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C-130 Hercules : a history
\"Designed in response to a 1951 requirement, the C-130 Hercules is the most successful military airlifter ever built. Since it first flew in prototype form on 23 August 1954, more than 2,100 have been produced in over eighty different versions. Across its variants, the Hercules serves more than sixty air forces, as well as many civilian cargo operators, in a multiplicity of roles, including air-to-air refueller, gunship, airborne command post, flying hospital and fire-fighter. This rugged and easily maintained aircraft entered service in 1956 with the USAF Tactical Air Command. Ten years later the 'Charlie 130' was providing the essential logistical support in Vietnam. This period in South-East Asia was the Hercules' finest hour. Paradrops, airlift and evacuation operations were completed around the clock, often at low level, usually under fire and nearly always in bad weather. A generation later this 'Mr Dependable' was serving with equal distinction in the Gulf War in the role of airlifter, radio-countermeasures and 'psy-ops' platform, gunship and, once again, 'block-buster bomber'. The 'Herky Bird' or 'Fat Albert', as the C-130 is fondly known, has proved a key component in humanitarian relief operations ever since, in all parts of the world. The incredible success story of the C-130 is far from over. Here Martin W. Bowman tells the full story of this remarkable aircraft at first-hand.\"--Publisher's description.
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Power and Politics in Old Regime France, 1720-1745
First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
'Dr Peter Campbell is to be congratulated on a bold, important and learned work' – Literary Review '[Peter Campbell] has given a valuable synthesis of recent work on seventeenth-century France' – Times Literary Supplement 'Bulges with stimulating insights and bright ideas.' – French History 'A rare snapshot of how high politics actually worked ... With this manual in hand the reader could survive at the court of Louis XV - and probably score.' – History Today
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Herakles Inside and Outside the Church
Herakles Inside and Outside the Church explores the reception of the ancient Greek hero Herakles (the Roman Hercules) in the predominantly Christian cultures which succeeded classical antiquity in Europe, grappling with the question of his significance in the post-classical world.
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Strong roots : a memoir of food, family, and Ukraine
\"Strong Roots is the story of a century in Ukraine told through four generations of one extraordinary family. It takes us from years of Russification, to Olia's grandmother's deportation to snowy wastelands under Stalin, to her aunt Zhenia's school protest, to her own parents' flight from Ukraine when their village was occupied in 2022. This is an ode to the land, to ideas of home and belonging, and to family stories and recipes passed down the generations--the tang of sour cherries, the best way to make borsch. It is an account of resilience in the hardest of circumstances. Strong Roots brims with hope and fear. It lays bare the compromises and betrayals of generations struggling and surviving through war, peace, invasion and exile. It is an uplifting reminder of how much the human spirit can endure when born from a land rich with strong roots\" -- Provided by publisher.
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The Modern Hercules
The Modern Hercules explores the reception of the ancient Greek hero Herakles - the Roman Hercules - in western culture from the nineteenth century to the present day, exploring the hero's transformations of identity and significance in a wide range of media.
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Myostatin Mutation Associated with Gross Muscle Hypertrophy in a Child/DR. SCHUELKE AND COLLEAGUES REPLY
DR. SCHUELKE AND COLLEAGUES REPLY: Williams raises the question of whether the increased muscle mass in the child we describe might be due to an imprinting disorder and suggests that maternal isodisomy should be ruled out. Here we provide data to rule out uniparental isodisomy of chromosome 2 on the basis of microsatellite-marker analysis of specimens from the patient and his mother. We detected a founder haplotype for which the patient was homozygous in a 20-cM segment around the myostatin gene (Fig. 1).
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Bio-inspired Attachment Mechanism of Dynastes Hercules: Vertical Climbing for On-Orbit Assembly Legged Robots
With the increasing size of space facilities, on-orbit assembly requires robots to move on different heights of trusses. This paper proposes a bio-inspired attachment mechanism for robot feet to enable climbing on different heights of trusses. Inspired by the attachment and grasping abilities of Dynastes Hercules, we utilize its foot microstructures, such as microhooks and setae, to achieve efficient contact and firm grip with the surface. The morphology and arrangement of these structures can inspire the design of robot feet to improve their grasping and stability performance. We study the biological structure of Dynastes Hercules, design and optimize the bio-inspired structure, analyze the influence of various factors from theoretical and experimental perspectives, and verify the feasibility of the scheme through simulation. We propose an ideal climbing strategy that provides useful reference for robot applications in practice. Moreover, the influence laws of various factors in this paper can be applied to robot foot design to improve their operation ability and stability performance in the space environment. This bio-inspired mechanism can improve robot working range and efficiency, which is critical for on-orbit assembly in space.
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