| Terrorism Information Sharing and the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Report Initiative: Background and Issues for Congress |
05-Nov-2009 |
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| Authors:
Mark A Randol; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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 | The 2004 National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the 9/11 Commission) cited breakdowns in information sharing and the failure to fuse pertinent intelligence (i.e., connecting the dots) as key factors in the failure to prevent the 9/11 attacks. Efforts undertaken since 2001 to tackle these issues include the following: Congress mandated the creation of an information-sharing environment (commonly known as the ISE? that would provide and facilitate ... |
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| Understanding Demonstration-based Training: A Definition, Conceptual Framework, and Some Initial Guidelines |
Nov-2009 |
31 pages |
| Authors:
Randy Jensen; Sowmya Ramachandran; Eduardo Salas; Dan Fu; Elizabeth Hinkelman; Michael A Rosen; Davin Pavlas; Donald R Lampton; STOTTLER HENKE ASSOCIATES INC SAN MATEO CA
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 | This research was conducted as part of a Phase I Army Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contract monitored by the United States Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI). The overall goal of the SBIR topic is to develop a comprehensive system for designing, producing, distributing, and using training demonstrations. This report provides an initial formalism for demonstration-based learning, to be incorporated into the design and development ... |
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| Warfighter Support. Challenges Confronting DOD's Ability to Coordinate and Oversee Its Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Efforts |
29-Oct-2009 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
William M Solis; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| Improvised explosive devices (IED) are the number-one threat to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, accounting for almost 40 percent of the attacks on coalition forces in Iraq. Although insurgents' use of IEDs in Iraq has begun to decline, in Afghanistan the number of IED incidents has significantly increased. The Joint IED Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) was created to lead, advocate, and coordinate all DOD efforts to defeat IEDs. Its primary role ... |
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| Portable Language-Independent Adaptive Translation from OCR |
15-Oct-2009 |
6 pages |
| Authors:
Prem Natarajan; BBN TECHNOLOGIES CAMBRIDGE MA
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| This quarter, we re-designed the Shape-DNA based rule line cleaning algorithm to minimize the degradation of the shape of text characters. Recall that in the Shape-DNA based cleaning approach, the projection onto the Shape-DNA space produces a rule line distance image that is used to clean the rule lines. However, this cleaning process can and does remove portions of legitimate text characters that resemble rule lines. Therefore, instead of using ... |
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| Application of DNA Profiling in Resolving Aviation Forensic Toxicology Issues |
Oct-2009 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
Dennis Burian; Arvind K Chaturvedi; Kristi J Craft; Doris M Kupfer; Dennis V Canfield; FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OKLAHOMA CITY OK CIVIL AEROSPACE MEDICAL INST
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| Biological samples from the victims of aviation accidents are submitted to the Civil Aerospace Medical Institute (CAMI) for toxicological evaluation. Body components of aviation accident fatalities are often scattered, disintegrated, commingled, contaminated, and/or putrefied at accident scenes. These situations may impose difficulties in victim identification and tissue matching, thereby in the toxicological analysis of authentic samples and the interpretation of the associated analytical results. The use of DNA typing has ... |
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| Weight Measurements and Standards for Soldiers |
Oct-2009 |
16 pages |
| Authors:
Donald A Williamson; PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER BATON ROUGE LA
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| The purpose of this three-year study is to: 1) implement a computerized database to track the fatness and physical performance of Reservists assigned to the 94th RRC and 804th Medical Brigade, 2) provide the 94th RRC and 804th Medical Brigade with an environmental/internet-based intervention to increase health risk communication and promote healthy body weight/fatness and physical performance, 3) monitor the fatness and physical performance of the Reservists for two years ... |
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| Seismo-Acoustic Generation by Earthquakes and Explosions and Near-Regional Propagation |
30-Sep-2009 |
10 pages |
| Authors:
Relu Burlacu; Kristine Pankow; Tae-Sung Kim; Stephen J Arrowsmith; Brian W Stump; Christopher T Hayward; Rongmao Zhou; SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIV DALLAS TX
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| Seismo-acoustic measurements provide an opportunity to quantify natural and man-made sources that are at or near the Earth's surface. We have operated three acoustic arrays collocated with seismometers from the University of Utah Seismograph Stations (BGU, EPU, NOQ). We report on progress in three separate areas of research related to these seismo-acoustic databases. The first topic investigates seismo-acoustic signals from the Wells, Nevada earthquake that occurred on February 21, 2008 ... |
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| Unified Regional Tomography and Source Moment Tensor Inversions Based on Finite-Difference Strain Green Tensor Databases |
30-Sep-2009 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
Wei Zhang; Xiaoping Yang; Yang Shen; Li Zhao; Zhigang Zhang; SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORP SAN DIEGO CA
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| Seismic monitoring requires accurate source characterization in real time. Accurate 3D earth models are essential for accurate predictions of seismic observables and source characterization. While recovering the true earth structure has always been the goal of tomographic inversions, methods based on full wavefields in 3D reference models have several distinct advantages. Made possible by advances in high-performance computation, this full-wave approach accounts for complex wave propagation in 3D heterogeneous earth, ... |
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| Three Dimensional (3D) Topology Builder |
24-Sep-2009 |
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| Authors:
Paul Watson; Mike L Mathews; Chris Evans; LASER SCAN INC STERLING VA
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| In this project, the LSI and ISpatial team addressed this obstacle by researching and developing a system capable of: 1) Creating a 3D topology model automatically from a number of different data models of varying formats and quality. 2) Maintaining this topology as feature data was modified on-the-fly. 3) Providing a web-service based automated data quality tool that is based on topological data and is capable of detecting errors that ... |
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| Reengineering of the Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) Equipment Tracking Database |
Sep-2009 |
210 pages |
| Authors:
W T Young; Dalton H Clarke; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) manages the Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS). DBIDS captures personal and biometric information to manage DoD-wide access, control, and personnel accountability. DBIDS equipment is installed globally, and managed by a central office on the Monterey peninsula. Program managers track data about the numbers and type of equipment installed at each site. Program managers were tracking DBIDS data using a single Microsoft Excel workbook comprised ... |
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| Determining Route Survey Periodicity for Mine Warfare: Investigation of Bedforms, Waves, Tides, and Currents |
Sep-2009 |
126 pages |
| Authors:
Nicola S Wheatley; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| To retain maritime security, an up-to-date database of mine countermeasures route surveys is essential. In 2005, the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) developed a GIS weighted suitability model to determine survey periodicity; allowing optimization of survey resources, increasing time and cost efficiency. The U.S. currently has no such model. Bedforms are an integral part of the survey periodicity problem. Sediment grain size, tides, currents, and wind-generated waves are influential in ... |
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| Automated Routing of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) |
Sep-2009 |
46 pages |
| Authors:
Terry Jameson; Edward M Measure; David Knapp; Andrew Butler; ARMY RESEARCH LAB WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE NM INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC PROTECTION DIV
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| Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) have become a key component of US military power and are likely to have an increasing role in reconnaissance, surveillance, communication and combat. UAS operations are affected by weather and other environmental effects, but usually have less capability to see, react to, and endure adverse environments than manned aircraft. Weather effects thus become a crucial part of both operational planning and execution of UAS missions. The ... |
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| Nearest Neighbor Classification Using a Density Sensitive Distance Measurement |
Sep-2009 |
120 pages |
| Authors:
Joshua J Burkholder; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA MODELING VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS AND SIMULATION (MOVES)
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| This work proposes a density sensitive distance measurement that takes into account the density of an underlying dataset to better represent the shape of the data when measuring distance. Kernel density estimation, using kernel bandwidths determined by k -nearest neighbor distances, is used to approximate the density of the underlying dataset. A scale is applied to the resulting kernel density estimate and a line integral is performed along its surface ... |
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| A Novel Scoring Approach for Protein Co-Purification Data Reveals High Interaction Specificity |
Sep-2009 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
Jaques Reifman; Anders Wallqvist; Joseph Ivanic; Xueping Yu; BIOTECHNOLOGY HPC SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS INST FORT DETRICK MD
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| Large-scale protein interaction networks (PINs) have typically been discerned using affinity purification followed by mass spectrometry (AP/MS) and yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) techniques. It is generally recognized that Y2H screens detect direct binary interactions while the AP/MS method captures co-complex associations; however, the latter technique is known to compute the propensity for two proteins to co-purify in an AP/MS data set, thereby allowing us to assess the detected level of interaction ... |
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| High-Resolution Global and Basin-Scale Ocean Analyses and Forecasts |
Sep-2009 |
19 pages |
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Eric P Chassignet; Hiroyuki Tsujino; Benoit Tranchant; Andreas Schiller; Timothy F Pugh; Peter R Oke; Jean-Michel Lellouche; Olivier Galloudec; Gregg A Le Jacobs; Romain Bourdalle-Badie; Mounir Benkiran; Masafumi Kamachi; Yann Drillet; Gary B Brassington; Alan J Wallcraft; E J Metzger; Ole M Smedstad; Harley E Hurlburt; Norihisa Usui; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS OCEAN DYNAMICS AND PREDICTION BRANCH
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| The feasibility of global ocean weather prediction was just emerging as the Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment (GODAE) began in 1997. Ocean weather includes phenomena such as meandering currents and fronts, the surface mixed layer and sea surface temperature (SST), waves, upwelling of cold water, all influencing ocean variables such as temperature (T), salinity (S), currents, and sea surface height (SSH). Adequate real-time data input, computing power, numerical ocean models, ... |
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| Connotative Meaning of Military Chat Communications |
Sep-2009 |
29 pages |
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Sharon M Walter; Emily Budlong; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB ROME NY INFORMATION DIRECTORATE
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| Automatic processing of military chat text in operational environments will be necessary to provide automated data collection, collation, and usage for tactical updates, post-mission operational analysis, and watch turnover. The informal nature of chat communications allows the relay of far more information than the technical content of messages. This AFRL in-house project combined components of the methodology applied in a Syracuse University project for IARPA's AQUAINT program with additional research ... |
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| Methods for Tier 1 Modeling within the Training Range Environmental Evaluation and Characterization System |
Aug-2009 |
68 pages |
| Authors:
Billy E Johnson; Mark S Dortch; Jeffrey A Gerald; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS ENVIRONMENTAL LAB
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| The Training Range Environmental Evaluation and Characterization System (TREECS) is being developed for the Army with varying levels of capability to forecast the fate and risk of munitions constituents (MC), such as high explosives (HE), within and transported from firing/training ranges to surface water and groundwater. The overall objective is to provide the range manager with tools to assess range management strategies to meet environmental compliance goals. Tier 1 will ... |
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| Investigation and Remediation Records Concerning Incidents of Weapons Discharges by Private Security Contractors Can Be Improved |
28-Jul-2009 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL ARLINGTON VA SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION
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| This report by the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) responds to congressional requirements to conduct audits of serious incidents involving private security contractors (PSCs) in Iraq. It focuses on the Department of Defense's (DoD) oversight of incidents involving the firing--or discharge--of weapons reported from May 2008 through February 2009 by its PSCs. Specifically, the report examines (1) the number and types of serious incidents involving weapons discharges and ... |
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| A Spatially Explicit Model of Red Imported Fire Ant Behavior for Managing Species at Risk on Military Lands |
Jul-2009 |
37 pages |
| Authors:
James Westervelt; Tim Peterson; Bart Rossmann; John Drake; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Cave cricket populations are essential to the survival of many rare invertebrates that are endemic to the karst regions of Fort Hood, TX. These crickets bring organic matter into the caves, where it serves as an energy source for a variety of karst invertebrates. At Fort Hood, Red Imported Fire Ants (RIFA) migrating from South America into the southern United States prey upon cave crickets, which potentially threatens some populations ... |
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| Brain Region and Cell Type Transcripts for Informative Diagnostics |
Jul-2009 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
Leroy E Hood; INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY SEATTLE WA
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| Our objectives, have and will provide a set of candidate markers that can be used not only for the diagnosis of brain trauma, such as traumatic exposure to explosions, but also diseases such as brain cancer, including glioblastoma, and neural degenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease. We were able to accomplish the first of our two main objectives - we have identified a large number of brain-region specific markers and ... |
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| Wireless Computing Architecture |
Jul-2009 |
53 pages |
| Authors:
H T Kung; William H Gates; HARVARD UNIV CAMBRIDGE MA
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| Work of the project has led to a number of findings and conclusions. These results have been published or will be published in the near future: -Localization with Snap-Inducing Shaped Residuals (SIRS): Coping with Errors in Measurement, 15th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom 2009), September 2009. -A Computational Wireless Network Backplane: Performance in a Distributed Speaker Identification Application, Military Communications Conference (MILCOM 2008), November 2008. -Rainbow: ... |
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| Internal Controls Over Government Property in the Possession of Contractors at Two Army Locations |
18-Jun-2009 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
INSPECTOR GENERAL DEPT OF DEFENSE ARLINGTON VA
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| Our overall objective was to evaluate the Department of the Army internal controls over Government-furnished property. Specifically, we examined whether the processes and databases at the RFAAP, located in Virginia, and at Fort Irwin, located in California, accurately accounted for existence, completeness, and valuation of Government property transferred from and retained by contractors. We examined whether the Army clearly defined its requirements for the accountability and reporting of Government-furnished property. ... |
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| Point Density Effects on Digital Elevation Models Generated from LiDAR Data |
Jun-2009 |
73 pages |
| Authors:
Richard L Duldulao; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The use of Airborne LiDAR Systems (ALS) to obtain topographical information of the earth's surface and generate Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) has grown extensively in the field of Remote Sensing. Selected areas of point cloud LiDAR data collected from Honduras in 2008 was used to produce DEMs with varying densities to show the effects of lower resolution LiDAR data. An IDL code was utilized to reduce the selected LiDAR point ... |
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| Zero Dimensional Model of High-Pressure Ablative Capillary Discharge with Capillary Wall Thermal Conduction and Radiation Absorption |
Jun-2009 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
L Pekker; O Pekker; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB EDWARDS AFB CA PROPULSION DIRECTORATE
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| A zero-dimensional time-dependent high-pressure slab capillary discharge model with capillary wall thermal conduction and wall radiation absorption is presented. The model includes a resistor-inductor-capacitor circuit and a heat-transfer radiation model based on radiation database constructed using PrismSPEC, a commercially available radiation software, to calculate the radiation heat flux output from a uniform plasma slab. The model also includes a model of the thin transition boundary layer between the uniform plasma ... |
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| Gravitational and Magnetic Anomaly Inversion Using a Tree-Based Geometry Representation |
Jun-2009 |
24 pages |
| Authors:
George A Gazonas; Raymond A Wildman; ARMY RESEARCH LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD WEAPONS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH DIRECTORATE
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| Gravitational and magnetic anomaly inversion of homogeneous 2D and 3D structures is treated using a geometric parameterization that can represent multiple, arbitrary polygons or polyhedra and a local-optimization scheme based on a hill-climbing method. This geometry representation uses a tree data structure, which defines a set of Boolean operations performed on convex polygons. A variable-length list of points, whose convex hull defines a convex polygon operand, resides in each leaf ... |
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| Assessment of the DoD Laboratory Civilian Science and Engineering Workforce |
Jun-2009 |
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| Authors:
Jocelyn M Seng; Pamela E Flattau; INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA
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| The Director, Defense Research and Engineering (DDR&E) tasked the Institute for Defense Analysis (IDA) to analyze the civilian science and engineering (S&E) workforce employed by the Department of Defense (DoD) laboratories (DoD labs). The objectives of the study were as follows: (1) to provide DDR&E with an assessment of the recent trends/current status of the S&E workforce as input for policy and funding decisions relative to S&E workforce development to ... |
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| Forward Sound Propagation Around Seamounts: Application of Acoustic Models to the Kermit-Roosevelt and Elvis Seamounts |
Jun-2009 |
279 pages |
| Authors:
Hyun J Kim; MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH CAMBRIDGE JOINT PROGRAM IN APPLIED OCEAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
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| The Basin Acoustic Seamount Scattering Experiment (BASSEX) of 2004 was conducted to measure forward-scattering around the Kermit-Roosevelt Seamount Complex in the Northeast Pacific. The BASSEX experiment was focused on the bathymetric effects on acoustic propagation, in particular, on direct blockage, horizontal refraction, diffraction, and scattering by the seamounts. A towed hydrophone array, with 64 sensors cut for 250Hz (3m spacing), was used to measure the signals transmitted from the aforementioned ... |
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| TIPS - A System for Contextual Prioritization of Tactical Messages |
Jun-2009 |
37 pages |
| Authors:
Norman Coleman; Robert E Marmelstein; Mary G Devito; Mark H Linderman; EAST STROUDSBURG UNIV PA
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| The automatic understanding of military messages has long been a technological goal of Command and Control (C2). Many past approaches utilized Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques to solve this problem. However, emerging database schemas for coalition C2, such as the Joint Command, Control and Consultation Information Exchange Data Model (JC3IEDM), make other approaches feasible. The richness of the JC3IEDM makes it possible to extract context for Battlespace objects represented in ... |
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| Endocrine Therapy of Breast Cancer |
Jun-2009 |
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| Authors:
Robert Clarke; GEORGETOWN UNIV WASHINGTON DC
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| A controversy in the treatment of estrogen receptor positive (ER+) breast cancers is whether an aromatase inhibitor, e.g., letrozole (LET) or TAM should be given as first line endocrine therapy. Unfortunately, response rates are lower, and response durations are shorter, on crossover than when these agents are given as first line therapies, e.g., 40% of tumors show cross resistance to TAM or an aromatase inhibitor on crossover. Only 50% of ... |
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| An Analysis of the U.S. Pilot Population From 1983-2005: Evaluating the Effects of Regulatory Change |
May-2009 |
25 pages |
| Authors:
Paul B Rogers; Stephen J Veronneau; Connie L Peterman; James E Whinnery; Estrella M Forster; FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OKLAHOMA CITY OK CIVIL AEROMEDICAL INST
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| The size of the U.S. civil aviator community has been of interest to researchers, policy makers, and special interest groups. A strict definition for membership in the U.S. pilot population was used that was based on Scientific Information System principles. This approach provides methods for scientists to describe, quantify, and predict changes in this population over the 23-year study period. The Bioinformatics Research Team at the Civil Aerospace Medical Institute ... |
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| Injury Reduction Effectiveness of Prescribing Running Shoes Based on Plantar Shape in Marine Corps Basic Training San Diego, CA and Parris Island, SC |
May-2009 |
81 pages |
| Authors:
Steve Bullock; Joseph J Knapik; Bruce H Jones; David I Swedler; Daniel W Trone; Adriana Villasenor; Timothy Bockelman; Emily Schmied; Peggy Han; ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD
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| In response to a request from the Military Training Task Force of the Defense Safety Oversight Council, this study examined whether prescribing running shoes based on the shape of the plantar surface influenced injury risk in Marine Corps basic training. After foot examinations, Marine Corps recruits in an experimental group (E, n=408 men, 314 women) were prescribed motion-control, stability, or cushioned shoes for plantar shapes indicative of low, medium, or ... |
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| Inhibition of Ovarian Cancer by microRNA-mediated Regulation of Telomerase |
May-2009 |
51 pages |
| Authors:
Brittney-Shea Herbert; INDIANA UNIV INDIANAPOLIS
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| A hallmark of ovarian cancer is its limitless proliferative potential which is governed in part by elevated levels of human telomerase (hTERT) or telomerase activity. However, how telomerase can be regulated in normal cells, and how this regulation can be lost during cancer progression, is not completely understood. microRNAs (miRNAs) are evolutionarily conserved, small, non-coding, single-stranded, 19-23 nucleotide RNA molecules that are estimated to negatively regulate protein encoding genes including ... |
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| Characterizing the Turbulent Wind Flow Near a Wind Barrier Using a Data Set Collected with an Array of Sonic Anemometers |
May-2009 |
28 pages |
| Authors:
David Quintis; Sean D'Arcy; Robert Brice; David Tofsted; Jimmy Yarbrough; Yansen Wang; Scott Elliott; Thomas Truong; Michael Davalos; ARMY RESEARCH LAB ADELPHI MD COMPUTATIONAL AND INFORMATION SCIENCES DIRECTORATE
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| An array of 10 sonic anemometers was used to observe the mean wind and turbulence near an artificial wind barrier at the High Speed Test Track facility on Holloman Air Force Base, NM. In order to test the effectiveness of such barriers in reducing cross-track winds, a prototype barrier was constructed using a polyester screen material rated as providing 30% porosity. The barrier dimensions were 100 m in length and ... |
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| Dual-Modality Prostate Imaging with PET and Transrectal Ultrasound |
Apr-2009 |
75 pages |
| Authors:
Jennifer S Huber; CALIFORNIA UNIV BERKELEY LAWRENCE BERKELEY LAB
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| We developed the hardware and software tools needed for dual Positron Emission Tomography-Transrectal Ultrasound (PET-TRUS) imaging of the prostate. We acquired and modified the necessary TRUS equipment to work when mounted on a patient table in conjunction with the prostate-optimized PET scanner or the EXACT HR PET scanner. We developed software to: determine the location of two point sources and calculate the corresponding location of the TRUS probe tip (both ... |
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| Program Management Issues with Fielding, Resetting Digital Systems |
24-Mar-2009 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Rod Mentzer; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Army transformation and the requirement to support two major combat operations simultaneously has placed a burden on the Army's ability to generate equipped, trained, and ready combat power on a reliable non-exhaustive cyclic model. The Army Force Generation Model (ARFORGEN) has done a great deal to alleviate that stress by dictating timelines for equipping, training, deploying, and resetting of combat units. However, when dealing with information systems that have an ... |
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| Normalized Implicit Radial Models for Scattered Point Cloud Data without Normal Vectors |
23-Mar-2009 |
18 pages |
| Authors:
Gregory M Nielson; ARIZONA STATE UNIV TEMPE
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| We describe some new methods for obtaining a mathematical representation of a surface that approximates a scattered point cloud, {(x y z ) i N} i i i , , = 1,L, without the use or need of normal vector data. The fitting surface is defined implicitly as the level set of a field function which is a linear combination of trivariate radial basis functions. Optimal approximations are based upon ... |
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| Molecular Identification of Human Fungal Pathogens |
01-Mar-2009 |
125 pages |
| Authors:
Brian L Wickes; TEXAS UNIV HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO
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| This proposal focuses on the development of a system for the molecular identification of human fungal pathogens using a biocurated database of DNA sequences. While common fungi can be easily identified by clinical microbiologists, identification of non-routine fungi from clinical specimens cannot be reliably done without specific training in mycology. Unfortunately, individuals with this training are in short supply in both civilian and military hospitals. The objective of this study ... |
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| Data Mining Report |
01-Mar-2009 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE WASHINGTON DC
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| The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) is pleased to provide to Congress its second report pursuant to the Data Mining Reporting Act. The Data Mining Reporting Act requires the head of each department or agency of the Federal Government that is engaged in an activity to use or develop data mining, as defined by the Act, to report annually on such activities to the Congress. This report ... |
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| Image Processing for Multiple-Target Tracking on a Graphics Processing Unit |
Mar-2009 |
79 pages |
| Authors:
Michael A Tanner; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| Multiple-target tracking (MTT) systems have been implemented on many di?erent platforms, however these solutions are often expensive and have long development times. Such MTT implementations require custom hardware yet o?er very little flexibility with ever changing data sets and target tracking requirements. This research explores how to supplement and enhance MTT performance with an existing graphics processing unit (GPU) on a general computing platform. Typical computers are already equipped with ... |
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| An Investigation Into the Feasibility of Using a Modern Gravity Gradient Instrument for Passive Aircraft Navigation and Terrain Avoidance |
Mar-2009 |
180 pages |
| Authors:
Marshall M Rogers; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| Recently, Gravity Gradient Instruments (GGIs) - devices which measure the spatial derivatives of gravity, have improved remarkably due to development of accelerometer technologies. Specialized GGIs are currently flown on aircraft for geological purposes in the mining industries. As such, gravity gradient data is recorded in flight and detailed gradient maps are created after post mission processing. These maps, if stored in a database onboard an aircraft and combined with a ... |
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| Naval Officer Attitude Toward the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy |
Mar-2009 |
107 pages |
| Authors:
Alfonzo E Garcia; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The U.S. military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) policy continues to stimulate heated debate over its effectiveness in promoting unit cohesion, good order and discipline, personal privacy, and other organizational objectives. As military leaders focus on recruiting and retaining the highest quality personnel to fight the global war on terrorism, an increasing number of authoritative voices can be heard asking if the DADT policy has become outdated, unnecessary, or simply ... |
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| Abstracting GIS Layers from Hyperspectral Imagery |
Mar-2009 |
154 pages |
| Authors:
Torsten E Howard; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| Modern warfare methods in the urban environment necessitates the use of multiple layers of sensors to manage the battle space. Hyperspectral imagers are one possible sensor modality to provide remotely sensed images that can be converted into Geographic Information Systems (GIS) layers. GIS layers abstract knowledge of roads, buildings, and scene content and contain shape files that outline and highlight scene features. Creating shape files is a labor-intensive and time-consuming ... |
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| Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Understanding Human Dynamics |
Mar-2009 |
145 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| Understanding human dynamics is an essential aspect of planning for success across the full spectrum of military and national security operations. Although the U.S. military belatedly increased its human dynamics awareness within the current Iraq and Afghanistan theaters, recent progress has been achieved because of its importance in strategic, operational, and tactical decision-making. The U.S. military also has made recent progress in training and sensitizing deployed U.S. forces to the ... |
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| A Communication Framework for Collaborative Defense |
28-Feb-2009 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Konstantinos Anagnostakis; INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH (SINGAPORE)
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| The goal of this project has been to implement a collaborative automated signature generation system for deep packet inspection systems. In this report they summarize the results at the conclusion of this project. Briefly, the primary goal of achieving a significant level of automation was successfully achieved, although it proved to be more complex than originally perceived. They have been able to provide sufficient automation to be able to build ... |
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| Exploring Convergent Evolution to Provide a Foundation for Protein Engineering |
26-Feb-2009 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
Shelley D Copley; COLORADO UNIV AT BOULDER
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| Pathway holes correspond to steps in a pathway for which a homologue of known enzymes cannot be identified even though other enzymes in the pathway are present. Pathway holes can occur when an organism has independently evolved an enzyme to provide a catalytic function supplied by a structurally and possibly mechanistically different enzyme in other organisms. We have approached the identification of convergently evolved enzymes that fill pathway holes using ... |
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| Training Community Modeling and Simulation Business Plan, 2007 Edition. Volume 2: Data Call Responses and Analysis |
Feb-2009 |
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| Authors:
Frank Carr; Daniel B Levine; Jay J Davis; William Szych; Jesse Citizen; Philip A Sargent; Robert Halayko; Frederick E Hartman; J D Fletcher; Stanley A Horowitz; Susan Foster; INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA
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| The Training Community Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Business Plan (TMSBP) provides linkages between the training functional stakeholders as represented in the Training Transformation (T2) Senior Advisory Group (SAG) and Executive Steering Committee (ESG) to the Department's larger M&S strategic vision and goals. Since needs and technology are constantly evolving, the TMSBP will continue to evolve as a living document. The 2007 Edition of the TMSBP is provided to inform the ... |
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| Pilot Preferences on Vector Moving-Map Displays |
Jan-2009 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
Maura C Lohrenz; Michael E Trenchard; Stephanie A Myrick; 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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| Multi-Agent Technology for Airspace Control in the Combat Zone |
Jan-2009 |
54 pages |
| Authors:
Victor A Skormin; ADVANCED TECHNICAL CONCEPTS BERKSHIRE NY
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| Successful airspace control is one of the key factors maximizing the effectiveness of air operations. It includes long and short-term planning and control that utilizes large and dynamic databases, and constitutes a combination of resource allocation, routing, scheduling, and deconfliction tasks performed repeatedly reflecting the battlefield dynamics. These tasks place heavy burden on personnel, leading to costly inefficiencies. Modern computing technologies are capable of expanding the share of airspace control ... |
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| Air Force Officer Specialty Structure. Reviewing the Fundamentals |
Jan-2009 |
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| Authors:
Raymond E Conley; Albert A Robbert; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| Since its inception over 50 years ago, the Air Force specialty-classification structure has had only one major overhaul--in 1993. Yet, the Air Force has changed dramatically. It is smaller. Its people are more educated and experienced. Its missions have continued to evolve. Given the evolving missions, changing workforce, and changing nature of work, several senior Air Force leaders are asking whether the existing specialty codes provide the correct blend or ... |
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| Importance of the What, When, and Where of Mosquito Collection Events |
Jan-2009 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
RichArd C Wilkerson; Leopoldo M Rueda; Desmond H Foley; WALTER REED ARMY INST OF RESEARCH SILVER SPRING MD DEPT OF ENTOMOLOGY
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| There is increasing need to apply established standards for recording data on mosquito collection events, because of the diversity of potential data providers, and the growth and interoperability of online databases designed to host these collection records. In particular, adequate taxonomic and georeference data are needed for geodatabases such as Mosquito map (http://www. mosquitomap.org/) that map and compare these collection points with other spatial information in a geographical information system ... |
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