The case for Bush revisionism: Reevaluating the legacy of America’s 43rd president

This article reassesses the foreign policy legacy of George W. Bush in light of the emerging historical record of his administration. We conclude that, whereas Bush’s foreign policy was in widespread disrepute when he left office in 2009, that reputation is likely to improve – perhaps significantly – in the coming years. We identify six particular arguments that lend credence to an emerging ‘Bush revisionism.’ To be clear, we do not necessarily argue that the balance sheet on Bush’s foreign policy was positive, but the arguments presented here are likely to generate a more sympathetic and favorable historical assessment of Bush’s presidency over time.     

信息时代青年政工干部能力构成的新变化

在信息时代,社会生活对青年政工干部的能力构成要求正在悄然发生变化,其中包括理性生活的能力、控制情绪的能力、克服偏见的能力、待人以善的能力、信任同志的能力、寻找需求的能力、正视付出的能力、把握机会的能力。关注信息时代青年政工干部能力构成的微妙变化具有积极的现实意义。     

滚动轴承外圈缺陷非线性动力学分析

为揭示故障轴承系统复杂的非线性动力学特征，建立了基于轴承外圈缺陷、接触非线性和间隙非线性的轴承系统非线性动力学微分方程，并采用数值方法对其求解，得到转子系统在不同转速、不同缺陷程度、不同阻尼下的相图、庞加莱图、分岔图等。研究结果表明，转速和缺陷程度是影响轴承系统非线性动力学特性的重要因素，随着转速和缺陷程度的不同，系统会产生周期、拟周期和混沌等多种非线性行为。     

作战视图的陆战平台电子信息系统作战需求分析

作战体系结构方法是获取作战需求的有效途径;介绍了体系结构的适用原则、作战视图的研究内容及逻辑关系,运用指挥关系模型、作战活动模型、逻辑数据模型、作战活动顺序与时间模型、作战节点连接能力模型、作战信息交换矩阵对指挥关系、作战活动、作战节点连接能力和作战信息交换进行分析,获得陆战平台电子信息系统的作战需求,为陆战平台电子信息系统作战需求分析提供了一种新的方法。     

平板显示控制器在便携式火炮测径窥膛仪中的应用

应用AVERLOGIC公司最新研制的平板显示控制器AL300,实现了便携式火炮测径窥膛仪的火炮直径数据采集、炮膛视频图像转换与显示系统设计。该系统以微处理器AT89C52为控制核心,利用AL300控制液晶显示屏,同时显示炮膛视频图像和直径测量数据。     

发射井内弹-筒系统抗爆减震设计

为提高井下冷发射导弹的生存能力,对其开展了抗爆减震设计研究,建立了弹-筒系统在不同减震方式下的有限元仿真模型,计算了弹-筒系统在爆炸地冲击作用下的动态响应,比较了悬吊式、下支承式、斜吊式等多种减震系统的减震效果,并分析了减震器刚度和阻尼对减震效果的影响。结果表明：悬吊式减震系统的减震效果略好于下支承式,斜吊式最差,合理减小减震器刚度和阻尼可以明显提升悬吊式减震系统的减震效果。     

美国陆军面向2010年发展规划概述

概述美国陆军现阶段实施的2010年发展战略规划,分析阐明美军制定和实行该规划理论基础和指导方针,陆军结构调整与改革的思路和实施的内容,在军队建设上如何充分发挥科学技术优势等.     

Youth Between State and Rebel (Dis)Orders: Contesting Legitimacy from Below in Sub-Sahara Africa

Abstract

The Sahel has gained attention in international politics as one of the central theatres in the war on terrorism. International actors in this war seek alliances with states in the region, reinforcing the latter’s military strength and their legitimacy from outside. At the same time, increasingly-connected young populations question the legitimacy of their states, and contest that legitimacy from within and below. In the absence of states delivering any reasonable form of social contract, young people become torn between different governing orders and find themselves in a liminal space. In this article we present the cases of youth in Mali and Chad, who find themselves in a period of re-definition of their position in society and hence search for legitimate structures representation. In this search they may frame their belonging in terms of ethnicity, religion or political opposition – and increasingly also in adherence to global citizenship. New information flows and connectivity among young people in these regions, and between them and the diaspora, has given a new turn to their search for citizenship/belonging and rightful representation. However, whether their search will be successful in this geopolitical context is questionable.     

Reliability bounds for the NBUE distributions

In this paper, we study upper and lower bounds on the reliability in new better than used in expectation (NBUE) life distribution class with fixed first two moments. By a constructive proof, we determine the upper bounds on the reliability analytically in different regions and show that these bounds are sharp. For the lower bounds, similar results are obtained except in one region. For that region, a conjecture is given for further study. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 49: 781–797, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/nav.10035     

Preservation of stochastic orders for random minima and maxima,with applications

It is shown, in this note, that the right spread order and the increasing convex order are both preserved under the taking of random maxima, and the total time on test transform order and the increasing concave order are preserved under the taking of random minima. Some inequalities and preservation properties in reliability and economics are given as applications. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2004.