Development of a Novel Finger-Trigger Interface for Trigger Pull Measurement

Trigger pull is the force that needs to be exerted on the trigger to discharge a firearm. The measurement of trigger pull can assist in the evaluation of the safety, function, and manufacturing characteristics associated with a firearm during the forensic firearm examination process. Nonetheless, the accuracy and uncertainty of trigger pull measurements may be affected by the measuring device, test procedure, and environmental conditions. In this work, an innovative finger-trigger interface device was developed to facilitate accurate trigger pull measurements. The idea was to reduce the variation related to the position of the measurement device on the trigger in existing measuring methods and devices. Three force sensors based on different technologies were initially evaluated. While two of the three sensors failed to produce data, the miniature capacitive plate sensor exhibited high precision and a linear response over the range of typical trigger pulls. To examine the effects of the finger-trigger interface on trigger pull measurement, different sensor housing prototypes were designed in silico and 3D printed for the construction of three finger-trigger interface devices. The performance of each finger-trigger interface device was evaluated by measuring the trigger pulls of several selected firearms and comparing the data to a previously published study. Our preliminary results demonstrated the novel finger-trigger interface device offered a new way to measure trigger pull in situ with acceptable accuracy and precision.     

菲律宾南海话语的法理论证:理据、说服与解构

菲律宾对南海话语进行国际法包装,以增加与中国在双边谈判中讨价还价的筹码,提升话语权。菲律宾称南沙群岛为“卡拉延群岛”,提出“克洛玛发现‘自由地􀆳”“‘无主地􀆳先占原则”“邻近即主权”“时效原则”“国土安全原则”“有效占领”等理据。菲律宾通过诉诸逻辑、情感、权威与信誉等方式,对其南海话语进行论证,主要体现为援引事实、案例与国际法,诉诸小国悲情意识,诉诸权威法庭与人物等方式,试图获得话语主动权。但菲律宾的法理论证存在断章取义、事实错误、避重就轻、前后矛盾的地方,需要加以解构。中国应将历史证据与现代国际法理据更好地结合起来。     

性贿赂的刑法规制路径

当今社会,性贿赂已然成为重要的贿赂方式,其对国家工作人员的腐蚀力甚至高于其他财物型贿赂。然则我国刑法并未将性贿赂纳入其规制范围,理论界对性贿赂入罪与否争论不断,实务中对性贿赂的处置方式不尽相同,这直接削弱了我国刑法对性贿赂的规制力度。应当试图跳出性贿赂入罪与否的争论漩涡,在现行刑法框架下探寻性贿赂的刑法规制路径;应当将间接性贿赂中的雇佣型性贿赂所涉赃款直接认定为受贿数额,将直接性贿赂与间接性贿赂中的指示型性贿赂直接规定为贿赂犯罪的法定从重处罚情节。     

论社会主义核心价值体系理论的科学内涵和实践要求

社会主义核心价值体系是发展中国特色社会主义的精神旗帜。党的十七大报告对社会主义核心价值体系的理论内涵进行了科学界定,并提出了实践要求,强调坚持马克思主义在意识形态领域的指导地位,用中国特色社会主义共同理想凝聚力量,用民族精神和时代精神鼓舞斗志,用社会主义荣辱观引领社会风尚,巩固全国各族人民团结奋斗的共同思想基础。建设社会主义核心价值体系抓住了我国社会主义意识形态建设的关键和根本。     

Activists playing a dual role: identities,organizational goals,and public relations practices

• This study explores the relationship among identities, goals, and public relations practices of an activist organization through in‐depth interviews and document analysis. Findings suggest different levels of the participant organization's identity in communication with its different audiences. In playing its dual role (as a “public” to its target organizations and a “public communicator” to its own publics), the organization acts as an honest representative voice and a credible source of information to both parties, a process that requires a balance position compatible with its mission. Its public relations practices were found to be consistent with the identities it appropriates and the values it respects.

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第一代独生子女婚姻生育选择及对未来人口和家庭结构的影响——兼与庄渝霞商榷生育政策调整的可行性

随着第一代独生子女进入婚育年龄,产生大量的双独家庭、单独家庭,不同家庭类型的变化将引起政策生育率自然回升,如果考虑到有部分家庭放弃生育二孩,则意愿生育率会低于政策生育率。本文从独生子女婚育选择的角度出发,使用相关调查数据分析,发现由双独家庭所产生"4-2-1"家庭的数目受政策微调生育的影响较小,政策微调可以大幅度降低一孩家庭的比例,二孩家庭比例的增加无疑会降低家庭风险,且不会大规模地增加出生人口数量,因此,中国应当对生育政策进行微调,增强人口结构的合理性。     

道义论、正义论、权利论——西方实践理性的一种变迁

罗尔斯与诺齐克共同攀附康德,试图在道义论中觅寻正义论和权利论的合理性资源,这无论在形式上还是在内容上都是难以实现的.从本质上看,道义、正义与权利都是价值理性.从道义论到正义论再到权利论,反映了西方实践理性的一种衰变.     

文学与博览会的对话——以1935年台湾博览会为中心

1935年的台湾博览会,台湾总督府作为策展者,力求将台湾装扮成“繁荣”、“昌盛”的形象,这些展示成了外界判定“日本殖民有功论”的资料证据。当时,台湾知识分子对博览会有相关的记述和叙事,他们以自己的“小叙述”,或纠正,或对抗策展者的“大叙述”。经由博览会这一空间,可以解读出台湾“殖民现代性”的驳杂性和多义性。