| Honduran-U.S. Relations |
06-Oct-2009 |
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| Authors:
Peter J Meyer; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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 | On June 28, 2009, the Honduran military detained President Manuel Zelaya and flew him to exile in Costa Rica, ending 27 years of uninterrupted democratic, constitutional governance. Following the ouster, the Honduran Supreme Court released documents asserting that an arrest warrant had been issued for Zelaya as a result of his noncompliance with court decisions declaring his proposed non-binding referendum illegal. Zelaya's forced removal halted the judicial process before a ... |
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| Briefing on Air Force's Response on Fee-For-Service Aerial Refueling |
05-Oct-2009 |
19 pages |
| Authors:
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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 | Section 1081 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 calls for the Secretary of the Air Force to conduct a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of utilizing commercial fee-for-service air refueling tanker aircraft for Air Force operations.1 In response to your May 2009 letter to the Secretary of the Air Force requesting an update on the status of this pilot program, the Air Force ... |
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| Enhancing Simulation-Based Training Adversary Tactics via Evolution (ESTATE) |
15-Sep-2009 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
CHARLES RIVER ANALYTICS INC CAMBRIDGE MA
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| During this reporting period, we extended our work in the conceptual formulation of ESTATE for Challenge/Response games. We explored and refined aspects of item response theory to support assessment and learning Challenge/Response games. We constructed multiple simulations to test our theoretical hypotheses. |
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| Leveraging Social Media to Engage the Public in Homeland Security |
Sep-2009 |
130 pages |
| Authors:
Jody Woodcock; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS
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| We live in disparate times. There seems to be an increase in the occurrence of natural disasters and acts of terrorism, creating an increased dependence on government services and emergency responders. By contrast, public safety budgets are shrinking and there are fewer resources to address this greater, widespread need. The answer may be what homeland security officials have yet to do - engage the public as a full partner. A ... |
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| Robust Adaptive Control Using a Filtering Action |
Sep-2009 |
120 pages |
| Authors:
Jia-Horng Yang; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This dissertation describes the design of an adaptive controller for single-input single-output (SISO) systems with guaranteed bounds on the transient response, and robustness with external disturbances and unmodeled dynamics. Developed from a current approach called L1 adaptive controller, we show that by adding two properly designed low pass filters at the input and at the estimator we can control the transient response and the sensitivity of the overall system to ... |
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| Learning From Our Past: How a Vietnam-Era Pacification Program Can Help Us Win in Afghanistan |
Sep-2009 |
117 pages |
| Authors:
Amy S Bumgarner; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA CENTER FOR STABILIZATION AND RECONSTRUCTION STUDIES
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| Weak, failing, failed and post-conflict states pose one of the greatest national and international security challenges of our day. The stabilization and development of faltering states is in both the short- and long-term interests of the United States because stable states pose fewer security challenges. Afghanistan is a failed state that presents security challenges on a global scale as well as a classic case study on insurgency that needs a ... |
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| Finding the Sweet Spot for Catastrophic Incident Search and Rescue |
Sep-2009 |
164 pages |
| Authors:
Eric M Bleakney; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA CENTER FOR HOMELAND DEFENSE AND SECURITY
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| This thesis examines the national preparedness to conduct catastrophic incident search and rescue (SAR) using organization-specific doctrine, concept plans, congressional research reports and testimonies, after action reviews, periodicals, federal government plans, interviews, a focus group and two benchmark studies. The research indicates that individual organizations conduct SAR activities well, but combined, joint and interagency catastrophic search and rescue preparations are lacking. Should another catastrophic incident occur tomorrow, the SAR results ... |
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| Mass Care (ESF-6) Preparedness for Catastrophic Disasters |
Sep-2009 |
108 pages |
| Authors:
Charrier; Ronald J Jr; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The author of this thesis asserts that the current mass care response capability of the state of Missouri is insufficient to meet the sheltering, feeding and bulk distribution needs of the projected affected population in a catastrophic disaster. This thesis focuses on a catastrophic seismic event along the New Madrid fault zone resulting in an earthquake with a Richter scale reading approximating 7.7 or higher to determine the baseline mass ... |
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| Effects of Form Perception and Meaning on the Visual Evoked Potential with Author's Update |
Sep-2009 |
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| Authors:
Melvyn E Kalich; ARMY AEROMEDICAL RESEARCH LAB FORT RUCKER AL
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| Visual evoked responses (VER) from different interpretations of reversible figures, simple geometrical forms, and consonant-vowel-consonant (cvc) trigrams with differently ordered consonants were studied over a 2-year period in three adult human subjects. Stimuli were all black line figures subtending less than 2 degrees, seen against a white, square, 10-degree background and presented in random order with a random interstimulus interval. VERs were obtained from six active electrode sites. VER wave ... |
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| Freedom of Information Act (FOIA): Issues for the 111th Congress |
12-Aug-2009 |
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| Authors:
Wendy R Ginsberg; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Enacted in 1966 after 11 years of investigation and legislative development in the House - and nearly 6 years of such consideration in the Senate - the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA; 5 U.S.C. - 552) replaced the public information section of the Administrative Procedure Act. FOIA was designed to enable any person to request, without explanation or justification, access to existing, identifiable, unpublished, executive branch agency records. The statute ... |
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| Information Technology Sector Baseline Risk Assessment |
Aug-2009 |
115 pages |
| Authors:
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WASHINGTON DC
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| The Information Technology (IT) Sector provides both products and services that support the efficient operation of today's global information-based society. These products and services are integral to the operations and services provided by other critical infrastructure and key resource (CIKR) sectors. Threats to the IT Sector are complex and varied. In addition to the risks presented by natural hazards? such as catastrophic weather or seismic events?the IT Sector also faces ... |
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| Mechanical Response and Shear Initiation of Double-Base Propellants |
Aug-2009 |
16 pages |
| Authors:
Stephan R Bilyk; Michael J Scheidler; ARMY RESEARCH LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD
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| The intense shearing that occurs in propellants during impulsive loading can lead to initiation. In an effort to determine useful shear initiation criteria, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory has developed a dynamic shear punch test using a modified split- Hopkinson bar. Varying the striker bar's velocity and length controls the shear rate and duration. Shear velocities approaching 100 m/s and durations as long as 0.2 ms are possible. Experimental results ... |
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| 2008 Post-Election Voting Survey of Local Election Officials: Statistical Methodology Report |
Aug-2009 |
27 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE MANPOWER DATA CENTER ARLINGTON VA
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| This report describes sample design, sample selection, weighting, and variance estimation procedures for the 2008 Post-Election Voting Survey of Local Election Officials. The first section of this report describes the design and selection of sample. The second section provides information on weighting and variance estimation. The final section describes the calculation of response rates, location rates, and completion rates for the full sample and for population subgroups. |
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| 2008 Post-Election Voting Survey of Unit Voting Assistance Officers: Statistical Methodology Report |
Aug-2009 |
24 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE MANPOWER DATA CENTER ARLINGTON VA
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| This report describes sample design, sample selection, weighting, and variance estimation procedures for the 2008 Post-Election Voting Survey of Unit Voting Assistance Officers. The first section of this report describes the design and selection of sample. The second section provides information on weighting and variance estimation. The final section describes the calculation of response rates, location rates, and completion rates for the full sample and for population subgroups. |
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| 2008 Post-Election Voting Survey of Uniformed Service Members: Stastical Methodology Report |
Aug-2009 |
53 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE MANPOWER DATA CENTER ARLINGTON VA
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| This report describes sample design, sample selection, weighting, and variance estimation procedures for the 2008 Post-Election Voting Survey of Uniformed Service Members. The first section of this report describes the design and selection of sample. The second section provides information on weighting and variance estimation. The final section describes the calculation of response rates, location rates, and completion rates for the full sample and for population subgroups. |
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| 2008 Post-Election Voting Survey of Overseas Citizens: Statistical Methodology Report |
Aug-2009 |
26 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE MANPOWER DATA CENTER ARLINGTON VA
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| This report describes sample design, sample selection, weighting, and variance estimation procedures for the 2008 Post-Election Voting Survey of Overseas Citizens. The first section of this report describes the design and selection of sample. The second section provides information on weighting and variance estimation. The final section describes the calculation of response rates, location rates, and completion rates for the full sample and for population subgroups. |
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| 2008 Post-Election Voting Survey of Department of State Voting Assistance Officers: Statistical Methodology Report |
Aug-2009 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE MANPOWER DATA CENTER ARLINGTON VA
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| This report describes sample design, sample selection, weighting, and variance estimation procedures for the 2008 Post-Election Voting Survey of Department of State Voting Assistance Officers. The first section of this report describes the design and selection of sample. The second section provides information on weighting and variance estimation. The final section describes the calculation of response rates, location rates, and completion rates for the full sample and for population subgroups. ... |
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| 2008 Post-Election Voting Survey of Federal Civilians Overseas: Statistical Methodology Report |
Aug-2009 |
28 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE MANPOWER DATA CENTER ARLINGTON VA
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| This report describes sample design, sample selection, weighting, and variance estimation procedures for the 2008 Post-Election Voting Survey of Federal Civilians Overseas. The first section of this report describes the design and selection of sample. The second section provides information on weighting and variance estimation. The final section describes the calculation of response rates, location rates, and completion rates for the full sample and for population subgroups. |
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| Status of the Defense Emergency Response Fund in Support of the Global War on Terror |
30-Jul-2009 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
INSPECTOR GENERAL DEPT OF DEFENSE ARLINGTON VA
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| Our objective was to determine whether the Defense Emergency Response Fund (DERF) for the Global War on Terror (GWOT) was used as intended and whether the use of the funds complied with the Office of Management and Budget guidance. We will issue at least one additional report addressing this audit objective. For this report, we determined whether DoD transferred all DERF balances to the Iraq Freedom Fund (IFF) as intended ... |
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| Homeland Defense. Preliminary Observations on Defense Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and High-Yield Explosives Consequence Management Plans and Preparedness |
28-Jul-2009 |
24 pages |
| Authors:
Davi M D'Agostino; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| DOD plays a support role in managing Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and High-Yield Explosives (CBRNE) incidents, including providing capabilities needed to save lives, alleviate hardship or suffering, and minimize property damage. This testimony addresses GAO's preliminary observations on DOD's role in CBRNE consequence management efforts and addresses the extent to which (1) DOD's plans and capabilities are integrated with other federal government plans, (2) DOD has planned for and structured ... |
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| The Global Financial Crisis: Analysis and Policy Implications |
10-Jul-2009 |
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| Authors:
Dick K Nanto; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| The world has entered a global recession that is causing widespread business contraction, increases in unemployment, and shrinking government revenues. Some of the largest and most venerable banks, investment houses, and insurance companies have either declared bankruptcy or have had to be rescued financially. Nearly all industrialized countries and many emerging and developing nations have announced economic stimulus and/or financial sector rescue packages, such as the American Recovery and Reinvestment ... |
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| The Global Financial Crisis: Analysis and Policy Implications |
02-Jul-2009 |
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| Authors:
Dick K Nanto; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| The world has entered a global recession that is causing widespread business contraction, increases in unemployment, and shrinking government revenues. Some of the largest and most venerable banks, investment houses, and insurance companies have either declared bankruptcy or have had to be rescued financially. Nearly all industrialized countries and many emerging and developing nations have announced economic stimulus and/or financial sector rescue packages, such as the American Recovery and Reinvestment ... |
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| Pandemic Flu Planning in Africa: Thoughts from a Nigerian Case Study |
Jul-2009 |
24 pages |
| Authors:
Cheryl Loeb; McGrath; Lynn Jr; Sudhir Devalia; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV WASHINGTON DC CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY AND NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY
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| Over the past 35 years, dozens of new and frightening diseases have been identified. The emergence of H5N1 avian flu in 1996, coupled with the recent declaration of an H1N1 influenza pandemic, demonstrate the urgent need for countries to have pandemic preparedness plans in place. For nations that are unprepared, a pandemic could result in devastating social, economic, and health consequences, including a high number of fatalities. Nowhere is this ... |
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| Adoptive Immunotherapy Combined with Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation as a Therapeutic Treatment of Prostate Cancer |
Jul-2009 |
19 pages |
| Authors:
Beatrice Knudsen; Scott S Graves; Rainer Storb; Bradley Stone; FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER SEATTLE WA
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| We determined that a prostate cell lysate prepared from canine prostate tissue was immunogenic when injected in female dogs. In addition to the known prostate antigen, canine prostate specific esterase (CPSE), we identified by molecular weight several other proteins against which the dog made IgG antibodies. Using a mixed lymphocyte reaction, we found that a cellular response was generated against the prostate cell lysate after the female dog was injected ... |
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| Role of XIAP in Therapeutic Resistance in Inflammatory Breast Cancer |
Jul-2009 |
49 pages |
| Authors:
Katherine M Aird; DUKE UNIV DURHAM NC
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| Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a highly aggressive form of locally advanced breast cancer that is often characterized by ErbB2 and ErbB1 overexpression. ErbB-targeting is clinically relevant using trastuzumab, an anti-ErbB2 antibody, and lapatinib, a small molecule ErbB1/2 kinase inhibitor. However, acquired resistance is common even in those patients who show an initial clinical response; this resistance is in part due to apoptotic dysregulation, which allows transformed cells to survive ... |
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| Gaze-Following and Awareness of Visual Perspective in Chimpanzees |
Jul-2009 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
J G Trafton; Anthony M Harrison; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC
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| Recent research suggests that chimpanzees are capable of level 1 perspective taking (Flavell, 1992), but that its expression is limited to situations of increased competition (Brauer, Call, & Tomasello, 2007). We present a model utilizing gaze-following that learns in response to the behavior of a competitor. The model not only learns the proper application of the perspective taking strategy but also the critical spatial characteristics that influence the competitive pressure. ... |
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| 2009 QuickCompass of Sexual Assault Responders: Tabulations of Responses |
Jul-2009 |
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| Authors:
DEFENSE MANPOWER DATA CENTER ARLINGTON VA
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| The Human Resources Strategic Assessment Program (HRSAP), Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), conducts surveys to support the personnel information needs of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (USD[P&R]). These surveys assess the attitudes and opinions of the entire Department of Defense (DoD) community. While the primary source of information for HRSAP are Status of Forces Surveys (SOFS), DMDC developed QuickCompass polls in 2007, as a method to ... |
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| Religious-Based Violence and National Security in Nigeria: Case Studies of Kaduna State and the Taliban Activities in Borno State |
12-Jun-2009 |
128 pages |
| Authors:
Sanusi Aliyu; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| Nigeria is a multi-religious and multi-ethnic society with enormous potential for economic, social, and democratic development. However, the intense conflicts and violence that have manifested within it since colonial rule have made development and elude the country. Nigeria is usually characterized as a deeply divided state in which major political issues are vigorously contested along the lines of complex ethnic, religious, and regional divisions. The causes of these conflicts may ... |
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| Checkpoint Kinase-Dependent Regulation of DNA Repair and Genome Instability in Breast Cancer |
Jun-2009 |
29 pages |
| Authors:
Courtney A Lovejoy; VANDERBILT UNIV NASHVILLE TN
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| The DNA damage response (DDR) functions as a tumorigenesis barrier. It is activated in precancerous lesions, potentially as a consequence of aberrant DNA replication. The genetic alterations that create this genomic instability are poorly defined. Using a functional genomic screen in human cells we identified seventy-four genes that when silenced by RNAi activate the DDR. Using a series of secondary assays we determined that many have DNA replication-associated genome maintenance ... |
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| A Better Disaster Response: Building on a Solid Foundation |
04-May-2009 |
26 pages |
| Authors:
Michael L Smith; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| Recent analysis has shown the Foreign Humanitarian Assistance (FHA) mission to be a qualified strategic success. However, beneath the strategic success story is the fact that the ad hoc nature of FHA mission organization as prescribed by current doctrine runs contrary to the established operational principle of unity of effort. This paper will assess several models that seek to rectify this problem through establishing coordinating bodies within the current Joint ... |
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| HA/DR: Is USPACOM Ready on Arrival |
04-May-2009 |
27 pages |
| Authors:
Adian W Jope; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| The recent inclusion of the core capability, Humanitarian Aid/Disaster Response (HA/DR) to the 2007 document, A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Sea Power invites a crucial discussion as to how prepared the maritime forces of the United States military, specifically USPACOM (United States Pacific Command) are to respond to the next disaster that strikes the region. By taking a thoughtful look at the recent 2005 OPERATION UNIFIED ASSISTANCE (OUA), the ... |
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| Why the U.S. Navy Should Not Be Fighting Piracy Off Somalia |
04-May-2009 |
28 pages |
| Authors:
Dennis M Zogg; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| Piracy off the coast of Somalia has surged at an unprecedented rate over the past year, causing dozens of nations to send warships to the region in an effort to secure a strategic maritime chokepoint through which 23,000 commercial vessels transit each year. The U.S. Navy is heavily invested in the area, leading a multinational, counter-piracy naval coalition organized as Combined Task Force 151 (CTF-151). However, in its current form, ... |
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| Building the Right Framework for Effective Multinational Anti-Piracy Operations in the Gulf of Aden |
04-May-2009 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
Christopher D Peppel; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| As worldwide awareness of the maritime piracy dilemma increases, pressure mounts on the international maritime organizations to engineer a quick and effective solution. Numerous United Nations Security Council resolutions have been published pressing for international response, yet not many have offered specific guidance regarding what this response should look like. This paper looks generally at high-level UN guidance and shows at the theater-strategic and operational levels what the response(s) have ... |
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| Foreign Flag Shipping: A Weakness in the Sealift Trident |
04-May-2009 |
26 pages |
| Authors:
Keith E Dominic; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| Operational logistics provides the foundation for every surge and sustainment capabilities for all military operations. The sealift portion of logistics is the most cost effective and most utilized means to transport our military cargo to an operational area. Therefore, our military's responsiveness and sustainment is imperative on having a strong and reliant sealift capability. With the steady decline of the United States flagged Merchant Marine and the need to maintain ... |
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| Consequence Management of a Yield-Producing Nuclear Detonation INCONUS: is NORTHCOM Ready |
04-May-2009 |
25 pages |
| Authors:
Joseph Phillips; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| In the event of a nuclear attack in the United States, NORTHCOM would lead the DoD military response. At the moment, however, NORTHCOM is not prepared to provide optimal support in the consequence management of a yield-producing nuclear detonation within the United States. The lack of unity of command between Title 10 and Title 32 forces that would respond to a nuclear disaster will be a critical weakness. The CBRNE ... |
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| Enhanced Tools and Techniques to Support Debris Management in Disaster Response Missions (Flood and Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Research and Development Program) |
May-2009 |
56 pages |
| Authors:
Mike Channell; Mark R Graves; Victor F Medina; Agnes B Morrow; Dennis Brandon; Catherine C Nestler; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS ENVIRONMENTAL LAB
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| Debris management is a critical function of disaster response activities. Debris can represent a serious health hazard in its own right, can hamper emergency response, and, by clogging streams and waterways, promote flooding. During an actual disaster, time is a limiting factor for the formulation and testing of improved debris management approaches. The time to improve management and technical approaches is before disasters strike. This report proposes that research can ... |
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| Department of Homeland Security Assistance to States and Localities: A Summary and Issues for the 111th Congress |
21-Apr-2009 |
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| Authors:
Shawn Reese; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| In light of lessons learned from the September 2001, terrorist attacks and other catastrophes such as Hurricanes Katrina and Gustav, the 111th Congress is expected to consider questions and issues associated with federal homeland security assistance. Federal homeland security assistance, for the purpose of this report, is defined as U.S. Department of Homeland Security programs that provide funding, training, or technical assistance to states, localities, tribes, and other entities to ... |
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| Phosphoinositide-Driven Epithelial Proliferation in Prostatic Inflammation |
Apr-2009 |
29 pages |
| Authors:
Wade Bushman; Travis J Jerde; WISCONSIN UNIV-MADISON
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| With this proposal, we seek to determine the mechanisms for epithelial proliferation in response to inflammation, a process termed reactive hyperplasia. The purpose of this report is to evaluate the first year of research on this project. We found that interleukin signaling is critical to the hyperplastic response of the prostate, and that proliferation is driven in the epithelium of the prostate by phosphoinositide-dependent action, while stromal proliferation appears dependent ... |
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| A New Paradigm in Modeling and Simulations of Complex Oxidation Chemistry Using a Statistical Approach |
31-Mar-2009 |
66 pages |
| Authors:
Josette Bellan; CALIFORNIA INST OF TECH PASADENA
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| This report describes a study performed under ARO sponsorship, addressing the investigation of a novel way to reduce complex and extensive oxidation reaction mechanisms containing hundreds of species to a much smaller number of progress variables, typically by a factor of ten. Because the results have been documented in several manuscripts, this final report is in the form of an Executive Summary succinctly describing the results and putting them in ... |
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| Commander's Emergency Response Program: The Future of Army Contracting |
21-Mar-2009 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
Christopher P Davis; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| This paper examines some of the areas needing improvement in the Commander's Emergency Response Program (CERP), a major weapon in the local commander's arsenal for stability operations. It explains why a confluence of recent events-updated doctrine, the publication of the Gansler Commission Report, and the creation of the Army's Expeditionary Contracting Command (ECC)-have created a unique opportunity. This is an opportunity for Army expeditionary contracting to change from its traditional ... |
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| EM61-MK2 Response of Three Munitions Surrogates |
12-Mar-2009 |
31 pages |
| Authors:
H H Nelson; T Bell; J Kingdon; N Khadr; D A Steinhurst; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC CHEMICAL DYNAMICS AND DIAGNOSTICS BRANCH
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| Target response coefficients for three pipe nipples intended as surrogates for commonly encountered UXO items were calculated from measurements made using the recently developed NRL Time-domain Electromagnetic Induction array. These response coefficients were used to predict the signals expected from an EM61-MK2, the most commonly used geophysical survey instrument for UXO, for each of the three items as a function of orientation and distance of the center of the item ... |
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| Strategic Responsiveness - Does Joint Force Capability Support National Security Strategy |
Mar-2009 |
42 pages |
| Authors:
Keith Sledd; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Beginning in 2001, the National Defense Strategy changed as DOD began implementing capabilities-based planning and strategy and by moving to an expeditionary force primarily based in the continental United States. This and each subsequent change in national defense strategy increasingly required a strategically responsive joint force to support U.S. national strategy. Research shows the strategic responsiveness of the joint force has not evolved simultaneously with strategy to meet requirements for ... |
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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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| Do Good Fences Still Make Good Neighbors?-Integrating Force Protection with Homeland Security on Army Installations |
Mar-2009 |
107 pages |
| Authors:
David S Burdick; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Army installations have been uniquely affected by the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) and homeland security initiatives as a result of the attacks on September 11, 2001. Unfortunately, most have not done enough in coordinating and integrating their antiterrorism plans with the crisis response and consequence management plans of their adjacent civilian municipalities. This thesis argues that fences and guards are not enough to protect Army installations against terrorist attack, ... |
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| The U.S. Army Chemical Corps and a Future Within AFRICOM |
Mar-2009 |
93 pages |
| Authors:
Kirsten S Graf; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM) was established in October 2007 to encompass all U.S. operations on the African continent under one unified command. Several African nations have a history of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear operations, while most countries have a history of use as dumping grounds for hazardous materials and toxic industrial materials. Africa has also suffered extreme environmental degradation due to these and other causes. The US ... |
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| Terrorism Prevention and Firefighters: Where are the Information-Sharing Boundaries |
Mar-2009 |
140 pages |
| Authors:
Bryan Heirston; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The nation's one million firefighters are embedded in virtually every urban or rural area of the United States. Firefighters enter homes, businesses, vehicles, and other assets during emergency and non-emergency duties thousands of times each day in their efforts to prevent or respond to life and property loss. The unparalleled access that firefighters have to public and private locations puts them in a unique position to positively or negatively impact ... |
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| Strengthening Hospital Surge Capacity in the Event of Explosive or Chemical Terrorist Attacks |
Mar-2009 |
271 pages |
| Authors:
Joan McInerney; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Medical Care is a Public Trust. Americans expect that hospitals and healthcare providers will be available and prepared to care for their every medical need. Yet the medical community is severely challenged daily to care for the influx of patients to its Emergency Departments with current resources. Healthcare is ill-prepared to meet community needs in the event of a mass casualty event from a terrorist attack using weapons of mass ... |
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| Optimization of the Temporal Pattern of Applied Radiation Dose: Implication for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer |
Mar-2009 |
28 pages |
| Authors:
Michael Altman; CHICAGO UNIV IL
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| Our previous modeling study demonstrated that the temporal pattern of applied dose during a single fraction of radiation can impact cell survival, especially in situations with low a/b and large dose/fx and fraction length (Tf). Two different arrangements of the same set of radiation fields were applied to low and high a/b cell lines at a high dose/fx and long Tf; a low a/b line was subjected to the same ... |
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| Department of Homeland Security Assistance to States and Localities: A Summary and Issues for the 111th Congress |
26-Feb-2009 |
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| Authors:
Shawn Reese; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| In light of lessons learned from the September 2001 terrorist attacks and other catastrophes, such as Hurricanes Katrina and Gustav, the 111th Congress is expected to consider questions and issues associated with federal homeland security assistance. Federal homeland security assistance, for the purpose of this report, is defined as U.S. Department of Homeland Security programs that provide funding, training, or technical assistance to states, localities, tribes, and other entities to ... |
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| Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer Command and Control Alignment |
23-Feb-2009 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Joseph B Herold; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| To meet Department of Defense requirement to support civilian authorities when incident response requirements exceed local authorities? abilities, the Services have established Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer (EPLO) authorizations across the country. Personnel selected to serve as EPLOs work with US Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) in planning for, and implementing, that assistance. Recognizing that proper organizational alignment and reporting chains are a vital component in meeting strategic goals, the Services and USNORTHCOM ... |
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