The devil is in the details. Information warfare in the light of Russia's military doctrine. OSW Point of View 50, May 2015

By highlighting informational threats and giving them a military dimension, the authors of the Russian Federation's military doctrine have outlined the concept of information warfare. It is a kind of combat conducted by both conventional and indirect methods, open and concealed, using military and civilian structures. It has two dimensions: broader ("non-nuclear containment", i.e. combat waged on various levels - political, economic, diplomatic, humanitarian, military) and narrower (as an element supporting of action). An analysis of these issues enables us to identify several rising trends over the period 2000-2014 in Russian security policy. These boil down to a blurring of the boundaries between internal and external threats, introducing non-military methods and organisational structures to armed combat, and conferring an ideological character on this combat. This leads to a blurring of the contours of inter-state conflicts, which allows Russia to take part in armed conflicts in which it is not officially a party.

On the Electric Breakdown in Liquid Argon at Centimeter Scale

We present a study on the dependence of electric breakdown discharge properties on electrode geometry and the breakdown field in liquid argon near its boiling point. The measurements were performed with a spherical cathode and a planar anode at distances ranging from 0.1 mm to 10.0 mm. A detailed study of the time evolution of the breakdown volt-ampere characteristics was performed for the first time. It revealed a slow streamer development phase in the discharge. The results of a spectroscopic study of the visible light emission of the breakdowns complement the measurements. The light emission from the initial phase of the discharge is attributed to electro-luminescence of liquid argon following a current of drifting electrons. These results contribute to set benchmarks for breakdown-safe design of ionization detectors, such as Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers (LAr TPC).

Suspended matter on the meridional section in the Laptev Sea in August-September 1991

Suspended matter concentration along a meridian section from the Lena River delta to 78°N (~500 km) at ten stations from the surface to the bottom was studied with weight and optical (light attenuation index) techniques. At seven stations average residence time of suspended matter in surface waters was determined by the disequilibrium 234Th method. Average residence time of suspended matter in other depth intervals was calculated by regression dependence between the 234Th/238U ratio and suspended matter concentration. Differential and integral fluxes of suspended matter in the water column were also calculated. Nepheloid matter dominates in suspended matter composition in surface waters. Calculations indicate that, before being buried on the bottom, solid river run-off is resuspended 2.3 times (aver.). Redistribution of nepheloid suspended matter in the near-bottom layer results in formation of a strongly pronounced depocentre - an area of maximal discharge of solid river run-off within the Laptev Sea.

Environmental controls on the Emiliania huxleyi calcite mass

Although ocean acidification is expected to impact (bio)calcification by decreasing the seawater carbonate ion concentration, [CO3]2-, there exists evidence of non-uniform response of marine calcifying plankton to low seawater [CO3]2-. This raises questions on the role of environmental factors other than acidification and on the complex physiological responses behind calcification. Here we investigate the synergistic effect of multiple environmental parameters, including temperature, nutrient (nitrate and phosphate) availability, and seawater carbonate chemistry on the coccolith calcite mass of the cosmopolitan coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi, the most abundant species in the world ocean. We use a suite of surface (late Holocene) sediment samples from the South Atlantic and southwestern Indian Ocean taken from depths lying well above the modern lysocline. The coccolith calcite mass in our results presents a latitudinal distribution pattern that mimics the main oceanographic features, thereby pointing to the potential importance of phosphorus and temperature in determining coccolith mass by affecting primary calcification and possibly driving the E. huxleyi morphotype distribution. This evidence does not necessarily argue against the potentially important role of the rapidly changing seawater carbonate chemistry in the future, when unabated fossil fuel burning will likely perturb ocean chemistry beyond a critical point. Rather our study highlights the importance of evaluating the combined effect of several environmental stressors on calcifying organisms to project their physiological response(s) in a high CO2 world and improve interpretation of paleorecords.

The photodynamic action of dyes on the eggs of the sea urchin, Lytechinus variegatus,

Descriptive letterpress on versos facing the plates.

Annual report of the Light-House Board of the United States to the Secretary of the Treasury for the fiscal year ended ...

Description based on: 1871/72.

The lost road ; The light ; The fairy pool /

First line (3rd song): Oh, little blue lady!

On the relative cost of illumination in Lafayette, Ind.

Mode of access: Internet.

The parables read in the light of the present day /

On spine: The parables of Christ.

Two geometrical memoirs on the general properties of cones of the second degree, and on the spherical conics,

Available on demand as hard copy or computer file from Cornell University Library.

An address delivered before the inhabitants of Grafton, on the first centennial anniversary of that town, April 29, 1835.

Cover title: Mr. Brigham's centennial address before the inhabitants of Grafton.

Huchown of the Awle Ryale and his poems, examined in the light of recent criticism.

Read to the Royal Philosophical Society, Glasgow (Historical and Philological Section), on 21st April, 1902.

God's image in man and its defacement in the light of modern denials /

"Being the lectures on the L. P. Stone Foundation, Princeton Theological Seminary ... 1903-1904."

God's message to the human soul; the use of the Bible in the light of the new knowledge,

"The contents of this volume were to have been delivered as the Cole lectures of Vanderbilt university for 1907 ... from April 28th to May 5th. On Monday, May 6th, Dr. Watson died ... The lectures, however, had been carefully prepared with a view to immediate publication after their delivery." Introd., by W. F. Tillett.

A collection of scarce and valuable tracts, on the most interesting and entertaining subjects: but chiefly such as relate to the history and constitution of these kingdoms.

Facsimile of illustrated t.-p. (v. 2): Trvth brought to light and discouered by time ... 1651.