Military expenditure and economic development in China: an empirical inquiry

Increases in military spending have a big impact on the socioeconomic conditions in any country. However, there is no consensus as to whether the rising military expenditure is beneficial or detrimental to economic growth. The present study chose China as a case study to empirically examine a complex relationship between military expenditure and economic development. The findings from the Johansen cointegration test indicated that there existed a long-run relationship between China’s military spending and economic growth. Furthermore, the Granger causality test detected a unidirectional causality from economic development to military expenditure. These results were further confirmed by the findings from the impulse response function. This means that China represents an example of a developing economy where the size of military expenditure expands in the process of economic transformation.     

论生态价值视域下的思想政治教育

人与自然的关系在社会发展到今天,越来越得到人们的重视。以往的思想政治教育,人们总是把它的价值局限在政治价值、经济价值和文化价值上。高校的道德教育也是主要围绕如何处理人与人、集体和社会的关系等,而相对忽略了如何处理人与自然,包括人与其他生命体的关系的教育内容。正确认识人与自然的关系,对保护自然环境承担起责任,是当代大学生必须拥有的素质。     

动物机器人及其潜在军事应用价值

动物机器人由于具有出色的隐蔽性和环境适应性,可能在未来战争或局部冲突中会扮演重要角色,成为决定战场胜负的杀手锏。针对动物机器人及其潜在的军事应用价值,本文介绍了动物机器人的原理,根据动物生存环境的差异综述了陆地动物机器人、飞行动物机器人和水下动物机器人等三种类型机器人的研究现状;在此基础上,分析了动物机器人在抵近侦察、目标引导、对象识别和直接打击等方面的潜在军事应用价值,并讨论了动物机器人走向实用过程中存在的刺激靶点、刺激方式、生物相容性、操控器件、无线通讯以及能源供给等方面存在的工程问题以及未来研究方向。动物机器人优势十分明显,但对技术的要求也非常高,目前仅仅处于起步阶段,未来的路还任重道远。     

试论中国传统健康观及其美学价值

现代健康观是一个具有审美价值追求的概念.中国传统的健康价值观,所表现出的"中和"生理观、"中和"心理观、"中和"自然观、"中和"社会观,将人、自然、社会和谐地统一在一起,注重对精神情感的培养,是追求一种生命存在的审美境界.     

Defence spending and economic growth: A causal analysis for Greece and Turkey*

There are a number of studies which consider the relation between military spending and economic growth using Granger causality techniques rather than a well‐defined economic model. Some have used samples of groups of countries, finding no consistent results. Others have focused on case studies of individual countries, which has the advantage of the researchers bringing to bear much more data than the cross country samples and a greater knowledge of the structure of the economy and the budget. This paper adds to the literature by providing an analysis of two countries, Greece and Turkey, which are particularly interesting case studies given their high military burdens, the poor relations between the two and the resulting arms race in the area. In addition to analysing the data using standard “pre‐cointegration” Granger causality techniques, this paper employs modern vector autoregressive (VAR) methodology that utilises cointegration via Granger's representation theorem. The standard Granger causality tests suggest a positive effect of changing military burden on growth for Greece, but this is not sustained when the cointegration between output and military burden is taken into account. The only evidence of significant Granger causality is a negative impact of military burden on growth in Turkey.     

兵团精神与井冈山精神:价值意蕴、逻辑体系与实践路径

兵团精神与井冈山精神都是党在革命、建设的伟大实践中创造的红色基因,都是中国革命精神的重要组成部分,都是中国共产党人的精神谱系。同时,兵团精神实践主体来源于井冈山,兵团精神继承和发扬了井冈山精神,特别是井冈山精神中坚定执着追求理想、艰苦创业的奋斗精神、实事求是的精神等成为兵团精神的强大思想动力。兵团精神是井冈山精神结合边疆实际的继承和发扬。新时代高校大学生继承和发扬兵团精神、井冈山精神需要通过广泛实践来践行;继承和发扬兵团精神、井冈山精神需要融入大学生课堂教育;继承和发扬兵团精神、井冈山精神需要融入大学生社会实践;继承和发扬兵团精神、井冈山精神需要创新教育传播。     

各向异性矩形板平面应力问题一般解析解

采用复级数方法首次建立了线性偏微分方程组边值问题的一般解析解法,并用于求解各向异性矩形板平面应力问题,给出各向异性板平面应力问题一般解析解．引入（Ｕ,Ｖ）＝∑∞－∞（Ａ,Ｂ）ｅｉｍπζ,ｅｉｍπηｒ,代入控制方程组,推出实数型级数解,将其回代入平衡方程组中任一个,可确定待定系数（Ａ,Ｂ）之间关系．将一般解析解代入边界条件,用余弦级数的方法确定待求系数．数值计算验证了解析方法的收敛性．     

Economic reconstruction amidst conflict: Insights from Afghanistan and Iraq

Economic reconstruction typically takes place after the end of war. Yet recently, economic reconstruction has been viewed as a means to ‘win hearts and minds’ during ongoing conflict. Drawing on a variety of reconstruction experiences from Afghanistan and Iraq, we identify four ‘reconstruction traps’ that result from the incentives and constraints faced by actors involved in economic reconstruction during ongoing conflict. These traps include: 1. the credible commitment trap, 2. the knowledge trap, 3. the political economy trap, and 4. the bureaucracy trap. Avoiding these traps is critical for successful economic reconstruction; and we discuss potential strategies for doing so.     

THE LONG‐RUN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DEFENCE EXPENDITURES AND GDP IN TAIWAN

Using the Solow–Swan growth model and the time‐trend included in the aggregate production function, this study applies the multivariate cointegration approach to re‐investigate the long‐run and causal relationships between defence expenditures and GDP while controlling for capital and labour input in Taiwan during the 1955–2002 period. It examines the long‐run causal relationship using the weak exogeneity test and utilizes general impulse response functions to determine whether a shock to defence expenditures affects economic growth or vice versa. Our findings provide substantive evidence in favour of the existence of a long‐run equilibrium cointegrated relationship between defence expenditures, GDP, labour and capital stock. The results of the weak exogeneity test indicate that a bi‐directional causal relationship exists in the long‐run between defence expenditures and GDP. Thus, the main policy implication that emerges from the long‐run results is that increasing defence expenditures in Taiwan is an effective means to boost overall economic performance and, with this improved economy, it should then be able to increase its defence expenditures further. Lastly, from our dynamic vector error correction model estimations, it is found that defence expenditures are a major means of adjusting for disequilibria that occur within the system.     

基于复杂背景的图像分割算法

针对圆柱形钢棒在线计数特定的复杂背景提出了基于双阈值结合数学形态学运算的分割算法。首先分别根据2个阈值进行分割得到2幅二值图像,然后根据目标是圆形以及其大致位置等先验知识分别对2幅图进行腐蚀,开启,闭合等数学形态学运算,最后将高阈值分割得到的图像中的边界信息叠加到低阈值分割得到的图像中。实验结果表明,本方法作为本系统的图像预处理是有效的。