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A profile of the electronic engineer with implications to a company human relations program

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Armée et Parti au Viêt-Nam : une symbiose au service de l'économie de marché

L'expérience historique tout à fait exceptionnelle du Viêt-Nam depuis 1945 suffit à légitimer le caractère très spécifique du rôle assumé par l'Armée populaire du Viêt-Nam (APV). Avec l'adoption du Dôi Moi - ou grand programme de réformes - en 1986, et la fin de l'Union soviétique, on pouvait penser que les autorités vietnamiennes s'écarteraient progressivement de la logique de la « nation en armes » . En fait, il n'en fut rien et le Viêt-Nam associe désormais encore plus étroitement VAPV à des activités économiques importantes. Le Parti communiste vietnamien, et cela contrairement à son homologue chinois, ne cherche pas à professionnaliser véritablement son armée qui devient plus que jamais l'instrument du maintien de l'ordre intérieur. Cette symbiose volontairement renforcée se traduit par l'attribution de nouvelles fonctions civiles à VAPV. Divisé en trois parties , cet article étudie donc l'imbrication des rapports Parti-Armée, la mobilisation des militaires sur le front économique et l'amorce d'un professionnalisme immédiatement compensé par la définition de nouvelles tâches civiles.The analysis of civil-military relations is largely dominated by liberal theories. This paper demonstrates that the Vietnam People's Army remains in a symbiotic relation with the communist party although it is just starting to occupy a more autonomous role in the political system. The first part is an overview of the historical background in which the VPA was founded, the second part is concerned with the involvement of the army in economic reforms ; it discusses the way the VPA appears to be at the fore front of Vietnam's transition to a market economy. Although there has been, until now, no attempt to curtail the VPA'S roles in commercial and economic activities, the communist party is extending the army's role in the maintenance of internal order and security. A process of increasing professionalism, however, has begun, thus compensating for the decline of the VPA'S defense mission

Retailers' perspectives on selling tobacco in a low-income San Francisco neighbourhood after California's $2 tobacco tax increase.

BackgroundCalifornia's tobacco tax increased by $2.00 per pack in 2017. Although such increases are among the most effective tobacco control strategies, little is known about their impact from the perspective of corner store owners in low-income neighbourhoods with high concentrations of tobacco outlets.MethodsWe interviewed 38 corner store owners and managers in San Francisco's Tenderloin, the district with the city's highest tobacco outlet density, 60-90 days following implementation of the tax increase. Questions focused on perceptions of the impact of the higher tobacco tax on their revenues, customers and tobacco company promotions. We used qualitative content analysis to identify, compare and reconcile key themes.ResultsMost retailers reported a decline in cigarette sales, with customers buying fewer cigarettes, switching to cheaper brands or other products like marijuana, or trying to quit smoking. Retailers described challenges associated with running a small business and selling tobacco and concerns about selling a product that is 'bad' for customers' health. Contrary to expectation, tobacco companies appeared to be offering few product promotions in this neighbourhood.ConclusionsSmall, independent retailers' concerns, about selling tobacco and about the health and well-being of customers, suggest that such retailers may be important allies in tobacco control efforts,particularly those focused on the point-of-sale

NATO’s New Role: The Alliance’s Response to a Rising China

Russia’s actions in Crimea and Ukraine have been momentous in their consequences for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Moscow has instilled new life in the almost seventy-year-old alliance. Doubts about its relevance and utility in the post–Cold War period have faded, at least for the time being, as leaders ponder what Russian leader Vladimir Putin will do next to challenge the alliance. This uncertainty weighs heavily on the heads of state and government of NATO’s twenty-eight members. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen characterized the situation well when he wrote, “In these turbulent times NATO must be prepared to undertake the full range of missions and to defend Allies against the full range of threats.

Pakistan’s Grand Strategy: The Poverty of Imagination

This article is concerned with a significant grand strategic choice that Pakistan faces concerning its relations with China. The relationship between Pakistan and the United States has deteriorated since the US Special Forces found and killed Osama Bin Laden in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad in May 2011. Instead, Pakistan has been recalibrating its grand strategy enabling it to get closer to China. The country has received large Chinese investment to start several infrastructural projects in Pakistan as part of the Belt and Road Initiative. We argue that Pakistan is making a grave strategic mistake. Its partnership with China is unnatural and it will count against its core interests in the future. We suggest that Pakistan should reorient its grand strategy in order to bring it closer to Western democracies. Doing so will ensure greater security, economic development and sovereign independence for Pakistan.</p

Design study of a device to simulate the dynamic environment encountered under condi- tions of reduced or zero gravity final report

Design study of reduced or zero gravity environment simulation devic