Traditional structures of crime control in Lagos,Nigeria

Notwithstanding the embrace of modern institutions of social control, traditional social control mechanisms still enjoy patronage in Nigeria. This paper examines the traditional structures of social control in Iraye-Oke, Lagos. In-depth interviews, key informant interviews and case studies were used to obtain data from participants. Findings established the functionality of traditional structures in checking crime and its preference over the use of modern social control structures. Traditional structures used include: traditional spiritualists who provide measures to reduce victimisation; the family courts where adjudication takes place involving elders and family chiefs; and the apex traditional court, presided over by the king, where cases like murder, land disputes, adultery and fornication are decided. Traditional extrajudicial measures involve the invocation of ancestral spirits at shrines.     

Nuclear weapons,existential threats,and the stability–instability paradox

Recent scholarship has largely ignored systematic differences in the existential threats that nuclear-weapon possessors pose to other states. This study theorizes that the capacity to pose existential threats shapes nuclear-armed states’ willingness to use military force against one another. We explore three hypotheses regarding how nuclear-based existential threats can deter conflict or encourage it, including under the conditions proposed by the stability–instability paradox. We rely on a statistical analysis of nuclear-armed dyads from 1950 to 2001 and employ the Nuclear Annihilation Threat (NAT) Index to capture variation in the existential threats nuclear-armed states pose to one another. We find that being able to pose an existential threat to another state emboldens potential initiators to use military force but does not deter attacks. The emboldening effects are particularly strong under the hypothesized conditions of the stability–instability paradox. Our study provides unique contributions to ongoing debates over the political effects of nuclear weapons.     

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.     

基于TRIZ的陆军装备保障转型活动生成研究

TRIZ是一种通过解决冲突来解决发明问题的理论,具有系统性、科学性和创新性相统一的特点．通过建立陆军装备保障目标能力参数体系,分析目标能力提升中存在的冲突情况并加以解决,建立了基于TRIZ的陆军装备保障转型活动生成方法,以期有效解决装备保障转型活动生成的关键难题．     

土木工程中常见目标体的地质雷达图谱特征

将地质雷达技术应用于土木工程检测,具有速度快、效率高、准确性及分辨率高的特点。但土木工程范围甚广,且受多种客观因素的影响,使地质雷达探测到的目标体图谱千差万别,易得出错误的判断结果。通过对大量地质雷达检测图谱的分析和归类处理,找出了土木工程中常见目标体的地质雷达图谱特征,为地质雷达在土木工程中的应用提供了判别依据。     

对消防行政处罚法律依据适用冲突的思考

消防行政处罚是消防执法中大量运用的一种执法行为,在处罚时存在法律依据的适用冲突。对“过失引起火灾,尚未造成严重损失”的消防行政处罚在适用时的法律冲突进行了思考,以便能够更好地执行处罚法定的原则。     

高层民用建筑消防安全隐患及对策

随着高层民用建筑的不断增多,其消防安全问题受到社会各界广泛关注。从消防安全隐患的产生、消防管理、建筑地下部分的火灾危害、消防部队装备几个方面分析了高层民用建筑的消防安全隐患。从把好建筑设计、审核、验收关,强化消防安全管理,强化消防宣传教育,加强消防产品与消防工程施工的监管,完善灭火救援体系等方面提出了提高高层民用建筑消防安全的对策。     

超细干粉自动灭火装置在民用建筑中的应用前景分析

指出了超细干粉和超细干粉自动灭火装置的技术特点,并通过与其他自动灭火系统的比较,分析了超细干粉自动灭火装置在民用建筑中的应用前景。     

一般民用建筑火灾特点与起火部位认定

从建筑火灾特点出发,阐述了建筑火灾发展阶段的蔓延特点、烟气流动特性与起火部位的内在联系,说明这些建筑火灾特点对起火部位的认定作用。     

多源目标识别中冲突证据的融合策略研究

随着防空反导作战环境的日益复杂,快速准确地进行真假目标识别显得尤为重要。针对多源目标决策级识别中冲突证据融合问题,在综合分析现有改进证据理论方法的基础上,引入新的冲突度量系数,提出了一种通过在融合流程中增加智能判断环节,以冲突系数为判断依据,对具有不同冲突系数证据选择不同组合规则进行证据组合的融合方法,并给出了策略的流程图。最后进行了实例验证,结果表明新策略能对不同未知信度和不同识别框架冲突证据进行快速有效的融合。