Stepping out of terrorism

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On leaving criminal organizations

"Terrorist organizations, groups, cells or just ‘bunches of guys’ are systematically compared with other types of criminal or deviant organizations: organized crime such as the mafia, street gangs and religious sects. Of course there are many differences between them, especially where motivation is concerned, but they share the common factor that it is almost impossible or very difficult for individual members to step out. However, de-radicalization may follow analogous paths: aging out, accepting exit programs in prison or disengaging ideologically. The article discusses the obstacles that a government strategy that encourages desistance from terrorism by stepping out may encounter. It may be sufficient and more realistic to discourage radicals from using violence than to try to de-radicalize them by using counternarrative techniques." [author's abstract

Development of small bore, high speed tapered roller bearing

The performance of four rolling bearing configurations for use on the input pinion shaft of a proposed commercial helicopter transmission was evaluated. The performance characteristics of a high speed tapered roller bearing operating under conditions comparable to those existing at this input pinion shaft were defined. The tapered roller bearing shaft support configuration was developed for the gearbox using commercially available bearing designings. The configuration was optimized and interactive thermomechanically system analyzed. Automotive pinion quality tapered roller bearings were found to be reliable under load and speed conditions in excess of those anticipated in the helicopter transmission. However, it is indicated that the elastohydrodynamic lubricant films are inadequate

Діяльність протестантських громад у полтавській губернії на початку ХХ ст.

Стаття Зенько Юлії Олександрівни «Діяльність протестантських громад у Полтавській губернії на початку ХХ ст.» присвячена проблемі еволюції протестантизму у Полтавській губернії на початку ХХ ст. На основі опрацювання бібліографічної бази та архівних матеріалів визначено: шляхи проникнення протестантського віровчення, географію їхнього розповсюдження, особливості розвитку релігійних громад, прізвища лідерів релігійних угрупувань, приблизну кількість осіб відпавших від православ’я. Ключові слова: адвентизм, баптизм, віровчення, конфесія, протестантизм, Полтавська губернія, релігійна громада.Статья Зенько Юлии Александровны «Деятельность протестантских общин в Полтавской губернии в начале ХХ в." посвящена проблеме эволюции протестантизма в Полтавской губернии в начале ХХ в. На основе обработки библиографической базы и архивных материалов определены: пути проникновения протестантского вероучения, географию его распространения, особенности развития религиозных общин, фамилии лидеров религиозных группировок, примерное количество лиц отпавших от православия. Ключевые слова: адвентизм, баптизм, вероучение, конфессия, протестантизм, Полтавская губерния, религиозная община.The article by Zen’ko Yulia Oleksandrivna “The activity of protestant communities in Poltava province at the beginning of the XXth century” deals with the problem of evolution of Protestantism in Poltava province at the beginning of the XXth century. On the basis of the thoroughly studied bibliography and archive materials the authoress identified the ways of protestant religious doctrine penetration, the geography of its spread, the peculiarities of the religious communities’ formation and functioning, the surnames of the religious groups’ leaders, the approximate quantity of people who had given up orthodoxy. Key words: Adventism, Baptist doctrines, religious doctrine, confession, Protestantism, Poltava province, religious community

ATP-Dependent Glutamate Uptake into Synaptic Vesicles from Cerebellar Mutant Mice

The ATP-dependent glutamate uptake system in synaptic vesicles prepared from mouse cerebellum was characterized, and the levels of glutamate uptake were investigated in the cerebellar mutant mice, staggerer and weaver, whose main defect is the loss of cerebellar granule cells, and the nervous mutant, whose main defect is the loss of Purkinje cells. The ATP-dependent glutamate uptake is stimulated by low concentrations of chloride, is insensitive to aspartate, and is inhibited by agents known to dissipate the electrochemical proton gradient. These properties are similar to those of the glutamate uptake system observed in the highly purified synaptic vesicles prepared from bovine cortex. The ATP-dependent glutamate uptake system is reduced by 68% in the staggerer and 57–67% in the weaver mutant; these reductions parallel the substantial loss of granule cells in those mutants. In contrast, the cerebellar levels of glutamate uptake are not altered significantly in the nervous mutant, which has lost Purkinje cells, but not granule cells. In view of evidence that granule cells are glutamatergic neurons and Purkinje cells are GABAergic neurons, these observations support the notion that the ATP-dependent glutamate uptake system is present in synaptic vesicles of glutamatergic neurons.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/66449/1/j.1471-4159.1988.tb03068.x.pd

Secret seducers - True tales of pimps in the red light district of Amsterdam

At the end of the 1990s, a moral panic erupted in the Netherlands about the phenomenon of what came to be known as 'loverboys'. The suspicion was that a growing number of Dutch girls were being groomed by handsome young men who employed all sorts of devious methods to prepare their girlfriends for life as a prostitute. Stories about a new generation of pimps, often of Moroccan origin, regularly appeared in the Dutch media. In this article, based on ethnographic fieldwork on pimps operating in the red-light district of Amsterdam, we describe the ways in which these young men operate and how they justify their behaviour. On the basis of empirical research we intend to present a more realistic picture of what goes on in the prostitution industry and highlight the discrepancy between what is reported in the media and what is actually happening in the prostitution sector. We also examine the background to the moral panic about loverboys and the ways in which these young men were supposedly able to induce many young girls into becoming prostitutes