The Georgian police reforms of 2004–2006 provide a rare case rapid, large-scale, successful security reform. Lessons from Georgia challenge mainstream approaches to democratic reform, security-sector and elements prominent critiques. These often emphasise democratisation sectors include multiple actors in policing By contrast, the process was top-down state-led. Failure democratise has meant ha...

We describe linac protection and a conventional collimation system appqxiate for a next linear collider. The linac accelerating structure can be protected from “worst credible failures” by a system of sacrificial spoilers. For the collimation system we consider the effects of asverse wakefields and the transmission, heating, mechanical stress, and edge-scattering properties of scrapers. We requ...

The microbial composition of biofilms from a beer bottling plant was analyzed by a cultivation independent analysis of the 16S rRNA genes. Clone libraries were differentiated by amplified 16S rRNA gene restriction analysis and representative clones from each group were sequenced. The diversity of the clone libraries was comparable with the diversity found for environmental samples. No evidences...

Abstract While youths in Africa are often portrayed as peace spoilers, this view largely overlooks who have not (yet) turned to (post-) conflict violence. In order deepen our understanding of the risks recurrence and ways prevent these from materializing, Kuppens Langer argue that it is crucial study perspectives non-violent post-conflict countries. Through an essay-based with secondary school ...

Most food products are highly perishable as they constitute a rich nutrient source for microbial development. Seafood is one of the most highly perishable food products due to the chemical effects of atmospheric oxygen and the growth of spoilage microorganisms. Therefore, the spoilage of food depends up on the physiological state of spoilers and on their ability to resist the processing/storage...