The Challenges of Prosecuting Maritime Pirates

Maritime piracy has always posed a constant threat to the peace and security of maritime navigation.The rise of acts of piracy is found to have been caused by several crucial factors such as geographical factor, weak law enforcement, maritime insecurity, economic dislocation and cultural acceptability.Nevertheless, due to the lack of consistency an

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Foreign Medical Professionals at Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine: Insights from the Documents between 1950 and 1973 of the Turkish State Archives of the Republic Archive

During WOMENS HATS the 1930s, a significant number of physicians, nurses, and scientists sought refuge in Turkiye as they fled the oppressive regimes in Nazi Germany and its neighboring countries.They were employed in educational and health institutions in Turkiye, especially at Istanbul University.Although the number decreased in subsequent decade

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Benchmarking Machine Learning Algorithms for Instantaneous Net Surface Shortwave Radiation Retrieval Using Remote Sensing Data

Net surface shortwave radiation (NSSR) is one of the most important fundamental parameters in various land processes.Benefiting from its efficient nonlinear fitting ability, machine learning algorithms have a great potential in the retrieval of NSSR.However, few studies have explored the level of accuracy that machine learning algorithms can reach

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