Colonial violence and its ‘Small Wars’: fighting the Kuki ‘guerillas’ during the Great War in Northeast India, 1917–1919

ABSTRACT

This paper concerns the lesser known British counterinsurgency (COIN) operations in Northeast frontier of India during the First World War. Officially known as the ‘Kuki Operations’, it was considered as part of the Great War. Carried out in isolation from press and public, and shelved in colonial archives, the event remained invisible until today. Yet, it registers a critical case of colonial COIN doctrine where the ‘moral effect’ doctrine was employed without being questioned. It unleashed enormous amount of organized violence, ranging from shoot at sight to indiscriminate burning of villages, wholesale destruction of property and livestock, prevention of cultivation and rebuilding of villages, forced mass displacement in jungles or in ‘concentration camps’, and collective punishment (communal penal labour and payment of compensation) after the war. This paper argues that the theory of ‘minimum force’ and the practicability of the ‘moral effect’ doctrine as applied by the Empire, sit oddly with each other at the frontier, where violence was seen both as a natural and moral orders. Violence as an ‘imperatively necessary’ method to bring order in a disorderly frontier, in the opinion of colonial state, informs and registers Northeast India as geography of violence.     

PAO8和45#变压器油基础油粘度调和及计算模型研究

采用高低温运动粘度测定仪测量PAO8(8#聚烯烃)合成基础油和45#变压器油基础油按不同比例调和后混合基础油的粘温性能,运用Arrhenius模型和Grunberg-Nissan模型计算混合基础油的理论粘度,研究粘度偏差率随测试温度的变化规律.实验结果表明:Arrhenius模型能准确预测混合基础油的高温运动粘度,粘度偏差率最大值不超过1%,而Grunberg-Nissan模型能精确计算混合基础油的低温运动粘度;PAO8和45#变压器油基础油调和能够获得高低温粘度的匹配.     

One size does not fit all: personalized incentives in military compensation

A critical element in implementing a compensation scheme including nonmonetary incentives (NMIs) is recognizing that preferences vary widely across Service members. There are at least three sources of variability: across different population classes, across individuals within a population class, and across NMI packages for a particular individual. Surveys across different military communities, ranks, and years of Service show the difficulty of identifying any NMI that has significant value for even 50% of the active duty force. At the same time, approximately 80% of the surveyed Service members expressed a significant positive value for at least one NMI. Therefore, one-size-fits-all incentive packages will not be nearly as effective as more personalized incentive packages. The authors discuss variability in Service member NMI preferences and outline an approach to implementing personalized NMI packages in military compensation through a sealed-bid reverse auction, where Service members select individual NMIs from a “cafeteria-style” menu of options.     

一种内陆环境溢油综合监测系统方案设计

针对内陆环境油品储存和运输场所面积大、植被多、地形多变、单一技术难以实现全范围溢油监测的情况,将复杂内陆环境下的油品储运区分为作业区、周围山地和水域3个主体区域,设计了一种基于无线通信的溢油综合监测系统方案。系统由综合监测报警中心和可燃气体、土壤溢油、水面浮油3个探测报警模块通过无线连接组成,各模块均包括若干相应的探测器和现场报警控制器,可对油品作业区及周围山地、水域进行全范围实时监测,及时报警泄漏溢油隐患,降低泄漏溢油事故发生几率。     

Analysis on the resistive force in penetration of a rigid projectile

According to the dimensionless formulae of DOP (depth of penetration) of a rigid projectile into different targets, the resistive force which a target exerts on the projectile during the penetration of rigid projectile is theoretically analyzed. In particular, the threshold V_c of impact velocity applicable for the assumption of constant resistive force is formulated through impulse analysis. The various values of V_c corresponding to different pairs of projectile-target are calculated, and the consistency of the relative test data and numerical results is observed.     

数字电位器ADN2850及其在光传输校准系统中应用

数字电位器是一种可在计算机控制下,通过编程来实现自动操作的智能化器 件,具有调节精确、稳定,数字可长期保存和随时刷新,体积小、抗振动、寿命长的特点 ADN2850是ANALOG公司生产的一种典型的数字电位器,可以通过SPI接口控制它的工作 模式和阻值。介绍了它的结构和控制命令,着重强调了它的SPI接口技术和在光传输校准 系统中应用,通过C语言控制程序控制其阻值,达到了预期的效果。     

影响油罐电位的输油参数分析

目前,油库、储运公司改扩建工程较多,不可避免对工艺流程进行调整,依据液体静电产生原理,应用高斯定理和欧姆定律等理论,分析油罐注油过程中油面电位以及时间与管径、流速等各参数之间的关系,针对管径不变流速变化的情况,进行实验分析,在不对管路进行整改,仅对泵进行重新设计优选时,对如何控制罐内电位的安全,提出参考方案,对油库改扩建工程有一定的指导意义。     

联合战役油料输送系统模拟模型及优化研究

油料输送是联合战役油料保障中的重要环节,其本质是一个受多种随机因素影响的复杂过程。以运筹学的排队论为建模指导思想,将联合战役油料输送视为一个由多个子系统组成的排队系统,在这一系统中有活动实体(油料)在其中流动。对此动态过程进行模拟分析,结合优化技术,定量分析各种输送方案的军事经济效益,为组织计划联合战役油料输送提供有效的决策支持。     

潜艇通信方式与现状及激光对潜通信的地位和作用

以超短波潜对岸通信和超长波岸对潜通信为基础,概述了激光通信的发展、激光传输的特性、激光器件特性和接收滤光器特性及其发展动向。     

用时序展开法求解瞬时无耗传输线方程

本文用时序展开法直接在时域中求解了任意终端和输入端时无耗时变传输线方程。给出了这个问题的一般解。此方法简单,结果的物理意义明确,对分析准行波系统的时域问题具有一定的参考价值。