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America’s Failing Trade War With China: A Focus on Fentanyl 美国与中国的贸易战失败:关注芬太尼
Pub Date : 2021-04-25 DOI: 10.18034/AJTP.V8I1.531
Corinna K. Hamilton
As this article will explain in detail, much of the fentanyl reaching the hands of Americans comes from The People’s Republic of China (“China”). However, as seen by the rise in overdoses, most efforts to control the invasion of fentanyl have been unsuccessful. Although the federal and state governments have attempted to curtail this crisis by imposing sanctions and urging China to regulate the production and shipping of the substance, fentanyl continues to flood the streets of the U.S. Moreover, the economic interdependence between the two nations complicates the matter. Because of this interdependence, the U.S. must take control of the situation. The U.S. fentanyl problem will persist if Americans are not dissuaded from using the drug. We must focus on the demand, rather than the supply. This comment focuses on the rise of opioids and synthetic pain relievers, and the variety of attempts at decreasing the number of addicts and overdoses. Initially, the comment will discuss the history of the popular drug opium, opiates, and prescription opioids, discussing state and federal attempts at curbing the crisis that the U.S. faces. It will address the rise of synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl, and how and why it was created. Section two will discuss how fentanyl and its precursors are imported into the U.S. from China. Section three will discuss U.S. federal and state attempts at legislation to control the flow of fentanyl into the U.S. Section four will address the implications, or perhaps fuel to the fire, that the influx in the supply of fentanyl from China has had on trade relations, and how the trade linkage between the two nations obfuscates the situation. The comment will conclude by hypothesizing how the U.S. and China will recalibrate their relationship and recommend that to combat the fentanyl emergency, the U.S. needs to take steps to offer Americans with drug addictions the assistance they need.
正如本文将详细解释的那样,美国人手中的大部分芬太尼来自中华人民共和国(“中国”)。然而,从过量用药的增加可以看出,大多数控制芬太尼入侵的努力都没有成功。尽管联邦政府和州政府试图通过制裁和敦促中国规范芬太尼的生产和运输来遏制这一危机,但芬太尼继续充斥着美国的街头。此外,两国之间的经济相互依存使问题复杂化。由于这种相互依赖,美国必须控制局势。如果不劝阻美国人使用芬太尼,美国的芬太尼问题将持续存在。我们必须关注需求,而不是供应。这篇评论的重点是阿片类药物和合成止痛药的增加,以及减少成瘾者和过量服用人数的各种尝试。首先,这篇评论将讨论流行药物鸦片、阿片类药物和处方阿片类药物的历史,讨论各州和联邦政府为遏制美国面临的危机所做的努力。它将解决芬太尼等合成阿片类药物的崛起,以及它是如何以及为什么被创造出来的。第二部分将讨论芬太尼及其前体如何从中国进口到美国。第三部分将讨论美国联邦和各州试图通过立法来控制芬太尼流入美国。第四部分将讨论从中国涌入的芬太尼供应对贸易关系的影响,以及两国之间的贸易联系如何混淆了形势。这篇评论的最后将假设美国和中国将如何重新调整他们的关系,并建议为了应对芬太尼的紧急情况,美国需要采取措施,向有毒瘾的美国人提供他们所需要的帮助。
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引用次数: 0
Everything-as-a-Service (XaaS) in the World of Technology and Trade 技术和贸易世界中的一切即服务(XaaS)
Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.18034/AJTP.V7I3.555
Apoorva Ganapathy
This article is expected to extensively clarify what Everything As-A-Service means and how it is utilized to arrive at many customers across the globe. Curiously, it uses distributed computing in giving different types of administrations to its buyers. It was noted to help in the development and headway of organizations and smooth promoting of items. It was also noticed that the XaaS has various classes, which adds up to many of them, which a lot was painstakingly analyzed along with their different advantages and burdens in like-way. Some of them have models, which was adequately investigated considering how it may be put to use by the administrator to create wanted outcomes.
本文将广泛地阐明一切即服务的含义,以及如何利用它来服务全球各地的许多客户。奇怪的是,它使用分布式计算为其买家提供不同类型的管理。会议指出,这有助于组织的发展和进步,有助于项目的顺利推进。我们还注意到,XaaS有各种各样的类别,这些类别加起来很多,我们对它们进行了细致的分析,并以类似的方式分析了它们的不同优势和负担。其中一些有模型,考虑到管理员如何使用它来创建想要的结果,对模型进行了充分的调查。
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引用次数: 2
Implementation of Artificial Intelligence Policy in the Field of Livestock and Dairy Farm 人工智能政策在畜牧和奶牛场领域的实施
Pub Date : 2019-12-31 DOI: 10.18034/ajtp.v6i3.591
Venkata Naga Satya Surendra Chimakurthi
Artificial intelligence is changing each and every field of the modern world and livestock is not any exception. It is greatly expected that this modern technology has the potential to bring a breakthrough in the field of livestock through combining biological information with technological advancement. Modern farms with the implementation of AI techniques are showing exceptional growth as they have improved efficiency in terms of livestock production and minimized the physical labor as well as the labor cost. Thus this sector has become more significant in world GDP. The present study is intended to highlight the principal benefits provided by AI techniques including robots, drones, and 3D printing.  Through this research, readers can get a better idea about applications of AI, its benefits and disadvantages in the field of dairy farming and livestock. It will also encourage fellow researchers to conduct such research in the future.
人工智能正在改变现代世界的每一个领域,牲畜也不例外。这一现代技术将生物信息与技术进步相结合,有望在畜牧领域取得突破。运用人工智能技术的现代农场提高了家畜生产效率,将体力劳动和人工成本降到了最低,呈现出惊人的增长势头。因此,该部门在世界GDP中变得更加重要。目前的研究旨在强调人工智能技术提供的主要好处,包括机器人、无人机和3D打印。通过这项研究,读者可以更好地了解人工智能在奶牛养殖和牲畜领域的应用及其优缺点。它还将鼓励其他研究人员在未来进行此类研究。
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引用次数: 4
Image Association to URLs across CMS Websites with Unique Watermark Signatures to Identify Who Owns the Camera 图像关联到跨CMS网站的url,具有独特的水印签名,以识别谁拥有相机
Pub Date : 2019-12-31 DOI: 10.18034/AJTP.V6I3.543
Apoorva Ganapathy
Internet is the world's network of connected computer networks. Internet means an interconnected network. It is a network of connected web servers. Internet helps data and people across the globe. Internet of things refers to network-connected things with embedded computer chips. Things on the internet would include devices enabled for internet access. IoT association of images on content management websites with unique watermark signature to account for Royal to the owner of the picture will help against piracy, copyright infringement, and misuse of photos registered with unique identification keys. This will make content management easier. It will generate revenue for the person who takes the copyrighted picture. A watermark is an embedded signature in a thing. It could be embedded in a video, image, and other file types for distinction and marking for ownership. It could be visible or invisible. It also provides a means to trace a product to the owner. This work looks into how images with watermark can be connected to the IoT for tracking and fighting piracy.
因特网是世界上连接计算机网络的网络。Internet是指相互连接的网络。它是一个由连接的web服务器组成的网络。互联网帮助全球各地的数据和人。物联网是指通过嵌入计算机芯片的网络连接的事物。互联网上的东西包括能够上网的设备。内容管理网站上的图像物联网关联具有唯一水印签名的图片所有者,这将有助于防止盗版,版权侵权和滥用使用唯一识别密钥注册的照片。这将使内容管理更容易。它将为拍摄受版权保护照片的人带来收入。水印是一种嵌入在事物中的签名。它可以嵌入到视频、图像和其他文件类型中,以区分和标记所有权。它可以是可见的也可以是不可见的。它还提供了一种追踪产品所有者的方法。这项工作着眼于如何与水印图像可以连接到物联网跟踪和打击盗版。
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引用次数: 5
Early Consequences Regarding the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on International Trade 关于人工智能对国际贸易影响的早期后果
Pub Date : 2019-12-31 DOI: 10.18034/ajtp.v6i3.634
Sandesh Achar
The consequences of this new technology for international trade have recently garnered much attention, thanks to the growing interest in AI's effects on the economy and society. Given the current reevaluation of the advantages of globalization by the world's leading nations, the focus continues to be on the policies governing international commerce. Understanding and forecasting future trade patterns is a high priority for decision-making within and between countries. This is because trade significantly impacts employment, production, pricing, and wages. Even though conventional economic models are intended to be accurate forecasters, we investigate the prospect that Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques can produce more accurate predictions and associations. In addition, we describe contextual AI algorithms that can be used to analyze trade patterns disrupted by unusual occurrences such as trade wars and pandemics. The fuel for the algorithms that can forecast, recommend, and categorize policies can only be provided by open-government data; therefore, having access to these data is vital. The information gathered for this study describes the economic elements usually linked with international trade transactions. Association Rules are used for grouping commodity pairs. Finally, models and their results are presented and then appraised in terms of the quality of their predictions and associations, with example policy implications provided. This paper explores the interlinkages between AI technologies and international trade and outlines key trade policy considerations for policymakers looking to harness AI technologies' full potential. Specifically, the paper focuses on China's efforts to develop its artificial intelligence (AI) industry.
由于人们对人工智能对经济和社会的影响越来越感兴趣,这项新技术对国际贸易的影响最近受到了广泛关注。鉴于目前世界主要国家对全球化优势的重新评估,重点继续放在管理国际贸易的政策上。了解和预测未来的贸易模式是国家内部和国家之间决策的高度优先事项。这是因为贸易显著影响就业、生产、定价和工资。尽管传统的经济模型旨在成为准确的预测者,但我们研究了人工智能(AI)技术可以产生更准确的预测和关联的前景。此外,我们还描述了上下文人工智能算法,可用于分析因贸易战和流行病等异常事件而中断的贸易模式。能够预测、推荐和分类政策的算法的燃料只能由开放政府数据提供;因此,访问这些数据是至关重要的。为这项研究收集的资料描述了通常与国际贸易交易有关的经济因素。关联规则用于对商品对进行分组。最后,提出了模型及其结果,然后根据其预测和关联的质量对其进行评估,并提供了示例政策含义。本文探讨了人工智能技术与国际贸易之间的相互联系,并概述了希望充分利用人工智能技术潜力的政策制定者的关键贸易政策考虑因素。具体来说,本文关注的是中国发展人工智能(AI)产业的努力。
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引用次数: 6
Information Acquisition Driven by Reinforcement in Non-Deterministic Environments 非确定性环境下强化驱动的信息获取
Pub Date : 2019-12-31 DOI: 10.18034/ajtp.v6i3.569
N. Bynagari, Ruhul Amin
What is the fastest way for an agent living in a non-deterministic Markov environment (NME) to learn about its statistical properties? The answer is to create "optimal" experiment sequences by carrying out action sequences that maximize expected knowledge gain. This idea is put into practice by integrating information theory and reinforcement learning techniques. Experiments demonstrate that the resulting method, reinforcement-driven information acquisition (RDIA), is substantially faster than standard random exploration for exploring particular NMEs. Exploration was studied apart from exploitation and we evaluated the performance of different reinforcement-driven information acquisition variations to that of traditional random exploration.  
对于生活在非确定性马尔可夫环境(NME)中的智能体来说,了解其统计特性的最快方法是什么?答案是通过执行能够最大化预期知识增益的动作序列来创建“最佳”实验序列。这个想法是通过整合信息理论和强化学习技术来实现的。实验表明,所得到的强化驱动信息获取(RDIA)方法在探索特定nme时比标准随机探索要快得多。在挖掘的基础上,研究了不同强化驱动信息获取变量对传统随机探索的影响。
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引用次数: 11
An Analysis of Trade Specialization in Bangladesh, 1996-2011 1996-2011年孟加拉国贸易专业化分析
Pub Date : 2019-08-31 DOI: 10.18034/AJTP.V5I3.1130
M. Sikdar
Trade specialization has been studied extensively, and many researchers try to explain the patterns of the specialization and different factors that determine it. By using the Revealed Symmetric Comparative Advantage Index and the Galtonian Regression Technique, this study tries to determine the industries with trade specialization and analyze the transformation of the pattern of trade specialization in Bangladesh in the period 1996-2011 to show how the export and import specialization of industries changed and to what extent the pattern of trade specialization in Bangladesh has been transformed during the last sixteen years. Empirical analysis showed that the export of Bangladesh consists mainly of the garment industry, and Bangladesh import products largely belong to the category of commodities for further production and the support of the exporting sector. From the Galtonian regression analysis of export and import specialization, it has been found that the level of export diversification is very low, relatively stable which is confirmed by the low mobility effect.  Bangladesh’s export specialization pattern is highly concentrated only in apparel products over the whole study period, and all other sectors contribute with a significantly smaller amount in total export share, but import is more diversified. For the development of the country, it is necessary to diversify its export basket.  
贸易专业化已经得到了广泛的研究,许多研究者试图解释专业化的模式和决定专业化的不同因素。通过使用揭示对称比较优势指数和高尔顿回归技术,本研究试图确定具有贸易专业化的行业,并分析1996-2011年期间孟加拉国贸易专业化模式的转变,以显示行业的进出口专业化是如何变化的,以及孟加拉国贸易专业化模式在过去16年中发生了多大程度的转变。实证分析表明,孟加拉国的出口主要由服装工业组成,孟加拉国进口产品主要属于进一步生产和支持出口部门的商品类别。从出口专业化和进口专业化的高尔顿回归分析中发现,出口多元化水平非常低,相对稳定,这一点被低流动性效应所证实。在整个研究期间,孟加拉国的出口专业化格局高度集中在服装产品上,其他所有部门在出口总额中所占的份额都明显较小,但进口更加多样化。为了国家的发展,有必要使其出口篮子多样化。
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Minimum Wage in Readymade Garments Industry in Bangladesh 孟加拉国成衣行业的最低工资标准
Pub Date : 2019-08-31 DOI: 10.18034/AJTP.V5I3.1088
M. Hasan
Manufacturing Ready-Made Garment (RMG) is labour intensive and low wage based industry.  Nowhere, this industry was static or permanent basically on account of wage. As soon as any country became developed, the apparel and textile industry left that country. RMG is highly focused on the relocation of production. The relocation take place from high wage regions to low cost production regions just like water flows down-stream always. This single sector is dominating Bangladesh economy Since ‘80s. In Bangladesh different sectors have different wage levels according to the nature of job. The Minimum Wages Board recommended or re-recommended minimum wages of the 42 industrial sectors. The minimum wage of this very sector is lower than other sectors within the country and among the RMG manufacturing countries as well. On the contrary, within the country, for the same sector – RMG, there are dissimilarity in the minimum wage. Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority (BEPZA) declares the same for the industries inside Export Processing Zones (EPZ) which is higher than the declaration by Minimum Wage Board for outside EPZ factories. Minimum wage board has classified the non-EPZ workforces into seven grades according to their skills with seven different wage levels. Contrary, EPZs workers are divided into five categories. BEPZA has fixed higher wages and benefits compere to non-EPZ factories. Moreover, the study finds that the grading system has many loopholes which is not based on well thought and planned. There are so many posts and positions required to run an RMG factory that are not mentioned in the gazette. There is no guideline on how to measure workers’ competency for a particular grade and for how long a worker will be retained in the same grade. These loopholes are helping the employers to manipulate in determining workers’ grade. Minimum wage structure is applicable for whose positions mentioned in the gazette and entitled to all types of benefits mentioned in the law including overtime (OT) payment at double rate of wage. To avoid extra overtime payment factory management promotes or changes the designations like executive, supervisor etc. who are getting comparatively higher wage to keep them away from OT benefits. All those anomalies need to be addressed for properly.  
成衣(RMG)制造业是劳动密集型和低工资基础产业。没有哪个地方,这个行业是静态的,或者是永久性的,基本上取决于工资。任何一个国家一旦发展起来,服装和纺织工业就会离开这个国家。RMG高度重视生产的重新安置。从高工资地区向低成本地区的转移就像水总是往下游流动一样。自80年代以来,这一单一部门一直主导着孟加拉国的经济。在孟加拉国,不同部门根据工作性质有不同的工资水平。最低工资委员会建议或重新建议42个工业部门的最低工资。这个行业的最低工资低于国内其他行业,也低于RMG制造业国家。相反,在国内,对于同一部门- RMG,最低工资存在差异。孟加拉国出口加工区管理局(BEPZA)对出口加工区(EPZ)内的行业宣布了同样的规定,这高于最低工资委员会对EPZ外工厂的声明。最低工资委员会将非加工区劳动力根据技能分为七个等级,七个不同的工资水平。相反,出口加工区的工人被分为5类。与非加工区工厂相比,加工区的工资和福利固定较高。此外,研究发现,评分制度存在许多漏洞,没有经过深思熟虑和计划。有这么多的岗位和职位需要运行一个RMG工厂,没有在公报中提到。对于如何衡量某一特定级别的工人的能力,以及工人将在同一级别留任多久,没有指导方针。这些漏洞正在帮助雇主操纵工人的等级。最低工资结构适用于宪报所述的职位,并有权享有法律所述的各种福利,包括以双倍工资率支付加班费。为了避免额外的加班费,工厂管理层会提拔或更换工资相对较高的主管、主管等职位,使其远离加班福利。所有这些异常都需要妥善处理。
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Accounting Based Return Analysis of Selected Fuel and Power Sector Companies in Bangladesh 基于会计的孟加拉燃料和电力行业公司收益分析
Pub Date : 2019-08-31 DOI: 10.18034/AJTP.V5I3.1114
Shamem Ara Mili, Md. Abdus Sabur, M. Islam
The present study is an attempt to explore the contemporary profitability status of 5 (five) selected fuel and power sector companies enlisted in DSE, Bangladesh and the interrelationship between sales based returns (GPM, OPM, and NPM) and investment based returns (ROA and ROE) over the period of 2012 to 2016 for the same companies. Using descriptive statistics the present study has found that the profitability position of the sample companies is satisfactory, multiple correlation analysis revealed that there is a positive association between sales based returns and ROA whereas negative association between sales based returns and ROE, and the multiple regression analysis showed that 97.70 percent variance is explained by the predictors OPM, ROA, and ROE of the dependent variable OABR (overall accounting based return) in the selected fuel and power sector companies of Bangladesh.  
本研究试图探索在孟加拉国DSE上市的5(5)家选定的燃料和电力行业公司的当代盈利状况,以及这些公司在2012年至2016年期间基于销售的回报(GPM, OPM和NPM)与基于投资的回报(ROA和ROE)之间的相互关系。运用描述性统计方法,本研究发现样本公司的盈利状况是令人满意的;多元相关分析显示,销售收益与净资产收益率呈正相关,而销售收益与净资产收益率呈负相关;多元回归分析显示,97.70%的方差可以由预测因子OPM、ROA、以及孟加拉国选定的燃料和电力部门公司的因变量OABR(基于总体会计的回报)的ROE。
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Exploring the Antecedents of Safety Performance for Malaysian Construction Industry: A Conceptual Framework 探索马来西亚建筑行业安全绩效的前因:一个概念框架
Pub Date : 2019-08-31 DOI: 10.18034/AJTP.V5I2.1074
M. Chowdhury, Rusli Ahmad
This conceptual paper intends to present as a proposition of a framework to understand the antecedents of safety performance behaviors.  The elements of performance which refer to the tangible behaviors exhibited by individuals at work, safety participation and safety compliance, are crucial in maintaining safe workplace for construction industry. This article illustrates potential antecedents in determining safety performance behaviors as effect of safety leadership attributes and safety climate components based on the Wu et al. (2008) model and current literature in this field. The article contributes to a better understanding of safety situation in the construction industry through the relationships among safety leadership behaviors, safety climate components and safety performance behaviors. This paper ends with a suggestion of the conceptual framework to study the antecedents of safety performance in the context of Malaysian construction industries.  
这篇概念性的论文打算作为一个框架的命题来理解安全绩效行为的前因。表现要素是指个人在工作中表现出的具体行为、安全参与和遵守安全规定,这些要素对维持建造业工作场所的安全至关重要。本文基于Wu等人(2008)的模型和该领域的当前文献,阐述了确定安全绩效行为作为安全领导属性和安全气候成分影响的潜在前因。本文通过研究安全领导行为、安全气候要素与安全绩效行为之间的关系,有助于更好地了解建筑行业的安全现状。本文以概念框架的建议结束,以研究马来西亚建筑业背景下安全绩效的前因。
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