Dirty war: chemical weapon use and domestic repression

The utilization of chemical weapons to quash domestic rebellion is a drastic action for a regime facing domestic challengers to take, especially given the reputation costs and risk of international intervention. However, recent developments have illustrated that some regimes have contemplated and implemented extraordinary measures (including the use of chemical munitions) to quash rebellion. This study addresses the question of why some states utilize chemical weapons against domestic challengers while others refrain from this level of state repression. I argue that the utilization of chemical weapons has both domestic and international elements. Specifically, that ethnic cleavages that lead to secessionist challenges and factors associated with inter-state rivalry impact the likelihood that a state utilizes the employment of chemical munitions. I test my argument and other explanations regarding repression with a casestudy approach utilizing captured Iraqi Government documents comparing Iraq’s Al-Anfal campaigns with developments during the recent Syrian Civil War.     

装备保障人员优化配置方法研究

将装备保障人员按级别分为操作人员、维修人员及管理人员,结合人员进入、培训和退出的状态,构造了状态转移矩阵,求出了各级别人员数量。定义了不同级别针对不同任务的保障效率,按照保障人员完成最高效率任务构建了最优化配置模型。通过实例验证了模型的实用性。     

引入电流变化率的电源分布网络最差噪声分析算法

随着时钟频率的增加以及电源电压的降低,电源完整性问题日益凸显。将电流变化率加入到最差噪声算法的电流约束中,能够在任意电流变化率的情况下分析电源分布网络的最差噪声,从而获得更加真实的最差噪声。另外,利用改进的Knuth-Yao四边形不等式法对基于动态规划的最差噪声算法进行加速,加速后算法的时间复杂度从O(n~2m)降为O(mnlogn)。     

如何做好社会主义市场经济条件下的思想政治工作

思想政治工作是社会主义精神文明建设的重要手段,是社会主义市场经济发展的有机组成部分.做好社会主义市场经济条件下的思想政治工作,必须认识思想工作的新环境,解放思想,转变观念,帮助人们确立市场取向的改革意识,增加思想政治工作的适应性.     

《多余的话》之解读史与再解读之可能

瞿秋白牺牲前写下的最重要的文字当属<多余的话>.六十年来,人们都是从政治层面来解读它.本文试图对这种解读的过程及其实质作一清理,纠正长期以来把它当作瞿秋白绝笔的说法,同时从文学、文化和心灵史的角度来解读和诠释这一经典文本.     

需要是思想政治工作的理论依据

需要是人们行动的源泉,满足人们的需要是我们党制定方针政策的出发点,满足需要是社会主义建设的目的,所以说需要是思想政治工作的理论依据.我们要运用正确的方法满足人们的需要,以提高人们工作的积极性,使思想政治工作确有成效.     

关于加强和改进思想政治工作的思考

对新形势下加强和改进部队思想政治工作应注意的问题及如何结合实际树立创新意识 ,创建新的运行机制 ,更新思想政治工作的内容、形式和手段等进行了分析和探讨。     

Herdsmen militancy and humanitarian crisis in Nigeria: A theoretical briefing

This article explores the phenomenon of herdsmen militancy as a new trajectory for the farmer–herder crisis in Nigeria, with reference to its humanitarian implications. Relying on a systematic analysis of secondary data and aligning with the analytical anchorage of liberal political ecology theory, the article posits that herdsmen militancy depicts a contradiction in agrarian relations in the context of a national security crisis which has been complicated by salient socio-ecological factors such as climate change, armed violence, and identity politics. In view of the dire humanitarian consequences of this situation, the article submits that herdsmen militancy constitutes a major threat to human and national security in Nigeria. It makes a case for a pragmatic policy capable of mitigating the myriad socio-ecological factors that tend to trigger herdsmen militancy, with prohibition on open grazing in critical hotbeds of herder–farmer conflict as a strategic measure.     

阿尔特舒尔摩阻因数公式应割爱停用

紊流混合摩擦区是成品油管输的基本流区,其摩阻因数的基准公式为科尔布鲁克公式,国标采用十分近似、容易计算的哈兰德公式。由于历史原因,前苏联学者阿尔特舒尔的紊流混合摩擦因数公式在我国石油储运界一直流行,但该式只适用于管径较小、管内壁较粗糙、雷诺数较低的情况,而科式和哈式没有这种限制,且后者的计算也很简单,故阿式应割爱停用。     

无人机滑跑航迹控制模型与控制精度分析

航迹偏差的控制精度对滑跑起降至关重要,地面滑跑纠偏建模和地空航迹控制的切换策略是起降航迹控制设计的难点。从运动学关系出发,提出了地面滑跑纠偏控制的设计模型,使得复杂的地面航偏控制规律易于设计;利用同-反馈结构在多个状态的协调控制,实现了地空状态自然过渡的航迹控制切换策略;最后提出了提高航迹控制精度和进行风干扰补偿的措施。