Democratic control of Romanian intelligence after three decades: quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

ABSTRACT

Romania faced one of the most dramatic transitions from authoritarian communism to become a democracy and a member of the North-Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Union (EU). The backbone of building a democratic society has been civilian control of the military. This article briefly describes the norms and institutions of democratic control of the intelligence services in Romania and assesses how the mechanisms of democratic control have worked in practice after almost three decades of reform. We argue that many of the post-1989 reforms have been only superficial implemented and monitored, particularly after Romania joined NATO and the EU. The article concludes that the democratic control of intelligence in Romania is an unfinished business. There are structural shortcomings embedded in the process of democracy consolidation that need to be addressed.     

Power series expansions for the distribution and mean value function of a geometric process with Weibull interarrival times

The geometric process is considered when the distribution of the first interarrival time is assumed to be Weibull. Its one‐dimensional probability distribution is derived as a power series expansion of the convolution of the Weibull distributions. Further, the mean value function is expanded into a power series using an integral equation. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 61: 599–603, 2014     

TURKEY'S NUCLEAR COMEBACK

As worries have grown about global warming and the sustainability and price of fossil fuels, the demand for nuclear energy has increased, and nuclear power is increasingly viewed as a reliable and clean resource. However, the so-called nuclear renaissance coincides with an international security environment in which the norms of nuclear nonproliferation seem to be eroding. Turkey, a non-nuclear weapon state, plans to generate nuclear power to meet future energy demands, but it is aware of and concerned with regional proliferation trends. Questions have also been raised regarding Ankara's rationale for using nuclear energy, as well as its potential motivations and capabilities regarding future proliferation. This article will provide an overview of Turkey's nuclear energy history and plans, as well as the proliferation-related questions that could arise; it will also look at the domestic debate on nuclear energy and Turkey's status as a non-nuclear weapon state.     

一种基于层次分析法的舰炮武器系统选型综合评价模型

针对舰炮武器系统选型配置决策中众多制约因素难以平衡兼顾的难题,本文基于层次分析法,综合了作战效能、全寿命周期费用、研制周期、适装性、技术可行性和发展潜力等多变量因素,提出并建立了一套综合优化舰炮武器系统选型配置方案的方法和模型,实现了舰炮武器系统选型配置问题的优化决策,最后以大口径主炮武器系统发展选型为例,给出了模型的应用实例。     

螺旋形爆炸磁压缩发生器

为了得到高电压的输出,从爆炸磁通量压缩发生器的工作原理入手,在单端起爆装置的基础上,设计了一种两端起爆的螺旋形爆磁发生器,并给出了实验结果和分析。     

四种螺线管型爆磁压缩发生器的实验研究

实验研究了四种螺线管型爆磁压缩发生器,给出了其主要实验结果和结论。     

Ambulance location for maximum survival

This article proposes new location models for emergency medical service stations. The models are generated by incorporating a survival function into existing covering models. A survival function is a monotonically decreasing function of the response time of an emergency medical service (EMS) vehicle to a patient that returns the probability of survival for the patient. The survival function allows for the calculation of tangible outcome measures—the expected number of survivors in case of cardiac arrests. The survival‐maximizing location models are better suited for EMS location than the covering models which do not adequately differentiate between consequences of different response times. We demonstrate empirically the superiority of the survival‐maximizing models using data from the Edmonton EMS system. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2008     

基于Swarm平台的防空兵服务概率仿真与分析

防空兵服务概率是描述防空兵抗空袭能力的一个重要参数。论文对防空兵服务概率仿真进行了模型假设,在分析防空兵服务系统基础上,建立了防空兵服务概率仿真所需的火力单元Agent、敌机Agent以及各个仿真模块。通过对仿真数据的分析,得出两个结论：一是火力防线配置距离存在一个适度值;二是通过缩短平均服务时间来降低突防率,比增大可射击距离降低突防率效果更为明显的。这些结论对防空兵火力防线配置有一定的参考价值。     

基于分布式数据流的的指控系统服务集成方法

针对SOA服务集成架构应用于军用指控系统遇到的问题,提出了一种基于分布式数据流的服务集成方法。其设计思想不同于现在常用的服务集成方法中采取的集中式数据流,该方法支持指控服务构件之间数据的直接通信,可避免集中式处理带来的通信瓶颈问题,提高了服务集成的性能,较好地适应了军用异构网络环境。     

高场强电磁脉冲模拟器及其生物学研究

介绍了一种新建的适用于生物效应研究的高场强电磁脉冲(EMP)模拟器,描述了其工作原理、设计参数。调试结果表明,此模拟器达到了设计要求,且性能稳定。动物实验已初步表明,高场强EMP可致大鼠中枢神经系统血液循环障碍,神经细胞变性,突触结构模糊等改变。