| Department of Defense Fuel Spending, Supply, Acquisition, and Policy |
22-Sep-2009 |
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| Authors:
Anthony Andrews; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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 | Department of Defense (DOD) fuel consumption varies from year to year in response to changes in mission and the tempo of operations. DOD may consume upwards of 1% of the petroleum products refined in the United States annually. Petroleum products purchased and consumed overseas may double DOD's consumption. The majority of DOD's bulk fuel purchases are for jet fuel, which has ranged as high as 101 million barrels annually in ... |
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| Port Isabel (GIWW) Channel Improvements at the Queen Isabella Causeway. Laguna Madre, Texas, Navigation Improvement Project |
Sep-2009 |
70 pages |
| Authors:
Timothy W Shelton; Dennis Webb; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS COASTAL AND HYDRAULICS LAB
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 | Laguna Madre is located on the southern shore of the state of Texas. The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) passes under the Queen Isabella Causeway between Port Isabel and South Padre Island. In 2001, a tow struck the Queen Isabella Causeway collapsing a span of the bridge and resulting in the death of eight motorists. In response to that event, the U.S. Army Engineer District, Galveston, (SWG) was tasked with making ... |
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| Comparison of Results from the EDYS and EDYS-L Ecological Simulation Models as Applied to Vegetation and Hydrological Dynamics on the Honey Creek Watershed, Texas |
Sep-2009 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
Terry McLendon; Cade L Coldren; David L Price; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS ENVIRONMENTAL LAB
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| EDYS (Ecological DYnamics Simulation Model) is a general ecosystem simulation model that is mechanistically based and spatially explicit. The model simulates natural and anthropogenic-induced changes in plant, soil, animal, and watershed components across landscapes, at spatial scales ranging from 1 m2 or less to landscape levels (103 km and larger). It is a dynamic model that simulates changes on a daily basis over periods ranging from months to centuries. EDYS ... |
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| Gun Trafficking and the Southwest Border |
29-Jul-2009 |
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| Authors:
Vivian S Chu; William J Krouse; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| According to the Department of Justice, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is the lead federal agency responsible for stopping the illegal flow of firearms, or gun trafficking, from the United States to Mexico. ATF has developed a nationwide strategy to reduce firearms trafficking and violent crime by seeking to prevent convicted felons, drug traffickers, and juvenile gang members from acquiring firearms from gun traffickers. These criminals ... |
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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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| Hurricane Ike Along the Upper Texas Coast: An Introduction |
Jan-2009 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
Lihwa Lin; Nicholas C Kraus; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS COASTAL AND HYDRAULICS LAB
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| This paper serves as an introduction for a group of papers documenting the severe coastal damage caused by Hurricane Ike that struck the Texas coast and southwest Louisiana coast in mid-September 2008. Background is first given to orient readers to the coastal area. The unusually long storm surge accompanying the hurricane is examined and its consequences for evacuation and property damage noted. Selected observations of damage to structures on west ... |
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| The Weakest Pillar: U.S. Northern Command's Role in Solving the Federal Government's Domestic Consequence Management Problem |
31-Oct-2008 |
28 pages |
| Authors:
Robert DeBuse; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| Domestic Consequence Management has been marginalized in recent national strategy guidance. Agencies, forces, and command structures designated to respond and recover from a terrorist attack are not prepared for a large weapon of mass destruction (WMD) scenario. Radiological, explosive, and chemical WMDs represent the most likely terrorist threats to the homeland. An analysis of three case studies, each designed to model the most likely threats, yields deficiencies in command and ... |
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| Energy Optimization Assessment at U.S. Army Installations: Fort Bliss, TX |
Sep-2008 |
177 pages |
| Authors:
Alfred Woody; William D Jr; Chvala; Leon Shapiro; Robert Colbert; James P Miller; Alexander M Zhivov; David M Underwood; Curt Bjork; Douglas Dixon; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| An Energy Optimization Assessment was conducted at Fort Bliss as a part of the Annex 46 Holistic Assessment Toolkit on Energy Efficient Retrofit Measures for Government Buildings (EnERGo) initiative to identify energy inefficiencies and wastes and propose energy related projects with applicable funding and execution methods that could enable the installation to better meet the energy reduction requirements mandated by Executive Order 13123 and Energy Policy Act (EPAct) 2005. The ... |
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| Case Study: South Texas Veterans Health Care System's Communication Center |
14-Jul-2008 |
65 pages |
| Authors:
Paula A Kinsel; SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS AFFAIRS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM SAN ANTONIO TX
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| This is a case study of the South Texas Veterans Health Care System's Communication Center located at the Kerrville Division in Kerrville, Texas. This project discusses missed, scheduled appointments and their impact on clinic waiting times, as well as the development of the Communication Center at Kerrville Division as a solution to reduce appointment no-shows. Through the evaluation of nine clinics over three periods, it was determined that patients who ... |
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| Morphologic Examination of the Stability of Pass Cavallo, Texas |
01-May-2008 |
48 pages |
| Authors:
Nicholas C Kraus; Brian K Batten; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS COASTAL AND HYDRAULICS LAB
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| The study concerns the cross-sectional area stability of Pass Cavallo, a natural coastal inlet located in the southwest corner of Matagorda Bay, Texas. The width of Pass Cavallo has decreased since opening of the Matagorda Ship Channel (MSC) entrance to Matagorda Bay in 1966. The process of narrowing began after separation of Matagorda Bay into East Matagorda Bay and the present Matagorda Bay by formation of the Colorado River delta ... |
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| Nesting the Gulf of Mexico in Atlantic HYCOM: Oceanographic Processes Generated by Hurricane Ivan |
01-Jan-2008 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
Luis Zamudio; Patrick J Hogan; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS OCEANOGRAPHY DIV
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| The HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM) has been configured for the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) at 1/250 horizontal grid resolution and has been nested inside a basin-scale 1/120 Atlantic version of HYCOM. The 1/250 nested GOM model is used to study temperature variations, current patterns, transport variations, and two coastal-trapped waves (CTWs) generated by Hurricane Ivan during mid September 2004. The model results indicate that the winds generated by Ivan: ... |
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| Interaction of Shore-Parallel Geotextile Tubes and Beaches Along the Upper Texas Coast |
01-Jan-2008 |
19 pages |
| Authors:
Nicholas C Kraus; Daniel J Heilman; M C Perry; Robert C Thomas; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAB
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| This Coastal and Hydraulic Engineering Technical Note (CHETN) summarizes initial lessons learned about ongoing field monitoring of shore-parallel geotextile tubes (GTs) constructed as beach dune cores in Galveston County, TX. Beach profile data and aerial photography collected between 1999 and 2007 are examined to evaluate the interaction of the GTs with beaches and the protection provided to public infrastructure and other landward improvements. Specific goals of the monitoring are to ... |
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| Implementation of a Regional Healthcare Information Organization in South Central Texas |
06 DEC 2007 |
49 pages |
| Authors:
Michael R. Barry; GREATER SAN ANTONIO HOSPITAL COUNCIL TX
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| The purpose of this Graduate Management Project is to delineate the strategic plan necessary to successfully implement the South Central Texas Regional Healthcare Information Organization (RHIO) under the auspices of the Greater San Antonio Hospital Council and the Greater San Antonio Healthcare Foundation. The strategic planning process used for this endeavor is the Ginter, Swayne, and Duncan process outlined in Strategic Management of Healthcare Organizations (2002). The RHIO concept is ... |
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| Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for DoD Needs Arising from Hurricane Katrina at Selected DoD Components |
12 SEP 2007 |
54 pages |
| Authors:
Paul J. Granetto; Patricia A. Marsh; Lorin T. Pfeil; Henry Y. Adu; Emmanuel A. Appiah; Charlisa D. Lawrence; Sharon A. Loftin; Richard W. Straw; Sonya T. Davis; Erin S. Hart; INSPECTOR GENERAL DEPT OF DEFENSE ARLINGTON VA
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| Between September 2005 and June 2006, Congress provided four emergency supplemental appropriations to the Department of Defense (DoD) to meet DoD needs arising from Hurricane Katrina and other hurricanes in the 2005 hurricane season. This report is one in a series of reports discussing the management and use of DoD funds to support the 2005 hurricane relief efforts. The Inspector General (IG), DoD, performed this audit to determine if the ... |
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| Interaction Between Cry61 and avbeta3 in Breast Cancer: Role in Texan Resistance |
SEP 2007 |
13 pages |
| Authors:
Ruth Lupu; EVANSTON NORTHWESTERN HEALTHCARE RESEARCH INST IL
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| The angiogenic factor Cyr61 (also known as CCN1) plays a key role in both the maintenance and the enhancement of a malignant phenotype in breast cancer. Cyr61 is overexpressed in about 30% of triple negative breast carcinomas, whereas Cyr61 expression levels in normal breast tissues are negligible. Our recent studies showed that Cyr61 overexpression renders human breast cancer cells highly resistance to the microtubule-interfering agent paclitaxel (Taxol), a current drug ... |
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| Factors Influencing the Impacts on Security of Manning Military Posts on the United States-Mexico Border from 1865 to 1916 |
15 JUN 2007 |
136 pages |
| Authors:
Eric L. Bradley; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| On 11 January 1878, following the resolution of a U.S.-Mexico border incident in San Elizario, Texas, a small town on the R o Grande about 30 miles southeast of El Paso, Colonel Edward Hatch, the 9th Cavalry Regiment Commander, submitted a report to the Secretary of War. His concluding statement suggested that the existence of Fort Bliss as a permanent installation with from 200 to 400 soldiers would have prevented ... |
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| An Analysis of Primary Care Provider Productivity in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center |
08 JUN 2007 |
69 pages |
| Authors:
Steven J. Richter; DARNALL ARMY HOSPITAL FORT HOOD TX
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| The Military Health System (MHS) uses relative value units per provider per day (RVU/PP/PD) to measure the productivity of its primary care providers. The purpose of this Graduate Management Project (GMP) is to look at productivity in the Department of Family and Community Medicine (DFCM) and determine whether a reason can be found as to why the RVU/PP/PD fell below the Army goal of 15.4 RVU/PP/PD for five months in ... |
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| Ben Taub General Hospital & LifeGift: Strengthening a Partnership to Save Lives and Improve Healthcare Delivery |
24 MAY 2007 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
Douglas G. Philpot; BEN TAUB GENERAL HOSPITAL HOUSTON TX
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| Ben Taub General Hospital, working closely with LifeGift, consistently ranks at or near the top of the list of hospitals in the United States that receive informed consent for organ donation from patients' families. Presently, organs are procured from these patients only after they are transferred to nearby hospitals. If these organs were procured within Ben Taub General Hospital, the Harris County Hospital District would be able to capture much ... |
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| Endangered Species Management Plan for Fort Hood, Texas: FY06-10 |
MAY 2007 |
141 pages |
| Authors:
John D. Cornelius; Timothy J. Hayden; Patrick A. Guertin; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Fort Hood Military Reservation is an 87,890-ha U.S. Army installation located in central Texas. It is one of the Army's premier installations, providing training facilities for the full range of mission requirements, including maneuver exercises for units up to brigade level, firing of live weapons, and aviation training. The presence of Federally listed endangered species on Fort Hood is a significant natural resource management challenge for the Army and Fort ... |
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| Long-Term Inlet Stability of a Multiple Inlet System, Pass Cavallo, Texas |
MAY 2007 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
Brian K. Batten; Nicholas C. Kraus; Lihwa Lin; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS COASTAL AND HYDRAULICS LAB
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| Matagorda Bay, Texas, is connected to the Gulf of Mexico by two inlets, Pass Cavallo and the Matagorda Ship Channel "MSC". Pass Cavallo is a natural inlet located at the southwest terminus of Matagorda Peninsula, and the MSC is an artificially cut, deep-draft federally maintained navigation channel approximately 7.2 km northeast. Pass Cavallo was historically stable until the 20th century, when the tidal prism was first reduced in 1935 by ... |
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| Survey of the Golden-Cheeked Warbler on Fort Hood in Support of NEPA Requirements |
APR 2007 |
49 pages |
| Authors:
Bruce MacAllister; Michael Baranski; Tim Hayden; Rebecca Peak; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| This research on the golden-cheeked warbler (GCW) was conducted on Fort Hood, Texas, during April and June 2006. Subject matter experts on Fort Hood were consulted and helped determine which areas of the installation contained suitable GCW habitat but were not already included in The Nature Conservancy's intensive study program. Researchers then surveyed one of these areas, documenting the presence of GCW. This research was conducted to determine if data ... |
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| Methods to Increase Access to Care for the Uninsured and the Indigent in the Greater San Antonio Hospital Systems: A Policy Analysis |
22 MAR 2007 |
72 pages |
| Authors:
Janiese A. Cleckley; GREATER SAN ANTONIO HOSPITAL COUNCIL TX
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| Health care coverage in the United States has decreased drastically over the past 10 years. This phenomenon is of tremendous concern as the number of uninsured persons in the United States has increased considerably from 33 million to over 46 million within a decade. Of all the states, Texas has the highest rates of uninsured and under-insured in the country. According to the Census Bureau, an estimated 24.6 percent of ... |
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| The Viability of the Air Mobility Command Pure Pallet Program for US Army Reparable Retrograde Shipments |
MAR 2007 |
192 pages |
| Authors:
Jr Jackson William L.; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| Last year, Congress approved $17.1 billion dollars, an increase of $4 billion dollars more than originally was requested by the Bush Administration, for US Army vehicles to be repaired or replaced (commonly referred to as reset) as a result of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. A large portion of the repair workload falls upon the Army depots in Anniston and Red River in Texarkana, Texas and must rely on ... |
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| Morphologic Response to a New Inlet, Packery Channel, Corpus Christi, Texas |
2007 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
Deidre D. Williams; Nicholas C. Kraus; Carl M. Anderson; TEXAS A AND M UNIV CORPUS CHRISTI TX
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| In Jul 2005, Packery Channel was opened by Hurricane Emily during the second year of its construction. This inlet connects Corpus Christi Bay and Upper Laguna Madre to the Gulf of Mexico, and it is the first artificially cut inlet in Texas in 17 years. The inlet has remained open and navigable for shallow-draft recreational boats despite construction delays, and its parallel dual jetties were completed in Sep 2006. A ... |
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| Coastal Inlets of Texas, USA |
2007 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
Nicholas C. Kraus; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS COASTAL AND HYDRAULICS LAB
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| Presently, 16-17 permanent inlets connect the inland coastal waterways and rivers to the Gulf of Mexico on the 560-km long coast of Texas. Processes controlling inlet stability in Texas are typically more complex than those acting on the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean coasts of the United States, where the astronomical tide dominates. The tide on the Texas coast is predominantly or fully diurnal and with small range; however, the large ... |
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| Interim Regional Supplement to the Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual: Arid West Region |
DEC 2006 |
123 pages |
| Authors:
ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS ENVIRONMENTAL LAB
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| This document is one of a series of Regional Supplements to the Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual, which provides technical guidance and procedures for identifying and delineating wetlands that may be subject to regulatory jurisdiction under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. The development of Regional Supplements is part of a nationwide effort to address regional wetland characteristics and improve the accuracy and efficiency of wetland-delineation procedures. This ... |
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| Tissue Factor Plasma Analysis |
NOV 2006 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Sarah A. Cooley; Kenneth G. Mann; VERMONT UNIV BURLINGTON
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| This progress report describes the assays, protocols and results related to a collaborative research initiative between Dr. Mann s research laboratories (coagulation research laboratory and Antibody Core Facility, Department of Biochemistry, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont) and Dr. Park s clinical research involving trauma and acutely burned patients (U. S. Army Institute of Surgical research, Fort Sam Houston, Texas). The major areas of research involved assessment of the role of ... |
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| North Texas Sediment Budget: Sabine Pass to San Luis Pass |
SEP 2006 |
78 pages |
| Authors:
Andrew Morang; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS COASTAL AND HYDRAULICS LAB
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| The North Texas sediment budget was developed to support the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District's Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay, Texas, Shoreline Feasibility Study. Data sources included dredging data from the 1970s to the present, beach fill quantities, sediment grain size statistics, aerial photographs, shoreline data, and information from the literature and historical sources. For this study area, 23 sediment cells have been defined based on prominent morphologic ... |
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| Houston-Galveston Navigation Channels, Texas Project: Navigation Channel Sedimentation Study, Phase 1 |
AUG 2006 |
136 pages |
| Authors:
J. N. Tate; R. C. Berger; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS COASTAL AND HYDRAULICS LAB
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| The U.S. Army Engineer District, Galveston, has recently enlarged the Houston Ship Channel from a 40-ft (12.2-m) depth by 400-ft (122-m) width to a 45-ft (13.7-m) depth by 530-ft (162-m) width. Previously, a three-dimensional (3-D) numerical model study was implemented at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory to evaluate the salinity and circulation impact of this enlargement. The enlarged channel is nearly complete. Preliminary ... |
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| Experimental Characterization of Nonlinear Viscoelastic and Adhesive Properties of Elastomers |
27 JUL 2006 |
78 pages |
| Authors:
K. Ravi-Chander; R. S. Barsoum; TEXAS UNIV AT AUSTIN CENTER FOR MECHANICS OF SOLIDS STRUCTURES AND MATERIALS
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| This report describes the characterization of the viscoelastic properties of polyurea and the failure of ductile materials at high strain rates. The mechanical properties of polyurea were determined under monotonic loading conditions, both in the unconfined and confined compression configurations. Direct measurements of the volumetric and shear response has been used to show that the shear resistance is nearly negligible, while the bulk modulus increases significantly with pressure. Expanding ring ... |
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| Feasibility Study and Demonstration Project for Joint Military/Civilian Trauma Institute with a Burn Center |
JUN 2006 |
39 pages |
| Authors:
Ronald M. Stewart; TEXAS UNIV HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO
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| The purpose of this grant was to demonstrate the feasibility of a Trauma Institute and Burn Center with missions in patient care, research, and education. The following goals were met during this time period: a burn surgeon/director was recruited to improve the sustainability of the Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) Burn Center; Trauma Institute of San Antonio, Texas (TRISAT) members have studied how combining resources will generate greater financial sustainability; ... |
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| A Case Analysis of Energy Savings Performance Contract Projects and Photovoltaic Energy at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas |
JUN 2006 |
165 pages |
| Authors:
William J. Barich; Brent L. Dessing; Antonio B. Harley; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The purpose of this MBA Project is to review existing policy of the Federal Energy Management Program under the purview of National Renewal Energy Laboratory (NREL) for Energy Savings Performance Contracts (ESPCs). This project will assess the ability for the Department of Defense to incorporate emerging technologies in alternative energy to supplement or replace existing power sources for DoD installations within the current Energy Savings Performance Contract policy. To do ... |
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| Emergency Preparedness: An Analysis of Staff Knowledge and Training at Darnall Army Community Hospital, Fort Hood, Texas |
MAY 2006 |
55 pages |
| Authors:
James H. Hayes; DARNALL ARMY HOSPITAL FORT HOOD TX
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| Currently Army hospitals receive guidance and standards for the establishment and maintenance of an emergency management plan (EMP) from multiple entities, including the United States Army Medical Command (MEDCOM), the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), and the National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA). These organizations require the establishment of an EMP, yet mechanisms to measure its effectiveness are not provided. JCAHO accreditation is often sited as an indicator ... |
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| Methods University Health System Can Use to Expand Medicaid Coverage to Uninsured Poor Parents with Medicaid Eligible Children: Policy Analysis |
15 MAR 2006 |
77 pages |
| Authors:
III McMahon Robert T.; UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM SAN ANTONIO TX
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| Bexar County, low-income, uninsured parents with Medicaid-eligible children have been negatively impacted by reductions in Medicaid eligibility standards made by the Texas State Legislature in 2003 and the continuing reduction in local employer-sponsored insurance. The cost for providing health care to this population has fallen to Bexar County residents through local taxes in support of the county hospital, University Health System. Alternatives to improve access to care for this population ... |
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| Acoustic Energy Measured in Severe Storms during a Field Study in June 2003 |
FEB 2006 |
42 pages |
| Authors:
Jeffrey E. Passner; John M. Noble; ARMY RESEARCH LAB WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE NM COMPUTATIONAL AND INFORMATION SCIENCE DIRECTORATE
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| The U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) has developed a low-cost, mobile, rugged, non-line-of-sight acoustic sensor for surveillance, detection, identification, and locations of targets using unattended microphone sensors to measure infrasonic ( |
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| Office of Naval Research-Interns in Biomolecular Sciences Multi-Institutional Research Enhancement Partnership Program: Research Leadership for the 21st Century |
03 JAN 2006 |
4 pages |
| Authors:
Diana Avila; Paulinus Chigbu; Mario Garcia-Rios; James R. Wild; SAINT MARY'S UNIV OF SAN ANTONIO TX
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| The objective of this program is to enhance the research training of undergraduate students in the biological sciences, particularly underrepresented ethnic minorities and women. The participants are from four minority-serving teaching institutions: Jackson State University (JSU), Jackson, MS; St. Mary's University (StMU), San Antonio, TX); Texas A & M International University (TAMIU), Laredo, TX; and Texas A & M University, College Station, TX (TAMU-CS). During this reporting period, 12 highly ... |
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| The Military Emergency Management Specialist (MEMS) Qualification and the Medical Units of the State Defense Force: It Just Makes Sense |
Jan-2006 |
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| Authors:
James L Greenstone; TEXAS STATE GUARD AUSTIN
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| Sponsored by the State Guard Association of the United States and the Military Emergency Management Specialist (MEMS) Academy, the Military Emergency Management Specialist is a qualification that is individually earned and that recognizes personal effort and skills development. During the early and formative days of the Texas Medical Rangers of the Texas State Guard, it seemed a logical step to encourage relevant and ongoing training. This training should provide the ... |
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| Available State Defense Force After Action Reports from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Deployments |
Jan-2006 |
6 pages |
| Authors:
Martin Hershkowitz; MARYLAND DEFENSE FORCE PIKESVILLE MD
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| Recurring natural disasters are presenting a serious drain on state resources normally available to mitigate them. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita are just two terrible examples of recent catastrophic natural disasters. Traditionally, the state could rely on its National Guard (NG) and civilian first responder infrastructure. Unfortunately, international terrorism, foreign combat, and homeland security needs are impacting these resources. According to Associate Press writer Liz Sideri, 10 Sep 2005, About 41,000 ... |
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| Mexican-American War |
JAN 2006 |
217 pages |
| Authors:
NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV NORFOLK VA JOINT FORCES STAFF COLL
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| This publication is a compilation of strategic communications, biographies, and maps relating to the Mexican-American War. The Mexican-American War was an armed military conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1948 after the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas. Mexico did not recognize the secession and subsequent military victory by Texas in 1836; it considered Texas a rebel province. In the United States, the war was a partisan ... |
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| Urban Influences on Convection and Lightning Over Houston |
2006 |
185 pages |
| Authors:
Michael L. Gauthier; ALABAMA UNIV IN HUNTSVILLE SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES AND RESEARCH
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| The research presented in this dissertation addresses a fundamental question regarding urban, ultimately anthropogenic, influences on convection as it relates to lightning production and precipitation structure. In general, inadvertent weather modification hypotheses offered to explain lightning and rainfall anomalies rely on either or both perturbations in the spatial distribution and intensity of convection (from whence warm-season rainfall and lightning emanate), or modification to convective cloud microphysics through aerosol loading over ... |
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| Field Results for Tactical Mobile Robot Missions |
2006 |
16 pages |
| Authors:
Thomas R. Collins; Ronald C. Arkin; Michael J. Cramer; Yoichiro Endo; GEORGIA INST OF TECH ATLANTA COLL OF MANAGEMENT
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| In 1999, Georgia Tech conducted two field experiments to determine the performance of its mission specification system. The experiments were developed for the DARPA Tactical Mobile Robotics (TMR) Program and were conducted at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The goal of the TMR Program is to develop robotic tools that can perform useful tasks on future military missions involving complex obstacle negotiation, autonomous indoor navigation, and robust machine perception for urban ... |
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| Velocity and Transport Characteristics of the Louisiana-Texas Coastal Current |
01 DEC 2005 |
16 pages |
| Authors:
Ewa Jarosz; Stephen P. Murray; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS OCEANOGRAPHY DIV
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| The Louisiana-Texas Coastal Current (LTCC) is a major dynamic feature responsible for the distribution of fresh water, sediment and nutrients on the northwestern shelf of the Gulf of Mexico. Earlier studies have indicated that this current exhibits a distinct although asymmetric annual cycle during which it flows downcoast, i.e., westward along the Louisiana coast and then southward along the Texas coast in fall, winter, and spring; however, in summer, the ... |
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| Investigating Possible Causative Mechanisms Behind the Houston Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Anomaly |
22 NOV 2005 |
12 pages |
| Authors:
Michael L. Gauthier; Walter A. Petersen; ALABAMA UNIV IN HUNTSVILLE
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| Anthropogenic influences such as the Urban Heat Island (UHI) and increased aerosol concentrations have been postulated for many years to have an effect on lower tropospheric chemistry, convection, lightning and rainfall. Moreover, these influences have been invoked as possible explanations for the cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning anomalies observed over the Houston metropolitan area. In particular, Orville et al. (2001) and Steiger et al. (2002) reported a 45% increase in annual CG ... |
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| Determining Research Gaps in Disturbance Data for Fort Bliss and a Conceptual Model |
NOV 2005 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
Tamara Hochstrasser; Debra Peters; Jeffrey S. Fehmi; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Numerous research and outside monitoring efforts have been completed for Fort Bliss, Texas. This report summarizes results from previous experimental studies on military disturbances on Fort Bliss and identifies research gaps in disturbance data. These studies (and others) are used to develop conceptual models of the impact of military disturbances on vegetation dynamics in arid lands. |
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| Building Information Assurance Educational Capacity: Pilot Efforts to Date |
SEP 2005 |
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| Authors:
Carol A. Sledge; CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INST
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| This report describes efforts by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) to increase the capacity of institutions of higher education to offer information assurance (IA) and information security (IS) courses, to expand existing IA and IS offerings, and to include IA and IS topics and perspectives, as appropriate, in other courses. Naturally, these efforts must be aligned with a department's foci, its current curriculum, and its accreditation requirements. To accomplish its ... |
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| Interrelationships of Hormones, Diet, Body Size and Breast Cancer among Hispanic Women |
SEP 2005 |
18 pages |
| Authors:
Gerson Peltz; TEXAS UNIV AT BROWNSVILLE
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| The purpose of this Minority Institution Partnership Training Award is to train University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB) faculty to conduct breast cancer research by collaborating with faculty from the University of Texas-Houston School of Public Health (UTSPH). The training program will focus on breast cancer etiology, specifically the interrelationships between hormones, diet, body size, and breast cancer among Hispanic women in the Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV). These women ... |
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| Feasibility Study and Demonstration Project for a Joint Military/Civilian Trauma Institute with a Burn Center |
24 AUG 2005 |
25 pages |
| Authors:
Ronald M. Stewart; TEXAS UNIV HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SANANTONIO
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| The purpose of the Trauma Institute of San Antonio, Texas (TRISAT) grant was to study and demonstrate the feasibility of a Trauma Institute and Burn Center with three primary missions: patient care, research, and education. Several goals of the grant have been met: TRISAT members have studied how combining resources will generate greater financial sustainability; a national trauma consultant reviewed the financial/economic status of each program and presented recommendations; an ... |
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| Texas City Ship Channel Deepening Study, Hydrodynamic Model |
AUG 2005 |
29 pages |
| Authors:
Lisa M. Lee; Jennifer N. Tate; R. C. Berger; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS COASTAL AND HYDRAULICSLAB
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| The U.S. Army Engineer District, Galveston (SWG), is proposing to deepen the Texas City Ship Channel as well as add a turning basin and berthing area. The Texas City Ship Channel is approximately 6.75 miles long and extends from Bolivar Roads at the entrance of Galveston Bay from the Gulf of Mexico to the turning basin at Texas City. The Houston Ship Channel and the Texas City Ship Channel provide ... |
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| Report on Annual Regional Information Assurance Symposia |
JUN 2005 |
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| Authors:
Carol A. Sledge; CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INST
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| One goal of the Networked Systems Survivability Program of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) is to transition information assurance courseware, materials, and a curriculum on survivability and information assurance to various departments at institutions of higher education in the United States. To accomplish this, the SEI utilizes partnerships that leverage the strengths of the SEI and the strengths of its partner educational institutions. The SEI builds upon the partners' existing ... |
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| Workload Trend Analysis for the Military Graduate Medical Education Program in San Antonio |
25 MAY 2005 |
111 pages |
| Authors:
Chester L. Martin; WILFORD HALL USAF MEDICAL CENTER LACKLAND AFB TX
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| The purpose of this research project was to assess key workload, census, and case mix trends in physician residency programs at the two military medical centers in San Antonio, Texas. The overarching hypothesis for this study was that the case mix is trending below the levels required to sustain the military GME programs in San Antonio. Workload trends were compared with baseline - requirements established by the program directors and ... |
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