The ligaments of counter-terrorism regime: sexual violence and the vicarious traumatisation of female non-governmental organisation workers: evidence from Nigeria

ABSTRACT

There is a dearth of studies on indirect victims of sexual violence in counter-terrorism efforts. Using Nigeria as a case study, this paper argues that global and state-level counter-terrorism policies have generally failed to account for the psychological effects of the engagement of female NGO workers in counter-terrorism operations or mitigating the effects of terrorism in conflict zones. Specifically, there has been an increase in sexual violence perpetrated by some members of the security agencies involved in counter-terrorism operations in North-eastern Nigeria. As a result, female NGO workers carry out Medicare, psychosocial counselling and advocacy for these victims. Female NGO workers become exposed to the trauma of victims of sexual violence, which affects their mental health and thus performances in counter-terrorism activities in the country. This altered their worldview on issues of safety even among secured locations or among the presence of security agents and reinforced feelings of powerlessness.     

弹性轨道磁悬浮控制系统模型降阶研究

在磁悬浮控制系统中,常常忽略轨道的弹性来设计控制算法。在这种控制算法作用下,当轨道刚度较小时,系统容易产生振动。为解决该问题,可以将轨道弹性加入悬浮模型,然后设计控制算法。考虑轨道弹性之后,悬浮系统的模型会比较复杂,控制算法难以在工程实现。为此,采用Hankel范数近似法对考虑轨道弹性后的模型进行降阶,并且在降阶模型的基础上设计控制算法,解决了轨道弹性引发的系统振动问题。并且,这种方法容易在工程中实现。文章最后利用仿真结果验证了降阶方法的可行性。     

分段供电切换传感器的在线故障诊断方法

分段供电切换传感器是多段直线电机控制系统的重要部件。针对其故障检测与定位的问题,提出一种切换传感器故障的在线诊断方法。对采集的传感器信号数据进行压缩,以提高计算的效率;研究切换传感器信号根据次级运动的变化规律,定义标准信号集合;给出计算传感信号差异度的方法,作为分析信号相似程度的量化指标;将问题表示为基于有向图的搜索问题,并根据问题的特点缩小搜索的范围;由此提出搜索算法,可以根据测量的传感信号时序估计传感系统的状态变迁过程;给出故障定位流程,利用算法估计的结果,根据系统标准信号集合进行故障定位。为了说明算法与预期结果的一致性,给出3个命题并进行证明;通过实验验证了故障诊断方法的有效性。     

基于新消防法探析火灾事故调查工作

随着经济社会的高速发展，科学技术的突飞猛进，致灾因素随之剧增，火灾起数呈逐年上升趋势，而由于火灾事故调查结论引发的社会争议和种种诉讼越来越多，群众来信和上访逐年增多。结合新《消防法》对火灾事故调查工作的要求，从火灾原因认定、火灾损失统计和火灾事故处理三个层面上提出加强火灾调查工作的一些做法。     

单片机在数字测磁仪中的应用

从消磁测磁仪使用特点出发 ,结合磁通门测磁原理、数字电路和单片机开发应用技术 ,提出了一种智能化测磁仪设计方案 ,根据该设计方案 ,可以综合提高原有的CCY - 1型测磁仪精度、可靠性以及其它性能 .     

关于装备建设保障性目标的思考——兼论装备的执行任务能力

根据近年来装备保障的实践和国外的发展，从装备作战使用的角度辨析了装备保障的定义，界定了其范围，重点提出了装备保障性目标总要求，阐述了其内涵和任务能力的关系，简述了其确定过程及关键技术，基于装备任务能力与装备执行任务能力对装备保障性进行了系统分析。     

拉锥光纤耦合的光放大器组件光损耗分析

介绍了拉锥光纤耦合的SOA组件的结构特点 ,并针对该结构计算分析了光耦合损耗的最小值 .为了进一步减小SOA组件的光耦合损耗 ,提出了不对称形式的拉锥光纤耦合的SOA组件结构 .这在原有的制作工艺技术条件下 ,可以将整个组件的光耦合损耗降低 1dB .     

Private military contractors’ financial experiences and incentives

ABSTRACT

This article analyses findings from an original survey of 187 private military contractors on their incentives for working in the industry. Perceptions of contractors as “greedy, ruthless, and unscrupulous mercenaries” shape both public and military opinions of outsourcing and may impact U.S. military effectiveness, civil–military relations, and contractor identity. We find that contractors are motivated by a range of factors and that their financial experiences are not clearly more positive than that of state military troops. We recommend broad education of military and defense officials and the public in the U.S. and other relevant nations, regarding the true incentives of modern-day, Western contractors, in an effort to dispel misperceptions, increase effective utilisation of contractors, and beneficially shape PMC-military coordination. DoD may consider integrating such training into its current efforts to improve outsourcing, including its Joint OCS Planning and Execution Course, pre-deployment fora, and curricula of advanced military studies schools.     

基于多通道卷积神经网络的磁性舰船目标运动参数估计

传统磁性目标运动估计效果依赖于目标的初始状态信息,为克服这一缺陷,建立磁性运动目标三分量投影模型,并据此生成磁性舰船运动目标在运动速度、航向、信噪比等参数变化情况下的10类目标的训练数据集、验证数据集以及测试数据集。设计多通道卷积神经网络,对目标的正横距离和运动速度进行估计,并比较和分析了不同的学习方式和激活函数对网络性能的影响。结果表明:Adam+tanh组合方式的估计性能要优于其他组合方式,而且对磁性目标运动参数的估计效果比较精确,此方法相较于卡尔曼滤波、粒子滤波等估计算法的优越性在于运算复杂度低以及参数估计不需要目标初始状态信息。     

军体课程密度与运动负荷初探

对军事体育课中运动负荷与课的密度进行研究,阐述了军事体育课合理运用课的密度与运动负荷的重要性,为进一步深化军事体育训练提供借鉴。