Classifying Dyads for Militarized Conflict Analysis

Understanding the origins of militarized conflict is a complex, yet important undertaking. Existing research seeks to build this understanding by considering bi-lateral relationships between entity pairs (dyadic causes) and multi-lateral relationships among multiple entities (systemic causes). The aim of this work is to compare these two causes in terms of how they correlate with conflict between two entities. We do this by devising a set of textual and graph-based features which represent each of the causes. The features are extracted from Wikipedia and modeled as a large graph. Nodes in this graph represent entities connected by labeled edges representing ally or enemy-relationships. This allows casting the problem as an edge classification task, which we term dyad classification. We propose and evaluate classifiers to determine if a particular pair of entities are allies or enemies. Our results suggest that our systemic features might be slightly better correlates of conflict. Further, we find that Wikipedia articles of allies are semantically more similar than enemies.

The Political Conflicts and the Division of the Carolingian Empire214-229AH\829-843AD

The Carolingian Empire which was established by Emperor Charlemagne in (184AH / 800AD) remained strong throughout his life until his death in (199AH / 814 AD), but his son Louis the Pious (199-226 AH / 814-840 AD) who succeeded him to the throne was unable to preserve the Empire. So, he divided it between his sons following the steps of the Franks. This division led to the outbreak of the civil wars Inside the Carolingian Family. The situation aggravated terribly after his death which led to the division of the Empire between his three sons under theTreaty of Verdun, but wars and political conflicts have continued between the three Kingdoms. These conflicts in the Carolingian Empire will be the subject of the study.

The effect of relationship conflict in the organizational commitment of Members of the academic staff at Tishreen University

This study discusses the effect of relationship conflict in the organizational commitment of the academic staff at Tishreen University and, accordingly, this research aims to determine the degree of influence of relationship conflict in the organizational commitment level, Determine the effect of demographic variables (gender, experience, age) in the relationship conflict among them. The researcher adopted the descriptive analytical approach in conducting the search. The sample consisted of search (290) of Members of the academic staff at the University of Tishreen.

The problem of conflict of nationalities compared study to the international law and the law of the Syrian

nationality legal system that does not concern only the state but rather a means to determine the population element where and is for human tool set for the distribution of individuals internationally between states and political units, is considered sexual For individuals a personal right for those who enjoy it depends upon designate the amount of the rights enjoyed by and dependent upon appointment Applicable law, so it is necessary that the individual is attributed to the state of the world and the associated Association of nationality and of his interests and his right to defend this status and required the state to recognize him out and respected, is linked to nationality law problem of conflict of nationalities, both dual citizenship when he enjoys the individual more than one nationality, and statelessness in the case do not enjoy any individual nationality and we will in our study, both the problem of the conflict of nationalities and their effects on the individual and the state and the community international.

Psychological Social Conflict and its Relationship with Depression among a sample of Damascus University student in the light of Sex and Study specialization variables

This research aimed to know the relationship between psychological social conflict and depression among Damascus University students whether existing any significant differences between the means of psychological social conflict and depression degrees with respect to male and female, Science and Literate Students. The sample of the research consisted of (350) students both sexes, (165) male and (185) female students. The researcher used psychological social conflict and (BDI-II) scales. Validity and reliability of both tools were concluded. The results revealed that, there was a significant positive correlation between Psychological and social conflict and depression. The results also revealed that significant differences were observed between the means of psychological social conflict and depression between male and female students for the female. Also it showed that is no significant differences between the means of psychological social conflict and depression among Science and Literate Students

The Represented Figures of the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh In the Ancient Relief Sculpture

The research consists of: Introduction: it includes an overview of dates, definition of mythology in Greek and French origin and its meaning in the modern era. It differentiates between them and other kinds of literature. The relationship between the myth and art: as shown in the myths of creation and artistic of inscriptions, statues and seals in ancient civilizations. Epic of Gilgamesh: with the definition of hero and legendary story. Scenes of the conflict in the legend: this notion of epic scenes in the following form: - Conflict of Gilgamesh with Enkidu - The conflict between Gilgamesh and Enkidu versus Hoawa , and against the bull of heaven. - Conflict between Gilgamesh and the predator. Central characters in the scenes of the myth: Gilgamesh, Enkidu, Hoawa, bull of heaven, the human Scorpio, Gods (Chamash, Ishtar, Anne). At the end, the paper conclude with some results along with some sample pictures.