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Who is Really Pulling the Strings? Personality Profile and Threat Assessment of North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un
The purpose of this study was to construct a personality profile as a basis for conducting a threat assessment of Kim Jong-un, supreme leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The study was conducted from the conceptual perspective of Theodore Millon, as adapted by Aubrey Immelman for at-a-distance assessment of personality in politics. Psychodiagnostically relevant data regarding Kim were collected from a multitude of open-source media reports and expert analyses. These data were then compiled, categorized, and coded using Immelman’s Millon Inventory of Diagnostic Criteria (MIDC), which yields 34 normal and maladaptive personality classifications largely congruent with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). The personality patterns yielded by the MIDC were analyzed in accordance with interpretive guidelines in the MIDC manual. Kim’s primary personality patterns were found to be Dominant/controlling and Outgoing/gregarious. Secondary personality patterns were found to be Ambitious/confident, Dauntless/adventurous, and Accommodating/cooperative. Based on his primary Outgoing-Dominant personality composite, Kim was classified as a high-dominance extravert. The psychological profile provides a basis for inferring the influence of Kim’s personality on DPRK regime behavior and the threat posed by North Korea with respect to U.S. national security
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Contribution of Microorganisms with the Clade II Nitrous Oxide Reductase to Suppression of Surface Emissions of Nitrous Oxide
The sources and sinks of nitrous oxide, as control emissions to the atmosphere, are generally poorly constrained for most environmental systems. Initial depth-resolved analysis of nitrous oxide flux from observation wells and the proximal surface within a nitrate contaminated aquifer system revealed high subsurface production but little escape from the surface. To better understand the environmental controls of production and emission at this site, we used a combination of isotopic, geochemical, and molecular analyses to show that chemodenitrification and bacterial denitrification are major sources of nitrous oxide in this subsurface, where low DO, low pH, and high nitrate are correlated with significant nitrous oxide production. Depth-resolved metagenomes showed that consumption of nitrous oxide near the surface was correlated with an enrichment of Clade II nitrous oxide reducers, consistent with a growing appreciation of their importance in controlling release of nitrous oxide to the atmosphere. Our work also provides evidence for the reduction of nitrous oxide at a pH of 4, well below the generally accepted limit of pH 5