scholarly journals Units of Military Fortification Complex as Phenomenon Elements of the Czech Borderlands Landscape

Land ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Jiří Kupka ◽  
Adéla Brázdová ◽  
Jana Vodová

This paper is focused on selected units of casemates with enhanced fortification in the military fortification complex of the Czech borderlands landscape as specific forms of brownfields. They represent a functional system that interacts with surrounding nature, landscape character, and human society. Four approaches were chosen to study the function and potential of selected individual abandoned casemates with enhanced fortification, where each of them corresponds to one of the four landscape layers: genius loci, socio-economic sphere, functional relationship (between human and the landscape), and natural conditions. There is a corresponding research method for each of the landscape layers (guided interview with respondents, data analysis on abandoned casemates with enhanced fortifications as brownfields, analysis of their landscape functions, and zoological survey of interior). The main results could show that abandoned casemates with enhanced fortifications can play important roles in all landscape layers: stories and genius loci, abandoned casemates with enhanced fortification as a special type of military brownfield but also as a semi-natural ecosystem, and the same time as a habitat for invertebrates. The analyses and surveys conducted clearly demonstrate that abandoned casemates with enhanced fortification as units of military fortification complex of the Czech borderlands landscape perform several hidden important functions in the landscape for which they cannot be viewed as brownfields. This hidden functional potential is most likely best described by the concept of hidden singularity, which offers itself for integration into basic approaches to brownfields.

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 157-165
Author(s):  
Mansoor Mohamed Fazil

Abstract This research focuses on the issue of state-minority contestations involving transforming and reconstituting each other in post-independent Sri Lanka. This study uses a qualitative research method that involves critical categories of analysis. Migdal’s theory of state-in-society was applied because it provides an effective conceptual framework to analyse and explain the data. The results indicate that the unitary state structure and discriminatory policies contributed to the formation of a minority militant social force (the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam – The LTTE) which fought with the state to form a separate state. The several factors that backed to the defeat of the LTTE in 2009 by the military of the state. This defeat has appreciably weakened the Tamil minority. This study also reveals that contestations between different social forces within society, within the state, and between the state and society in Sri Lanka still prevail, hampering the promulgation of inclusive policies. This study concludes that inclusive policies are imperative to end state minority contestations in Sri Lanka.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
La Ode M. Hasyim ◽  
Lukman Yudho Prakoso ◽  
Helda Risman

Total war is involving all national components such as citizens, territories and national resources in order to defend territorial integrity, sovereignty, and national security from any threats. One of these threats is the act of terrorism which endangers the unity, sovereignty and security of the nation. Acts of terrorism are carried out to create a terror with ideological, political and religious motives and are carried out in vital objects of the state, the environment, and public facilities. One of the vital objects of a country that is prone to acts of terrorism is an airport, which is a place for various activities such as the movement of aircraft, people and goods. Moreover, an airport is a very important infrastructure in supporting the national defense. In this study, the researcher took Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport, Makassar, as the research site considering that several large cases of terrorism and radicalism have occurred in the South Sulawesi region. The objective of this study is to analyze the total war strategy carried out in the Sultan Hasanuddin Airport area as an effort to prevent acts of terrorism at the airport as a vital national object. The research method used is qualitative. The data have been collected from interviews, observations and literature study. The results of this research are in preventing terrorism, a total war strategy that is implemented has three components, including the ‘ends,’ which could prevent the acts of terrorism in Sultan Hasanuddin Airport and strengthen the national defense. The ‘means’ which is manifested in all national components, both government and private agencies, military, police and civil society, as well as facilities and infrastructure. The ‘ways’ which is the intelligence operations, strengthening cooperation between the military and civilians, strengthening synergy between ministries / agencies, training, counseling, completing security tools to prevent acts of terrorism.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (Oktober) ◽  
pp. 29-36
Author(s):  
Agus Faesol ◽  
Imam Ashar ◽  
Gatut Yulisusianto

Abstract: In the world of technology that is increasing, then as humans we will not be separated from the process improvement that occurs. From year to year, it is certain that this increase will certainly. Increasingly rapidly occurring in communication technology. Communication technology has also penetrated the military world, especially in MQTT-based communications. In this research, MQTT-based technology is applied to implement real time tracking system on android. This system is used to send the longitude and latitude coordinates of the personnel so that these points can be known directly via android. From this pure experimental research method, the coordinate point data will continue to be monitored and the existence can be known continuously. This system is designed on a VPS server or Virtual Private Server, so that all devices even though none of the networks can communicate with  each  other  as  long  as  they  have  access  rights  for application user.


2014 ◽  
Vol 587-589 ◽  
pp. 123-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zlata Anatolyevna Gayevskaya ◽  
Sergey Dmitrievich Mityagin

Human activities must not develop spontaneously being driven by its own internal logics and they should be regulated in a certain manner since they appear to be a limited aggregate of material and natural conditions. The prominent mathematician and physicist N.N. Moiseyev believed that «coevolution of human society and biosphere – within the common meaning of this word combination, - is practically a synonym of the term noosphere introduced by V. I. Vernadsky, E. Le Roy» [1, p.142.] It is highlighted in the Copenhagen Declaration (7 December, 2009) of the International Union of Architects that ‘the concept of the project sustainability” accepts all the architectural and city planning objects as a part of a complex interactive system related to its natural environment» [2]. Therefore sustainable urban development depends directly on city planning activities. Capital construction must be in harmony with consequent formation of noosphere with due regard to socially viable management of natural and anthropologic processes and relations development. A number of scientific criteria are suggested to secure socially significant capital construction management on the grounds of the theory of the noosphere genesis.


PERSPEKTIF ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 313-320
Author(s):  
Rika Kusdinar ◽  
Dewi Inggit Pergiwa

The purpose of the research that researchers do is to find out the extent of the Implementation of the Family Hope Program in Cisitu District of Sumedang Regency. The method used in this study is a qualitative research method which is used in research based on the philosophy of postpositivism, used to examine the natural conditions of objects, where researchers act as key instruments, data collection techniques are carried out by triangulation (combined), data analysis is inductive, and qualitative research results emphasize more meaning than generalization. The technique used in taking samples is to use purposive sampling, which is sampling based on needs, so the samples in this study were 4 people. As for what is determined to be the informant in this study are the executors who are considered to have authority, information, and are involved in implementation of the Family Hope Program in Cisitu District of Sumedang Regency. Based on the results of the study, the researchers can describe that the Implementation of the Family Hope Program in Cisitu District of Sumedang Regency can be side to be quite well run according to the success factor of the implementation. But on the other hand there are problems related to facilities, both facilities and infrastructure provided are not yet fully adequate, there are still many shortcomings, this is because the government and the organizers only provide basic facilities.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Abiraj ◽  
D Eeswar Samhithan ◽  
B Sanjai Kumar ◽  
Y Venkatesh

The needs of search and rescue teams in numerous ways reflect the requirements of the military. They both work in perilous situations, they need to discover ways to gather data while keeping personnel out of hurt, and they are both seeking out for individuals. So, this Robot Commands in manual mode using a Smartphone, Wireless cam for Real-time Broadcast, PIR and Metal detection sensors, GPS & GSM modules, ultrasonic sensor, Gas & Fire sensor, temperature and humidity sensor, Acid gun, RFID and Relay switch, In this wireless sensor networks (WSN) is an Encrypted Network and infrastructure-less wireless networks to Screening physical or natural conditions, such as vibrations, pressures,movement, or toxins and to agreeably transmit their information retrieved by using IOT Server.


Author(s):  
Christy Pichichero

The introduction presents the book’ argument: from the late seventeenth through the eighteenth century, the seemingly antipodal phenomena of war and enlightenment were inextricably connected in a metadiscourse that constituted one of the greatest challenges, debates, and fights for progress of the century. This metadiscourse was born of “the Enlightenment” as a discursive context and a contemporary acceptance of war as an inevitable part of human society and as necessary for sovereign states both in terms of reputation and success in a colonial, mercantilist age. Facing the exorbitant costs of global warfare and growing moral criticism, agents of the Military Enlightenment sought to make “good war” in two ways. First, to wage war when necessary and to do so effectively and efficiently while sparing costs and precious resources of the fiscal-military state, especially manpower. Second, to wage war humanely to reflect the compassion, rationality, and dignity of the human race.


Author(s):  
Galyna Volosheniuk

Purpose. The purpose of the paper is to analyze the concepts and problems of the legal nature of the sources of constitutional law of Ukraine and to analyze the basic approaches to understanding the sources of constitutional law and their features. Methodology. The methodology involves a comprehensive analysis and generalization of available scientific and theoretical material and the formulation of relevant conclusions and recommendations. The following methods of scientific knowledge were used during the research: terminological, logical-semantic, functional, system-structural, logical-normative. Results: The research outlines the basic approaches to understanding the sources of constitutional law and their features. Based on this, these approaches are summarized and our view of the legal nature of the sources of constitutional law of Ukraine is offered through the disclosure of their functions and features. Originality.The article deals with the legal nature of the sources of constitutional law of Ukraine, outlines the basic approaches to understanding the sources of constitutional law and their features. These approaches are summarized and their view of the legal nature of the sources of constitutional law of Ukraine is offered through the disclosure of their functions and features. Practical significance. The results of the research can be used in legislation and law-enforcement activities.


Author(s):  
Raphael Onyejizu

This paper sets out to examine the contemporary issues of radical temper in Leonard Ikerionwu’s prose fiction. It aimed at showing that the myriads of challenges of the Nigerian socio-political enclave have not escaped the creative consciousness of the emergent African (Nigerian) writer and critic. It was discovered that the text under study carefully mirrored the present society from the Marxist viewpoint, highlighting attendant problems such as marginalization among the rank and file of the military, poverty, corruption, unemployment, insecurity and leadership ineptitude. In the light of these potent issues presented, the paper sought to educate and appeal to the masses’ conscience to perceive revolution as an alternative means, towards the total restoration of change in human society.


Bioethica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 72
Author(s):  
Chrysa G Poulou

Lie detection and recognition has been an ardent human desire since ancient times. Over the centuries, various methods have been devised to detect fraud. Some methods are low-tech, like the recognition of specialized facial expressions, while others use devices, such as the polygraph or "lie detector" designed in the early 20th century, which measure changes in human body like sweating, heart rate and blood pressure, in order to detect the lie. These methods have various applications in areas such as justice, the military and the secret services. Recent attempts to detect falsehood have focused on measuring brain activity. This approach, unlike previous emotional arousal methods, detects physiological changes associated with cognitive processes during deception and therefore, according to the proponents of the technique, could detect the process of deception itself. The most well-known method of detecting a "neurophysiological difference between deception and truth" in the brain is functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), an MRI brain scan which reveals that deception is located in the prefrontal cortex, just behind the forehead.However, how accurate and reliable are these “brain mapping” approaches to detect lies? What are the moral, legal, religious and social issues arising from the “invasion” of so-called neuroscience into personal data, individual freedom, and the right of non-self-incrimination and the "free will" of human beings? Critical questions, addressed in this paper, in an attempt to approach lie detection in the brain and the challenges - concerns that may determine the way we perceive human society in the future.


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