The evolution of the defense innovation system in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has been shaped by the overall development of the country’s science and technology, education, and industrial systems. The defense innovation system has experienced three stages of evolution from the perspective of civil-military integration (CMI): an initial development stage under Mao Zedong, a period of re...

On May 14-15, 2008, the John F. Kennedy School of Government and the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College hosted a colloquium entitled “Civil-Military Relations in a Post-9/11 World.” The colloquium, inspired by past, present, and future interactions between civilian leaders and the uniformed military, sought to examine three general areas: the roles and responsibilities of ...

This paper proposes a model of ubiquitous video services and management systems for solving current issues of video surveillance services and management in the smart city. The author presents the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) based methods of integrating and using existing video resources in civil defense emergency commanding by providing a use case “Civil Defense Emergency Command Center in Hua...

Agonistic behaviour of crayfish has been studied extensively in laboratory settings where pairs or groups of individuals are allowed to interact within an experimental arena. Crayfish agonistic behaviour within its natural context, however, has received little attention to date. The present, non-manipulative field study explored activity patterns, behavioural repertoires, and agonistic encounte...