The potential loss of state stability in various parts of the world is a source of threat to U.S. national security. Every case is unique, but there are common processes. Accordingly, we develop a system dynamics model of state stability by representing the nature and dynamics of ‘loads’ generated by insurgency activities, on the one hand, and by articulating the core features of state resilien...

Frames are an essential tool for many emerging applications such as data transmission. Their main advantage is the fact that frames can be designed to be redundant while still providing reconstruction formulas. This makes them robust against noise and losses while allowing freedom in design (see, for example, [5, 10]). Due to their numerical stability, tight frames and Parseval frames are of in...

this paper reviews the relationship between the rule of law, good governance, and sustainable development as those terms are used by the relevant development organizations; describes the efforts made by various organizations to promote the rule of law and good governance; and addresses the need to strengthen compliance and enforcement for sustainable development. a recent movement, which has re...

Assessing stability of multidimensional systems is notoriously difficult. We consider the standard discrete-time slotted ALOHA system with a finite number of buffered users. Stability study of such a system was initiated in 1979 by Tsybakov and Mikhailov. Several bounds on the stability region have been established up-to-date, however, the exact stability region is known only for the symmetric ...

-Wheat is the most important crop of many countries including Pakistan. Assessment of Yield stability of wheat in different environments has been an important issue for wheat growers and horticulturists. In present paper yield stability of wheat genotypes is assessed at different research institutions/stations across the country using univariate parametric stability models and interrelationship...

Children are increasingly part of cohabiting unions. The marriage literature indicates that children generally promote stability of marriages but it remains unknown whether children have a similar effect on the stability of their parent’s cohabiting unions. Using the National Survey of Family Growth this paper evaluates the effects of children on the stability of cohabitation. This paper expand...