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  • 1
    Language: English
    Uniform Title: Handbuch interkulturelle Kommunikation und Kooperation
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of intercultural communication and cooperation
    Keywords: Aufsatzsammlung ; Kulturstandard ; Kulturkontakt ; Kooperation
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  • 2
    ISBN: 9781453909621
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VI, 187 S.)
    Series Statement: Masculinity studies 3
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 305.31
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    Keywords: Geschichte 1920-2012 ; Gesellschaft ; Men ; Masculinity ; Masculinity in popular culture ; Human body Social aspects ; Männerbild ; Körperbild ; Massenkultur ; USA ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; USA ; Massenkultur ; Körperbild ; Männerbild ; Geschichte 1920-2012
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
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  • 3
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    London : Palgrave Macmillan UK
    ISBN: 9781137314949
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (327 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 306.44
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Geschlechtsunterschied ; Geschlechterrolle ; Umgangssprache ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Umgangssprache ; Geschlechterrolle ; Geschlechtsunterschied
    Abstract: Bringing together a selection of some of the author's key papers on language and gender, this book provides an overview of the development of language and gender studies over the last 30 years, with particular emphasis on conversational data and on single sex friendship groups
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- List of Sources -- Transcription Conventions -- Introduction -- Part I Language in All-Female Groups -- 1 Women's Stories: The Role ofNarrative in Friendly Talk [1996] -- 2 'So I Mean I Probably ...': Hedgesand Hedging in Women's Talk[2003] -- 3 Competing Discourses ofFemininity [1997] -- 4 Changing Femininities: The Talk ofTeenage Girls [1999] -- 5 Women Behaving Badly: FemaleSpeakers Backstage [2000] -- Part II Language in All-Male Groups -- 6 One-at-a-Time: The Organisation ofMen's Talk [1997] -- 7 'So I Thought "Bollocks to It"': Men,Stories and Masculinities [2000] -- 8 'My Mind Is with You': StorySequences in the Talk of MaleFriends [2001] -- 9 'Everyone Was Convinced ThatWe Were Closet Fags': The Role ofHeterosexuality in the Constructionof Hegemonic Masculinity [2007] -- Part III Gendered Talk in Other Contexts -- 10 Language, Gender and Career[1994] -- 11 Having a Laugh: Gender andHumour in Everyday Talk [2006] -- 12 Turn-Taking Patterns in DeafConversation [2001] -- Part IV Language and Gender - ChangingTheoretical Frameworks -- 13 The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of Marsand Venus in Language and GenderResearch [2009] -- References -- Index
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  • 4
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264181403 , 9789264185715
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (108 pages)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Environment at a Glance
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    Keywords: Environmental degradation ; Environmental quality ; Environmental policy ; Electronic books ; Erde ; Umweltdaten ; Umweltinformationssystem ; Umweltstatistik
    Note: "This work is published on the responsibility of the Secretary-General of the OECD"--T.p. verso , Includes bibliographical references , OECD code: 97 2013 05 1 P
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  • 5
    ISBN: 9780833078193 , 0833078194 , 9780833078209 , 0833078216 , 0833078356 , 0833078208 , 0833078364 , 9780833078360 , 9780833078353 , 9780833078216
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 286 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation monograph series MG-1164-OSD
    Parallel Title: Print version Rostker, Bernard Providing for the casualties of war
    Keywords: Battle casualties Medical care ; History ; Veterans Medical care ; History ; Medicine, Military History ; War casualties Medical care ; History ; Battle casualties ; Veterans ; Medicine, Military ; War casualties ; Delivery of Health Care ; Disciplines and Occupations ; Disease ; Health Occupations ; Health ; Medicine ; Military Medicine ; Military Personnel ; Named Groups ; Occupational Groups ; Persons ; Population Characteristics ; Veterans Health ; Wounds and Injuries ; Veterans ; Medical care ; HISTORY ; Military ; Biological & Chemical Warfare ; HISTORY ; Military ; Veterans ; Medicine, Military ; History ; Electronic books
    Abstract: War has always been a dangerous business, bringing injury, wounds, and death, and -- until recently -- often disease. What has changed over time, most dramatically in the last 150 or so years, is the care these casualties receive and who provides it. Medical services have become highly organized and are state sponsored. Diseases are now prevented through vaccination and good sanitation. Sedation now ameliorates pain, and antibiotics combat infection. Wounds that once meant amputation or death no longer do so. Transfers from the field to more-capable hospitals are now as swift as aircraft can make them. The mental consequences of war are now seen as genuine illnesses and treated accordingly, rather than punished to the extreme. Likewise, treatment of those disabled by war and of veterans generally has changed markedly -- along with who supplies these and other benefits. This book looks at the history of how humanity has cared for its war casualties, from ancient times through the aftermath of World War II. For each historical period, the author examines the care the sick and wounded received in the field and in hospitals, the care given to the disabled veteran and his dependents, and who provided that care and how. He shows how the lessons of history have informed the American experience over time. Finally, the author sums up this history thematically, focusing on changes in the nature and treatment of injuries, organization of services on and off the battlefield, the role of the state in providing care, and the invisible wounds of war
    Abstract: War has always been a dangerous business, bringing injury, wounds, and death, and -- until recently -- often disease. What has changed over time, most dramatically in the last 150 or so years, is the care these casualties receive and who provides it. Medical services have become highly organized and are state sponsored. Diseases are now prevented through vaccination and good sanitation. Sedation now ameliorates pain, and antibiotics combat infection. Wounds that once meant amputation or death no longer do so. Transfers from the field to more-capable hospitals are now as swift as aircraft can make them. The mental consequences of war are now seen as genuine illnesses and treated accordingly, rather than punished to the extreme. Likewise, treatment of those disabled by war and of veterans generally has changed markedly -- along with who supplies these and other benefits. This book looks at the history of how humanity has cared for its war casualties, from ancient times through the aftermath of World War II. For each historical period, the author examines the care the sick and wounded received in the field and in hospitals, the care given to the disabled veteran and his dependents, and who provided that care and how. He shows how the lessons of history have informed the American experience over time. Finally, the author sums up this history thematically, focusing on changes in the nature and treatment of injuries, organization of services on and off the battlefield, the role of the state in providing care, and the invisible wounds of war
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Print version cataloged as a monographic set by Library of Congress
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  • 6
    ISBN: 9780833081902 , 0833083635 , 083308190X , 9780833083630
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 36 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR416
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Payne, Leslie Adrienne Leveraging observations of Security Force Assistance in Afghanistan for global operations
    Keywords: International Security Assistance Force (Afghanistan) ; Afghanistan ; International Security Assistance Force (Afghanistan) ; Afghanistan ; Internal security ; Military assistance, American ; Combined operations (Military science) ; Internal security ; Military assistance, American ; Combined operations (Military science) ; Armed Forces ; Stability operations ; Combined operations (Military science) ; Internal security ; Military assistance, American ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Armies ; International Security Assistance Force (Afghanistan) ; Afghanistan ; United States ; Afghanistan ; HISTORY ; Asia ; Central Asia ; United States Armed Forces ; Stability operations ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The U.S. Army's Asymmetric Warfare Group (AWG) requested that the RAND Corporation conduct a study on how to leverage observations from Security Force Assistance (SFA) efforts in Afghanistan for global operations. Researchers interviewed 67 advisors and SFA practitioners at the tactical and operational levels to collect their firsthand insights into SFA. Interviewees included members of security force assistance teams and Special Forces Operational Detachments-Alpha, senior leadership at the brigade level, and AWG Operational Advisers. The enduring nature of most of these challenges suggests that solutions still remain uncertain. Future SFA missions, such as those envisioned for the Army's Regionally Aligned Forces, can benefit from the experience gained from SFA in Afghanistan as captured in this report. These lessons need to be incorporated both at the institutional level and by individual SFA advisers
    Abstract: The U.S. Army's Asymmetric Warfare Group (AWG) requested that the RAND Corporation conduct a study on how to leverage observations from Security Force Assistance (SFA) efforts in Afghanistan for global operations. Researchers interviewed 67 advisors and SFA practitioners at the tactical and operational levels to collect their firsthand insights into SFA. Interviewees included members of security force assistance teams and Special Forces Operational Detachments-Alpha, senior leadership at the brigade level, and AWG Operational Advisers. The enduring nature of most of these challenges suggests that solutions still remain uncertain. Future SFA missions, such as those envisioned for the Army's Regionally Aligned Forces, can benefit from the experience gained from SFA in Afghanistan as captured in this report. These lessons need to be incorporated both at the institutional level and by individual SFA advisers
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 35-36)
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  • 7
    ISBN: 9780833078346 , 0833081187 , 0833078348 , 9780833081186
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 83 pages)
    Series Statement: Technical report TR-1309-A
    Parallel Title: Print version Kelly, Terrence K Assessment of the Army's Tactical Human Optimization, Rapid Rehabilitation and Reconditioning Program
    Keywords: United States Physical training ; United States Physical training ; United States Medical care ; United States Rehabilitation ; United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; MEDICAL ; Health Policy ; Armed Forces ; Medical care ; Armed Forces ; Physical training ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Armies ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Introduction -- Organization -- Personnel -- Leader Development and education -- Facilities, Materiel, and Training Assessment -- Implications for Doctrine and Policy -- Findings and recommendations -- Appendix A: USSOCOM Planning Template for Small and Large THOR3 Facilities -- Appendix B: USSOCOM Materiel requirements -- Appendix C: Cite Visits.
    Abstract: In 2009, U.S. Special Operations Command provided U.S. Army Special Operations Command with funds to establish the Tactical Human Optimization, Rapid Rehabilitation and Reconditioning (THOR3) program, an investment reflecting "truth number 1" of special operations forces: "humans are more important than hardware." The goals of THOR3 are to increase the physical and mental capabilities of Army special forces, help these soldiers recover more rapidly from injuries sustained in combat or training, and help them stay healthy and able to contribute longer. The program differs from other Army fitness programs in several important ways, including its holistic approach to improving physical and mental performance, its focus on individual and unit needs, and its reliance on a professional staff of program coordinators, strength and conditioning coaches, physical therapists, dietitians, and cognitive enhancement specialists to deliver training and rehabilitation services that are on par with those provided to professional sports teams. U.S. Army Special Operations Command asked RAND Arroyo Center to determine whether THOR3 is effectively utilizing the resources provided and to identify opportunities for improvement in the program's planning and implementation, staffing (including hiring and retention), leader development and education, facility and equipment requirements, and ability to support participating personnel
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
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  • 8
    ISBN: 9780833080295 , 0833083406 , 0833080296 , 9780833083401
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (14 pages)
    Keywords: United States Appropriations and expenditures ; Evaluation ; United States ; Veterans Medical care ; Management ; Veterans ; Expenditures, Public ; United States ; Veterans ; Medical care ; Management ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; General ; Electronic books
    Abstract: In its 2013 budget request, the Obama administration sought $140 billion for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), 54 percent of which would provide mandatory benefits, such as direct compensation and pensions, and 40 percent of which is discretionary spending, earmarked for medical benefits under the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Unlike Medicare, which provides financing for care when its beneficiaries use providers throughout the U.S. health care system, the VHA is a government-run, parallel system that is primarily intended for care provision of veterans. The VHA hires its own doctors and has its own hospital network infrastructure. Although the VHA provides quality services to veterans, it does not preclude veterans from utilizing other forms of care outside of the VHA network--in fact, the majority of veterans' care is received external to the VHA because of location and other system limitations. Veterans typically use other private and public health insurance coverage (for example, Medicare, Medicaid) for external care, and many use both systems in a given year (dual use). Overlapping system use creates the potential for duplicative, uncoordinated, and inefficient use. The authors find some suggestive evidence of such inefficient use, particularly in the area of inpatient care. Coordination management and quality of care received by veterans across both VHA and private sector systems can be optimized (for example, in the area of mental illness, which benefits from an integrated approach across multiple providers and sectors), capitalizing on the best that each system has to offer, without increasing costs
    Note: "RAND Corporation , "The research was conducted within RAND Health"--Back cover , Caption title , Includes bibliographical references (pages 13-14)
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  • 9
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    Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press
    ISBN: 9781925021400 , 1925021408 , 9781925021394 , 1925021394
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 178 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Developing Asian bondmarkets
    Keywords: Bond market Asia. ; Bond market East Asia. ; Monetary policy Asia. ; Monetary policy East Asia. ; Bonds ; Bonds. ; Bond market ; Monetary policy ; Bond market ; Monetary policy ; Bonds ; Bond market ; Monetary policy ; Bond market ; Monetary policy ; Bonds ; Monetary policy ; Bond market ; Asia ; East Asia ; Electronic books
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-166) and index , Originally published by Asia Pacific Press, 2004
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  • 10
    ISBN: 9780833076762 , 0833081926 , 0833076760 , 9780833081926
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 63 pages)
    Series Statement: Technical report Using EPIC to find conflicts, inconsistencies, and gaps in Department of Defense policies
    Parallel Title: Available in another form
    Parallel Title: Available in another form
    Keywords: United States Personnel management ; Data processing ; United States Officials and employees ; Selection and appointment ; United States ; United States ; Manpower ; Manpower ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; United States ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Freedom ; Manpower ; Personnel management ; Data processing ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The authors present a framework and methodology to identify the roles and responsibilities (R & R) of those implementing Department of Defense policies and also potential conflicts, ambiguities, gaps, inconsistencies, and redundancies in those policies. They introduce a new software tool that automates one step of the methodology-EPIC-and demonstrate its use with three case studies to illustrate the technique and also the tool's flexibility. EPIC allows analysts to efficiently analyze multiple policy documents to detect potential conflicts in policy early on, thereby allowing policy developers to focus their attention on the need for clarification and, possibly, changes in policy. The authors relate executive positions to R & R and the products that result from their execution. If it can be shown that more than one actor is assigned to take the same action on the same product, then a potential conflict exists in the body of policy. If, on the other hand, no executive is assigned to take action on a product, then there is a potential gap in the body of policy. Use of this new tool will result in better and more consistent defense policy
    Abstract: The authors present a framework and methodology to identify the roles and responsibilities (R & R) of those implementing Department of Defense policies and also potential conflicts, ambiguities, gaps, inconsistencies, and redundancies in those policies. They introduce a new software tool that automates one step of the methodology-EPIC-and demonstrate its use with three case studies to illustrate the technique and also the tool's flexibility. EPIC allows analysts to efficiently analyze multiple policy documents to detect potential conflicts in policy early on, thereby allowing policy developers to focus their attention on the need for clarification and, possibly, changes in policy. The authors relate executive positions to R & R and the products that result from their execution. If it can be shown that more than one actor is assigned to take the same action on the same product, then a potential conflict exists in the body of policy. If, on the other hand, no executive is assigned to take action on a product, then there is a potential gap in the body of policy. Use of this new tool will result in better and more consistent defense policy
    Note: "RAND National Defense Research Institute , "This research was conducted within the Acquisition and Technology Policy Center (ATPC) of RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references (pages 61-63)
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  • 11
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    Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press
    ISBN: 9781922144874 , 1922144878 , 9781922144867 , 192214486X
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix 219 pages)
    Series Statement: Studies in state and society in the Pacific no. 7
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Politics, development and security in Oceania.
    Parallel Title: Print version Politics, development and security in Oceania
    Keywords: POLITICAL SCIENCE ; World ; Australian & Oceanian ; Diplomatic relations ; International economic relations ; Australia ; Developing island countries ; France ; Oceania ; Politics and government ; Development studies ; Reference, information and interdisciplinary subjects ; Interdisciplinary studies ; Oceania Politics and government. ; Oceania Foreign economic relations. ; Oceania Foreign relations ; Australia. ; Oceania Foreign relations ; France. ; Australia Foreign relations ; Oceania. ; France Foreign relations ; Oceania. ; Developing island countries ; Developing island countries. ; Oceania Foreign relations ; Australia Foreign relations ; Oceania Foreign relations ; Oceania Foreign economic relations ; Oceania Politics and government ; France Foreign relations ; Developing island countries ; Oceania ; Australia ; Oceania ; Oceania ; Oceania ; France ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "French and Australian collaborative research in the humanities and the social sciences in the South Pacific has grown and intensified significantly over the past two decades, beginning with the international symposium Changing Identities in the Pacific at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century held at the Australian Embassy in Paris in 1997 ... In April 2006, another French-government sponsored international symposium, AGORA (Ateliers Gouvernance et Recherche Appliquée) was held at IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement), Noumea, New Caledonia, major themes being governance and economic development, again bringing together Francophone and Anglophone scholars from France and the Pacific region. This was followed in October 2009 by two conjoint Francophone/Anglophone conferences, held at the IRD Centre in Noumea, Stability, Security and Development in Oceania, preceded by AGORA-2, an international conference on Anglophone research in the humanities and the social sciences in the Francophone Pacific, sponsored by the French Government and the Government of New Caledonia. The first of these conferences was sponsored by the French Fonds Pacifique and the State, Society and Governance Program at The Australian National University. An edited selection of presentations from this symposium constitutes the present volume."--Preface.
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  • 12
    ISBN: 9780833080981 , 0833084607 , 0833080989 , 9780833084606
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (57 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Paul, Christopher, 1971- RAND security cooperation prioritization and propensity matching tool
    Keywords: Security, International ; Decision making Data processing ; Military assistance, American Planning ; National security International cooperation ; Security, International ; Decision making ; Military assistance, American ; National security ; Security, International ; United States ; Law, Politics & Government ; International Relations ; Military policy ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Decision making ; Data processing ; Diplomatic relations ; National security ; International cooperation ; United States Foreign relations 1989- ; United States Military policy ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Security cooperation is the umbrella term used to describe a wide range of programs and activities with such goals as building relationships between the United States and partner countries, developing these countries' security capabilities, and facilitating contingency and peacetime access by U.S. forces. With increased pressure on defense spending, the scope and budget for these activities are likely to decrease. Therefore, it will be important for the U.S. Department of Defense to scrutinize and, perhaps, reevaluate current and proposed security cooperation efforts, ensuring that expected benefits align with costs and corresponding policy priorities. Recent RAND research identified practices and contextual factors associated with greater or lesser degrees of success in security cooperation, using 29 historical case studies of U.S. efforts to build partner capacity since the end of the Cold War. The RAND Security Cooperation Prioritization and Propensity Matching Tool applies these findings and results from other existing research to all current and potential security cooperation partners. This customizable diagnostic tool, built in Microsoft Excel®, will help planners preliminarily identify mismatches between the importance of a country to U.S. interests, funding for initiatives, and the propensity for successful U.S. security cooperation with a given country. For each of the world's 195 countries, the tool produces an overall security cooperation propensity score. Planners can then compare these scores with available funding and security cooperation priorities. The tool has the virtues of being systematic, being based on global data, and not relying on subjective assessments. Strategic thinking and nuanced understanding of individual countries remain important, but the tool is useful in helping to identify which countries to scrutinize
    Abstract: Security cooperation is the umbrella term used to describe a wide range of programs and activities with such goals as building relationships between the United States and partner countries, developing these countries' security capabilities, and facilitating contingency and peacetime access by U.S. forces. With increased pressure on defense spending, the scope and budget for these activities are likely to decrease. Therefore, it will be important for the U.S. Department of Defense to scrutinize and, perhaps, reevaluate current and proposed security cooperation efforts, ensuring that expected benefits align with costs and corresponding policy priorities. Recent RAND research identified practices and contextual factors associated with greater or lesser degrees of success in security cooperation, using 29 historical case studies of U.S. efforts to build partner capacity since the end of the Cold War. The RAND Security Cooperation Prioritization and Propensity Matching Tool applies these findings and results from other existing research to all current and potential security cooperation partners. This customizable diagnostic tool, built in Microsoft Excel®, will help planners preliminarily identify mismatches between the importance of a country to U.S. interests, funding for initiatives, and the propensity for successful U.S. security cooperation with a given country. For each of the world's 195 countries, the tool produces an overall security cooperation propensity score. Planners can then compare these scores with available funding and security cooperation priorities. The tool has the virtues of being systematic, being based on global data, and not relying on subjective assessments. Strategic thinking and nuanced understanding of individual countries remain important, but the tool is useful in helping to identify which countries to scrutinize
    Note: "RAND National Defense Research Institute , "This research was ... conducted within the International Security and Defense Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references (pages 51-57)
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  • 13
    ISBN: 9780833081230 , 0833082019 , 0833081233 , 9780833082015
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 52 pages)
    Keywords: Education, Higher Aims and objectives ; Economic aspects ; Government policy ; Educational planning Economic aspects ; Higher education and state ; Education, Higher ; Educational planning ; Higher education and state ; India ; EDUCATION ; Higher ; Higher education and state ; Educational planning ; Economic aspects ; Electronic books
    Abstract: India has joined a worldwide trend in which nations are seeking to improve the quality of their higher education systems by giving greater autonomy and accountability to higher education institutions. In this report, the authors review India's and other countries' higher education systems and suggest seven policy actions that the Indian national government and other stakeholders can take to improve higher education by linking funding to quality
    Note: "The project was funded jointly by RAND's Center for Asia Pacific Policy (CAPP) and RAND Education"--Preface , "RAND Corporation , Includes bibliographical references (pages 49-52)
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  • 14
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    Adelaide : University of Adelaide Press
    ISBN: 9781922064646 , 1922064645 , 9781922064639
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 266 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Adelaide
    Keywords: Australian literature History and criticism ; Australian literature ; LITERARY CRITICISM ; Asian ; Japanese ; South Australia ; South Australia ; Adelaide ; Australian literature ; Criticism, interpretation, etc ; Literature ; Literature and literary studies ; Adelaide (S.A.) In literature ; Adelaide (S.A.) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Adelaide as literary city : introduction / Philip Butterss -- Acts of writing / Kerryn Goldsworthy -- Colonial wordsmith: George Isaacs in Adelaide, 1860-1870 / Anne Black -- Scots and Scottish literature in literary Adelaide / Graham Tulloch -- 'An entertaining young genious' : C.J. Dennis and Adelaide / Philip Butterss -- Adelaide around 1935 : stories of herself when young / Susan Sheridan -- Adelaide and the country : the literary dimension / Jill Roe -- 'Fearful affinity': Jindyworobak primitivism / Peter Kirkpatrick -- The Athens of the south / Alison Broinowski -- Max Harris : a phenomenal Adelaide literary figure / Betty Snowden -- Geoffrey Dutton : little Adelaide and New York Nowhere / Nicholas Jose -- New York nowhere : meditations and celebrations, Neurology Ward, The New York Hospital / Geoffrey Dutton -- Coffee with Ken : Ken Bolton's Adelaide / Jill Jones -- 'A dozy city' : Adelaide in J.M. Coetzee's Slow man and Amy T. Matthew's End of the night girl / Gillian Dooley
    Abstract: Adelaide as literary city : introduction / Philip Butterss -- Acts of writing / Kerryn Goldsworthy -- Colonial wordsmith: George Isaacs in Adelaide, 1860-1870 / Anne Black -- Scots and Scottish literature in literary Adelaide / Graham Tulloch -- 'An entertaining young genious' : C.J. Dennis and Adelaide / Philip Butterss -- Adelaide around 1935 : stories of herself when young / Susan Sheridan -- Adelaide and the country : the literary dimension / Jill Roe -- 'Fearful affinity': Jindyworobak primitivism / Peter Kirkpatrick -- The Athens of the south / Alison Broinowski -- Max Harris : a phenomenal Adelaide literary figure / Betty Snowden -- Geoffrey Dutton : little Adelaide and New York Nowhere / Nicholas Jose -- New York nowhere : meditations and celebrations, Neurology Ward, The New York Hospital / Geoffrey Dutton -- Coffee with Ken : Ken Bolton's Adelaide / Jill Jones -- 'A dozy city' : Adelaide in J.M. Coetzee's Slow man and Amy T. Matthew's End of the night girl / Gillian Dooley
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    Canberra, A.C.T. : Australian National University E Press
    ISBN: 9781922144713 , 1922144711 , 9781922144706 , 1922144703
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 229 pages)
    Series Statement: Aboriginal history monograph no. 26
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Curr, Edward M ; Curr, Edward M. ; Curr, Edward M ; Authors, Australian Biography. ; Frontier and pioneer life Australia ; Victoria. ; Aboriginal Australians Land tenure. ; Yorta Yorta (Australian people) ; Frontier and pioneer life ; Authors, Australian Biography ; Aboriginal Australians Land tenure ; Native title (Australia) ; Native title (Australia) ; Yorta Yorta (Australian people) ; Frontier and pioneer life ; Authors, Australian ; Aboriginal Australians ; Australasian and Pacific history ; Ethnic studies ; History ; Humanities ; Indigenous peoples ; Regional and national history ; Social groups ; Society and culture: general ; Society and social sciences Society and social sciences ; Aboriginal Australians ; Land tenure ; Authors, Australian ; Frontier and pioneer life ; Native title (Australia) ; Victoria ; Biography ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Edward M. Curr (1820-89) was a pastoralist, horse trader, stock inspector, Aboriginal administrator, author and ethnologist
    Abstract: Preliminary; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Prologue: 'Claim sunk by pen of a swordsman'; 1. From Sheffield to Van Diemen's Land; 2. 'Troubles of a Beginner'; 3. 'A Station Formed at Tongala'; 4. Claiming the Moira; 5. Decline and Fall; 6. Rebuilding a Reputation; 7. Recollections of Squatting; 8. 'The native is a child'; 9. The Australian Race; 10. Ethnographic Rivalries; 11. 'My sable neighbours'; 12. The Tide of History; Epilogue: 'The Ghost of Edward Curr'; Bibliography; Index.
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  • 16
    ISBN: 9780833078810 , 083307881X , 9780833078827 , 0833078828 , 9780833078513 , 0833078801 , 0833078518 , 9780833078803
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Technical report TR-1234-RC/A/AF
    Parallel Title: Print version Meadows, Sarah O. (Sarah Opal), 1978- Exploring the association between military base neighborhood characteristics and soldiers' and airmen's outcomes
    Keywords: United States Barracks and quarters ; Evaluation ; United States Barracks and quarters ; Evaluation ; United States ; United States ; Soldiers Social conditions 21st century ; Airmen Social conditions 21st century ; Military bases ; Neighborhoods Social aspects ; Quality of life Statistics ; Social indicators ; Soldiers ; Airmen ; Military bases ; Neighborhoods ; Quality of life ; Social indicators ; Residence Characteristics ; Quality of Life ; Military Personnel ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; General ; SCIENCE ; Environmental Science ; Military bases ; Neighborhoods ; Social aspects ; Quality of life ; Social indicators ; Soldiers ; Social conditions ; United States ; United States ; Statistics ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Current extended military engagements in foreign nations have taken their toll on U.S. service members and their families. As a result, the services have made renewed commitments to support the needs of these families of military personnel. Quality-of-life and family programs across the services continue to grow. But no service has applied neighborhood theory and methods to better understand these military issues. Installations, and the communities where they are located, vary in terms of the quality of life they provide inhabitants. Similarly, the families who live in these communities and who are assigned to these installations vary in terms of their needs. A one-size-fits-all approach to base resource allocation and the provision of services may not be the most effective in fostering health and well-being among service members and their families. Thus, the services may want to use this approach as part of their efforts to identify gaps in support to service members and families so that they can make the necessary adjustments and better compensate where communities are lacking. This report explores the applicability of neighborhood theory and social indicators research to understanding the quality of life in and around military bases. It also highlights gaps in neighborhood study methodology that need to be addressed in future research. Finally, it outlines how a more in-depth neighborhood analysis of military installations could be conducted
    Abstract: Current extended military engagements in foreign nations have taken their toll on U.S. service members and their families. As a result, the services have made renewed commitments to support the needs of these families of military personnel. Quality-of-life and family programs across the services continue to grow. But no service has applied neighborhood theory and methods to better understand these military issues. Installations, and the communities where they are located, vary in terms of the quality of life they provide inhabitants. Similarly, the families who live in these communities and who are assigned to these installations vary in terms of their needs. A one-size-fits-all approach to base resource allocation and the provision of services may not be the most effective in fostering health and well-being among service members and their families. Thus, the services may want to use this approach as part of their efforts to identify gaps in support to service members and families so that they can make the necessary adjustments and better compensate where communities are lacking. This report explores the applicability of neighborhood theory and social indicators research to understanding the quality of life in and around military bases. It also highlights gaps in neighborhood study methodology that need to be addressed in future research. Finally, it outlines how a more in-depth neighborhood analysis of military installations could be conducted
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    ISBN: 9781921666490 , 1921666498 , 9781921666483 , 192166648X
    Language: English
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als China : a new model for growth and development.
    Keywords: Economic development China. ; Economic development ; Economic development ; China ; East Asia, Far East ; Economic growth ; Economics, finance, business and management ; Economics ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Development ; Economic Development ; Commerce ; Economic development ; Economic history ; Economic policy ; Business & Economics ; Economic History ; China ; Asia ; China Economic conditions. ; China Economic policy. ; China Commerce. ; China Economic conditions ; China Economic policy ; China Commerce ; China ; China ; China ; Electronic books
    Abstract: 17 Determinants of Chinese Exports in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Products: A Firm-Level Analysis -- Kunwang Li and Bingzhan ShiIndex.
    Abstract: 12 Will Chinese Industry Ever Be 'Green'? -- Shiyi Chen and Jane Golley13 Can China Achieve Green Growth? -- Yongsheng Zhang; 14 China's Climate Change Mitigation in International Context: Issues for Australia and China -- Ross Garnaut1; 15 China's Energy Demand Growth and the Energy Policy Trilemma -- Simon Wensley, Stephen Wilson and Jane Kuang; 16 Financial Constraints on Chinese Outward Direct Investment by the Private Sector -- Bijun Wang, Miaojie Yu and Yiping Huang.
    Abstract: 6 China's Saving and Global Economic Performance -- Rod Tyers, Ying Zhang and Tsun Se Cheong7 Growing into an Innovative Economy: Evidence from Chinese Firm-Level Data Analysis -- Yixiao Zhou; 8 China's Agricultural Development: Achievements and Challenges -- Li Zhou; 9 Rural-Urban Migration: Trend and Policy Implications (2008-2012) -- Xin Meng; 10 Reforming China's Public Finances for Long-term Growth -- Christine Wong; 11 Changing Business Environment in China: A Regional Context and Policy Implications -- Xiaolu Wang, Jingwen Yu and Fan Gang1.
    Abstract: Preliminary; Contents; Tables; Figures; Contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 China's New Strategy for Long-term Growth and Development: Imperatives and Implications- Ross Garnaut, Cai Fang and Ligang Song; 2 New Institutions for a New Development Model -- Dwight H. Perkins; 3 The New Normal of Chinese Development -- Yiping Huang, Cai Fang, Peng Xu and Gou Qin; 4 The End of China's Demographic Dividend: The Perspective of Potential GDP Growth -- Cai Fang and Lu Yang; 5 Chinese Industrialisation: Path Dependence and the Transition to a New Model -- Huw McKay and Ligang Song.
    Abstract: The Chinese economy is undergoing profound change in policy and structure. The change is necessary to increase the value of growth to the Chinese community, and to sustain growth into the future. The changes are so comprehensive and profound that they represent a new model of Chinese economic growth. This book describes the replacement of an old uninhibited investment expansion model of growth, by transition to modern economic growth and provides insights into recent changes and where they are likely to lead. These include requirements for building the new institutions including its public finances for future growth, adjustments in its savings, industry and agriculture, changes in its demographic structure, business environment, and pattern of rural-urban migration, prospects for 'green growth', its energy policy trilemma and the climate change mitigation strategy, and changes for China's interaction with the international economy through its overseas investment and trade in high tech products. China's adoption of a new model of economic growth is of immense importance to people in China and everywhere. This book is an early attempt to take a close look at many of the features of the new model. (publisher's website)
    Abstract: The Chinese economy is undergoing profound change in policy and structure. The change is necessary to increase the value of growth to the Chinese
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    Berlin : Springer
    ISBN: 9783642280092
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2013 Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
    DDC: 338.927
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Sustainable development ; Social policy ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Governance ; Nachhaltigkeit
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    Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck | Berlin : Knowledge Unlatched
    ISBN: 9783161524974
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XVI, 280 Seiten)
    Series Statement: Beiträge zur Finanzwissenschaft 31
    Series Statement: Beiträge zur Finanzwissenschaft
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Scheubel, Beatrice, 1984 - Bismarck's institutions
    Dissertation note: Dissertation Universität München 2012
    DDC: 300
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    Keywords: Bismarck, Otto ; Fertilität ; Gesetzliche Rentenversicherung ; Rentenfinanzierung ; Familienplanung ; Deutschland ; Social security History 19th century ; Demographic transition History 19th century ; Germany Population 19th century ; History ; Germany Social conditions 19th century ; Hochschulschrift ; Electronic books ; Hochschulschrift ; Deutschland ; Geburtenrückgang ; Sozialversicherung ; Geschichte 1882-1891
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    ISBN: 9780833081551 , 0833081551 , 9780833081537 , 0833081535 , 9780833081544 , 0833081543 , 9780833081483 , 0833081489
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxix, 155 pages)
    DDC: 363.23
    Keywords: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Infrastructure ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General ; LAW / Criminal Law / General ; Crime forecasting ; Crime prevention ; Criminal behavior, Prediction of ; Police ; Wirtschaft ; Crime forecasting ; Crime prevention ; Criminal behavior, Prediction of ; Police ; USA ; Electronic books
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Predictive policing is the use of analytical techniques to identify targets for police intervention with the goal of preventing crime, solving past crimes, or identifying potential offenders and victims. These tools are not a substitute for integrated approaches to policing, nor are they a crystal ball. This guide assesses some of the most promising technical tools and tactical approaches for acting on predictions in an effective way , Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; What Is Predictive Policing?; A Criminological Justification for Predictive Policing: Why Crime Is "Predictable"; A Brief History of Predictive Policing; Background; Training; Study Objectives and Methods; Objectives; Approach; The Nature of Predictive Policing: This Is Not Minority Report; A Taxonomy of Predictive Methods; Prediction-Led Policing Processes and Practices; Data Collection; Analysis; Police Operations; Criminal Response; About This Report , CHAPTER TWO: Making Predictions About Potential CrimesNotes on Software; Hot Spot Analysis and Crime Mapping; Grid Mapping; Covering Ellipses; Single and Dual Kernel Density Estimation; Heuristic Methods; Regression Methods; Types of Relationships; Selecting Input Variables; Leading Indicators in Regression (and Other) Models; A Regression Example; Data Mining (Predictive Analytics); Clustering; Classification; Training and Testing a Model; Near-Repeat Methods; Spatiotemporal Analysis; Basics of Spatiotemporal Analysis; Heat Maps; Spatiotemporal Modeling Using the Generalized Additive Model , SeasonalityRisk Terrain Analysis; A Heuristic Approach: Risk Terrain Modeling; A Statistical Approach to Risk Terrain Analysis; Discussion of Risk Terrain Analysis Approaches; Prediction Methods; CHAPTER THREE: Using Predictions to Support Police Operations; Evidence-Based Policing; Taking Action on Hot Spots in Washington, D.C.; Koper Curve Application in Sacramento; Investigating Convenience Store Robberies in Chula Vista, California; Predictive Policing in Context: Case Studies; Shreveport, Louisiana: Predictive Intelligence-Led Operational Targeting , Memphis, Tennessee: Crime Reduction Utilizing Statistical HistoryNashville, Tennessee: Integrating Crime and Traffic Crash Data; Baltimore, Maryland: Crash-Crime Project; Iraq: Locating IED Emplacement Locations; Minneapolis, Minnesota: Micro Crime Hot Spots; Charlotte-Mecklenburg County, North Carolina: Foreclosures and Crime; Crime Maps: Community Relations; Police Actions; CHAPTER FOUR: Using Predictions to Support Investigations of Potential Offenders; Protecting Privacy Rights and Civil Liberties; Predictive Policing Symposium Assessment , Privacy Under the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. ConstitutionPrivacy with Respect to Policing Intelligence Information Systems; Privacy Resources for the Law Enforcement Community; Dealing with Noisy and Conflicting Data: Data Fusion; Heuristic and Simple-Model Methods; More Sophisticated Fusion Methods; Risk Assessment for Individual Criminal Behavior; Commonly Used Behavioral Instruments; Limitations of Behavioral Instruments; Quebec, Canada: Assessing Criminogenic Risks of Gang Members; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Predicting Violence and Homicide Among Young Men
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    The University Of Sydney, N.S.W : Sydney University Press
    ISBN: 9781743323687 , 1743323689 , 9781743325667 , 1743325665 , 9781920899981 , 1920899987
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    DDC: 305.89915
    Keywords: Racially mixed people ; Whites ; Fathers ; Aboriginal Australians ; Race discrimination ; Stolen generations (Australia) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Most members of the Stolen Generations had white fathers or grandfathers. Who were these white men? This book analyses the stories of white fathers, men who were positioned as key players in the plans to assimilate Aboriginal people by 'breeding out the colour'. The policy was an cruel failure. It conflated skin colour with culture and assumed that Aboriginal women and their children would acquiesce to produce 'future whites'. It also assumed that white men would comply as ready appendages, administering 'whiteness' through marriage or white sperm. This book attempts to put textual flesh on the bodies of these white fathers, and in doing so, builds on and complicates the view of white fathers in this history, and the histories of whiteness to which they are biopolitically related
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    Sydney, N.S.W : Sydney University Press | Berlin : Knowledge Unlatched
    ISBN: 9781743320242 , 9781743323700 , 9781743325247
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 325 Seiten) , Illustrationen
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    Keywords: Electronic books ; Tierethik
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    ISBN: 9781857571172
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online Ressource (296 Seiten) , Illustrationen, Diagramme
    Series Statement: History of the University of Westminster part 3
    DDC: 378.42132
    Keywords: Hogg, Quintin ; Hogg, Quintin ; University of Westminster ; University of Westminster ; Hogg, Quintin ; Electronic books ; University of Westminster
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    Leiden : Brill | Berlin : Knowledge Unlatched
    ISBN: 9789004254077
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 255 Seiten) , Illustrationen
    Series Statement: Studies in critical social sciences 54
    Series Statement: Studies in critical social sciences
    DDC: 324.6089/9274
    Keywords: Electronic books ; Israel ; Palästinenser ; Bürgerrecht
    Abstract: In Stateless Citizenship, Shourideh C. Molavi examines the mechanisms of exclusion of Palestinian citizens in the Zionist incorporation regime, and centres our analytical gaze on the paradox that it is through the provision of Israeli citizenship that Palestinians are deemed stateless
    Abstract: Introduction -- Liberal citizenship : ambiguities and inconsistencies -- The Israeli incorporation regime -- Israeli hostipitality -- Liberal pretence of a Jewish state -- From citizenship to stateless citizenship -- The anatomy of stateless citizenship -- Conclusion -- Appendix I : selections from The democratic constitution by Adalah : Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel (20 March 2007) -- Appendix II : selections from The Haifa declaration by Mada al-Carmel : The Arab Center for Applied Social Research (15 May 2007) -- References -- Index
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    Dordrecht : Springer
    ISBN: 1283936100 , 9789400753983 , 9781283936101
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (IX, 344 S.) , graph. Darst.
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2013 Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Technical and vocational education and training 18
    Series Statement: Technical and vocational education and training
    Parallel Title: Print version The Architecture of Innovative Apprenticeship
    DDC: 370.113
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    Keywords: Education ; Berufsbildungssystem ; Internationaler Vergleich ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: This volume covers a wealth of issues relating to technical and vocational education and training, including exemplar architectures such as successful school-to-work transitions, competence assessment and development models, and governance
    Abstract: Benefiting from the support and involvement of two major international research networks, this collection features the latest research findings in TVET. Members of INAP, the International Network on Innovative Apprenticeship, and VETNET, the Vocational Education and Training Network, have contributed key research findings to this detailed survey of the field. Featuring the inclusion of the internationally recognized memorandum released in April 2012 by the INAP Architecture Apprenticeship Commission, the volume covers a wealth of issues relating to technical and vocational education and training, including exemplar architectures such as successful school-to-work transitions, competence assessment and development models, and governance, including the role of stakeholders. The book provides many opportunities to explore in depth the scholarly debate on TVET, as well as to learn from positive international experiences. It aims to inform the practice of TVET professionals as much as the decision making of administrators
    Description / Table of Contents: The Architecture of Innovative Apprenticeship; Foreword; Introduction by the Series Editor; Contents; MemorandumAn Architecture for Modern Apprenticeships: Standards for Structure, Organisation and Governance; Introduction; Criteria for Modern Dual Vocational Education; High Quality and Holistic Competence in an Occupational Field; Competence to Shape One's Work: Shaping Competence, Ability to Independently Control and Manage One's Professional Tasks; Seeing `Work Context' as a Constitutive Feature of Professional Work
    Description / Table of Contents: The Concept of `Core Occupations' Reduces the Horizontal and Vertical Division of LabourCreating Sustainable Occupational Profiles; Open Dynamic Occupational Profiles; Promoting Occupational Identity; Desirable Time Scale for Learning to Be Competent in an Occupation; Need for Continuing Professional Development; Cooperation Between Learning Venues; The Legal Status of Apprentices; Cost-Benefit of In-Company Apprenticeship Training; Occupational Domains and Vocational Disciplines; Integration of Vocational Education into a Higher Education Structure: Parallel Tracks
    Description / Table of Contents: Governance of Dual VET SystemsConsistent Legal Framework; A Single Vocational Education and Training Act; Concentration of Legislative Competences; Integrated Procedure for the Development of VET Curricula; Binding Regulations on the Cooperation of Learning Venues; Cooperation of Actors; Legal Regulation of Responsibilities; Involvement of Social Partners, VET Schools and Researchers in a VET Dialogue; Coordination of the VET Dialogue; Regulatory Procedures Require an Early Coordination of the Actors Involved; Institutionalised Cooperation of Learning Venues
    Description / Table of Contents: Allocation of Strategic and Operative FunctionsLegal Regulations Concerning the Collaboration of Strategic and Operative Functions; The Tasks and Responsibilities Are Distributed According to the Principle of Subsidiarity; The Development of Occupational Profiles and (Framework) Curricula Takes Place at the National Level While the Responsibility for Setting Up Syllabuses and Training Plans Is with the Local Actors; Relative Autonomy in the Implementation of Curricula; Innovation Strategies; Legal Basis; Qualification and Curriculum Research and Development
    Description / Table of Contents: Improvement of the Cooperation of Learning Venues as a Topic of Innovation ProgrammesTraining Partnership; Measuring and Evaluating Professional Competence (Development); International VET Dialogue; Structure and Development of Occupational Curricula; The Curriculum; An Occupational Profile; A Description of the Learning Areas, Building upon Each Other (Fig. 3); Content of Work and Learning; Educational Objectives Specific to the Learning Venues; Methods of Curriculum Development; Sector Studies (Rauner and Maclean CR0001102008, Chapter 3.1.2); Expert Worker Workshops
    Description / Table of Contents: Validation of Professional Work Tasks
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. From School into Apprenticeship: Pathways for a Successful Transition -- 1.1    Relationship between Potential Recruits from VET and HE - Case Studies from Germany, England and Switzerland, Ute Hippach-Schneider, Tanja Weigel -- 1.2  Exploring Intermediate Vocational Education and Training for 16-19 Year-olds in Germany and England, Jeremy Higham, H.-Hugo Kremer, David Yeomans -- 1.3 Apprenticeship, Pathways and Career Guidance: A Cautionary Tale -- Richard Sweet -- 1.4 No Choice - No Guidance? The rising demand for career guidance in EU neighboring countries and its potential implications for apprenticeships, Helmut Zelloth -- 1.5 How can Governance, Private Sector and Work Based Learning promote Labour Market Relevant Training in Developing and Transition Countries?, Manfred Wallenborn -- 1.6 A Renaissance for Apprenticeship Learning? - And its Implications for Transition Countries, Sören Nielsen -- 1.7 Work-based Learning in China, Joanna Burchert, Ludger Deitmer, Xu Han -- 2. Competence Measurement and Development -- 2.1 Occupational Identity in Australian Traineeships: An initial Exploration, Erica Smith -- 2.2 Competency-Based Training in Australia: What happened and where might we “capably” go? Lewis Hughes, Len Cairns -- 2.3 Measuring Occupational Competences: Concept, Method and Findings of the COMET project, Felix Rauner, Lars Heinemann,  Ursel Hauschildt -- 2.4 Occupational Identity and Motivation of Apprentices in a System of Integrated Dual VET, Ursel Hauschildt, Lars Heinemann -- 2.5 Innovative Models of more Interactive Cooperation of VET Schools and Enterprise in China, Zhiqun Zhao, Zishi Luo, Donglian Gu -- 2.6 Developing Complex Performance through Learning Trajectories and re-creating Mediating Artefacts -- Michael Eraut -- 2.7 Conceptual Change Research in TVET, Waldemar Bauer -- 2.8 Experiential Learning Assessment and Competence Development for a Second Career: The case of alternating training pprogrammes for professional promotion, Philippe Astier, Lucie Petit --  3. Towards an Open TVET Architecture: Why European and National Qualification Frameworks do not suffice -- 3.1 Differences in the Organisation of Apprenticeship in Europe: Findings of a Comparative Evaluation Study, Felix Rauner,  Wolfgang Wittig -- 3.2 Implementing the EQF: English as distinct from Continental Bricklaying Qualifications, Michaela Brockmann, Linda Clarke, Christopher Winch -- 3.3 Trends, Issues and Challenges for EU VET Policies beyond 2010, Pascaline Descy, Guy Tchibozo, Jasper van Loo -- 3.4 ‘Evidence’ about ‘Outcome Orientation’ - Austrian experience with European policies, Lorenz Lassnigg -- 3.5 Successful in Reforming the TVET System and Shaping the Society: The Example of the Mubarak Kohl Initiative, Edda Grunwald, Bernhard Becker -- 3.6 Accelerating Artisan Training: A Response to the South African Skills Challenge, Salim Akoojee -- 3.7 The Role of Social Partners and the Status of Apprenticeship in Turkey, Özlem Ünlühisarcıklı,  Arjen Vos..
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    ISBN: 9780833078612 , 0833078615 , 9780833078629 , 0833078631 , 0833078623 , 0833078607 , 9780833078605 , 9780833078636
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xliii, 304 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation monograph series
    Parallel Title: Print version Dobbins, James, 1942- Overcoming obstacles to peace
    Keywords: Nation-building Case studies ; Peace-building ; Democratization ; Nation-building ; Nation-building ; Peace-building ; Democratization ; Nation-building ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Peace ; HISTORY ; Asia ; Southeast Asia ; Democratization ; Nation-building ; Peace-building ; Befriedung ; Demokratisierung ; Friedenskonsolidierung ; Nationenbildung ; Case studies ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "This volume analyzes the impediments that local conditions pose to successful outcomes of nation-building interventions in conflict-affected areas. Previous RAND studies of nation-building focused on external interveners' activities. This volume shifts the focus to internal circumstances, first identifying the conditions that gave rise to conflicts or threatened to perpetuate them, and then determining how external and local actors were able to modify or work around them to promote enduring peace. It examines in depth six varied societies: Cambodia, El Salvador, Bosnia and Herzegovina, East Timor, Sierra Leone, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It then analyzes a larger set of 20 major post-Cold War nation-building interventions. The authors assess the risk of renewed conflict at the onset of the interventions and subsequent progress along five dimensions: security, democratization, government effectiveness, economic growth, and human development. They find that transformation of many of the specific conditions that gave rise to or fueled conflict often is not feasible in the time frame of nation-building operations but that such transformation has not proven essential to achieving the primary goal of nation-building -- establishing peace. Most interventions in the past 25 years have led to enduring peace, as well as some degree of improvement in the other dimensions assessed. The findings suggest the importance of setting realistic expectations -- neither expecting nation-building operations to quickly lift countries out of poverty and create liberal democracies, nor being swayed by a negative stereotype of nation-building that does not recognize its signal achievements in the great majority of cases."--Page 4 of cover
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Figures -- Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Which Local Factors Pose Challenges to Nation-Building? -- Factors That Raise the Risk of Conflict Renewal -- Civil War Onset -- Civil War Recurrence -- How Great Is the Risk of Recurrence? -- Structure of the Case Studies -- Tailoring Nation-Building to Local Factors -- Chapter 3. Cambodia -- Local Factors Before the Peace -- Geographical and Geopolitical -- Cultural and Social -- Economic -- Political -- Institutional -- Nation-Building Efforts -- Geographical and Geopolitical -- Cultural and Social -- Economic -- Political -- Institutional -- Outcomes -- Local Attitudes -- Geographical and Geopolitical -- Cultural and Social -- Economic -- Political -- Institutional -- Conclusions -- What Local Factors Posed the Greatest Challenges? -- Were Local Factors Modified or Circumvented to Promote Enduring Peace? -- Chapter 4. El Salvador -- Local Factors Before the Peace -- Geographical and Geopolitical -- Cultural and Social -- Economic -- Political -- Institutional -- Nation-Building Efforts -- Geographical and Geopolitical -- Cultural and Social -- Economic -- Political -- Institutional -- Outcomes -- Local Attitudes -- Geographical and Geopolitical -- Cultural and Social -- Economic -- Political -- Institutional -- Conclusions -- What Local Factors Posed the Greatest Challenges? -- Were Local Factors Modified or Circumvented to Promote Enduring Peace? -- Chapter 5. Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Local Factors Before the Peace -- Geographical and Geopolitical -- Cultural and Social -- Economic -- Political -- Institutional -- Nation-Building Efforts -- Geographical and Geopolitical -- Cultural and Social -- Economic -- Political -- Institutional -- Outcomes -- Local Attitudes -- Geographical and Geopolitical -- Cultural and Social -- Economic -- Political -- Institutional -- Conclusions -- What Local Factors Posed the Greatest Challenges? -- Were Local Factors Modified or Circumvented to Promote Enduring Peace? -- Chapter 6. East Timor -- Local Factors Before the Peace -- Geographical and Geopolitical -- Cultural and Social -- Economic -- Political -- Institutional -- Nation-Building Efforts -- Geographical and Geopolitical -- Cultural and Social -- Economic -- Political -- Institutional -- Outcomes -- Local Attitudes -- Geographical and Geopolitical -- Cultural and Social -- Economic -- Political -- Institutional -- Conclusions -- What Local Factors Posed the Greatest Challenges? -- Were Local Factors Modified or Circumvented to Promote Enduring Peace? -- Chapter 7. Local Factors Before the Peace -- Geographical and Geopolitical -- Cultural and Social -- Economic -- Political -- Institutional -- Nation-Building Efforts -- Geographical and Geopolitical -- Cultural and Social -- Economic -- Political -- Institutional -- Outcomes -- Local Attitudes -- Geographical and Geopolitical -- Cultural and Social -- Economic -- Political -- Institutional -- Conclusions -- What Local Factors Posed the Greatest Challenges? -- Were Local Factors Modified or Circumvented to Promote Enduring Peace? -- Chapter 8. Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Local Factors Before the Peace -- Geographical and Geopolitical -- Cultural and Social -- Economic -- Political -- Institutional -- Nation-Building Efforts -- Geographical and Geopolitical -- Cultural and Social -- Economic -- Political -- Institutional -- Outcomes -- Local Attitudes -- Geographical and Geopolitical -- Cultural and Social -- Economic -- Political -- Institutional -- Conclusions -- What Local Factors Posed the Greatest Challenges? -- Were Local Factors Modified or Circumvented to Promote Enduring Peace? -- Chapter 9. Estimating the Challenges and Comparing with Outcomes -- Sustaining Peace -- Promoting Democracy -- Improving Governance -- Achieving Economic Growth -- Advancing Human Development -- Summing Up -- Chapter 10. Conclusions -- The Transformational Limits of Nation-Building -- Factors Crucial to Establishing Enduring Peace -- Geopolitics -- Patronage Networks -- The Impact of Geopolitics and Patronage Networks in 20 Cases -- Dissimilar Societies, Similar Instruments -- Establishing Realistic Expectations -- Appendixes. A. Performance Indicators and Nation-Building Inputs for 20 Major Post-Cold War Nation-Building Interventions -- B. Economic Growth Statistics for Nation-Building Interventions in Comparative Perspective -- References.
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    ISBN: 9780833081384 , 0833081993 , 0833081381 , 9780833081995
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxii, 215 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR206
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Werber, Laura Support for the 21st-century reserve force
    Keywords: Families of military personnel Services for ; Veterans Services for ; Veteran reintegration ; Families of military personnel ; Veterans ; Veteran reintegration ; Veterans ; Services for ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; United States ; Armed Forces ; Armed Forces ; Reserves ; Families of military personnel ; Services for ; Veteran reintegration ; United States National Guard ; United States National Guard ; Recruiting, enlistment, etc ; United States Armed Forces ; Reserves ; Recruiting, enlistment, etc ; United States Armed Forces ; Reserves ; United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Many studies have examined the impact of deployment on military families, but few have assessed either the challenges that guard and reserve families face following deployment or how they manage the reintegration phase of the deployment cycle. This report aims to facilitate the successful reintegration of guard and reserve personnel as they return to civilian life after deployment. Using surveys and interviews with guard and reserve families, along with interviews with resource providers, this report examines how these families fare after deployment, the challenges they confront during that time frame, and the strategies and resources they use to navigate the reintegration phase. Factors associated with reintegration success include the adequacy of communication between families and the service member's unit or Service and between service members and their families, initial readiness for deployment, family finances, and whether the service member returns with a psychological issue or physical injury. Successful reintegration from the families' perspective was related to measures of military readiness, such as the service members' plans to continue guard or reserve service. In addition, there is a wide-ranging and complex 'web of support' available to assist families with reintegration, including U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) programs, state and local government agencies, private nonprofit and for-profit resource providers, faith-based organizations, and informal resources (such as family, friends, and social networks). Opportunities for collaboration among providers abound. DoD does not have to 'do it all, ' but the report suggests steps it can take to ensure that reintegration proceeds as smoothly as possible
    Abstract: Many studies have examined the impact of deployment on military families, but few have assessed either the challenges that guard and reserve families face following deployment or how they manage the reintegration phase of the deployment cycle. This report aims to facilitate the successful reintegration of guard and reserve personnel as they return to civilian life after deployment. Using surveys and interviews with guard and reserve families, along with interviews with resource providers, this report examines how these families fare after deployment, the challenges they confront during that time frame, and the strategies and resources they use to navigate the reintegration phase. Factors associated with reintegration success include the adequacy of communication between families and the service member's unit or Service and between service members and their families, initial readiness for deployment, family finances, and whether the service member returns with a psychological issue or physical injury. Successful reintegration from the families' perspective was related to measures of military readiness, such as the service members' plans to continue guard or reserve service. In addition, there is a wide-ranging and complex 'web of support' available to assist families with reintegration, including U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) programs, state and local government agencies, private nonprofit and for-profit resource providers, faith-based organizations, and informal resources (such as family, friends, and social networks). Opportunities for collaboration among providers abound. DoD does not have to 'do it all, ' but the report suggests steps it can take to ensure that reintegration proceeds as smoothly as possible
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    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
    ISBN: 9780833080783 , 0833083279 , 0833080784 , 9780833083272
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 76 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation research report series RR-114-ODNI
    Keywords: United States Personnel management ; United States Personnel management ; United States ; United States ; Intelligence service Personnel management ; Intelligence service ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Personnel management ; United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The U.S. intelligence community has a continuing and important role to play in providing the best intelligence and analytic insight possible to aid the nation's leaders in making decisions and taking action. Executing this role will require unprecedented collaboration and information sharing. The personnel throughout the intelligence agencies are essential to accomplishing these tasks. The intelligence community has made significant progress during the past decade in rebuilding its workforce and developing capabilities lost during the 1990s. As decisionmakers look ahead to a future most certainly defined by constrained budgets, it will be important to avoid repeating the post-Cold War drawdown experience and losing capability in a similar way because the consequences of such actions can be long lasting. This report chronicles intelligence community efforts over more than half a decade to improve community-wide workforce planning and management. It describes workforce planning tools that will help decisionmakers maintain a workforce capable of meeting the challenges that lie ahead, even as budgets decline. In addition, the community's collective efforts to take a more strategic approach to workforce planning point to a number of important considerations that serve as guideposts for the future: (1) rebuilding lost capability takes time, (2) resource flexibility is needed, (3) risk is an essential element in workforce planning, (4) systematic planning shores up requirements, and (5) the supply of military personnel is likely to decline. These lessons learned through an era of workforce rebuilding can inform resource decisions today and in the years to come
    Abstract: The U.S. intelligence community has a continuing and important role to play in providing the best intelligence and analytic insight possible to aid the nation's leaders in making decisions and taking action. Executing this role will require unprecedented collaboration and information sharing. The personnel throughout the intelligence agencies are essential to accomplishing these tasks. The intelligence community has made significant progress during the past decade in rebuilding its workforce and developing capabilities lost during the 1990s. As decisionmakers look ahead to a future most certainly defined by constrained budgets, it will be important to avoid repeating the post-Cold War drawdown experience and losing capability in a similar way because the consequences of such actions can be long lasting. This report chronicles intelligence community efforts over more than half a decade to improve community-wide workforce planning and management. It describes workforce planning tools that will help decisionmakers maintain a workforce capable of meeting the challenges that lie ahead, even as budgets decline. In addition, the community's collective efforts to take a more strategic approach to workforce planning point to a number of important considerations that serve as guideposts for the future: (1) rebuilding lost capability takes time, (2) resource flexibility is needed, (3) risk is an essential element in workforce planning, (4) systematic planning shores up requirements, and (5) the supply of military personnel is likely to decline. These lessons learned through an era of workforce rebuilding can inform resource decisions today and in the years to come
    Note: "Prepared for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence , "National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 73-76)
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    ISBN: 9781925021325 , 1925021327
    Language: English
    Series Statement: Australia and New Zealand School of Governance series
    Keywords: Castles, Ian ; Castles, Ian. ; Castles, Ian ; Festschriften Australia. ; Economic development Social aspects. ; Economic development Sociological aspects. ; Quality of life Economic aspects. ; Well-being Economic aspects. ; Quality of life Economic aspects ; Well-being Economic aspects ; Economic development Sociological aspects ; Festschriften ; Economic development Social aspects ; Quality of life ; Well-being ; Economic development ; Festschriften ; Economic development ; Festschriften ; Australia ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Mentoring & Coaching ; Economic development ; Social aspects ; Economic development ; Sociological aspects ; Electronic books
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    ISBN: 9780833081094 , 0833083422 , 0833081098 , 9780833083425
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxvii, 468 pages)
    Additional Information: Paths to victory: lessons from modern insurgencies
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation research report series RR-291/2-OSD
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Paul, Christopher, 1971- Paths to victory
    Keywords: Insurgency Case studies ; Insurgency ; Case studies ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Military Science - General ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Insurgency ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Detailed overviews of 41 insurgency cases. UK in Palestine, 1944-1947 -- Greece, 1945-1949 -- Indochina, 1946-1954 -- Philippines (Huk Rebellion), 1946-1956 -- Colombia ("La Violencia"), 1948-1958 -- Malaya, 1948-1955 -- Kenya, 1952-1956 -- Algerian Independence, 1954-1962 -- Cyprus, 1955-1959 -- Cuba, 1956-1959 -- Oman (Imamate Uprising), 1957-1959 -- Indonesia (Darul Islam), 1958-1962 -- Tibet, 1956-1974 -- Guatemala, 1960-1996 -- Laos, 1959-1975 -- Namibia, 1960-1989 -- South Africa, 1960-1990 -- South Vietnam, 1960-1975 -- Eritrea, 1961-1991 -- Iraqi Kurdistan, 1961-1975 -- Angolan Independence, 1961-1974 -- Guinea-Bissau, 1962-1974 -- Mozambican Independence, 1962-1974 -- Yemen, 1962-1970 -- Uruguay, 1963-1972 -- Oman (Dhofar Rebellion), 1965-1975 -- Zimbabwe/Rhodesia, 1965-1980 -- Argentina, 1969-1979 -- Cambodia, 1967-1975 -- Northern Ireland, 1969-1999 -- Jordan, 1970-1971 -- Bangladesh, 1971 -- Philippines (MNLF), 1971-1996 -- Baluchistan, 1973-1978 -- Angola (UNITA), 1975-2002 -- Indonesia (East Timor), 1975-2000 -- Lebanese Civil War, 1975-1990 -- Western Sahara, 1975-1991 -- Indonesia (Aceh), 1976-2005 -- Mozambique (RENAMO), 1976-1995 -- Sri Lanka, 1976-2009
    Abstract: Detailed overviews of 41 insurgency cases. UK in Palestine, 1944-1947 -- Greece, 1945-1949 -- Indochina, 1946-1954 -- Philippines (Huk Rebellion), 1946-1956 -- Colombia ("La Violencia"), 1948-1958 -- Malaya, 1948-1955 -- Kenya, 1952-1956 -- Algerian Independence, 1954-1962 -- Cyprus, 1955-1959 -- Cuba, 1956-1959 -- Oman (Imamate Uprising), 1957-1959 -- Indonesia (Darul Islam), 1958-1962 -- Tibet, 1956-1974 -- Guatemala, 1960-1996 -- Laos, 1959-1975 -- Namibia, 1960-1989 -- South Africa, 1960-1990 -- South Vietnam, 1960-1975 -- Eritrea, 1961-1991 -- Iraqi Kurdistan, 1961-1975 -- Angolan Independence, 1961-1974 -- Guinea-Bissau, 1962-1974 -- Mozambican Independence, 1962-1974 -- Yemen, 1962-1970 -- Uruguay, 1963-1972 -- Oman (Dhofar Rebellion), 1965-1975 -- Zimbabwe/Rhodesia, 1965-1980 -- Argentina, 1969-1979 -- Cambodia, 1967-1975 -- Northern Ireland, 1969-1999 -- Jordan, 1970-1971 -- Bangladesh, 1971 -- Philippines (MNLF), 1971-1996 -- Baluchistan, 1973-1978 -- Angola (UNITA), 1975-2002 -- Indonesia (East Timor), 1975-2000 -- Lebanese Civil War, 1975-1990 -- Western Sahara, 1975-1991 -- Indonesia (Aceh), 1976-2005 -- Mozambique (RENAMO), 1976-1995 -- Sri Lanka, 1976-2009
    Note: "National Defense Research Institute , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , Companion publication to: Paths to victory: lessons from modern insurgencies , Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-468)
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    [Santa Monica, California?] : RAND Corporation
    ISBN: 9780833079954 , 0833083775 , 0833079956 , 9780833083777
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 32 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation research report series RR-104-AF
    Series Statement: RAND Project AIR FORCE series on resiliency
    Keywords: United States Airmen ; Psychology ; United States Civilian employees ; Psychology ; United States ; United States ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; Physical fitness Psychological aspects ; Families of military personnel Psychology ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; Physical fitness ; Families of military personnel ; MEDICAL ; Preventive Medicine ; Physical fitness ; Psychological aspects ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This report is one of a series designed to support Air Force leaders in promoting resilience among its Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force family members. It examines the relationship between physical fitness and resilience, using key constructs found in the scientific literature that address work-related physical fitness and health-related physical fitness. Supporting or increasing the levels of physical fitness identified in this report may facilitate resilience and can protect Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force families from the negative effects of stress. The report also reviews interventions designed to promote physical fitness applicable at the individual, unit, family, and community levels
    Abstract: This report is one of a series designed to support Air Force leaders in promoting resilience among its Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force family members. It examines the relationship between physical fitness and resilience, using key constructs found in the scientific literature that address work-related physical fitness and health-related physical fitness. Supporting or increasing the levels of physical fitness identified in this report may facilitate resilience and can protect Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force families from the negative effects of stress. The report also reviews interventions designed to promote physical fitness applicable at the individual, unit, family, and community levels
    Note: "Prepared for the United States Air Force , "RAND Project AIR FORCE , Includes bibliographical references (pages 25-32)
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    Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press
    ISBN: 9781922144898 , 1922144894 , 9781922144881 , 1922144886
    Language: English
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Lal, Brij V., author.; Mr Tulsi's store
    Parallel Title: Print version Lal, Brij V Mr Tulsi's store
    Keywords: Lal, Brij V ; Lal, Brij V. ; Lal, Brij V Childhood and youth ; East Indians Fiji ; Social life and customs. ; East Indians Fiji ; Biography. ; East Indians Biography ; East Indians Social life and customs ; East Indians ; East Indians ; Australasia, Oceania and other land areas ; Biography and True Stories ; Biography: general ; Biography: historical, political and military ; Fiji ; Melanesia ; Oceania ; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY ; Cultural Heritage ; East Indians ; East Indians ; Social life and customs ; History & Archaeology ; Regions & Countries - Australia & Pacific Islands - Oceania ; Fiji ; Lal, Brij V ; Biography ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Preliminary Pages; Preface; 1. Tabia; 2. Bahraich; 3. Mr Tulsi's Store; 4. Labasa Secondary; 5. From Labasa to Laucala Bay; 6. The Other Side of Midnight; 7. A Sojourn in Hawai'i; 8. Sunrise on the Ganga; 9. Ben; 10. Submissions; 11. On the Campaign Trail; 12. Kismet; 13. Fare Well Fiji; Sources
    Abstract: Preliminary Pages; Preface; 1. Tabia; 2. Bahraich; 3. Mr Tulsi's Store; 4. Labasa Secondary; 5. From Labasa to Laucala Bay; 6. The Other Side of Midnight; 7. A Sojourn in Hawai'i; 8. Sunrise on the Ganga; 9. Ben; 10. Submissions; 11. On the Campaign Trail; 12. Kismet; 13. Fare Well Fiji; Sources
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    ISBN: 9780833084644 , 083308464X
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 54 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation research report series RR-421-OSD
    Keywords: Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (U.S.) Evaluation ; Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (U.S.) ; Improvised explosive devices Study and teaching ; Evaluation ; Improvised explosive devices ; HISTORY ; Military ; Weapons ; Evaluation ; Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (U.S.) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) carries out training activities both as part of its equipment and system development responsibilities and its more general responsibility to "train the force" in IED threats and countermeasures. It has unique authorities and capabilities intended to facilitate rapid fielding, but concern has developed that these programs and functions may be duplicative with the efforts of the military Services, U.S. Special Operations Command, and other agencies. The RAND team's assessment is that while some programs and functions are similar to other activities and initiatives, there is little evidence of duplication -- in fact, the programs and functions appear to add value. This finding reflects a conscious effort by JIEDDO to develop processes that ensure review and oversight of capability development. This may be an important lesson learned if the Department of Defense again confronts an asymmetric challenge and requires an organizational structure to meet it
    Abstract: The Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) carries out training activities both as part of its equipment and system development responsibilities and its more general responsibility to "train the force" in IED threats and countermeasures. It has unique authorities and capabilities intended to facilitate rapid fielding, but concern has developed that these programs and functions may be duplicative with the efforts of the military Services, U.S. Special Operations Command, and other agencies. The RAND team's assessment is that while some programs and functions are similar to other activities and initiatives, there is little evidence of duplication -- in fact, the programs and functions appear to add value. This finding reflects a conscious effort by JIEDDO to develop processes that ensure review and oversight of capability development. This may be an important lesson learned if the Department of Defense again confronts an asymmetric challenge and requires an organizational structure to meet it
    Note: "National Defense Research Institute , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , Includes bibliographical references (page 54) , Report number from resource home page
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    ISBN: 9780833080073 , 0833080075 , 9780833080080 , 0833080083
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (63 pages)
    Keywords: Caregivers ; Disabled veterans Services for ; Veterans' families Services for ; Caregivers ; Disabled veterans ; Veterans' families ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Essays ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Reference ; HISTORY ; Civilization ; HISTORY ; Essays ; HISTORY ; Reference ; HISTORY ; Social History ; MEDICAL ; Neurology ; Caregivers ; Disabled veterans ; Services for ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Military caregivers are an essential part of our nation's ability to care for returning wounded warriors. Far too often, their own needs are neglected. The RAND Corporation and the Elizabeth Dole Foundation lay the groundwork to inform policy and program development relative to the needs of military caregivers that often differ from the needs of the general caregiving population
    Abstract: Military caregivers are an essential part of our nation's ability to care for returning wounded warriors. Far too often, their own needs are neglected. The RAND Corporation and the Elizabeth Dole Foundation lay the groundwork to inform policy and program development relative to the needs of military caregivers that often differ from the needs of the general caregiving population
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    ISBN: 9780833083760 , 0833083767
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (20 pages)
    DDC: 362.109747
    Keywords: United States Administration ; United States ; Health care reform Finance ; Health care reform ; Universal Coverage organization & administration ; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act organization & administration ; Health Care Reform economics ; Insurance, Health economics ; Universal Health Insurance organization & administration ; Management ; Arkansas ; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (United States) ; Health care reform ; Finance ; Arkansas ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The Affordable Care Act (ACA) will increase coverage through the expansion of Medicaid and the creation of a Health Insurance Exchange with subsidies. RAND researchers analyzed the ACA⁰́₉s economic impact on the state of Arkansas and found that by 2016, about 400,000 people will be newly insured, net federal payments to the state will amount to $430 million annually, and the total gross domestic product will see a net increase of $550 million
    Note: "RAND Health , Includes bibliographical references , Title from title screen (viewed January 4, 2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833081735 , 083308173X , 9780833081742 , 0833081756 , 0833081748 , 0833081721 , 9780833081728 , 9780833081759
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxx, 312 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation research report series
    Parallel Title: Print version Bennett, Bruce W., 1952- Preparing for the possibility of a North Korean collapse
    Keywords: Failed states ; Korean reunification question (1945- ) ; Failed states ; Korean reunification question (1945- ) ; Korean reunification question (1945- ) ; Diplomatic relations ; Economic history ; Failed states ; Politics and government ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Government ; International ; Korea (North) ; United States ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; International Relations ; General ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Human Rights ; United States Foreign relations ; Korea (North) Foreign relations ; Korea (North) Economic conditions 21st century ; Korea (North) Politics and government 2011- ; United States ; Korea (North) ; Korea (North) ; Korea (North) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: A North Korean government collapse would have serious consequences in North Korea and beyond. At the very least, a collapse would reduce the already scarce food and essential goods available to the population, in part due to hoarding and increasing costs. This could lead to a humanitarian disaster. Factions emerging after a collapse could plunge the country into civil war that spills over into neighboring countries. Weapons of mass destruction (WMD) could be used and even proliferated. This report examines ways of controlling and mitigating the consequences, recognizing that the Republic of Korea (ROK) and its U.S. ally will almost certainly need to intervene militarily in the North, likely seeking Korean unification as the ultimate outcome. But such an intervention requires serious preparation. North Koreans must be convinced that they will be treated well and could actually have better lives after unification. The allies need to prepare to deliver humanitarian aid in the North, stop conflict, demilitarize the North Korean military and security services over time, and secure and eventually eliminate North Korean WMD. Potential Chinese intervention must be addressed, ideally leading to cooperation with ROK and U.S. forces. Plans are needed for liberating North Korean political prisons before the guards execute the prisoners. Property rights need to be addressed. The ROK must sustain its military capabilities despite major reductions in force size due to very low birthrates. And ROK reluctance to broadly address North Korean collapse must be overcome so that plans in these areas can move forward
    Abstract: A North Korean government collapse would have serious consequences in North Korea and beyond. At the very least, a collapse would reduce the already scarce food and essential goods available to the population, in part due to hoarding and increasing costs. This could lead to a humanitarian disaster. Factions emerging after a collapse could plunge the country into civil war that spills over into neighboring countries. Weapons of mass destruction (WMD) could be used and even proliferated. This report examines ways of controlling and mitigating the consequences, recognizing that the Republic of Korea (ROK) and its U.S. ally will almost certainly need to intervene militarily in the North, likely seeking Korean unification as the ultimate outcome. But such an intervention requires serious preparation. North Koreans must be convinced that they will be treated well and could actually have better lives after unification. The allies need to prepare to deliver humanitarian aid in the North, stop conflict, demilitarize the North Korean military and security services over time, and secure and eventually eliminate North Korean WMD. Potential Chinese intervention must be addressed, ideally leading to cooperation with ROK and U.S. forces. Plans are needed for liberating North Korean political prisons before the guards execute the prisoners. Property rights need to be addressed. The ROK must sustain its military capabilities despite major reductions in force size due to very low birthrates. And ROK reluctance to broadly address North Korean collapse must be overcome so that plans in these areas can move forward
    Note: "Prepared for the Smith Richardson Foundation , At head of title: Rand National Security Research Division , Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-312) and index
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    ISBN: 9780833081803 , 0833083457 , 0833081802 , 9780833083456
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 53 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation research report series
    Keywords: United States Information resources management ; United States ; Leaks (Disclosure of information) Prevention ; Security classification (Government documents) Management ; Leaks (Disclosure of information) ; Security classification (Government documents) ; Information resources management ; United States ; United States ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: In 2012, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence established the Unauthorized Disclosures Program Implementation Team to prevent and deter the unauthorized disclosures of classified information by all Department of Defense personnel through the implementation of the UD Strategic Plan. RAND was asked to help monitor and assess the potential for effectiveness of this new initiative. Researchers determined that the UD PIT's implementation of the UD Strategic Plan has made important and discernible progress toward its main objectives, but the advances are partial, fragile, and may be impermanent, facing strategic and tactical obstacles. RAND offered 22 recommendations, including ways to sustain and expand the effort, a continued emphasis on top-down support, establishing metrics, improving accountability, and prioritizing responses
    Abstract: In 2012, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence established the Unauthorized Disclosures Program Implementation Team to prevent and deter the unauthorized disclosures of classified information by all Department of Defense personnel through the implementation of the UD Strategic Plan. RAND was asked to help monitor and assess the potential for effectiveness of this new initiative. Researchers determined that the UD PIT's implementation of the UD Strategic Plan has made important and discernible progress toward its main objectives, but the advances are partial, fragile, and may be impermanent, facing strategic and tactical obstacles. RAND offered 22 recommendations, including ways to sustain and expand the effort, a continued emphasis on top-down support, establishing metrics, improving accountability, and prioritizing responses
    Note: "National Defense Research Institute , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , Includes bibliographical references (pages 49-53)
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    ISBN: 9780833080899 , 0833083449 , 083308089X , 9780833083449
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (7 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR340
    Keywords: U.S. Special Operations Command Evaluation ; U.S. Special Operations Command ; Military planning ; Special operations (Military science) ; Special forces (Military science) ; Military planning ; Special operations (Military science) ; Special forces (Military science) ; Military planning ; Military policy ; Military readiness ; Special forces (Military science) ; Special operations (Military science) ; U.S. Special Operations Command ; HISTORY ; Military ; Strategy ; United States ; Evaluation ; United States Defenses ; United States Military policy ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The January 2012 Defense Strategic Guidance calls for small-footprint, low-cost approaches where possible in ensuring U.S. security in a 21st-century world of transnational threats. In response, U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has developed and put forth its Global SOF Network vision, which calls for a distributed overseas posture for Special Operations Forces (SOF) as part of a new approach based on creating a structure that responds more effectively to emerging threats and deters future ones. USSOCOM posits that increasing SOF forward presence and creating these networks will deepen existing partnerships as well as provide new ones. This, in turn, will provide greater insight regarding conditions on the ground, shape the environment more effectively, and better enable local SOF partners to meet security threats. Building and employing a global SOF network and strengthening partners forms the core of the Global SOF Network vision. USSOCOM asked RAND to develop options for implementing the vision by creating and then applying an analytically rigorous methodology, and to investigate whether changes to command and control arrangements or Department of Defense funding and budgeting processes might be needed for its effective execution
    Abstract: The January 2012 Defense Strategic Guidance calls for small-footprint, low-cost approaches where possible in ensuring U.S. security in a 21st-century world of transnational threats. In response, U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has developed and put forth its Global SOF Network vision, which calls for a distributed overseas posture for Special Operations Forces (SOF) as part of a new approach based on creating a structure that responds more effectively to emerging threats and deters future ones. USSOCOM posits that increasing SOF forward presence and creating these networks will deepen existing partnerships as well as provide new ones. This, in turn, will provide greater insight regarding conditions on the ground, shape the environment more effectively, and better enable local SOF partners to meet security threats. Building and employing a global SOF network and strengthening partners forms the core of the Global SOF Network vision. USSOCOM asked RAND to develop options for implementing the vision by creating and then applying an analytically rigorous methodology, and to investigate whether changes to command and control arrangements or Department of Defense funding and budgeting processes might be needed for its effective execution
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (page 6)
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    ISBN: 9780833079312 , 0833083783 , 083307931X , 9780833083784
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 56 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation research report series RR-100-AF
    Series Statement: RAND Project AIR FORCE series on resiliency
    Keywords: United States Airmen ; Religious life ; United States Civilian employees ; Religious life ; United States ; United States ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; Families of military personnel Religious life ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; Families of military personnel ; MEDICAL ; Preventive Medicine ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; Social Sciences ; Psychology ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This report is one of a series designed to support Air Force leaders in promoting resilience among its Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force families. It examines the relationship between spiritual fitness and resilience, using key constructs found in the scientific literature: a spiritual worldview, personal religious or spiritual practices, support from a spiritual community, and spiritual coping. The literature shows that possessing a sense of meaning and purpose in life is strongly positively related to quality of life and improved health and functioning. The authors find that diverse types of spiritual interventions are linked to improved resilience and well-being. These interventions focus mainly on the individual, but some address the military unit, the family, and the community
    Abstract: This report is one of a series designed to support Air Force leaders in promoting resilience among its Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force families. It examines the relationship between spiritual fitness and resilience, using key constructs found in the scientific literature: a spiritual worldview, personal religious or spiritual practices, support from a spiritual community, and spiritual coping. The literature shows that possessing a sense of meaning and purpose in life is strongly positively related to quality of life and improved health and functioning. The authors find that diverse types of spiritual interventions are linked to improved resilience and well-being. These interventions focus mainly on the individual, but some address the military unit, the family, and the community
    Note: "RAND Project AIR FORCE , "Prepared for the United States Air Force , Includes bibliographical references (pages 43-56)
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    ISBN: 9781925021349 , 1925021343
    Language: English
    Series Statement: Practical Ethics and Public Policy
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Rappert, Brian Dual Uses of Science and Ethics : Principles, Practices, and Prospects
    Keywords: Science and civilization Moral and ethical aspects. ; Science Moral and ethical aspects. ; Science and the humanities ; Science and the humanities. ; Science and civilization Moral and ethical aspects ; Science Moral and ethical aspects ; Science and the humanities ; Science and civilization ; Science ; Philosophy ; PHILOSOPHY ; Ethics & Moral Philosophy ; Science and the humanities ; Science ; Moral and ethical aspects ; Ethics and moral philosophy ; Humanities ; Electronic books
    Abstract: 1. Ethics and dual-use research -- 2. Nanotechnology and dual-use dilemmas -- 3. What does neuroethics have to say about the problem of dual use? -- 4. Synthetic biology as a field of dual-use bioethical concern -- 5. Crops agents, phytopathology and ethical review -- 6. The super TB experiment: Evolution and resolution of an experiment with dual-use concerns -- 7. Moral development and ethical decision-making -- 8. Responsible dual use -- 9. An expected-value approach to the dual-use problem -- 10. The doctrine of double effect and the ethics of dual use -- 11. Unknowns in dual-use dilemmas -- 12. Moral responsibility, collective-action problems and the dual-use dilemma in science and technology -- 13. Biosecurity and the just-war tradition -- 14. The precautionary principle and the dual-use dilemma -- 15. Scientific control over dual-use research: Prospects for self-regulation -- 16. Contrasting dual-use issues in biology and nuclear science -- 17. Considering contextuality in dual-use discussions: Is there a problem? -- 18. Exploring the role of life scientists in combating the misuse of incapaciting chemical and toxin agents -- 19. WHO project on responsible life-sciences research for global health security: Why ethics and how to strengthen it? -- 20. Ethics as... -- Appendix A
    Abstract: 1. Ethics and dual-use research -- 2. Nanotechnology and dual-use dilemmas -- 3. What does neuroethics have to say about the problem of dual use? -- 4. Synthetic biology as a field of dual-use bioethical concern -- 5. Crops agents, phytopathology and ethical review -- 6. The super TB experiment: Evolution and resolution of an experiment with dual-use concerns -- 7. Moral development and ethical decision-making -- 8. Responsible dual use -- 9. An expected-value approach to the dual-use problem -- 10. The doctrine of double effect and the ethics of dual use -- 11. Unknowns in dual-use dilemmas -- 12. Moral responsibility, collective-action problems and the dual-use dilemma in science and technology -- 13. Biosecurity and the just-war tradition -- 14. The precautionary principle and the dual-use dilemma -- 15. Scientific control over dual-use research: Prospects for self-regulation -- 16. Contrasting dual-use issues in biology and nuclear science -- 17. Considering contextuality in dual-use discussions: Is there a problem? -- 18. Exploring the role of life scientists in combating the misuse of incapaciting chemical and toxin agents -- 19. WHO project on responsible life-sciences research for global health security: Why ethics and how to strengthen it? -- 20. Ethics as... -- Appendix A
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    ISBN: 9781925021448 , 1925021440 , 9781925021431
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 282 pages)
    Keywords: Freedom of the press Asia. ; Government and the press Asia. ; Journalism Asia. ; Online journalism Asia. ; Freedom of the press ; Journalism ; Online journalism ; Government and the press ; Freedom of the press ; Journalism ; Online journalism ; Government and the press ; Online journalism ; Asia ; Freedom of the press ; Government and the press ; Journalism ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Preface: Press freedom in Asia: an uneven terrain / Amando Doronila -- Censors: at work, censors out of work / Louise Williams -- Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Mongolia: a few rays of light / Roland Rich -- China: state power versus the Internet / Willy Wo-Lap Lam -- Hong Kong: a handover of freedom? / Chris Yeung -- Indonesia: Dancing in the dark / Andreas Harsono -- Japan: The warmth of the herd / Walter Hamilton -- Malaysia: In the grip of the government / Kean Wong -- North Korea: A black chapter / Krzysztof Darewicz -- Philippines: Free as a mocking bird / Sheila S. Coronel -- Singapore: Information lockdown, business as usual / Garry Rodan -- South Korea: fear is a hard habit to break / Roger du Mars -- Taiwan: All politics, no privacy / Ma-Li Yang and Dennis Engbarth -- Thailand: A troubled path to a hopeful future / Kavi Chongkittavorn -- Vietnam: Propaganda is not a dirty word / Peter Mares
    Abstract: Preface: Press freedom in Asia: an uneven terrain / Amando Doronila -- Censors: at work, censors out of work / Louise Williams -- Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Mongolia: a few rays of light / Roland Rich -- China: state power versus the Internet / Willy Wo-Lap Lam -- Hong Kong: a handover of freedom? / Chris Yeung -- Indonesia: Dancing in the dark / Andreas Harsono -- Japan: The warmth of the herd / Walter Hamilton -- Malaysia: In the grip of the government / Kean Wong -- North Korea: A black chapter / Krzysztof Darewicz -- Philippines: Free as a mocking bird / Sheila S. Coronel -- Singapore: Information lockdown, business as usual / Garry Rodan -- South Korea: fear is a hard habit to break / Roger du Mars -- Taiwan: All politics, no privacy / Ma-Li Yang and Dennis Engbarth -- Thailand: A troubled path to a hopeful future / Kavi Chongkittavorn -- Vietnam: Propaganda is not a dirty word / Peter Mares
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  • 42
    ISBN: 9780833081018 , 0833084763 , 0833081012 , 9780833084767
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 110 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation research report series RR-329-OSD
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Lim, Nelson First steps toward improving DoD STEM workforce diversity
    Keywords: United States Personnel management ; United States ; Diversity in the workplace ; Diversity in the workplace ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades ; United States ; Diversity in the workplace ; Personnel management ; Electronic books
    Abstract: In FY 2011-2012, leaders from the Executive Branch and the Department of Defense (DoD) offered directives and guidance intended to increase diversity across all federal agencies. In response, the DoD Research and Engineering Enterprise and DoD's Office of Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity held a two-day summit in November 2012 on improving diversity within the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce. This report supports the efforts of the DoD STEM Diversity Summit by providing suggestions for future research, analysis, and action. The authors describe policies that discuss the federal government's values and priorities regarding diversity in the federal workforce; offer a closer look at current STEM demographics, including those of the DoD's STEM workforce; discuss current STEM-diversity outreach programs, highlighting the types of data that should be collected in the future; and offer recommendations for DoD leaders to consider as they move forward with their efforts to diversify the STEM workforce
    Abstract: In FY 2011-2012, leaders from the Executive Branch and the Department of Defense (DoD) offered directives and guidance intended to increase diversity across all federal agencies. In response, the DoD Research and Engineering Enterprise and DoD's Office of Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity held a two-day summit in November 2012 on improving diversity within the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce. This report supports the efforts of the DoD STEM Diversity Summit by providing suggestions for future research, analysis, and action. The authors describe policies that discuss the federal government's values and priorities regarding diversity in the federal workforce; offer a closer look at current STEM demographics, including those of the DoD's STEM workforce; discuss current STEM-diversity outreach programs, highlighting the types of data that should be collected in the future; and offer recommendations for DoD leaders to consider as they move forward with their efforts to diversify the STEM workforce
    Note: "National Defense Research Institute , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-110)
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    Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press
    ISBN: 9781922144751 , 1922144754 , 9781922144744 , 1922144746
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 213 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Governance of common property in the Pacific region
    Parallel Title: Print version Governance of common property in the Pacific region
    Keywords: Commons Pacific Area. ; Natural resources, Communal Pacific Area. ; Land tenure Pacific Area. ; Right of property Pacific Area. ; Land tenure ; Commons ; Natural resources, Communal ; Right of property ; Land tenure ; Commons ; Natural resources, Communal ; Right of property ; History ; History: specific events and topics ; Humanities ; National liberation and independence, post-colonialism ; LAW ; Indigenous Peoples ; Commons ; Land tenure ; Natural resources, Communal ; Right of property ; Pacific Area ; Electronic books
    Abstract: In a region where mining, forestry, fish and other primary resources are so basic to income, employment and national prosperity, an understanding of rights to
    Abstract: Preliminary pages -- Introduction -- Peter Larmour -- Changing forms of communal tenure -- R. Gerard Ward -- Resolving property issues as a precondition for growth: access to land in the Pacific islands -- Satish Chand and Ron Duncan -- It's the land, stupid! The moral economy of resource ownership in Papua New Guinea -- Chris Ballard -- Customary land tenure and common/public rights to minerals in Papua New Guinea -- Andrew A.L lakau -- Improving security of access to customary-owned land in Melanesia -- Ron Duncan and Rod Duncan -- Common property, Maori identity and the Treaty of Waitangi -- Sir Hugh Kawharu -- Common property and regional sovereignty -- Peter J. Usher -- Property, sovereignty and self-determination in Australia -Henry Reynolds -- Common property regimes in Aboriginal Australia: totemism revisited -Deborah Bird Rose -- Cooperative approaches to marine resource management in the South Pacific -- Colin Hunt -- Common property management of highly migratory fish stocks: tuna in the Pacific -- Janaline Oh -- Common property conflict and resolution: Aboriginal Australia and Papua New Guinea -- Kilyali Kalit and Elspeth Young -- Author index.
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    ISBN: 9780833083661 , 083308366X , 9780833082121 , 0833082124
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Greenberg, Michael D., 1969- Fair value accounting, historical cost accounting, and systemic risk
    Keywords: Fair value Accounting ; Fair value ; Fair value ; Accounting ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Banks & Banking ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Fair value accounting (FVA) refers to the practice of updating the valuation of assets or securities on a regular basis, ideally by reference to current prices for similar assets or securities established in the context of a liquid market; historical cost accounting (HCA) instead records the value of an asset as the price at which it was originally purchased. In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, conflicting arguments have been made about the contributions of valuation approaches in triggering the crisis. This report investigates and clarifies the relationship between these two accounting approaches and risks to the financial system. The authors examine the risk implications of FVA and HCA in the various situations in which each is used; assess the role that these accounting approaches have played historically in financial crises, including the 2008 financial crisis, the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s, and the less developed country debt crisis of the 1970s; and explore insights about systemic risk that can be gleaned from better understanding the accounting approaches. The authors find that FVA was probably not a primary driver of the 2008 crisis. Moreover, they suggest that neither FVA nor HCA is objectively "better" than the other. Instead, both accounting approaches can provide useful information for different contexts when applied rigorously, but when they are implemented poorly or when regulatory oversight is weak, both FVA and HCA can produce misleading information that can increase systemic risk across the financial sector. The authors conclude with a series of recommendations for how FVA and HCA, and the financial information that both methods generate, can be improved to better protect against systemic risk to the banking sector in the future
    Abstract: Fair value accounting (FVA) refers to the practice of updating the valuation of assets or securities on a regular basis, ideally by reference to current prices for similar assets or securities established in the context of a liquid market; historical cost accounting (HCA) instead records the value of an asset as the price at which it was originally purchased. In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, conflicting arguments have been made about the contributions of valuation approaches in triggering the crisis. This report investigates and clarifies the relationship between these two accounting approaches and risks to the financial system. The authors examine the risk implications of FVA and HCA in the various situations in which each is used; assess the role that these accounting approaches have played historically in financial crises, including the 2008 financial crisis, the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s, and the less developed country debt crisis of the 1970s; and explore insights about systemic risk that can be gleaned from better understanding the accounting approaches. The authors find that FVA was probably not a primary driver of the 2008 crisis. Moreover, they suggest that neither FVA nor HCA is objectively "better" than the other. Instead, both accounting approaches can provide useful information for different contexts when applied rigorously, but when they are implemented poorly or when regulatory oversight is weak, both FVA and HCA can produce misleading information that can increase systemic risk across the financial sector. The authors conclude with a series of recommendations for how FVA and HCA, and the financial information that both methods generate, can be improved to better protect against systemic risk to the banking sector in the future
    Note: "RR-370-CCEG"--Page 4 of cover , "RAND Center for Corporate Ethics and Governance , Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-86)
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  • 45
    ISBN: 9780833084194 , 0833084194 , 9780833084200 , 0833080318 , 0833084208 , 0833080288 , 9780833080288 , 9780833080318
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxi, 131 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation
    Parallel Title: Print version Johnson, David E. (David Eugene), 1950- 2008 battle of Sadr City
    Keywords: Sadr City, Battle of, Baghdad, Iraq, 2008 ; Counterinsurgency ; Iraq War, 2003-2011 Campaigns ; Iraq War, 2003-2011 Urban warfare ; Sadr City, Battle of, Baghdad, Iraq, 2008 ; Counterinsurgency ; Iraq War, 2003-2011 ; Iraq War, 2003-2011 ; Counterinsurgency ; Military campaigns ; Urban warfare ; History & Archaeology ; Middle East ; Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East ; Sadr City, Battle of (Baghdad, Iraq : 2008) ; Iraq ; Iraq ; Baghdad ; HISTORY ; Middle East ; General ; Iraq War (2003-2011) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: In 2008, U.S. and Iraqi forces defeated an uprising in Sadr City, a district of Baghdad with ~2.4 million residents. Coalition forces' success in this battle helped consolidate the Government of Iraq's authority, contributing significantly to the attainment of contemporary U.S. operational objectives in Iraq. U.S. forces' conduct of the battle illustrates a new paradigm for urban combat and indicates capabilities the Army will need in the future
    Abstract: In 2008, U.S. and Iraqi forces defeated an uprising in Sadr City, a district of Baghdad with ~2.4 million residents. Coalition forces' success in this battle helped consolidate the Government of Iraq's authority, contributing significantly to the attainment of contemporary U.S. operational objectives in Iraq. U.S. forces' conduct of the battle illustrates a new paradigm for urban combat and indicates capabilities the Army will need in the future
    Note: "RR-160-A"--Page 4 of cover , "Prepared for the United States Army, approved for public release; distribution unlimited , Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 46
    ISBN: 9781921934162 , 1921934166
    Language: English
    Keywords: Australian poetry, 21st century. ; Depressed persons Biography ; Australian poetry 21st century ; Depressed persons ; Australian poetry ; Depressed persons ; Poetry ; POETRY ; Australian & Oceanian ; Biography ; Australian poetry ; Poetry anthologies (various poets) ; Literature and literary studies ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Foreword / Kathleen Griffiths -- INSIDE THE SHADOW : Darkness -- Tears / snowy -- No Light Without Darkness / 4rensicDJ -- Deepression / Silenus -- Sinking / MissingLink -- Sinking Deeper / GonePirate -- We see it shades of red and rust / unlucky? -- Inside Depression / creative -- darkness reigns / Miseries company -- stuck in depression / stressbunny -- Ward 4.2 / MissingLink -- Not today / squarepeg -- Waters / GonePirate -- what happens when we are forsaken / Miseries company -- Pieces of Mind / GonePirate -- what is day / Miseries company -- why oh why / Miseries company -- The depressed human condition / 4rensicDJ -- Broken / GonePirate -- anger horror pain / Miseries company -- The Icarus Flight -- Hypo Mania / snowy -- If mania is red / Fighter4ever -- the ride of my life / GonePirate -- The only colour left is blue... / Try2Fly -- Fly / GonePirate -- Eternal struggle / (GonePirate) -- THE JOURNEY : Me, Myself -- Mind Apart / snowy -- A life sentence / MissUpNDown -- racing, pacing / squarepeg -- Wish I'd Never Loved You...... / BipolarBear -- I never wanted these problems / GonePirate -- I AM / Overtheedge -- Ventriloquist Poetry / MissingLink -- My Teenage Torture / 4rensicDJ -- Removing the Mask / GonePirate -- rejection / GonePirate -- Dah Deh / MissingLink -- a guide in the night / GonePirate -- If someone would care to walk through the door / Miseries company -- Method to my madness / GonePirate -- I hurt so bad / Miseries company -- Beautiful Dreamer / creative -- Recrimination / MissingLink -- Letter to myself / creative -- Letter to Myself / 4rensicDJ -- Letter to my 16-year-old self / 4rensicDJ -- Companions -- The Eyes / snowy -- He feels them again / unlucky? -- You got me / spinningtop17 -- My Parasitic Twin / MissingLink -- Hydra: A Poem for People With Voices in their Heads / 4rensicDJ -- Visiting Hour / MissingLink -- Trapped--A Story about Mental Illness / 4rensicDJ -- My Curse / Gone Pirate -- Rats / MissingLink -- The Dog / 4rensicDJ -- What This Does / 4rensicDJ -- Living in the World -- Mind Trap / snowy -- Without Hesitation / creative -- My whole philosophy in life is this / GonePirate -- the wanderer / GonePirate -- we fade from vision / Miseries Company -- why is it we can never just be / GonePirate -- Another Time and Space / creative -- Paddling Back / MissingLink -- When I was a child / stressbunny -- Absent Father / MissingLink -- I miss you / GonePirate -- THE LIGHT INSIDE : Brain in a Box / snowy -- Baby Squeigh / Squeigh -- I am the victim / Newleaf -- Failure / TheBeautifulBlueButterfly -- The Taste Of Life / Silenus -- Middle Age / MissingLink -- Moonbathers / creative -- Nowhere to hide / creative -- You Were There--My Story / Overtheedge -- A true story / creative -- The Beautiful Blue Butterfly / TheBeautifulBlueButterfly -- Joy Ride / 4rensicDJ -- Notice me? / squarepeg -- To those who watch on / stressbunny -- To You Who Has Never Known Depression, This Is My Gift / Silenus -- Mental Illness: The Butterfly's Thoughts / TheBeautifulBlueButterfly -- Stigma / creative -- yesterday, today, tomorrow / creative -- Eight Legs, Silk, Water and Light / Silenus -- A Poem / creative -- Reincarnated / GonePirate -- Jack was a homeless man / creative
    Abstract: Foreword / Kathleen Griffiths -- INSIDE THE SHADOW : Darkness -- Tears / snowy -- No Light Without Darkness / 4rensicDJ -- Deepression / Silenus -- Sinking / MissingLink -- Sinking Deeper / GonePirate -- We see it shades of red and rust / unlucky? -- Inside Depression / creative -- darkness reigns / Miseries company -- stuck in depression / stressbunny -- Ward 4.2 / MissingLink -- Not today / squarepeg -- Waters / GonePirate -- what happens when we are forsaken / Miseries company -- Pieces of Mind / GonePirate -- what is day / Miseries company -- why oh why / Miseries company -- The depressed human condition / 4rensicDJ -- Broken / GonePirate -- anger horror pain / Miseries company -- The Icarus Flight -- Hypo Mania / snowy -- If mania is red / Fighter4ever -- the ride of my life / GonePirate -- The only colour left is blue... / Try2Fly -- Fly / GonePirate -- Eternal struggle / (GonePirate) -- THE JOURNEY : Me, Myself -- Mind Apart / snowy -- A life sentence / MissUpNDown -- racing, pacing / squarepeg -- Wish I'd Never Loved You...... / BipolarBear -- I never wanted these problems / GonePirate -- I AM / Overtheedge -- Ventriloquist Poetry / MissingLink -- My Teenage Torture / 4rensicDJ -- Removing the Mask / GonePirate -- rejection / GonePirate -- Dah Deh / MissingLink -- a guide in the night / GonePirate -- If someone would care to walk through the door / Miseries company -- Method to my madness / GonePirate -- I hurt so bad / Miseries company -- Beautiful Dreamer / creative -- Recrimination / MissingLink -- Letter to myself / creative -- Letter to Myself / 4rensicDJ -- Letter to my 16-year-old self / 4rensicDJ -- Companions -- The Eyes / snowy -- He feels them again / unlucky? -- You got me / spinningtop17 -- My Parasitic Twin / MissingLink -- Hydra: A Poem for People With Voices in their Heads / 4rensicDJ -- Visiting Hour / MissingLink -- Trapped--A Story about Mental Illness / 4rensicDJ -- My Curse / Gone Pirate -- Rats / MissingLink -- The Dog / 4rensicDJ -- What This Does / 4rensicDJ -- Living in the World -- Mind Trap / snowy -- Without Hesitation / creative -- My whole philosophy in life is this / GonePirate -- the wanderer / GonePirate -- we fade from vision / Miseries Company -- why is it we can never just be / GonePirate -- Another Time and Space / creative -- Paddling Back / MissingLink -- When I was a child / stressbunny -- Absent Father / MissingLink -- I miss you / GonePirate -- THE LIGHT INSIDE : Brain in a Box / snowy -- Baby Squeigh / Squeigh -- I am the victim / Newleaf -- Failure / TheBeautifulBlueButterfly -- The Taste Of Life / Silenus -- Middle Age / MissingLink -- Moonbathers / creative -- Nowhere to hide / creative -- You Were There--My Story / Overtheedge -- A true story / creative -- The Beautiful Blue Butterfly / TheBeautifulBlueButterfly -- Joy Ride / 4rensicDJ -- Notice me? / squarepeg -- To those who watch on / stressbunny -- To You Who Has Never Known Depression, This Is My Gift / Silenus -- Mental Illness: The Butterfly's Thoughts / TheBeautifulBlueButterfly -- Stigma / creative -- yesterday, today, tomorrow / creative -- Eight Legs, Silk, Water and Light / Silenus -- A Poem / creative -- Reincarnated / GonePirate -- Jack was a homeless man / creative
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    ISBN: 9781922064684 , 1922064688 , 9781922064677
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 670 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Anderson, Kym Which winegrape varieties are grown where?
    Keywords: Viticulture Statistics ; Wine and wine making Statistics ; Grapes Statistics Varieties ; Wine industry Statistics ; Viticulture ; Wine and wine making ; Grapes ; Wine industry ; Economics, finance, business and management ; Economics ; Grapes ; Varieties ; Viticulture ; Wine and wine making ; Wine industry ; Statistics ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Statistics ; Agricultural economics New ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Provides winegrape area data for the major winegrape regions of the world
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  • 48
    ISBN: 9781922144232 , 1922144231 , 9781922144225 , 1922144223
    Language: English
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Johnson, R.W. (R. Wally).; Fire mountains of the islands.
    Parallel Title: Print version Johnson, R.W. (R. Wally) Fire mountains of the islands
    Keywords: Volcanic eruptions Papua New Guinea. ; Volcanic eruptions Solomon Islands. ; Emergency management Papua New Guinea. ; Emergency management Solomon Islands. ; Emergency management ; Emergency management ; Volcanic eruptions ; Volcanic eruptions ; Emergency management ; Emergency management ; Volcanic eruptions ; Volcanic eruptions ; Lifestyle, sport and leisure ; Natural history Mod Natural history ; The Earth: natural history general ; SCIENCE ; Earth Sciences ; Seismology & Volcanism ; Emergency management ; Volcanic eruptions ; Papua New Guinea ; Solomon Islands ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: 1878 Eruption at RabaulPowell's Voyage and a Possible Eruption 'Pulse'; Volcanological Events Elsewhere; 4. Volcanic Events of the German Era: 1884-1914; Colonial Partitioning; Ritter Island Disaster; Hahl and Sapper; Time Cluster of Eruptions; 5. Australian Colonists and the Volcanoes of Mainland New Guinea:1849-1938; First Impressions; British New Guinea and Victory Volcano; Evan R. Stanley in Papua; Australians in the Territory of New Guinea after 1920; Australians in the Territory of Papua before 1938; 6. Calderas, Ignimbrites and the1937 Eruption at Rabaul: 1914-1940
    Abstract: 9. Tony Taylor and an Eruption Time Cluster: 1951-1966Eruptions of 1951-1957; Experiments in Prediction; Long Island Evacuation of 1953-1954; Bam Tragedy of 1954-1955; Evacuation of Manam and the 1956-1966 Eruptions; Tuluman 1953-1957 and the Obsidian Minersof Lou; 10. Plate Tectonics and False Alarms:1960-1972; Advances in Science and Technology; Gas Emissions from Two Highlands Volcanoes; Volcanic-Disaster Preparations at WauTownship in 1967; Evacuation from Dawson Strait in 1969; Origin of the Dawson Strait Earthquakes and a Note on Volcanic False Alarms
    Abstract: Burning islands and Dampier's voyage: 1700 -- Volcano sightings by European navigators: 1528-1870 -- European intruders and the 1878 Rabaul eruption: 1870-1883 -- Volcanic events of the German era: 1884-1914 -- Australian colonists and the volcanoes of mainland New Guinea: 1849-1938 -- Calderas, ignimbrites and the 1937 eruption at Rabaul: 1914-1940 -- Eruptions during the Pacific War and postwar recovery: 1941-1950 -- Disaster at Lamington: 1951-1952 -- Tony Taylor and an eruption time cluster: 1951-1966 -- Plate tectonics and false alarms: 1960-1972 -- Cooke-Ravian and a volcanic resurgence: 1971-1979 -- Eruption alert at Rabaul caldera: 1971-1994 -- Eruptions at Rabaul: 1994-1999 -- Eruptions of the early twenty-first century: 1998-2008 -- Reassessing volcanic risk in the North-eastern Gazelle Peninsula: 2000-2012 -- Historical analysis and volcanic disaster-risk reduction
    Abstract: Garrison Life and VolcanoesAustralian Expedition along the Bismarck Volcanic Arc; Calderas and Ignimbrites; Eruption at Rabaul in 1937; Subsequent Investigations at Rabaul; 7. Eruptions during the Pacific Warand Postwar Recovery: 1941-1950; Fisher and Renewed Activity from Tavurvur; Kizawa and the Sulphur Creek Observatory; Eruptions at Goropu Volcano, Papua; Hiroshima, Surges and Postwar Recovery; Changing the Volcanological Leadership; 8. Disaster at Lamington: 1951-1952; Higaturu and the Orokaiva; Build-up to Catastrophe; Relief and Recovery; Seeking Explanation and Meaning; Aftermath
    Abstract: Preliminary pages; Foreword; Acknowledgements and Sources; Volcano Names and Totals; 1. Burning Islands and Dampier's Voyage: 1700; Track of the Roebuck; Near Oceania, Melanesia and Melanesians; Early Ideas about Volcanic Activity; Preview; 2. Volcano Sightings by European Navigators: 1528-1870; Saavedra, Retes and Mendaña; Schouten, Le Maire and Tasman; Carteret, Hunter, D'Entrecasteaux and ParkerWilson; European and Melanesian Viewpoints; 3. European Intruders and the 1878 Rabaul Eruption: 1870-1883; Blanche Bay and the Tolai; Miklouho-Maclay; Traders, Missionaries and a GentlemanExplorer
    Abstract: Tectonic Earthquakes and the End of theTaylor Era11. Cooke-Ravian and a Volcanic Resurgence: 1971-1979; New Eruption Time Cluster; Ulawun and the Threat of Cone Collapse; Long Island Disaster and Tibito Tephra; Yomba and Cook: Two 'Mystery' Volcanoes; Fatal Eruption on Karkar in 1979; 12. Eruption Alert at Rabaul Caldera:1971-1994; Crisis Build-up and Stage-2 Alert; Scientific Responses to the Caldera Unrest; Worldwide Volcanic Crises and Developments in Risk Awareness; Costs, Benefits and Crisis Decline: 1985-1994; Volcanic Alert on Simbo Island; 13. Eruptions at Rabaul: 1994-1999
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    Canberra, ACT, Australia : ANU E Press
    ISBN: 9781925021011 , 1925021017 , 9781925021004 , 1925021009
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 670 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Hazlehurst, Cameron, 1941-; Ten journeys to Cameron's farm
    Parallel Title: Print version Hazlehurst, Cameron, 1941- Ten journeys to Cameron's farm
    Keywords: Menzies, Robert ; Menzies, Robert ; Aircraft accidents Australia ; Canberra (A.C.T.) ; World War, 1939-1945 Australia ; History. ; Aircraft accidents ; World War, 1939-1945 History ; Aircraft accidents ; World War, 1939-1945 ; Regional and national history ; HISTORY ; Australia & New Zealand ; Aircraft accidents ; Politics and government ; World War (1939-1945) ; Menzies, Robert ; Australia ; Australian Capital Territory ; Canberra ; Australasian and Pacific history ; History ; History ; Humanities ; Australia Politics and government, 1901-1945. ; Australia History, 20th century. ; Australia History 20th century ; Australia Politics and government 1901-1945 ; Australia ; Australia ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Three decades after what he called 'a dreadful air crash, almost within sight of my windows' Robert Menzies wrote 'I shall never forget that terrible hour; I felt that for me the end of the world had come ... ' Ten Journeys to Cameron's Farm tells the lives of the ten men who perished in Duncan Cameron's Canberra property on 13 August 1940: three Cabinet ministers, the Chief of the General Staff, two senior staff members, and the RAAF crew of four. The inquiries into the accident, and the aftermath for the Air Force, government, and bereaved families are examined. Controversial allegations are probed: did the pilot F/Lt Bob Hitchcock cause the crash or was the Minister for Air Jim Fairbairn at the controls? 'Cameron Hazlehurst is a story-teller, one of the all-too rare breed who can write scholarly works which speak to a wider audience. In the most substantial, original, and authoritative account of the Canberra aircraft accident of August 1940 he provides unique insights into a critical, poignant moment in Australian history. Hazlehurst's account is touched with irony and quirks, set within a framework of political, social, and military history, distinctions of class, education, and rank, and the machinations of parliamentary and service politics and of the 'official mind'. The research is meticulous and wide-ranging, the analysis is always balanced, and the writing at once skilful and compelling. This is a work of an exceptional historian.' (Ian Hancock, author of Nick Greiner: A Political Biography, John Gorton: He Did It His Way, and National and Permanent? The Federal Organisation of the Liberal Party of Australia) 'Ten Journeys to Cameron's Farm is a monumental work of historical research pegged on a single, lethal moment at the apex of government at an extraordinarily sensitive time in Australia's history. The book embodies top drawer scholarship, deep sensitivity to antipodean class structures and sensibilities, and a nuanced understanding of both democratic and bureaucratic politics.' (Christine Wallace, author of Germaine Greer Untamed Shrew and The Private Don: the man behind the legend of Don Bradman)
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    ISBN: 9780833080400 , 0833080423 , 0833080369 , 0833080415 , 0833080407 , 9780833080417 , 9780833080363 , 9780833080424
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 79 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Schwartz, Lowell Artists and the Arab uprisings
    Keywords: Art patronage History 21st century ; Government aid to the arts History 21st century ; Arts Political aspects 21st century ; History ; Arts and society History 21st century ; Arab Spring, 2010- ; Art patronage ; Government aid to the arts ; Arts ; Arts and society ; Arab Spring, 2010- ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy ; ART ; Performance ; ART ; Reference ; Art patronage ; Arts and society ; Arts ; Political aspects ; Government aid to the arts ; Art, Architecture & Applied Arts ; Fine Arts - General ; Arab Spring (2010- ) ; Arab countries ; History ; Electronic books
    Abstract: After decades of authoritarianism, a wave of political change and unrest began to sweep across the Middle East and North Africa in early 2011. Successful democratic transitions will not be easy and will require change in multiple spheres. This report focuses on one sphere whose power and importance is often underestimated: the artistic arena. Regional artists have the potential to positively contribute to democratic transition by shaping public debate in ways that support tolerance and nonviolence. But Arab artists are often squeezed between the bounds of acceptable discourse, set by rulers who fear freedom of expression and conservative societal groups that seek to control acceptable behavior. Although the Arab uprisings lifted some previous barriers to artistic expression, new limitations and challenges have emerged. Moreover, artists continue to lack sound funding models to support their work and face limited markets and distribution mechanisms. This research explores the challenges posed by both the state and society in the region, as well as the policy shifts that may be necessary to better support regional artists. It also suggests new strategies in which regional actors and nongovernmental organizations take leading roles in supporting these artists and their work
    Abstract: Chapter Three: U.S. Government Efforts to Support Artists in the Arab WorldCultural Diplomacy.; Direct Support to Arab Artists; U.S. Efforts to Highlight the Suppression of Artistic Freedom; Conclusion; Chapter Four: Nongovernmental Efforts to Engage and Support Artists in the Arab World; Programs to Cultivate Artistic Talent and Build Regional Skills; Mentor Programs and Artist Exchanges; Regional Film Schools, Training, and Film Festivals; Initiatives to Promote Arab Artists in the United States and Intercultural Understanding; Regionally Themed Filmmaking for Global Audiences
    Abstract: Chapter Three: U.S. Government Efforts to Support Artists in the Arab WorldCultural Diplomacy.; Direct Support to Arab Artists; U.S. Efforts to Highlight the Suppression of Artistic Freedom; Conclusion; Chapter Four: Nongovernmental Efforts to Engage and Support Artists in the Arab World; Programs to Cultivate Artistic Talent and Build Regional Skills; Mentor Programs and Artist Exchanges; Regional Film Schools, Training, and Film Festivals; Initiatives to Promote Arab Artists in the United States and Intercultural Understanding; Regionally Themed Filmmaking for Global Audiences
    Abstract: After decades of authoritarianism, a wave of political change and unrest began to sweep across the Middle East and North Africa in early 2011. Successful democratic transitions will not be easy and will require change in multiple spheres. This report focuses on one sphere whose power and importance is often underestimated: the artistic arena. Regional artists have the potential to positively contribute to democratic transition by shaping public debate in ways that support tolerance and nonviolence. But Arab artists are often squeezed between the bounds of acceptable discourse, set by rulers who fear freedom of expression and conservative societal groups that seek to control acceptable behavior. Although the Arab uprisings lifted some previous barriers to artistic expression, new limitations and challenges have emerged. Moreover, artists continue to lack sound funding models to support their work and face limited markets and distribution mechanisms. This research explores the challenges posed by both the state and society in the region, as well as the policy shifts that may be necessary to better support regional artists. It also suggests new strategies in which regional actors and nongovernmental organizations take leading roles in supporting these artists and their work
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    ISBN: 9780833078650 , 0833083325 , 0833078658 , 9780833083326
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 15 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR148
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    Keywords: Air bases, American ; Airlift, Military Planning ; C-17 (Jet transport) ; Air bases, American ; Airlift, Military ; C-17 (Jet transport) ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; Aviation ; Air bases, American ; Airlift, Military ; Planning ; C-17 (Jet transport) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Aircraft operations on soft fields are limited due to field rutting. Each subsequent aircraft pass, defined as one takeoff and one landing, increases field rutting until the field reaches a point where further aircraft operations are no longer permissible. The ability of aircraft to operate on soft fields is often expressed as a function of aircraft landing weight and the California Bearing Ratio (CBR) of the field, which measures the ability the soil to resist compressive loads. Because soft fields can support only a limited number of takeoffs and landings, it is important to understand how to maximize the cargo throughput at these soft fields. This document shows that there exists an optimum landing weight that allows for maximum cargo delivery. This optimum landing weight is found to be constant and independent of field CBR. One of the three objectives of this study was to inform important analytic tradeoffs. Understanding the ability of aircraft to operate from soft fields is one of these important trade-offs. This document details the mathematical calculations used to determine the optimum landing weight that allows for maximum cargo delivery
    Abstract: Aircraft operations on soft fields are limited due to field rutting. Each subsequent aircraft pass, defined as one takeoff and one landing, increases field rutting until the field reaches a point where further aircraft operations are no longer permissible. The ability of aircraft to operate on soft fields is often expressed as a function of aircraft landing weight and the California Bearing Ratio (CBR) of the field, which measures the ability the soil to resist compressive loads. Because soft fields can support only a limited number of takeoffs and landings, it is important to understand how to maximize the cargo throughput at these soft fields. This document shows that there exists an optimum landing weight that allows for maximum cargo delivery. This optimum landing weight is found to be constant and independent of field CBR. One of the three objectives of this study was to inform important analytic tradeoffs. Understanding the ability of aircraft to operate from soft fields is one of these important trade-offs. This document details the mathematical calculations used to determine the optimum landing weight that allows for maximum cargo delivery
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    ISBN: 9780833080578 , 0833080555 , 0833080393 , 0833080563 , 0833080571 , 9780833080561 , 9780833080394 , 9780833080554
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 45 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Shurkin, Michael Robert Setting priorities in the age of austerity
    Keywords: Great Britain Appropriations and expenditures ; France Appropriations and expenditures ; Germany Appropriations and expenditures ; Great Britain Organization ; France Organization ; Germany Organization ; Great Britain Operational readiness ; France Operational readiness ; Germany Operational readiness ; Great Britain ; France ; Germany ; Great Britain ; France ; Germany ; Great Britain ; France ; Germany ; France ; Germany ; Great Britain ; HISTORY ; Europe ; Great Britain ; HISTORY ; Military ; Other ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Armed Forces ; Appropriations and expenditures ; Armed Forces ; Operational readiness ; Armed Forces ; Organization ; Armies ; Organization ; Expenditures, Public ; Operational readiness (Military science) ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Armies ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This study examines the British, French, and German armies' approaches to managing significant budget cuts while attempting to sustain their commitment to full spectrum operations. Specifically, it looks at the choices these armies are making with respect to how they spend dwindling resources: What force structure do they identify as optimal? How much readiness do they regard as necessary? Which capabilities are they abandoning? It was found that they are prioritizing capabilities and compromising readiness and sustainability while attempting to optimize their force structure and readiness system to reflect their perceived role in future conflicts, as informed by their assessment of risk and the lessons they have derived from the conflict in Afghanistan and the 2006 Lebanon War. Among other things, these militaries are moving toward a medium-weight force built around a new generation of medium-weight armored vehicles. The French army appears to be the last Western European force capable of conducting the full range of operations--including high-intensity conventional conflict--autonomously and for a sustained period of time. That may change soon, however, with the anticipated release of the 2013 Livre Blanc (White Book), which will define France's national security strategy and capabilities for the next five years
    Abstract: This study examines the British, French, and German armies' approaches to managing significant budget cuts while attempting to sustain their commitment to full spectrum operations. Specifically, it looks at the choices these armies are making with respect to how they spend dwindling resources: What force structure do they identify as optimal? How much readiness do they regard as necessary? Which capabilities are they abandoning? It was found that they are prioritizing capabilities and compromising readiness and sustainability while attempting to optimize their force structure and readiness system to reflect their perceived role in future conflicts, as informed by their assessment of risk and the lessons they have derived from the conflict in Afghanistan and the 2006 Lebanon War. Among other things, these militaries are moving toward a medium-weight force built around a new generation of medium-weight armored vehicles. The French army appears to be the last Western European force capable of conducting the full range of operations--including high-intensity conventional conflict--autonomously and for a sustained period of time. That may change soon, however, with the anticipated release of the 2013 Livre Blanc (White Book), which will define France's national security strategy and capabilities for the next five years
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    ISBN: 9781921862052 , 192186205X , 9781921862045 , 1921862041
    Language: English
    Keywords: Economic development Environmental aspects. ; Nature Effect of human beings on. ; Environmental policy ; Natural resources ; Environmental policy. ; Natural resources. ; Nature Effect of human beings on ; Economic development Environmental aspects ; Environmental policy ; Natural resources ; Nature ; Economic development ; Nature ; Effect of human beings on ; Environmental policy ; Business & Economics ; Economic Theory ; Natural resources ; Economic development ; Environmental aspects ; SCIENCE ; Life Sciences ; Ecology ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The world has changed dramatically. We no longer live in a world relatively empty of humans and their artifacts. We now live in the "Anthropocene" era in a full world where humans are dramatically altering our ecological life-support system. Our traditional economic concepts and models were developed in an empty world. If we are to create sustainable prosperity, if we seek "improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities," we are going to need a new vision of the economy and its relationship to the rest of the world that is better adapted to the new conditions we face. We are going to need an economics that respects planetary boundaries, that recognizes the dependence of human well-being on social relations and fairness, and that recognizes that the ultimate goal is real, sustainable human well-being, not merely growth of material consumption. This new economics recognizes that the economy is embedded in a society and culture that are themselves embedded in an ecological life-support system, and that the economy cannot grow forever on this finite planet. In this report, we discuss the need to focus more directly on the goal of sustainable human well-being rather than merely GDP growth. This includes protecting and restoring nature, achieving social and intergenerational fairness (including poverty alleviation), stabilizing population, and recognizing the significant nonmarket contributions to human well-being from natural and social capital. To do this, we need to develop better measures of progress that go well beyond GDP and begin to measure human well-being and its sustainability more directly.
    Abstract: 1. Rationale and objectives -- 2. What would a sustainable and desirable economy-in-society-in-nature look like? -- 3. A redesign of "the economy" recognizing its embeddedness in society and nature -- 4. Example policy reforms -- 5. Are these policies consistent and feasible? -- 6. Conclusions
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    ISBN: 9781922144348 , 1922144347 , 9781922144331
    Language: English
    Series Statement: ANZSOG monograph series
    Keywords: Public administration Citizen participation. ; Public administration Technological innovations. ; Electronic government information ; Public interest ; Political rights ; Public administration. ; Electronic government information. ; Political rights. ; Public interest. ; Public administration Citizen participation ; Public administration ; Public administration Technological innovations ; Electronic government information ; Public interest ; Political rights ; Public administration ; Public administration ; Public administration ; Electronic government information ; Political rights ; Public administration ; Public administration ; Citizen participation ; Public administration ; Technological innovations ; Public interest ; Public administration ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; General ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Foreword / Allan Fels -- 1. Putting citizens first: engagement in policy and service delivery for the 21st century / Evert Lindquist -- Part I. Setting the scene: the evolving landscape for citizen engagement -- 2. Engaging citizens: can Westminster coexist with meaningful citizen-centric engagement? / Gerry Stoker -- 3. Beyond new public management: will governments let citizens and communities determine policy choices and service mixes? / Don Kettl -- 4. Citizens and governments: getting closer or further apart? / Rolf Alter -- Part II. Drivers for change: innovations in citizen-centric governance -- 5. Engaging citizens in policy innovation: benefiting public policy from the design inputs of citizens and stakeholders as 'experts' / Christian Bason -- 6. Engaging citizens in co-producing service outcomes / John Alford -- 7. Citizens, customers, clients or unwilling clients? different and effective strategies for citizen-centric delivery / Lynelle Briggs -- 8. Measuring citizen feedback and gauging citizen satisfaction / Bette-Jo Hughes -- 9. Information technology and new media as tools of engagement / Martin Stewart-Weeks -- Part III. Case studies: land management and indigenous empowerment -- 10. From Little things, big things grow: the rise of landcare and citizen-orientated land management in Victoria / Jenny Pequignot -- 11. Volunteers as agents of co-production: the example of NSW state reserves / Peter Houghton -- 12. Indigenous empowerment in land management / Mark Chmielewski -- 13. Improving indigenous access: three practitioner perspectives on citizen engagement / Adrienne Gillam, Ian Mackie and Michael Hansen -- Part IV. Case studies: fostering community engagement and connectedness -- 14. Singapore's social safety net and human service provisions / Ang Bee Lian -- 15. Challenges in engaging citizens as partners in the community sector / Yehudi Blacher -- 16. Challenges in engaging citizens as partners in housing / Shane Chisholm -- 17. Building citizen feedback into program redesign / James Mowat, Jim Scully and David Sweeney -- 18. New ways of engaging citizens in service delivery / Nicole Pietrucha and Jo Sammut -- 19. Dilemmas of engagement: seriously empowering our community / Deb Symons -- Part V. Case studies: engaging with information technology and new media -- 20. Volunteers as agents of co-production: 'mud armies' in emergency services / Fiona Rafter -- 21. Informing Tax policy legislation: thinking differently about consultation processes / Mary Craig -- 22. Inland Revenue New Zealand: from hosting consultations to managing conversations / Gail Kelly
    Abstract: Foreword / Allan Fels -- 1. Putting citizens first: engagement in policy and service delivery for the 21st century / Evert Lindquist -- Part I. Setting the scene: the evolving landscape for citizen engagement -- 2. Engaging citizens: can Westminster coexist with meaningful citizen-centric engagement? / Gerry Stoker -- 3. Beyond new public management: will governments let citizens and communities determine policy choices and service mixes? / Don Kettl -- 4. Citizens and governments: getting closer or further apart? / Rolf Alter -- Part II. Drivers for change: innovations in citizen-centric governance -- 5. Engaging citizens in policy innovation: benefiting public policy from the design inputs of citizens and stakeholders as 'experts' / Christian Bason -- 6. Engaging citizens in co-producing service outcomes / John Alford -- 7. Citizens, customers, clients or unwilling clients? different and effective strategies for citizen-centric delivery / Lynelle Briggs -- 8. Measuring citizen feedback and gauging citizen satisfaction / Bette-Jo Hughes -- 9. Information technology and new media as tools of engagement / Martin Stewart-Weeks -- Part III. Case studies: land management and indigenous empowerment -- 10. From Little things, big things grow: the rise of landcare and citizen-orientated land management in Victoria / Jenny Pequignot -- 11. Volunteers as agents of co-production: the example of NSW state reserves / Peter Houghton -- 12. Indigenous empowerment in land management / Mark Chmielewski -- 13. Improving indigenous access: three practitioner perspectives on citizen engagement / Adrienne Gillam, Ian Mackie and Michael Hansen -- Part IV. Case studies: fostering community engagement and connectedness -- 14. Singapore's social safety net and human service provisions / Ang Bee Lian -- 15. Challenges in engaging citizens as partners in the community sector / Yehudi Blacher -- 16. Challenges in engaging citizens as partners in housing / Shane Chisholm -- 17. Building citizen feedback into program redesign / James Mowat, Jim Scully and David Sweeney -- 18. New ways of engaging citizens in service delivery / Nicole Pietrucha and Jo Sammut -- 19. Dilemmas of engagement: seriously empowering our community / Deb Symons -- Part V. Case studies: engaging with information technology and new media -- 20. Volunteers as agents of co-production: 'mud armies' in emergency services / Fiona Rafter -- 21. Informing Tax policy legislation: thinking differently about consultation processes / Mary Craig -- 22. Inland Revenue New Zealand: from hosting consultations to managing conversations / Gail Kelly
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    ISBN: 9780833082695 , 0833082698
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxviii, 319 pages)
    Keywords: Military bases, American Social aspects ; Military bases, American Environmental aspects ; Military bases, American Forecasting ; Military bases, American ; Military bases, American ; Military bases, American ; Military bases, American ; Environmental aspects ; Military bases, American ; Social aspects ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Facility Management ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Army installations of the future will most likely be shaped and influenced by trends and pressures external to the Army, such as technology changes and land-use pressures. This study sets out to assess how trends external to Army installations to 2025 may affect the Army's ability to provide quality installation services and infrastructure. Trend areas examined include: loss of biodiversity, urbanization and sprawling communities, sustainable buildings, energy, sustainable transportation, water scarcity, sustainable communities, societal trends, sustainable agriculture, online communities, climate change, robotics, and pervasive computing. RAND researchers found that such trends have the potential to cause harm to installation operations including testing, training, and construction activities; to cost or save the Army significant amounts in the future; to hurt or improve Soldier and Family quality of life; to improve installation operations; to help meet future installation requirements; and to improve or hurt environmental conditions. This report provides the final study results, including findings about what the key trends are and how they are likely to affect installations, sources for tracking the trends, and the study team's recommendations about Army actions to take advantage of positive trends and mitigate the impact of negative ones
    Abstract: Army installations of the future will most likely be shaped and influenced by trends and pressures external to the Army, such as technology changes and land-use pressures. This study sets out to assess how trends external to Army installations to 2025 may affect the Army's ability to provide quality installation services and infrastructure. Trend areas examined include: loss of biodiversity, urbanization and sprawling communities, sustainable buildings, energy, sustainable transportation, water scarcity, sustainable communities, societal trends, sustainable agriculture, online communities, climate change, robotics, and pervasive computing. RAND researchers found that such trends have the potential to cause harm to installation operations including testing, training, and construction activities; to cost or save the Army significant amounts in the future; to hurt or improve Soldier and Family quality of life; to improve installation operations; to help meet future installation requirements; and to improve or hurt environmental conditions. This report provides the final study results, including findings about what the key trends are and how they are likely to affect installations, sources for tracking the trends, and the study team's recommendations about Army actions to take advantage of positive trends and mitigate the impact of negative ones
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    Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press
    ISBN: 9781921666339 , 1921666331
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 272 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Laracy, Hugh.; Watriama and Co.
    Parallel Title: Print version Laracy, Hugh Watriama and Co
    Keywords: Watriama, William Jacob ; Watriama, William Jacob ; Pacific Islanders Biography. ; Pacific Islanders Biography ; Pacific Islanders ; Australasian and Pacific history ; Colonialism and imperialism ; History ; History: specific events and topics ; Humanities ; Regional and national history ; HISTORY ; Asia ; Southeast Asia ; Pacific Islanders ; Pacific Ocean ; Islands of the Pacific ; Biography ; History ; Islands of the Pacific History. ; Islands of the Pacific History ; Islands of the Pacific ; Electronic books
    Abstract: 1. Pierre Chanel of Futuna (1803-1841) : the making of a saint -- 2. The Sinclairs of Pigeon Bay, or 'The prehistory of the Robinsons of Ni'ihau' : an essay in historiography, or 'tales their mother told them' -- 3. Insular eminence : Cardinal Moran (1830-1911) and the Pacific Islands -- 4. Constance Frederica Gordon-Cumming (1837-1924) : traveller, author, painter -- 5. Niels Peter Sorensen (1848-1935) : the story of a criminal adventurer -- 6. John Strasburg (1856-1924) : a plain sailor -- 7. Ernest Frederick Hughes Allen (1867-1924) : South Seas trader -- 8. Beatrice Grimshaw (1870-1953) : pride and prejudice in Papua -- 9. W.J. Watriama (c. 1880-1925) : pretender and patriot, (or, 'a blackman's defence of white Australia') -- 10. Lucy Evelyn Cheesman (1881-1969) : traveller, writer, scientist -- 11. Donald Gilbert Kennedy (1898-1967) : an outsider in the colonial service -- 12. George Bogese (1904-1959) : 'just a bloody traitor?' -- 13. Hector MacQuarrie (1889-1973) : traveller, writer, friend of Vouza -- 14. Patrick O'Reilly (1900-1988) : bibliographer of the Pacific
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    ISBN: 9781922144324 , 1922144320 , 1922144312 , 9781922144317
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 198 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Freeman, E. A ; Freeman, E. A. ; Freeman, E. A ; Freeman, E. A ; Coma Treatment. ; Coma Patients ; Rehabilitation. ; Brain damage Treatment. ; Brain damage Patients ; Rehabilitation. ; Brain Treatment. ; Brain Wounds and injuries ; Rehabilitation. ; Coma Treatment ; Coma Patients ; Rehabilitation ; Brain damage Treatment ; Brain damage Patients ; Rehabilitation ; Brain Treatment ; Brain Wounds and injuries ; Rehabilitation ; Coma ; Coma ; Brain damage ; Brain damage ; Brain ; Brain ; Delivery of Health Care organization & administration ; Prognosis ; Prejudice ; Caregivers ; Brain Damage, Chronic rehabilitation ; Electronic books ; Brain damage ; Patients ; Rehabilitation ; Brain damage ; Treatment ; Brain ; Wounds and injuries ; Rehabilitation ; Coma ; Treatment ; Freeman, E. A ; MEDICAL ; Ethics ; Australia ; Electronic books ; Case Reports
    Abstract: This book recounts some experiences of young Australians with catastrophic brain injuries, their families and the medical system which they encountered. Whilst most of the events described occurred two to three decades ago they raise questions relevant to contemporary medical practice. The patients whose stories are told were deemed to be 'unsuitable for rehabilitation' and their early placement in nursing homes was recommended. In 2013, it is time to acknowledge that the adage of 'one size fits all' has no place in rehabilitation in response to severe brain injury. Domiciliary rehabilitation, when practicable, may be optimal with the alternative of slow stream rehabilitation designed to facilitate re-entry into the community. Patients' families were impelled to undertake heroic carers' commitments as a reaction to nihilistic medical prognoses. It is time for the Australian health care system to acknowledge those commitments, and the budgetary burden which they lift from the system by providing family members with support to retrieve career opportunities, most notably in education and employment, which have been foregone in caring. Medical attendants repeatedly issued negative prognoses which were often confounded by the patient’s long term progress. Hopefully, those undertaking the acute care of young people with severe brain injury will strive to acquire an open mind and recognise that a prognosis based on a snapshot observation of the patient, without any longer term contact provides a flawed basis for a prognosis. The story of these patients and of Dr Ted Freeman has wider implications
    Abstract: This book recounts some experiences of young Australians with catastrophic brain injuries, their families and the medical system which they encountered. Whilst most of the events described occurred two to three decades ago they raise questions relevant to contemporary medical practice. The patients whose stories are told were deemed to be 'unsuitable for rehabilitation' and their early placement in nursing homes was recommended. In 2013, it is time to acknowledge that the adage of 'one size fits all' has no place in rehabilitation in response to severe brain injury. Domiciliary rehabilitation, when practicable, may be optimal with the alternative of slow stream rehabilitation designed to facilitate re-entry into the community. Patients' families were impelled to undertake heroic carers' commitments as a reaction to nihilistic medical prognoses. It is time for the Australian health care system to acknowledge those commitments, and the budgetary burden which they lift from the system by providing family members with support to retrieve career opportunities, most notably in education and employment, which have been foregone in caring. Medical attendants repeatedly issued negative prognoses which were often confounded by the patient’s long term progress. Hopefully, those undertaking the acute care of young people with severe brain injury will strive to acquire an open mind and recognise that a prognosis based on a snapshot observation of the patient, without any longer term contact provides a flawed basis for a prognosis. The story of these patients and of Dr Ted Freeman has wider implications
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    ISBN: 9780833077042 , 0833081942 , 083307704X , 9780833081940
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 149 pages)
    Series Statement: Technical report Charting the course for a new Air Force inspection system
    Parallel Title: Available in another form
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    Keywords: United States Reorganization ; United States Safety measures ; United States Inspection ; United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Aeronautics, Military Safety measures ; Aeronautics, Military ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Aeronautics, Military ; Safety measures ; Armed Forces ; Inspection ; Armed Forces ; Reorganization ; Armed Forces ; Safety measures ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The Air Force relies on inspections by the Inspector General and assessments and evaluations by functional area managers to ensure that all wings comply with Air Force standards and are ready to execute their contingency missions. These oversight activities have grown dramatically over time, and the Inspector General of the Air Force (SAF/IG) is leading an Air Force-wide effort to reduce this burden while also improving the quality of oversight that the inspection system provides. In 2010, SAF/IG asked RAND Project AIR FORCE to collect and assess data on the inspection system and to identify effective inspection and information collection practices that the Air Force inspection system might emulate. Through a review of such external inspection practices as the Air Force Culture Assessment Tool program (AFCAST), the Air Force Climate Survey, and the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) inspection system; an investigation of Air Force personnel's experiences in the field; and a review of literature on topics including leadership and organizational change, RAND formulated recommendations tailored to each of SAF/IG's five major inspection system goals: (1) choosing a better inspection interval, (2) reducing the inspection footprint, (3) increasing the emphasis on self-inspections and self-reporting, (4) introducing the new Unit Effectiveness Inspection (UEI), and (5) introducing the Management Internal Control Toolset (MICT). RAND's research and recommendations are detailed in this report
    Abstract: The Air Force relies on inspections by the Inspector General and assessments and evaluations by functional area managers to ensure that all wings comply with Air Force standards and are ready to execute their contingency missions. These oversight activities have grown dramatically over time, and the Inspector General of the Air Force (SAF/IG) is leading an Air Force-wide effort to reduce this burden while also improving the quality of oversight that the inspection system provides. In 2010, SAF/IG asked RAND Project AIR FORCE to collect and assess data on the inspection system and to identify effective inspection and information collection practices that the Air Force inspection system might emulate. Through a review of such external inspection practices as the Air Force Culture Assessment Tool program (AFCAST), the Air Force Climate Survey, and the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) inspection system; an investigation of Air Force personnel's experiences in the field; and a review of literature on topics including leadership and organizational change, RAND formulated recommendations tailored to each of SAF/IG's five major inspection system goals: (1) choosing a better inspection interval, (2) reducing the inspection footprint, (3) increasing the emphasis on self-inspections and self-reporting, (4) introducing the new Unit Effectiveness Inspection (UEI), and (5) introducing the Management Internal Control Toolset (MICT). RAND's research and recommendations are detailed in this report
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-149)
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    ISBN: 9780833080929 , 0833083368 , 083308092X , 9780833083364
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xliii, 258 pages)
    Parallel Title: Available in another form
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    Keywords: Violence Forecasting ; Criminal behavior Research ; Methodology ; Terrorists Psychology ; Terrorists Social conditions ; Criminal behavior, Prediction of ; Terrorism Prevention ; Violence ; Criminal behavior ; Terrorists ; Terrorists ; Criminal behavior, Prediction of ; Terrorism ; Behavioral Research ; Behavioral Sciences ; Crime ; Criminology ; Disciplines and Occupations ; Natural Science Disciplines ; Psychiatry and Psychology ; Research ; Science ; Social Problems ; Social Sciences ; Sociology ; Terrorism ; Violence ; Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena ; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities ; Criminal behavior, Prediction of ; Social Welfare & Social Work ; Social Sciences ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Criminology ; Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency ; Terrorists ; Psychology ; Criminal behavior ; Research ; Methodology ; Terrorism ; Prevention ; Violence ; Forecasting ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Government organizations have put substantial effort into detecting and thwarting terrorist and insurgent attacks by observing suspicious behaviors of individuals at transportation checkpoints and elsewhere. This report reviews the scientific literature relating to observable, individual-level behavioral indicators that might-along with other information-help detect potential violent attacks. The report focuses on new or nontraditional technologies and methods, most of which exploit (1) data on communication patterns, (2) "pattern-of-life" data, and/or (3) data relating to body movement and physiological state. To help officials set priorities for special attention and investment, the report proposes an analytic framework for discussion and evaluation; it also urges investment in cost-effectiveness analysis and more vigorous, routine, and sustained efforts to measure real-world effectiveness of methods. One cross-cutting conclusion is that methods for behavioral observation are typically not reliable enough to stand alone; success in detection will depend on information fusion across types of behaviors and time. How to accomplish such fusion is understudied. Finally, because many aspects of using behavioral observations are highly controversial, both scientifically and because of privacy and civil-liberties concerns, the report sharpens the underlying perspectives and suggests ways to resolve some of the controversy while significantly mitigating problems that definitely exist
    Abstract: Government organizations have put substantial effort into detecting and thwarting terrorist and insurgent attacks by observing suspicious behaviors of individuals at transportation checkpoints and elsewhere. This report reviews the scientific literature relating to observable, individual-level behavioral indicators that might-along with other information-help detect potential violent attacks. The report focuses on new or nontraditional technologies and methods, most of which exploit (1) data on communication patterns, (2) "pattern-of-life" data, and/or (3) data relating to body movement and physiological state. To help officials set priorities for special attention and investment, the report proposes an analytic framework for discussion and evaluation; it also urges investment in cost-effectiveness analysis and more vigorous, routine, and sustained efforts to measure real-world effectiveness of methods. One cross-cutting conclusion is that methods for behavioral observation are typically not reliable enough to stand alone; success in detection will depend on information fusion across types of behaviors and time. How to accomplish such fusion is understudied. Finally, because many aspects of using behavioral observations are highly controversial, both scientifically and because of privacy and civil-liberties concerns, the report sharpens the underlying perspectives and suggests ways to resolve some of the controversy while significantly mitigating problems that definitely exist
    Note: "RAND National Security Research Division , "The research was conducted within the International Security and Defense Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Title page verso , Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-258)
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  • 60
    ISBN: 9780833079091 , 0833081985 , 0833079093 , 9780833081988
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxiv, 134 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR172
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Straus, Susan G Enhancing critical thinking skills for Army leaders using blended-learning methods
    Keywords: United States Officers ; Training of ; United States ; Distance education Computer-assisted instruction ; Military education Technological innovations ; Blended learning ; Distance education ; Military education ; Blended learning ; Armed Forces ; Officers ; Training of ; Blended learning ; Distance education ; Computer-assisted instruction ; Military education ; Technological innovations ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Science - General ; United States ; United States ; LAW ; Torts ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The U.S. Army's Command and General Staff School offers its Advanced Operations Course (AOC) for junior field-grade officers using both traditional resident instruction and a model referred to as blended distributed learning (BDL). The BDL course lasts 12 months and uses a variety of information and communication technologies to support synchronous and asynchronous collaboration among students and instructors entirely at a distance, with most students completing the course on discretionary time. This report assesses the effectiveness of AOC-BDL based on student and graduate surveys and identifies best practices for BDL from empirical research and case studies. Results show that the course has a number of strengths and that students were generally satisfied with the course. However, student responses also suggest that improvements are needed to support computer-supported cooperative learning and collaboration in distributed teams, particularly for instruction and collaboration on complex tasks. Furthermore, while students were satisfied with instruction for some operational topics, their responses may indicate needs for improvement in instruction of critical field-grade competencies, such as the military decision making process, problem solving, and communication skills, and in teaching leadership skills corresponding to a range of operational environments. Case studies and the research literature point to a number of best practices and options for improvement. Adding a resident segment may offer the greatest potential for improvement but may not be feasible in this context. Alternatives for improvement include modifying the composition of student teams to alleviate coordination challenges, moving the course delivery platform to a dotcom to improve technology reliability and functionality, and addressing policy to ensure that the chain of command and employers provided dedicated time for students to work on the course
    Abstract: The U.S. Army's Command and General Staff School offers its Advanced Operations Course (AOC) for junior field-grade officers using both traditional resident instruction and a model referred to as blended distributed learning (BDL). The BDL course lasts 12 months and uses a variety of information and communication technologies to support synchronous and asynchronous collaboration among students and instructors entirely at a distance, with most students completing the course on discretionary time. This report assesses the effectiveness of AOC-BDL based on student and graduate surveys and identifies best practices for BDL from empirical research and case studies. Results show that the course has a number of strengths and that students were generally satisfied with the course. However, student responses also suggest that improvements are needed to support computer-supported cooperative learning and collaboration in distributed teams, particularly for instruction and collaboration on complex tasks. Furthermore, while students were satisfied with instruction for some operational topics, their responses may indicate needs for improvement in instruction of critical field-grade competencies, such as the military decision making process, problem solving, and communication skills, and in teaching leadership skills corresponding to a range of operational environments. Case studies and the research literature point to a number of best practices and options for improvement. Adding a resident segment may offer the greatest potential for improvement but may not be feasible in this context. Alternatives for improvement include modifying the composition of student teams to alleviate coordination challenges, moving the course delivery platform to a dotcom to improve technology reliability and functionality, and addressing policy to ensure that the chain of command and employers provided dedicated time for students to work on the course
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-134)
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  • 61
    ISBN: 9780833080431 , 0833081950 , 0833080431 , 9780833081957
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxviii, 146 pages)
    Series Statement: Report RR-146-OSD
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Moroney, Jennifer D. P., 1973- Lessons from Department of Defense disaster relief efforts in the Asia-Pacific Region
    Keywords: United States Rules and practice ; Evaluation ; United States ; Disaster relief Case studies ; Disaster relief Evaluation ; Humanitarian assistance Evaluation ; Humanitarian assistance Case studies ; Emergency management Case studies ; Integrated operations (Military science) Case studies ; Disaster relief ; Disaster relief ; Humanitarian assistance ; Humanitarian assistance ; Emergency management ; Integrated operations (Military science) ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Human Rights ; Armed Forces ; Civic action ; Disaster relief ; Disaster relief ; Evaluation ; Emergency management ; Humanitarian assistance ; Integrated operations (Military science) ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; Pacific Area ; United States ; Case studies ; United States ; United States Case studies Armed Forces ; Civic action ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The Department of Defense has long been able to play a major role in international humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HA/DR) due to its unique capabilities, manpower, and forward-deployed resources. The Asia-Pacific region is of particular importance to the United States because it bears the brunt of more than half of the world's natural disasters and is home to numerous key U.S. allies. In an effort to improve the effectiveness of HA/DR operations in the future, this report analyzes recent operations in Burma, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Japan, and identifies lessons that have emerged in the areas of (1) interagency coordination, (2) communication with the affected country, (3) coordination with other state and non-state actors, (4) prospects for U.S. security cooperation and building partner capacity for HA/DR, and (5) prospects for the increased involvement of regional organizations in HA/DR. This report also identifies complementary capabilities and comparative advantages that exist around the region, presents options for leveraging these capabilities to deal with future disasters, and assesses various crisis management mechanisms involving allies and partners that can be applied to other contingencies
    Abstract: The Department of Defense has long been able to play a major role in international humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HA/DR) due to its unique capabilities, manpower, and forward-deployed resources. The Asia-Pacific region is of particular importance to the United States because it bears the brunt of more than half of the world's natural disasters and is home to numerous key U.S. allies. In an effort to improve the effectiveness of HA/DR operations in the future, this report analyzes recent operations in Burma, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Japan, and identifies lessons that have emerged in the areas of (1) interagency coordination, (2) communication with the affected country, (3) coordination with other state and non-state actors, (4) prospects for U.S. security cooperation and building partner capacity for HA/DR, and (5) prospects for the increased involvement of regional organizations in HA/DR. This report also identifies complementary capabilities and comparative advantages that exist around the region, presents options for leveraging these capabilities to deal with future disasters, and assesses various crisis management mechanisms involving allies and partners that can be applied to other contingencies
    Note: "National Security Research Division , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , Includes bibliographical references
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  • 62
    ISBN: 9780833080332 , 0833080334 , 9780833080349 , 0833080350 , 9780833080110 , 0833080342 , 9780833080356
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 46 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series
    Parallel Title: Print version Larrabee, F. Stephen Turkish-Iranian relations in a changing Middle East
    Keywords: POLITICAL SCIENCE ; International Relations ; General ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; International Relations ; Trade & Tariffs ; Diplomatic relations ; Iran ; Middle East ; Turkey ; Strategic aspects of individual places ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Government ; International ; Turkey Foreign relations ; Iran Foreign relations ; Middle East Strategic aspects ; Turkey ; Iran ; Middle East ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Turkish-Iranian cooperation has visibly intensified in recent years, thanks in part to Turkish energy needs and Iran's vast oil and natural gas resources. However, Turkey and Iran tend to be rivals rather than close partners. While they may share certain economic and security interests, especially regarding the Kurdish issue, their interests are at odds in many areas across the Middle East. Turkey's support for the opposition in Syria, Iran's only true state ally in the Middle East, is one example. Iraq has also become a field of growing competition between Turkey and Iran. Iran's nuclear program has been a source of strain and divergence in U.S.-Turkish relations. However, the differences between the United States and Turkey regarding Iran's nuclear program are largely over tactics, not strategic goals. Turkey's main fear is that Iran's acquisition of nuclear arms could lead to a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. This, in turn, could increase pressure on the Turkish government to consider developing its own nuclear weapon capability. U.S. and Turkish interests have become more convergent since the onset of the Syrian crisis. However, while U.S. and Turkish interests in the Middle East closely overlap, they are not identical. Thus, the United States should not expect Turkey to follow its policy toward Iran unconditionally. Turkey has enforced United Nations sanctions against Iran but, given Ankara's close energy ties to Tehran, may be reluctant to undertake the harshest measures against Iran
    Abstract: Turkish-Iranian cooperation has visibly intensified in recent years, thanks in part to Turkish energy needs and Iran's vast oil and natural gas resources. However, Turkey and Iran tend to be rivals rather than close partners. While they may share certain economic and security interests, especially regarding the Kurdish issue, their interests are at odds in many areas across the Middle East. Turkey's support for the opposition in Syria, Iran's only true state ally in the Middle East, is one example. Iraq has also become a field of growing competition between Turkey and Iran. Iran's nuclear program has been a source of strain and divergence in U.S.-Turkish relations. However, the differences between the United States and Turkey regarding Iran's nuclear program are largely over tactics, not strategic goals. Turkey's main fear is that Iran's acquisition of nuclear arms could lead to a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. This, in turn, could increase pressure on the Turkish government to consider developing its own nuclear weapon capability. U.S. and Turkish interests have become more convergent since the onset of the Syrian crisis. However, while U.S. and Turkish interests in the Middle East closely overlap, they are not identical. Thus, the United States should not expect Turkey to follow its policy toward Iran unconditionally. Turkey has enforced United Nations sanctions against Iran but, given Ankara's close energy ties to Tehran, may be reluctant to undertake the harshest measures against Iran
    Note: "Prepared for the National Intelligence Council , At head of title: Rand National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 39-46)
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    ISBN: 9780833081339 , 0833083392 , 0833081330 , 9780833083395
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 42 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR237
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Connor, Kathryn New approaches to defense inflation and discounting
    Keywords: United States Appropriations and expenditures ; Effect of inflation on ; United States ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Armed Forces ; Weapons systems ; Costs ; Expenditures, Public ; United States ; United States Armed Forces ; Weapons systems ; Costs ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Inflation indices and discount rates are necessary tools in the Department of Defense's acquisition process, as the final selection of a system is partially based on potential increases in sustainment costs (inflation) and the present value of future costs (discounting). Inflation indices built for DoD use very broad categories that include operations and maintenance (O & M) as well as manpower, procurement, and research and development. This study addresses the question of how well current inflation indices and discount rates are serving DoD weaponsystem program management. It investigates inflation rates for parts for the Abrams tank and the Bradley armored personnel carrier and shows that the two weapon systems, while both ground systems, experience inflation differently. Although government decisionmaking can benefit from discounting (taking into account the time value of money), choices made using discounted cash flows are not always the least expensive for DoD. Its O & M estimating strategies should be reviewed to reflect changing repair and other costs, since a range of reasonable courses of action exists for many DoD investment decisions. Recommendations for the Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation to consider when evaluating the inflation and discounting policies that impact the long-term affordability of DoD programs include (1) revisiting O & M costs annually with a 5-year moving-average inflation, to reflect changing repair and other costs; (2) highlighting the role of supply chain surcharges in parts costs in cost estimates used to inform program financial analysis; (3) expanding analysis of investments to ensure consideration of least-cost outcomes
    Abstract: Inflation indices and discount rates are necessary tools in the Department of Defense's acquisition process, as the final selection of a system is partially based on potential increases in sustainment costs (inflation) and the present value of future costs (discounting). Inflation indices built for DoD use very broad categories that include operations and maintenance (O & M) as well as manpower, procurement, and research and development. This study addresses the question of how well current inflation indices and discount rates are serving DoD weaponsystem program management. It investigates inflation rates for parts for the Abrams tank and the Bradley armored personnel carrier and shows that the two weapon systems, while both ground systems, experience inflation differently. Although government decisionmaking can benefit from discounting (taking into account the time value of money), choices made using discounted cash flows are not always the least expensive for DoD. Its O & M estimating strategies should be reviewed to reflect changing repair and other costs, since a range of reasonable courses of action exists for many DoD investment decisions. Recommendations for the Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation to consider when evaluating the inflation and discounting policies that impact the long-term affordability of DoD programs include (1) revisiting O & M costs annually with a 5-year moving-average inflation, to reflect changing repair and other costs; (2) highlighting the role of supply chain surcharges in parts costs in cost estimates used to inform program financial analysis; (3) expanding analysis of investments to ensure consideration of least-cost outcomes
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 41-42)
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  • 64
    ISBN: 9780833078018 , 0833078011 , 9780833078025 , 0833078038 , 083307802X , 0833078003 , 9780833078001 , 9780833078032
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 85 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation monograph series MG-1246-NRL
    Parallel Title: Print version Perry, Walt L Predicting suicide attacks
    Keywords: Terrorists Suicidal behavior ; Terrorism ; Suicide bombings ; Terrorists ; Terrorism ; Suicide bombings ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Suicide bombings ; Terrorism ; Terrorists ; Suicidal behavior ; Israel ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Freedom & Security ; Terrorism ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) set out to develop ways to predict what determines the targets of suicide attacks. While the ultimate goal is to create a list of areas at risk for the U.S. environment, the first phase of development employed a data set from Israel. Initially, NRL focused on spatial attributes, creating its own risk index, but realized that this focus on the where ignored the broader social context, the why. The lab asked RAND to test, as a proof of principle, the ability of sociocultural, political, economic, and demographic factors to enhance the predictive ability of NRL's methodology. Again using Israel as a sample, RAND created a database that coded for these factors, then conducted both quantitative and qualitative analyses with an eye to determining what puts a given area at greater risk. The quantitative analysis established that these factors are related to the odds of attack within specific neighborhoods and that the relationships held even when controlling for geospatial factors, so they seem to confer risk for reasons beyond their association with geospatial features of neighborhoods. The specifics of the research are limited to the preferences of Palestinian suicide bombers in Israel; however, the methods used to assess target preferences in Israel could be transferred to the United States or other countries. Any results, if proven to be robust, could be used to develop recommendations for heightened public awareness in certain areas."--Page 4 of cover
    Abstract: "The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) set out to develop ways to predict what determines the targets of suicide attacks. While the ultimate goal is to create a list of areas at risk for the U.S. environment, the first phase of development employed a data set from Israel. Initially, NRL focused on spatial attributes, creating its own risk index, but realized that this focus on the where ignored the broader social context, the why. The lab asked RAND to test, as a proof of principle, the ability of sociocultural, political, economic, and demographic factors to enhance the predictive ability of NRL's methodology. Again using Israel as a sample, RAND created a database that coded for these factors, then conducted both quantitative and qualitative analyses with an eye to determining what puts a given area at greater risk. The quantitative analysis established that these factors are related to the odds of attack within specific neighborhoods and that the relationships held even when controlling for geospatial factors, so they seem to confer risk for reasons beyond their association with geospatial features of neighborhoods. The specifics of the research are limited to the preferences of Palestinian suicide bombers in Israel; however, the methods used to assess target preferences in Israel could be transferred to the United States or other countries. Any results, if proven to be robust, could be used to develop recommendations for heightened public awareness in certain areas."--Page 4 of cover
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 83-85)
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  • 65
    ISBN: 9780833078087 , 0833083309 , 0833078089 , 9780833083302
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (vi, 23 pages)
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    Keywords: United States Appropriations and expenditures ; United States Reorganization ; United States ; United States ; F-35 (Military aircraft) Costs ; F-35 (Military aircraft) ; United States ; Air Forces ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Armed Forces ; Appropriations and expenditures ; Armed Forces ; Reorganization ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Electronic books
    Abstract: As currently planned, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is the most costly aircraft acquisition program in Defense Department history. One approach to ensuring program affordability could be to increase the number of Primary Aerospace Vehicles Authorized (PAA) per combat-coded squadron, with a resulting reduction in the number of F-35 combat-coded squadrons. RAND explored the impact of increasing the PAA per squadron, adjusting the mix of PAA across the Active and Reserve Components, and adjusting the percentage of the Active Component PAA assigned to home-station locations in the continental United States. Researchers considered 28 beddown alternatives, with a maximum of 36 PAA per squadron, and determined that all beddowns could satisfy surge deployment requirements and most could also satisfy rotational requirements within specified deploy-to-dwell ratios. Increasing squadron size was determined to significantly reduce (a) the flying costs necessary to achieve pilot absorption requirements, (b) maintenance manpower requirements, and (c) total support equipment procurement costs, while little additional infrastructure capacity would be required under any of the 28 basing alternatives considered. Additional analysis suggested that assignment policy would have more effect on leader development than either squadron size or the active-reserve mix
    Note: "RAND Project Air Force , "This researchwas conducted within the Resource Management Program of RAND PAF"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references
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  • 66
    ISBN: 9780833079039 , 0833079034 , 9780833079015 , 0833079042 , 0833079018 , 0833079050 , 9780833079053 , 9780833079046
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
    Parallel Title: Print version Kavanagh, Jennifer, 1981- Are U.S. military interventions contagious over time?
    Keywords: Military planning ; Intervention (International law) ; Intervention (International law) Case studies ; Military planning ; Intervention (International law) ; Intervention (International law) ; COMPUTERS ; Data Modeling & Design ; HISTORY ; Military ; Other ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Intervention (International law) ; Military planning ; Military policy ; United States ; Case studies ; United States Case studies Military policy ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Current DoD force planning processes assume that U.S. military interventions are serially independent over time. This report challenges this assumption, arguing that interventions occur in temporally dependent clusters in which the likelihood of an intervention depends on interventions in the recent past. The author used data on 66 U.S. Army contingency and peacekeeping deployments of at least company size between 1949 and 2010 and found evidence of temporal dependence between military interventions even when controlling for political, economic, and other security factors. However, the results also suggested that clustering is affected by the nature of the geopolitical regime and is stronger at certain points than others, for example, after the Cold War as compared to during the Cold War. The results suggested that as few as two military interventions above average is often enough to trigger interventions in subsequent years. Because current planning processes address only the direct force demands of a given deployment and ignore the heightened risk for additional demands created by temporal dependence, these processes may project force requirements that understate the demands placed on military deployments during a period of clustered interventions. This analysis suggests that DoD should consider modifying the integrated security constructs to incorporate serial correlation of interventions, making assumptions about the nature of the current or future geopolitical regime explicit, and assessing whether the existing set of force planning frameworks reflects the spectrum of potential future geopolitical regimes
    Abstract: Current DoD force planning processes assume that U.S. military interventions are serially independent over time. This report challenges this assumption, arguing that interventions occur in temporally dependent clusters in which the likelihood of an intervention depends on interventions in the recent past. The author used data on 66 U.S. Army contingency and peacekeeping deployments of at least company size between 1949 and 2010 and found evidence of temporal dependence between military interventions even when controlling for political, economic, and other security factors. However, the results also suggested that clustering is affected by the nature of the geopolitical regime and is stronger at certain points than others, for example, after the Cold War as compared to during the Cold War. The results suggested that as few as two military interventions above average is often enough to trigger interventions in subsequent years. Because current planning processes address only the direct force demands of a given deployment and ignore the heightened risk for additional demands created by temporal dependence, these processes may project force requirements that understate the demands placed on military deployments during a period of clustered interventions. This analysis suggests that DoD should consider modifying the integrated security constructs to incorporate serial correlation of interventions, making assumptions about the nature of the current or future geopolitical regime explicit, and assessing whether the existing set of force planning frameworks reflects the spectrum of potential future geopolitical regimes
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    ISBN: 9780833080707 , 0833080709
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 40 pages)
    Series Statement: Research reports
    Keywords: Nuclear weapons Forecasting ; Nuclear weapons Government policy ; Forecasting ; Nuclear weapons ; Nuclear weapons ; HISTORY ; Military ; Other ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; HISTORY ; Middle East ; General ; Nuclear weapons ; Forecasting ; Politics and government ; Forecasting ; Iran ; Iran Politics and government ; Forecasting ; Iran Foreign relations ; Forecasting ; Iran ; Iran ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This report explores how a nuclear-armed Iran would behave, if it would act aggressively, and what this would entail for the United States and its main regional allies, including the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Israel. The Islamic Republic seeks to undermine what it perceives to be the American-dominated order in the Middle East and to deter a U.S. and/or Israeli military attack, but it does not have territorial ambitions and does not seek to invade, conquer, or occupy other nations. Nuclear arms are unlikely to change its fundamental interests and strategies. Rather, they would probably reinforce Iran's traditional national security objectives. The ideological beliefs of the Iranian political elite will not shape the country's nuclear decisionmaking. The regional geopolitical environment and Iran's political, military, and economic capabilities will have a greater bearing on Iranian calculations. It is very unlikely that Iran would use nuclear weapons against another Muslim state or against Israel, given the latter's overwhelming conventional and nuclear military superiority. Further, the Iranian government does not use terrorism for ideological reasons. Instead, Iran's support for terrorism is motivated by cost and benefit calculations, with the aims of maintaining deterrence and preserving or expanding its influence in the Middle East. An inadvertent or accidental nuclear exchange between Israel and Iran is a dangerous possibility, but there is not much evidence to suggest that rogue elements could have easy access to Iranian nuclear weapons
    Abstract: This report explores how a nuclear-armed Iran would behave, if it would act aggressively, and what this would entail for the United States and its main regional allies, including the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Israel. The Islamic Republic seeks to undermine what it perceives to be the American-dominated order in the Middle East and to deter a U.S. and/or Israeli military attack, but it does not have territorial ambitions and does not seek to invade, conquer, or occupy other nations. Nuclear arms are unlikely to change its fundamental interests and strategies. Rather, they would probably reinforce Iran's traditional national security objectives. The ideological beliefs of the Iranian political elite will not shape the country's nuclear decisionmaking. The regional geopolitical environment and Iran's political, military, and economic capabilities will have a greater bearing on Iranian calculations. It is very unlikely that Iran would use nuclear weapons against another Muslim state or against Israel, given the latter's overwhelming conventional and nuclear military superiority. Further, the Iranian government does not use terrorism for ideological reasons. Instead, Iran's support for terrorism is motivated by cost and benefit calculations, with the aims of maintaining deterrence and preserving or expanding its influence in the Middle East. An inadvertent or accidental nuclear exchange between Israel and Iran is a dangerous possibility, but there is not much evidence to suggest that rogue elements could have easy access to Iranian nuclear weapons
    Note: "National Security Research Division , Includes bibliographical references (pages 35-40)
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    ISBN: 9780833081124 , 0833081128 , 9780833078049 , 0833078046
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 99 pages)
    Series Statement: Report TR-1227-A
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation technical report series TR1227
    DDC: 355.3/450973
    Keywords: United States Operational readiness ; United States Medical personnel ; United States Personnel management ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Military planning ; Military planning ; Persons ; Named Groups ; Disciplines and Occupations ; Military Personnel ; Military Medicine ; Occupational Groups ; Medicine ; Health Occupations ; Military planning ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; United States ; Armed Forces ; Medical personnel ; Armed Forces ; Operational readiness ; Armed Forces ; Personnel management ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The Army Medical Department's Professional Filler System was developed in 1980 to support continuous overseas contingency operations while simultaneously balancing the Army's requirement to maintain a healthy force, deploy a medical force to support military operations, and manage/meet access-to-care demands for all military health system beneficiaries. PROFIS allows health care providers to practice in a military treatment facility when not deployed, which contributes to the maintenance of their medical and technical skills. The PROFIS Deployment System, developed in 2005, is an internal management system that is used to battle roster deploying units with the correct PROFIS personnel so that the U.S. Army Medical Command can plan proactively for deployments. Recently, there have been concerns over how PROFIS affects the medical readiness and availability of providers for training with the unit preparing to deploy. This report describes the functionality of the Army's PROFIS in the current operating environment and assesses potential modifications or improvements to the system. Using a literature review, interviews, a survey, and administrative data, this research sought to identify and understand the effect of PROFIS, and deployments more broadly, on providers and other military personnel. The study also assessed modifications and alternatives to the current PROFIS that might address the identified issues
    Abstract: The Army Medical Department's Professional Filler System was developed in 1980 to support continuous overseas contingency operations while simultaneously balancing the Army's requirement to maintain a healthy force, deploy a medical force to support military operations, and manage/meet access-to-care demands for all military health system beneficiaries. PROFIS allows health care providers to practice in a military treatment facility when not deployed, which contributes to the maintenance of their medical and technical skills. The PROFIS Deployment System, developed in 2005, is an internal management system that is used to battle roster deploying units with the correct PROFIS personnel so that the U.S. Army Medical Command can plan proactively for deployments. Recently, there have been concerns over how PROFIS affects the medical readiness and availability of providers for training with the unit preparing to deploy. This report describes the functionality of the Army's PROFIS in the current operating environment and assesses potential modifications or improvements to the system. Using a literature review, interviews, a survey, and administrative data, this research sought to identify and understand the effect of PROFIS, and deployments more broadly, on providers and other military personnel. The study also assessed modifications and alternatives to the current PROFIS that might address the identified issues
    Note: "The research described in this report was sponsored by the Army Office of the Surgeon General , Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-99)
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    Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press
    ISBN: 9781922144683 , 1922144681 , 9781922144492 , 1922144495
    Language: English
    Keywords: Biography Dictionaries. ; Biography Dictionaries ; Biography ; Dictionaries of biography (Who's Who) ; Encyclopaedias and reference works ; Reference works ; Reference, information and interdisciplinary subjects ; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY ; General ; Biography ; Biography - General ; History & Archaeology ; Dictionaries ; Electronic books ; Biografie ; Wörterbuch
    Abstract: "This is an extended version of experiences with the Dictionary of World Biography which appeared in my autobiography, A Thinking Reed (2006)."--Introduction.
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  • 70
    ISBN: 9780833079930 , 0833083384 , 083307993X , 9780833083388
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 36 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Gordon, John, 1956- Army's role in overcoming anti-access and area of denial challenges
    Keywords: United States Operations other than war ; United States ; Deployment (Strategy) ; Unified operations (Military science) ; Access denial (Military science) ; Deployment (Strategy) ; Unified operations (Military science) ; Access denial (Military science) ; Deployment (Strategy) ; Unified operations (Military science) ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Access denial (Military science) ; Armed Forces ; Operations other than war ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The U.S. armed forces must be prepared to deploy to a wide range of locations and confront adversaries that span the threat spectrum from poorly armed bands to peer-level foes. In future operations, the United States is also likely to face a range of anti-access and area denial threats that require a joint or combined response. Anti-access challenges prevent or degrade a force's ability to enter an operational area and can be geographic, military, or diplomatic. Area denial challenges are threats to forces within the operational area. As they relate to U.S. ground forces, these latter threats are characterized by the opponent's ability to obstruct the actions of U.S. forces once they have deployed. This report reviews selected findings from a study of Army and joint anti-access and area denial challenges. It also proposes a joint approach to countering these threats in future operations. There are important interdependencies and synergies between the services in terms of their ability to overcome these types of challenges. For example, some threats to the Army's ability to deploy to an operational area must be addressed primarily by the other services. Likewise, the Army could provide considerable assistance to the Air Force and Navy in suppressing or destroying air defenses that challenge joint air operations. For this reason, the services will need to work together to develop operational concepts and systems that will be effective in countering emerging and growing threats in future operations
    Abstract: The U.S. armed forces must be prepared to deploy to a wide range of locations and confront adversaries that span the threat spectrum from poorly armed bands to peer-level foes. In future operations, the United States is also likely to face a range of anti-access and area denial threats that require a joint or combined response. Anti-access challenges prevent or degrade a force's ability to enter an operational area and can be geographic, military, or diplomatic. Area denial challenges are threats to forces within the operational area. As they relate to U.S. ground forces, these latter threats are characterized by the opponent's ability to obstruct the actions of U.S. forces once they have deployed. This report reviews selected findings from a study of Army and joint anti-access and area denial challenges. It also proposes a joint approach to countering these threats in future operations. There are important interdependencies and synergies between the services in terms of their ability to overcome these types of challenges. For example, some threats to the Army's ability to deploy to an operational area must be addressed primarily by the other services. Likewise, the Army could provide considerable assistance to the Air Force and Navy in suppressing or destroying air defenses that challenge joint air operations. For this reason, the services will need to work together to develop operational concepts and systems that will be effective in countering emerging and growing threats in future operations
    Note: "RAND Arroyo Center , "Prepared for the United States Army , Includes bibliographical references (pages 35-36)
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    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
    ISBN: 9780833080943 , 0833080946 , 9780833080950 , 0833080962 , 0833080954 , 0833080938 , 9780833080936 , 9780833080967
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvii, 82 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR287
    Parallel Title: Print version Saunders, Jessica Effective policing for 21st-century Israel
    Keywords: Police ; Police-community relations ; Police ; Police-community relations ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Infrastructure ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General ; HISTORY ; Middle East ; Israel ; Police ; Police-community relations ; Polizei ; Gemeinschaft ; Social Welfare & Social Work ; Social Sciences ; Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency ; Israel ; Israel ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Israel has changed dramatically since its founding, especially in the past two decades. There is a public interest in having the police provide a type and level of service that keeps pace with these changes. Despite relatively low crime rates, the public in Israel still perceives threats to personal security and expresses concern over quality of police service. This report addresses issues of public perceptions and public trust in the police, benchmarking the police against other police organizations, performance measurement, and deterrence and crime prevention
    Abstract: Israel has changed dramatically since its founding, especially in the past two decades. There is a public interest in having the police provide a type and level of service that keeps pace with these changes. Despite relatively low crime rates, the public in Israel still perceives threats to personal security and expresses concern over quality of police service. This report addresses issues of public perceptions and public trust in the police, benchmarking the police against other police organizations, performance measurement, and deterrence and crime prevention
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
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  • 72
    ISBN: 9780833081148 , 0833081144 , 9780833077899 , 0833077899
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 68 pages)
    Parallel Title: Available in another form
    Parallel Title: Available in another form
    DDC: 355.120973
    Keywords: Social indicators Research ; Soldiers Services for ; Evaluation ; Families of military personnel Social conditions ; Quality of life Research ; Families of military personnel Services for ; Evaluation ; Soldiers Social conditions ; Social indicators ; Soldiers ; Families of military personnel ; Quality of life ; Families of military personnel ; Soldiers ; United States ; Law, Politics & Government ; Social indicators ; Research ; Soldiers ; Social conditions ; Military & Naval Science ; Military Administration ; Quality of life ; Research ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The Army spends hundreds of millions of dollars annually on soldier and family support or quality of life (QOL) programs intended to ease the stress of military life and thereby enhance well-being, improve readiness, and sustain recruiting and retention. However, research in support of these programs to determine needs, access, and effectiveness is fragmented, duplicative, and at times lacking in quality or depth of analysis. The Army leadership wants to develop a research agenda to inform the Army of the QOL needs of soldiers and families, help gauge the success of programs, improve coordination of research efforts, and determine how best to allocate resources to achieve its objectives. This analysis concludes that the Army currently lacks a clear awareness of relevant research on soldier and family QOL, and it also lacks the institutional mechanisms and resources to systematically collect and synthesize data and analysis to inform decisionmaking. Furthermore, both domain-specific research and a broader, more holistic understanding of QOL-to put domain-specific research in context-are critical. As a first step, we recommend that the Army develop an explicitly agreed-upon lexicon, outcomes, and metrics to identify and develop relevant research to inform intra- and interorganizational discussions and decisionmaking on QOL. The Army should also consider adopting a comprehensive approach to needs assessment to develop a holistic picture of support service gaps and their relative importance to well-being
    Abstract: The Army spends hundreds of millions of dollars annually on soldier and family support or quality of life (QOL) programs intended to ease the stress of military life and thereby enhance well-being, improve readiness, and sustain recruiting and retention. However, research in support of these programs to determine needs, access, and effectiveness is fragmented, duplicative, and at times lacking in quality or depth of analysis. The Army leadership wants to develop a research agenda to inform the Army of the QOL needs of soldiers and families, help gauge the success of programs, improve coordination of research efforts, and determine how best to allocate resources to achieve its objectives. This analysis concludes that the Army currently lacks a clear awareness of relevant research on soldier and family QOL, and it also lacks the institutional mechanisms and resources to systematically collect and synthesize data and analysis to inform decisionmaking. Furthermore, both domain-specific research and a broader, more holistic understanding of QOL-to put domain-specific research in context-are critical. As a first step, we recommend that the Army develop an explicitly agreed-upon lexicon, outcomes, and metrics to identify and develop relevant research to inform intra- and interorganizational discussions and decisionmaking on QOL. The Army should also consider adopting a comprehensive approach to needs assessment to develop a holistic picture of support service gaps and their relative importance to well-being
    Note: "RAND Arroyo Center , "This project was conducted within RAND Arroyo Center's Manpower and Training Program"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references (pages 63-68)
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  • 73
    ISBN: 9780833081506 , 0833084828 , 0833081500 , 9780833084828
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 36 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Motion Imagery Processing and Exploitation (MIPE)
    Keywords: Military intelligence ; Image analysis ; Image processing ; Military intelligence ; Image analysis ; Image processing ; Image processing ; United States ; HISTORY ; United States ; General ; Military intelligence ; Image analysis ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This report defines and investigates the potential of motion imagery processing and exploitation (MIPE) systems, which can help U.S. military intelligence analysts optimize their response to the current information deluge and enable them to continue to exploit a wide range of motion imagery collections. The authors define MIPE as the collection of capabilities and enabling technologies, tools, and systems that aid analysts in the detection, identification, and tracking of objects of interest (OOIs), such as humans and vehicles; in the identification of activities of interest (AOIs); and in the characterization of relationships between and among OOIs and AOIs in live and archival video. The authors examined the needs of motion imagery analysts, identified MIPE capabilities that could assist in meeting those needs, and assessed the technical readiness of MIPE systems. Recommendations include using MIPE systems to focus analysts' attention on significant video frames, investing in systems that take advantage of many sources of information, and standardizing MIPE test plans
    Abstract: This report defines and investigates the potential of motion imagery processing and exploitation (MIPE) systems, which can help U.S. military intelligence analysts optimize their response to the current information deluge and enable them to continue to exploit a wide range of motion imagery collections. The authors define MIPE as the collection of capabilities and enabling technologies, tools, and systems that aid analysts in the detection, identification, and tracking of objects of interest (OOIs), such as humans and vehicles; in the identification of activities of interest (AOIs); and in the characterization of relationships between and among OOIs and AOIs in live and archival video. The authors examined the needs of motion imagery analysts, identified MIPE capabilities that could assist in meeting those needs, and assessed the technical readiness of MIPE systems. Recommendations include using MIPE systems to focus analysts' attention on significant video frames, investing in systems that take advantage of many sources of information, and standardizing MIPE test plans
    Note: "RAND Project Air Force , Includes bibliographical references (pages 31-36)
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  • 74
    ISBN: 9780833080608 , 0833084801 , 0833080601 , 9780833084804
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (44 pages)
    Keywords: United States Appropriations and expenditures ; United States Procurement ; Costs ; Evaluation ; Methodology ; United States ; United States ; Weapons systems Costs ; Forecasting ; Systems integration Risk assessment ; Methodology ; Weapons systems ; Systems integration ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; United States ; United States ; Expenditures, Public ; United States Armed Forces ; Weapons systems ; Costs ; Evaluation ; Methodology ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Implementing risk management principles to manage large defense acquisition programs is a priority for the U.S. defense acquisition community. To assist those decisionmakers responsible for identifying the risk associated with major weapons programs, RAND researchers developed a methodology and accompanying Excel, information-based risk tool (the ⁰́Assessor Tool⁰́₊). The Assessor Tool offers an Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD)-level approach to the evaluation and measurement of system integration risk. That is, it is meant for assessors, such as OSD personnel, who may not be especially familiar with the specific program under evaluation but still may need to make judgments about the program⁰́₉s risk. It is based on a tractable and comprehensive set of questions that can help evaluate integration risk at each point in the acquisition process. More specifically, the tool enables users to see how well integration risk is being managed by providing a standards-based valuation of integration issues that can lead to cost growth, schedule growth, and program performance. The users⁰́₉ manual for the Assessor Tool is available in a companion document, An Excel Tool to Assess Acquisition Program Risk (by Lauren A. Fleishman-Mayer, Mark V. Arena, and Michael E. McMahon, TL-113-OSD, 2013). The Assessor Tool and its methodology may also be generalizable to an entire set of information-based risk assessment applications. Overall, the methodology and tool have many strengths, including being based on well-grounded theories, allowing for reproducibility and traceability, and the extensive flexibility to be used to evaluate risk for many different types of programs. To provide a benchmarking and validation of the risk scores calculated by the tool, future work could include the tool⁰́₉s validation by tracking its output against a program⁰́₉s performance
    Abstract: Implementing risk management principles to manage large defense acquisition programs is a priority for the U.S. defense acquisition community. To assist those decisionmakers responsible for identifying the risk associated with major weapons programs, RAND researchers developed a methodology and accompanying Excel, information-based risk tool (the ⁰́Assessor Tool⁰́₊). The Assessor Tool offers an Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD)-level approach to the evaluation and measurement of system integration risk. That is, it is meant for assessors, such as OSD personnel, who may not be especially familiar with the specific program under evaluation but still may need to make judgments about the program⁰́₉s risk. It is based on a tractable and comprehensive set of questions that can help evaluate integration risk at each point in the acquisition process. More specifically, the tool enables users to see how well integration risk is being managed by providing a standards-based valuation of integration issues that can lead to cost growth, schedule growth, and program performance. The users⁰́₉ manual for the Assessor Tool is available in a companion document, An Excel Tool to Assess Acquisition Program Risk (by Lauren A. Fleishman-Mayer, Mark V. Arena, and Michael E. McMahon, TL-113-OSD, 2013). The Assessor Tool and its methodology may also be generalizable to an entire set of information-based risk assessment applications. Overall, the methodology and tool have many strengths, including being based on well-grounded theories, allowing for reproducibility and traceability, and the extensive flexibility to be used to evaluate risk for many different types of programs. To provide a benchmarking and validation of the risk scores calculated by the tool, future work could include the tool⁰́₉s validation by tracking its output against a program⁰́₉s performance
    Note: "This research was conducted within the Acquisition and Technology Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Preface , "RAND National Security Research Division , Includes bibliographical references (pages 25-26) , Title from title screen (viewed on October 24, 2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833080974 , 083308478X , 0833080970 , 9780833084781
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 30 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation research report series RR-322-OSD
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Cox, Amy G Improving federal and Department of Defense use of service-disabled veteran-owned businesses
    Keywords: United States Rules and practice ; United States ; Business enterprises owned by veterans with disabilities Government policy ; Veteran-owned business enterprises Government policy ; Public contracts ; Business enterprises owned by veterans with disabilities ; Veteran-owned business enterprises ; Public contracts ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; Rules ; HISTORY ; Military ; Veterans ; Public contracts ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The report investigates the barriers that service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) may face when attempting to contract with the federal government and the Department of Defense. The government and DoD goals are to award 3 percent of prime-contract dollars to SDVOSBs but current contracting falls below that level. The authors assess the characteristics of service-disabled veterans that support successful business ownership and identify possible barriers to meeting the 3 percent goals
    Abstract: The report investigates the barriers that service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) may face when attempting to contract with the federal government and the Department of Defense. The government and DoD goals are to award 3 percent of prime-contract dollars to SDVOSBs but current contracting falls below that level. The authors assess the characteristics of service-disabled veterans that support successful business ownership and identify possible barriers to meeting the 3 percent goals
    Note: "RAND National Security Research Division , Includes bibliographical references (pages 29-30)
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  • 76
    ISBN: 9781922144447 , 1922144444 , 9781922144430 , 1922144436
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (vii, 380 pages)
    Series Statement: Practical ethics and public policy monograph 3
    Series Statement: Practical ethics and public policy monograph 3
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Weckert, John Professionalism in the information and communication technology industry
    Keywords: Information technology Employees ; Professional ethics. ; Telecommunication Employees ; Professional ethics. ; Employees Attitudes. ; Telecommunication Employees ; Professional ethics ; Employees Attitudes ; Information technology ; Telecommunication ; Employees ; Information technology Employees ; Professional ethics ; Information technology Employees ; Professional ethics ; Ethical and social aspects of IT Mod Ethical and social aspects of IT ; Information technology: general issues Mod Information technology: general issues ; Information technology ; Moral and ethical aspects ; Employees ; Attitudes ; COMPUTERS ; Information Technology ; Computing and information technology ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Professionalism is arguably more important in some occupations than in others. It is vital in some because of the life and death decisions that must be made, for example in medicine. In others the rapidly changing nature of the occupation makes efficient regulation difficult and so the professional behaviour of the practitioners is central to the good functioning of that occupation. The core idea behind this book is that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is changing so quickly that professional behaviour of its practitioners is vital because regulation will always lag behind."--Citation url: http://press.anu.edu.au/titles/centre-for-applied-philosophy-and-public-ethics-cappe/professionalism-in-the-information-and-communication-technology-industry.
    Abstract: Introduction -- Section I. Regulating technology : On the need for professionalism in the ICT industry -- 1. The fundamental problem of regulating technology -- Section II. Practitioners' perspectives : An initiation into ICT professionalism -- 2. The maturing of a profession -- 3. Some ethical imperatives for the computing profession -- 4. The uncertainty of ethics in IT -- Section III. Professionalism : Professions, professionals, and professionalism -- 5. What is an ICT professional anyway? -- 6. ICT is not a profession: So what? -- 7. Being a good computer professional: The advantages of virtue ethics in computing -- 8. Informed consent in information technology: Improving end user license agreements -- Section IV. ICT governance : What is good governance? -- 9. Virtuous IT governance: IT governors can't be virtuous -- 10. The decision disconnect -- Section V. Ethics education : The place of ethics in ICT courses -- 11. Educating for professionalism in ICT: Is learning ethics professional development? -- 12. Experiential ethics education for IT professionals -- Section VI. Codes of ethics : Are codes of ethics useful? -- 13. ICT governance and what to do about the toothless tiger(s): Professional organisations and codes of ethics -- 14. Business benefits from keeping codes of ethics up to date -- Section VII. ICT and society : Ethics first or ethics last? -- 15. Ethical issues of emerging ICT applications--a Euro landscape -- 16. Ethical issue determination, normativity and contextual blindness: Epistemological studies of the limits of formalism in ethics and their consequences for the theory of governance
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Series Editor: Michael J. Selgelid , Title from title screen (viewed on 12 February 2014)
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  • 77
    ISBN: 9780833082893 , 0833082892
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (55 pages)
    DDC: 368.38/200973
    Keywords: United States ; United States ; Health insurance ; Health insurance ; United States ; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (United States) ; Health insurance ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Multistate plans (MSPs) provide an attractive alternative among the health insurance plans established by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) because they will have to be offered in multiple states. In this study, the authors⁰́₉ first objective was to identify and characterize population groups that would likely be interested in enrolling in MSPs (Phase 1 of the study). The second objective was to develop a methodology to project participation and to estimate premiums for these plans (Phase 2). For this second phase, the authors developed a two-step procedure to estimate the demand for MSPs. In the first step, they used the COMPARE microsimulation model and its utility maximization algorithms to project enrollment, irrespective of whether exchange participants choose an MSP or another exchange plan. The second step consists of calculating MSP premiums by means of a tool written in the R language that separates MSP participants from enrollees in other exchange plans using criteria selectable by the user. In this report, the authors present results from Phase 1 and from the first step of Phase 2 and explain the methodology and challenges associated with the second step. National-level microsimulation results suggest that three target population groups expected to prefer MSPs are also more likely to join the exchanges than the general population by over two percentage points. States with a higher uninsurance rate and lower participation in the nongroup market under current law, such as Texas, are projected to have a larger percentage enrollment in the individual market exchanges after enactment of the ACA. Thus, these states may also have a higher percentage of MSP participants than other states. The main policy recommendation is for the Office of Personnel Management to make use of the findings of this report and to exercise the MSP premium calculator tool to aid in the implementation of the Multistate Plan Program
    Abstract: Multistate plans (MSPs) provide an attractive alternative among the health insurance plans established by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) because they will have to be offered in multiple states. In this study, the authors⁰́₉ first objective was to identify and characterize population groups that would likely be interested in enrolling in MSPs (Phase 1 of the study). The second objective was to develop a methodology to project participation and to estimate premiums for these plans (Phase 2). For this second phase, the authors developed a two-step procedure to estimate the demand for MSPs. In the first step, they used the COMPARE microsimulation model and its utility maximization algorithms to project enrollment, irrespective of whether exchange participants choose an MSP or another exchange plan. The second step consists of calculating MSP premiums by means of a tool written in the R language that separates MSP participants from enrollees in other exchange plans using criteria selectable by the user. In this report, the authors present results from Phase 1 and from the first step of Phase 2 and explain the methodology and challenges associated with the second step. National-level microsimulation results suggest that three target population groups expected to prefer MSPs are also more likely to join the exchanges than the general population by over two percentage points. States with a higher uninsurance rate and lower participation in the nongroup market under current law, such as Texas, are projected to have a larger percentage enrollment in the individual market exchanges after enactment of the ACA. Thus, these states may also have a higher percentage of MSP participants than other states. The main policy recommendation is for the Office of Personnel Management to make use of the findings of this report and to exercise the MSP premium calculator tool to aid in the implementation of the Multistate Plan Program
    Note: "RAND Health , Includes bibliographical references , Title from title screen (viewed March 20, 2013)
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  • 78
    ISBN: 9780833083678 , 0833083678
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (71 pages)
    DDC: 363.2097642812
    Keywords: Caruth Police Institute Evaluation ; Caruth Police Institute ; Police Study and teaching ; Police training ; Police ; Police training ; Police training ; Texas ; Dallas ; Evaluation ; Police ; Study and teaching ; Caruth Police Institute ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The Caruth Police Institute (CPI), funded by the Communities Foundation of Texas, was designed for the benefit of the Dallas Police Department (DPD) to create staff development courses and to bring the expertise of academic experts and business leaders to bear on complex policing problems. This report presents a three-year evaluation of the CPI, covering development of its research activities, its effect, and its sustainability. The authors conducted a series of in-depth interviews with key informants in the DPD and participants in previous CPI courses to gauge the success and impact of the program. Additionally, they used fiscal data provided by CPI staff and information about business models gained in interviews with heads of other police leadership programs to develop examples of how CPI might balance revenues and expenses in order to sustain itself
    Abstract: The Caruth Police Institute (CPI), funded by the Communities Foundation of Texas, was designed for the benefit of the Dallas Police Department (DPD) to create staff development courses and to bring the expertise of academic experts and business leaders to bear on complex policing problems. This report presents a three-year evaluation of the CPI, covering development of its research activities, its effect, and its sustainability. The authors conducted a series of in-depth interviews with key informants in the DPD and participants in previous CPI courses to gauge the success and impact of the program. Additionally, they used fiscal data provided by CPI staff and information about business models gained in interviews with heads of other police leadership programs to develop examples of how CPI might balance revenues and expenses in order to sustain itself
    Note: "RAND Corporation , "The research reported here was conducted in the RAND Safety and Justice Program"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references (page 63) , Title from title screen (viewed on August 26, 2013)
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    Acton, ACT, Australia : Australian National University E Press
    ISBN: 9781922144362 , 1922144363 , 9781922144355 , 1922144355
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 volume)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Nagarajan, Vijaya.; Discretion and public benefit in a regulatory agency
    Parallel Title: Print version Nagarajan, Vijaya Discretion and public benefit in a regulatory agency
    Keywords: Australian Competition & Consumer Commission ; Australian Competition & Consumer Commission. ; Australian Competition & Consumer Commission ; Administrative agencies Australia. ; Independent regulatory commissions Australia. ; Independent regulatory commissions ; Administrative agencies ; Independent regulatory commissions ; Administrative agencies ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Affairs & Administration ; Administrative agencies ; Independent regulatory commissions ; Government - Asia ; Government - Non-U.S ; Law, Politics & Government ; Australia ; Australian Competition & Consumer Commission ; Electronic books
    Abstract: 1. Competition policy and the authorisation process -- 2. Architecture of authorisations -- 3. Discourses on public benefit -- 4. Types of public benefit -- 5. Discourses on discretion and the regulatory agency -- 6. Discretion, the ACCC and authorisation determinations -- 7. Experiments in discretion : how effective is the regulator?
    Abstract: 1. Competition policy and the authorisation process -- 2. Architecture of authorisations -- 3. Discourses on public benefit -- 4. Types of public benefit -- 5. Discourses on discretion and the regulatory agency -- 6. Discretion, the ACCC and authorisation determinations -- 7. Experiments in discretion : how effective is the regulator?
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , English
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  • 80
    ISBN: 9780833081797 , 083308481X , 0833081799 , 9780833084811
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvii, 70 pages)
    Keywords: Climatic changes ; Decision making ; Water-supply Management ; Water resources development ; Uncertainty ; Climatic changes ; Decision making ; Water-supply ; Water resources development ; Uncertainty ; Business & Economics ; Agricultural Economics ; North America ; Colorado River Watershed ; SCIENCE ; Earth Sciences ; Meteorology & Climatology ; Climatic changes ; Decision making ; Uncertainty ; Water resources development ; Water-supply ; Management ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and water management agencies representing the seven Colorado River Basin States initiated the Colorado River Basin Study in January 2010 to evaluate the resiliency of the Colorado River system over the next 50 years and compare different options for ensuring successful management of the river's resources. RAND was asked to join this Basin Study Team in January 2012 to help develop an analytic approach to identify key vulnerabilities in managing the Colorado River basin over the coming decades and to evaluate different options that could reduce this vulnerability. Using a quantitative approach for planning under uncertainty called Robust Decision Making (RDM), the RAND team assisted the Basin Study by: identifying future vulnerable conditions that could lead to imbalances that could cause the basin to be unable to meet its water delivery objectives; developing a computer-based tool to define 'portfolios' of management options reflecting different strategies for reducing basin imbalances; evaluating these portfolios across thousands of future scenarios to determine how much they could improve basin outcomes; and analyzing the results from the system simulations to identify key tradeoffs among the portfolios. This report describes RAND's contribution to the Basin Study, focusing on the methodologies used to identify vulnerabilities for Upper Basin and Lower Basin water supply reliability and compare portfolios of options. The report provides a useful resource for other planners wishing to replicate or expand on the methodologies used for other studies"--Back cover
    Abstract: "The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and water management agencies representing the seven Colorado River Basin States initiated the Colorado River Basin Study in January 2010 to evaluate the resiliency of the Colorado River system over the next 50 years and compare different options for ensuring successful management of the river's resources. RAND was asked to join this Basin Study Team in January 2012 to help develop an analytic approach to identify key vulnerabilities in managing the Colorado River basin over the coming decades and to evaluate different options that could reduce this vulnerability. Using a quantitative approach for planning under uncertainty called Robust Decision Making (RDM), the RAND team assisted the Basin Study by: identifying future vulnerable conditions that could lead to imbalances that could cause the basin to be unable to meet its water delivery objectives; developing a computer-based tool to define 'portfolios' of management options reflecting different strategies for reducing basin imbalances; evaluating these portfolios across thousands of future scenarios to determine how much they could improve basin outcomes; and analyzing the results from the system simulations to identify key tradeoffs among the portfolios. This report describes RAND's contribution to the Basin Study, focusing on the methodologies used to identify vulnerabilities for Upper Basin and Lower Basin water supply reliability and compare portfolios of options. The report provides a useful resource for other planners wishing to replicate or expand on the methodologies used for other studies"--Back cover
    Note: "RAND Environment, Energy, and Economic Development Program , "The research described in this report was prepared for the United States Bureau of Reclamation and conducted in the Environment, Energy, and Economic Development Program within RAND Justice, Infrastructure, and Environment"--Title page verso , Includes bibliographical references (pages 67-70)
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    ISBN: 9780833081650 , 0833084674 , 0833081659 , 9780833084675
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 27 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report
    Keywords: United States Weapons systems ; Maintenance and repair ; United States Equipment ; Maintenance and repair ; United States Operational readiness ; United States Procurement ; United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; F-35 (Military aircraft) Maintenance and repair ; F-35 (Military aircraft) ; Armed Forces ; Equipment and supplies ; Maintenance and repair ; Armed Forces ; Operational readiness ; Armed Forces ; Procurement ; Armed Forces ; Weapons systems ; Maintenance and repair ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Air Forces ; United States ; TRANSPORTATION ; Aviation ; Repair & Maintenance ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "The U.S. Air Force has long struggled to incorporate new weapon system logistics requirements and support system design considerations into its broader sustainment enterprise early in the acquisition process. To help inform Air Force decisionmaking with regard to sustainment sourcing, RAND Project AIR FORCE researchers explored and adapted lessons from the transaction cost accounting literature. The result is a powerful economic-based framework that has three primary benefits when it comes to addressing sustainment planning challenges: It is a repeatable, analytically driven decision tool that does not require large amounts of data; it considers repair source decisionmaking in the context of the broader Air Force enterprise; and it is potentially applicable to other aspects of sustainment planning, such as managing government-mandated repair sourcing mixes and informing other Air Force sustainment community responsibilities. This report demonstrates how the framework can be used to select among depot maintenance strategies by applying it to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the largest acquisition program in U.S. Department of Defense history. Although the U.S. government will retain the capability to perform the range of depot-level repairs for the F-35, 40 percent of the workload -- known as "above core" -- can be considered for sourcing to an organic Air Force facility, another military service's facility, a foreign partner, or the private sector. The framework helps planners visualize program data and compare new acquisition programs with legacy Air Force systems. In this way, it offers the Air Force additional leverage in responding to technology developments and vetting contractors's engineering, reliability, and maintainability projections for new weapon systems."--Page 4 of cover
    Abstract: "The U.S. Air Force has long struggled to incorporate new weapon system logistics requirements and support system design considerations into its broader sustainment enterprise early in the acquisition process. To help inform Air Force decisionmaking with regard to sustainment sourcing, RAND Project AIR FORCE researchers explored and adapted lessons from the transaction cost accounting literature. The result is a powerful economic-based framework that has three primary benefits when it comes to addressing sustainment planning challenges: It is a repeatable, analytically driven decision tool that does not require large amounts of data; it considers repair source decisionmaking in the context of the broader Air Force enterprise; and it is potentially applicable to other aspects of sustainment planning, such as managing government-mandated repair sourcing mixes and informing other Air Force sustainment community responsibilities. This report demonstrates how the framework can be used to select among depot maintenance strategies by applying it to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the largest acquisition program in U.S. Department of Defense history. Although the U.S. government will retain the capability to perform the range of depot-level repairs for the F-35, 40 percent of the workload -- known as "above core" -- can be considered for sourcing to an organic Air Force facility, another military service's facility, a foreign partner, or the private sector. The framework helps planners visualize program data and compare new acquisition programs with legacy Air Force systems. In this way, it offers the Air Force additional leverage in responding to technology developments and vetting contractors's engineering, reliability, and maintainability projections for new weapon systems."--Page 4 of cover
    Note: "RAND Project Air Force , Includes bibliographical references (pages 25-27)
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  • 82
    ISBN: 9780833084699 , 0833084690 , 9780833081438 , 0833081438
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxv, 119 pages)
    Keywords: United States ; United States ; Remote control ; Vehicles, Remotely piloted ; Robotics Military applications ; Remote control ; Vehicles, Remotely piloted ; Robotics ; United States ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States ; Vehicles, Remotely piloted ; Naval Science - General ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Remote control ; Robotics ; Military applications ; Military & Naval Science ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This report assesses in what ways and to what degree unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) are suitable for supporting U.S. Navy missions and functions. It briefly characterizes the current and emerging USV marketplaces to provide a baseline for near-term capabilities, describes USV concepts of employment to support diverse U.S. Navy missions and functions, and evaluates these concepts of employment to identify specific missions and functions for which they are highly suitable. USVs offer several particular strengths relative to other platforms, including the ability to interact both above and below the waterline, enabling them to serve as critical nodes for cross-domain networks. They also have potentially longer endurance, larger payloads, and higher power outputs than comparably sized unmanned air or undersea vehicles. Additionally, their greater risk tolerance compared with manned systems makes them desirable platforms for overcoming adversaries' anti-access and area-denial measures. These strengths make USVs particularly suitable for missions such as characterizing the physical environment, observation and collection regarding adversaries, mine warfare, military deception/information operations/electronic warfare, defense against small boats, testing and training, search and rescue, and the support of other unmanned vehicles. However, USVs need advanced autonomy and assured communications to complete complex missions, as well as any missions in complex environments. Autonomous seakeeping and maritime traffic avoidance are USV-specific capabilities that likely need to be developed with U.S. Navy involvement. Also, optional manning and payload modularity can enhance the desirability of USV programs
    Abstract: This report assesses in what ways and to what degree unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) are suitable for supporting U.S. Navy missions and functions. It briefly characterizes the current and emerging USV marketplaces to provide a baseline for near-term capabilities, describes USV concepts of employment to support diverse U.S. Navy missions and functions, and evaluates these concepts of employment to identify specific missions and functions for which they are highly suitable. USVs offer several particular strengths relative to other platforms, including the ability to interact both above and below the waterline, enabling them to serve as critical nodes for cross-domain networks. They also have potentially longer endurance, larger payloads, and higher power outputs than comparably sized unmanned air or undersea vehicles. Additionally, their greater risk tolerance compared with manned systems makes them desirable platforms for overcoming adversaries' anti-access and area-denial measures. These strengths make USVs particularly suitable for missions such as characterizing the physical environment, observation and collection regarding adversaries, mine warfare, military deception/information operations/electronic warfare, defense against small boats, testing and training, search and rescue, and the support of other unmanned vehicles. However, USVs need advanced autonomy and assured communications to complete complex missions, as well as any missions in complex environments. Autonomous seakeeping and maritime traffic avoidance are USV-specific capabilities that likely need to be developed with U.S. Navy involvement. Also, optional manning and payload modularity can enhance the desirability of USV programs
    Note: "RAND National Defense Research Institute , "This research was ... conducted within the Acquisition and Technology Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-119)
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  • 83
    ISBN: 9780833081476 , 0833085506 , 0833081470 , 9780833085504
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 55 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR-155-OSD
    Parallel Title: Print version Resnick, Adam C Developing Navy capability to recover forces in chemical, biological, and radiological hazard environments
    Keywords: United States ; United States Planning ; United States Operational readiness ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Amphibious warfare Planning ; Decontamination (from gases, chemicals, etc.) ; Biological decontamination ; Radioactive decontamination ; Amphibious warfare ; Decontamination (from gases, chemicals, etc.) ; Biological decontamination ; Radioactive decontamination ; Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena ; Armed Conflicts ; Biological Warfare ; Chemical Warfare ; Decontamination ; Delivery of Health Care ; Environment and Public Health ; Military Science ; Nuclear Warfare ; Public Health Practice ; Public Health ; Social Problems ; Social Sciences ; Sociology ; Technology, Industry, Agriculture ; Technology, Industry, and Agriculture ; United States ; Amphibious warfare ; Planning ; Armed Forces ; Operational readiness ; Armed Forces ; Planning ; Biological decontamination ; Decontamination (from gases, chemicals, etc.) ; Radioactive decontamination ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Science - General ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Recovering amphibious forces can be complicated if ashore forces are attacked with chemical, biological, or radiological weapons. These forces may cross-contaminate others with whom they come in contact. And if contaminants spread to equipment and vehicles, creating persistent hazards, those items may pose an additional cross-contamination risk. Although the preference is to decontaminate ashore forces in the operating environment or in a clean area elsewhere on land, this is not always feasible. Using a scenario involving a Marine Expeditionary Unit of 3,000 Marines, 300 total contaminated service members, including 24 contaminated litter casualties and 75 contaminated ambulatory casualties, the researchers assess current policies and capabilities pertaining to the recovery and decontamination of ashore forces aboard ships and identify policy options the Navy could pursue to better perform this mission. They develop a set of policies to increase the Navy's capability to recover and transport contaminated land forces to amphibious assault groups and propose doctrine to support operational decisions
    Abstract: Recovering amphibious forces can be complicated if ashore forces are attacked with chemical, biological, or radiological weapons. These forces may cross-contaminate others with whom they come in contact. And if contaminants spread to equipment and vehicles, creating persistent hazards, those items may pose an additional cross-contamination risk. Although the preference is to decontaminate ashore forces in the operating environment or in a clean area elsewhere on land, this is not always feasible. Using a scenario involving a Marine Expeditionary Unit of 3,000 Marines, 300 total contaminated service members, including 24 contaminated litter casualties and 75 contaminated ambulatory casualties, the researchers assess current policies and capabilities pertaining to the recovery and decontamination of ashore forces aboard ships and identify policy options the Navy could pursue to better perform this mission. They develop a set of policies to increase the Navy's capability to recover and transport contaminated land forces to amphibious assault groups and propose doctrine to support operational decisions
    Note: "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Approved for public release; distribution unlimited , Includes bibliographical references (pages 54-55)
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  • 84
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    ISBN: 9780833084255 , 0833084275 , 0833084259 , 9780833084279
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (40 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation research report series RR-401-A
    Parallel Title: Print version Chalk, Peter U.S. Army in Southeast Asia : Near-Term and Long-Term Roles
    Keywords: United States Planning ; United States ; Security, International ; Security, International ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; Other ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; HISTORY ; Asia ; Southeast Asia ; Armed Forces ; Military relations ; Armed Forces ; Planning ; Security, International ; Law, Politics & Government ; International Relations ; Southeast Asia ; United States ; United States Military relations ; United States Armed Forces ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This RAND report explores the role and force posture of the U.S. Army in Southeast Asia, both now and out to 2020. The author argues that, under the current, largely benign conditions, the military will focus mainly on supporting defense reform and modernization, facilitating disaster relief response operations, providing assistance to address nonconventional transnational threats, and helping to balance China's increased influence into the region. If the security outlook in Southeast Asia remains favorable, these mission areas will not fundamentally change over the near term. However, should the general outlook deteriorate, perhaps as a result of a severe economic slowdown, the geopolitical environment will become far less certain and more prone to crisis. Governments that have derived legitimacy from rapid development would suffer from a loss of grassroots support. State-to-state rivalries would become more acute, especially with regard to the South China Sea disputes. And natural catastrophes would take on greater security relevance because of tighter fiscal constraints for underwriting disaster preparedness and response. To meet these challenges, the United States will need to adopt an agile strategy that is thin in physical presence but broad in programmatic execution. Specifically, there are four areas in which the Army should concentrate its efforts: (1) enhancing the defense capacities of partner nations to meet both conventional and nonconventional dangers; (2) concluding new base agreements for hosting small, mission-oriented expeditionary forces; (3) expanding support for regional humanitarian assistance activities; and (4) initiating appropriate responses to counter a more outwardly adventurist China
    Abstract: This RAND report explores the role and force posture of the U.S. Army in Southeast Asia, both now and out to 2020. The author argues that, under the current, largely benign conditions, the military will focus mainly on supporting defense reform and modernization, facilitating disaster relief response operations, providing assistance to address nonconventional transnational threats, and helping to balance China's increased influence into the region. If the security outlook in Southeast Asia remains favorable, these mission areas will not fundamentally change over the near term. However, should the general outlook deteriorate, perhaps as a result of a severe economic slowdown, the geopolitical environment will become far less certain and more prone to crisis. Governments that have derived legitimacy from rapid development would suffer from a loss of grassroots support. State-to-state rivalries would become more acute, especially with regard to the South China Sea disputes. And natural catastrophes would take on greater security relevance because of tighter fiscal constraints for underwriting disaster preparedness and response. To meet these challenges, the United States will need to adopt an agile strategy that is thin in physical presence but broad in programmatic execution. Specifically, there are four areas in which the Army should concentrate its efforts: (1) enhancing the defense capacities of partner nations to meet both conventional and nonconventional dangers; (2) concluding new base agreements for hosting small, mission-oriented expeditionary forces; (3) expanding support for regional humanitarian assistance activities; and (4) initiating appropriate responses to counter a more outwardly adventurist China
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  • 85
    ISBN: 9780833082992 , 083308299X
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 PDF file (xix, 74 pages)))
    Series Statement: Research report
    DDC: 610.71173
    Keywords: Residents (Medicine) Training of ; Medical policy ; Medical colleges ; Residents (Medicine) ; Medical policy ; Medical colleges ; Medicare economics ; Hospitals, Teaching economics ; Internship and Residency economics ; Physicians, Primary Care economics ; Medical policy ; United States ; Medical colleges ; Residents (Medicine) ; Training of ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Medicare is the primary vehicle for federal support for physician residency training programs through its graduate medical education payments to teaching hospitals. One important factor influencing the decisions that a teaching hospital makes regarding graduate medical education (GME) program offerings is how the residency programs are likely to affect its financial performance. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) is concerned that the increasing trend toward physician specialization is inconsistent with the needs of an efficient, high-quality, high-value health care delivery system for primary care physicians (MedPAC, 2010). MedPAC asked RAND to use available literature and data to summarize how the costs and benefits of operating residency training programs are likely to vary by specialty. The underlying policy question is whether Medicare support for residency training programs should be restructured to differentiate between programs that are less costly or self-sustaining and those that are more costly to the supporting institution
    Abstract: Medicare is the primary vehicle for federal support for physician residency training programs through its graduate medical education payments to teaching hospitals. One important factor influencing the decisions that a teaching hospital makes regarding graduate medical education (GME) program offerings is how the residency programs are likely to affect its financial performance. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) is concerned that the increasing trend toward physician specialization is inconsistent with the needs of an efficient, high-quality, high-value health care delivery system for primary care physicians (MedPAC, 2010). MedPAC asked RAND to use available literature and data to summarize how the costs and benefits of operating residency training programs are likely to vary by specialty. The underlying policy question is whether Medicare support for residency training programs should be restructured to differentiate between programs that are less costly or self-sustaining and those that are more costly to the supporting institution
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  • 86
    ISBN: 9780833085207 , 0833085204
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (52 pages)
    Keywords: RAND Suicide Prevention Program ; RAND Suicide Prevention Program ; Suicidal behavior Treatment ; Suicide Prevention ; Evaluation ; Suicidal behavior ; Suicide ; United States ; Suicidal behavior ; Treatment ; PSYCHOLOGY ; Suicide ; Electronic books
    Note: "RAND National Defense Research Institute
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  • 87
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    ISBN: 9780833076380 , 0833083236 , 0833076388 , 9780833083234
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxix, 118 pages)
    Series Statement: Technical report
    Parallel Title: Print version Crowley, James C., 1945- Adapting the Army's training and leader development programs for future challenges
    Keywords: United States Officers ; Training of ; United States ; Command of troops Study and teaching ; Military education ; Leadership Study and teaching ; Command of troops ; Military education ; Leadership ; Command of troops ; Study and teaching ; Leadership ; Study and teaching ; Military education ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Training ; Armed Forces ; Officers ; Training of ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The Army's operational requirements have expanded since the start of the 21st century. Its forces must be prepared to react to a wide range of potential missions, ranging from peacekeeping to high-intensity conflict, and these complex preparation activities must be accomplished even while a significant proportion of its structure is deployed and operationally engaged. Complicating force preparation is the consideration that Army budgets are facing large reductions and efficiency is of increasing importance. This new environment generates a need for major changes to the Army's programs for training units and developing leaders. RAND Arroyo Center undertook research designed to support Army efforts in these areas by examining the Army's processes for managing its training and leader development programs. This examination concluded that current processes are not set up for making major, integrated changes across the range of training and leader development programs and that these processes need major change. Especially important is the lack of a true businesslike approach for making resource allocation decisions that achieve the best possible overall readiness benefit. Based on this examination, specific directions for improving training and leader development management processes are developed and presented. This report should be of interest to those involved in designing Army training and leader development strategies and those involved in the process of providing resources for their implementation
    Abstract: The Army's operational requirements have expanded since the start of the 21st century. Its forces must be prepared to react to a wide range of potential missions, ranging from peacekeeping to high-intensity conflict, and these complex preparation activities must be accomplished even while a significant proportion of its structure is deployed and operationally engaged. Complicating force preparation is the consideration that Army budgets are facing large reductions and efficiency is of increasing importance. This new environment generates a need for major changes to the Army's programs for training units and developing leaders. RAND Arroyo Center undertook research designed to support Army efforts in these areas by examining the Army's processes for managing its training and leader development programs. This examination concluded that current processes are not set up for making major, integrated changes across the range of training and leader development programs and that these processes need major change. Especially important is the lack of a true businesslike approach for making resource allocation decisions that achieve the best possible overall readiness benefit. Based on this examination, specific directions for improving training and leader development management processes are developed and presented. This report should be of interest to those involved in designing Army training and leader development strategies and those involved in the process of providing resources for their implementation
    Note: "Prepared for the United States Army , "Arroyo Center , Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-118)
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  • 88
    ISBN: 9780833078070 , 0833083295 , 0833078070 , 9780833083296
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxi, 109 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Assessment of beddown alternatives for the F-35
    Keywords: United States Appropriations and expenditures ; United States Reorganization ; United States ; United States ; F-35 (Military aircraft) Costs ; F-35 (Military aircraft) ; United States ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Armed Forces ; Appropriations and expenditures ; Armed Forces ; Reorganization ; Electronic books
    Abstract: As currently planned, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is the most costly aircraft acquisition program in Defense Department history. One approach to ensuring program affordability could be to increase the number of Primary Aerospace Vehicles Authorized (PAA) per combat-coded squadron, with a resulting reduction in the number of F-35 combat-coded squadrons. RAND explored the impact of increasing the PAA per squadron, adjusting the mix of PAA across the Active and Reserve Components, and adjusting the percentage of the Active Component PAA assigned to home-station locations in the continental United States. Researchers considered 28 beddown alternatives, with a maximum of 36 PAA per squadron, and determined that all beddowns could satisfy surge deployment requirements and most could also satisfy rotational requirements within specified deploy-to-dwell ratios. Increasing squadron size was determined to significantly reduce (a) the flying costs necessary to achieve pilot absorption requirements, (b) maintenance manpower requirements, and (c) total support equipment procurement costs, while little additional infrastructure capacity would be required under any of the 28 basing alternatives considered. Additional analysis suggested that assignment policy would have more effect on leader development than either squadron size or the active-reserve mix
    Abstract: As currently planned, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is the most costly aircraft acquisition program in Defense Department history. One approach to ensuring program affordability could be to increase the number of Primary Aerospace Vehicles Authorized (PAA) per combat-coded squadron, with a resulting reduction in the number of F-35 combat-coded squadrons. RAND explored the impact of increasing the PAA per squadron, adjusting the mix of PAA across the Active and Reserve Components, and adjusting the percentage of the Active Component PAA assigned to home-station locations in the continental United States. Researchers considered 28 beddown alternatives, with a maximum of 36 PAA per squadron, and determined that all beddowns could satisfy surge deployment requirements and most could also satisfy rotational requirements within specified deploy-to-dwell ratios. Increasing squadron size was determined to significantly reduce (a) the flying costs necessary to achieve pilot absorption requirements, (b) maintenance manpower requirements, and (c) total support equipment procurement costs, while little additional infrastructure capacity would be required under any of the 28 basing alternatives considered. Additional analysis suggested that assignment policy would have more effect on leader development than either squadron size or the active-reserve mix
    Note: "RAND Project Air Force , "This research was conducted within the Resource Management Program of RAND PAF"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-109)
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  • 89
    ISBN: 9781922144935 , 1922144932 , 9781922144928 , 1922144924
    Language: English
    Keywords: Intellectual property Papua New Guinea. ; Cultural property Papua New Guinea. ; Biotechnology Papua New Guinea. ; Cultural property ; Biotechnology ; Intellectual property ; Cultural property ; Biotechnology ; Intellectual property ; LAW ; Intellectual Property ; General ; Australasia, Oceania and other land areas ; Intellectual property law ; Law ; Laws of Specific jurisdictions ; Melanesia ; Oceania ; Papua New Guinea ; Biotechnology ; Cultural property ; Intellectual property ; Papua New Guinea ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Intellectual, biological and cultural property rights are a powerful and debatable topic. They offer the possibility for protection of rights to intangible resources, including the products of knowledge and creativity. The forces of globalisation have made this subject of immediate, international concern. Struggles for ownership of intellectual property occur between and within local and global arenas. This book examines important questions which Papua New Guinea must ask in the development of intellectual property legislation. The chapters are written by specialists in the fields of medicine, law, the environment, music, genetics and traditional cultural knowledge. The wise and creative protection of intellectual, biological and cultural property is important if Papua New Guinea is to successfully define and realise its future. This book is for all those interested in finding the best policies for protecting these rights wherever they may live and work.
    Abstract: 1. Introduction / Mark Busse and Kathy Whimp -- 2. Intellectual property rights in Papua New Guinea / Leslie Harroun -- 3. Multiple perspectives on intellectual property / Marilyn Strathern -- 4. Copyrighting traditional Tolai knowledge? / Jacob L Simet -- 5. The National Cultural Property (Preservation) Act / Mark Busse -- 6. Ownership of ideas and things / John D Muke -- 7. Stealing music from/in Papua New Guinea / Don Niles -- 8. Plant genetic resources of Papua New Guinea : some thoughts on intellectual property rights / Rosa Kambuou -- 9. Genetic, biochemical and medicinal resources : how much can we own, protect and receive credit for? / Lohi Matainaho -- 10. Access to genetic resources : legal and policy issues / Kathy Whimp -- 11. The search for an interim solution / Brendan Tobin
    Note: Includes index , English
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  • 90
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    ISBN: 9780833078919 , 0833078917 , 9780833078902 , 0833078933 , 0833078909 , 0833078925 , 9780833078926 , 9780833078933
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 193 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Gompert, David C Sea power and American interests in the western Pacific
    Keywords: Naval strategy ; Sea-power ; Geopolitics ; Sea-power ; Sea-power ; Naval strategy ; Sea-power ; Geopolitics ; Sea-power ; Sea-power ; Sea-power ; Strategic aspects of individual places ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Naval Science - General ; China ; Pacific Area ; United States ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Marine & Naval ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Geopolitics ; Naval strategy ; International relations ; China Strategic aspects ; United States Relations ; China Relations ; China ; United States ; China ; Electronic books
    Abstract: China sees American sea power in East Asian waters as threatening to itself, its regional aspirations, and possibly its global access. So it is mounting a challenge with anti-ship missiles, submarines, and a growing fleet of its own. However, the United States will not relinquish its sea power, which it sees as needed to maintain its influence and stability, despite China's growing might, in this vital region. History shows that rivalries between established and rising sea powers tend to end badly, to wit: Britain versus Germany before World War I and the United States versus Japan before World War II. In this case, technology that enables the targeting of surface ships, especially aircraft carriers, favors the challenger, China. The United States can exploit technology more boldly than it has previously to make its sea power less vulnerable by relying more on submarines, drones, and smaller, elusive, widely distributed strike platforms. Yet, such a U.S. strategy could take decades and even then be vulnerable to Chinese cyber-war. Therefore, in parallel with making its sea power more survivable, the United States should propose an alternative to confrontation at sea: East Asian multilateral maritime-security cooperation, with China invited to join. While China might be wary that such a regional arrangement would be designed to contain and constrain it, the alternative of exclusion and isolation could induce China to join
    Abstract: China sees American sea power in East Asian waters as threatening to itself, its regional aspirations, and possibly its global access. So it is mounting a challenge with anti-ship missiles, submarines, and a growing fleet of its own. However, the United States will not relinquish its sea power, which it sees as needed to maintain its influence and stability, despite China's growing might, in this vital region. History shows that rivalries between established and rising sea powers tend to end badly, to wit: Britain versus Germany before World War I and the United States versus Japan before World War II. In this case, technology that enables the targeting of surface ships, especially aircraft carriers, favors the challenger, China. The United States can exploit technology more boldly than it has previously to make its sea power less vulnerable by relying more on submarines, drones, and smaller, elusive, widely distributed strike platforms. Yet, such a U.S. strategy could take decades and even then be vulnerable to Chinese cyber-war. Therefore, in parallel with making its sea power more survivable, the United States should propose an alternative to confrontation at sea: East Asian multilateral maritime-security cooperation, with China invited to join. While China might be wary that such a regional arrangement would be designed to contain and constrain it, the alternative of exclusion and isolation could induce China to join
    Note: "Rand National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references
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  • 91
    ISBN: 9780833079282 , 083307928X , 9780833078469 , 0833079301 , 0833078461 , 0833079298 , 9780833079299 , 9780833079305
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (46 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Project AIR FORCE series on resiliency
    Parallel Title: Print version McGene, Juliana Social fitness and resilience
    Keywords: United States Airmen ; Psychology ; United States ; Psychology, Military ; Airmen Family relationships ; Sociology, Military ; Social networks ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; Psychology, Military ; Airmen ; Sociology, Military ; Social networks ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; United States ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; MEDICAL ; Preventive Medicine ; Psychology, Military ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; Social networks ; Sociology, Military ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military & Naval Science ; Military Science - General ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Social fitness definition and constructs -- Definition -- Constructs -- Measures of social fitness, sources of social fitness, and the link to well-being -- Measures of social fitness -- Social support from family and the link to well-being -- Social support from friends, co-workers, and unit members, and the link to well-being -- Social support from neighborhoods, cyber communities, and imagined communities -- Social networks and well-being -- Negative aspects of social ties -- Summary -- Barriers and bridges to social support -- Intra-individual factors -- Interpersonal factors -- Interventions to promote social fitness -- Efforts related to intra-individual factors and social support -- Efforts related to interpersonal factors and social support -- Efforts related to the influence of social support on well-being -- Conclusion
    Abstract: Social fitness definition and constructs -- Definition -- Constructs -- Measures of social fitness, sources of social fitness, and the link to well-being -- Measures of social fitness -- Social support from family and the link to well-being -- Social support from friends, co-workers, and unit members, and the link to well-being -- Social support from neighborhoods, cyber communities, and imagined communities -- Social networks and well-being -- Negative aspects of social ties -- Summary -- Barriers and bridges to social support -- Intra-individual factors -- Interpersonal factors -- Interventions to promote social fitness -- Efforts related to intra-individual factors and social support -- Efforts related to interpersonal factors and social support -- Efforts related to the influence of social support on well-being -- Conclusion
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 31-46)
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  • 92
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    ISBN: 9780833079589 , 0833079611 , 0833079581 , 9780833079619
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (11, [1] pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Syria as an arena of strategic competition
    Keywords: Politics and government ; History & Archaeology ; Syria ; Middle East ; Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East ; History ; HISTORY ; Middle East ; General ; Civil War (Syria : 2011- ) ; Diplomatic relations ; Syria Foreign relations 1971- ; Syria History Civil War, 2011- ; Syria Politics and government 2000- ; Syria ; Syria ; Syria ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Less than two years since the beginning of the uprising in Syria, localized protests have morphed into full-blown civil conflict. Along with internal escalation, the conflict has drawn in external actors, including Syria's neighbors and extra-regional powers. With the regional balance of power hinging on the conflict's outcome, Middle Eastern and extra-regional states have taken sides -- some in support of the Assad regime, others in support of the opposition. RAND convened a group of 26 experts who cover Syria and the various external players to participate in an analytic exercise on November 16, 2012, to generate a greater understanding of the parties and issues in play. The report begins by analyzing what is driving both regional (e.g., Iran and Saudi Arabia) and extra-regional (e.g., Russia) players to intervene in the Syrian conflict. It then proceeds to look at the internal actors (e.g., the Free Syrian Army and Alawite community) that may operate as conduits of external influence. The report concludes with an examination of the relationships between external and internal actors and possible effects of these groups' actions."--Rand Corporation web site
    Abstract: "With the regional balance of power hinging on the outcome of the Syrian uprising, RAND conducted an analytic exercise to generate a greater understanding of how external actors are shaping the conflict."--Rand Corporation web site
    Note: "RAND Corporation research report series."--Web page (PDF) , "This research was conducted within the Intelligence Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute ..."--Page [12] , Includes bibliographical references
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  • 93
    ISBN: 9780833081131 , 0833081136 , 9780833076724 , 0833076728
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 76 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand corporation technical report TR-1250-DOS
    Parallel Title: Available in another form
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    DDC: 363.738/74
    Keywords: United States Evaluation ; United States ; Methane Environmental aspects ; Greenhouse gas mitigation Government policy ; Greenhouse gas mitigation Evaluation ; Methane ; Greenhouse gas mitigation ; Greenhouse gas mitigation ; Methane ; Environmental aspects ; Civil & Environmental Engineering ; Evaluation ; Environmental Engineering ; United States ; Engineering & Applied Sciences ; Greenhouse gas mitigation ; Government policy ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Methane is a short-lived greenhouse gas that is released during the production and transport of coal, natural gas, and oil; the raising of livestock and other agricultural practices; and the decay of organic waste in municipal solid waste landfills and some wastewater treatment systems. Although it is short-lived, methane has more than 20 times the atmospheric warming effect of carbon dioxide. However, it is a primary component of natural gas, so efforts to reduce methane emissions can take advantage of technologies that capture and reuse the gas as a fuel, potentially bringing about cost-effective reductions in emissions. The Global Methane Initiative (GMI) is a voluntary international partnership that promotes methane recovery and reuse activities in developing and transition economies. Program partners and funders include national governments, private-sector firms, development banks, and nongovernmental organizations. As a founding member of the partnership, the U.S. government contributes funding and other types of support to GMI primarily through the U.S. Department of State (specifically, its Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs and its Office of Global Change) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. To help gauge the effects and value added of its support for the program, the Department of State requested an evaluation of GMI's activities and outcomes relative to its contributions in fiscal years 2006-2010. The evaluation employed a mixed-methods approach that combined quantitative and qualitative information to document program resources and activities and to illustrate program outcomes, including information from in-country site visits. The report also presents some recommendations for how data collection could be improved to answer more sophisticated questions in the future about the effectiveness of GMI and the value added by the department's contributions
    Abstract: Methane is a short-lived greenhouse gas that is released during the production and transport of coal, natural gas, and oil; the raising of livestock and other agricultural practices; and the decay of organic waste in municipal solid waste landfills and some wastewater treatment systems. Although it is short-lived, methane has more than 20 times the atmospheric warming effect of carbon dioxide. However, it is a primary component of natural gas, so efforts to reduce methane emissions can take advantage of technologies that capture and reuse the gas as a fuel, potentially bringing about cost-effective reductions in emissions. The Global Methane Initiative (GMI) is a voluntary international partnership that promotes methane recovery and reuse activities in developing and transition economies. Program partners and funders include national governments, private-sector firms, development banks, and nongovernmental organizations. As a founding member of the partnership, the U.S. government contributes funding and other types of support to GMI primarily through the U.S. Department of State (specifically, its Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs and its Office of Global Change) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. To help gauge the effects and value added of its support for the program, the Department of State requested an evaluation of GMI's activities and outcomes relative to its contributions in fiscal years 2006-2010. The evaluation employed a mixed-methods approach that combined quantitative and qualitative information to document program resources and activities and to illustrate program outcomes, including information from in-country site visits. The report also presents some recommendations for how data collection could be improved to answer more sophisticated questions in the future about the effectiveness of GMI and the value added by the department's contributions
    Note: "RAND Environment, Energy, and Economic Development Program , "This research was conducted in the Environment, Energy, and Economic Development Program (EEED) within RAND Justice, Infrastructure, and Environment (JIE)"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references (pages 75-76)
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  • 94
    ISBN: 192502105X , 9781925021059
    Language: English
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Mulgan, Aurelia George Japan's failed revolution : Koizumi and the politics of economic reform
    Keywords: Japan ; Politics and government ; Economic policy ; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy ; Japan Politics and government, 1989- ; Japan Economic policy, 1989- ; Japan Politics and government 1989- ; Japan Economic policy 1989- ; Japan ; Japan ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Japan’s Failed Revolution: Koizumi and the Politics of Economic Reform asks why, despite all the high expectations, the Japanese public’s desire for economic reform, and leadership of a majority coalition in a parliamentary democracy, the reformer Prime Minister Koizumi has not achieved the economic reforms expected of him since he surprisingly attained power over a year ago. To unravel this ‘puzzle’, Aurelia George Mulgan eschews the simplicities of both cultural and rational choice explanations and systematically tests the propositions in the comparative literature on ‘failed reform’. The result is one of the best books ever written about contemporary Japanese politics. It explains how, despite British-style parliamentary institutions, Japan’s very ‘un-Westminster’ traditional policymaking process involving the ruling party and the bureaucracy’s structure and linkage has stymied and will probably continue to stymie even a sincere and active Prime Minister’s best reform intentions
    Abstract: Japan’s Failed Revolution: Koizumi and the Politics of Economic Reform asks why, despite all the high expectations, the Japanese public’s desire for economic reform, and leadership of a majority coalition in a parliamentary democracy, the reformer Prime Minister Koizumi has not achieved the economic reforms expected of him since he surprisingly attained power over a year ago. To unravel this ‘puzzle’, Aurelia George Mulgan eschews the simplicities of both cultural and rational choice explanations and systematically tests the propositions in the comparative literature on ‘failed reform’. The result is one of the best books ever written about contemporary Japanese politics. It explains how, despite British-style parliamentary institutions, Japan’s very ‘un-Westminster’ traditional policymaking process involving the ruling party and the bureaucracy’s structure and linkage has stymied and will probably continue to stymie even a sincere and active Prime Minister’s best reform intentions
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  • 95
    ISBN: 9780833078476 , 083307847X , 9780833078483 , 0833078496 , 0833078488 , 0833078453 , 9780833078452 , 9780833078490
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
    Parallel Title: Print version Morgan, Forrest E Crisis stability and long-range strike
    Keywords: Strategic weapons systems ; Deterrence (Strategy) ; Military planning ; Jet fighter planes ; Strategic bombers ; Intercontinental ballistic missiles ; Strategic forces ; Strategic weapons systems ; Deterrence (Strategy) ; Military planning ; Jet fighter planes ; Strategic bombers ; Intercontinental ballistic missiles ; Strategic forces ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; International Relations ; Arms Control ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Deterrence (Strategy) ; Intercontinental ballistic missiles ; Jet fighter planes ; Military planning ; Strategic bombers ; Strategic forces ; Strategic weapons systems ; Armies ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military & Naval Science ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: To effectively manage an international crisis, the United States must balance its threats with restraint. It must posture forces in ways that deter aggression without implying that an attack is imminent, while limiting its own vulnerability to surprise attack. A RAND study sought to identify which long-range strike assets-strike fighters, bombers, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles-offer capabilities most conducive to stabilizing such crises
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
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  • 96
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    Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press
    ISBN: 9781922144799 , 1922144797
    Language: English
    Keywords: Afforestation Scotland. ; Afforestation Environmental aspects ; Scotland. ; Forests and forestry Scotland. ; Sustainable forestry Scotland. ; Afforestation Environmental aspects ; Sustainable forestry ; Forests and forestry ; Afforestation ; Afforestation ; Sustainable forestry ; Forests and forestry ; Afforestation ; SCIENCE ; Life Sciences ; Ecology ; Afforestation ; Afforestation ; Environmental aspects ; Forests and forestry ; Sustainable forestry ; Earth & Environmental Sciences ; Forestry ; Agriculture and farming ; Scotland ; Forestry and silviculture: practice and techniques ; History ; Technology, engineering, agriculture ; Scotland History. ; Scotland History ; Scotland ; Electronic books
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
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  • 97
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    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
    ISBN: 9780833079251 , 0833079271 , 0833078836 , 0833079263 , 0833079255 , 9780833079268 , 9780833078834 , 9780833079275
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 46 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Silberglitt, R.S. (Richard S.) Critical materials
    Keywords: Manufacturing industries ; Raw materials ; Strategic materials ; Manufacturing industries ; Raw materials ; Strategic materials ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; International Relations ; Trade & Tariffs ; Manufacturing industries ; Raw materials ; Strategic materials ; Business & Economics ; Economic History ; United States ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Real Estate ; General ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "The United States economy, and especially its manufacturing sector, is dependent on the supply of raw and semi-finished materials used to make products. While the United States has extensive mineral resources and is a leading global materials producer, a high percentage of many materials critical to U.S. manufacturing are imported, sometimes from a country that has the dominant share of a material's global production and export. This report specifically identifies 14 critical materials for which production is concentrated in countries with weak governance, as indicated by the World Governance Indicators published by the World Bank. China is the controlling producer of 11 of these critical raw materials, nine of which have been identified as having high economic importance and high supply risk. As its market share and domestic consumption of critical materials has grown, China has instituted production controls, export restrictions, mine closings, and company consolidations that have led to two-tier pricing, which creates pressure to move manufacturing to China and contributes to strong price increases for these materials on the world market. To mitigate the impact of these market distortions on the global manufacturing sector, this report suggests the need for actions that (1) increase resiliency to supply disruptions or market distortions and (2) provide early warning of developing problems concerning the concentration of production."--Page 4 of cover
    Abstract: "The United States economy, and especially its manufacturing sector, is dependent on the supply of raw and semi-finished materials used to make products. While the United States has extensive mineral resources and is a leading global materials producer, a high percentage of many materials critical to U.S. manufacturing are imported, sometimes from a country that has the dominant share of a material's global production and export. This report specifically identifies 14 critical materials for which production is concentrated in countries with weak governance, as indicated by the World Governance Indicators published by the World Bank. China is the controlling producer of 11 of these critical raw materials, nine of which have been identified as having high economic importance and high supply risk. As its market share and domestic consumption of critical materials has grown, China has instituted production controls, export restrictions, mine closings, and company consolidations that have led to two-tier pricing, which creates pressure to move manufacturing to China and contributes to strong price increases for these materials on the world market. To mitigate the impact of these market distortions on the global manufacturing sector, this report suggests the need for actions that (1) increase resiliency to supply disruptions or market distortions and (2) provide early warning of developing problems concerning the concentration of production."--Page 4 of cover
    Note: "RAND National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 43-46)
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  • 98
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    [Santa Monica, CA] : RAND
    ISBN: 9780833078728 , 0833078720 , 9780833078681 , 0833078747 , 0833078682 , 9780833078742
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (7 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR145
    Keywords: Afghan War, 2001- Manpower ; Measurement ; Iraq War, 2003-2011 Manpower ; Measurement ; Deployment (Strategy) Measurement ; Afghan War, 2001- ; Iraq War, 2003-2011 ; Deployment (Strategy) ; Afghan War (2001- ) ; HISTORY ; Military ; Other ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; HISTORY ; Military ; Afghan War (2001- ) ; Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East ; History & Archaeology ; Middle East ; Iraq ; United States ; Iraq War (2003-2011) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: In October 2008, Army leadership asked the RAND Arroyo Center to assess the demands placed upon the Army by deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. The resulting analysis found that the Army had provided over 1 million troop-years to Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In addition, most active-duty soldiers deploying to these operations were on their second or third tour. This report serves as an update to the original documented briefing. The Army has now provided more than 1.5 million troop-years to OEF and OIF/Operation New Dawn. There have also been two noteworthy trends since the original study: From December 2008 to December 2011, the cumulative amount of time that a soldier has spent deployed has increased (on average) by 28 percent, and the fraction of active-duty soldiers who have not yet deployed has decreased, from 33 percent to 27 percent
    Abstract: In October 2008, Army leadership asked the RAND Arroyo Center to assess the demands placed upon the Army by deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. The resulting analysis found that the Army had provided over 1 million troop-years to Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In addition, most active-duty soldiers deploying to these operations were on their second or third tour. This report serves as an update to the original documented briefing. The Army has now provided more than 1.5 million troop-years to OEF and OIF/Operation New Dawn. There have also been two noteworthy trends since the original study: From December 2008 to December 2011, the cumulative amount of time that a soldier has spent deployed has increased (on average) by 28 percent, and the fraction of active-duty soldiers who have not yet deployed has decreased, from 33 percent to 27 percent
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF p.1 screen (viewed on Apr. 5, 2013)
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  • 99
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
    ISBN: 9780833081919 , 0833081918 , 9780833076663 , 0833076663
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 67 pages)
    Series Statement: Technical report TR-1275-AF
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Robbert, Albert A., 1944- Costs of flying units in Air Force active and reserve components
    Keywords: United States Operational readiness ; United States Costs ; Evaluation ; United States Costs ; Evaluation ; United States Appropriations and expenditures ; Evaluation ; United States Management ; United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; Aviation ; Armed Forces ; Appropriations and expenditures ; Evaluation ; Armed Forces ; Management ; Armed Forces ; Operational readiness ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Air Forces ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The relative costs of operating and supporting Air Force active- and reserve-component units are an important consideration in programming the mix of forces for various missions. Unfortunately, there are no generally accepted or well-documented methodologies for compiling the costs and output measures to be included in these comparisons. This report describes the development of one such methodology and applies it to an exploration of force mix alternatives in several weapon systems. Using data from the Air Force Total Ownership Cost decision support system from fiscal years 2006 through 2010, the author estimates the cost of operating the C-130 tactical airlifter, KC-135 aerial refueler, and F-16 multirole fighter fleets in Air Force active and reserve components. The author highlights the ways in which cost considerations favor the active and reserve components differently and discusses how this can help determine a cost-minimizing active/reserve mix
    Abstract: The relative costs of operating and supporting Air Force active- and reserve-component units are an important consideration in programming the mix of forces for various missions. Unfortunately, there are no generally accepted or well-documented methodologies for compiling the costs and output measures to be included in these comparisons. This report describes the development of one such methodology and applies it to an exploration of force mix alternatives in several weapon systems. Using data from the Air Force Total Ownership Cost decision support system from fiscal years 2006 through 2010, the author estimates the cost of operating the C-130 tactical airlifter, KC-135 aerial refueler, and F-16 multirole fighter fleets in Air Force active and reserve components. The author highlights the ways in which cost considerations favor the active and reserve components differently and discusses how this can help determine a cost-minimizing active/reserve mix
    Note: "Approved for public release; distribution inlimited , "Prepared for the United States Air Force , Includes bibliographical references (page 67)
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  • 100
    ISBN: 9780833078285 , 0833078283 , 9780833078308 , 0833078305
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (78 pages)
    Series Statement: Occasional paper OP-382-OSD
    Keywords: United States Rules and practice ; United States ; Military offenses ; Rape victims Medical care ; Rape victims Psychology ; Soldiers Crimes against ; Military offenses ; Rape victims ; Rape victims ; Soldiers ; United States ; MEDICAL ; Research ; MEDICAL ; Mental Health ; MEDICAL ; Health Risk Assessment ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Disease & Health Issues ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Human Resources & Personnel Management ; Armed Forces ; Medical care ; Military offenses ; Rape victims ; Medical care ; Rape victims ; Psychology ; United States ; Rules ; United States Armed Forces ; Medical care ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This paper reviews data on the prevalence of sexual assault among servicemembers, predictors of disclosure, efforts to improve disclosure, victim needs and DoD efforts to provide necessary resources in the immediate aftermath of a sexual assault. The authors compared civilian and DoD guidelines for care and found them to be generally consistent. However, little is known about the fidelity with which DoD recommendations are implemented
    Abstract: This paper reviews data on the prevalence of sexual assault among servicemembers, predictors of disclosure, efforts to improve disclosure, victim needs and DoD efforts to provide necessary resources in the immediate aftermath of a sexual assault. The authors compared civilian and DoD guidelines for care and found them to be generally consistent. However, little is known about the fidelity with which DoD recommendations are implemented
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