SLOWING DOWN TO KEEP THE LEAD IN MILITARY TECHNOLOGY

We develop a model of military technology competition among states. States can choose to introduce new military technology, mimic rivals’ level of technology, or withdraw from the contest. States can choose to implement any level of technology within their current feasible technologies. We find that states with significant technological leads should sometimes withhold new technologies, only strategically releasing them to trump rivals’ efforts. We develop the model by refining Admiral Jackie Fisher’s roughly articulated concept of ‘plunging’. We then use this refined argument to reanalyze the case of naval rivalries among European powers between the Crimean War and the First World War. Finally, we conclude by discussing the model’s implications for current US military force structure planning.     

MICRO-DISARMAMENT IN WEST AFRICA

This article explores the proliferation of illicit small arms and light weapons in the West African sub-region and efforts by the regional Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to deal with the problem through the ECOWAS Declaration of a Moratorium on the Importation, Exportation and Manufacture of Small Arms and Light Weapons in West Africa. The paper analyses the degree of compliance with the Moratorium by four ECOWAS member states, namely, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Mali.     

CONSOLIDATING DEMOCRATIC CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS

Children have special protection under the South African constitution, including the right to safety, health and an environment conducive to their wellbeing and optimal development. Yet, firearms contribute significantly to the high incidence of deaths and injuries among South African children and in young males in their late teens. This case study is about the participation of the Child Health Policy Institute (CHPI) in a law reform process ultimately aimed at reducing firearm injuries and deaths in the country by exercising stricter gun control through legislation and other reforms. This feature briefly describes the political context in which the project was initiated, the research on firearm injuries and deaths in children conducted by the CHPI, and the dissemination of the research findings. The role of the CHPI as an academic institution within the Gun Control Alliance is also examined as are the lessons learnt in trying the bridge the gap between research and law reform.     

多样化军事任务装备物资储备模式研究

针对多样化军事任务的特点,分析了其对装备物资储备提出的新要求,并进一步从储备主体、储备形态、储备方式及储备保障等方面提出了多样化军事任务装备物资一体化储备模式．研究结论对加强多样化军事任务装备物资储备体系建设具有积极的指导意义．     

火灾公众责任保险与消防治理问题研究

阐述了火灾公众责任保险的涵义,分析了火灾公众责任保险在消防治理中的作用,梳理了火灾公众责任保险的发展现状问题,进而提出消防治理视阈下火灾公众责任保险的发展思路。     

群体性事件网络舆情传播模式与引导机制研究

近几年,群体性事件发生频率和危害程度明显呈上升趋势,群体性事件网络舆情研究逐渐成为热点课题。在重点分析群体性事件网络舆情两种传播模式的基础上,研究政府引导网络舆情的日常引导机制和应急引导机制,以期为政府治理群体性事件提供参考依据。     

解析“翻转课堂”中的教师角色

翻转课堂颠覆了传统的教学模式,实现了学生的个性化学习,学生的学习主体性得到了彰显。不过,教师的作用不仅没有弱化,反而变得更加重要,教师在翻转课堂中具有多重角色,是翻转课堂成功实施的关键。本文简要分析和研究教师在翻转课堂中的重要角色。     

论高中《政治生活》实施探究性学习的一般模式

探究性学习的实质是要求教师转变教育观念,在教学中充分调动学生学习的主动性和积极性,激发学生学习的主人翁意识,真正使学生成为学习的主人。因此高中政治课的课堂教学应该充分渗透探究性学习的精神,同时教师又应在这一宗旨的指导下,根据教材的内容和特点的不同采用不同的模式,选用不同的方法,这样才能达到构建高效课堂的目的。     

基于学生自主学习的高等数学“情景——问题”教学研究

当前,综合性大学高等数学教学中普遍存在着学生学习兴趣不高、学习动力不足、教学方法单等问题,为应对上述问题,我们给出高等数学"情境—问题"教学模式。该教学模式的特点是基于有效问题情境的创设,最大程度地激发学生的学习积极性,将质疑提问、培养问题意识、提高分析问题解决问题能力、提炼知识背后的深刻的数学思想等方面贯穿教学的全过程。该教学模式很好地贯彻了"以人为本"的教育理念,真正将学习的权利交还给了学生。     

开孔复合材料层合板的拉伸强度和失效模式分析

为研究纤维编织工艺、铺层角度和孔径大小对开孔复合材料层合板拉伸强度和失效模式的影响规律,选用正交平纹玻纤层合板（WFL）和单向玻纤层合板（UFL）制作0°和45°铺层开孔拉伸试件,随后进行了试验研究;采用 Abaqus 建立基于二维 Hashion 失效准则的渐进损伤仿真模型,并对试验结果进行了对比,分析了试件的损伤机理。研究结果表明：层合板强度随开孔增大而减小,并且这种变化率随孔径增大而增大,45°铺层的层合板的变化率小于0°铺层,WFL 小于 UFL;WFL 的破坏以纤维断裂为主,裂纹垂直于纤维方向,UFL 以基体开裂为主,裂纹沿纤维方向,孔径则对破坏模式无明显影响;0°铺层 WFL 的破坏是由纤维拉伸失效导致,45°的则由纤维拉伸失效和基体拉伸剪切失效共同导致,0°铺层 UFL 由基体压缩失效导致,45°的则由基体拉伸剪切失效导致;拉伸强度的仿真与试验结果最大误差为14．1％,由此验证了仿真计算方法的有效性。