows that IFCM outperforms the existing model.
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Delovino, Kirt Areis E., and William S. Lim. "An Improvised Tracheotomy Speaking Valve." Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 27, no. 2 (2012): 28–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.32412/pjohns.v27i2.529.
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Objective: To design and test an improvised tracheotomy speaking valve fabricated from recycled parts of an anesthesia airway breathing circuit.
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 Design: Surgical Instrumentation
 Setting: Tertiary Private Hospital
 Subjects: Speaking valves fabricated from discarded anesthesia breathing circuit parts were pilot-tested on 3 patients: one with vocal fold paralysis, another with a supraglottic mass and one post hemi-laryngectomy.
 Results: The improvised tracheotomy speaking valve was inexpensive and relatively easy to assemble. All three patients tolerated speech well through the speaking valve and were pleased to reestablish their means of verbal communication. Maximum Phonation Time (MPT) averaged 8 seconds for all three subjects.
 Conclusion: In our local setting, improving the quality of life of tracheotomized patients should be accessible to all, hence the value of an improvised speaking valve. It provides a more affordable means of restoring speech and because it is made from recycled materials, it is eco-friendly. Our improvised speaking valve is also a cheaper but viable alternative to more expensive commercially available ones. Clinical trials with standardized feedback questionnaires, multi-observer perceptual evaluation with a system such as the GRBAS and/or vocal acoustic measures in a speech laboratory should be made to assess long term use, efficiency and safety measures.
 Keywords: tracheotomy, tracheostomy, speaking valve, speaking device
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Mishra, Kinnari. "An Improvised Ideology based K-Means Clustering Approach for Classification of Customer Reviews." International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) 13, no. 4 (2024): 1330–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.21275/sr24212214435.
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Lichorobiec, Stanislav, and Lucia Figuli. "Shaped-Cumulative Charge as a Pyrotechnic Mean for a Pipe Bomb Deactivation." Key Engineering Materials 755 (September 2017): 65–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.755.65.
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The aim of solved problem is a development of a new invasive means for improvised explosive devices deactivation. The idea is a quick and reliable disposal of improvised explosive device with construction system as a tube bombe. Such tube bomb has to be deactivated, dismantled and to do not explode. The development of shaped – cumulative charge was conceptually solved in a way to pushed down metal end caps of the tube bomb, to pick up explosive with a detonating fuse and to prevent from its explosion. Dismantled parts put to forensic test, for the improvised explosive device constructer revelation.
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Kawka, Waldemar Jerzy. "Legality of the Use of Improvised Explosive Devices in Armed Conflicts." Kwartalnik "Bellona" 700, no. 1 (2020): 81–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0014.0214.
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A profound analysis of the essence and purposefulness of using IEDs, IED categorization, basic rules of international humanitarian law in armed conflicts, and prohibited methods and warfare means clearly indicate that the above means for destructing enemy means and forces in armed conflict can and should be ascribed to those means of warfare the use of which is allowed under certain conditions.
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a, Eunice, N. Anumudu, and Adedapo I. Yemi. "IMPROVISATION AS A MEANS OF ENHANCING THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF MATHEMATICS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ENUGU STATE." International Journal of Advanced Research 9, no. 04 (2021): 506–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/ijar01/12720.
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Mathematics is an essential part of the education system in Nigeria. However, it is perceived among learners as a tedious and challenging subject. The primary objective of the current study was to enhance the teaching and learning of mathematics using improvisation. The study also examined the role of students location on mathematics learning when the learning material is improvised. The population of the study included secondary school students in both rural and urban areas of Enugu State. A total of 68 secondary school students constituted the study samples. A quasi-experimental design was used. Two hypotheses were tested, and it was concluded that improvisation of learning material enhances students performance in mathematics. Also, the study found that students location does not affect performance in mathematics when instructional material is improvised. The findings and recommendations are discussed.
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Sorokopud, V. B. "TRAINING FUTURE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO DEAL WITH CRIMINALIZED PERSONS." Scientific Herald of Sivershchyna. Series: Education. Social and Behavioural Sciences 2024, no. 1 (2024): 268–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.32755/sjeducation.2024.01.268.
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Law enforcement officers’ communication with criminalized persons is an integral part of their professional activities, and the readiness to confidently use certain improvised means for self-defense is a skill that can save lives and preserve health of an officer during official communication actions. The purpose of the article is to characterize the means of self-defense of law enforcement officers when dealing with criminalized persons in their offices. The methodology of the study was based on the analysis of theoretical provisions and the synthesis of practical experience in the field of self-defense when dealing with criminals. Results of the study and conclusions. The author of the article highlights the practical aspects of professional communication with criminalized persons and identifies a number of means by which a law enforcement officer can protect his/her life and health in the event of a collision with such persons in the office premises. The author noted that law enforcement officers should adhere to a business style of communication and be able to protect themselves with improvised means at the time of a threat to life and health from a criminalized person during communications in the office. Key words: means of self-defense, law enforcement officer, communication, professional activity.
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Harmata, Władysław. "Contamination detection — new calls." Bulletin of the Military University of Technology 71, no. 4 (2022): 31–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0053.8568.
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The overview article deals with the current issue of contamination detection. Unfortunately,the threat of the possibility of using weapons of mass destruction in a local conflict caused byRussia cannot be excluded. In addition, analysing contemporary threats, it is necessary to take intoaccount the possibility of activity of terrorists using improvised explosive devices with acetone andurotropin peroxides. The country’s contamination reconnaissance (detection) system is technicallyand procedurally outdated compared to NATO solutions. Point detectors and patrols operating in thearea of contamination domi-nate, while in NATO armies remote systems, e.g., using lidar techniques,unmanned means, etc., are used. Poland has all the elements to establish this type of contaminationreconnaissance system.Keywords: chemical sciences, improvised explosive devices, detection and monitoring of contamination.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Improvised means"
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KUČEROVÁ, Andrea. "Úniky nebezpečných chemických látek na území města Plzně." Master's thesis, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-119519.
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The topic of my thesis is: "Leaks of dangerous chemical substances in the territory of the town Pilsen". I have been dealing with this very hot issue, because there are more and more chemical substances around us. We can find a lot of companies producing, using and having these substances in stock, so we cannot rule out smaller or larger leaks. They usually have negative impacts on human health and life, animals, environment or the leak can cause high material damage. It is necessary to take new measures to decrease results of leak of dangerous chemical substances. In the theoretical part of my work I described some dangerous chemical substances, rules for behaviour and arrangments during the leaks of dangerous chemical substances. In the practical part I evaluated statistic records about leaks of dangerous chemical substances and I valuated talks with experts of public administration in the area of Pilsen town. I carried out my own modulation of ammonia leak in the programme ,,TerEx? and by that I gained an area of public danger where I performed an investigation among people. In my work there was verified a hypothesis whether the people living round the object with dangerous chemical substances have some knowledge about the individual protection. I came to conclusion that this hypothesi can be confirmated due to out comes of my questionary research ? our inhabitants are endowed with the needy useful knowledge (as I have been persuaded by). In my work I found out and important piece of knowledge that there had been only one leak of dangerous chemical substance some ammonia leak from the Pilsner ´´PRAZDROJ a.s.´´. It was an acceptional situation and it did not have any serious effect on people and environment. I would like to recommend only one thing ? to increase public awareness about possible danger in the place of domicile. It is necessary to say that people are only exceptionally interested in these safety questions. This work can be used within the public administration in the field of emergency management and accidental planning for (preparation of) inhabitants´ protection. It can also be used as some study material.
Books on the topic "Improvised means"
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Sarath, Ed. A Consciousness-Based Look at Spontaneous Creativity. Edited by Benjamin Piekut and George E. Lewis. Oxford University Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199892921.013.13.
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This chapter explores improvisation from a consciousness-based standpoint. Examination of an inner mechanics for the transcendent experience frequently reported by improvisers sets the stage for consciousness-based distinctions between improvisation and composition processes, in which improvisation is extricated from common misclassification as an accelerated subspecies of composition. Temporal, cultural, and linguistic factors are considered in distinguishing between improvisatory and compositional paradigms. The intimate melding between musicians and listeners in peak improvised performance is paralleled with the deep collective communion associated with group meditation practice as indicative of a nonlocal, intersubjective field of consciousness, empirical support for which suggests that possible societal benefits may result from certain applications. An “improvisatory hermeneutics” is considered as a means for new ways of perceiving global challenges and paradigmatic change that centers intersubjectivity and other anomalous possibilities not commonly embraced in academic and public policy discourse.
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Hampton, Timothy. Michel de Montaigne, or Philosophy as Improvisation. Edited by George E. Lewis and Benjamin Piekut. Oxford University Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195370935.013.012.
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This chapter underscores the unique position of Montaigne’sEssaysin the western philosophical tradition. Montaigne’s practice of constantly adding to his previously published essays as his mood and interests changed means that theEssaysare an extended exercise in improvisation. Montaigne’s improvised, provisional philosophical approach has broad implications. Politically, it is intimately linked to his undogmatic rejection of the extremism of the French wars of religion. Intellectually, it underpins his relationship to the classical culture that he inherited from Renaissance humanism. And it binds the philosophical enterprise to the mutability and fragility of the body in ways that are strikingly modern.
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Howlett, David J. Conclusion. University of Illinois Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/illinois/9780252038488.003.0011.
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This concluding chapter argues that individuals “build” sacred sites through varied discourse on what a site means. Indeed, each pilgrim and each site guide are best seen as building the Kirtland Temple and contributing to its collective meaning. Despite the relatively fixed location of the site, the agents who build the Kirtland Temple are actually in the process of constructing confessional and ideological sites rather than a singular site, temples rather than a singular temple. The physical temple itself simply provides the finite set of terms out of which groups have created many different variations. As such, the physical site itself has become a platform for improvised ecclesiastical performance and contestation. Moreover, various Mormon groups use the temple as a place to shape, transform, and justify their particular group commitments.
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Nooshin, Laudan. (Re-)imagining improvisation. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199355914.003.0019.
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What role does the concept of improvisation play in how we imagine ‘sameness’ and ‘difference’ in music? How do the verbal discourses around creative practice serve to mark musical boundaries? This chapter considers such questions in the context of Iranian music. Specifically, the chapter explores how the concept of improvisation has been understood, constructed and imagined in Iran, particularly in recent years as musicians have sought to position Iranian music within a global network of ‘improvised’ music through which the music accrues associations such as the idea of ‘improvisation as freedom’ or as a means of invoking cross-cultural universals. The chapter argues that in the context of Iran, the significance of improvisation as a concept lies less in its ability to describe musical process and more in its enabling musicians to position their music around particular understandings of ‘sameness’ and ‘difference’.
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Pardue, Derek. Spatial Politics of Kriolu Presence in Lisbon. University of Illinois Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/illinois/9780252039676.003.0005.
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This chapter examines the politics of space of Kriolu presence in Lisbon by focusing on the demolition and relocation campaigns engineered by city urbanization agencies. Space is an irreducible dimension of presence. Kriolu presence refers to the various manifestations of Cape Verde and Cape Verdeans in the metropole. Ths formation is one signifcant influence in the sentiment and management of what it means to be Portuguese and, by extension, European. Cape Verdean presence is historical and linguistic in nature, and forms part of a grounded politics, a struggle for recognition and enfranchisement based in the everyday realities of improvised infrastructure, state campaigns of relocation, and dynamic views on belonging. This chapter argues that there is a “Creole citizenship” emerging in Lisbon and that Kriolu plays an important role in elucidating the differences between autoconstructed neighborhoods and social or state-sponsored project housing. It emphasizes the significance of migration and housing by focusing on the processes of displacement and “emplacement.”
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Trotter, David. The Literature of Connection. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198850472.001.0001.
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This book is about some of the ways in which the world got ready to be connected, long before the advent of the technologies and the concentrations of capital necessary to implement a global ‘network society’. It investigates the prehistory not of the communications ‘revolution’ brought about by advances in electronic digital computing from 1950 onwards, but of the principle of connectivity which was to provide that revolution with its justification and rallying cry. Connectivity’s core principle is that what matters most in any act of telecommunication, and sometimes all that matters, is the fact of its having happened. During the nineteenth century, the principle gained steadily increasing traction by means not only of formal systems such as the telegraph, but of an array of improvised methods and signalling devices. These methods and devices fulfilled not just an ever more urgent need, but a fundamental recurring desire, for near-instantaneous real-time communication at a distance. Connectivity became an end in itself: a complex, vivid, unpredictable romance woven through the enduring human desire and need for remote intimacy. Its magical enhancements are the stuff of tragedy, comedy, satire, elegy, lyric, melodrama, and plain description; of literature, in short. The book develops the concepts of signal, medium, and interface to offer, in its first part, an alternative view of writing in Britain from the Victorian era to modernism; and, in its second, case studies of European and African-American fiction, and of interwar British cinema, designed to open the topic up for further enquiry.
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YumUniverse Pantry to Plate: Improvise Meals You Love--From What You Have!--Plant-Packed, Gluten-Free, Your Way! Experiment LLC, The, 2017.
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Crosby, Heather. YumUniverse Pantry to Plate: Improvise Meals You Love--From What You Have!--Plant-Packed, Gluten-Free, Your Way! Experiment LLC, The, 2017.
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Eldridge, Alice. Reflection. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199351411.003.0011.
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I see music as a very human means of creating, exploring and communicating abstract ideas and emotions. I believe this is made possible through the capacity of organized sound to recruit and coordinate dynamic patterns of interaction across a network of diverse objects and processes distributed across the brains, bodies and worldly objects of musicians and listeners. Reflecting my personal practice as an improvising cellist and my academic interest in digital music, I offer a particular account of some of the roles shape plays in framing and supporting these processes in both acoustic and digital music-making. My own experiences are accompanied by those of other improvisers...
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Maw, David. Improvisation as composition. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199355914.003.0021.
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The close connection between improvisation and composition in the French organ school over several centuries warrants analysis of these practices in similar terms, and the advent of recording has afforded the means for carrying it out. This chapter analyses the work of Charles Tournemire and Louis Vierne, who were amongst the earliest organists to record improvisations. Highly accomplished composers and improvisers, they were also noted teachers, and the terms in which they taught improvisation serve to contextualize analysis of their own practice. Vierne emphasized a schematic approach, while Tournemire focused on spontaneity. This difference is mirrored in the contrast of their compositional styles. However, for both men their improvisational practice demonstrates a need to manifest itself self-consciously by exceeding the bounds of compositional convention.
Book chapters on the topic "Improvised means"
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Moore, Nathan. "Why Record Improvisation?" In HEAR. University of Westminster Press, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.16997/book62.f.
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This chapter considers how recording improvised music not only aids in the development of such music but, more to the point, how recordings facilitate the types of listening used by the improvising musician. Recordings constitute an archive through which further abstractions become possible – not as a means of refinement or of reaching some ‘essence’, but for the selection and actualisation of particular potentials. This is compared to the Schmittian katechon as a means of critiquing the latter.
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Forge, John. "Science and the Morality of Weapons Research." In Research Anthology on Military and Defense Applications, Utilization, Education, and Ethics. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-9029-4.ch014.
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If it were not for weapons research, there would be no predator drones or smart bombs or improvised explosive devices or assault rifles. The insurgents in the Middle East and elsewhere would have no means to fight, and there would be no wars, large or small. Even more importantly, there would be no vast arsenals of thermonuclear weapons capable of ending much of the sentient life on the planet. The world would then most certainly be a safer place. The main issue for ethics and weapons research centres on the ethical or moral evaluation of the activity: Is it ever morally justified to design the means to kill, harm and destroy, and if so, under precisely what circumstances?
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Forge, John. "Science and the Morality of Weapons Research." In Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fifth Edition. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3479-3.ch097.
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If it were not for weapons research, there would be no predator drones or smart bombs or improvised explosive devices or assault rifles. The insurgents in the Middle East and elsewhere would have no means to fight, and there would be no wars, large or small. Even more importantly, there would be no vast arsenals of thermonuclear weapons capable of ending much of the sentient life on the planet. The world would then most certainly be a safer place. The main issue for ethics and weapons research centres on the ethical or moral evaluation of the activity: Is it ever morally justified to design the means to kill, harm and destroy, and if so, under precisely what circumstances?
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Lockwood, Jeffrey A. "Fear on the Farm." In Six-Legged Soldiers. Oxford University PressNew York, NY, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195333053.003.0023.
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Abstract The role of entomological weapons in the modern world is changing as rapidly as the nature of human conflict. Conventional military engagements between uniformed troops equipped with planes and tanks battling to seize control of land have given way to insurgent forces using improvised weapons to attain cultural and political victories. Stealth, sabotage, and subterfuge even the odds. And insects can be an ideal means of waging an “asymmetrical” war. For decades, military planners assumed that humans were the most likely targets. But 21st-century conflicts with unconventional enemies create different scenarios for security and defense planners.
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Forge, John. "Science, Ethics, and Weapons Research." In Advances in Public Policy and Administration. IGI Global, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7661-7.ch006.
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If it were not for weapons research, there would be no predator drones or smart bombs or improvised explosive devices or assault rifles. The insurgents in the Middle East and elsewhere would have no means to fight, and there would be no wars, large or small. The main issue for ethics and weapons research centers on the moral evaluation of this kind of activity: Is it ever morally justified to design the means to kill, harm, and destroy, and if so, under precisely what circumstances? Turning to science and its relation to weapons research, the question here, leaving aside ethics for the moment, is the role that science plays in weapons research. Perhaps weapons research is a wholly (applied) scientific endeavor or perhaps science is a part of weapons research.
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Forge, John. "Science, Ethics, and Weapons Research." In Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition. IGI Global, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2255-3.ch279.
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If it were not for weapons research, there would be no predator drones or smart bombs or improvised explosive devices or assault rifles. The insurgents in the middle east and elsewhere would have no means to fight, and there would be no wars, large or small. The main issue for ethics and weapons research centres on the moral evaluation of this kind of activity: Is it ever morally justified to design the means to kill, harm and destroy, and if so, under precisely what circumstances? Turning to science and its relation to weapons research, the question here, leaving aside ethics for the moment, is the role that science plays in weapons research. Perhaps weapons research is a wholly (applied) scientific endeavour or perhaps science is a part of weapons research.
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Moore, Cerwyn. "The Islamic Spring, Part 2." In Al-Qaeda 2.0, edited by Donald Holbrook. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190856441.003.0014.
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In the second part of the series on the ‘Islamic Spring’, and following a traditional division between ‘far’ and ‘near’ enemies, Zawahiri separates the ‘internal’ struggle in Syria, Iraq and neighboring regions from the external battle targeting Western heretics. Echoing the laissez-faire approach to violence adopted by IS, albeit within the boundaries of legitimate targeting, Zawahiri urges followers to carry out improvised attacks using whatever means are at their disposal, whilst warning believers that if they do transgress and commit sin the fact that they were following orders will not absolve them when it comes to answering for their deeds in front of God.
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Clayton, Martin. "Performance Practice and Rhythm in Hindustān-music." In Time in Indian Music. Oxford University PressOxford, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198166863.003.0007.
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Abstract Rhythm in North Indian music is generated by the application of a variety of idiomatic processes or techniques of development, either precomposed or (more commonly) realized in extemporized performance. Rhythm is generated at a local level, although shaped by a sense of progression both within improvised ‘episodes’-within which particular musical ideas are stated and developed, and which must lead back to the fixed composition-and more loosely, over the performance as a whole. Any formal scheme which may be identified by means of synchronic analysis implies not so much an overall structural plan, as general tendencies in the performance process-typically of episodically organized development, expansion, increase, and intensification.
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Sütalan Zeynep and Güngör Uğur. "Future Trends in Terrorism." In NATO Science for Peace and Security Series - E: Human and Societal Dynamics. IOS Press, 2012. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-035-2-75.
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This article discusses the future trends in terrorism by looking at the changing profile of terrorism through ideology, organization and structure as well as the means and methods used in terrorism. First, the article examines how the ideologies used by terrorist organizations, together with their goals and motivations, have changed. Second, it elaborates how the organizational structure of terrorist organizations has changed with reference to the network and hierarchical structures of terrorist organizations. Third, the article is dedicated to look at the means and methods of terrorist organizations with special attention to the weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and suicide bombing. Other features of terrorism like cyberterrorism, the growing interconnectedness and interdependency between organized crime and terrorism, and the nexus between piracy and terrorism is also addressed. The article argues that there is both change and continuity in terrorism since it is a historical phenomenon and intends to contribute to the discussions on the future of terrorism.
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Klingler-Vidra, Robyn. "Singapore." In The Venture Capital State. Cornell University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501723377.003.0006.
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Chapter Six investigates the sources of Singapore’s interventionist, internationally-focused, funding-centric VC policy formula. Singaporean policymakers’ norms favor policies that offer financing and that attract international investors, which led them to adapt what they learned by seeking out further templates that fit their interventionist approach, including their adaptation of the Israeli Yozma Fund into a US$ 1 billion fund of VC fund. Hungry to implement other means of enticing blue chip VC investors to Singapore, VC policymakers improvised additional VC policy incentives beyond what they learned in their studies of Silicon Valley and Israel. They launched tax exemption schemes, a tax credit for investors’ losses in start-up investments and the Global Investor Program whereby foreign VC investors can obtain Singaporean permanent residency.
Conference papers on the topic "Improvised means"
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John, Manu, V. R. Bindu, and Biby Binu. "Improvised image clustering using K-means." In MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING CONFERENCE 2023 (MECON2023). AIP Publishing, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0227445.
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Mahurkar, Kunal K., and D. P. Gaikwad. "Normalization using Improvised K-Means applied in diagnosing thyroid disease with ANN." In 2017 International Conference on Trends in Electronics and Informatics (ICOEI). IEEE, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icoei.2017.8300768.
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Ramaila, Sam. "HARNESSING PEDAGOGICAL AFFORDANCES OF IMPROVISED RESOURCES IN GEOGRAPHY TEACHING AND LEARNING IN TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS." In International Conference on Education and New Developments. inScience Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.36315/2022v1end085.
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"Meaningful teaching and learning in South African township schools is hampered by general lack of instructional resources. As key agents of educational change, teachers face the key imperative to embrace pedagogic innovation with a view to realize envisaged educational outcomes. This study explored pedagogical affordances of improvised resources as a sustainable means to enhance the quality of instruction in Geography teaching and learning in township schools. The study adopted a mixed-method approach as part of exploratory descriptive survey design and involved purposively selected teachers from South African township schools as participants. Quantitative data was collected through the administration of a survey questionnaire with the participants while qualitative data was collected through semi-structured interviews and classroom observations. Key findings demonstrated that the use of improvised resources provides meaningful platforms to address pervasive knowledge gaps through coherent development of conceptual understanding in Geography teaching and learning. Theoretical implications for pedagogic innovation are discussed."
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Milicevic, Jovica, Bojan Glamoclija, and Jelena Krstic. "IMPROVISATION DURING MANUFACTURING MINE EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE AND CONTROL OF PRECURSORS AS AN ELEMENT OF STATE SECURITY." In 8th INTERNATIONAL FORUM “SAFETY FOR THE FUTURE”. RASEC, 2022. https://doi.org/10.70995/tqcc1373.
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Contemporary society is permeated by conflicts in all segments, new warfare techniques are inevitably introduced, the goal is to keep the opposing side in a constant state of tension and readiness. Stakeholders resort to different ways of fighting, starting from conventional, through guerilla methods and up to terrorist activities. Actions under a "false flag" as well as spontaneous terrorism are a special item. One of the points of contact of all the mentioned forms is the lack of material resources, resorting to improvisation when making explosive ordnance, needed for the realization of certain tasks. For the successful production of the mentioned means, good knowledge and the materials from which they will be made are needed. Materials that can be used to make improvised explosive devices can be found on the free market, these materials are called explosive precursors. One part of this paper deals with improvised explosive devices (IED). The second part of the paper deals with precursors and legal regulations related to the control of production and circulation of these items in the EU and the Republic of Serbia as an important element of security.
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Biswas, Noor Ahmed, Faisal Muhammad Shah, Wasima Matin Tammi, and Saikat Chakraborty. "FP-ANK: An improvised intrusion detection system with hybridization of neural network and K-means clustering over feature selection by PCA." In 2015 18th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT). IEEE, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/iccitechn.2015.7488089.
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Little, Benjamin J., and A. O¨zer Arnas. "Thermally Activated Protective Systems: Material Considerations for Improved Flash/Flame Protection." In ASME 2010 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. ASMEDC, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2010-38958.
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This paper is based on an effort to increase the protection from thermal and flash/flame threats due to explosion. The relatively recent threat of Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs, the large thermal energy associated with them, as well as the secondary fires has prompted an investigation into whether the personal protective equipment available to the individual soldier provides adequate protection from injury. This is a continuation of a previous paper that investigated the full extent of the threat posed by explosions. The research included a profile of the thermal properties of the threat, typical injuries associated with explosions, as well as several possible means of alleviating the dangers. One means that was suggested was the use of intumescent materials. These are materials that expand when exposed to heat, thus increasing the distance between the threat and the person as well as altering their thermal conductivity to make them more resistant to burn. Using this suggestion, in this paper we seek to determine the feasibility of using these materials in a protective garment. It factors in soldier concerns of durability, comfort, et cetera but focuses mainly on the heat transfer aspects of the material.
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Perry, Brandon J., Sara B. Heltzel, and Robert S. Salzar. "The Use of Dermestidae in Documenting Underbody Blast Injuries to Foot-Ankle-Leg Complex." In ASME 2017 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2017-70413.
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Conflicts in the Gulf have exposed warfighters to injury by means of improvised explosive device (IED) detonation beneath armored military vehicles, commonly referred to as underbody blast (UBB). Together with the pelvis, injuries to the foot-ankle-leg number among those most commonly sustained by warfighters in the event of a UBB. Multiple biomechanical tests are currently being conducted in order to develop injury thresholds and risk functions for warfighters subjected to these vertical loads. In a previous study of 38 foot-ankle-leg complexes tested under automotive and UBB load rates, a distribution of injuries was produced. High-speed x-ray video and post-test CT, Statscan (Lodox, Johannesburg, South Africa), and dissection were performed to document injuries. It is, however, difficult to thoroughly remove soft tissue and cartilage from the calcaneus and talus without inducing damage that could be mistaken as a test-induced injury. For this test series, Dermestidae macerated 31 tali and 18 calcanei revealing 12 and 4 injuries, respectively, that were previously undiagnosed through more traditional techniques. Logistic regressions were produced to quantify the significance of the findings. The pre- and post-maceration regressions predicted a 50% injury risk of 6626N and 4228N, respectively, or a 44% difference in mean.
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Salem, Shady, Manuel Campidelli, Wael El-Dakhakhni, and Michael Tait. "Blast Resilient Design of Infrastructure Subjected to Ground Threats." In ASME 2017 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/pvp2017-65205.
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The growing number of terrorist attacks in the past decade has focused the public’s attention on the severity of such a man–made hazard. The rising threat of improvised explosive devices — one of the most successful attack strategies — has significantly increased the number of threats on the ground, in the form of suicide–bombs, vehicle–bombs, etc., thereby requiring the development of more effective blast risk mitigation measures. However, the modern proliferation of such measures poses the problem of evaluating their cost–effectiveness, which prompts the need for a comprehensive optimization methodology — capable of maximizing the resilience of the built environment. The aim of this paper is to lay out the foundations of a resilience–based framework for quantifying the performance of different infrastructure elements incurring blast threats, by means of functionality and resilience indicators. The proposed framework can quantify the consequences of multiple outdoor explosions typified by the emblematic car–bomb scenario. The level of localized damage is evaluated via pressure–impulse diagrams; local failures are then aggregated into the definition of resilience and functionality indicators, designed to provide the analyst with a comprehensive picture of global damage, residual functionality, and downtime of the structural system.
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Schaffner, Grant, and Adam Miller. "MITIGATION OF OCCUPANT ACCELERATION IN A MINE-RESISTANT AMBUSH-PROTECTED VEHICLE BLAST EVENT USING AN OPTIMIZED DUAL-HULL APPROACH." In 2024 NDIA Michigan Chapter Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering and Technology Symposium. National Defense Industrial Association, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.4271/2024-01-3376.
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<title>ABSTRACT</title> <p>With US military casualties mounting due to Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and other roadside bombs, improving the protective capabilities of armored vehicles for service personnel is of paramount importance. Accurate numerical simulations of the blast event provide a means to quickly and economically evaluate the blast-protection performance of armored vehicles, and to develop improved blast countermeasures. This effort developed computational simulations of a system intended to mitigate blast accelerations to a level where the acceleration is no longer a lethal threat to the occupants of an armored vehicle. The hypothesis is that through the manipulation of the mass ratio, stiffness and damping properties of a dual-hull system, the capability of current Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles can be greatly improved. The results show that, in comparison to the standard single-hull vehicle, the dual-hull vehicle reduces head injury criteria by 95.7%, neck compression by 78.3%, chest acceleration by 97.5% and leg forces by an average of 97%. Further work should focus on developing a realistic structural interface between the hulls and evaluating it using simulation, followed by fabrication and testing of limited test articles and full-vehicle systems.</p>
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Yoganandan, Narayan, James P. Hollowell, Frank A. Pintar, and Brad Nicol. "Morphological Analysis of Human Thoracic Spine Endplate." In ASME 1996 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1996. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece1996-1101.
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Abstract This study was designed to determine the three-dimensional morphological characteristics of the human thoracic spine endplate. The analysis was performed on vertebral bodies from T4 through T11 using cryomicrotome techniques. The specimens were embedded in carboxyl-methyl-cellulose gel and sequential anatomic cryosections were taken. A total of approximately 36 sagittal slices were obtained at intervals of 200 to 500 microns. Approximately 200 measurements were taken on each endplate from T4 through T11 from the anterior to the posterior direction to define the anatomy. Three-dimensional contours of the endplate were created and the data were analyzed using statistical procedures (ANOVA). Thicknesses up to 1.15 mm were found in these studies. The mean thickness of all the endplates was 0.313 mm. The endplate demonstrated regional variations as well as variations between the bony and the cartilaginous counterparts. The bony endplate was 31 percent thicker in the anterior compared to the posterior region; 38 percent thinner in the central compared to the peripheral region; and 52 percent thinner in the superior compared to the inferior regions. In contrast, the cartilaginous endplate was 22 percent thicker in the anterior compared to the posterior region; the peripheral region was 192 percent thicker compared to the central region; and 23 percent thinner in the superior compared to the inferior region. The mean overall thickness of the cartilaginous endplate was 0.22 mm with a range of 0 to 1.42 mm. These data are of importance to clinicians as well as biomechanical engineers. For example, in a clinical setting, there are arguments and counter arguments for preserving or compromising the integrity of the endplate [1]. Because the spinal grafts are not always placed at the same location, it is necessary to define the three-dimensional morphological characteristics as well as determine the internal load carrying capacities of these localized regions. This study provides the necessary fundamental data regarding the localized variations of the endplate thickness so that existing detailed finite element models can be improvised to accurately define the endplate characteristics in an attempt to determine the relative contribution of the endplate on the biomechanics of the human spinal column.
Reports on the topic "Improvised means"
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Mayas, Magda. Creating with timbre. Norges Musikkhøgskole, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.22501/nmh-ar.686088.
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Unfolding processes of timbre and memory in improvisational piano performance This exposition is an introduction to my research and practice as a pianist, in which I unfold processes of timbre and memory in improvised music from a performer’s perspective. Timbre is often understood as a purely sonic perceptual phenomenon. However, this is not in accordance with a site-specific improvisational practice with changing spatial circumstances impacting the listening experience, nor does it take into account the agency of the instrument and objects used or the performer’s movements and gestures. In my practice, I have found a concept as part of the creating process in improvised music which has compelling potential: Timbre orchestration. My research takes the many and complex aspects of a performance environment into account and offers an extended understanding of timbre, which embraces spatial, material and bodily aspects of sound in improvised music performance. The investigative projects described in this exposition offer a methodology to explore timbral improvisational processes integrated into my practice, which is further extended through collaborations with sound engineers, an instrument builder and a choreographer: -experiments in amplification and recording, resulting in Memory piece, a series of works for amplified piano and multichannel playback - Piano mapping, a performance approach, with a custom-built device for live spatialization as means to expand and deepen spatio-timbral relationships; - Accretion, a project with choreographer Toby Kassell for three grand pianos and a pianist, where gestural approaches are used to activate and compose timbre in space. Together, the projects explore memory as a structural, reflective and performative tool and the creation of performing and listening modes as integrated parts of timbre orchestration. Orchestration and choreography of timbre turn into an open and hybrid compositional approach, which can be applied to various contexts, engaging with dynamic relationships and re-configuring them.
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Arora, Sanjana, and Olena Koval. Norway Country Report. University of Stavanger, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.31265/usps.232.
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This report is part of a larger cross-country comparative project and constitutes an account and analysis of the measures comprising the Norwegian national response to the COVID-19 pandemic during the year of 2020. This time period is interesting in that mitigation efforts were predominantly of a non-medical nature. Mass vaccinations were in Norway conducted in early 2021. With one of the lowest mortality rates in Europe and relatively lower economic repercussions compared to its Nordic neighbours, the Norwegian case stands unique (OECD, 2021: Eurostat 2021; Statista, 2022). This report presents a summary of Norwegian response to the COVID-19 pandemic by taking into account its governance, political administration and societal context. In doing so, it highlights the key features of the Nordic governance model and the mitigation measures that attributed to its success, as well as some facets of Norway’s under-preparedness. Norway’s relative isolation in Northern Europe coupled with low population density gave it a geographical advantage in ensuring a slower spread of the virus. However, the spread of infection was also uneven, which meant that infection rates were concentrated more in some areas than in others. On the fiscal front, the affluence of Norway is linked to its petroleum industry and the related Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund. Both were affected by the pandemic, reflected through a reduction in the country’s annual GDP (SSB, 2022). The Nordic model of extensive welfare services, economic measures, a strong healthcare system with goals of equity and a high trust society, indeed ensured a strong shield against the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, the consequences of the pandemic were uneven with unemployment especially high among those with low education and/or in low-income professions, as well as among immigrants (NOU, 2022:5). The social and psychological effects were also uneven, with children and elderly being left particularly vulnerable (Christensen, 2021). Further, the pandemic also at times led to unprecedented pressure on some intensive care units (OECD, 2021). Central to handling the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway were the three national executive authorities: the Ministry of Health and Care services, the National directorate of health and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. With regard to political-administrative functions, the principle of subsidiarity (decentralisation) and responsibility meant that local governments had a high degree of autonomy in implementing infection control measures. Risk communication was thus also relatively decentralised, depending on the local outbreak situations. While decentralisation likely gave flexibility, ability to improvise in a crisis and utilise the municipalities’ knowledge of local contexts, it also brought forward challenges of coordination between the national and municipal level. Lack of training, infection control and protection equipment thereby prevailed in several municipalities. Although in effect for limited periods of time, the Corona Act, which allowed for fairly severe restrictions, received mixed responses in the public sphere. Critical perceptions towards the Corona Act were not seen as a surprise, considering that Norwegian society has traditionally relied on its ‘dugnadskultur’ – a culture of voluntary contributions in the spirit of solidarity. Government representatives at the frontline of communication were also open about the degree of uncertainty coupled with considerable potential for great societal damage. Overall, the mitigation policy in Norway was successful in keeping the overall infection rates and mortality low, albeit with a few societal and political-administrative challenges. The case of Norway is thus indeed exemplary with regard to its effective mitigation measures and strong government support to mitigate the impact of those measures. However, it also goes to show how a country with good crisis preparedness systems, governance and a comprehensive welfare system was also left somewhat underprepared by the devastating consequences of the pandemic.