Emergence Of New Threats To Turkey’s National Security During The Syrian Crisis: “Euphrates Shield” Movement

The political crisis in Syria, which began in 2010 in North Africa and later spread to the Middle East under the name of the Arab Spring, has not changed for the better in 10 years. The crisis that began in the country has already become a regional problem in the local issue. The issue was followed by various issues that endangered Turkey’s national security for Turkey, Syria’s close neighbor. Such problems include refugees and wolves. The article describes the “Euphrates Shield”, a cross-border military operation aimed at eliminating a number of militant groups that have been seen as a threat to Turkey’s national security.

A Preliminary Study on the Shaping of Outdoor Space in Future Urban Community

Nowadays, the singularity of outdoor space in urban community has been unable to meet the needs of people. The concept of home, the smallest unit of society, is changing with the change of family structure. The huge living community consists of a family of loose relationship or fragmented families, each of which is an island. In the past, it is said that a neighbor that is near is better than a brother far off. However, at present, a close neighbor is like a stranger. The walls of the building have become a barrier for people to communicate. People’s activities should not be restricted by the ”box” of home. Can we open the walls and re-design the outdoor space? Therefore, we begin to think about the connection between people, can we achieve it through space? Can there be more public space between neighborhoods? Can such a public space be used as part of the family space again? In this paper, the outdoor space of urban community is taken as the research object to strive to break the boundaries of traditional indoor and outdoor space. How to optimize the outdoor public space in urban communities to promote residents’ communication is taken as the purpose of research to carry out a new design of this kind of space. The outdoor space outside the traditional wall is combined with the living needs of present people to discuss the possibility shaping of outdoor space in urban community.

Slovakia: Controversy over Russia

The attitude towards in Slovakia is ambiguous, the country being divided on this issue, as is its historically close neighbor – Czech Republic. The new Slovak president Zuzana Čaputová has been a tough critic of Russian policy. Yet, Slovakia’s foreign policy is determined by the government, which openly doubts about sanctions against Russia. Moreover, Russophiles have significant influence in the country, demanding the lifting of all restrictions on cooperation with Russia and the withdrawal of Slovakia from the EU and NATO. In addition, all these major political trends are represented by the three top officials of the country.

Crystal structure of 9,10-bis(1,3-dithiol-2-ylidene)-9,10-dihydroanthracene

The crystal structure of the well-studied 9,10-bis(1,3-dithiol-2-ylidene)-9,10-dihydroanthracene molecule, C20H12S4, (I), also known as exTTF, is reported. The molecular structure of (I) consists of a dihydroanthracene moiety with two 1,3-dithiol-2-ylidene substituents. This is a saddle-shaped molecule, which interacts with a close neighbor through various π–π and C—H...π contacts to form a `dimer'. These `dimers' interact through a series of C—H...S and C—H...π contacts to construct a complex three-dimensional extended structure.

Twins born in different environments? Nuclei of two dSphs: isolated galaxy KKS3 and E269-66, a close neighbor of NGC5128

We present the results of age, metallicity and radial velocity determination for central massive globular clusters (GCs) in dwarf spheroidal galaxies: KKs3 and ESO269-66. KKS3 is a unique isolated galaxy. ESO269-66 is a close neighbor of the giant S0 Centaurus A. The results contribute to the knowledge about the origin of massive star clusters and their host dSphs. The structure and star formation histories of the two dwarf galaxies look rather similar. Both of them have experienced several star-forming events. The most recent ones occurred 1-2 Gyr ago, and most powerful bursts happened 12-14 Gyrs ago. Our analysis has shown that both GCs appear to be 1-2 Gyr younger and 0.1-0.3 dex more metal-rich than the most ancient metal-poor stars in the host dSphs. We examine signatures of multiple stellar population in the GCs using our data. Since central star-forming bursts were extended in time, the massive clusters might be considered as nuclei of the galaxies.

A Distributed MDS-MAP Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks

Aiming at the deficiencies of positioning accuracy and matrix operating complexity in the classical MDS-MAP locating algorithm in WSN, a distributed multi-dimensional scaling-MAP algorithm (MDS-MAP (D)) was proposed in this paper. In this algorithm, the distance of the nodes was quantified to obtain the close-neighbor vector (CNV), the distance matrix D and the initial value of nodes location was calculated. Theoretical analysis and simulation experimental results show that, the advance algorithm can realize the positioning of sensor nodes with good accuracy.