RUSI JournalPub Date : 2017-11-02DOI: 10.1080/03071847.2017.1414989
Diana Clark Gill
{"title":"North Korea and Nuclear Weapons: Entering the New Era of Deterrence","authors":"Diana Clark Gill","doi":"10.1080/03071847.2017.1414989","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03071847.2017.1414989","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51795,"journal":{"name":"RUSI Journal","volume":"162 1","pages":"75 - 76"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/03071847.2017.1414989","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59636861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RUSI JournalPub Date : 2017-09-03DOI: 10.1080/03071847.2017.1404769
Inês Sofia de Oliveira
{"title":"The Despot’s Guide to Wealth Management: On the International Campaign Against Grand Corruption","authors":"Inês Sofia de Oliveira","doi":"10.1080/03071847.2017.1404769","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03071847.2017.1404769","url":null,"abstract":"77 become unintelligible to individuals who are not familiar with this particular market, industry and its major drivers. Whether the reader agrees or disagrees with Hartley’s preferences in terms of economic analysis, the book presents straightforwardly and with examples the major dynamics characterising the arms industry and the way it works (especially in large Western arms-producing countries), and explores some of the specific obstacles and challenges that come with its assessment and analysis. ","PeriodicalId":51795,"journal":{"name":"RUSI Journal","volume":"162 1","pages":"77 - 79"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/03071847.2017.1404769","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59636646","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RUSI JournalPub Date : 2017-09-03DOI: 10.1080/03071847.2017.1406697
Edward Hunter Christie
{"title":"Does Russia Have the Fiscal Capacity to Achieve its Military Modernisation Goals?","authors":"Edward Hunter Christie","doi":"10.1080/03071847.2017.1406697","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03071847.2017.1406697","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In this article, Edward Hunter Christie sheds light on the extent to which Russia’s economic trajectory may enable or constrain its military modernisation goals. It adds to existing research by using quantitative scenarios and counterfactual analyses of the state’s fiscal conditions under different assumed levels of ambition for defence procurement spending. This approach leads to a more evidence-based assessment of the policy preferences of the Russian leadership. It also provides an objective basis for evaluating Russia’s fiscal capacity to fulfil its ambitions in a mid-term perspective.","PeriodicalId":51795,"journal":{"name":"RUSI Journal","volume":"162 1","pages":"15 - 4"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/03071847.2017.1406697","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59636691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RUSI JournalPub Date : 2017-01-02DOI: 10.1080/03071847.2017.1301656
Brian Holden Reid
{"title":"From Liddell Hart to Joan Littlewood: Studies in British Military History","authors":"Brian Holden Reid","doi":"10.1080/03071847.2017.1301656","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03071847.2017.1301656","url":null,"abstract":"At the age of 80, Brian Bond is still writing – and long may he continue. He has been a valiant supporter of RUSI, having served on its council and contributed frequently to the pages of the RUSI J...","PeriodicalId":51795,"journal":{"name":"RUSI Journal","volume":"162 1","pages":"88 - 89"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/03071847.2017.1301656","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59637030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RUSI JournalPub Date : 2016-12-01DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.16-6-524
Robert W Hunter, Cate Lawson, Evangelia Galitsiou, Fiona Gifford, John J Neary
{"title":"Pyroglutamic acidosis in association with therapeutic paracetamol use.","authors":"Robert W Hunter, Cate Lawson, Evangelia Galitsiou, Fiona Gifford, John J Neary","doi":"10.7861/clinmedicine.16-6-524","DOIUrl":"10.7861/clinmedicine.16-6-524","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Long-term use of paracetamol (at therapeutic doses) can cause the accumulation of endogenous organic pyroglutamate, resulting in metabolic acidosis with an elevated anion gap. This occurs in the presence of malnutrition, infection, antibiotic use, renal failure and pregnancy. Given the prevalence of these risk factors, this condition is thought to be relatively common in a hospitalised population but is probably significantly underdiagnosed. Prompt recognition is essential because the condition is entirely reversible if the causative agents are withdrawn.Here we describe five cases of pyroglutamic acidosis that we have encountered in a tertiary referral hospital. Together they illustrate the common clinical risk factors and the excellent prognosis, once a diagnosis is made. We describe how a rudimentary acid-base analysis (calculation of the anion gap) usually leads to the diagnosis but how a more nuanced approach may be required in the presence of mixed acid-base disorders.</p>","PeriodicalId":51795,"journal":{"name":"RUSI Journal","volume":"34 1","pages":"524-529"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6297337/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81749522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RUSI JournalPub Date : 2016-11-01DOI: 10.1080/03071847.2016.1265873
E. De Angelis
{"title":"100 Years On – Arts Experiences of the First World War","authors":"E. De Angelis","doi":"10.1080/03071847.2016.1265873","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03071847.2016.1265873","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51795,"journal":{"name":"RUSI Journal","volume":"161 1","pages":"66 - 68"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/03071847.2016.1265873","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59636974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RUSI JournalPub Date : 2016-10-17DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.116.003589
Yoshikazu Goto, Akira Funada, Yumiko Goto
{"title":"Subsequent Shockable Rhythm During Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Children With Initial Non-Shockable Rhythms: A Nationwide Population-Based Observational Study.","authors":"Yoshikazu Goto, Akira Funada, Yumiko Goto","doi":"10.1161/JAHA.116.003589","DOIUrl":"10.1161/JAHA.116.003589","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The effect of a subsequent treated shockable rhythm during cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the outcome of children who suffer out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with initial nonshockable rhythm is unclear. We hypothesized that subsequent treated shockable rhythm in children with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest would improve survival with favorable neurological outcomes (Cerebral Performance Category scale 1-2).</p><p><strong>Methods and results: </strong>From the All-Japan Utstein Registry, we analyzed the records of 12 402 children (aged <18 years) with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and initial nonshockable rhythms. Patients were divided into 2 cohorts: subsequent treated shockable rhythm (YES; n=239) and subsequent treated shockable rhythm (NO; n=12 163). The rate of 1-month cerebral performance category 1 to 2 in the subsequent treated shockable rhythm (YES) cohort was significantly higher when compared to the subsequent treated shockable rhythm (NO) cohort (4.6% [11 of 239] vs 1.3% [155 of 12 163]; adjusted odds ratio, 2.90; 95% CI, 1.42-5.36; all P<0.001). In the subsequent treated shockable rhythm (YES) cohort, the rate of 1-month cerebral performance category 1 to 2 decreased significantly as time to shock delivery increased (17.7% [3 of 17] for patients with shock-delivery time 0-9 minutes, 7.3% [8 of 109] for 10-19 minutes, and 0% [0 of 109] for 20-59 minutes; P<0.001 [for trend]). Age-stratified outcomes showed no significant differences between the 2 cohorts in the group aged <7 years old: 1.3% versus 1.4%, P=0.62.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In children with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and initial nonshockable rhythms, subsequent treated shockable rhythm was associated with improved 1-month survival with favorable neurological outcomes. In the cohort of older children (7-17 years), these outcomes worsened as time to shock delivery increased.</p>","PeriodicalId":51795,"journal":{"name":"RUSI Journal","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5121473/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81647404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RUSI JournalPub Date : 2016-03-03DOI: 10.1080/03071847.2016.1174482
Paul C. Irwin Crookes
{"title":"The Political and Security Nexus of the Taiwan Strait and China’s New Military Capabilities","authors":"Paul C. Irwin Crookes","doi":"10.1080/03071847.2016.1174482","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03071847.2016.1174482","url":null,"abstract":"This article explores the political and security implications for relations between Beijing and Taipei in light of the recent election of a new Taiwanese president. Due to be inaugurated in May 2016, Tsai Ing-wen hails from a different point on the political spectrum to that of the outgoing leadership, introducing uncertainties in the political relationship with the mainland and casting light on the continuing importance of the United States as a security actor in the region. Concurrent with outlining the nature of this political change and the uncertainties this introduces, Paul Irwin Crookes evaluates evidence of a shift in the balance of military power across the Taiwan Strait, potentially changing the dynamics of decision-making for all sides in the event of future conflict.","PeriodicalId":51795,"journal":{"name":"RUSI Journal","volume":"44 1","pages":"48 - 55"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/03071847.2016.1174482","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59636717","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RUSI JournalPub Date : 2015-12-01Epub Date: 2015-11-16DOI: 10.1007/s10969-015-9199-0
Mikhail Osipovitch, Mitchell Lambrecht, Cameron Baker, Shariq Madha, Jeffrey L Mills, Paul A Craig, Herbert J Bernstein
{"title":"Automated protein motif generation in the structure-based protein function prediction tool ProMOL.","authors":"Mikhail Osipovitch, Mitchell Lambrecht, Cameron Baker, Shariq Madha, Jeffrey L Mills, Paul A Craig, Herbert J Bernstein","doi":"10.1007/s10969-015-9199-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10969-015-9199-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>ProMOL, a plugin for the PyMOL molecular graphics system, is a structure-based protein function prediction tool. ProMOL includes a set of routines for building motif templates that are used for screening query structures for enzyme active sites. Previously, each motif template was generated manually and required supervision in the optimization of parameters for sensitivity and selectivity. We developed an algorithm and workflow for the automation of motif building and testing routines in ProMOL. The algorithm uses a set of empirically derived parameters for optimization and requires little user intervention. The automated motif generation algorithm was first tested in a performance comparison with a set of manually generated motifs based on identical active sites from the same 112 PDB entries. The two sets of motifs were equally effective in identifying alignments with homologs and in rejecting alignments with unrelated structures. A second set of 296 active site motifs were generated automatically, based on Catalytic Site Atlas entries with literature citations, as an expansion of the library of existing manually generated motif templates. The new motif templates exhibited comparable performance to the existing ones in terms of hit rates against native structures, homologs with the same EC and Pfam designations, and randomly selected unrelated structures with a different EC designation at the first EC digit, as well as in terms of RMSD values obtained from local structural alignments of motifs and query structures. This research is supported by NIH grant GM078077. </p>","PeriodicalId":51795,"journal":{"name":"RUSI Journal","volume":"63 1","pages":"101-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4684744/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81556142","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RUSI JournalPub Date : 2015-11-02DOI: 10.1080/03071847.2015.1124627
E. De Angelis
{"title":"Images Of The Invisible War","authors":"E. De Angelis","doi":"10.1080/03071847.2015.1124627","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03071847.2015.1124627","url":null,"abstract":"Trevor Paglen, whose work The Octopus was recently shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2016, is a multidisciplinary artist who focuses on surveillance and intelligence activities – what he terms the ‘invisible war’. As well as his solo work, he collaborated with Laura Poitras in the making of Citizenfour, the award-winning 2014 documentary film about Edward Snowden. Other recent projects include Code Names of the Surveillance State, a video installation in which National Security Agency and GCHQ surveillance-programme code names were projected onto public buildings, and Trinity Cube in the Fukushima Exclusion Zone. In this interview, he reflects on some of the questions with which he grapples in his work, from the nature of contemporary warfare to the tension between privacy and surveillance, and the role of the artist in understanding war in contemporary society.","PeriodicalId":51795,"journal":{"name":"RUSI Journal","volume":"160 1","pages":"78 - 83"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/03071847.2015.1124627","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59636604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}