Stigmatizing and Delegitimizing Nuclear Weapons

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was opened for signature on 20 September 2017, the purpose of which is said to be the stigmatization of nuclear weapons.How does one stigmatize nuclear weapons when nuclear-weapon states and states under the nuclear umbrella are strongly opposed to this Treaty? In this article, the significance of LI

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Sentinel-1 Data for Winter Wheat Phenology Monitoring and Mapping

The ability of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Sentinel-1 data to detect the main wheat phenological phases was investigated in the Bekaa plain of Lebanon.Accordingly, the temporal variation of Sentinel-1 (S1) signal was analyzed as a function of the phenological phases’ dates observed in situ (germination; heading and soft dough), and harvest

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