A Trap at the Escape from the Trap? Some Demographic Structural Factors of Political Instability in Modernizing Social Systems

The escape from the ‘Malthusian trap’ is shown to tend to generate in a rather systematic way quite serious political upheavals. Some demographic structural mechanisms that generate such upheavals have been analyzed, which has made it possible to develop a mathematical model of the respective processes. The forecast of political instability in Sub-Saharan African countries in 2015– 2050 produced on the basis of this model is presented

Electrotransport, sorption, and photochemical properties of nanocluster polyoxomolybdates with a toroidal structure

The electrotransport, sorption, and photochemical properties of polyoxometalate NH 4) 32[M VI 110 M V 28 O 416H 6(H 2O) 58(CH 3CO 2) 6]· xH 2O (x ~ 250) with a toroidal structure are studied. Conditions for studying these characteristics are selected on the basis of data on the stability of POM, in dependence on the concentration and acidity of the medium and the processes of thermal decomposition. A set of independent physical and chemical methods of analysis is used. The possibility of the complexation of toroidal POM with polymer molecules is established. The photostabilizing effect of this POM on polymer molecules is revealed. © Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., 2012