Military Spending,Conflict and External Debt in Sub-Saharan Africa

The damaging economic effects of the debt crises on Africa in the late 1980s encouraged considerable research on the determinants of external debt in developing economies. Although sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA) debt was cut by two-thirds by 2008, through two debt relief programmes, debt in the region has since been rising at an increasingly rapid pace. This study provides an empirical analysis of the determinants of external debt in SSA over the period 1960–2016, using dynamic panel methods. It also considers two potentially important factors that have received relatively little attention. One is military spending, rarely considered, despite a number of well-publicised scandals over the procurement of unnecessary and expensive high-tech weapons systems. A second, is the possibility that the countries studied have been involved in conflict. The empirical results point to a positive impact of military spending on external debt, but with some evidence of heterogeneity across the countries. Furthermore, findings indicate that the positive effect of military expenditure on debt becomes more marked in countries that have been affected by conflict. These results imply that policies to improve security and reduce military spending could be beneficial in reducing external debt and, potentially, improving economic performance in the region.     

How pressure for change challenge military organizational characteristics

This article elaborates on how structural, normative and functional pressures for change may challenge military organizational characteristics. We problematize theoretically and exemplify empirically what consequences these pressures can have on military organizational characteristics, arguing that they constitute major challenges for managing in particular normative pressures for change. The empirical examples suggest that bureaucratic, hierarchical, narcissistic and greedy traits of the organization are challenged by normative pressures such as value changes and normalization. Another source of challenge is professionalization processes. Structural challenges, on the other hand, are managed by the organization and do not seem to inhibit the workings of organizational characteristics. The plausibility probe conducted questions the sustainability of military organizational characteristics in their traditional disguise, in particular due to legitimacy concerns. It is suggested that future research should be directed towards analyzing how military organizations manage pressure for change and whether their characteristics are questioned.     

感应式磁性天线设计及干扰抑制算法研究

当期望信号和干扰同方向时,为了有效改善超低频频段的通信质量,提出了一种基于模拟电路预处理和改进广义旁瓣抵消的干扰抑制算法,设计了磁性天线、低噪声前置放大电路,制作了灵敏度较高的磁传感器,有效地抑制了工频及其谐波干扰。鉴于超低频频段的信号十分微弱,在广义旁瓣抵消算法的基础上做了几点改进,为主通道提供较多的参考信息,从而提高了算法的性能,有效地解决了传统算法失效的问题。为了验证所提算法的有效性,在实验室环境下搭建实验平台,设计了多组对照实验,实验结果表明:无论期望信号与干扰是否同方向,改进后的广义旁瓣抵消算法相比原来的算法,在信噪比的提升和噪声底限的降低等方面均有较大程度的改善。     

轻量级SpaceFibre节点高速传输系统的优化设计

为满足卫星有效载荷间SpaceFibre链路的高带宽、高可靠性和轻量化的应用需求,提出一种SpaceFibre节点传输系统的优化设计。该设计采用基于帧累计的增量化计算方法减少了计算电路的冗余;通过四级流水架构满足了错误检测操作的时序要求,使用循环冗余校验共享机制平衡了硬件资源的使用;采取基于完整应答的双层控制策略提升了系统的可靠性,通过构建面向资源优化的控制状态机和存储架构简化了确认重传算法的实现逻辑。使用型号为XC7Z100FFG900-2的FPGA搭建双节点系统,板级验证表明:该设计满足协议规范,与同类设计方案相比,最高工作频率提高1.5倍,支持最高6.25 Gbit/s的传输速率,查找表资源和存储资源降低,寄存器资源相近,为开发具有自主知识产权的高速可靠SpaceFibre编解码器提供了参考。     

某型弹用管控高温通讯异常分析

某型弹用管控处理装置在环境应力筛选试验高温阶段出现通讯异常现象,对故障产生的原因进行了查找和分析,最终得出是由于器件选用时考虑不周导致信号在高温出现时序判读错误,由此及时解决了问题并从中获得宝贵经验和启示。     

模糊变权法在通信保障能力评估中的应用

分析了通信保障应注重提高的六种能力,给出了运用模糊变权法求变化权重的方法,并通过示例计算进行分析,得出结论,为通信保障能力评估提供了一定的理论依据。     

计算机网络通信系统在消防安全工作中的应用

针对公众聚集场所、消防安全重点单位,探讨如何利用计算机网络及通信系统做好消防工作,并提出了计算机报警系统误报率、漏报率较高等问题的解决办法。     

数据资源规划中统一身份认证平台设计与实现

针对后勤信息化建设中数据集成和信息资源规划中面临的问题,提出了基于目录访问协议的统一角色存储、Agent表数据同步和JMS数据发布的用户信息认证机制和信息交换机制,实现了后勤各级用户全网身份数据的统一整合,确保全局数据的一致性,为全网完全统一身份认证提供技术基础。     

一种快速评定通信设备战损等级的方法

为解决通信设备战损等级评定中存在的问题,快速且准确地做出评定,提出了利用BP神经网络进行战损等级评定.在总结战损等级影响因素的基础上,建立了通信设备战损等级评定神经网络模型.经检验,该模型用于战时通信设备战损等级评定准确度高,具有很强的军事意义.     

基于ADC的炮兵激光观测仪侦察效能分析

运用了效能分析方法,针对复杂战场环境下炮兵侦察系统的效能进行分析,特别是炮兵激光观测仪,揭示其内在规律,为提高现有侦察装备的作战效能找到重要途径,也为指挥员的决策提供可靠的战略支持.在侦察系统效能分析理论的基础上,对典型的激光观测仪侦察装备进行了计算评估验证,其方法和成果可供其他武器系统效能评估时借鉴参考.