| An Assessment of Some Watch Schedule Variants Used in Cdn Patrol Frigates: OP Nanook 2011 |
Dec 2012 |
105 pages |
| Authors:
Michael A Paul; Daniel Ebisuzaki; Jason McHarg; Steven R Hursh; James C Miller; DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TORONTO (CANADA)
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 | Previous research conducted by DRDC-Toronto to evaluate watch schedule variants used on Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) submarines indicated very significant and deleterious effects of the watch system on modeled cognitive effectiveness of RCN submariners. Subsequently, DRDC-Toronto hosted an International Submarine Watch Schedule Symposium which led to a new RCN submarine watch schedule that improved modeled performance by about 30%. The RCN surface fleet is aware of this work and supported ... |
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| An Unreliable Chart of Accounts Affected Auditability of Defense Enterprise Accounting and Management System Financial Data |
28 Sep 2012 |
37 pages |
| Authors:
INSPECTOR GENERAL DEPT OF DEFENSE ARLINGTON VA
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| Our overall objective was to determine whether the Defense Enterprise Accounting and Management System (DEAMS) fulfilled selected functional capabilities needed to generate timely, accurate, and reliable financial management information. The criteria related to the functional capabilities we reviewed did not require testing of the timeliness of the financial data. Consequently, we did not determine whether DEAMS provided DoD management with timely financial information. See Appendix A for the scope and ... |
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| Plant-Mimetic Heat Pipes for Operation with Large Inertial and Gravitational Stresses |
Aug 2012 |
44 pages |
| Authors:
Abraham Stroock; N M Holbrook; Maciej Zwieniecki; CORNELL UNIV ITHACA NY SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
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| These briefing charts discuss biomolecular insights, synthetic physiology, biophysical insights and integrated understanding. |
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| Navy Medicine Professional Development Center (NMPDC) |
15 Jul 2012 |
17 pages |
| Authors:
NAVAL MILITARY PERSONNEL COMMAND WASHINGTON DC
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| Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction |
30 Apr 2012 |
189 pages |
| Authors:
SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR AFGHANISTAN RECONSTRUCTION ARLINGTON VA
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| Sentinel Reportable Medical Events, Service Members and Other Beneficiaries of the U.S. Military Health System, First Calendar Quarter, 2012 Versus 2011 |
Apr 2012 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
ARMED FORCES HEALTH SURVEILLANCE CENTER SILVER SPRING MD
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| Department of Defense policy mandates the reporting of cases of 67 different diseases and injuries whose occurrence may represent a significant threat to public health and military operations. The chart below depicts the numbers of cases of selected conditions which were reported through service-specific electronic reporting systems. For each condition, the bars represent the numbers of cases among service members and among other health care beneficiaries (retirees, family members) during ... |
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| UHF Antenna Design for AFIT Random Noise Radar |
Mar 2012 |
238 pages |
| Authors:
Matthew T Ludwig; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| The design of a small ultra-high frequency (UHF) antenna for an ultra-wideband (UWB) random noise radar (RNR) system was undertaken to improve system bandwidth and reduce overall system size. The Vivaldi dipole antenna class showed the greatest potential for high performance in this specific application. After extensive computer simulation, three designs were built using two printed circuit board antenna construction methods. The antipodal chopped Vivaldi dipole antenna, built with a ... |
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| An Analysis of the President's 2013 Budget |
Mar 2012 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
Barry Blom; CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE (U S CONGRESS) WASHINGTON DC
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| This report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) presents an analysis of the proposals contained in the President s budget request for fiscal year 2013. The analysis is based on CBO s economic projections and estimating techniques (rather than the Administration s) and incorporates estimates by the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation for the President s tax proposals. In conjunction with analyzing the President s budget, CBO has ... |
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| Deployment-Related Conditions of Special Surveillance Interest, U.S. Armed Forces, by Month and Service, January 2003 - January 2012 (data as of 23 February 2012) |
Feb 2012 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
ARMED FORCES HEALTH SURVEILLANCE CENTER SILVER SPRING MD
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| Th e numbers of OEF/OIF/OND deployment-associated conditions in this report differ from those previously published in the MSMR. The change reflects an adjustment in the manner in which service members deployments were associated with OEF/OIF/OND. The net effect is to decrease the numbers of service members with the conditions of interest who could be identified as having deployed to OEF/OIF/OND. |
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| The Effect of Cigarette Taxation on Prices: An Empirical Analysis Using Local-Level Data |
Jan 2012 |
46 pages |
| Authors:
Ryan S Sullivan; Donald H Dutkowsky; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This paper combines new, author-collected tax data with data both from the American Chamber of Commerce Researchers Association (ACCRA) cost of living index (COLI) and from the Tax Burden on Tobacco (TBT) to measure the relative effects of city, county, and state excise cigarette taxation on cigarette prices. The results indicate that a $1 increase in the state excise cigarette tax increases cigarette prices between $1.10 and $1.14, but that ... |
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| Challenges at the Intersection of Energy, Economy, Environment, & Security and the Role of the Defense Sector in Addressing Them |
29 Nov 2011 |
29 pages |
| Authors:
John P Holdren; EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT WASHINGTON DC NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL
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| Climate Change Adaptation - Challenges and Opportunities |
Nov 2011 |
17 pages |
| Authors:
Jr Pease Gerald; DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WASHINGTON DC
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| Humans have been adapting to the vagaries of weather for millennia, sometimes successfully sometimes not. Today, the myriad of important federal laws that regulate the impacts of human activity in our natural environment not only complicates plans for climate change adaptation, but also act as a strong justification for proactive planning, engagement and action. The challenge of adaptation will result in increased opportunities for more effective interaction with other federal ... |
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| Energy for the Warfighter |
Nov 2011 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
Dave King; OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WASHINGTON DC (OPERATIONAL ENERGY PLANS AND PROGRAMS)
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| These briefing charts discuss the following topics: DoD operational energy strategy, Afghanistan basing strategy, changing environment and operational and tactical challenges, lessons learned, mission statement of the Operational Energy Division (OED), OED efforts to emphasize reducing fuel use in the Afghanistan CJOA, energy management solutions, power distribution, contingency basing and power solutions. |
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| Directions in Engine-Efficiency and Emissions Research (DEER) Conference |
03 Oct 2011 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
Grace M Bochenek; ARMY TANK AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER WARREN MI
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| The various topics are discussed in these briefing charts: product lines of TARDEC, military vehicles mobility and energy efficiency, technical challenge of fuel efficient, safer vehicles, fuel efficiency, hybrids and vehicle electrification, installation and energy security, electronic power, control and distribution. |
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| SCI Survey to Determine Pressure Ulcer Vulnerability in the Outpatient Population |
Oct 2011 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
Lisa Gould; JAMES A HALEY VETERANS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION TAMPA FL (VETERANS AFFAIRS)
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| Our preliminary hypothesis is that there are factors, biological and psychosocial, that increase or reduce vulnerability to PrUs among spinal cord injured persons. In the first phase of the study a data extraction tool was created based on variables that are thought to impact on PrU development. A retrospective review of 120 randomly sampled charts was conducted using this data extraction tool. The data obtained from this review will be ... |
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| Reduced Toxicity High Performance Monopropellant |
Sep 2011 |
31 pages |
| Authors:
Adam Brand; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB EDWARDS AFB CA PROPULSION DIR/SPACE AND MISSILE PROPULSION DIV/PROPELLANTS BRANCH
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| These briefing charts are an overview of reduced toxicity, high performance monopropellant. Performance of hydrazine limits spacecraft payload, range, lifetime and operational response time. The focus is to replace SOTA Hydrazine with monopropellants based on energy dense ionic liquids. |
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| Traumatic Brain Injury: Same or Different |
22 Jul 2011 |
25 pages |
| Authors:
Kimberly Meyer; DEFENSE AND VETERANS BRAIN INJURY CENTER WASHINGTON DC
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| Native Plant Species Suitable for Ecological Restoration |
10 May 2011 |
26 pages |
| Authors:
Thomas Smith; David Wester; Sandra Rideout-Hanzak; TEXAS TECH UNIV LUBBOCK DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
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| A Simulation and Optimization Methodology for Reliability of Vehicle Fleets |
13 Apr 2011 |
44 pages |
| Authors:
Zissimos P Mourelatos; Jing Li; Vijitashwa Pandey; Amandeep Singh; Matthew Castanier; David Lamb; ARMY TANK AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER WARREN MI
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| Overview of the briefing charts: what is reliability? Basics of reliability ethods for repairable and non-repairable systems. Estimation of PDF of Time Between Failures (TBF) using limited, censored data. |
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| A Provider's Perspective: Utilizing Deployed Information Technology to Care for Our Wounded Warriors |
24 Jan 2011 |
19 pages |
| Authors:
Michael J Meier; JOINT STAFF FOR LOGISTICS WASHINGTON DC MEDICAL READINESS DIV
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| These briefing charts discuss treatment/patient movement flow, continuum of care, data flow to support the continuum of care, first responders, health care system, command and control systems, medical situational awareness in theater, and other related topics. |
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| Tungsten Speciation in Firing Range Soils |
JAN 2011 |
82 pages |
| Authors:
Jay L. Clausen; Benjamin C. Bostick; Anthony Bednar; Jing Sun; Joshua D. Landis; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER HANOVER NH
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| Synchrotron-based X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) of select surface soil samples obtained from Camp Edwards, Massachusetts, small arms ranges indicate that little tungsten metal remains in the soil and that is not stable in the natural environment. X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) studies indicate rapid oxidation of tungsten metal to form tungsten oxides W(VI), polytungstates, tungstates, and polyoxometallates (POM) in any number of forms. Owing to structural similarities, it is ... |
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| The U.S. Marine Transportation System: Federal Responsibilities, Funding, and Coordination |
Jan 2011 |
6 pages |
| Authors:
Rajiv Khandpur; COAST GUARD WASHINGTON DC OFFICE OF MARINE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
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| Even more than the other parts of the nation's transportation system, marine transportation is a joint private and public sector enterprise. The private sector owns and operates the vessels and most of the terminals and is responsible for the commerce that flows through the system. The public sector provides much of the infrastructure to keep the system functioning in a safe, secure, and environmentally sound manner. While the responsibility of ... |
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| Crowd Behavior Modeling in COMBAT XXI |
JUL 2010 |
17 pages |
| Authors:
Imre Balogh; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA MODELING VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS AND SIMULATION (MOVES)
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| These briefing charts discuss motivation, crowd modeling, digital pheromone systems, COMBAT XXI and project description. |
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| Synthesis and Crystal Structure of (Benzotrithiophene)2(TCNQ) a Possible One-Dimensional Thermoelectric Material (Briefing Charts) |
18 MAY 2010 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
Joel Schmidt; Douglas Dudis; Albert Fratini; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING DIR/NONMETALLIC MATERIALS DIV
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| Quasi-one-dimensional (Q1D) organic crystals may offer good thermoelectric properties. Thermoelectric efficiencies twenty times greater than current thermoelectric materials have been predicted for Q1D materials. This theoretical prediction shows the potential that this new class of materials has to revolutionize electrical generation as well as cooling since thermoelectric devices operate with no moving parts and have a very long service life. Q1D materials are formed from parallel stacks of molecules. One ... |
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| Methods for Collecting, Detecting and Identifying Biological Agents in Environmental and Animal Samples (Briefing Charts) |
10 SEP 2009 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Johnathan L. Kiel; Eric A. Holwitt; Veronica K. Sorola; Maomian Fan; Yvette B. Gonzalez; Ishmael I. Rosas; David F. Vela; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB BROOKS CITY-BASE TX HUMAN PERFORMANCE WING (711TH)
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| Aptamers need to be selected under the conditions in which they are going to be used. SELEX aptamers sometime work as double-stranded contact reporting apatamers, but many times do not in spite of very low Kds. ASExpP fulfills the above criteria. |
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| Unauthorized Aliens Residing in the United States: Estimates Since 1986 |
25-Aug-2009 |
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| Authors:
Ruth E Wasem; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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 | Estimates derived from the March Supplement of the U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population Survey (CPS) indicate that the unauthorized resident alien population (commonly referred to as illegal aliens) rose from 3.2 million in 1986 to 11.9 million in 2008. Jeffrey Passel, a demographer with the Pew Hispanic Research Center, has been involved in making these estimations since he worked at the U.S. Bureau of the Census in the 1980s. The ... |
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| Impact of Friction Reduction Technologies on Fuel Economy for Ground Vehicles |
13-Aug-2009 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
G R Fenske; R A Erck; O O Ajayi; A Masoner; A S Comfort; ARMY RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING COMMAND WARREN MI
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| These briefing charts discuss: overview of petroleum consumption -- How much do we actually use? How does tribology (friction and wear) fit into the equation? If we get rid of all friction, how big of an impact will a frictionless engine have on petroleum consumption. If we reduce friction by x% how much petroleum can we save? What's the difference between commercial and military applications? What's being done (research) to ... |
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| Aptamer Selection Express: A Rapid Single-Step Selection of Double Stranded DNA Capture Elements (Briefing Charts) |
01 JUL 2009 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
Johnathan Kiel; Maomian Fan; Eric Holwitt; Veronica Sorola; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB BROOKS CITY-BASE TX HUMAN PERFORMANCE WING (711TH)
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| Advantages of aptamers. ALISA, Where we came from. Dot Blot Format, Other possibilities. One step Quantum Dot De-quenching Assay Why we need a double-stranded DNA aptamer. Comparing SELEX to Aptamer Selection Express (ASExpP). Reagentless electronic sensors (RFIDs). Emerging disease agents and finding an unknown Why we need a rapid technique for aptamer selection. |
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| Cuban Migration to the United States: Policy and Trends |
02-Jun-2009 |
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| Authors:
Ruth E Wasem; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Many of the issues surrounding Cuban migration are unique but not new. Normal immigration from Cuba has been elusive since Fidel Castro came to power. Over the past 50 years, the practice of Cubans fleeing by boat to the United States has become commonplace, and at some points reached the levels of a mass exodus. Since the last upsurge of boat people in the mid-1990s, the United States and Cuba ... |
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| The Design of an Intelligent Decision Support Tool for Submarine Commanders |
Jun-2009 |
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| Authors:
Geoffrey P Carrigan; MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH CAMBRIDGE
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| A recent search of headlines shows a high number of maritime collisions and accidents. The USS Hartford, a nuclear submarine, recently surfaced into an oil tanker just after the running aground of the USS Port Royal in Hawaii. Internationally, a French and British submarine collided in the Atlantic Ocean. The high frequency of these maritime accidents points to the need for a better decision support in ship and submarine navigation. ... |
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| Global Maritime Awareness |
Jun-2009 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
Guy Thomas; US COAST GUARD WASHINGTON DC OFFICE OF GLOBAL MARITIME AWARENESS
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| This briefing charts discuss a comprehensive national effort to promote global eocnomic stability and maritime safety and security. |
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| Cuban Migration to the United States: Policy and Trends |
07-May-2009 |
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| Authors:
Ruth E Wasem; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Many of the issues surrounding Cuban migration are unique but not new. Normal immigration from Cuba has been elusive since Fidel Castro came to power. Over the past 50 years, the practice of Cubans fleeing by boat to the United States has become commonplace, and at some points reached the levels of a mass exodus. Since the last upsurge of boat people in the mid-1990s, the United States and Cuba ... |
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| United States Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Request |
May-2009 |
27 pages |
| Authors:
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (COMPTROLLER) WASHINGTON DC
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| These briefing charts concern the Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Request. Topics discussed are defense budgets for military and civilian employees, modernization of the armed forces, procurement of equipment and services, supporting troops in the field, insourcing, contracting, recruiting and retention of personnel, facilities, research and development, and defense priorities. |
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| Quality Assurance |
19-Mar-2009 |
8 pages |
| Authors:
Marty Previch; ARMY RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING COMMAND WARREN MI
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| These briefing charts discuss the TARDEC organization, current quality assurance missions, accomplishments, and quality assurance assessment effort. |
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| Joint Milli-Arcsecond Pathfinder Survey (JMAPS): Overview and Application to NWO Mission |
11-Mar-2009 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
B Dorland; R Dudik; NAVAL OBSERVATORY WASHINGTON DC
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| The Joint Milli-Arcsecond Pathfinder Survey (JMAPS) mission is a Department of Navy (DoN) space-based, all-all sky astrometric bright star survey, current set with a 2012 launch date. JMAPS will use a relatively modest aperture, very high accuracy astrometric telescope flown in low earth orbit aboard a microsat. Mission baseline is for a three-year mission life (2012-2015) in a 900 km sun synchonous terminator orbit. JMAPS will produce an all-sky astrometric, ... |
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| A Clinically Useful Tool to Determine an Effective Snellen Fraction: Details |
Mar-2009 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
William A Monaco; Joseph M Heimerl; Joel T Kalb; ARMY RESEARCH LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD HUMAN RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE
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| A patient's visual function has been routinely assessed by a visual acuity measurement, usually by means of a Snellen chart. More recently, visual acuity measurements have been extended to measure the progress of disease or the efficacy of therapeutic interventions. Thus, accurate and reproducible visual acuity measurements are needed. However, the intrinsic variability in line-by-line scoring is high because only 50%-80% of the letters in a line need be correctly ... |
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| Pilot Preferences on Vector Moving-Map Displays |
Jan-2009 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
Maura C Lohrenz; Stephanie A Myrick; Michael E Trenchard; John W Ruffner; Tyrus Cohan; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS
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| Vector map databases offer the potential for customised cockpit moving-map displays, in which user-specified cartographic features can be layered to meet mission requirements. The disadvantage of vector moving-maps is the potential for increased user workload. In 1995, the Naval Research Laboratory and the Naval Air Weapons Center jointly performed a preference study, during which aircrew viewed demonstrations of prototype moving-map displays and responded to a detailed questionnaire concerning the usefulness ... |
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| Dynamic Network Change Detection |
Dec-2008 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
Ian McCulloh; Kathleen M Carley; MILITARY ACADEMY WEST POINT NY
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| Network data provides valuable insight into understanding complex organizations by modeling relational dependence between network agents. Detecting subtle changes in organizational behavior can alert analysts before the change significantly impacts the larger group. Statistical process control is applied to dynamic network measures of longitudinal data to quickly detect organizational change. The performance of 10 network measures and three algorithms are evaluated on simulated data. One of the algorithms and one ... |
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| Improving Government's Retirement Plan Investments by Using Mining Tools for Discovery of Price Patterns and Combining Methods of Fundamental and Technical Analysis |
01-Jun-2008 |
121 pages |
| Authors:
Nikitas Goumatianos; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| There are many tools available to government fund managers for making investment decisions, especially regarding the retirement options available to U.S. service members, including Social Security, Military Retirement, Traditional Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs), Roth IRAs, and the Uniformed Services Thrift Savings Plan (TSP). This project concentrates on both long-term and short-term investments by exploiting the combination of two types of investment methods. The first is to predict the future directions ... |
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| National Counterterrorism Center: 2007 Report on Terrorism |
30-Apr-2008 |
101 pages |
| Authors:
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE WASHINGTON DC
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| Consistent with its statutory mission to serve as the U.S. Government's knowledge bank on international terrorism, the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) is providing this report and statistical information to assist in understanding the data. Section 2656f(b) of Title 22 of the U.S. Code requires the State Department to include in its annual report on terrorism "to the extent practicable, complete statistical information on the number of individuals ... killed, injured, ... |
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| Verification and Validation of DTRA's Unified EM Design (Briefing Charts) |
09-Apr-2008 |
13 pages |
| Authors:
Robert F Gray; DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY FORT BELVOIR VA
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| Modeling & Simulation for Enterprise Test and Evaluation |
13-Mar-2008 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
Shala Malone; NAVAL SEA SYSTEMS COMMAND WASHINGTON DC
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| The purpose of the Capstone Enterprise Air Warfare Ship Self Defense (AW SSD) Enterprise Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) is to consolidate all AW SSD at-sea testing and Pra Testbed testing. The AW SSD T&E Enterprise Strategy is founded on a two-tiered process to assess AW SSD warfare systems performance: (1) Validate models with live testing, operational ship testing, self-defense test ship (SDTS) testing and (2) Assess performance with ... |
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| Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mission Packages: Determining the Best Mix |
MAR 2008 |
135 pages |
| Authors:
Benjamin P. Abbott; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The threat of a large fleet engagement in the open ocean is currently over-shadowed by the asymmetric challenges presented by state and non-state actors using the littorals for illicit purposes. Unlike traditional multimission combatants, the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is a focused mission platform significantly less capable of handling simultaneous missions, whether they are planned or not. However, when deploying LCS as a squadron, a Combatant Commander may select to ... |
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| Incident Management Mission Diagnostic Method, Version 1.0 |
MAR 2008 |
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| Authors:
Audrey Dorofee; Georgia Killcrece; Robin Ruefle; Mark Zajicek; CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INST
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| The Incident Management Mission Diagnostic (IMMD) is a risk-based approach for determining the potential for success of an organization's incident management capability (IMC). This potential for success is based on a finite set of current conditions -- a limited set of key drivers used to estimate the current IMC health relative to a defined benchmark. Decision makers can then determine if the current state of the IMC is acceptable, or ... |
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| Mission Diagnostic Protocol, Version 1.0: A Risk-Based Approach for Assessing the Potential for Success |
MAR 2008 |
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| Authors:
Christopher Alberts; Audrey Dorofee; Lisa Marino; CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INST
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| SEI Mission-Oriented Success Analysis and Improvement Criteria (MOSAIC) is a management approach for establishing and maintaining confidence that objectives will be achieved successfully. It comprises a suite of risk-based methods for assessing and managing complex projects and processes. The Mission Diagnostic Protocol (MDP) is one of the assessments included in MOSAIC. MDP provides a time-efficient means of analyzing the potential for success in complex and uncertain environments and can be ... |
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| Land Vehicle Tire Qualification |
26-Feb-2008 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
ARMY RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING COMMAND WARREN MI
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| These briefing charts deal with the qualification for land vehicle tires. It discusses the classfiications, the qualification process, vehicle qualification testing, replacement tires and requirements. |
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| The Social Networks of Small Arms Proliferation: Mapping an Aviation Enabled Supply Chain |
DEC 2007 |
155 pages |
| Authors:
Philip A. Curwen; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| A complex network of dealers, brokers, financiers, and traffickers continue to funnel large quantities of small arms and ammunition into African conflict zones despite the presence of United Nations arms embargoes. Weapons are often transported from arms producing countries in Eastern Europe and the post-Soviet States to remote locations in Africa by civil aircraft. This thesis will focus on the process by which weapons are bought and sold and the ... |
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| Warfighter-in-the-Loop Experiments with GT-DRIVE and SimCreator |
13 NOV 2007 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
Matt McGough; TACOM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER WARREN MI
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| OUTLINE: * Motivation - Hybrid Electric Vehicle Evaluation and Assessment Program; * TARDEC Duty Cycle Experiment Process (DCE-TOP) - Warfighter-in-the-Loop; * TARDEC GT-Drive Conv. and Hybrid HMMWV Models; * SimCreator Vehicle Dynamics Model; * GT-Drive / SimCreator Integration; * DCE-TOP Results; * Conclusion. |
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| The Military Commissions Act of 2006: Analysis of Procedural Rules and Comparison with Previous DOD Rules and the Uniform Code of Military Justice |
27 SEP 2007 |
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| Authors:
Jennifer K. Elsea; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| On November 13, 2001, President Bush issued a Military Order (M.O.) pertaining to the detention, treatment, and trial of certain non-citizens in the war against terrorism. Military commissions pursuant to the M.O. began in November 2004 against four persons declared eligible for trial, but proceedings were suspended after a federal district court found that one of the defendants could not be tried under the rules established by the Department of ... |
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| Engine Test Confidence Evaluation System |
13-Sep-2007 |
35 pages |
| Authors:
Michael A Barga; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH TURBINE ENGINE DIV
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| These briefing charts discuss: test confidence rating (TCR) development for turbine engines, key program milestones, evaluation of test readiness of engine components, instrumentation, assembly and test facilities, establishes quantitative risk assessment, engine TCR flexibility and how it can be tailored to be applicable across many technical areas. |
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