| Who's on First: Unraveling the Complexity of the United States' Food and Agricultural Regulatory System in the Realm of Homeland Security |
Dec 2009 |
166 pages |
| Authors:
Gary W Elliott; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS
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 | The food and agricultural sector received the designation of critical infrastructure important to national security after the events of September 11, 2001. With an increase of food-borne illnesses at the national level since the new designation, there has been increased concern about the current regulatory approach to the sector, in the paradigm of homeland defense and security. A continuing reliance on a complex web of regulatory oversight from multiple agencies ... |
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| Food Security (CSL Issue Paper, Volume 14-09, September 2009) |
Sep-2009 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
Brent C Bankus; Jason Delosua; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA CENTER FOR STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
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| For a majority of Americans and western Europeans, sufficient food is readily accessible and its cost is a relatively small percentage of their annual income. This, however, is not the case for almost a billion people around the world, including large numbers in the strategically important states of Egypt, India, China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Ethiopia. In these countries, and in others, food insecurity has been ... |
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| Interagency Coordination in the Case of an Intentional Agroterrorist Incident |
11-May-2009 |
27 pages |
| Authors:
Robin K King; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Agriculture in the United States has a tremendous importance in the economic well being of the country. Agroterrorism is defined as an attack against livestock or crops. Though an agroterrorist incident doesn't make the same statement as an attack against human targets, it would be fairly easy to perform. United States agriculture is particularly susceptible in an intentional terrorist event. Though there are many directives and plans in place to ... |
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| Development and Testing of a Laboratory Spray Table Methodology to Bioassay Simulated Levels of Aerial Spray Drift |
May-2009 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
W C Hoffmann; Bradley K Fritz; Chris Parker; Lopez; Juan D Jr; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE COLLEGE STATION TX
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| The objective of this work was to develop a repeatable methodology for bioassaying simulated levels of aerially applied glyphosate at deposition levels ranging from 1/3 to 1/100 of labeled rate at droplet sizes of 100 microns in a spray table environment. These drift deposition levels are consistent with downwind drift measurements out to 200 m seen in previous field studies focusing on quantitative drift assessment. Additionally, full rate applications were ... |
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| Integrated Weed Management Strategies for Control of Hydrilla |
Feb-2009 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
Linda S Nelson; Judy F Shearer; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS COASTAL AND HYDRAULICS LAB
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| This technical note describes the results of a laboratory investigation conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the herbicide diquat (6,7-dihydrodipyrido[1,2-a:2',1'-c]pyrazinediium), and the fungal pathogen Mycoleptodiscus terrestris (Gerd.) Ostazeski, applied alone and in combination with one another, as an integrated weed management strategy against the nuisance aquatic plant, hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata (L.f.) Royle). |
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| National Biofuels Action Plan |
Oct-2008 |
25 pages |
| Authors:
BIOMASS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| This Action Plan outlines areas where interagency cooperation will help to evolve bio-based fuel production technologies from promising ideas to competitive solutions. In developing the plan, the Board used a five part supply-chain framework to identify Board action areas: 1) Feedstock Production, 2) Feedstock Logistics, 3) Conversion, 4) Distribution, 5) End Use. In addition, the Board has identified two crosscutting action areas: Supporting the sustainability of biofuels production and use, ... |
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| Effects of Quality Composts and Other Organic Amendments and Their Humic and Fulvic Acid Fractions on the Germination and Early Growth of Slickspot Peppergrass (Lepidium Papilliferum) and Switchgrass in Various Experimental Conditions |
01-Sep-2008 |
24 pages |
| Authors:
Senesi Nicola; UNIVERSITA DI BARI (ITALY)
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| Three representative and different composts were selected and used in this work: a green compost (GC), a mixed compost (MC) and a green coffee compost (GCC). The three composts were characterized by means of conventional methods for several chemical and physical properties, including pH, electrical conductivity (EC), moisture and ash contents, total organic carbon (TOC) content, total N content, C/N ratio and humic acid-like (HAL) content. Seeds of slickspot peppergrass ... |
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| MAV2008: 1st US-Asian Demonstration and Assessment of Micro Air Vehicle (MAV) and Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) Technology. Schedule of Events, Abstracts and Profiles |
09 MAY 2008 |
90 pages |
| Authors:
A. R. Upadhya; V. Shubha; Eric Stierna; NATIONAL AEROSPACE LAB BANGALORE (INDIA)
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| The activity brought together teams from around the world to address these challenges for micro air vehicles (MAVs): flight, cooperative flight, cooperation with ground-based vehicles, loitering, and sensing surroundings. The test scenario mission was to assist commandos rescue hostages being held by insurgents in a bank building. There were booby traps (mines and explosives) laid around the building and insurgents circling the building in a vehicle. The MAVs and UGVs, ... |
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| Using a Multi-Scale Assessment of Watershed Integrity (MAWI) Approach for Establishing Baseline Conditions in Watersheds |
APR 2008 |
61 pages |
| Authors:
Jeff P. Lin; Ronald D. Smith; Barbara A. Kleiss; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS ENVIRONMENTAL LAB
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| This report describes the development and application of an updated version of the Multi-Scale Assessment of Watershed Integrity (MAWI) approach for watershed assessment. This work demonstrated the approach's capabilities as an assessment and planning tool using parts of the MAWI model developed for the Russian River watershed in northern California. The report also discusses the possibility of adapting the Russian River MAWI model for use in watersheds nationally. |
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| A CAA Primer for Practicing Engineers |
APR 2008 |
163 pages |
| Authors:
Christopher Tam; FLORIDA STATE UNIV TALLAHASSEE DEPT OF MATHEMATICS
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| This is a CAA (computational aeroacoustics) primer written specifically for AEDC. This is not a document written for research in CAA. It is to be a user's guide for practicing engineers who have responsibilities of solving (through prediction) or resolving (through better understanding) aeroacoustics problems by extensive computation. Oftentimes established codes that may or may not have been designed for aeroacoustics applications are used. For this reason the accuracy and ... |
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| Interim Regional Supplement to the Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual: Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast Region |
APR 2008 |
154 pages |
| Authors:
ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS ENVIRONMENTAL LAB
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| This document is one of a series of Regional Supplements to the Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual, which provides technical guidance and procedures for identifying and delineating wetlands that may be subject to regulatory jurisdiction under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act or Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act. The development of Regional Supplements is part of a nationwide effort to address regional wetland characteristics and ... |
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| Water Level Antenna Design at 20 GHz |
APR 2008 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
Theodore K. Anthony; ARMY RESEARCH LAB ADELPHI MD
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| This prototype design demonstrates that a compact, efficient, and affordable wafer level antenna is realizable and can be processed along with microelectromechanical system (MEMS) technology on the same material. A coplanar fed proximity coupled patch antenna was ultimately designed to operate at a frequency around 20 GHz (K-Band) for proof-of-concept. Simulation data is compared with the experimental data for validation of model designs. |
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| AGILE: Autonomous Global Integrated Language Exploitation |
APR 2008 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
John Makhoul; BBN TECHNOLOGIES CAMBRIDGE MA
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| The objective of GALE is nothing short of solving the human language technology (HLT) problem of transcribing foreign spoken and written languages into English and distilling the transcription into accurate information for use by our military. Below, we summarize the work performed by the BBN-led AGILE Team in Year 2. A more detailed description of the work performed can be found in the DARPA/IPTO Quarterly Status Reports for this project. ... |
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| Effects of Turbidity on Fluridone Treatments for Curlyleaf Pondweed Control |
01-Mar-2008 |
12 pages |
| Authors:
Wendy Crowell; Angela G Poovey; Michael D Netherland; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS ENVIRONMENTAL LAB
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| This study was a first step in documenting inorganic turbidity impacts on fluridone efficacy when controlling the invasive species curlyleaf pondweed. Turbidity in the water column did not substantially impact aqueous fluridone residues. Without turbidity, fluridone concentrations of 3 to 5 micrograms ai/L for a 56-day exposure period suppressed growth of curlyleaf pondweed by 42 to 72 percent, but only slightly reduced turion production. The addition of turbidity to the ... |
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| Comparison of Acoustic and Aerial Photographic Methods for Quantifying the Distribution of Submersed Aquatic Vegetation in Sagamore Creek, NH |
MAR 2008 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Bruce Sabol; Elizabeth Lord; Kevin Reine; Deborah Shafer; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS ENVIRONMENTAL LAB
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| Maintenance dredging in the Black Channel portion of the Portsmouth Harbor and Piscatiqua River Federal Navigation Project in Portsmouth (commonly referred to as Sagamore Creek) occurs in close proximity to submersed aquatic vegetation (SAV). Species, density, and spatial distribution are of concern to resource agencies given the potential impacts associated with dredging activities including the physical removal of vegetation as well as increases in turbidity and/or siltation. A variety of ... |
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| Interim Regional Supplement to the Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual: Great Plans Region |
MAR 2008 |
146 pages |
| Authors:
ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS ENVIRONMENTAL LAB
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| This document is one of a series of Regional Supplements to the Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual, which provides technical guidance and procedures for identifying and delineating wetlands that may be subject to regulatory jurisdiction under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act or Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act. The development of Regional Supplements is part of a nationwide effort to address regional wetland characteristics and ... |
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| The Use of Sand Fences in Barrier Island Restoration: Experience on the Louisiana Coast |
MAR 2008 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
Syed M. Khalil; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS ENVIRONMENTAL LAB
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| This System-Wide Water Resources (SWWRP) technical note describes experiences with sand fences to reduce losses by wind-blown sand transport on restored barrier islands in Louisiana. Seven installations of sand fences with various plan view orientations and cross-sectional designs are reviewed. Recommendations are given for use of sand fences in conjunction with restoration of barrier island systems. |
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| Use of Coupled Eutrophication and Network Models for Examination of Fisheries and Eutrophication Processes |
MAR 2008 |
116 pages |
| Authors:
Carl F. Cerco; Dorothy H. Tillman; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS ENVIRONMENTAL LAB
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| The Corps of Engineers Integrated Compartment Water Quality Model (CE-QUAL-ICM or simply ICM) was designed to be a flexible, widely applicable eutrophication model. Ecopath with Ecosim (EWE) is a freely distributed network model supported by the Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia. This study aimed to develop a coupling between the two models so that they could be used, in combination, to address management questions concerning the effects of nutrient ... |
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| PLATO: Portable Language-Independent Adaptive Translation from OCR |
MAR 2008 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
Prem Natarajan; BBN TECHNOLOGIES CAMBRIDGE MA
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| This is the second R&D quarterly progress report (QPR) of the BBN-led team under DARPA's MADCAT program. The goal for the pre-processing and image enhancement task is to eliminate noise artifacts from documents. In this reporting period, we performed preliminary experiments to assess the usefulness of shape-DNA enhancement on machine-print and handwritten images. The shape-DNA approach uses a database of low- and high-resolution shapes and a probabilistic shape-mapping model. The ... |
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| Oxide Coatings in Aero-Turbine Engines |
28 FEB 2008 |
3 pages |
| Authors:
Anthony G. Evans; John W. Hutchinson; CALIFORNIA UNIV SANTA BARBARA
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| Oxide coatings used for various components in the hot section of aero-turbine engines experience temperature gradients at various stages during their flight cycle. One gradient exists during steady-state, due to the combination of the combustion environment next to the free surface and internal cooling of the underlying superalloy substrate. Other gradients develop during cooling of the surface when engine power is reduced. It is argued that deep delaminations, when observed ... |
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| Serbia: Current Issues and U.S. Policy |
26 FEB 2008 |
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| Authors:
Steven Woehrel; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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 | Serbia faces an important crossroads in its development. It is seeking to integrate into the European Union (EU), but its progress has been hindered by a failure to arrest four remaining indicted war criminals. Serbia has sought closer ties to NATO, but the government is divided on whether to seek eventual NATO membership. The United States recognized the independence of Serbia's Kosovo province on February 18, 2008. Britain, France, Germany, ... |
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| High Strength Carbide-Based Fibrous Monolith Materials for Solid Rocket Nozzles |
19 FEB 2008 |
67 pages |
| Authors:
Jeanette M. Blaine; Mark Patterson; Xiaohong Zhang; Greg Hilmas; Bill Fehrenholtz; ADVANCED CERAMICS RESEARCH TUCSON AZ
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| "Next generation" aluminized propellants have become more energetic in order to impart a higher specific impulse to the system, resulting in higher temperatures and pressures that need to be contained. Nozzles are exposed to temperatures of up to 6100 F (3371 C) during aluminized propellant burn. Additionally, these propellants produce very hostile, abrasive environments; existing materials for boost throat applications have been shown to erode at unacceptable rates, leading to ... |
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| Winning the Invisible War: An Agricultural Pilot Plan for Afghanistan |
JAN 2008 |
12 pages |
| Authors:
Edward Borcherdt; Austin Carson; Frank Kennefick; James Moseley; William Taylor; Harlan Ullman; Larry Wentz; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV WASHINGTON DC CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY AND NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY
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| When this paper was undertaken in the summer of 2007, one of its purposes was to sound the alarm over Afghanistan and the critical need for comprehensive action across all sectors of society to prevent that country from becoming a failed state. The second purpose was to lay out the major areas that needed immediate attention, largely within the civil side of reconstruction and development. The third was to propose ... |
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| Information and Communication Technologies for Reconstruction and Development: Afghanistan Challenges and Opportunities |
JAN 2008 |
55 pages |
| Authors:
Larry Wentz; Frank Kramer; Stuart Starr; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV WASHINGTON DC CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY AND NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY
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| The term information and communication technologies (ICTs) encompasses the range of technologies for gathering, storing, retrieving, processing, analyzing, and transmitting information that are essential to prospering in a globalized economy. Advances in ICTs have reduced the costs of managing information and introduced innovations in products, processes, and organizational structures that, in turn, have generated new ways of working, market development, and livelihood practices. Internationally, ICTs are viewed as a basic ... |
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| Effects of Water Hardness on Spray Droplet Size Under Aerial Application Conditions |
Jan-2008 |
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| Authors:
Bradley K Fritz; Wesley C Hoffmann; William E Bagley; Yubin Lan; Daniel E Martin; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE COLLEGE STATION TX
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| Minerals and organic matter in spray carrier water can reduce the effectiveness of some plant protection products. Water hardness has been found to have a significant impact of the efficacy of some crop protection materials and has shown conflicting influence on spray droplet size. The objectives of this study were to determine the effects of water hardness on spray droplet size produced by two commonly-used aerial spray nozzles with and ... |
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| Defence Test and Evaluation Roadmap |
2008 |
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| Authors:
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE CANBERRA (AUSTRALIA)
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| Test and Evaluation (T&E) is one of the key enabling activities that underpin the ADF's capability development process to realise CDF's vision for a balanced, networked and deployable force. Defence's T&E approach will ensure that the capabilities that are fielded are tested and evaluated and are suitable for ADF operations. Defence's T&E approach contributes to the development of systems and capabilities, and articulates a strategy for managing T&E resources to ... |
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| Army National Automotive Center |
07 DEC 2007 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
Paul F. Skalny; ARMY RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING COMMAND WARREN MI
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| The mission of the Army National Automotive Center is to provide full service life cycle engineering support to our TACOM LCMC customers, to develop and integrate the right technology solutions to the effectiveness for the current forces and realize the superior capability of the future force to facilitate army transformation. The vision of the Army National Automotive Center is to be the first choice of technology and engineering expertise for ... |
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| Military Aircraft: C-17 Program Background |
03 DEC 2007 |
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| Authors:
William Knight; Christopher Bolkcom; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| The C-17 Globemaster III is a long-range cargo/transport aircraft operated by the U.S. Air Force since 1993. To date, Congress has funded 190 C-17s for the Air Force. The C-17 program remains a key issue as Congress evaluates the needs of the Department of Defense's (DoD) strategic airlift force. This paper provides program background for the C-17. For more detailed analysis of current issues regarding the C-17 acquisition, see CRS ... |
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| Innovative Techniques for Large-Scale Collection, Processing, and Storage of Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Seeds |
DEC 2007 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
Robert J. Orth; Scott R. Marion; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS
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| The use of eelgrass (Zostera marina) seeds is increasingly being recognized as a viable option for both small- and large-scale restoration projects. Although methods for hand-collecting, processing and storing eelgrass seeds have advanced to match the scale of collections, the number of seeds collected has limited the scale of restoration efforts, as well as the scale of ecologically relevant experiments. Recent experience with mechanized harvest of reproductive shoots has transcended ... |
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| Agricultural Terrorism (Agroterror) and Escalation Theory |
DEC 2007 |
93 pages |
| Authors:
Aeneas R. Gooding; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The debate about whether sub-state actors have an interest in conducting a WMD attack using chemical or biological weapons is embedded within escalation theory, which holds that in order to maintain credibility terrorist groups must demonstrate a continued ability to conduct operations and inflict significant numbers of casualties on their enemy, maintaining a consistent, if not escalating, level of violence. This thesis uses E. coli in produce and foot and ... |
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| Improving Declassification |
DEC 2007 |
49 pages |
| Authors:
PUBLIC INTEREST DECLASSIFICATION BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| Understanding history is essential in a democracy. Without such an understanding, the public cannot know which candidates to vote for or which policies to support. They cannot judge the best course for the country. Without historic understanding, the mistakes of the past are destined to be repeated; the triumphs, unappreciated. Yet, the public cannot always be told all that its Government is doing. To do so would reveal information that ... |
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| Evaluation of Biobased Hydraulic Fluids in Military Construction Equipment |
31 OCT 2007 |
17 pages |
| Authors:
In-Sik Rhee; ARMY TANK-AUTOMOTIVE COMMAND WARREN MI
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| U.S. Army Tank-Automotive RD&E Center is currently developing biobased hydraulic fluids (BHFs) to replace military industrial and mobility hydraulic fluids that are incompatible with environment. To verify the performances of these biobased fluids in military construction equipments, a joint field demonstration was initiated with US Department of Agricultural (USDA) using ten military construction equipment (i.e., Bulldozer, Scraper, Grader, Loader, Crane, etc.) at Fort Leonard Wood, MO. The field test was ... |
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| The National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility: Issues for Congress |
04 OCT 2007 |
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| Authors:
Dana A. Shea; Jim Monke; Frank Gottron; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| The agricultural and food infrastructure of the United States is potentially susceptible to terrorist attack using biological pathogens. In addition to the impacts of such an attack on the economy, some animal diseases could potentially be transmitted to humans. These diseases are known as zoonotic diseases. Scientific and medical research on plant and animal diseases may lead to the discovery and development of new diagnostics and countermeasures, reducing the risk ... |
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| Roadmap for Bioenergy and Biobased Products in the United States |
Oct-2007 |
57 pages |
| Authors:
BIOMASS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE WASHINGTON DC
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| The United States has become increasingly dependent in recent decades on imported petroleum to meet its energy needs. A portfolio of more diverse and domestic feedstocks for our nation's energy and chemical supply must be found to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and to secure future energy supply. Biomass resources are a sustainable and environmentally friendly feedstock that can contribute significantly to a diverse energy portfolio. The Roadmap identifies ... |
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| Afghanistan: Narcotics and U.S. Policy |
14 SEP 2007 |
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| Authors:
Christopher M. Blanchard; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Opium poppy cultivation and drug trafficking have become significant negative factors in Afghanistan's fragile political and economic order over the last 25 years. Afghan, U.S., and coalition efforts to provide viable economic alternatives to poppy cultivation and to disrupt corruption and narco-terrorist linkages succeeded in reducing opium poppy cultivation in some areas during 2004 and 2005. However, escalating violence, particularly in Helmand, and widespread corruption fueled a surge in cultivation ... |
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| Investigation of the Impact of Sonar Transmission on Fisheries and Habitat in the U.S. Navy's USWTR: Summary of Stakeholder Concerns and Appropriate Research Areas |
SEP 2007 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Andrew Read; Elliott Hazen; DUKE UNIV BEAUFORT NC MARINE LAB
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| Public comments responding to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (October 2005) for the proposed Undersea Warfare Training Range (USWTR) off North Carolina were analyzed to provide a comprehensive view of stakeholder concerns. Three main areas of public concern -- short- and long-term effects on fish from mid-frequency sonar operations, displacement of fishermen during training exercises, and habitat modification/destruction -- were identified. Research areas that might address these concerns also were ... |
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| LCS-1 Freedom Reduced Manning Study |
AUG 2007 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
Ross Davidson; J. E. Wilson; Brian Berchtold; NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER WEAPONS DIV CHINA LAKE CA
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| This report describes the results of the first spiral of a study conducted by the NAVAIRWARCENWPNDlV Fire Science and Technology Office, to review the suitability of the Lockheed Martin Littoral Combat Ship design to obtain permission to operate helicopters with fewer personnel than required by the NAVAIR 00-80R-14 NATOPS U.S. Navy Aircraft Firefighting and Rescue Manual. The study, conducted from April through June 2006, included a survey of LCS ship ... |
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| Food and Agricultural Imports from China |
17 JUL 2007 |
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| Authors:
Geoffrey S. Becker; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| U.S. food and agricultural imports have increased significantly in recent years. A series of recent incidents have raised safety concerns about the many foods, medicines, and other products from China in particular. U.S. imports of all Chinese food, agricultural, and seafood products have increased from nearly 0.411 million metric tons (MMT) in 1996 to 1.833 MMT in 2006, a 346% rise. Two federal agencies - FDA and the U.S. Department ... |
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| Very Fast Algorithms and Detection Performance of Multi-Channel and 2-D Parametric Adaptive Matched Filters for Airborne Radar |
05 JUN 2007 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
Jr. Marple S. L.; Phillip M. Corbell; Muralidhar Rangaswamy; OREGON STATE UNIV CORVALLIS DEPT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
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| In a seminal paper published in 2000, two algorithmic versions of the multichannel parametric adaptive matched filter (PAMF) applied to space-time adaptive processing (STAP) in an airborne radar application were shown to achieve superior test detection statistics over the conventional adaptive matched filter (AMF), which uses a non-parametric approach to estimate the detection weight vector. In fact, the performance of the PAMF approach is very close to the ideal matched ... |
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| New Kind of War: Are We Prepared for Agroterrorism? |
24 MAY 2007 |
56 pages |
| Authors:
Grant L. Morris; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| In the event of a major attack on our agriculture--known as agroterrorism--over 30 local, state and federal agencies including the Department of Defense (DoD) will be called upon to respond to the incident. Over the last six years several bioterror and agroterror exercises have shown significant gaps in U.S. capabilities to prevent, prepare, respond and recover from domestic biological and agricultural acts of terrorism. A common theme in the after ... |
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| Agriculture and Food: Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources Sector-Specific Plan as Input to the National Infrastructure Protection Plan |
MAY 2007 |
251 pages |
| Authors:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WASHINGTON DC
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| Protecting the Nation's agriculture and food critical infrastructure and key resources (CI/KR) is an important responsibility shared by Federal, State, local, and tribal governments and private industry. Because of the open nature of many portions of the Food and Agriculture Sector, attacks against the Nation by using food or agricultural infrastructure or resources as weapons could have a devastating impact on public health and the economy. Traditional physical security practices ... |
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| Special Army Reports Prepared by Defense Finance and Accounting Service Indianapolis Operations |
27 APR 2007 |
31 pages |
| Authors:
Paul J. Granetto; Patricia A. Marsh; Jack L. Armstrong; Paul C. Wenzel; Leslie M. Barnes; Andrew D. Grum; E. E. Kleiman; Joseph A. Baer; Chad A. Maroska; Ann L. Thompson; OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR AUDITING OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ARLINGTON VA
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| Army and Army personnel responsible for preparing and using special Army reports should read this report. This is the second in a series of reports related to Army budget execution operations. The first report discussed the transmission of Army budget execution data by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) Indianapolis Operations to various accounting systems and the Department of the Treasury. This report discusses special Army reports prepared by ... |
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| Recent Honey Bee Colony Declines |
26 MAR 2007 |
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| Authors:
Renee Johnson; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| This report examines the recent sharp decline in U.S. honey bee colonies, which scientists are now calling the Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). This phenomenon first became apparent among commercial migratory beekeepers along the East Coast during the last few months of 2006, and has since been reported nationwide. Honey bees are the most economically valuable pollinators of agricultural crops worldwide. Many scientists at universities and the U.S. Department of Agriculture ... |
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| The Geology of Somalia: A Selected Bibliography of Somalian Geology, Geography and Earth Science |
FEB 2007 |
431 pages |
| Authors:
Robert L. Hadden; ARMY TOPOGRAPHIC ENGINEERING CENTER ALEXANDRIA VA
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| This bibliography on the geology, geography, and other earth sciences of Somalia was initiated to fill a request for current information on that war-torn state. The bibliography brings together selected citations from a variety of different cartographic, geographical, geological, agricultural, hydrological, and other earth science resources. Sources include scientific societies, government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, commercial databanks, and major research libraries. Most of the citations have information on where the item ... |
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| Perennial Polyculture Farming: Seeds of Another Agricultural Revolution? |
2007 |
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| Authors:
James A. Dewar; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| James Dewar presents arguments in favor of perennial polyculture farming as a positive contribution to a wide variety of global problems and suggests actions that should be taken to explore that promise further. He explains perennial polyculture farming and differences between it and annual monoculture farming. He explores its association with reversing environmental degradation; redressing the loss of biodiversity; reducing worldwide hunger, malnutrition, and energy use; and improving the health ... |
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| Agribusiness Industry |
2007 |
37 pages |
| Authors:
Christopher Ager; Laurel Cunnane; Dianne Gallasch; Ross Guckert; Robin Hunt; Kathleen Kenyon; Laura Koller; Patrick Laraby; Denise Lind; Karl Payne; INDUSTRIAL COLL OF THE ARMED FORCES WASHINGTON DC
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| American agribusiness provides a secure and safe food supply to our people, filling the first requirement of any sovereign state: to feed its people. In doing so, the industry accounts for about 12% of America's gross domestic product and employs about 17% of its workforce. It is thus central to both the security and the economic health of the nation. The ability of the agricultural sector to accomplish these feats ... |
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| The Statistics of GPS |
2007 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
Demetrios Matsakis; NAVAL OBSERVATORY WASHINGTON DC
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| The Global Positioning System (GPS) is an extremely effective satellite-based system that broadcasts sufficient information for a user to determine time and position from any location on or near the Earth. The fundamental GPS measurement is the corrected time of the satellite clock relative to the receiver clock. This paper uses publicly available information to present a statistical analysis of the underlying timescale and clock performance, which can be largely ... |
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| Community Sediment Transport Model |
2007 |
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| Authors:
W. R. Geyer; Christopher R. Sherwood; Timothy Keen; WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MA
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| The goal of this project is to produce an open-source model that couples hydrodynamics (circulation and waves), sediment transport, and morphodynamics. The need and value for such a model has been well established by previous NOPP-supported planning efforts (Sherwood et al., 2000; 2002) and the feasibility of the proposed approach has been demonstrated by incorporation of sediment-transport and morphology algorithms into the ONR-supported Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS). The model ... |
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| Development of Mid-Frequency Multibeam Sonar for Fisheries Applications |
2007 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
John K. Horne; Christopher D. Jones; Mike A. Wolfson; WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE SCHOOL OF AQUATIC AND FISHERY SCIENCES
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| The long-term goal of this program is to investigate the utility of mid-frequency (~10 kHz) acoustics to detect, enumerate, and identify pelagic fish distributions. Objectives of this research include: comparisons of fish backscatter models, models of mid-frequency sound propagation, development of a mid-frequency multibeam sonar, and backscatter measurements using split-beam echo sounders and the multibeam sonar. |
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| A Comprehensive Modeling Approach Towards Understanding and Prediction of the Alaskan Coastal System Response to Changes in an Ice-Diminished Arctic |
2007 |
6 pages |
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Wieslaw Maslowski; John J. Cassano; John J. Walsh; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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| The main science hypothesis to be addressed in this project can be formulated as follows. The recently observed dramatic decrease of summer sea ice cover in the western Arctic Ocean is driven by two main, primarily local factors: (1) the oceanic heat advection of summer Pacific Water via the Alaska Coastal Current and (2) the positive ice-albedo feedback. To understand physical processes and air-sea-ice interactions involved in these two driving ... |
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Agronomy, Horticulture and Aquiculture
