Understanding Terrorist Organizations with a Dynamic Model

Terrorist organizations change over time because of processes such as recruitment and training as well as counter-terrorism (CT) measures, but the effects of these processes are typically studied qualitatively and in separation from each other. Seeking a more quantitative and integrated understanding, we constructed a simple dynamic model where equations describe how these processes change an organization's membership. Analysis of the model yields a number of intuitive as well as novel findings. Most importantly it becomes possible to predict whether counter-terrorism measures would be sufficient to defeat the organization. Furthermore, we can prove in general that an organization would collapse if its strength and its pool of foot soldiers decline simultaneously. In contrast, a simultaneous decline in its strength and its pool of leaders is often insufficient and short-termed. These results and other like them demonstrate the great potential of dynamic models for informing terrorism scholarship and counter-terrorism policy making.Comment: To appear as Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science v2: vectorized 4 figures, fixed two typos, more detailed bibliograph

Nutritional Management For Efficient Swine Production

This article summarizes the results and progress of various swine research projects. These were in response to consumer demand for leaner pork. Thus, the swine producer, the meat packer and swine-related industries were faced with the task of producing and preparing an economical pork product for the consumer while maintaining a profit margin. Increasing the efficiency of lean growth and lactation were the primary objectives of swine nutrition research projects conducted. Compensatory growth was presented in this article

Post-Weaning Exogenous Gonadotropins Treatment for improved Swine Reproduction

The objective of the experiment in this article was to determine the effect of various gonadotropin combinations administered one day postweaning on subsequent reproductive performance in postweaning sows. The results of this study regarding the usage of gonadotropin combinations is a tool that must be implemented with good management practices. It will decrease the weaning to estrus interval and increase the number of piglets born alive

Feed Costs, Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Swine Fed Various Cultivars of Barley

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