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    Multi-dimensional review of Panama (2017-)
    Paris : OECD
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    Language: English
    Keywords: Panama Economic conditions ; Panama Economic policy ; Congresses ; Panama Social conditions ; Congresses ; Panama Economic policy ; Electronic books
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    Measuring success in health care value-based purchasing programs : summary and recommendations (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833083951 , 0833085514 , 0833083953 , 9780833085511
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 54 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report RR-308/1-ASPE
    Parallel Title: Print version Damberg, Cheryl Measuring success in health care value-based purchasing programs
    Keywords: Health care reform ; Medicare ; Health services administration ; Purchasing Management ; Medical care Purchasing ; Government purchasing ; Health care reform ; Medicare ; Health services administration ; Purchasing ; Medical care ; Government purchasing ; Health Services Administration ; Value-Based Purchasing ; Delivery of Health Care ; Health Care Reform ; Medicare ; Government purchasing ; Health care reform ; Health services administration ; Medicare ; Purchasing ; Management ; United States ; United States
    Abstract: Value-based purchasing (VBP) refers to a broad set of performance-based payment strategies that link financial incentives to health care providers' performance on a set of defined measures in an effort to achieve better value. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is advancing the implementation of VBP across an array of health care settings in the Medicare program in response to requirements in the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and policymakers are grappling with many decisions about how best to design and implement VBP programs so that they are successful in achieving stated goals. This report summarizes the current state of knowledge about VBP programs, focusing on pay-for-performance programs, accountable care organizations, and bundled payment programs. The authors discuss VBP program goals and what constitutes success; the evidence on the impact of these programs; factors that characterize high- and low-performing providers in VBP programs; the measures, incentive structures, and benchmarks used by VBP programs; evidence on spillover effects and unintended consequences; and gaps in the knowledge base. The report concludes with a set of recommendations for the design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of VBP programs and a discussion of HHS's efforts in this regard
    Abstract: Value-based purchasing (VBP) refers to a broad set of performance-based payment strategies that link financial incentives to health care providers' performance on a set of defined measures in an effort to achieve better value. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is advancing the implementation of VBP across an array of health care settings in the Medicare program in response to requirements in the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and policymakers are grappling with many decisions about how best to design and implement VBP programs so that they are successful in achieving stated goals. This report summarizes the current state of knowledge about VBP programs, focusing on pay-for-performance programs, accountable care organizations, and bundled payment programs. The authors discuss VBP program goals and what constitutes success; the evidence on the impact of these programs; factors that characterize high- and low-performing providers in VBP programs; the measures, incentive structures, and benchmarks used by VBP programs; evidence on spillover effects and unintended consequences; and gaps in the knowledge base. The report concludes with a set of recommendations for the design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of VBP programs and a discussion of HHS's efforts in this regard
    Note: "Sponsored by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services."--Title page verso , "RAND Health , "RAND Corporation research report series."--Web page (PDF) , "RR-306/1-ASPE."--Page 4 of printed paper wrapper , Includes bibliographical references (pages 45-54)
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    Changing the Victorian Subject (2014)
    University of Adelaide : University of Adelaide Press
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    ISBN: 9781922064738 , 1922064742 , 1922064734 , 9781922064745
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (292 pages)
    Keywords: Literary and cultural theory ; Colonies ; Cultural studies ; Literary and cultural theory ; Colonies ; Cultural studies ; Literature and literary studies ; Literature: history and criticism ; Colonies ; Victoria ; Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 ; Literary studies: general ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The essays in this collection examine how both colonial and British authors engage with Victorian subjects and subjectivities in their work. Some essays explore the emergence of a key trope within colonial texts: the negotiation of Victorian and settler-subject positions. Others argue for new readings of key metropolitan texts and their repositioning within literary history. These essays work to recognise the plurality of the rubric of the 'Victorian' and to expand how the category of Victorian studies can be understood
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    In the eye of the beholder : what six nineteenth-century women tell us about indigenous authority and identity (2014)
    Anu, Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press
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    ISBN: 9781925021967 , 1925021963 , 9781925021974 , 1925021971
    Language: English
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Dawson, Barbara (Barbara Chambers) In the eye of the beholder : what six nineteenth-century women tell us about indigenous authority and identity
    Keywords: Women pioneers Australia ; Attitudes. ; Intercultural communication Australia, 19th century. ; Aboriginal Australians Public opinion ; History. ; Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of Australia ; History, 1851-1901. ; Intercultural communication 19th century ; Aboriginal Australians Public opinion ; History ; Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of History 1851-1901 ; Women pioneers Attitudes ; Intercultural communication ; Aboriginal Australians ; Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of ; Women pioneers ; Indigenous peoples ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Women's Studies ; Aboriginal Australians ; Public opinion ; Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of ; Intercultural communication ; Race relations ; Women pioneers ; Attitudes ; History & Archaeology ; Regions & Countries - Australia & Pacific Islands - Oceania ; Australia ; History ; Australia Race relations ; History, 1851-1901. ; Australia Race relations 1851-1901 ; History ; Australia ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This book offers a fresh perspective in the debate on settler perceptions of Indigenous Australians. It draws together a suite of little known colonial women (apart from Eliza Fraser) and investigates their writings for what they reveal about their attitudes to, views on and beliefs about Aboriginal people, as presented in their published works. The way that reader expectations and publishers requirements slanted their representations forms part of this analysis. All six women write of their first-hand experiences on Australian frontiers of settlement. The division into adventurers (Eliza Fraser, Eliza Davies and Emily Cowl) and longer-term settlers (Katherine Kirkland, Mary McConnel and Rose Scott Cowen) allows interrogation into the differing representations between those with a transitory knowledge of Indigenous people and those who had a close and more permanent relationship with Indigenous women, even encompassing individual friendship. More pertinently, the book strives to reveal the aspects, largely overlooked in colonial narratives, of Indigenous agency, authority and individuality
    Abstract: This book offers a fresh perspective in the debate on settler perceptions of Indigenous Australians. It draws together a suite of little known colonial women (apart from Eliza Fraser) and investigates their writings for what they reveal about their attitudes to, views on and beliefs about Aboriginal people, as presented in their published works. The way that reader expectations and publishers requirements slanted their representations forms part of this analysis. All six women write of their first-hand experiences on Australian frontiers of settlement. The division into adventurers (Eliza Fraser, Eliza Davies and Emily Cowl) and longer-term settlers (Katherine Kirkland, Mary McConnel and Rose Scott Cowen) allows interrogation into the differing representations between those with a transitory knowledge of Indigenous people and those who had a close and more permanent relationship with Indigenous women, even encompassing individual friendship. More pertinently, the book strives to reveal the aspects, largely overlooked in colonial narratives, of Indigenous agency, authority and individuality
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    Improving demographic diversity in the U.S. Air Force officer corps (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833084286 , 0833086960 , 0833084283 , 9780833086969
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 70 pages)
    Series Statement: Project Air Force report
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation Research report series
    Parallel Title: Print version Lim, Nelson Improving demographic diversity in the U.S. Air Force officer corps
    Keywords: United States Officers ; United States ; Diversity in the workplace ; Diversity in the workplace ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; Aviation ; Air Forces ; Armed Forces ; Officers ; Diversity in the workplace ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Despite the Air Force's efforts to create a force that mirrors the racial, ethnic, and gender differences of the nation's population, minority groups and women are underrepresented in the active-duty line officer population, especially at senior levels (i.e., colonel and above). This report examines the reasons for this, with the goal of identifying potential policy responses. The authors analyzed data from multiple sources on Air Force eligibility, youths' intention to serve, accessions, retention, and promotion. A key finding is that African Americans and Hispanics are underrepresented in the Air Force compared with the nation's population mainly because they meet Air Force officer eligibility requirements at lower rates (e.g., they are much less likely than whites to have a college degree). Another reason for lower representation of minorities and women among senior leaders is that, once in the military, women and minorities are less likely to choose career fields that give them the highest potential to become senior leaders. In addition, female officers have lower retention rates than male officers, and the reasons for this are not clear. Finally, the authors comprehensively examined the Air Force promotion system and found no evidence to suggest it treats women and minorities differently than white men with similar records. The authors recommend that the Air Force should seek comparable quality across ethnic/minority groups in the accession processes, since competitiveness even at this stage is a predictor of promotion success. More racial/ethnic minorities and women who are cadets and officers should be in rated career fields, which have the highest promotion rates to the senior ranks."--Publisher's website
    Abstract: "Despite the Air Force's efforts to create a force that mirrors the racial, ethnic, and gender differences of the nation's population, minority groups and women are underrepresented in the active-duty line officer population, especially at senior levels (i.e., colonel and above). This report examines the reasons for this, with the goal of identifying potential policy responses. The authors analyzed data from multiple sources on Air Force eligibility, youths' intention to serve, accessions, retention, and promotion. A key finding is that African Americans and Hispanics are underrepresented in the Air Force compared with the nation's population mainly because they meet Air Force officer eligibility requirements at lower rates (e.g., they are much less likely than whites to have a college degree). Another reason for lower representation of minorities and women among senior leaders is that, once in the military, women and minorities are less likely to choose career fields that give them the highest potential to become senior leaders. In addition, female officers have lower retention rates than male officers, and the reasons for this are not clear. Finally, the authors comprehensively examined the Air Force promotion system and found no evidence to suggest it treats women and minorities differently than white men with similar records. The authors recommend that the Air Force should seek comparable quality across ethnic/minority groups in the accession processes, since competitiveness even at this stage is a predictor of promotion success. More racial/ethnic minorities and women who are cadets and officers should be in rated career fields, which have the highest promotion rates to the senior ranks."--Publisher's website
    Note: "RR-495-AF"--Page 4 of cover , Includes bibliographical references (pages 68-70)
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    Competency-based education in three pilot programs : examining implementation and outcomes (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833087256 , 0833089609 , 0833087258 , 9780833089601
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 106 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Steele, Jennifer L Competency-based education in three pilot programs
    Keywords: Competency-based education ; Educational evaluation ; Competency-based education ; Educational evaluation ; United States ; Education ; Educational evaluation ; Education, Special Topics ; EDUCATION ; Evaluation & Assessment ; Social Sciences ; Competency-based education ; Electronic books
    Abstract: In 2011, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation created the Project Mastery grant program to support competency-based education initiatives in large school systems that serve a high proportion of disadvantaged youth. Competency-based education meets students where they are academically, provides students with opportunities for choice, and awards credit for evidence of learning, not for the time students spend studying a subject. The Foundation asked RAND to evaluate these efforts in terms of implementation, students' experiences, and student performance. This report presents final results from that evaluation, offering an overview of competency-based education and the Project Mastery grant projects and describing the implementation of competency-based educational features under each project. The report concludes with six lessons for policy, partnerships, and practice
    Note: "Prepared for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , "RAND Education , Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-106)
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    Measuring Cooperative Biological Engagement Program (CBEP) performance : capacities, capabilities, and sustainability enablers for biorisk management and biosurveillance (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833086938 , 0833089765 , 0833086936 , 9780833089762
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxx, 136 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Young, Stephanie (Political scientist) Measuring Cooperative Biological Engagement Program (CBEP) performance
    Keywords: Cooperative Biological Engagement Program (U.S.) ; Cooperative Biological Engagement Program (U.S.) ; Biological arms control Evaluation ; Public health surveillance Evaluation ; Biosecurity Evaluation ; Biological arms control ; Public health surveillance ; Biosecurity ; Epidemiology & Epidemics ; International Relations ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; International Relations ; Treaties ; Public Health ; Law, Politics & Government ; Health & Biological Sciences ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The Cooperative Biological Engagement Program (CBEP) is the biological threat component of the Cooperative Threat Reduction program. It grew out of efforts to address risks associated with legacy biological agents, related materials, and technical expertise developed as part of the biological weapon program in the former Soviet Union. CBEP now partners with about 20 countries in different regions around the world and works with them to address diverse threats to international security, including terrorist organizations seeking to acquire pathogens of security concern; human, animal, and agricultural facilities operating with inadequate safety and security safeguards; and the spread of diseases with potential security or economic consequences. As the program has evolved since its inception two decades ago, so too have its content and approaches to performance measurement. The objective of the research reported here was to build on existing work to develop a comprehensive evaluation framework and recommend metrics for assessing and communicating progress toward CBEP's goals. The report ultimately recommends a number of qualitative and quantitative indicators of CBEP performance, some that can be implemented immediately, some to be implemented later
    Note: "RAND National Defense Research Institute , "This research was sponsored by the Cooperative Biological Engagement Program in the Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, and conducted within the Acquisition and Technology Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Preface , "Prepared for Cooperative Biological Engagement Program , Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-136)
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    Strategy-policy mismatch : how the U.S. Army can help close gaps in countering weapons of mass destruction (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833086310 , 0833089897 , 0833086316 , 9780833089892
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 130 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Bonds, Tim, 1962- Strategy-policy mismatch
    Keywords: United States Operational readiness ; United States ; Military planning ; Weapons of mass destruction Government policy ; Military planning ; Weapons of mass destruction ; Weapons of mass destruction ; Government policy ; United States ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; International Relations ; Treaties ; Armed Forces ; Operational readiness ; Military planning ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Although two successive presidents have determined that weapons of mass destruction (WMD)--particularly nuclear weapons in the hands of violent extremists--pose the greatest threat to the American people, and have decided that countering their proliferation is a top strategic priority, neither administration has made countering WMD a priority when it comes to allocating budgetary resources to that overarching national mission. In the public domain, little analysis exists that assesses the capacity and capabilities required by military forces to conduct WMD elimination (WMD-E) operations. As a result, public discussion of what capabilities the military requires for such operations generally omits or gives short shrift to requirements for the WMD-E mission. The purpose of this report is to address and analyze those requirements, namely, the ground force capacity (force size) and capabilities (force structure) needed to accomplish WMD-E missions and tasks. In particular, these analyses provide an informed description of the types and size of U.S. Army forces required to conduct WMD-E operations in a wide range of situations
    Abstract: Although two successive presidents have determined that weapons of mass destruction (WMD)--particularly nuclear weapons in the hands of violent extremists--pose the greatest threat to the American people, and have decided that countering their proliferation is a top strategic priority, neither administration has made countering WMD a priority when it comes to allocating budgetary resources to that overarching national mission. In the public domain, little analysis exists that assesses the capacity and capabilities required by military forces to conduct WMD elimination (WMD-E) operations. As a result, public discussion of what capabilities the military requires for such operations generally omits or gives short shrift to requirements for the WMD-E mission. The purpose of this report is to address and analyze those requirements, namely, the ground force capacity (force size) and capabilities (force structure) needed to accomplish WMD-E missions and tasks. In particular, these analyses provide an informed description of the types and size of U.S. Army forces required to conduct WMD-E operations in a wide range of situations
    Note: "RAND Arroyo Center , "Prepared for the United States Army , Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-130)
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    Promoting patient safety through effective health information technology risk management (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833089786 , 0833089781
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Research report
    DDC: 610.285
    Keywords: Data protection ; Medical care Information technology ; Medical records Access control ; Health services administration Information technology ; Management ; Data protection ; Medical care ; Medical records ; Health services administration ; Data protection ; Medical records ; Access control ; United States ; Electronic books
    Note: "Sponsored by the U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology , Includes bibliographical references
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    The RAND online measure repository for evaluating psychological health and traumatic brain injury programs (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833059383 , 0833084852 , 0833059386 , 9780833084859
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 61 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND toolkit v. 2
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR487z2
    Parallel Title: Print version Acosta, Joie D RAND online measure repository for evaluating psychological health and traumatic brain injury programs
    Keywords: Medical care Evaluation ; Mental health services Evaluation ; Brain Wounds and injuries ; Treatment ; Evaluation ; Health services administration ; Psychodiagnostics ; Medical care ; Mental health services ; Brain ; Health services administration ; Psychodiagnostics ; Program Evaluation methods ; Mental Health Services ; Quality Improvement ; Brain Injuries therapy ; United States ; PSYCHOLOGY ; Psychopathology ; Depression ; Health services administration ; Medical care ; Evaluation ; Mental health services ; Evaluation ; Psychodiagnostics ; United States ; Electronic book
    Abstract: Since 2001, U.S. military forces have been engaged in extended conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. While most military personnel cope well across the deployment cycle, the operational tempo may raise the risk of mental health problems, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depression, and consequences from traumatic brain injury (TBI). To support servicemembers and their families as they cope with these challenges, the U.S. Department of Defense has implemented numerous programs addressing biological, social, spiritual, and holistic influences on psychological health along the resilience, prevention, and treatment continuum that focus on a variety of clinical and nonclinical concerns. As these efforts have proliferated, evaluating their effectiveness has become increasingly important. To support the design and implementation of program evaluation, RAND developed the RAND Online Measure Repository (ROMR) which indexes and describes measures related to psychological health and TBI. The ROMR is a publicly accessible, online, searchable database containing 171 measures related to psychological health and TBI. This report describes the rationale for developing the ROMR, the content included in the ROMR, and its potential in both civilian and military populations. The ROMR includes information about measure domains, psychometrics, number of items, and costs, which can inform the selection of measures for program evaluations. Included measures address domains of primary importance to psychological health (PTSD, depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, and resiliency) and TBI (cognition, executive functioning, and memory). Also identified are measures relevant to military units, such as unit cohesion and force readiness and preservation
    Abstract: Since 2001, U.S. military forces have been engaged in extended conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. While most military personnel cope well across the deployment cycle, the operational tempo may raise the risk of mental health problems, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depression, and consequences from traumatic brain injury (TBI). To support servicemembers and their families as they cope with these challenges, the U.S. Department of Defense has implemented numerous programs addressing biological, social, spiritual, and holistic influences on psychological health along the resilience, prevention, and treatment continuum that focus on a variety of clinical and nonclinical concerns. As these efforts have proliferated, evaluating their effectiveness has become increasingly important. To support the design and implementation of program evaluation, RAND developed the RAND Online Measure Repository (ROMR) which indexes and describes measures related to psychological health and TBI. The ROMR is a publicly accessible, online, searchable database containing 171 measures related to psychological health and TBI. This report describes the rationale for developing the ROMR, the content included in the ROMR, and its potential in both civilian and military populations. The ROMR includes information about measure domains, psychometrics, number of items, and costs, which can inform the selection of measures for program evaluations. Included measures address domains of primary importance to psychological health (PTSD, depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, and resiliency) and TBI (cognition, executive functioning, and memory). Also identified are measures relevant to military units, such as unit cohesion and force readiness and preservation
    Note: "Glossary": pages 55-56 , "RR-487/2-OSD."--Page 4 of printed paper wrapper , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury , "RAND Corporation research report series."--Web page (PDF) , "Approved for public release; distribution unlimited , "National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (page 61)
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    Identifying permanently disabled workers with disproportionate earnings losses for supplemental payments (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833085245 , 0833085247
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Keywords: People with disabilities ; Income maintenance programs ; Supplemental security income program ; People with disabilities ; Income maintenance programs ; Supplemental security income program ; Supplemental security income program ; United States ; LAW ; Labor & Employment ; Income maintenance programs ; People with disabilities ; Electronic books
    Note: "Rand Center for Health and Safety in the Workplace , Includes bibliographical references
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    Evaluating the California Mental Health Services Authority's Stigma and Discrimination Reduction initiative : year 1 findings (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833085269 , 0833085263
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (16 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report
    Keywords: Mental illness Public opinion ; Discrimination against the mentally ill ; Mental health services Evaluation ; Mental illness ; Discrimination against the mentally ill ; Mental health services ; Mental illness ; Public opinion ; California ; HISTORY ; United States ; State & Local ; West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) ; Discrimination against the mentally ill ; Mental health services ; Evaluation ; Electronic books
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    Small Ideas for Saving Big Health Care Dollars (2014)
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    ISBN: 9780833082398 , 0833082396 , 9780833085238 , 0833085239
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (12 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Liu, Jodi L.. Small Ideas for Saving Big Health Care Dollars
    Keywords: Savings banks Congresses ; Medical care Finance ; Savings banks ; Medical care ; Medical care ; Finance ; Savings banks ; Finance ; Business & Economics ; Banking ; United States ; MEDICAL ; Medicaid & Medicare ; Conference papers and proceedings ; MEDICAL ; Evidence-Based Medicine ; Electronic books
    Abstract: A focused review of RAND Health research identified small ideas that could save the U.S. health care system 13 to 22 billion per year if successfully implemented. They include changing payment policy for emergency transport and greater use of 4 generic drugs. Small ideas do not require systemic change; thus, they may be both more feasible to operationalize and less likely to encounter stiff political and organizational resistance
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    The association between base-area social and economic characteristics and airmen's outcomes (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833078599 , 0833085190 , 0833078593 , 9780833085191
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 168 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR-132-AF
    Parallel Title: Print version Meadows, Sarah O. (Sarah Opal), 1978- Association between base-area social and economic characteristics and airmen's outcomes
    Keywords: Quality of life Statistics ; Social indicators ; Airmen Social conditions 21st century ; Neighborhoods Social aspects ; Quality of life ; Social indicators ; Airmen ; Neighborhoods ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; HEALTH & FITNESS ; Work-Related Health ; United States ; Statistics ; Neighborhoods ; Social aspects ; Quality of life ; Social indicators ; Military & Naval Science ; Electronic books
    Abstract: To help Air Force Services tailor support for Airmen and their families through analyses of the relevance of neighborhood, or area, characteristics of major Air Force installations located within the United States, researchers applied established social indicators and neighborhood methodology to identify which areas may have greater need for Air Force resources. This document reports the results of that analysis. It examines whether and how base-area characteristics are associated with individual-level Airman outcomes across several different domains. The objective is to help the Air Force identify communities where Airmen and their families may have greater levels of need so that it can adapt programs or resources to counteract stressors related to the base areas and the lack of nonmilitary resources in the area. Using census and personnel data, the authors created a set of area profiles that make up the RAND Base Area Social and Economic Index, or RAND BASE-I, measuring aspects of household composition, employment, income and poverty, housing, social, and transportation of area residents (both military and civilian). These factors are outside of Air Force control; however, Air Force Services may be able to help offset potential negative impacts of community characteristics on Airmen and their families. Using existing Air Force survey data, the authors then assessed whether these base-area characteristics were associated with Airmen's outcomes related to health and well-being, military and neighborhood cohesion, ratings of neighborhood resources, use of on-base resources, satisfaction, and career intentions. The analysis also tested whether Airmen who live off base and commute to work may be more exposed to social and economic conditions in the larger base area than Airmen who primarily live and work on base
    Abstract: To help Air Force Services tailor support for Airmen and their families through analyses of the relevance of neighborhood, or area, characteristics of major Air Force installations located within the United States, researchers applied established social indicators and neighborhood methodology to identify which areas may have greater need for Air Force resources. This document reports the results of that analysis. It examines whether and how base-area characteristics are associated with individual-level Airman outcomes across several different domains. The objective is to help the Air Force identify communities where Airmen and their families may have greater levels of need so that it can adapt programs or resources to counteract stressors related to the base areas and the lack of nonmilitary resources in the area. Using census and personnel data, the authors created a set of area profiles that make up the RAND Base Area Social and Economic Index, or RAND BASE-I, measuring aspects of household composition, employment, income and poverty, housing, social, and transportation of area residents (both military and civilian). These factors are outside of Air Force control; however, Air Force Services may be able to help offset potential negative impacts of community characteristics on Airmen and their families. Using existing Air Force survey data, the authors then assessed whether these base-area characteristics were associated with Airmen's outcomes related to health and well-being, military and neighborhood cohesion, ratings of neighborhood resources, use of on-base resources, satisfaction, and career intentions. The analysis also tested whether Airmen who live off base and commute to work may be more exposed to social and economic conditions in the larger base area than Airmen who primarily live and work on base
    Note: "RR-132-AF"--Back cover , "RAND Project Air Force , Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-168)
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    Chinese Engagement in Africa : Drivers, Reactions, and Implications for U.S. Policy (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833084125 , 0833084143 , 0833084119 , 0833084127 , 9780833084118 , 9780833084149
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 151 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR521
    Parallel Title: Print version Hanauer, Larry Chinese engagement in Africa
    Keywords: Außenpolitik ; Internationale Wirtschaftspolitik ; Wirtschaftshilfe ; Entwicklungshilfe ; Auslandsinvestition ; Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East ; History & Archaeology ; East Asia ; Regions & Countries - Africa ; China ; China ; Afrika ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Government ; International ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; International Relations ; General ; HISTORY ; Africa ; General ; Africa ; International relations ; China Relations ; Africa Relations ; China Foreign public opinion, African ; China ; Africa ; China ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Most analyses of Chinese engagement in Africa focus either on what China gets out of these partnerships or the impacts that China's aid and investment have had on African countries. This analysis approaches Sino-African relations as a vibrant, two-way dynamic in which both sides adjust to policy initiatives and popular perceptions emanating from the other. The authors focus on (1) Chinese and African objectives in the political and economic spheres and how they work to achieve them, (2) African perceptions of Chinese engagement, (3) how China has adjusted its policies to accommodate often-hostile African responses, and (4) whether the United States and China are competing for influence, access, and resources in Africa and how they might cooperate in the region. The authors find that Chinese engagement in the region is primarily concerned with natural resource extraction, infrastructure development, and manufacturing, in contrast to the United States' focus on higher-technology trade and services as well as aid policies aimed at promoting democracy, good governance, and human development. African governments generally welcome engagement with China, as it brings them political legitimacy and contributes to their economic development. Some segments of African society criticize Chinese enterprises for their poor labor conditions, unsustainable environmental practices, and job displacement, but China has been modifying its approach to the continent to address these concerns. China and the United States are not strategic rivals in Africa, but greater American commercial engagement in African markets could generate competition that would both benefit African countries and advance U.S. interests."--Back cover
    Abstract: "Most analyses of Chinese engagement in Africa focus either on what China gets out of these partnerships or the impacts that China's aid and investment have had on African countries. This analysis approaches Sino-African relations as a vibrant, two-way dynamic in which both sides adjust to policy initiatives and popular perceptions emanating from the other. The authors focus on (1) Chinese and African objectives in the political and economic spheres and how they work to achieve them, (2) African perceptions of Chinese engagement, (3) how China has adjusted its policies to accommodate often-hostile African responses, and (4) whether the United States and China are competing for influence, access, and resources in Africa and how they might cooperate in the region. The authors find that Chinese engagement in the region is primarily concerned with natural resource extraction, infrastructure development, and manufacturing, in contrast to the United States' focus on higher-technology trade and services as well as aid policies aimed at promoting democracy, good governance, and human development. African governments generally welcome engagement with China, as it brings them political legitimacy and contributes to their economic development. Some segments of African society criticize Chinese enterprises for their poor labor conditions, unsustainable environmental practices, and job displacement, but China has been modifying its approach to the continent to address these concerns. China and the United States are not strategic rivals in Africa, but greater American commercial engagement in African markets could generate competition that would both benefit African countries and advance U.S. interests."--Back cover
    Note: "Approved for public release; distribution unlimited , "RR-521-OSD."--Page 4 of printed paper wrapper , "RAND Corporation research report series."--Web page (PDF) , "National Security Research Division , "This 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 121-151)
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    Mexico is not Colombia : alternative historical analogies for responding to the challenge of violent drug-trafficking organizations (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833084415 , 0833084410 , 9780833084439 , 0833084437 , 9780833084422 , 9780833084408
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (191 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Paul, Christopher, 1971- Mexico is not Colombia
    Keywords: Drug control ; Internal security ; Insurgency ; Drug traffic ; Violent crimes ; Violence ; Drug control ; Internal security ; Insurgency ; Drug traffic ; Violent crimes ; Violence ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Criminology ; Drug control ; Drug traffic ; Insurgency ; Internal security ; Violence ; Violent crimes ; Substance Abuse ; Social Welfare & Social Work ; Social Sciences ; Mexico ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Infrastructure ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Despite the scope of the threat they pose to Mexico's security, violent drug-trafficking organizations are not well understood, and optimal strategies to combat them have not been identified. While there is no perfectly analogous case from history, Mexico stands to benefit from historical lessons and efforts that were correlated with improvement in countries facing similar challenges related to violence and corruption"--Provided by publisher
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    No truck with the Chilean junta! : trade union internationalism, Australia and Britain, 1973-1980 (2014)
    Canberra ACT, Australia : Australian National University Press
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    ISBN: 9781925021547 , 1925021548
    Language: English
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Jones, Ann (Radio broadcaster) No truck with the Chilean junta! : trade union internationalism, Australia and Britain, 1973-1980
    Keywords: International labor activities History. ; Labor movement History. ; Labor unions Australia. ; Labor unions Great Britain. ; Labor unions Political activity ; Chile. ; Labor unions ; Labor unions Political activity ; International labor activities History ; Labor unions ; Labor movement History ; Labor unions ; Labor unions ; International labor activities ; Labor unions ; Labor movement ; Industry and industrial studies ; Industrial relations, health and safety Mod Industrial relations, health and safety ; Industrial relations ; Trade unions ; HISTORY ; Latin America ; General ; International labor activities ; Labor movement ; Labor unions ; Labor unions ; Political activity ; Business & Economics ; Labor & Workers' Economics ; Great Britain ; Australia ; Chile ; Economics, finance, business and management ; History ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Preliminary; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Britain; 1. The 'principal priority' of the campaign: The trade union movement; 2. A 'roll call' of the labour movement: Harnessing labour participation; 3. 'Unique solidarity'? The mineworkers' delegation, 1977; 4. Pinochet's jets and Rolls Royce East Kilbride; Australia; 5. Opening doors for Chile: Strategic individuals and networks; 6. 'Chile is not alone': Actions for resource-sensible organisations; 7. 'Twelve Days in Chile', 1974; 8. 'Not one pound of wheat will go': Words and actions; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography.
    Abstract: When lorry drivers in Northampton slapped stickers on their cabs declaring ‘No truck with the Chilean Junta!’ they were doing more than threatening to boycott. They were asserting their own identity as proud unionists and proud internationalists. But what did trade unionists really know of what was happening in Chile? And how could someone else’s oppression become a means to solidify your own identity? The labour movements of Britain and Australia used ‘Chile’ as an impetus for action and to give meaning to their own political expression, though it was not all smooth sailing. Throughout the 1970s, social movements and unions alternately clashed and melded, and those involved with ‘Chile’ were also caught within the unhappy marriage of the cross-cultural left. This book draws together the events and stories of these complex times
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    An assessment of program sustainability in three Bureau of Justice Assistance Criminal Justice domains (2014)
    Santa Monica, California : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833086518 , 0833086510
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 48 pages)
    Keywords: United States ; United States ; Block grants Evaluation ; Federal aid to law enforcement agencies Evaluation ; Block grants ; Federal aid to law enforcement agencies ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Block grants ; Evaluation ; Federal aid to law enforcement agencies ; Evaluation ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) aims to improve community safety through effective programming throughout the United States. To maximize the impact of its investments, BJA has an interest in supporting programs that will be sustained beyond initial federal funding. This notion of program sustainability is becoming increasingly important as programs have been challenged to operate with increasingly scarce resources. RAND Corporation researchers aimed to better understand the characteristics and environments of programs that are likely to persist beyond federal seed funding and to delineate strategies that will enable BJA to assist programs that it funds in their efforts to sustain themselves. Using archival documentation and survey methods, they assessed 231 BJA grantee programs spanning three BJA funding domains - drug courts, human trafficking, and mental health - to identify characteristics associated with sustainability. They found evidence of program sustainment in most BJA grantees studied, particularly in sustained funding. They also examined the association between organizational and contextual factors and sustained operations and sustained funding. Finally, they recommend a plan for ongoing measurement of sustainability
    Note: "The research described in this report was sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Assistance and was conducted in the Safety and Justice Program within RAND Justice, Infrastructure, and Environment."--Title page verso , "RAND Safety and Justice Program , "In this report, we describe a study of program sustainability examining the sustainment status of 231 BJA grantee programs from BJA's drug court (DC), human trafficking (HT), and mental health (MH) areas. To ground this task in a theoretical context, we started with a literature review outlining definitions of sustainment and the factors associated with sustained programs. These themes were further explored in primary data collection from interviews with seven key informants in the criminal justice field. Specifically, we asked about program characteristics and other factors associated with program sustainment beyond cessation of BJA funding. We then reviewed archival records on each program, including information contained within their grant applications, progress reports, BJA assessments, and other documents to select relevant characteristics and examined their association within program sustainment beyond seed funding. To assess program sustainment, we report results of a survey of 136 of the 231 funded grantees followed by an analysis of factors predictive of program sustainment."--Introduction , Includes bibliographical references (pages 45-48)
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    Achieving higher-fidelity conjunction analyses using cryptography to improve information sharing (2014)
    Santa Monica, Calif : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833081667 , 0833085212 , 0833081667 , 9780833085214
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 45 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR-344-AF
    Series Statement: Technical report
    Parallel Title: Print version Hemenway, Brett, 1981- Achieving higher-fidelity conjunction analyses using cryptography to improve information sharing
    Keywords: Computer file sharing ; Cryptography ; Space debris Tracking ; Computer file sharing ; Cryptography ; Space debris ; Mechanical Engineering ; Engineering & Applied Sciences ; Aeronautics Engineering & Astronautics ; COMPUTERS ; Internet ; Security ; Computer file sharing ; Cryptography ; Space debris ; Tracking ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Space debris, the man-made orbital junk that represents a collision risk to operational satellites, is a growing threat that will increasingly affect future space-related mission designs and operations. Since 2007, the number of orbiting debris objects has increased by over 40 percent as a result of the 2007 Chinese antisatellite weapon test and the Iridium/Cosmos collision in 2009. With this sudden increase in debris, there is a renewed interest in reducing future debris populations using political and technical means. The 2010 U.S. Space Policy makes several policy recommendations for addressing the space congestion problem. One of the policy's key suggestions instructs U.S. government agencies to promote the sharing of satellite positional data, as this can be used to predict (and avoid) potential collisions. This type of information is referred to as space situational awareness (SSA) data, and, traditionally, it has been treated as proprietary or sensitive by the organizations that keep track of it because it could be used to reveal potential satellite vulnerabilities. This document examines the feasibility of using modern cryptographic tools to improve SSA. Specifically, this document examines the applicability and feasibility of using cryptographically secure multiparty computation (MPC) protocols to securely compute the collision probability between two satellites. These calculations are known as conjunction analyses. MPC protocols currently exist in the cryptographic literature and would provide satellite operators with a means of computing conjunction analyses while maintaining the privacy of each operator's orbital information
    Abstract: Space debris, the man-made orbital junk that represents a collision risk to operational satellites, is a growing threat that will increasingly affect future space-related mission designs and operations. Since 2007, the number of orbiting debris objects has increased by over 40 percent as a result of the 2007 Chinese antisatellite weapon test and the Iridium/Cosmos collision in 2009. With this sudden increase in debris, there is a renewed interest in reducing future debris populations using political and technical means. The 2010 U.S. Space Policy makes several policy recommendations for addressing the space congestion problem. One of the policy's key suggestions instructs U.S. government agencies to promote the sharing of satellite positional data, as this can be used to predict (and avoid) potential collisions. This type of information is referred to as space situational awareness (SSA) data, and, traditionally, it has been treated as proprietary or sensitive by the organizations that keep track of it because it could be used to reveal potential satellite vulnerabilities. This document examines the feasibility of using modern cryptographic tools to improve SSA. Specifically, this document examines the applicability and feasibility of using cryptographically secure multiparty computation (MPC) protocols to securely compute the collision probability between two satellites. These calculations are known as conjunction analyses. MPC protocols currently exist in the cryptographic literature and would provide satellite operators with a means of computing conjunction analyses while maintaining the privacy of each operator's orbital information
    Note: "Rand Project Air Force , "Prepared for the United States Air Force , Includes bibliographical references (pages 41-45)
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    The development and application of the RAND Program Classification Tool (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833059420 , 0833084860 , 0833059424 , 9780833084866
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 56 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND toolkit v. 1
    Parallel Title: Print version Acosta, Joie D Development and application of the RAND program classification tool
    Keywords: Medical care Evaluation ; Mental health services Evaluation ; Brain Wounds and injuries ; Treatment ; Evaluation ; Health services administration ; Evaluation ; Medical care ; Mental health services ; Brain ; Health services administration ; Evaluation ; Mental Health Services ; Program Evaluation methods ; Quality Improvement ; Brain Injuries therapy ; PSYCHOLOGY ; Psychopathology ; Depression ; Evaluation ; Health services administration ; Medical care ; Evaluation ; Mental health services ; Evaluation ; United States ; United States ; Electronic book
    Abstract: As a result of extended military engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan during the past decade, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has implemented numerous programs to support servicemembers and family members who experience difficulty handling stress, face mental health challenges, or are affected by a traumatic brain injury (TBI). As these efforts have proliferated, it has become more challenging to monitor these programs and to avoid duplication. To support DoD in this area, RAND compiled a comprehensive catalog of DoD-funded programs that address psychological health and TBI. In creating the catalog of programs, RAND recognized the need to consistently describe and compare multiple programs according to a set of core program characteristics, driven largely by the lack of a single, clear, widely-accepted operational definition of what constitutes a program. To do this, RAND developed the RAND Program Classification Tool (R-PCT) to allow users to describe and compare programs, particularly those related to psychological health and TBI, along eight key dimensions. The tool consists of a set of questions and responses for consistently describing various aspects of programs, along with detailed guidance regarding how to select the appropriate responses. The purpose of this report is to describe the R-PCT, to help potential users understand how it was developed, and to explain how the tool can be used
    Note: "RR-487/1-OSD."--Page 4 of printed paper wrapper , "Glossary": pages 53-54 , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury , "RAND Corporation research report series."--Web page (PDF) , "Approved for public release; distribution unlimited , "National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 55-56)
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    Evaluation of the California Mental Health Services Authority's Prevention and Early Intervention initiatives : executive summary and commentary (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833085252 , 0833085255
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (21 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report
    Keywords: Mental health services Evaluation ; Mental health services ; Mental health services ; Evaluation ; California ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Research ; Electronic books
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    Sourcing and global distribution of medical supplies (2014)
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    ISBN: 9780833085184 , 0833085182
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Research report
    Keywords: Materials management Evaluation ; Materials management ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Infrastructure ; Armed Forces ; Medical care ; United States ; Armed Forces ; Medical supplies ; United States Armed Forces ; Medical care ; United States Armed Forces ; Medical supplies ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
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    Strategies for private-sector development and civil-service reform in the Kurdistan Region - Iraq (2014)
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    ISBN: 9780833085917 , 0833086332 , 0833085913 , 9780833086334
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 106 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation monograph series MG1117-1
    Parallel Title: Print version Hansen, Michael L Strategies for private-sector development and civil-service reform in the Kurdistan Region--Iraq
    Keywords: Public service employment ; Civil service ; Economic development ; Manpower policy ; Public service employment ; Civil service ; Economic development ; Manpower policy ; Law, Politics & Government ; Government - Asia ; Manpower policy ; Economic policy ; LAW ; Labor & Employment ; Government - Non-U.S ; Civil service ; Economic development ; Iraq ; Public service employment ; Iraq ; Kurdistān ; Kurdistān (Iraq) Economic policy ; Kurdistān (Iraq) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This monograph provides strategies to increase private-sector employment, including ways to reemploy civil-service workers in the private sector, in the Kurdistan Region - Iraq. Prepared for and at the request of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), this monograph is based on a variety of research methods and analyses. These include a review of the existing literature, analyses of survey data, analysis of Kurdistan regional and Iraqi national documents and laws, and a qualitative assessment of numerous conversations with government officials and private-sector employers. The KRG can develop its private sector by removing obstacles to starting or expanding a business, by identifying sectors for which conditions are particularly favorable for private-sector growth and supporting them, and by outsourcing and privatizing some functions that the KRG currently performs. However, private-sector growth does not guarantee that civil-service workers will leave for private-sector employment. Civil-service workers will need the qualifications necessary for private-sector jobs and will have to expect that the benefits of private-sector employment outweigh the benefits of civil-service employment. At the same time, as the KRG devises methods for encouraging civil-service workers to leave for the private sector, a key challenge will be to ensure that the most productive employees stay with the KRG in order to ensure the proper functioning of government
    Abstract: This monograph provides strategies to increase private-sector employment, including ways to reemploy civil-service workers in the private sector, in the Kurdistan Region - Iraq. Prepared for and at the request of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), this monograph is based on a variety of research methods and analyses. These include a review of the existing literature, analyses of survey data, analysis of Kurdistan regional and Iraqi national documents and laws, and a qualitative assessment of numerous conversations with government officials and private-sector employers. The KRG can develop its private sector by removing obstacles to starting or expanding a business, by identifying sectors for which conditions are particularly favorable for private-sector growth and supporting them, and by outsourcing and privatizing some functions that the KRG currently performs. However, private-sector growth does not guarantee that civil-service workers will leave for private-sector employment. Civil-service workers will need the qualifications necessary for private-sector jobs and will have to expect that the benefits of private-sector employment outweigh the benefits of civil-service employment. At the same time, as the KRG devises methods for encouraging civil-service workers to leave for the private sector, a key challenge will be to ensure that the most productive employees stay with the KRG in order to ensure the proper functioning of government
    Note: "MG-1117-1-KRG"--Page 4 of cover , "Sponsored by the Kurdistan Regional Government , At head of title: Kurdistan Regional Government, Ministry of Planning , Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-106)
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    Evaluating the impact of the Department of Defense Regional Centers for Security Studies (2014)
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    ISBN: 9780833085139 , 0833086499 , 0833085131 , 9780833086495
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxiii, 152 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Hanauer, Larry Evaluating the impact of the Department of Defense Regional Centers for Security Studies
    Keywords: United States Management ; Evaluation ; United States ; National security International cooperation ; Military assistance, American ; National security ; Military assistance, American ; National security ; International cooperation ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Armies ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; International Relations ; Treaties ; Management ; Evaluation ; Military assistance, American ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The five U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Regional Centers for Security Studies have been helping partner nations build strategic capacity for almost 20 years. However, recent DoD budget constraints have put pressure on the regional centers (RCs) to increase efficiency. The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) asked RAND to conduct a study on the overall impact of the RCs, their effectiveness in advancing DoD policy priorities, the ways in which they assess their programs, and ways in which they could improve their impact and efficiency and the resulting outcomes. The RAND study team found that centers have had great success at the missions they have undertaken. They are high-impact components of U.S. security cooperation and engagement efforts, despite their relatively small budgets. The team identified 24 ways in which the centers advance U.S. interests, including building partner capacity, building relationships, fostering pro-U.S. outlooks, offering unique opportunities for engagement, and promoting regional dialogue that reduces tensions. However, RCs should improve impact-oriented data collection and analysis for improved assessment, methodically collecting such data over time. OSD and the combatant commands should improve their oversight and management of the RCs to ensure alignment with department- and theater-level objectives. In addition, OSD should maintain the RCs' focus on regional security challenges rather than refashioning them to address specific threats. Options to consider for greater impact include evaluating the balance between core residential courses and in-region workshops and determining whether and to what extent the centers should develop customized programs for DoD components so as to secure funds beyond the core budget they receive from OSD
    Abstract: The five U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Regional Centers for Security Studies have been helping partner nations build strategic capacity for almost 20 years. However, recent DoD budget constraints have put pressure on the regional centers (RCs) to increase efficiency. The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) asked RAND to conduct a study on the overall impact of the RCs, their effectiveness in advancing DoD policy priorities, the ways in which they assess their programs, and ways in which they could improve their impact and efficiency and the resulting outcomes. The RAND study team found that centers have had great success at the missions they have undertaken. They are high-impact components of U.S. security cooperation and engagement efforts, despite their relatively small budgets. The team identified 24 ways in which the centers advance U.S. interests, including building partner capacity, building relationships, fostering pro-U.S. outlooks, offering unique opportunities for engagement, and promoting regional dialogue that reduces tensions. However, RCs should improve impact-oriented data collection and analysis for improved assessment, methodically collecting such data over time. OSD and the combatant commands should improve their oversight and management of the RCs to ensure alignment with department- and theater-level objectives. In addition, OSD should maintain the RCs' focus on regional security challenges rather than refashioning them to address specific threats. Options to consider for greater impact include evaluating the balance between core residential courses and in-region workshops and determining whether and to what extent the centers should develop customized programs for DoD components so as to secure funds beyond the core budget they receive from OSD
    Note: "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , "RR-388-OSD"--Page 4 of cover , "National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-152)
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    Studies in Australian political rhetoric (2014)
    Canberra ACT, Australia : Australian National University Press
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    ISBN: 9781925021875 , 1925021874
    Language: English
    Keywords: Rhetoric Political aspects ; Australia ; History. ; Communication in politics Australia ; History. ; Politics and literature Australia. ; Communication in politics History ; Politics and literature ; Rhetoric Political aspects ; History ; Communication in politics ; Politics and literature ; Rhetoric ; Discourse analysis ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; General ; Communication in politics ; Politics and government ; Politics and literature ; Rhetoric ; Political aspects ; Australia ; History ; Australia Politics and government. ; Australia Politics and government ; Australia ; Electronic books
    Abstract: What’s at stake in Australian political rhetoric? -- 1. ‘I am sorry’: prime ministerial apology as transformational leadership -- 2. Economic management, rhetorical tactics, and the cost of promises -- 3. Leaders and legitimacy: lessons from two labor leadership transitions -- 4. Unintended rhetoric: the ‘little children are sacred’ report -- 5. The gilded cate: rhetorical path dependency in Australian politics -- 6. Looking backwards to the future: the evolving tradition of ideal political rhetoric in Australia -- 7. Whistling the dog -- 8. Debating the speaker -- 9. ‘The maximum of good citizenship’: citizenship and nation building in Alfred Deakin’s post-Federation speeches -- 10. The rise and fall of economic rationalism -- 11. Languages of neoliberal critique: the production of coercive government in the northern territory intervention -- Studying Australian political rhetoric
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    Health and economic outcomes in the alumni of the Wounded Warrior Project, 2010-2012 (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833082589 , 0833082582 , 9780833082572 , 0833082574
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 PDF file (xx, 101 pages)))
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series
    Parallel Title: Print version Krull, Heather Health and Economic Outcomes in the Alumni of the Wounded Warrior Project : 2010-2012
    Keywords: Wounded Warrior Project ; Disabled veterans ; Veterans Mental health ; Veterans Health and hygiene ; Veterans Employment ; Disabled veterans Health and hygiene ; Disabled veterans Mental health ; Disabled veterans Economic conditions ; Disabled veterans ; Veterans ; Veterans ; Veterans ; Disabled veterans ; Disabled veterans ; Disabled veterans ; Veterans Health ; Military Personnel ; Disabled Persons rehabilitation ; Organizations, Nonprofit ; Rehabilitation economics ; Treatment Outcome ; HEALTH & FITNESS ; Diseases ; General ; MEDICAL ; Clinical Medicine ; MEDICAL ; Diseases ; MEDICAL ; Evidence-Based Medicine ; MEDICAL ; Internal Medicine ; LAW ; Labor & Employment ; Disabled veterans ; Veterans ; Employment ; Veterans ; Health and hygiene ; Veterans ; Mental health ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books ; Statistics
    Abstract: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One: Introduction and Background; Chapter Two: Survey Methodology; Chapter Three: Analysis and Results; Methodology; Ensure That Wounded Warriors Are Well-Adjusted in Mind and Spirit; Strategic Objective 1a: Increase the Percentage of Alumni Visiting Health Care Professionals to Get Help with Such Issues as Stress, Emotional, Alcohol, Drug, or Family Problems. Strategic Objective 1b: Increase the Percentage of Alumni Who Talk with Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans as a Resource or Tool to Help Cope with Feelings of Stress or Emotional or Mental Health ConcernsStrategic Objective 1d: Decrease the Percentage of Alumni Whose Emotional Problems Interfere with Work or Regular Activities; Strategic Objective 1e: Decrease the Percentage of Alumni Whose Military Experiences Were So Frightening, Horrible, or Upsetting That They Have Not Been Able to Escape from Memories or Effects of Them. Strategic Objective 1g: Increase the Percentage of Alumni Who Can Adapt When Change Occurs or Bounce Back After Illness, Injury, or HardshipDepression Risk Questionnaire; Summary; Ensure That Wounded Warriors Are Well-Adjusted in Body; Strategic Objective 2b: Decrease the Percentage of Alumni Whose Physical Health Problems Interfere with Work or Regular Activities; Strategic Objective 2e: Decrease the Percentage of Alumni Who Are Overweight or Obese; Summary; Ensure That Wounded Warriors Are Economically Empowered. Strategic Objective 3a: Increase the Percentage of Alumni Who Complete Associate's Degrees, Bachelor's Degrees, or HigherStrategic Objective 3b: Increase the Percentage of Alumni Who Complete Business, Technical, or Vocational School (Certificate or Diploma); Strategic Objective 3c: Increase the Percentage of Alumni Who Are Employed Full Time or Part Time or Self-Employed; Strategic Objective 3e: Increase the Percentage of Alumni Who Own Homes; Strategic Objective 3f: Reduce Alumni's Total Amount of Outstanding Debt, Excluding Mortgage, That Is Greater Than 20,000; Summary. Chapter Four: Comparisons with Related StudiesWounded Warrior Project Alumnus Characteristics; Strategic Objective 1a: Increase the Percentage of Alumni Visiting Health Care Professionals to Get Help with Such Issues as Stress, Emotional, Alcohol, Drug, or Family Problems; Strategic Objective 1e: Decrease the Percentage of Alumni Whose Military Experiences Were So Frightening, Horrible, or Upsetting That They Are Not Able to Escape from Memories or Effects of Them; Patient Health Questionnaire: Major Depressive Disorder. Strategic Objective 2b: Decrease the Percentage of Alumni Whose Physical Problems Interfere with Work or Regular Activities
    Abstract: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One: Introduction and Background; Chapter Two: Survey Methodology; Chapter Three: Analysis and Results; Methodology; Ensure That Wounded Warriors Are Well-Adjusted in Mind and Spirit; Strategic Objective 1a: Increase the Percentage of Alumni Visiting Health Care Professionals to Get Help with Such Issues as Stress, Emotional, Alcohol, Drug, or Family Problems. Strategic Objective 1b: Increase the Percentage of Alumni Who Talk with Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans as a Resource or Tool to Help Cope with Feelings of Stress or Emotional or Mental Health ConcernsStrategic Objective 1d: Decrease the Percentage of Alumni Whose Emotional Problems Interfere with Work or Regular Activities; Strategic Objective 1e: Decrease the Percentage of Alumni Whose Military Experiences Were So Frightening, Horrible, or Upsetting That They Have Not Been Able to Escape from Memories or Effects of Them. Strategic Objective 1g: Increase the Percentage of Alumni Who Can Adapt When Change Occurs or Bounce Back After Illness, Injury, or HardshipDepression Risk Questionnaire; Summary; Ensure That Wounded Warriors Are Well-Adjusted in Body; Strategic Objective 2b: Decrease the Percentage of Alumni Whose Physical Health Problems Interfere with Work or Regular Activities; Strategic Objective 2e: Decrease the Percentage of Alumni Who Are Overweight or Obese; Summary; Ensure That Wounded Warriors Are Economically Empowered. Strategic Objective 3a: Increase the Percentage of Alumni Who Complete Associate's Degrees, Bachelor's Degrees, or HigherStrategic Objective 3b: Increase the Percentage of Alumni Who Complete Business, Technical, or Vocational School (Certificate or Diploma); Strategic Objective 3c: Increase the Percentage of Alumni Who Are Employed Full Time or Part Time or Self-Employed; Strategic Objective 3e: Increase the Percentage of Alumni Who Own Homes; Strategic Objective 3f: Reduce Alumni's Total Amount of Outstanding Debt, Excluding Mortgage, That Is Greater Than 20,000; Summary. Chapter Four: Comparisons with Related StudiesWounded Warrior Project Alumnus Characteristics; Strategic Objective 1a: Increase the Percentage of Alumni Visiting Health Care Professionals to Get Help with Such Issues as Stress, Emotional, Alcohol, Drug, or Family Problems; Strategic Objective 1e: Decrease the Percentage of Alumni Whose Military Experiences Were So Frightening, Horrible, or Upsetting That They Are Not Able to Escape from Memories or Effects of Them; Patient Health Questionnaire: Major Depressive Disorder. Strategic Objective 2b: Decrease the Percentage of Alumni Whose Physical Problems Interfere with Work or Regular Activities
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    Soldier-portable battery supply : foreign dependence and policy options (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833084033 , 0833086022 , 0833084038 , 9780833086020
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (23 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Silberglitt, R.S. (Richard S.) Soldier-portable battery supply
    Keywords: United States Procurement ; United States ; Business logistics ; Lithium cells ; Battery industry ; Business logistics ; Lithium cells ; Battery industry ; Battery industry ; Business logistics ; United States ; Lithium cells ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Armed Forces ; Procurement ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Batteries are a ubiquitous presence in equipment carried by soldiers and critical to the performance of electronic devices such as radios, computers, night-vision goggles, and laser range finders. These batteries are supplied by a variety of firms, and mostly assembled from cells that are acquired through a supply chain that is driven by commercial applications to mobile phones, laptop computers, tablets, and other electronic devices, and is predominately based in Asia. RAND found that government researchers and program managers and representatives of military battery suppliers have concerns associated with this foreign-dependent supply chain. The report discusses alternative policy options to address these concerns, without evaluating the benefits versus costs of these policy options
    Note: "RAND Corporation , "RR-500-OSD"--Page 4 of cover , "This study was ... conducted within the Acquisition and Technology Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Back cover , Caption title , Includes bibliographical references (pages 20-22)
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    Claude Monet The beach at Saint-Adresse (2014)
    [Chicago] : Art Institute of Chicago
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    ISBN: 9780865592926 , 0865592926
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (6 pages)
    Uniform Title: Monet paintings and drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago
    DDC: 759.4
    Keywords: Monet, Claude ; Monet, Claude Criticism and interpretation ; Monet, Claude ; Monet, Claude ; Beaches in art ; Beaches in art ; Criticism, interpretation, etc ; Monet, Claude ; Beaches in art ; Electronic books
    Note: "This essay is part of the digital catalogue Monet paintings and drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago , Cover title , Includes bibliographical references
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    The Coombs : a house of memories (2014)
    Canberra ACT, Australia : ANU Press
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    ISBN: 9781921934186 , 1921934182
    Language: English
    Edition: 2nd edition.
    Keywords: Australian National University Alumni and alumnae ; Coombs Building (Canberra, A.C.T.) Anecdotes History ; Australian National University Anecdotes History ; Coombs Building (Canberra, A.C.T.) ; Australian National University ; Australian National University ; Universities and colleges Australia ; Canberra (A.C.T.) ; History. ; Universities and colleges History ; Universities and colleges ; Universities and colleges ; Alumni and alumnae ; Australian Capital Territory ; Canberra ; Australian National University ; Anecdotes ; History ; EDUCATION ; Organizations & Institutions ; Universities and colleges ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "The Coombs Building at The Australian National University is a Canberra icon. Named after one of Australia's greatest administrators and public intellectuals--'Nugget' Herbert Cole Coombs--for more than forty years the building has housed two of the University's four foundational Schools: the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies and the Research School of Social Sciences. This volume of recollections is about the former. It looks at life in the building through the prism of personal experience and happenstance. Part memoir, part biography, and part celebration, this book is about the people of Coombs, past and present. Through evocative and lucid reflections, present and former denizens of the building share their passions and predilections, quietly savour their accomplishments and recall the failings and foibles of the past with a kindly tolerance."--Amazon
    Note: Previous edition: Canberra : Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, 2006
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    Air force major defense acquisition program cost growth is driven by three space programs and the f-35a : fiscal year 2013 president's budget selected acquisition reports (2014)
    Santa Monica : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833084361 , 0833089943 , 0833084364 , 9780833089946
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (50 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report (Rand Corporation) RR-477-AF
    Parallel Title: Print version Leonard, Robert S Air force major defense acquisition program cost growth is driven by three space programs and the f-35a
    Keywords: United States Appropriations and expenditures ; Evaluation ; United States Weapons systems ; Costs ; United States ; United States ; Armed Forces ; Weapons systems ; Costs ; Air Forces ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; Aviation ; Armed Forces ; Appropriations and expenditures ; Evaluation ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This report provides the results of Air Force weapon system cost growth analyses based on the RAND Corporation's internal Selected Acquisition Report database. The database provides consistent, current metrics to support analyses both within RAND Project AIR FORCE (PAF) and in the Air Force acquisition community. This work assesses, quantifies, and documents cost and schedule growth of Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs) and provides data and detailed program histories
    Abstract: This report provides the results of Air Force weapon system cost growth analyses based on the RAND Corporation's internal Selected Acquisition Report database. The database provides consistent, current metrics to support analyses both within RAND Project AIR FORCE (PAF) and in the Air Force acquisition community. This work assesses, quantifies, and documents cost and schedule growth of Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs) and provides data and detailed program histories
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 31-32)
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    The future of the U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile force (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833076236 , 083307623X , 9780833076267 , 0833076264 , 9780833076274 , 0833076280 , 0833076272 , 9780833076281
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvii, 156 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation monograph series
    Series Statement: Rand Project Air Force
    Parallel Title: Print version Caston, Lauren Future of the U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile force
    Keywords: Intercontinental ballistic missiles ; Minuteman (Missile) ; Intercontinental ballistic missiles ; Minuteman (Missile) ; Law, Politics & Government ; Air Forces ; Military & Naval Science ; United States ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Intercontinental ballistic missiles ; Minuteman (Missile) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: In the lead-up to the Air Force Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Analysis of Alternatives, RAND was asked to examine and assess possible intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) alternatives against the current Minuteman III system and to provide insights into the potential impact of further force reductions. The researchers developed a framework consisting of five categories - basing, propulsion, boost, reentry, and payload - to characterize alternative classes of ICBM and to assess the survivability and effectiveness of possible alternatives. Using existing cost analyses and cost data from historical ICBM programs, they derived likely cost bounds on alternative classes of ICBM systems. Finally, they developed force reduction scenarios, examined their impacts on several key nuclear specialty career fields to understand the implications of reductions on the current organizational structure, and compared sustainment and requirement profiles within the various reduction scenarios
    Abstract: In the lead-up to the Air Force Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Analysis of Alternatives, RAND was asked to examine and assess possible intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) alternatives against the current Minuteman III system and to provide insights into the potential impact of further force reductions. The researchers developed a framework consisting of five categories - basing, propulsion, boost, reentry, and payload - to characterize alternative classes of ICBM and to assess the survivability and effectiveness of possible alternatives. Using existing cost analyses and cost data from historical ICBM programs, they derived likely cost bounds on alternative classes of ICBM systems. Finally, they developed force reduction scenarios, examined their impacts on several key nuclear specialty career fields to understand the implications of reductions on the current organizational structure, and compared sustainment and requirement profiles within the various reduction scenarios
    Note: "Approved for public release; distribution unlimited , Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-156)
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    Health and economic outcomes among the alumni of the Wounded Warrior Project 2013 (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND, National Security Research Division
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    ISBN: 9780833085993 , 0833086014 , 0833085999 , 9780833086013
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
    Parallel Title: Print version Cerully, Jennifer L Health and Economic Outcomes Among the Alumni of the Wounded Warrior Project : 2013
    Keywords: Disabled veterans Vocational rehabilitation ; Disabled veterans Mental health ; Disabled veterans Rehabilitation ; Disabled veterans ; Disabled veterans ; Disabled veterans ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Public Finance ; HISTORY ; Military ; Veterans ; Disabled veterans ; Rehabilitation ; Disabled veterans ; Vocational rehabilitation ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Alumni Reporting Mental Health Conditions: Female Alumni and Younger Alumni Report More Difficulties and Delays in Getting Care or Not Getting CareSummary; Chapter Four: Physical Health Outcomes; Achieving a Healthy BMI Is a Challenge for Over 80 Percent of Alumni; BMI Is Related to Other Physical Health Outcomes and Perceptions; Mental and Physical Injuries Are Both Related to Perceptions of Health; Alcohol Use Is Related to General Self-Reported Health in an Unexpected Way; Summary; Chapter Five: Economic Outcomes; Half of Alumni Are Employed
    Abstract: Alumni Reporting Mental Health Conditions: Female Alumni and Younger Alumni Report More Difficulties and Delays in Getting Care or Not Getting CareSummary; Chapter Four: Physical Health Outcomes; Achieving a Healthy BMI Is a Challenge for Over 80 Percent of Alumni; BMI Is Related to Other Physical Health Outcomes and Perceptions; Mental and Physical Injuries Are Both Related to Perceptions of Health; Alcohol Use Is Related to General Self-Reported Health in an Unexpected Way; Summary; Chapter Five: Economic Outcomes; Half of Alumni Are Employed
    Abstract: Few Alumni Access Employment and Education BenefitsType of Injury Is Related to Participation in Employment and Education Benefit Programs; High VA Disability Ratings and Many Injury Types Are Associated with Unemployment; Summary; Chapter Six: Discussion; Empowering Wounded Warriors in Mind and Spirit; Empowering Wounded Warriors in Body; Empowering Wounded Warriors Economically; Technical Appendix A: Interpretation of Regression Analyses; Multiple Regression; Logistic Regression; Explanatory Variables; Statistical Significance; Weighting; Technical Appendix B: Analyses for Chapter 3
    Abstract: Few Alumni Access Employment and Education BenefitsType of Injury Is Related to Participation in Employment and Education Benefit Programs; High VA Disability Ratings and Many Injury Types Are Associated with Unemployment; Summary; Chapter Six: Discussion; Empowering Wounded Warriors in Mind and Spirit; Empowering Wounded Warriors in Body; Empowering Wounded Warriors Economically; Technical Appendix A: Interpretation of Regression Analyses; Multiple Regression; Logistic Regression; Explanatory Variables; Statistical Significance; Weighting; Technical Appendix B: Analyses for Chapter 3
    Abstract: Technical Appendix C Analyses for Chapter 4Technical Appendix C.1: Alumni Characteristics and General Self-Reported Health; Technical Appendix C.2: Alumni Characteristics and Limitations Due to Physical Health; Technical Appendix C.3: Alumni Characteristics and Exercise Frequency; Technical Appendix C.4: Alumni Characteristics and Limitations of Doing Vigorous Activity; Technical Appendix D: Analyses for Chapter 5; Technical Appendix D.1: Alumni Characteristics and Use of VA's Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program
    Abstract: The Wounded Warrior Project offers support and raises public awareness of service members who have experienced physical or mental health conditions associated with their service on or after September 11, 2001. In this report, the authors use WWP's 2013 survey of its members (alumni) to understand the physical, mental, and economic challenges that Wounded Warriors face. This information can be used to better understand the needs of WWP alumni and the ways that WWP can serve and support this constituency. --
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    Mental health stigma in the military (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833085047 , 0833089994 , 0833085042 , 9780833089991
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxii, 296 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Acosta, Joie D Mental health stigma in the military
    Keywords: Stigma (Social psychology) ; Soldiers Mental health services ; Evaluation ; Mental health policy ; Stigma (Social psychology) ; Soldiers ; Mental health policy ; Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment ; Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena ; Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms ; Behavior ; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities ; Delivery of Health Care ; Evaluation Studies as Topic ; Health Care Economics and Organizations ; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms ; Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services ; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation ; Health Services ; Investigative Techniques ; Mental Health Services ; Military Personnel ; Named Groups ; Occupational Groups ; Persons ; Policy ; Psychiatry and Psychology ; Public Policy ; Quality of Health Care ; Social Behavior ; Social Control Policies ; Social Control, Formal ; Social Sciences ; Social Stigma ; Sociology ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; Military & Naval Science ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; Veterans ; Mental health policy ; Stigma (Social psychology) ; United States Armed Forces ; Mental health services ; Evaluation ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Despite the efforts of both the U.S. Department of Defense and the Veterans Health Administration to enhance mental health services, many service members are not regularly seeking needed care when they have mental health problems. Without appropriate treatment, these mental health problems can have wide-ranging and negative impacts on the quality of life and the social, emotional, and cognitive functioning of affected service members. The services have been actively engaged in developing policies, programs, and campaigns designed to reduce stigma and increase service members' help-seeking behavior. However, there has been no comprehensive assessment of these efforts' effectiveness and the extent to which they align with service members' needs or evidence-based practices. The goal of this research was to assess DoD's approach to stigma reduction, how well it is working and how it might be improved. To address these questions, RAND researchers used five complementary methods: (1) literature review, (2) a microsimulation modeling of costs, (3) interviews with program staff, (4) prospective policy analysis, and (5) an expert panel. The priorities outlined in this report identify ways in which program and policy development and research and evaluation can improve understanding of how best to efficiently and effectively provide needed treatment to service members with mental illness
    Abstract: Despite the efforts of both the U.S. Department of Defense and the Veterans Health Administration to enhance mental health services, many service members are not regularly seeking needed care when they have mental health problems. Without appropriate treatment, these mental health problems can have wide-ranging and negative impacts on the quality of life and the social, emotional, and cognitive functioning of affected service members. The services have been actively engaged in developing policies, programs, and campaigns designed to reduce stigma and increase service members' help-seeking behavior. However, there has been no comprehensive assessment of these efforts' effectiveness and the extent to which they align with service members' needs or evidence-based practices. The goal of this research was to assess DoD's approach to stigma reduction, how well it is working and how it might be improved. To address these questions, RAND researchers used five complementary methods: (1) literature review, (2) a microsimulation modeling of costs, (3) interviews with program staff, (4) prospective policy analysis, and (5) an expert panel. The priorities outlined in this report identify ways in which program and policy development and research and evaluation can improve understanding of how best to efficiently and effectively provide needed treatment to service members with mental illness
    Note: "RR-426-OSD"--Page 4 of cover , Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-296)
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    Innovative leader development : evaluation of the U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Adaptive Leader Program (2014)
    Santa Monica, California : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833089915 , 0833089919 , 9780833087492 , 0833087495
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxx, 133 pages)
    DDC: 355.5/40973
    Keywords: United States Officers ; Training of ; United States ; Asymmetric warfare ; Military education Evaluation ; Leadership ; Asymmetric warfare ; Military education ; Leadership ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Science - General ; United States ; Armed Forces ; Officers ; Training of ; Asymmetric warfare ; Leadership ; Military education ; Evaluation ; United States ; Military & Naval Science ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The Asymmetric Warfare Group offers the Asymmetric Warfare Adaptive Leader Program (AWALP)--a 10-day course designed to enhance adaptive performance in leaders and promote innovative solutions in training in support of unified land operations. This report describes results of a systematic evaluation of AWALP, offers recommendations to improve the course, and provides recommendations for ongoing evaluation of AWALP and other courses or events that address adaptive performance and acquisition of other intangible skills. The study used a pretest-posttest design and collected data from 104 students who participated in AWALP. Results show substantial improvement in training outcomes, including students' self-efficacy for being adaptive and leading adaptive teams and knowledge of course concepts. Graduates also reported that they were applying course concepts on the job after returning to their units. In addition, students had exceptionally favorable reactions to AWALP and remained extremely positive about the course three months after graduation. Results indicate few needs for improvement in the course; the most important area to address is challenges in applying concepts on the job because of the command climate and entrenched leadership. Recommendations for ongoing evaluation focus on obtaining additional measures of adaptive performance, particularly to establish the impact of AWALP on subsequent job performance. The current success of AWALP suggests that its approach to training might be usefully expanded in the Army, and the authors discuss strategies to achieve broader dissemination. Finally, the authors describe how the methods used in this study might be applied to evaluating related training in other contexts
    Abstract: The Asymmetric Warfare Group offers the Asymmetric Warfare Adaptive Leader Program (AWALP)--a 10-day course designed to enhance adaptive performance in leaders and promote innovative solutions in training in support of unified land operations. This report describes results of a systematic evaluation of AWALP, offers recommendations to improve the course, and provides recommendations for ongoing evaluation of AWALP and other courses or events that address adaptive performance and acquisition of other intangible skills. The study used a pretest-posttest design and collected data from 104 students who participated in AWALP. Results show substantial improvement in training outcomes, including students' self-efficacy for being adaptive and leading adaptive teams and knowledge of course concepts. Graduates also reported that they were applying course concepts on the job after returning to their units. In addition, students had exceptionally favorable reactions to AWALP and remained extremely positive about the course three months after graduation. Results indicate few needs for improvement in the course; the most important area to address is challenges in applying concepts on the job because of the command climate and entrenched leadership. Recommendations for ongoing evaluation focus on obtaining additional measures of adaptive performance, particularly to establish the impact of AWALP on subsequent job performance. The current success of AWALP suggests that its approach to training might be usefully expanded in the Army, and the authors discuss strategies to achieve broader dissemination. Finally, the authors describe how the methods used in this study might be applied to evaluating related training in other contexts
    Note: "RR-504-A."--Back cover , Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-133)
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    Veteran employment : lessons from the 100,000 Jobs Mission (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833088147 , 0833089382 , 0833088149 , 9780833089380
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 45 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Hall, Kimberly Curry Veteran employment
    Keywords: Veterans Services for ; Veterans Employment ; Veterans ; Veterans ; Military Administration ; United States ; Veterans ; Services for ; Military & Naval Science ; LAW ; Labor & Employment ; Law, Politics & Government ; Veterans ; Employment ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Eleven companies cofounded the 100,000 Jobs Mission in 2011 to promote veteran employment, with a goal of hiring 100,000 veterans by 2020. The coalition has grown to over 175 companies, which have exceeded the initial goal and are now on track to hire 200,000 veterans by the end of 2014. These companies represent nearly every U.S. industry and vary in size, geographic location, and in the types of veterans they hire. Reflecting on the first three years of operation, JPMorgan Chase & Co. asked the RAND Corporation to capture the lessons and experiences from the 100,000 Jobs Mission to identify further improvements to veteran employment opportunities. RAND researchers conducted qualitative interviews with representatives of a sample of member companies, delving into the ways they recruit and hire veterans, help veterans transition into their new jobs, and manage and develop veteran employees and the value veterans bring as employees. Interviewees pointed out that veterans are most noted for their leadership skills and teamwork; for their flexibility and ability to work in a fast-paced, changing environment without undue stress; for their dependability, integrity, and loyalty; and for their experience working in a culturally diverse or global environment. This research also explored the challenges to hiring and employing veterans and provides recommendations to assist employers and promote veteran employment opportunities more broadly
    Abstract: Eleven companies cofounded the 100,000 Jobs Mission in 2011 to promote veteran employment, with a goal of hiring 100,000 veterans by 2020. The coalition has grown to over 175 companies, which have exceeded the initial goal and are now on track to hire 200,000 veterans by the end of 2014. These companies represent nearly every U.S. industry and vary in size, geographic location, and in the types of veterans they hire. Reflecting on the first three years of operation, JPMorgan Chase & Co. asked the RAND Corporation to capture the lessons and experiences from the 100,000 Jobs Mission to identify further improvements to veteran employment opportunities. RAND researchers conducted qualitative interviews with representatives of a sample of member companies, delving into the ways they recruit and hire veterans, help veterans transition into their new jobs, and manage and develop veteran employees and the value veterans bring as employees. Interviewees pointed out that veterans are most noted for their leadership skills and teamwork; for their flexibility and ability to work in a fast-paced, changing environment without undue stress; for their dependability, integrity, and loyalty; and for their experience working in a culturally diverse or global environment. This research also explored the challenges to hiring and employing veterans and provides recommendations to assist employers and promote veteran employment opportunities more broadly
    Note: "This research was sponsored by JPMorgan Chase & Co. and conducted within RAND Labor and Population"--Page 45 , "RAND Labor and Population , Includes bibliographical references (pages 41-43)
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    Ready to serve : community-based provider capacity to deliver culturally competent, quality mental health care to veterans and their families (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833087683 , 0833089420 , 0833087681 , 9780833089427
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (30 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Tanielian, Terri L Ready to serve
    Keywords: Community mental health services ; Soldiers Mental health services ; Veterans Mental health services ; Mental health personnel ; Cultural competence ; Families of military personnel Services for ; Community mental health services ; Soldiers ; Veterans ; Mental health personnel ; Cultural competence ; Families of military personnel ; Veterans psychology ; Military Family psychology ; Quality of Health Care statistics & numerical data ; Culturally Competent Care statistics & numerical data ; Community Mental Health Services statistics & numerical data ; United States ; Community mental health services ; Cultural competence ; Families of military personnel ; Services for ; Mental health personnel ; Veterans ; Mental health services ; PSYCHOLOGY ; Psychopathology ; Depression ; United States ; Electronic books ; Statistics
    Abstract: Ensuring that military veterans and their families have access to high-quality mental health care is a national priority. Over the past several years, the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs have increased the number of mental health professionals working within their facilities and have rolled out training and quality improvement initiatives designed to promote the use of evidence-based treatments. Despite these important efforts, research continues to demonstrate that many veterans prefer to seek services outside the Department of Defense and/or the Department of Veterans Affairs. Thus, providers working in the civilian sector are an increasingly important part of the overall workforce addressing veterans' mental health needs. To better understand a key aspect of our nation's ability to provide veterans and their families with access to high-quality mental health care, RAND conducted a survey of civilian mental health providers to gather information about their competency with military and veteran culture and their training and experience treating posttraumatic stress disorder and depression. This report provides the results of that survey. The findings and recommendations from this study should be relevant to individuals, organizations, and policy officials concerned about the capacity of the civilian health care sector to deliver culturally competent, high-quality services to veterans and their families
    Note: "This research was sponsored by the United Health Foundation in collaboration with the Military Officers Association of America and conducted within RAND Health"--Page 30 , Includes bibliographical references (pages 25-28)
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    Energy-sector workforce development in southwestern Pennsylvania : aligning education and training with innovation and needed skills (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833088109 , 0833093223 , 0833088106 , 9780833093226
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 54 pages)
    Series Statement: [Research report] RR-807-NETL
    Parallel Title: Print version Gonzalez, Gabriella Energy-sector workforce development in southwestern Pennsylvania
    Keywords: Energy industries Employees ; Supply and demand ; Energy industries Technological innovations ; Skilled labor Supply and demand ; Labor supply Effect of education on ; Energy industries Employees ; Training of ; Energy industries ; Energy industries ; Skilled labor ; Labor supply ; Energy industries ; Business & Economics ; Pennsylvania ; EDUCATION ; Higher ; Energy industries ; Employees ; Supply and demand ; Energy industries ; Technological innovations ; Labor supply ; Effect of education on ; Skilled labor ; Supply and demand ; Industries ; Electronic books
    Abstract: To address the challenges of ensuring a skilled, adaptable workforce for the energy sector in southwestern Pennsylvania, the National Energy Technology Laboratory asked the RAND Corporation to help determine how the postsecondary education and training system could meet the growing and shifting skill demands for semiskilled labor in the energy sector due to technological innovation through 2020. The study had four objectives: (1) document key technological innovations in the energy sector; (2) identify possible best practices of educational and training programs that have successfully responded to evolving labor markets in other sectors; (3) conduct a case-study analysis of four energy-sector education and training programs in southwestern Pennsylvania; and (4) provide recommendations for the energy-sector education and training system in southwestern Pennsylvania. This report documents the findings and makes recommendations for improvement
    Abstract: To address the challenges of ensuring a skilled, adaptable workforce for the energy sector in southwestern Pennsylvania, the National Energy Technology Laboratory asked the RAND Corporation to help determine how the postsecondary education and training system could meet the growing and shifting skill demands for semiskilled labor in the energy sector due to technological innovation through 2020. The study had four objectives: (1) document key technological innovations in the energy sector; (2) identify possible best practices of educational and training programs that have successfully responded to evolving labor markets in other sectors; (3) conduct a case-study analysis of four energy-sector education and training programs in southwestern Pennsylvania; and (4) provide recommendations for the energy-sector education and training system in southwestern Pennsylvania. This report documents the findings and makes recommendations for improvement
    Note: "The research reported here was conducted in the RAND Environment, Energy, and Economic Development Program ... part of RAND Justice, Infrastructure, and Environment"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references (pages 51-54)
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    Strengthening coastal planning : how coastal regions could benefit from Louisiana's planning and analysis framework (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833085801 , 0833085808 , 9780833084552 , 0833085816 , 0833084550 , 9780833085818
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 44 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series
    Parallel Title: Print version Groves, David G Strengthening coastal planning
    Keywords: Coastal zone management ; Shore protection Planning ; Planning Technique ; Coastal engineering Planning ; Coastal zone management ; Shore protection ; Planning ; Coastal engineering ; Coastal zone management ; Planning ; Technique ; Shore protection ; Planning ; Sociology & Social History ; Social Sciences ; Communities - Urban Groups ; United States ; Louisiana ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Real Estate ; General ; NATURE ; Natural Disasters ; Electronic book
    Abstract: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One: Introduction; Forces at Work on the Louisiana Coast; A Modified River Runs Through It; Business as Usual Will Not Halt the Land Loss; The Risk of Coastal Flooding Is Rising; Economic and Social Implications of a Coast at Risk; Challenges in Creating a Master Plan; Diverse Range and Large Number of Possible Solutions; The Future Is Uncertain; A Diverse Region Seeking Different and Sometimes Conflicting Outcomes; Need for Coordination Across Jurisdictions.
    Abstract: Determining How To Allocate Funds Across Project TypesStriking a Balance Between Near-Term and Long-Term Outcomes; Balancing Among Different Planning Objectives; Ensuring Robustness for the Uncertain Future; Louisiana's 2012 Comprehensive Master Plan for a Sustainable Coast; Next Steps for Louisiana; Chapter Four: Reducing Coastal Risk Through Integrated Planning; Growing Vulnerability of Coastal Regions; Costs of Coastal Flooding; Strengthening Coastal Resilience Requires a Comprehensive Planning Process; Coastal Risks Are Increasing, but in Uncertain Ways.
    Abstract: Evolution of the Master Planning ProcessChapter Two: Analytical Support for the Development of Louisiana's 50-Year Comprehensive Plan; New Analytical Capabilities Informed the Planning Framework; Accounting for Deep Uncertainty Using Scenarios; Systems Models, CLARA, and Innovative Flood Risk Modeling; The Planning Tool and Innovative Decisionmaking; Supporting CPRA Decisionmaking with Analysis; Chapter Three: Using the Planning Tool to Support the Development of a Comprehensive Plan for Louisiana; Planning Tool Analysis Supported Deliberations; Comparing Projects on an Even Playing Field.
    Abstract: This report highlights RAND's contributions to the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority's Master Plan. Its purpose is to help policymakers in other coastal regions understand the value of a solid technical foundation to support decisionmaking on strategies to reduce flood risk, rebuild or restore coastal environments, and increase the resilience of developed coastal regions
    Abstract: There Are Many Different Types of Strategies to Consider to Reduce Risks and Restore Coastal LandscapesSolutions Will Be Implemented by Local, Regional, State, and Federal Agencies; Principles for Integrated Coastal Planning; Public Participation Is Essential Throughout the Planning Process; Technical Analysis Is Meant to Inform Deliberations and Value Judgments by Decisionmakers; A Sustainable Long-Term Strategy Must Be Robust and Adaptive; Building on Louisiana's Planning Experience; Appendix: A Brief Description of Robust Decision Making; References.
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    The U.S. Army in Asia, 2030-2040 (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833086808 , 0833086804 , 9780833086815 , 0833086790 , 0833086812 , 0833083937 , 9780833083937 , 9780833086792
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Parallel Title: Print version Kelly, Terrence K U.S. Army in Asia, 2030-2040
    Keywords: United States Planning ; United States ; Military policy ; Forecasting ; Military policy ; Planning ; Strategic aspects of individual places ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Armies ; Asia ; United States ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; Other ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Armed Forces ; Planning ; Asia Strategic aspects ; United States Military policy ; Planning ; United States Military policy ; Forecasting ; Asia ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: For the next 20 or more years, the U.S. relationship with China will be the fulcrum on which the East Asian security order balances. As a result, U.S. policy will need to prevent the emergence of an overtly hostile U.S.-China relationship while hedging against the possibility that one could nonetheless emerge. Such a strategy must balance between protecting U.S. interests in East Asia, where clashes with China's preferences are most likely, and cooperating with Beijing globally where the two sides have common objectives. Crafting and sustaining such a strategy will be a major challenge. It must have clear and realistic goals flowing from larger U.S. interests and strategy in the region, take into account the need for U.S.-China cooperation on a host of global security and economic matters, be flexible and responsive to Chinese moves, seek to channel Chinese conduct in favorable directions, and reflect the new realities of Asia resulting from China's increased military and economic power. The U.S. Army will have an important role to play in supporting U.S. strategy in the Asia-Pacific, primarily by providing training and support to allies and partners; helping to defend key facilities from enemy ground, air, and missile attack; providing key enabling support to the joint force; projecting expeditionary combat forces into the theater; contributing to new conventional deterrent options; and helping to encourage China's participation in cooperative military-to-military engagements
    Abstract: For the next 20 or more years, the U.S. relationship with China will be the fulcrum on which the East Asian security order balances. As a result, U.S. policy will need to prevent the emergence of an overtly hostile U.S.-China relationship while hedging against the possibility that one could nonetheless emerge. Such a strategy must balance between protecting U.S. interests in East Asia, where clashes with China's preferences are most likely, and cooperating with Beijing globally where the two sides have common objectives. Crafting and sustaining such a strategy will be a major challenge. It must have clear and realistic goals flowing from larger U.S. interests and strategy in the region, take into account the need for U.S.-China cooperation on a host of global security and economic matters, be flexible and responsive to Chinese moves, seek to channel Chinese conduct in favorable directions, and reflect the new realities of Asia resulting from China's increased military and economic power. The U.S. Army will have an important role to play in supporting U.S. strategy in the Asia-Pacific, primarily by providing training and support to allies and partners; helping to defend key facilities from enemy ground, air, and missile attack; providing key enabling support to the joint force; projecting expeditionary combat forces into the theater; contributing to new conventional deterrent options; and helping to encourage China's participation in cooperative military-to-military engagements
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    Prolonged cycle times and schedule growth in defense acquisition : a literature review (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833085153 , 0833086731 , 0833085158 , 9780833086730
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 83 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Riposo, Jessie Prolonged cycle times and schedule growth in defense acquisition
    Keywords: Armed Forces Procurement ; Armed Forces ; Military Administration ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Armed Forces ; Procurement ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This report summarizes a selection of the defense acquisition literature from the 1960s to the present on potential sources of prolonged acquisition cycle times and schedule growth, as well as potential opportunities for improvement. It presents the range of possible causes of schedule-related problems and various recommendations cited for improving schedules by various authors and organizations. This report does not provide critical analysis or an assessment of the strengths or weaknesses of the claims made in the literature. Rather, it provides a starting point for further research or consideration by government acquisition professionals, oversight organizations, and the analytic community. We identified the following reasons for schedule delays in the literature: (1) the difficulty of managing technical risk (e.g., program complexity, immature technology, and unanticipated technical issues), (2) initial assumptions or expectations that were difficult to fulfill (e.g., schedule estimates, risk control, requirements, and performance assumptions), and (3) funding instability. The most commonly cited recommendations for reducing cycle time and controlling schedule growth in the literature are strategies that manage or reduce technical risk. Some of those recommendations include using incremental fielding or evolutionary acquisition strategies, developing derivative products (rather than brand-new designs), using mature or proven technology (i.e., commercial, off-the-shelf components), maintaining stable funding, and using atypical contracting vehicles
    Note: "National Defense Research Institute , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , "RR-455-OSD"--Page 4 of cover , Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-83)
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    Improving technical vocational education and training in the Kurdistan region--Iraq (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833080714 , 0833086758 , 0833080717 , 9780833086754
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 80 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report (Rand Corporation) RR-277-KRG
    Parallel Title: Print version Constant, Louay Improving technical vocational education and training in the Kurdistan region--Iraq
    Keywords: Vocational education ; Vocational education ; Education ; Social Sciences ; Education, Special Topics ; Iraq ; Kurdistān ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Introduction -- The KRI's current TVET system -- Labor and skill needs in the KRI economy -- International TVET policies and practices -- Recommended roadmap for improving TVET
    Note: "RR-277-KRG"--Page 4 of cover , "Sponsored by the Kurdistan Regional Government , "RAND Education , Includes bibliographical references (pages 75-80)
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    The effectiveness of remotely piloted aircraft in a permissive hunter-killer scenario (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833083975 , 0833086944 , 083308397X , 9780833086945
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 51 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report
    Parallel Title: Print version Menthe, Lance Effectiveness of remotely piloted aircraft in a permissive hunter-killer scenario
    Keywords: Air warfare ; Drone aircraft ; Air warfare ; Drone aircraft ; United States ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Air warfare ; Air Forces ; Drone aircraft ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Electronic book
    Note: "RR-276-AF"--Page 4 of cover , "RAND Project Air Force , "Prepared for the United States Air Force , Includes bibliographical references (pages 50-51)
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    An operational architecture for improving Air Force command and control through enhanced agile combat support planning, execution, monitoring, and control processes (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833090034 , 0833090038 , 9780833081407
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxi, 95 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Lynch, Kristin F Operational architecture for improving Air Force command and control through enhanced agile combat support planning, execution, monitoring, and control processes
    Keywords: United States Operational readiness ; United States ; Operational art (Military science) ; Command and control systems ; Operational art (Military science) ; Command and control systems ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; Armed Forces ; Operational readiness ; Command and control systems ; United States ; Operational art (Military science) ; HISTORY ; Military ; Aviation ; Military & Naval Science ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This document presents an architecture that describes a TO-BE vision for integrating enhanced ACS processes into Air Force command and control (C2) as it is defined in Joint Publications. This architecture addresses the near-term--what C2 processes could be in the next 4-5 years using current Air Force assets. It first identifies C2 processes and the echelons of command responsible for executing those processes and then describes how enhanced ACS planning, execution, monitoring, and control processes to provide senior leaders with enterprise ACS capability and constraint information. We use this architecture to identify and describe where shortfalls or major gaps exist between current ACS processes (the AS-IS) and this vision for integrating enahcned ACS processes into Air Force C2 (the TO-BE)
    Abstract: This document presents an architecture that describes a TO-BE vision for integrating enhanced ACS processes into Air Force command and control (C2) as it is defined in Joint Publications. This architecture addresses the near-term--what C2 processes could be in the next 4-5 years using current Air Force assets. It first identifies C2 processes and the echelons of command responsible for executing those processes and then describes how enhanced ACS planning, execution, monitoring, and control processes to provide senior leaders with enterprise ACS capability and constraint information. We use this architecture to identify and describe where shortfalls or major gaps exist between current ACS processes (the AS-IS) and this vision for integrating enahcned ACS processes into Air Force C2 (the TO-BE)
    Note: "RAND Project Air Force , "RR-261-AF"--Cover page 4 , "Research report , "Prepared for the United States Air Force ; approved for public release; distribution unlimited , Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-95)
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    Gambling debt : Iceland's struggle with the new world order (2014)
    Boulder : University Press of Colorado
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    ISBN: 9781607323341 , 1607323354 , 1607323346 , 9781607323358
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 ; Financial crises History 21st century ; Debts, External 21st century ; Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 ; Financial crises ; Debts, External ; Economic history ; Financial crises ; Iceland ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Public Finance ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General ; History ; Debts, External ; Global Financial Crisis (2008-2009) ; Iceland Economic conditions 21st century ; Iceland ; Electronic books
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-275) and index
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    Recommendations for sustaining California's statewide mental health prevention and early intervention programs (2014)
    [Santa Monica, CA] : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833089458 , 0833089455
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    DDC: 362.209794
    Keywords: California Mental Health Services Authority ; California Mental Health Services Authority ; Mental health services Evaluation ; Mental health services ; Mental health services ; Evaluation ; California ; Electronic books
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
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    Evaluation of Delaware Stars for Early Success : year 1 report (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833089847 , 0833089846
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Research report
    DDC: 372.2109751
    Keywords: Delaware Stars for Early Success (Program) ; Delaware Stars for Early Success (Program) ; Early childhood education Standards ; Early childhood education Evaluation ; Early childhood education ; Early childhood education ; Early childhood education ; Standards ; Delaware ; Early childhood education ; Evaluation ; Electronic books
    Note: "Sponsored by the Delaware Office of Early Learning , Includes bibliographical references
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    Emergency department patient experience of care survey : development and field test (2014)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833089519 , 083308951X
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Research report
    DDC: 362.18
    Keywords: Hospitals Emergency services ; Evaluation ; Medical care surveys ; Emergency medical services Evaluation ; Hospitals ; Medical care surveys ; Emergency medical services ; Medical care surveys ; Hospitals ; Emergency services ; Evaluation ; Emergency medical services ; Evaluation ; Electronic books
    Note: "Sponsored by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services , Includes bibliographical references
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    Barriers to enrollment in health coverage in Colorado (2014)
    Santa Monica, Calif : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833089472 , 0833089471
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Research report
    DDC: 368.38/2009788
    Keywords: Connect for Health Colorado (Health insurance exchange) ; Connect for Health Colorado (Health insurance exchange) ; Medically uninsured persons ; Health insurance exchanges ; Medically uninsured persons ; Health insurance exchanges ; Connect for Health Colorado (Health insurance exchange) ; Health insurance exchanges ; Medically uninsured persons ; Colorado ; Electronic books
    Note: "Sponsored by the Colorado Health Foundation , Includes bibliographical references
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    Preparing principals to raise student achievement : implementation and effects of the New Leaders program in ten districts : appendix (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833086990 , 0833086995
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 155 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Gates, Susan M., 1968- Preparing principals to raise student achievement
    Keywords: School management and organization Case studies ; Educational leadership Case studies ; Education, Urban Case studies ; School principals Case studies Training of ; School management and organization ; Educational leadership ; Education, Urban ; School principals ; United States ; School principals ; Training of ; Educational leadership ; Case studies ; Education, Urban ; School management and organization ; EDUCATION ; Teaching Methods & Materials ; Arts & Humanities ; Electronic book
    Note: "Sponsored by New Leaders , Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-155)
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    Unraveling the Nagoya Protocol : a commentary on the Nagoya Protocol on access and benefit-sharing to the Convention on Biological Diversity (2014)
    Leiden : Brill
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    ISBN: 9789004217171 , 9004217185 , 9004217177 , 9789004217188
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 417 pages)
    Series Statement: Legal studies on access and benefit-sharing volume 2
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Print versionMorgera, Elisa Unraveling the Nagoya Protocol
    Keywords: Convention on Biological Diversity ; Convention on Biological Diversity ; Environmental law, International ; Renewable natural resources Law and legislation ; Sustainable development Law and legislation ; Nature conservation Law and legislation ; Biodiversity conservation Law and legislation ; Environmental law, International ; Renewable natural resources ; Sustainable development ; Nature conservation ; Biodiversity conservation ; Nature conservation ; Law and legislation ; Renewable natural resources ; Law and legislation ; Sustainable development ; Law and legislation ; LAW ; Environmental ; Biodiversity conservation ; Law and legislation ; Convention on Biological Diversity (1992 June 5) ; Environmental law, International ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The Nagoya Protocol is an unprecedented international environmental agreement that equally addresses development, distributive justice, and environmental sustainability. With a balanced view of the various possible interpretations of the Protocol provisions, in light of different national and regional perspectives, and a systematic highlighting of its legal innovations, Unraveling the Nagoya Protocol: A Commentary on the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing to the Convention on Biological Diversity will serve as a seminal work for all those interested in the environment, human rights
    Abstract: 4.1 Internationally Recognized Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples4.2 Internationally Recognized Rights of Local Communities; 4.3 Human Rights-related Risks and Opportunities, Limitations and Innovations under the Protocol; 5 About This Commentary; Article 1. Objective; 1 Overview; 2 Objective and Means; 3 Traditional Knowledge; 4 Links with Conservation and Sustainable Use; 5 Legal and Practical Functions; Article 2. Use of Terms; 1 Overview; 2 Utilization of Genetic Resources; 2.1 The Intent; 2.2 The Material; 2.2.1 Derivatives; 2.2.2 Commodities in Trade; 3 Utilization of Traditional Knowl
    Abstract: 4.1 Internationally Recognized Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples4.2 Internationally Recognized Rights of Local Communities; 4.3 Human Rights-related Risks and Opportunities, Limitations and Innovations under the Protocol; 5 About This Commentary; Article 1. Objective; 1 Overview; 2 Objective and Means; 3 Traditional Knowledge; 4 Links with Conservation and Sustainable Use; 5 Legal and Practical Functions; Article 2. Use of Terms; 1 Overview; 2 Utilization of Genetic Resources; 2.1 The Intent; 2.2 The Material; 2.2.1 Derivatives; 2.2.2 Commodities in Trade; 3 Utilization of Traditional Knowl
    Abstract: Article 5. Fair and Equitable Benefit-sharing1 Overview; 2 Inter-State Benefit-sharing from the Utilization of Genetic Resources; 3 Intra-State Benefit-sharing from the Utilization of Genetic Resources Held by Indigenous and Local Communities; 3.1 States' Obligation; 3.2 'Established Rights' and Other Qualifications; 4 Benefit-sharing from the Utilization of Traditional Knowledge; 5 The Role of Mutually Agreed Terms; 6 Monetary and Non-monetary Benefits; Article 6. Access to Genetic Resources; 1 Overview; 2 Background; 3 Access to Genetic Resources: The Inter-State Dimension
    Abstract: Article 5. Fair and Equitable Benefit-sharing1 Overview; 2 Inter-State Benefit-sharing from the Utilization of Genetic Resources; 3 Intra-State Benefit-sharing from the Utilization of Genetic Resources Held by Indigenous and Local Communities; 3.1 States' Obligation; 3.2 'Established Rights' and Other Qualifications; 4 Benefit-sharing from the Utilization of Traditional Knowledge; 5 The Role of Mutually Agreed Terms; 6 Monetary and Non-monetary Benefits; Article 6. Access to Genetic Resources; 1 Overview; 2 Background; 3 Access to Genetic Resources: The Inter-State Dimension
    Abstract: The Nagoya Protocol is an unprecedented international environmental agreement that equally addresses development, distributive justice, and environmental sustainability. With a balanced view of the various possible interpretations of the Protocol provisions, in light of different national and regional perspectives, and a systematic highlighting of its legal innovations, Unraveling the Nagoya Protocol: A Commentary on the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing to the Convention on Biological Diversity will serve as a seminal work for all those interested in the environment, human rights
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 390-411) and index
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    Mo(ve)ments of resistance : politics, economy and society in Israel/Palestine 1931-2013 (2014)
    Brighton, Massachusetts : Academic Studies Press
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    ISBN: 9781936235414 , 1618117904 , 1936235412 , 1618117904 , 9781936235414 , 9781618117908
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (250 pages)
    Series Statement: Israel: Society, Culture, and History
    Keywords: Politics and government ; Israel ; HISTORY ; Middle East ; Israel ; Economic history ; Israel Politics and government 20th century ; Israel Economic conditions 20th century ; Israel ; Israel ; Electronic books ; Palästina ; Israel ; Politik ; Wirtschaft ; Widerstand ; Geschichte 1931-2013
    Abstract: Introduction : political spaces and mo(ve)ments of resistance -- 1931 -- An Arab-Jewish civil society struggle against the British colonial government -- 1959 -- Wadi Salib riots : culminating a decade of ethnic discrimination -- 1960-1965 -- the Action Committees' revolt : full employment crisis, failed democratization and state expansion -- 1971 -- the Black Panthers movement : ethnic tensions and "left-right" tribal polarization -- 1980 -- Forum/13 powerful workers : hyperinflation and the challenge to state autonomy -- 1987-1993 -- the Intifada : the Palestinian resistance mo(ve)ment -- 2011 -- the J14 mo(ve)ment : the emergence of the occupy repertoire of resistance -- Conclusion : on the dynamics of political spaces -- time, movement, actors and masses.
    Abstract: In Mo(ve)ments of Resistance, Grinberg summarizes both his own work and that of other political economists, providing a coherent historical narrative covering the time from the beginning of Socialist Zionism (1904) to the Oslo Accords and the neoliberalization of the economy (1994-1996). The theoretical approach of the book combines eventful sociology, path dependency, and institutional political economy. Grinberg argues that historical political events have been shaped not only by political and economic forces but also by resistance struggles of marginal and weaker social groups: organized workers, Palestinians, and Mizrachi Jews. Major turning points in history, like the Separation War in 1948, the military occupation in 1967, and the Oslo peace process in 1993, are explained in the context of previous social and economic resistance struggles that affected the political outcomes
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    Cuando el cura llama a la puerta : orden sacramental y sociedad : los padrones de confesión del Sagrario de México (1670-1825) (2014)
    México, D.F : El Colegio de México
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    ISBN: 9786074626384 , 6074626383 , 6074626383 , 9786074626384
    Language: Spanish
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (335 pages, 1 unnumbered page of plates)
    Edition: Primera edición
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Print version Ferreira Ascencio, Claudia Cuando el cura llama a la puerta
    Keywords: Parroquia del Sagrario Metropolitano (Mexico City, Mexico) History ; Parroquia del Sagrario Metropolitano (Mexico City, Mexico) ; Sacred space History ; Church records and registers ; Sacred space ; Church records and registers ; Electronic books ; Church records and registers ; Sacred space ; HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico ; Mexico ; Mexico ; Mexico City ; Parroquia del Sagrario Metropolitano (Mexico City, Mexico) ; History ; Mexico Religious life and customs ; Mexico
    Abstract: Puerta principal: La política del buen pastor y los padrones de confesión y comunión en la parroquia del Sagrario -- Puerta falsa: La vida cotidiana en la parroquia del Sagrario
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    Incapacity : Wittgenstein, anxiety, and performance behavior (2014)
    Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press
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    ISBN: 9780810129924 , 0810167794 , 0810129922 , 0810167794 , 9780810129924 , 9780810167797
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Print version Golub, Spencer Incapacity
    Keywords: Wittgenstein, Ludwig ; Wittgenstein, Ludwig ; Literature Philosophy ; Language and languages Philosophy ; Performance Philosophy ; Literature, Modern History and criticism 20th century ; Literature ; Language and languages ; Performance ; Literature, Modern ; Literature ; Philosophy ; Philosophy & Religion ; Philosophy ; PHILOSOPHY ; Aesthetics ; Criticism, interpretation, etc ; Language and languages ; Philosophy ; Wittgenstein, Ludwig ; Literature, Modern ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Introduction: thoughts thinking themselves --Tractatus-illogico-philosophicus --Wittgenstein's anatomy --Catastrophists --Doors of misperception --Rules of the game --Non-sleeper agents --Masterminds --The idiot's anxiety at the object's disappearance --Homeless.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: thoughts thinking themselves -- Tractatus-illogico-philosophicus -- Wittgenstein's anatomy -- Catastrophists -- Doors of misperception -- Rules of the game -- Non-sleeper agents -- Masterminds -- The idiot's anxiety at the object's disappearance -- Homeless.
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    Vision/division : L'œuvre de Nancy Huston (2014)
    Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press/Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa
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    ISBN: 9782760317406 , 2760317404 , 2760317404 , 9782760317406
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (159 pages)
    Series Statement: Collection internationale d'études canadiennes
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 843/.54
    Keywords: Huston, Nancy Criticism and interpretation ; Huston, Nancy ; Doubles in literature ; Hypocrisy in literature ; Doubles in literature ; Hypocrisy in literature ; Criticism, interpretation, etc ; Electronic books
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    Healthcare in Ireland and Britain from 1850 : voluntary, regional and comparative perspectives (2014)
    London : Institute of Historical Research
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    ISBN: 9781909646025 , 1909646652 , 1909646024 , 1909646652 , 9781909646025 , 9781909646650
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Parallel Title: Print version Healthcare in Ireland and Britain from 1850
    DDC: 362.109417
    Keywords: Medical care History 19th century ; Medical care History 20th century ; Medical care History 19th century ; Medical care History 20th century ; Medical care ; Medical care ; Medical care ; Medical care ; History, 20th Century ; Hospitals, Voluntary history ; Religion and Medicine ; Health Services history ; Social Welfare history ; History, 19th Century ; Electronic books ; Great Britain ; History ; Medical care ; Ireland ; United Kingdom ; Ireland
    Abstract: Introduction / Donnacha Seán Lucey, Virginia Crossman -- I. Historiographical directions: 'Voluntarism' in English health and welfare : visions of history / Martin Gorsky. Healthcare systems in Britain and Ireland in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries : the national, international and sub-national contexts / John Stewart -- II. Voluntary hospital provision: Paying for health : comparative perspectives on patient payment and contributions for hospital provision in Ireland / Donnacha Seán Lucey, George Campbell Gosling. 'Why have a Catholic hospital at all?' : the Mater Infirmorum Hospital Belfast and the state, 1883-1972 / Peter Martin. Cottage hospitals and communities in rural East Devon, 1919-1939 / Julia Neville -- III. Healthcare and the mixed economy: The mixed economy of care in the South Wales coalfield, c.1850-1950 / Steven Thompson. ' ... it would be preposterous to bring a Protestant here' : religion, provincial politics and district nurses in Ireland, 1890-1904 / Ciara Breathnach. To 'solve the darkest social problems of our time' : the Church of Scotland's entry into the British matrix of health and welfare provision c.1880-1914 / Janet Greenlees -- IV. Public health, voluntarism and local government: Feverish activity : Dublin City Council and the smallpox outbreak of 1902-3 / Ciarán Wallace. Influenza : the Irish Local Government Board's last great crisis / Ida Milne. The roots of regionalism : municipal medicine from the Local Government Board to the Dawson report / Sally Sheard
    Abstract: Introduction / Donnacha Seán Lucey, Virginia Crossman -- I. Historiographical directions: 'Voluntarism' in English health and welfare : visions of history / Martin Gorsky. Healthcare systems in Britain and Ireland in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries : the national, international and sub-national contexts / John Stewart -- II. Voluntary hospital provision: Paying for health : comparative perspectives on patient payment and contributions for hospital provision in Ireland / Donnacha Seán Lucey, George Campbell Gosling. 'Why have a Catholic hospital at all?' : the Mater Infirmorum Hospital Belfast and the state, 1883-1972 / Peter Martin. Cottage hospitals and communities in rural East Devon, 1919-1939 / Julia Neville -- III. Healthcare and the mixed economy: The mixed economy of care in the South Wales coalfield, c.1850-1950 / Steven Thompson. ' ... it would be preposterous to bring a Protestant here' : religion, provincial politics and district nurses in Ireland, 1890-1904 / Ciara Breathnach. To 'solve the darkest social problems of our time' : the Church of Scotland's entry into the British matrix of health and welfare provision c.1880-1914 / Janet Greenlees -- IV. Public health, voluntarism and local government: Feverish activity : Dublin City Council and the smallpox outbreak of 1902-3 / Ciarán Wallace. Influenza : the Irish Local Government Board's last great crisis / Ida Milne. The roots of regionalism : municipal medicine from the Local Government Board to the Dawson report / Sally Sheard
    Note: "This collection of essays is based on two workshops held in Dublin. The first was held in 2011 in the Centre for Contemporary Irish History in Trinity College Dublin and the second in 2012 in the Centre for the History of Medicine, University College Dublin."--Page vii , "Published by University of London, School of Advanced Study, Institute of Historical Research"--Title page verso , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    José Emilio Pacheco : reescritura en movimiento (2014)
    México, D.F : El Colegio de México, Centro de Estudios Lingüísticos y Literarios
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    ISBN: 9786074626568 , 6074626561 , 6074626561 , 9786074626568
    Language: Spanish
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (207 pages)
    Edition: Primera edición
    Series Statement: Serie Literatura mexicana XIV
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Print version José Emilio Pacheco
    Keywords: Pacheco, José Emilio Literary style ; Pacheco, José Emilio Criticism and interpretation ; Pacheco, José Emilio ; Pacheco, José Emilio ; Poets, Mexican Intellectual life 20th century ; Poets, Mexican ; Electronic books ; Criticism, interpretation, etc ; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary ; Pacheco, José Emilio ; Literary style
    Abstract: Memoria del escritor : palabra "que no cesa" / Yvette Jiménez de Baéz -- José Emilio Pacheco / Luzelena Gutiérrez de Velasco -- A José Emilio Pacheco, siemprevivas / Yvette Jiménez de Baéz -- Variaciones sobre La arena errante de José Emilio Pacheco : I Motivo poemario, II del pormenor significativo a una visión del mundo / Yvette Jiménez de Baéz -- Crónica de la fugacidad : la poesía de José Emilio Pacheco / Hugo J. Verani -- José Emilio Pacheco, poeta elegiaco / Anthony Stanton -- Aproximaciones a poetisas japonesas / Carmen Dolores Carrillo Juárez -- Morirás lejos : la inofensiva y consoladora utilidad de las narraciones / Gabriela Leal -- José Emilio Pacheco y el nouveau roman / Luzelena Gutiérrez de Velasco -- Huellas del 68 en textos de José Emilio Pacheco / Edith Negrín -- A 30 años de la publicación de Las batallas en el desierto / José Emilio Pacheco
    Note: "Incluye también un texto inédito suyo que leyó cuando le otorgaron el Premio Alfonos Reyes en El Colegio de México"--Back cover , Includes bibliographical references
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    Dictionary of world biography (2014)
    Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press
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    ISBN: 9781925022254 , 1925022250
    Language: English
    Edition: Second edition.
    Series Statement: ANU. Lives series in biography
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Jones, Barry; Dictionary of World Biography
    Keywords: Biography Dictionaries. ; Authors, Australian ; Biography ; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY ; Reference ; Authors, Australian ; Biography ; Dictionaries ; Electronic books
    Abstract: About the Author; Abbreviations; Introduction; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
    Abstract: Jones, Barry Owen (1932- ). Australian politician, writer and lawyer, born in Geelong. Educated at Melbourne University, he was a public servant, high school teacher, television and radio performer, university lecturer and lawyer before serving as a Labor MP in the Victorian Parliament 1972-77 and the Australian House of Representatives 1977-98. He took a leading role in reviving the Australian film industry, abolishing the death penalty in Australia, and was the first politician to raise public awareness of global warming, the 'post-industrial' society, the IT revolution, biotechnology, the rise of 'the Third Age' and the need to preserve Antarctica as a wilderness. In the Hawke Government, he was Minister for Science 1983-90, Prices and Consumer Affairs 1987, Small Business 1987-90 and Customs 1988-90. He became a member of the Executive Board of UNESCO, Paris 1991-95 and National President of the Australian Labor Party 1992-2000, 2005-06. He was Deputy Chairman of the Constitutional Convention 1998. His books include Decades of Decision 1860- (1965), Joseph II (1968), Age of Apocalypse (1975), and he edited The Penalty is Death (1968). Sleepers, Wake!: Technology and the Future of Work was published by Oxford University Press in 1982, became a bestseller and has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Swedish and braille. The fourth edition was published in 1995. He received a DSc for his services to science in 1988 and a DLitt in 1993 for his work on information theory. Elected FTSE (1992), FAHA (1993), FAA (1996) and FASSA (2003), he is the only person to have been elected to all four Australian learned Academies. Awarded an AO in 1993, named as one of Australia's one hundred 'living national treasures' in 1998, he was elected a Visiting Fellow Commoner of Trinity College, Cambridge in 1999. His autobiography, A Thinking Reed, was published in 2006
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    Soncino ' Gesellschaft der Freunde des jüdischen Buches (2014)
    s.l. : De Gruyter
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    ISBN: 311033920X , 9783110339208
    Language: German
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (256)
    Series Statement: Europaisch-Judische Studien Beitrage 17
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Soncino, Gesellschaft der Freunde des jüdischen Buches
    Keywords: Soncino-Gesellschaft der Freunde des Jüdischen Buches History ; Jews Bibliography ; Periodicals ; History ; Jewish studies ; HISTORY / Europe / Germany ; Soncino-Gesellschaft der Freunde des Jüdischen Buches ; History ; Electronic books
    Abstract: In May 1924, the Soncino Society of the Friends of the Jewish Book was founded in Berlin. Named after the Soncinos, a 15th to 16th century Jewish-Italian family of printers, it was the first society of Jewish bibliophiles, and set the goal of publishing rare Jewish books and Hebrew printings. The eight essays in this volume explore the history of the Society and its commitment to Hebrew book culture
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    In the lands of the Romanovs : an annotated bibliography of first-hand English-language accounts of the Russian Empire (1613-1917) (2014)
    Cambridge, England : Open Book Publishers
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    ISBN: 1783740590 , 1783740574 , 1783740574 , 1783740582 , 1783740604 , 1783740612 , 9781783740598 , 9781783740574 , 9781783740604 , 9781783740581 , 9781783740611 , 9781783740574
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (440 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Cross, Anthony In the lands of the Romanovs : an annotated bibliography of first-hand English-language accounts of the Russian Empire (1613-1917)
    Keywords: Europe ; Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe) ; Lifestyle, sport and leisure ; Reference works ; Reference, information and interdisciplinary subjects ; Russia ; Travel and holiday ; Travel writing ; REFERENCE ; Bibliographies & Indexes ; TRAVEL ; Russia ; Regions & Countries - Europe ; History & Archaeology ; Russia & Former Soviet Republics ; Bibliographies, catalogues Mod Bibliographies, catalogues ; Russia (Federation) ; Eastern Europe ; Encyclopaedias and reference works ; Bibliography ; History ; Russia Bibliography History 1801-1917 ; Russia Bibliography History 1689-1801 ; Russia Bibliography History 1613-1689 ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Over the course of more than three centuries of Romanov rule in Russia, foreign visitors and residents produced a vast corpus of literature conveying their experiences and impressions of the country. The product of years of painstaking research by one of the world's foremost authorities on Anglo-Russian relations, In the Lands of the Romanovs is the realization of a major bibliographical project that records the details of over 1200 English-language accounts of the Russian Empire. Ranging chronologically from the accession of Mikhail Fedorovich in 1613 to the abdication of Nicholas II in 1917, this is the most comprehensive bibliography of first-hand accounts of Russia ever to be published. Far more than an inventory of accounts by travellers and tourists, Anthony Cross's ambitious and wide-ranging work includes personal records of residence in or visits to Russia by writers ranging from diplomats to merchants, physicians to clergymen, gardeners to governesses, as well as by participants in the French invasion of 1812 and in the Crimean War of 1854-56. Providing full bibliographical details and concise, informative annotation for each entry, this substantial bibliography will be an invaluable tool for anyone with an interest in contacts between Russia and the West during the centuries of Romanov rule."--Publisher's website
    Abstract: List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Reigns of the First Romanovs: Mikhail Fedorovich (1613-1645), Aleksei Mikhailovich (1645-1676), and Fedor Alekseevich (1676-1682) -- 2. Reigns of Peter I (1682-1725), including joint reign with Ivan V (1682-1696) and regency of Sophia (1686-1689), and Catherine I (1725-1727) -- 3. Reigns of Peter II (1727-1730), Anna Ivanovna (1730-1740), Ivan VI (1740-1741), and Elizabeth (1741-1762) -- 4. Reigns of Peter III (1762) and Catherine II (1762-1796) -- 5. Reign of Paul I (1796-1801) -- 6. Reign of Alexander I (1801-1825) -- 7. Reign of Nicholas I (1825-1855) -- 8. The Crimean War (28 March 1854-27 April 1856) -- 9. Reign of Alexander II (1855-1881) -- 10. Reign of Alexander III (1881-1894) -- 11. Reign of Nicholas II (1894-1917) -- Bibliography of Bibliographies -- Index of Authors.
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    The codification of Jewish law : and an introduction to the jurisprudence of the Mishna Berura (2014)
    Boston : Academic Studies Press
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    ISBN: 1618112791 , 1322500002 , 1618118463 , 1618112783 , 9781618118462 , 9781618112798 , 9781618112781 , 9781322500003
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 387 pages) , illustrations
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Broyde, Michael J Codification of Jewish law
    Keywords: Israel Meir ; Jewish law Codification ; RELIGION ; Judaism ; General ; LITERARY CRITICISM ; Jewish ; Mishnah berurah (Israel Meir, ha-Kohen) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: I. General methodology of codification of Jewish law -- II. History of codification -- III. Introduction to Rabbi Israel Meir Kagan and the Mishna Berura -- IV. Mishna Berura's philosophy of Jewish law -- V. Mishna Berura's jurisprudence -- VI. The Mishna Berura's technique of legal interpretation -- VII. The Mishna Berura's use of key terms -- VIII. Examples of the Mishna Berura's methodology -- IX. Alternative views of the Mishna Berura's methodology -- X. Conclusion -- Two hundred fifty illustrative examples from the Mishna Berura -- Appendix A.A summary index of the examples -- Appendix B.A brief note on the history of Halakha -- Appendix C. Biography of selected rabbis mentioned in Mishna Berura -- Appendix D.A brief note on the names of Jewish books.
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    Hanghaus 2 in Ephesos : die Wohneinheit 6 : Baubefund, Ausstattung, Funde (2014)
    Wien : Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
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    ISBN: 3700176546 , 9783700176541
    Language: German
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (lvi, 866 Seiten, 443 Tafeln)
    Series Statement: Forschungen in Ephesos Band 8/9
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Hanghaus 2 in Ephesos
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    Keywords: Art, Roman ; Excavations (Archaeology) ; Architecture, Domestic ; Excavations (Archaeology) ; ARCHITECTURE ; History ; Ancient & Classical ; Architecture, Domestic ; Art, Roman ; Turkey ; Turkey ; Ephesus (Extinct city) ; Buildings ; Classical antiquities ; Ephesus (Extinct city) Buildings, structures, etc ; Ephesus (Extinct city) ; Turkey Antiquities, Roman ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Annotation, German description: Die sieben Wohneinheiten des Hanghauses 2 im Bautypus von grossen Peristylhausern bilden seit der Uberdachung mit einem Schutzbau und der Offnung fur Besucher eine der touristischen Hauptattraktionen des Ruinengelandes von Ephesos. Der privilegierte Status der Bewohner der hier vorgelegten Wohneinheit 6 wird bereits durch die zentrale Lage und den direkten Eingang vom embolos (Kuretenstrasse) angezeigt. Glucklicherweise ist ihr Eigentumer Gaius Flavius Furius Aptus durch Inschriften bekannt. Er ist als Bauherr fur den grosszugigen Ausbau des Hauses in den Bauphasen II (120 n. Chr.) und III (ca. 150 n. Chr.) mit geraumigen, mit Marmor luxurios ausgestatteten Fest- und Bankettsalen verantwortlich. Er bekleidete nicht nur hohe stadtische Amter, sondern war auch Priester des Dionysos Oreios Bakchios pro poleos. Als Priester und Vorstand stellte er sein palastartiges Stadthaus als Versammlungsort fur diesen Dionysosverein zur Verfugung, wofur neben vielen anderen Hinweisen vor allem das Fehlen von privat genutzten Raumen spricht. Jedoch wird durch Turverbindungen zu den benachbarten Wohneinheiten 4 und 7, in denen diese Raumfunktionen vorhanden waren, angezeigt, dass die Wohneinheit 6 zusammen mit diesen Wohneinheiten im Besitz der Familie des Gaius Flavius Furius Aptus stand. Dem Konzept der Publikation der Hanghauser in Ephesos folgend, werden in dem reich illustrierten Band, dem auch eine CD mit Visualisierungen und Planen beigegeben ist, der Baubefund mit den Bauphasen, der Architektur und den Wasserinstallationen, die Ausstattung mit den Marmorwand- und -bodenverkleidungen, der Wandmalerei, den Stuckdekorationen und den Mosaiken ebenso wie die Funde mit den Skulpturen, der Keramik, den Kleinfunden, dem Glas und de
    Abstract: Annotation, English summary: Since the erection of the new protective roof of Terrace House 2 and its opening to tourists shortly afterwards, it has been one of the main attractions of antique Ephesos. Terrace House 2 is a big insula housing seven dwelling units built in the type of peristyle houses. The privileged status of the owners of Dwelling Unit 6 can already be hinted at the central location of the house and its entrance directly from Curetes Street, a main thoroughfare and processional way of the city. Fortunately, the home owner of Dwelling Unit 6, Gaius Flavius Furius Aptus, is known by inscriptions. He was responsible for the generous rebuilding of Dwelling Unit 6 in the building periods II (120 AD) and III (mid 2nd century AD), including big and lavishly decorated halls, which were used for banquets and celebrations (Marble Hall 31, Apsidal Hall 8). Gaius Flavius Furius Aptus not only held municipal offices, but was also priest of Dionysos Oreios Bakchios pro poleos. In this capacity, he opened his house for meetings of the Dionysos association, over which he presided. This is mainly indicated by the absence of private rooms in the house; albeit connecting doors between Dwelling Unit 6 and Dwelling Units 4 and 7 give evidence that these three houses belonged to the family of Gaius Flavius Furius Aptus. Following the publication concept of the Ephesian Terrace Houses, the publication of Dwelling Unit 6 provides a detailed description of the architecture, the reconstruction of the building periods, the water supply and drainage, the marble decor of the walls and floors, the wall paintings, stucco work, mosaics, sculpture, small finds, ceramic, glass and coin finds as well as the analysis of the archaeozoological remains; moreover, the numerous graffiti on the wall paintings giving a direct insight into everyday life are discussed as well as the extensive restoration work of Marble Hall 31, which has been undertaken in recent years. The publication also includes an analysis of the pre-use of the area, whereby as a new result a peristyle house can be assumed already in late Hellenistic times. The volume also provides a CD, containing visualisations of certain rooms as well as building and floor plans
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Zielgruppe - Audience: College Audience , Band 1, Textband 1 , Band 2, Textband 2 , Band 3, Tafelband
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    Denis Diderot's Rameau's nephew (2014)
    Cambridge, England : Open Book Publishers
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    ISBN: 1783740094 , 9781783740093 , 9781783740086 , 9781783740079 , 9781783740109 , 9781783740116
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (177 pages) , illustrations (some color)
    Edition: Multi-media edition
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Denis Diderot's Rameau's nephew
    Keywords: Diderot, Denis ; Neveu de Rameau (Diderot, Denis) ; French Literature ; Romance Literatures ; Languages & Literatures ; PHILOSOPHY ; General ; Electronic books
    Abstract: ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""List of Musical Pieces""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Preface""; ""Rameau�s Nephew""; ""Notes""
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    Second Generation Patents in Pharmaceutical Innovation (2014)
    Baden-Baden : Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft
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    ISBN: 3845250860 , 9783845250861
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (355 pages)
    Series Statement: Munich Intellectual Property Law Center - MIPLC v. 19
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Ahn, Hyewon Second Generation Patents in Pharmaceutical Innovation
    Keywords: Drugs Patents ; Patent laws and legislation ; Pharmaceutical industry ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Industries ; General ; LAW / Commercial / General ; Drugs ; Patent laws and legislation ; Pharmaceutical industry ; Patents ; Electronic books
    Abstract: 1. New medical entities, new molecular entities 2. Similar or equivalent "me-too" products; 3. Second generation products; 4. Generic drugs; E. Summary; III. SPECIFICITIES IN PHARMACEUTICALS AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS; A. Innovating and inventing in pharmaceutical industry; 1. Specificities in the drug development process; a) Highly regulated industry; b) R & D -- a costly and lengthy road to a medicine; c) Uncertainties in post-invention development; (1) Scientific uncertainty: Unpredictability of substances; (2) Regulatory and market uncertainties; d) Information rich chemicals.
    Abstract: 2. Specificities in the market for pharmaceuticals a) Imitation with negligible cost and much reduced risk; b) Prescription based purchase: A disconnection between choosers and payers; c) Information asymmetry and high loyalty to a medicine; d) Pricing; 3. Specificities of the patent protection for pharmaceuticals; a) Patent protection for industrial technologies; b) Patent protection in the pharmaceutical industry; B. Challenges and overcoming efforts; 1. Decreased R & D productivity; 2. Dearth of new medical entities; a) Significance of NMEs; b) Decreased number of NMEs.
    Abstract: B) NMEs as the core of pharmaceutical innovation C. Second generation inventions and patents in pharmaceuticals; 1. Product inventions and patents; a) Species selection inventions; Markush type claim; A species claim; b) Optical isomers; c) Crystalline forms; d) Metabolites and prodrugs; e) Esters and salts; f) Dosage forms; g) Combinations of active ingredients; 2. Use inventions; a) New Use/New method of treatment; b) Dosage regime; 3. Process inventions; a) Process; b) Intermediates; D. Pharmaceutical products in the market.
    Abstract: Cover; I. INTRODUCTION; A. Overview; B. Outline of the dissertation; C. Scope of the dissertation; II. PHARMACEUTICAL INVENTIONS, INNOVATIONS & PRODUCTS; A. Cumulative nature of inventions; 1. Basic and second generation inventions; a) Improvement inventions; b) Selection inventions; B. Inventions and innovations in pharmaceutical field; 1. Inventions and patents in pharmaceutical field; a) Product invention and the absolute character of its protection; b) Hierarchy of pharmaceutical patents; 2. Innovations in pharmaceutical field; a) Invention v. innovation.
    Abstract: C) Potential reasons for the decrease (1) Decrease in solvable scientific problems; (2) Stringent safety regulations; (3) Problem of over-disclosure; (4) Early and numerous abandonments of potential candidates; 3. Patent cliffs of blockbuster medications; 4. Frequent merger and acquisitions (M & As) and in-licensing; 5. Drastic increase of second generation inventions; a) Life cycle management or evergreening; b) Drastic increase of this activity supported by the number of second generation patents; C. Summary; IV. STANDARDS OF PATENTABILITY FOR PHARMACEUTICAL SELECTION INVENTIONS.
    Abstract: Die Entwicklung neuer Medikamente und deren Verbesserungen sind entscheidend, um deutliche Fortschritte in der Gesundheitsversorgung zu gewährleisten. Der Entwicklungsprozess ist lang und teuer, insbesondere der Aufwand, der betrieben werden muss, um den hohen Regulierungsanforderungen gerecht zu werden. Im Gegensatz dazu verursacht die Nachahmung von Medikamenten vernachlässigbare Kosten und birgt deutlich weniger Risiken. Dies ist einer der Gründe, warum der Patentschutz für die die pharmazeutische Industrie von so großer Bedeutung ist. Trotz des bestehenden Patentsystems i
    Note: A. Novelty and anticipation
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    Hidden heroes : America's military caregivers (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833085559 , 0833085557 , 9780833085580 , 0833085565 , 0833085581 , 9780833085566
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxx, 258 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR-499-TEDF
    Keywords: Veterans Health and hygiene ; Military social work ; Veterans Care ; Psychological aspects ; Veterans Mental health services ; Veterans Medical care ; Medicine, Military ; Caregivers Services for ; Psychology, Military ; Military nursing ; Veterans ; Military social work ; Veterans ; Veterans ; Veterans ; Medicine, Military ; Caregivers ; Psychology, Military ; Military nursing ; Veterans statistics & numerical data ; Disabled Persons rehabilitation ; Needs Assessment statistics & numerical data ; Social Support ; Socioeconomic Factors ; Caregivers statistics & numerical data ; Veterans ; Mental health services ; HEALTH & FITNESS ; Work-Related Health ; United States ; Caregivers ; Services for ; Medicine, Military ; Military nursing ; Military social work ; Psychology, Military ; Veterans ; Health and hygiene ; Veterans ; Medical care ; HISTORY ; United States ; State & Local ; General ; United States ; Electronic books ; Statistics
    Abstract: "While much has been written about the role of caregiving for the elderly and chronically ill and for children with special needs, little is known about "military caregivers"--The population of those who care for wounded, ill, and injured military personnel and veterans. These caregivers play an essential role in caring for injured or wounded service members and veterans. This enables those for whom they are caring to live better quality lives, and can result in faster and improved rehabilitation and recovery. Yet playing this role can impose a substantial physical, emotional, and financial toll on caregivers. This report summarizes the results of a study designed to describe the magnitude of military caregiving in the United States today, as well as to identify gaps in the array of programs, policies, and initiatives designed to support military caregivers. Improving military caregivers' well-being and ensuring their continued ability to provide care will require multifaceted approaches to reducing the current burdens caregiving may impose, and bolstering their ability to serve as caregivers more effectively. Given the systematic differences among military caregiver groups, it is also important that tailored approaches meet the unique needs and characteristics of post-9/11 caregivers."--Abstract
    Abstract: "While much has been written about the role of caregiving for the elderly and chronically ill and for children with special needs, little is known about "military caregivers"--The population of those who care for wounded, ill, and injured military personnel and veterans. These caregivers play an essential role in caring for injured or wounded service members and veterans. This enables those for whom they are caring to live better quality lives, and can result in faster and improved rehabilitation and recovery. Yet playing this role can impose a substantial physical, emotional, and financial toll on caregivers. This report summarizes the results of a study designed to describe the magnitude of military caregiving in the United States today, as well as to identify gaps in the array of programs, policies, and initiatives designed to support military caregivers. Improving military caregivers' well-being and ensuring their continued ability to provide care will require multifaceted approaches to reducing the current burdens caregiving may impose, and bolstering their ability to serve as caregivers more effectively. Given the systematic differences among military caregiver groups, it is also important that tailored approaches meet the unique needs and characteristics of post-9/11 caregivers."--Abstract
    Abstract: Introduction -- Critical Lifelines : The Role and Contributions of Military Caregivers -- Understanding and Addressing Caregiver Needs : the Risks and Consequences of Caregiving and Programs to Mitigate Them -- Evolving Needs : Sustaining Caregiver and Care Recipient Well-Being Now and in the Future -- Closing Gaps : Conclusions and Recommendations -- Appendices : A. Survey Methods ; B. Survey Analysis ; C. Enumeration of Military Caregivers -D. Environmental Scan Methods -- E. Environmental Scan Organizational Characteristics -- F. Federal and State Policies and Programs to Support Military Caregivers -- G. Programs and Organizations Excluded from the Environmental Scan -- H. Military Support Programs and Organizations Included in the Environmental Scan
    Note: "RR-499-TEDF"--Page 4 of cover , Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-258)
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    The future of driving in developing countries (2014)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833086044 , 0833089811 , 0833086049 , 9780833089816
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 115 pages)
    Series Statement: Technical report RR-636-ifmo
    Parallel Title: Print version Ecola, Liisa Future of driving in developing countries
    Keywords: Automobile driving Forecasting ; Automobile driving ; Developing countries ; Business & Economics ; Automobile driving ; Forecasting ; COMPUTERS ; Data Modeling & Design ; Transportation Economics ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The level of automobility, defined as travel in personal vehicles, is often seen as a function of income: The higher a country's per capita income, the greater the amount of driving. However, levels of automobility vary quite substantially between countries even at similar levels of economic development. This suggests that countries follow different mobility paths. The research detailed in this report sought to answer three questions: What are the factors besides economic development that affect automobility? What is their influence on automobility? What will happen to automobility in developing countries if they progress along similar paths as developed countries? To answer these questions, the authors developed a methodology to identify these factors, model their impact on developed countries, and forecast automobility (as defined by per capita vehicle-kilometers traveled [VKT]) in four developing countries. This methodology draws on quantitative analysis of historical automobility development in four country case studies (the United States, Australia, Germany, and Japan) that represent very different levels of per capita automobility, in combination with data derived from an expert-based qualitative approach. The authors used the latter to assess how these experiences may affect the future of automobility in the BRIC countries: Brazil, Russia, India, and China. According to this analysis, automobility levels in the four BRIC countries will fall between those of the United States (which has the highest per capita VKT level of the four case studies) and Japan (which has the lowest). Brazil is forecasted to have the highest per capita VKT and India the lowest
    Abstract: The level of automobility, defined as travel in personal vehicles, is often seen as a function of income: The higher a country's per capita income, the greater the amount of driving. However, levels of automobility vary quite substantially between countries even at similar levels of economic development. This suggests that countries follow different mobility paths. The research detailed in this report sought to answer three questions: What are the factors besides economic development that affect automobility? What is their influence on automobility? What will happen to automobility in developing countries if they progress along similar paths as developed countries? To answer these questions, the authors developed a methodology to identify these factors, model their impact on developed countries, and forecast automobility (as defined by per capita vehicle-kilometers traveled [VKT]) in four developing countries. This methodology draws on quantitative analysis of historical automobility development in four country case studies (the United States, Australia, Germany, and Japan) that represent very different levels of per capita automobility, in combination with data derived from an expert-based qualitative approach. The authors used the latter to assess how these experiences may affect the future of automobility in the BRIC countries: Brazil, Russia, India, and China. According to this analysis, automobility levels in the four BRIC countries will fall between those of the United States (which has the highest per capita VKT level of the four case studies) and Japan (which has the lowest). Brazil is forecasted to have the highest per capita VKT and India the lowest
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 108-113) , Title from PDF title page (viewed on August 13, 2014)
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    Authorities and options for funding USSOCOM operations (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833085061 , 0833087150 , 0833085069 , 9780833087157
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 75 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Loredo, Elvira N Authorities and options for funding USSOCOM operations
    Keywords: U.S. Special Operations Command Finance ; U.S. Special Operations Command ; Military planning ; Military planning ; United States ; Military policy ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; U.S. Special Operations Command ; Armies ; Finance ; HISTORY ; Military ; Strategy ; Military planning ; United States Military policy ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This report examines mechanisms, sources, and inter-Service agreements for funding special operations forces (SOF) operations and provides recommendations to reduce the frequency and duration of disputes between the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM), the Military Departments, and Geographic Combatant Commands over their respective funding responsibilities for SOF, especially with respect to when Service Common (Major Force Program (MFP) 2) and SOF Peculiar (MFP 11) funds should be used. The Geographic Combatant Commanders, in accordance with guidance received from the President and Secretary of Defense, generate requests for unplanned activities and operations, sometimes in response to unanticipated events. Such events fall outside planned and programmed activities, creating validated operational support requirements that are unfunded and/or unbudgeted. Each time this occurs, it leads to prolonged negotiations to work out funding responsibility disputes among a variety of stakeholders to secure the funding necessary to execute the new requirement. SOCOM's Global SOF Network (GSN) envisions increased use of SOF, which would further increase the frequency of such disputes and could be hindered by current funding processes, motivating the research conducted to produce this report. If the President and Congress agree to expand the use of SOF as described by the GSN concept, it would be necessary to increase the flexibility of funding available for validated but unfunded operations. To increase the effectiveness of SOF, the Department of Defense needs funding solutions that are responsive to global events while enabling effective financial stewardship that satisfies the needs of all stakeholders
    Abstract: This report examines mechanisms, sources, and inter-Service agreements for funding special operations forces (SOF) operations and provides recommendations to reduce the frequency and duration of disputes between the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM), the Military Departments, and Geographic Combatant Commands over their respective funding responsibilities for SOF, especially with respect to when Service Common (Major Force Program (MFP) 2) and SOF Peculiar (MFP 11) funds should be used. The Geographic Combatant Commanders, in accordance with guidance received from the President and Secretary of Defense, generate requests for unplanned activities and operations, sometimes in response to unanticipated events. Such events fall outside planned and programmed activities, creating validated operational support requirements that are unfunded and/or unbudgeted. Each time this occurs, it leads to prolonged negotiations to work out funding responsibility disputes among a variety of stakeholders to secure the funding necessary to execute the new requirement. SOCOM's Global SOF Network (GSN) envisions increased use of SOF, which would further increase the frequency of such disputes and could be hindered by current funding processes, motivating the research conducted to produce this report. If the President and Congress agree to expand the use of SOF as described by the GSN concept, it would be necessary to increase the flexibility of funding available for validated but unfunded operations. To increase the effectiveness of SOF, the Department of Defense needs funding solutions that are responsive to global events while enabling effective financial stewardship that satisfies the needs of all stakeholders
    Note: "Prepared for the U.S. Special Operations Command."' , "National Defense Research Institute , "RR-360-SOCOM"--Page 4 of cover , Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-75)
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    Hesychasm and art : the appearance of new iconographic trends in Byzantine and Slavic lands in the 14th and 15th centuries (2014)
    Canberra, ACT : Australian National University Press
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    ISBN: 9781925021851 , 1925021858 , 9781925021837
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (308 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Strezova, Anita.; Strezova, Anita : the appearance of new iconographic trends in Byzantine and Slavic lands in the 14th and 15th centuries.
    DDC: 200.9
    Keywords: Hesychasm In art. ; Christianity and art ; Mysticism and art ; Mysticism and art. ; Christianity and art. ; Hesychasm In art ; Christianity and art ; Mysticism and art ; Hesychasm ; History of art: Byzantine and Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400 ; Christianity and art ; Hesychasm ; Mysticism and art ; The arts ; Art ; History of art ; art and design styles ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Although many of the iconographic traditions in Byzantine art formed in the early centuries of Christianity, they were not petrified within a time warp. Subtle changes and refinements in Byzantine theology did find reflection in changes to the iconographic and stylistic conventions of Byzantine art. This is a brilliant and innovative book in which Dr Anita Strezova argues that a religious movement called Hesychasm, especially as espoused by the great Athonite monk St Gregory Palamas, had a profound impact on the iconography and style of Byzantine art, including that of the Slav diaspora, of the late Byzantine period. While many have been attracted to speculate on such a connection, none until now has embarked on proving such a nexus. The main stumbling blocks have included the need for a comprehensive knowledge of Byzantine theology; a training in art history, especially iconological, semiotic and formalist methodologies; extensive fieldwork in Macedonia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, Turkey and Russia, and a working knowledge of Greek, Old Church Slavonic, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Latin as well as several modern European languages, French, German, Russian and Italian. These are some of the skills which Dr Strezova has brought to her topic.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Title from screen (viewed on 20 October 2014) , Mode of access: Available online. Address as at 20/10/14.
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    Satellite anomalies : benefits of a centralized anomaly database and methods for securely sharing information among satellite operators (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833085863 , 0833089889 , 0833085867 , 9780833089885
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 1, 61 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Satellite anomalies
    Keywords: Artificial satellites Computer networks ; Artificial satellites ; Mechanical Engineering ; Aeronautics Engineering & Astronautics ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Infrastructure ; Engineering & Applied Sciences ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Satellite anomalies are mission-degrading events that negatively affect on-orbit operational spacecraft. All satellites experience anomalies of some kind during their operational lifetime. They range in severity from temporary errors in noncritical subsystems to loss-of-contact and complete mission failure. There is a range of causes for these anomalies, and investigations by the satellite operator or manufacturer to determine the cause of a specific anomaly are sometimes conducted at significant expense. Maintaining an anomaly database is one way to build an empirical understanding of what situations are more or less likely to result in satellite anomalies, and help determine causal relationships. These databases can inform future design and orbital regimes, and can help determine measures to prolong the useful life of an on-orbit spacecraft experiencing problems. However, there is no centralized, up-to-date, detailed, and broadly available database of anomalies covering many different satellites. This report describes the nature and causes of satellite anomalies, and the potential benefits of a shared and centralized satellite anomaly database. Findings indicate that a shared satellite anomaly database would bring significant benefits to the commercial community, and the main obstacles are reluctance to share detailed information with the broader community, as well as a lack of dedicated resources available to any trusted third party to build and manage such a database. Trusted third parties and cryptographic methods such as secure multiparty computing or differential privacy are not complete solutions, but show potential to be further tailored to help resolve the issue of securely sharing anomaly data
    Abstract: Satellite anomalies are mission-degrading events that negatively affect on-orbit operational spacecraft. All satellites experience anomalies of some kind during their operational lifetime. They range in severity from temporary errors in noncritical subsystems to loss-of-contact and complete mission failure. There is a range of causes for these anomalies, and investigations by the satellite operator or manufacturer to determine the cause of a specific anomaly are sometimes conducted at significant expense. Maintaining an anomaly database is one way to build an empirical understanding of what situations are more or less likely to result in satellite anomalies, and help determine causal relationships. These databases can inform future design and orbital regimes, and can help determine measures to prolong the useful life of an on-orbit spacecraft experiencing problems. However, there is no centralized, up-to-date, detailed, and broadly available database of anomalies covering many different satellites. This report describes the nature and causes of satellite anomalies, and the potential benefits of a shared and centralized satellite anomaly database. Findings indicate that a shared satellite anomaly database would bring significant benefits to the commercial community, and the main obstacles are reluctance to share detailed information with the broader community, as well as a lack of dedicated resources available to any trusted third party to build and manage such a database. Trusted third parties and cryptographic methods such as secure multiparty computing or differential privacy are not complete solutions, but show potential to be further tailored to help resolve the issue of securely sharing anomaly data
    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 55-61)
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    Patient safety in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts : current status and opportunities for improvement (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833089281 , 0833089285
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Research report
    DDC: 610.28/9
    Keywords: Patients Safety measures ; Medical errors Prevention ; Patients ; Medical errors ; Massachusetts ; Medical errors ; Prevention ; Patients ; Safety measures ; Electronic books
    Note: "Sponsored by the Betsy Lehman Center , Includes bibliographical references
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    A case study evaluating the fidelity of suicide prevention workshops in California (2014)
    [Santa Monica, CA] : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833089533 , 0833089536
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    DDC: 616.85/8445
    Keywords: Suicidal behavior Treatment ; Suicide Prevention ; Mental health personnel Training of ; Suicidal behavior ; Suicide ; Mental health personnel ; California ; Mental health personnel ; Training of ; Suicidal behavior ; Treatment ; Suicide ; Prevention ; Electronic books
    Note: Caption title , Includes bibliographical references
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    Quantifying the contribution of public parks to physical activity and health : introducing SOPARC (2014)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833089496 , 0833089498
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Report
    DDC: 790.0973
    Keywords: Recreation areas ; Exercise ; Parks ; Recreation areas ; Exercise ; Parks ; United States ; Exercise ; Parks ; Recreation areas ; Electronic books
    Note: "Sponsored by the National Recreation and Park Association , Includes bibliographical references
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    From stalemate to settlement : lessons for Afghanistan from historical insurgencies that have been resolved through negotiation (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833082428 , 0833082426 , 9780833082435 , 0833082442 , 0833082434 , 083308237X , 9780833082374 , 9780833082442
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 73 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR469
    Parallel Title: Print version Clarke, Colin P From stalemate to settlement
    Keywords: Insurgency History ; Insurgency ; Mediation, International ; Peace-building ; Insurgency ; Insurgency ; Mediation, International ; Peace-building ; Insurgency ; Mediation, International ; Peace-building ; Law, Politics & Government ; International Relations ; Afghanistan ; LAW ; International ; History ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "In June 2013, the Afghan Taliban opened a political office in Qatar to facilitate peace talks with the U.S. and Afghan governments. Negotiations between the United States and the group that sheltered al-Qaeda would have been unthinkable 12 years ago, but the reality is that a negotiated settlement in Afghanistan is one of several possible end games under the current U.S. withdrawal plan. Negotiating an end to an insurgency can be a long and arduous process beset by false starts and continued violence, but a comprehensive review of historical cases that ended in settlement shows that these negotiations followed a similar path that can be generalized into a "master narrative." This research examines 13 historical cases of insurgencies that were resolved through negotiated settlement in which neither side (insurgents or counterinsurgents) unambiguously prevailed. Taken together, these cases reveal that the path to negotiated settlement generally proceeds in seven steps in a common sequence. Although this resulting master narrative does not necessarily conform precisely to every conflict brought to resolution through negotiation, it can serve as an important tool to guide the progress of a similar approach to resolving the conflict in Afghanistan as U.S. forces prepare to withdraw."--Provided by publisher
    Abstract: "In June 2013, the Afghan Taliban opened a political office in Qatar to facilitate peace talks with the U.S. and Afghan governments. Negotiations between the United States and the group that sheltered al-Qaeda would have been unthinkable 12 years ago, but the reality is that a negotiated settlement in Afghanistan is one of several possible end games under the current U.S. withdrawal plan. Negotiating an end to an insurgency can be a long and arduous process beset by false starts and continued violence, but a comprehensive review of historical cases that ended in settlement shows that these negotiations followed a similar path that can be generalized into a "master narrative." This research examines 13 historical cases of insurgencies that were resolved through negotiated settlement in which neither side (insurgents or counterinsurgents) unambiguously prevailed. Taken together, these cases reveal that the path to negotiated settlement generally proceeds in seven steps in a common sequence. Although this resulting master narrative does not necessarily conform precisely to every conflict brought to resolution through negotiation, it can serve as an important tool to guide the progress of a similar approach to resolving the conflict in Afghanistan as U.S. forces prepare to withdraw."--Provided by publisher
    Note: "This report builds on previous RAND Corporation research on the demonstrated effectiveness of a variety of concepts for counterinsurgency ... at the core of the current research is an analysis of the correlates and conditions of negotiated settlements in historical insurgencies."--Preface , "Approved for public release; distribution unlimited , Includes bibliographical references
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    Indigenous and minority placenames : Australian and international perspectives (2014)
    Canberra ACT, Australia : Australian National Univesity Press
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    ISBN: 9781925021639 , 1925021637 , 9781925021622 , 1925021629
    Language: English
    Series Statement: Aboriginal history monographs
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Indigenous and minority place names .; Australian and international perspectives
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Indigenous and minority place names Australian and international perspectives
    Keywords: Names, Geographical Aboriginal Australian. ; Names, Geographical Australia. ; Names, Geographical ; Names, Geographical Aboriginal Australian ; Names, Geographical ; Names, Geographical ; Names, Geographical ; Australia ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General ; Australian Aboriginal languages ; Oceanic and Austronesian languages ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This book showcases current research into Indigenous and minority placenames in Australia and internationally. Many of the chapters in this volume originated as papers at a Trends in Toponymy conference hosted by the University of Ballarat in 2007 that featured Australian and international speakers. The chapters in this volume provide insight into the quality of toponymic research that is being undertaken in Australia and in countries such as Canada, Finland, South Africa, New Zealand, and Norway. The research presented here draws on the disciplines of linguistics, geography, history, and anthropology. The book includes meticulous studies of placenames in central NSW and the Upper Hunter region; Gundungurra cave names; western Arnhem Land; Northern Cape York Peninsula and Mount Wheeler in Queensland; saltwater placenames around Mer in the Torres Strait; and the Kaurna in South Australia.--From publisher.
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    Measuring deeper learning through cognitively demanding test items : results from the analysis of six national and international exams (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833085528 , 0833085522
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 97 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report
    Keywords: Problem solving Evaluation ; Written communication Evaluation ; Achievement tests ; Critical thinking Evaluation ; Problem solving ; Written communication ; Achievement tests ; Critical thinking ; Critical thinking ; Evaluation ; Written communication ; Evaluation ; United States ; Achievement tests ; Electronic books
    Note: "Sponsored by the William and Flora Hewlitt Foundation , Includes bibliographical references
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    Developing a research strategy for suicide prevention in the Department of Defense : status of current research, prioritizing areas of need, and recommendations for moving forward (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833087720 , 083308772X , 9780833087737 , 0833087746 , 0833087738 , 0833087711 , 9780833087713 , 9780833087744
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Ramchand, Rajeev Developing a research strategy for suicide prevention in the Department of Defense
    Keywords: United States Personnel management ; Research ; United States ; Suicide Prevention ; Government policy ; Military research ; Suicide Prevention ; Research ; Psychology, Military ; Suicide ; Military research ; Suicide ; Psychology, Military ; Military research ; Personnel management ; Research ; Psychology, Military ; Suicide ; Prevention ; Government policy ; Military Science - General ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States ; United States ; PSYCHOLOGY ; Suicide ; United States Armed Forces ; Mental health services ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The study indexed each of 12 research goals according to rankings of importance, effectiveness, cultural acceptability, cost, and learning potential provided by experts who participated in a multistep elicitation exercise. The results revealed that research funding is overwhelmingly allocated to prevention goals already considered by experts to be effective. Other goals considered by experts to be important and appropriate for the military context receive relatively little funding and have been the subject of relatively few studies, meaning that there is still much to learn about these strategies. Furthermore, DoD, like other organizations, suffers from a research-to-practice gap. The most promising results from studies funded by DoD and other entities do not always find their way to those responsible for implementing suicide prevention programs that serve military personnel
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    Effects of military service on earnings and education revisited : variation by service duration, occupation, and civilian unemployment (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833086952 , 0833086952 , 9780833086273
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (88 pages)
    Keywords: Military discharge ; Soldiers Education, Non-military ; Military discharge ; Soldiers ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; United States ; Armed Forces ; Salaries, etc ; Military discharge ; Soldiers ; Education, Non-military ; United States Armed Forces ; Pay, allowances, etc ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The overriding objective of U.S. military compensation policy is to attract and retain the force necessary to meet the nation's national security objectives. Whether and how military service affects earnings and an individual's likelihood of completing college (one determinant of future earnings) has implications for military policies related to compensation, recruiting, and retention. Estimating the effect of military service is complicated by the fact that veterans are likely to differ from nonveterans in ways that are correlated with subsequent economic outcomes but are not observable to the researcher. This report builds on earlier work to understand how military service affects earnings, especially how these effects differ by the number of years of service and their military occupational specialties while serving. The authors also sought to understand how external factors and policies affect these impacts. To do this, they examined how economic conditions in the civilian labor market when individuals exit active duty affect postservice earnings, and they studied the effect on earnings of an Army recruiting program, Partnership for Youth Success, designed to promote enlistment but with the potential to ease the financial transition from military to civilian life
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-88)
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    Preparing principals to raise student achievement : implementation and effects of the New Leaders program in ten districts (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833086402 , 0833086979 , 0833086405 , 9780833086976
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxix, 118 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Gates, Susan M., 1968- Preparing principals to raise student achievement
    Keywords: Educational leadership Case studies ; School principals Case studies Training of ; Education, Urban Case studies ; School management and organization Case studies ; Educational leadership ; School principals ; Education, Urban ; School management and organization ; United States ; School management and organization ; Case studies ; School principals ; Training of ; Education, Urban ; Theory & Practice of Education ; Education ; EDUCATION ; Teaching Methods & Materials ; Arts & Humanities ; Educational leadership ; Social Sciences ; Electronic books
    Abstract: New Leaders is a nonprofit organization with a mission to ensure high academic achievement for all students by developing outstanding school leaders to serve in urban schools. Its premise is that a combination of preparation and improved working conditions for principals, especially greater autonomy, would lead to improved student outcomes. Its approach involves both preparing principals and partnering with school districts and charter management organizations (CMOs) to improve the conditions in which its highly trained principals work. As part of the partnerships, New Leaders agrees to provide carefully selected and trained principals who can be placed in schools that need principals and to provide coaching and other support after those principals are placed. The districts and CMOs agree to establish working conditions that support, rather than hinder, the principals' efforts to improve student outcomes. This report describes how the New Leaders program was implemented in partner districts, and it provides evidence of the effect that New Leaders has on student achievement
    Abstract: New Leaders is a nonprofit organization with a mission to ensure high academic achievement for all students by developing outstanding school leaders to serve in urban schools. Its premise is that a combination of preparation and improved working conditions for principals, especially greater autonomy, would lead to improved student outcomes. Its approach involves both preparing principals and partnering with school districts and charter management organizations (CMOs) to improve the conditions in which its highly trained principals work. As part of the partnerships, New Leaders agrees to provide carefully selected and trained principals who can be placed in schools that need principals and to provide coaching and other support after those principals are placed. The districts and CMOs agree to establish working conditions that support, rather than hinder, the principals' efforts to improve student outcomes. This report describes how the New Leaders program was implemented in partner districts, and it provides evidence of the effect that New Leaders has on student achievement
    Note: "Sponsored by New Leaders , "RR-507-NL"--Page 4 of cover , "RAND Education , Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-118)
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    Modeling, simulation, and operations analysis in Afghanistan and Iraq : operational vignettes, lessons learned, and a survey of selected efforts (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833082114 , 0833084704 , 0833082116 , 9780833084705
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 167 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation research report series RR-382-OSD
    Parallel Title: Print version Connable, Ben Modeling, simulation, and operations analysis in Afghanistan and Iraq
    Keywords: Soldiers Protection ; Simulation methods ; Evaluation ; Logistics Simulation methods ; Evaluation ; Military planning Simulation methods ; Evaluation ; Decision making Simulation methods ; Evaluation ; Operations research ; Counterinsurgency Simulation methods ; Evaluation ; Irregular warfare Simulation methods ; Evaluation ; Soldiers ; Logistics ; Military planning ; Decision making ; Operations research ; Counterinsurgency ; Irregular warfare ; COMPUTERS ; Data Modeling & Design ; Operations research ; Military Science - General ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States ; Electronic book
    Abstract: RAND conducted a lessons learned examination of operations analysis, modeling, and simulation in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. This report identifies ways in which analysts have attempted to support commanders' decisions in counterinsurgency and irregular warfare, describes many of the models and tools they employed, provides insight into the challenges they faced, and suggests ways in which the application of modeling, simulation, and analysis might be improved for current and future operations. RAND identified four broad categories of decisions: force protection, logistics, campaign assessment, and force structuring. Modeling, simulation, and analysis were most effective in supporting force protection and logistics decisions, and least effective in supporting campaign assessment and force structuring
    Abstract: RAND conducted a lessons learned examination of operations analysis, modeling, and simulation in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. This report identifies ways in which analysts have attempted to support commanders' decisions in counterinsurgency and irregular warfare, describes many of the models and tools they employed, provides insight into the challenges they faced, and suggests ways in which the application of modeling, simulation, and analysis might be improved for current and future operations. RAND identified four broad categories of decisions: force protection, logistics, campaign assessment, and force structuring. Modeling, simulation, and analysis were most effective in supporting force protection and logistics decisions, and least effective in supporting campaign assessment and force structuring
    Note: "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation , "National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-167)
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    The impact on workers' compensation insurance markets of allowing the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act to expire (2014)
    [Santa Monica, California] : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833086648 , 0833086987 , 0833086642 , 9780833086983
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (20 pages)
    Series Statement: Policy brief / Rand Corporation
    Parallel Title: Print version Dworsky, Michael Impact on workers' compensation insurance markets of allowing the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act to expire
    Keywords: United States ; United States ; Workers' compensation ; Terrorism insurance Government policy ; Workers' compensation ; Terrorism insurance ; United States ; LAW ; Labor & Employment ; Workers' compensation ; Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (United States) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Congress enacted the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) in 2002, in response to terrorism insurance becoming unavailable or, when offered, extremely costly in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. The law provides a government reinsurance backstop in the case of a terrorist attack by providing mechanisms for avoiding an immediate drawdown of capital for insured losses or possibly covering the most extreme losses. Extended first in 2005 and again in 2007, TRIA is set to expire at the end of 2014, and Congress is again reconsidering the appropriate government role in terrorism insurance markets. This policy brief examines how markets for workers' compensation (WC) insurance would be affected if TRIA were to expire. They explain that TRIA expiration would affect WC insurance markets differently from other insurance markets because WC statutes rigidly define the terms of coverage, such that in a post-TRIA world insurance companies would limit their terrorism risk exposure by declining coverage to employers facing high terrorism risk. Because WC coverage is mandatory for nearly all U.S. employers, employers that cannot purchase coverage would be forced to obtain coverage in markets of last resort. Migration of terrorism risk to these markets of last resort would increase the likelihood that WC losses from a catastrophic terror attack would largely be financed by businesses and taxpayers throughout the state in which the attack occurs, adding to the challenge of rebuilding in that state. TRIA, in contrast, spreads such risk across the country
    Note: "RAND Center for Catastrophic Risk Management and Compensation"--Page 4 of cover , "RR-643-CCRMC"--Page 4 of cover , Includes bibliographical references
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    Religion and conflict attribution : an empirical study in the religious meaning system of Christian, Muslim and Hindu students in Tamil Nadu, India (2014)
    Boston : Brill
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    ISBN: 9789004270817 , 9004270868 , 9004270817 , 9789004270862
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Radboud studies in humanities VOLUME 3
    Series Statement: Radboud studies in humanities
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Print version Anthony, Francis-Vincent Religion and conflict attribution
    Keywords: Hinduism ; Islam ; Christianity ; Violence Religious aspects ; Hinduism ; Islam ; Christianity ; Violence ; Islam ; Religion ; Violence ; Religious aspects ; RELIGION ; Comparative Religion ; India ; Tamil Nadu ; Christianity ; Hinduism ; Tamil Nadu (India) Religion ; Tamil Nadu (India) ; Electronic books
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Police department investments in information technology systems : challenges assessing their payoff (2014)
    [Santa Monica, CA] : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833089878 , 0833089870
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (15 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Jackson, Brian A Police department investments in information technology systems
    DDC: 363.2/0285
    Keywords: Police Information technology ; Evaluation ; Police ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The potential effects of information technology (IT) systems on police productivity will be driven, in part, by the match between the technology and police activities. In modern policing, how information is used for reactive response to incidents is significantly different from proactive and community-policing activities, so we expect the effects of IT to be quite different. The authors developed a logic model of police functions to guide examination of the different expected effects of IT on productivity. The logic model helped guide a statistical analysis in an effort to identify productivity and budgetary effects of different IT investments in police departments. However, even the best available data were insufficient to break down police agencies' use of the technology at a sufficient level of granularity to provide meaningful results. Future efforts to assess the effects of IT systems on law enforcement performance can benefit from the results of the logic modeling and exploratory analysis. Specifically, it is important to collect data not just on department acquisition of IT systems, but also on how the systems are used and the activities that the use is intended to support. In considering potential productivity improvement from IT use, analysts need ways to measure relative levels of effort devoted to different police functions because the role of IT as a force multiplier means that its benefits will be driven, in part, by the force available to multiply
    Note: Caption title , Includes bibliographical references (pages 13-15)
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    Medicare Imaging Demonstration final evaluation : report to Congress (2014)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833089656 , 083308965X
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Research report
    DDC: 616.07/54
    Keywords: Diagnostic imaging ; Medicare ; Diagnostic imaging ; Medicare ; Medicare ; Diagnostic imaging ; Electronic books
    Note: "Sponsored by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services , Includes bibliographical references
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    How effective is correctional education, and where do we go from here? : the results of a comprehensive evaluation (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833084934 , 0833085298 , 0833084933 , 9780833085290
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvii, 124 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR-564-BJA
    Parallel Title: Print version How effective is correctional education, and where do we go from here?
    Keywords: Educational evaluation ; Prisoners Education ; Evaluation ; Juvenile delinquents Education ; Evaluation ; Educational evaluation ; Prisoners ; Juvenile delinquents ; EDUCATION ; Evaluation & Assessment ; Prisoners ; Education ; Evaluation ; Educational evaluation ; Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency ; Juvenile delinquents ; Education ; Evaluation ; United States ; Social Sciences ; Social Welfare & Social Work ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Penology ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "More than 2 million adults are incarcerated in U.S. prisons, and each year more than 700,000 leave federal and state prisons and return to communities. Unfortunately, within three years, 40 percent will be reincarcerated. One reason for this is that ex-offenders lack the knowledge, training, and skills to support a successful return to communities. Trying to reduce such high recidivism rates is partly why states devote resources to educating and training individuals in prison. This raises the question of how effective -- and cost-effective -- correctional education is: an even more salient question given the funding environment states face from the 2008 recession and its continuing aftermath. With funding from the Second Chance Act of 2007, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice, asked RAND to help answer this question as part of a comprehensive examination of the current state of correctional education for incarcerated adults and juveniles. The RAND team conducted a systematic review of correctional education programs for incarcerated adults and juveniles. This included a meta-analysis on correctional education's effects on recidivism and postrelease employment outcomes for incarcerated adults, as well as a synthesis of evidence on programs for juveniles. The study also included a nationwide survey of state correctional education directors to understand how correctional education is provided today and the recession's impact. The authors also compared the direct costs of correctional education with those of reincarceration to put the recidivism findings into a broader context."--Provided by publisher
    Abstract: "More than 2 million adults are incarcerated in U.S. prisons, and each year more than 700,000 leave federal and state prisons and return to communities. Unfortunately, within three years, 40 percent will be reincarcerated. One reason for this is that ex-offenders lack the knowledge, training, and skills to support a successful return to communities. Trying to reduce such high recidivism rates is partly why states devote resources to educating and training individuals in prison. This raises the question of how effective -- and cost-effective -- correctional education is: an even more salient question given the funding environment states face from the 2008 recession and its continuing aftermath. With funding from the Second Chance Act of 2007, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice, asked RAND to help answer this question as part of a comprehensive examination of the current state of correctional education for incarcerated adults and juveniles. The RAND team conducted a systematic review of correctional education programs for incarcerated adults and juveniles. This included a meta-analysis on correctional education's effects on recidivism and postrelease employment outcomes for incarcerated adults, as well as a synthesis of evidence on programs for juveniles. The study also included a nationwide survey of state correctional education directors to understand how correctional education is provided today and the recession's impact. The authors also compared the direct costs of correctional education with those of reincarceration to put the recidivism findings into a broader context."--Provided by publisher
    Note: "RR-564-BJA."--Page 4 of printed paper wrapper , Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-124)
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    The effectiveness of China's industrial policies in commercial aviation manufacturing (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833085849 , 0833085840
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Crane, Keith. The Effectiveness of China's Industrial Policies in Commercial Aviation Manufacturing
    Keywords: Aircraft industry Government policy ; Aeronautics, Commercial Government policy ; Aircraft industry ; Aeronautics, Commercial ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Industries ; General ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; International Relations ; Trade & Tariffs ; Aeronautics, Commercial ; Government policy ; Aircraft industry ; Government policy ; Business & Economics ; Transportation Economics ; China ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Chapter Two: China's Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing Industry -- Structure of China's Commercial Aviation Manufacturing Industry; Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC); Commercial Aircraft Company of China; The Development of China's Commercial Aviation Manufacturing Industry; History; Output and Employment; Technological Capabilities of China's Commercial Aviation Manufacturing Industry -- Chapter Three: China's Industrial Policy and Its Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing Industry -- Chinese Government Policy Goals; Chinese Policy Instruments; Setting Up National Champions; Providing Launch Aid; Compelling State-Owned Airlines to Purchase Chinese Aircraft; Targeting Orders to Foreign Manufacturers with Assembly Operations or Suppliers in China; Stipulating That Foreign Suppliers Enter into Joint Ventures with Chinese Partners; Acquisitions of Foreign Companies and Foreign Technologies; Encouraging Foreign Countries to Purchase Chinese Aircraft Through Diplomatic Suasion and the Provision of Loans
    Abstract: Chapter Two: China's Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing Industry -- Structure of China's Commercial Aviation Manufacturing Industry; Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC); Commercial Aircraft Company of China; The Development of China's Commercial Aviation Manufacturing Industry; History; Output and Employment; Technological Capabilities of China's Commercial Aviation Manufacturing Industry -- Chapter Three: China's Industrial Policy and Its Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing Industry -- Chinese Government Policy Goals; Chinese Policy Instruments; Setting Up National Champions; Providing Launch Aid; Compelling State-Owned Airlines to Purchase Chinese Aircraft; Targeting Orders to Foreign Manufacturers with Assembly Operations or Suppliers in China; Stipulating That Foreign Suppliers Enter into Joint Ventures with Chinese Partners; Acquisitions of Foreign Companies and Foreign Technologies; Encouraging Foreign Countries to Purchase Chinese Aircraft Through Diplomatic Suasion and the Provision of Loans
    Abstract: Chapter Five: Performance of the Chinese and U.S. Aircraft Manufacturing Industries -- China's Industry; Output; Exports; Employment; Imports; Technology; The U.S. Industry; Output; Exports; Employment; Technology; Competitive Position of the U.S. Industry -- Chapter Six: Net Assessment of the Effectiveness of China's Industrial Policies for Commercial Aviation Manufacturing -- Are Chinese Industrial Policies Likely to Be as Effective in the Commercial Aviation Manufacturing Industry as in Other Industries?; High-Speed Trains; Wind-Power Generation; Automobile Manufacturing; Lessons from These Three Sectors; Strengths and Weaknesses of China's Industry and Its Foreign Competitors; Technologies; Labor; Finance; Marketing; Net Assessment; Foreign Companies --Chapter Seven: Policy Implications -- Policy Implications for the United States and the European Union; China's Industrial Policies in Commercial Aviatioin Manufacturing and the WTO; State Subsidies; Government Procurement and Purchases of Aircraft; Stipulations on Foreign Investment; United States; European Union; Policy Options for the United States and the European Union; Implications for the Government of China -- Appendix: Domestic and Foreign Aviation Manufacturing Companies in China -- Bibliography
    Abstract: Chapter Five: Performance of the Chinese and U.S. Aircraft Manufacturing Industries -- China's Industry; Output; Exports; Employment; Imports; Technology; The U.S. Industry; Output; Exports; Employment; Technology; Competitive Position of the U.S. Industry -- Chapter Six: Net Assessment of the Effectiveness of China's Industrial Policies for Commercial Aviation Manufacturing -- Are Chinese Industrial Policies Likely to Be as Effective in the Commercial Aviation Manufacturing Industry as in Other Industries?; High-Speed Trains; Wind-Power Generation; Automobile Manufacturing; Lessons from These Three Sectors; Strengths and Weaknesses of China's Industry and Its Foreign Competitors; Technologies; Labor; Finance; Marketing; Net Assessment; Foreign Companies --Chapter Seven: Policy Implications -- Policy Implications for the United States and the European Union; China's Industrial Policies in Commercial Aviatioin Manufacturing and the WTO; State Subsidies; Government Procurement and Purchases of Aircraft; Stipulations on Foreign Investment; United States; European Union; Policy Options for the United States and the European Union; Implications for the Government of China -- Appendix: Domestic and Foreign Aviation Manufacturing Companies in China -- Bibliography
    Abstract: Preface; Figures and Tables; Summary; Abbreviations -- Chapter One: Introduction -- Purpose; Approach and Organization of This Report; Assessing the Performance of China's Commercial Aviation Industry; Identifying Chinese Government Policies; Determining Foreign Company Strategies; Assessing Shifts in Output in the Global Commercial Aviation Manufacturing Industry; Evaluating the Relative Effectiveness of Chinese Policies and Foreign Manufacturers' Strategies; Policy Implications for Foreign Governments and China's Government
    Note: "Rand environment, energy and economic development program , Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF title page (viewed on May 6, 2014)
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    Contextualising the neolithic occupation of Southern Vietnam : the role of ceramics and potters at An Son (2014)
    Australian National Univeristy, Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press
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    ISBN: 9781925021752 , 1925021750 , 9781925021745 , 1925021742
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 456 pages)
    Series Statement: Terra australis 42
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Sarjeant, Carmen; Contextualising the Neolithic Occupation of Southern Vietnam
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    Keywords: Prehistoric peoples Vietnam, Southern. ; Ceramics Vietnam, Southern ; An So'n. ; Potters Vietnam, Southern ; An So'n. ; Potters ; Ceramics ; Prehistoric peoples ; Potters ; Ceramics ; Prehistoric peoples ; Ceramics ; Potters ; Prehistoric peoples ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Archaeology ; Southern Vietnam ; Antiquities ; Vietnam, Southern Antiquities. ; An So'n (Vietnam) Antiquities. ; An So'n (Vietnam) Antiquities ; Vietnam, Southern Antiquities ; An So'n (Vietnam) ; Vietnam, Southern ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Excavated in 2009, An Son, Long An Province, southern Vietnam has been dated to the second millennium BC, with evidence for neolithic occupation and burials. Very little is known about the neolithic period in southern Vietnam, and the routes and chronology for the appearance of cultivation, domestic animals, and ceramic and lithic technologies associated with sedentary settlements in mainland Southeast Asia are still debated. The ways in which the ceramic material culture at An Son conforms to the wider neolithic expression observed in Southeast Asia is investigated, and local and regional innovations are identified. The An Son ceramic assemblage is discussed in great detail to characterise the neolithic occupation, while considering the nature of craft production, manufacturing methods and the transference of traditions. Contextualising the neolithic in southern Vietnam is conducted through a comparative study of material culture between An Son and the sites of Bé̂n?ò, Bình Đa, Cù Lao Rùa, Cái Vạn, Cà̂u Sá̆t, Đa Kai, Đình Ông, Lộc Giang, Rạch Lá, Rạch Núi and Suó̂i Linh, all in southern Vietnam. Another analysis is presented to contextualise An Son in the wider neolithic landscape of mainland Southeast Asia, between An Son and Ban Non Wat, early Ban Lum Khao, early Ban Chiang, early Non Nok Tha, Khok Charoen, Tha Kae, Khok Phanom Di, Nong Nor (phase 1), Samrong Sen, Laang Spean, Krek, Bàu Tró, Mán Bạc and Xóm Rè̂n. The aspects of material culture at An Son that appear to have ancestral links are considered in this research as well as local interaction spheres
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    National security perspectives on terrorism risk insurance in the United States (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833085382 , 0833085387 , 9780833085351 , 0833085352
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (21 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Willis, Henry H National security perspectives on terrorism risk insurance in the United States
    Keywords: United States Evaluation ; United States ; Terrorism History 21st century ; Terrorism Risk assessment ; Risk management Evaluation ; Risk (Insurance) Evaluation ; Terrorism insurance Evaluation ; Terrorism ; Terrorism ; Risk management ; Risk (Insurance) ; Terrorism insurance ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Insurance ; General ; United States ; History ; Evaluation ; Risk management ; Evaluation ; Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (United States) ; Terrorism ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Congress enacted the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) in 2002, in response to terrorism insurance becoming unavailable or, when offered, extremely costly in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. The law provides a government reinsurance backstop in the case of a terrorist attack by providing mechanisms for avoiding an immediate drawdown of capital for insured losses or possibly covering the most extreme losses. Extended first in 2005 and again in 2007, TRIA is set to expire at the end of 2014, and Congress is again reconsidering the appropriate government role in terrorism insurance markets. This policy brief examines the potential national security implications of allowing TRIA to expire. Examining the history of terrorism in the United States since the passage of TRIA and reviewing counterterrorism studies, the authors find that terrorism remains a real national security threat, but one that is very difficult for insurers to model the risk of. They also find that terrorism risk insurance can contribute to making communities more resilient to terrorism events, so, to the extent that terrorism insurance is more available with TRIA than without it, renewing the legislation would contribute to improved national security
    Note: "Policy Brief , "This work was conducted within the RAND Center for Catastrophic Risk Management and Compensation ... part of RAND Justice, Infrastructure, and Environment"--Back cover , "RAND Corporation , Caption title , Includes bibliographical references (pages 19-21)
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    Indigenous Australians and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (2014)
    Anu, Acton, A.C.T. : Australian National University Press
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    ISBN: 9781925021899 , 1925021890 , 9781925021882 , 1925021882
    Language: English
    Series Statement: Research monograph no. 34
    Keywords: National Disability Insurance Scheme (Australia) ; National Disability Insurance Scheme (Australia) ; Aboriginal Australians with disabilities Services for ; Australia. ; Aboriginal Australians with disabilities Care ; Australia. ; Aboriginal Australians with disabilities Government policy ; Australia. ; Long-term care insurance Law and legislation ; Australia. ; Long-term care insurance Law and legislation ; Aboriginal Australians with disabilities Care ; Aboriginal Australians with disabilities Services for ; Aboriginal Australians with disabilities Government policy ; Long-term care insurance ; Aboriginal Australians with disabilities ; Aboriginal Australians with disabilities ; Aboriginal Australians with disabilities ; Health Insurance and Medicare Legislation - U.S ; Law - U.S ; Law, Politics & Government ; Australia ; Social issues and processes ; Society and culture: general ; Society and social sciences Society and social sciences ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Social Services & Welfare ; Long-term care insurance ; Law and legislation ; Electronic books
    Abstract: 1. Introduction: developing the National Disability Insurance Scheme -- 2. Disability in the indigenous population -- 3. Disability support services: indigenous users and barriers to access -- 4. Current dataset gaps and limitations -- 5. Delivering disability services -- 6. Existing evaluations of service delivery models -- 7. Providing a disability workforce -- 8. Key issues for disability service delivery models for remote Indigenous communities -- Appendix 1: Projection methodology for Remote Service Delivery Areas -- Appendix 2: How indigenous persons with a disability were identified in the NATSISS, Census and SDAC -- Appendix 3: Key questions to inform NDIS and mapping to available data -- Appendix 4: Data sources on disability for the Indigenous population -- Appendix 5: Attachment tables
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    Contemporary Asian art and exhibitions : connectivities and world-making (2014)
    Anu, Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press
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    ISBN: 9781925022001 , 1925022005 , 9781925021998 , 1925021998
    Language: English
    Series Statement: Asian studies series monograph 6
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Contemporary Asian art and exhibitions.
    Parallel Title: Print version Contemporary Asian art and exhibitions
    Keywords: Art, Modern, 21st century. ; Art, Asian ; Exhibitions ; Intercultural communication in art ; Art, Asian. ; Intercultural communication in art. ; Exhibitions. ; Art, Modern 21st century ; Art, Asian ; Exhibitions ; Intercultural communication in art ; Art, Modern ; Exhibitions ; Intercultural communication in art ; ART ; Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions ; General ; Art, Asian ; Art, Modern ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Introduction part 1: critical themes, geopolitical change and global contexts in contemporary Asian art / Caroline Turner -- Introduction part 2: Asia present and resonant: themes of connectivity and world-making in contemporary Asian art / Michelle Antoinette -- Polytropic Philippine: intimating the world in pieces / Patrick D. Flores -- The worlding of the Asian modern / John Clark -- An experiment in connectivity: from the 'West Heavens' to the 'Middle Kingdom' / Chaitanya Sambrani -- The irreverant contemporary and radical tradition / Pat Hoffie -- Future imaginaries / Charles Mereweather -- Response and responsibility: on the cosmo-politics of generosity in contemporary Asian art / Marsha Meskimmon -- The unexpected guest: food and hospitality in contemporary Asian art / Francis Maravillas -- Under the shadow: problems in museum development in Asia / Oscar Ho -- People and partnership: an Australian model for international arts exchanges the Asialink Arts Program, 1990-2010 / Alison Carroll -- Australia's other Asia in the Asian century / Jacqueline Lo -- Epilogue: 'My future is not a dream': shifting worlds of contemporary Asian art and exhibitions / Michelle Antoinette -- Selected reading on contemporary Asian art
    Abstract: Introduction part 1: critical themes, geopolitical change and global contexts in contemporary Asian art / Caroline Turner -- Introduction part 2: Asia present and resonant: themes of connectivity and world-making in contemporary Asian art / Michelle Antoinette -- Polytropic Philippine: intimating the world in pieces / Patrick D. Flores -- The worlding of the Asian modern / John Clark -- An experiment in connectivity: from the 'West Heavens' to the 'Middle Kingdom' / Chaitanya Sambrani -- The irreverant contemporary and radical tradition / Pat Hoffie -- Future imaginaries / Charles Mereweather -- Response and responsibility: on the cosmo-politics of generosity in contemporary Asian art / Marsha Meskimmon -- The unexpected guest: food and hospitality in contemporary Asian art / Francis Maravillas -- Under the shadow: problems in museum development in Asia / Oscar Ho -- People and partnership: an Australian model for international arts exchanges the Asialink Arts Program, 1990-2010 / Alison Carroll -- Australia's other Asia in the Asian century / Jacqueline Lo -- Epilogue: 'My future is not a dream': shifting worlds of contemporary Asian art and exhibitions / Michelle Antoinette -- Selected reading on contemporary Asian art
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    Developing robust strategies for climate change and other risks : a water utility framework (2014)
    Denver, CO : Water Research Foundation | s.l.
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    ISBN: 9780833089175 , 083308917X , 9781605732107 , 1605732109
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Parallel Title: Print version Groves, David G Developing robust strategies for climate change and other risks
    Keywords: Water utilities Risk management ; Water-supply Effect of global warming on ; Climatic changes ; Water utilities ; Water-supply ; Climatic changes ; Climatic changes ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Environmental ; General ; Water-supply ; Effect of global warming on ; Electronic books
    Abstract: 1. Introduction and motivation -- 2. The robust decision making framework -- 3. Colorado Springs Utilities-climate risk assessment in an integrated water resource plan -- 4. Climate vulnerability assessment and risk management for the New York City Department of Environmental Protection -- 5. Conclusions -- Appendix A. Colorado Springs Utilities pilot study supplemental material -- Appendix B. New York City Department of Environmental Protection pilot study supplemental material -- Glossary of select terms -- References
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-116)
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    What America's users spend on illegal drugs, 2000-2010 : technical report (2014)
    [Santa Monica, CA] : [RAND Corporation]
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    ISBN: 9780833085719 , 0833085719
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (71 pages)
    Keywords: Consumption (Economics) ; Drug abuse Economic aspects ; Consumption (Economics) ; Drug abuse ; Drug abuse ; Economic aspects ; United States ; MEDICAL ; Drug Guides ; Consumption (Economics) ; Electronic book
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    Changes in health insurance enrollment since 2013 : evidence from the RAND Health Reform Opinion Study (2014)
    [Santa Monica, CA] : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833086372 , 0833086375
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (8 pages)
    Keywords: Medically uninsured persons ; Health insurance Statistics ; Health insurance ; Medically uninsured persons Statistics ; Medically uninsured persons ; Health insurance ; Health insurance ; Medically uninsured persons ; United States ; MEDICAL ; Health Policy ; Statistics ; Health insurance ; Medically uninsured persons ; Electronic books
    Note: Caption title , Includes bibliographical references
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    Henry Prinsep's empire : framing a distant colony (2014)
    Canberra, ACT, Australia : Australian National University Press
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    ISBN: 9781925021615 , 1925021610
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (343 pages)
    DDC: 759.994
    Keywords: Prinsep, Henry Charles ; Prinsep, Henry Charles ; East India Company ; East India Company. ; East India Company ; Artists Australia ; Western Australia ; Biography. ; Civil service Officials and employees ; Biography. ; Artists Biography ; Civil service Biography Officials and employees ; Artists ; Civil service ; East India Company ; Prinsep, Henry Charles ; India ; Western Australia ; Artists ; Civil service ; Officials and employees ; Biography ; Manners and customs ; Western Australia Social life and customs, 19th century. ; India Social life and customs, 19th century. ; Western Australia Social life and customs 19th century ; India Social life and customs 19th century ; India ; Western Australia ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Pages:1 to 25; Pages:26 to 50; Pages:51 to 75; Pages:76 to 100; Pages:101 to 125; Pages:126 to 150; Pages:151 to 175; Pages:176 to 200; Pages:201 to 225; Pages:226 to 250; Pages:251 to 275; Pages:276 to 300; Pages:301 to 325; Pages:326 to 350; Pages:351 to 364
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Title from screen (viewed on 20 October 2014) , Mode of access: Available online. Address as at 20/10/14.
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    An assessment of the present and future labor market in the Kurdistan Region-Iraq : implications for policies to increase private-sector employment (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 0833089935 , 0833084097 , 9780833089939 , 9780833084095
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxii, 113 pages) , illustrations
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Print version Shatz, Howard J Assessment of the present and future labor market in the Kurdistan region - Iraq
    Keywords: Employment forecasting ; Labor market ; Skilled labor ; Labor supply ; Education ; Employment forecasting ; Labor market ; Labor supply ; Skilled labor ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Labor ; Iraq ; KurdistaÌ„n ; Economic policy ; Education ; Kurdistān (Iraq) Economic policy ; KurdistaÌ„n (Iraq) Economic policy ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The study addresses the question of how the Kurdistan Regional Government can improve the private-sector labor market in the Kurdistan Region-Iraq (KRI). Doing so will involve creating mechanisms by which job-seekers can develop the right skills and find employers who will hire them, employers can find the employees they need, and the government can create an enabling environment in which the best matches between job-seekers and employers can be made. The study estimates the likely number and education levels of new job-seekers through 2020. It conducts an original, scientific survey to learn about employer perceptions of skill gaps in the KRI. Then, it investigates sectoral employment growth in comparison economies to identify promising growth sectors. Finally, it outlines policy steps for the government to take to improve the functioning of the private-sector labor market
    Abstract: Introduction -- Education Levels, Skills, and Labor-Force Participation of Potential Future Labor-Market Entrants -- Skills Gaps and Expected Private-Sector Labor Demand in the Kurdistan Region-Iraq -- Scenarios for Sectoral Employment Growth in the Kurdistan Region-Iraq -- Labor-Market Information Systems -- Conclusions and Policy Directions -- Appendix A: The RAND Survey of Business Establishments 2012: The RAND Skills Survey -- Appendix B: The RAND Survey of Business Establishments 2012: Sampling Design
    Note: "Ministry of Planning , "Kurdistan Regional Government , "RAND Labor and Population , Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-113)
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    Sexual assault and sexual harassment in the U.S. military : design of the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833089250 , 0833089250 , 9780833088604 , 0833088602 , 9780833090539
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (vi, 201 pages)
    Series Statement: RR-870 / 1-OSD
    Series Statement: RR-870/1-OSD
    Keywords: Sexual abuse victims ; Employee attitude surveys Methodology ; Sex discrimination ; Sex role in the work environment ; Women soldiers Crimes against ; Soldiers Crimes against ; Sexual harassment in the military ; Sex crimes ; Sexual abuse victims ; Employee attitude surveys ; Sex discrimination ; Sex role in the work environment ; Women soldiers ; Soldiers ; Sexual harassment in the military ; Sex crimes ; Sex discrimination ; Sex role in the work environment ; Sexual abuse victims ; Sexual harassment in the military ; United States ; LAW ; Military ; Employee attitude surveys ; Methodology ; Sex crimes ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "In early 2014, the Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office asked the RAND National Defense Research Institute to conduct an independent assessment of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination in the military -- an assessment last conducted in 2012 by the department itself with its Workplace and Gender Relations Survey of Active Duty Personnel. This volume documents the methodology used in the resulting RAND Military Workplace Study, which invited close to 560,000 service members to participate in a survey fielded in August and September of 2014. It describes the survey methods, how the new questionnaire was designed, and how sampling, recruitment, and analytic weighting were pursued. It also includes the entire survey instrument."--Website
    Abstract: "In early 2014, the Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office asked the RAND National Defense Research Institute to conduct an independent assessment of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination in the military -- an assessment last conducted in 2012 by the department itself with its Workplace and Gender Relations Survey of Active Duty Personnel. This volume documents the methodology used in the resulting RAND Military Workplace Study, which invited close to 560,000 service members to participate in a survey fielded in August and September of 2014. It describes the survey methods, how the new questionnaire was designed, and how sampling, recruitment, and analytic weighting were pursued. It also includes the entire survey instrument."--Website
    Note: "RAND National Defense Research Institute , "This research was conducted within the Forces and Resources Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-106)
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    Workplace wellness programs : services offered, participation, and incentives (2014)
    Santa Monica, Calif : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833091444 , 0833091441
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Research report
    DDC: 658.382
    Keywords: Employee health promotion ; Health behavior ; Occupational health services ; Industrial hygiene ; Employee health promotion ; Health behavior ; Occupational health services ; Industrial hygiene ; Employee health promotion ; Health behavior ; Industrial hygiene ; Occupational health services ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This report leverages existing data on wellness programs to explore patterns of wellness program availability, employers' use of incentives, and program participation and utilization among employees. Researchers used two sets of data for this project: The first included data from the 2012 RAND Employer Survey, which used a nationally representative sample of U.S. employers that had detailed information on wellness program offerings, program uptake, incentive use, and employer characteristics. These data were used to answer questions on program availability, configuration, uptake, and incentive use. The second dataset included health care claims and wellness program information for a large employer. These data were analyzed to predict program participation and changes in utilization and health. The findings underscore the increasing prevalence of worksite wellness programs. About four-fifths of all U.S. employers with more than 1,000 employees are estimated to offer such programs. For those larger employers, program offerings cover a range of screening activities, interventions to encourage healthy lifestyles, and support for employees with manifest chronic conditions. Smaller employers, especially those with fewer than 100 employees, appear more reserved in their implementation of wellness programs. The use of financial incentives appears to increase employee participation in wellness programs, but only modestly. Employee participation in lifestyle management aspects of workplace wellness programs does not reduce healthcare utilization or cost regardless of whether we focus on higher-risk employees or those who are more engaged in the program
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    Evaluation of the California Mental Health Services Authority's Prevention and Early Intervention initiatives : progress and preliminary findings (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833089984 , 0833089986
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxv, 383 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report
    DDC: 362.209794
    Keywords: California Mental Health Services Authority ; California Mental Health Services Authority ; Mental health services Evaluation ; Mental health services ; Mental Health Services ; Mental Disorders prevention & control ; California ; Mental health services ; Evaluation ; California ; Electronic books
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-188)
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    The Making of middle Indonesia : middle classes in Kupang town, 1930s-1980s (2014)
    [Place of publication not identified] : Brill
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    ISBN: 9789004265080 , 9004265422 , 9004265082 , 9789004265424
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 300 pages)
    Series Statement: Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde volume 293
    Series Statement: Power and place in Southeast Asia volume 5
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Print version Klinken, Geert Arend van Making of middle Indonesia
    Keywords: City and town life ; Middle class ; City and town life ; Middle class ; Economic history ; Middle class ; Social conditions ; Sociology & Social History ; Social Sciences ; Communities - Social Classes ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies ; Indonesia ; Kupang (Nusa Tenggara Timur) ; City and town life ; Kupang (Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia) Economic conditions ; Kupang (Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia) Social conditions ; Kupang (Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia) ; Kupang (Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: What holds Indonesia together? 'A strong leader' is the answer most often given. This book looks instead at a middle level of society. Middle classes in provincial towns around the vast archipelago mediate between the state and society and help to constitute state power. 'Middle Indonesia' is a social zone connecting extremes. This book examines the rise of an indigenous middle class in one provincial town far removed from the capital city. Spanning the late colonial to early New Order periods, it develops an unusual, associational notion of political power. 'Soft' modalities of power included non-elite provincial people in the emerging Indonesian state. At the same time, growing inequalities produced class tensions that exploded in violence in 1965-1966
    Abstract: What holds Indonesia together? 'A strong leader' is the answer most often given. This book looks instead at a middle level of society. Middle classes in provincial towns around the vast archipelago mediate between the state and society and help to constitute state power. 'Middle Indonesia' is a social zone connecting extremes. This book examines the rise of an indigenous middle class in one provincial town far removed from the capital city. Spanning the late colonial to early New Order periods, it develops an unusual, associational notion of political power. 'Soft' modalities of power included non-elite provincial people in the emerging Indonesian state. At the same time, growing inequalities produced class tensions that exploded in violence in 1965-1966
    Note: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph , Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-296) and index , English
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    Pierre-Auguste Renoir Madame Léon Clapisson (2014)
    [Chicago] : Art Institute of Chicago
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    ISBN: 9780865592940 , 0865592942
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (7 pages)
    Uniform Title: Renoir paintings and drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago
    DDC: 759.4
    Keywords: Renoir, Auguste ; Renoir, Auguste Criticism and interpretation ; Renoir, Auguste ; Renoir, Auguste ; Women in art ; Women in art ; Renoir, Auguste ; Criticism, interpretation, etc ; Women in art ; Electronic books
    Note: "This essay is part of the digital catalogue Renoir paintings and drawings the Art Institute of Chicago , Cover title , Includes bibliographical references
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    Songs of the empty place (2014)
    Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press
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    ISBN: 9781925022230 , 1925022234
    Language: English
    Series Statement: Monographs in Anthropology
    Series Statement: Monographs in anthropology series
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Weiner, James F.; Songs of the Empty Place : The Memorial Poetry of the Foi of the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea
    Keywords: Foi (Papua New Guinean people) Music. ; Ethnomusicology Papua New Guinea. ; Folk music Papua New Guinea. ; Folk music ; Ethnomusicology ; Foi (Papua New Guinean people) ; Ethnomusicology ; Foi (Papua New Guinean people) ; Folk music ; History & Archaeology ; Regions & Countries - Australia & Pacific Islands - Oceania ; Papua New Guinea ; Southern Highlands Province ; Papua New Guinea ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Customs & Traditions ; Music ; Songs and music ; Papua New Guinea Songs and music. ; Southern Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea) ; Papua New Guinea ; Electronic books
    Abstract: For 31 months between 1979 and 1995, James F. Weiner conducted anthropological research amongst the Foi people in Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. This book contains the transcriptions, translations, and descriptions of the songs he recorded. The texts of women's sago songs (obedobora), men's ceremonial songs (sorohabora), and women's sorohabora are included. Men turn the prosaic content of womenís sago songs into their own sorohabora songs, which are performed the night following large-scale inter-community pig kills, called dawa. While women sing sago songs by themselves, men sing their ceremonial songs in groups of paired men. Women also have their own ceremonial versions of such songs. The songs are memorial in intent; they are designed to commemorate the lives of men who are no longer living. Most commonly they do so by naming the places the deceased inhabited during his lifetime. These song texts and translations are introduced by Weiner. Ethnomusicologist Don Niles then brings together information about each type of song and considers these Foi genres in relation to those of neighbouring groups, highlighting aspects of regional performance styles. Consideration is also given to the poetic devices used in Papua New Guinea songs. Eighteen recordings illustrating the Foi genres discussed in this book are available for download. It remains uncertain how such songs may be affected by the major oil extraction project that has been undertaken in the region for more than two decades. This book will interest students of anthropology, ethnomusicology, linguistics, verbal art, aesthetics, and cultural heritage
    Abstract: Preface:Singing the earth in the Mubi valley /James F. Weiner --Introduction:Foi songs and the performance, publication, and poetry of Papua New Guinea sung traditions /Don Niles --Women's sago songs (obedobora) --Men's songs (sorobabora) --Women's songs (sorohabora).
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    Resemblance and representation : an essay in the philosophy of pictures (2014)
    Cambridge : OpenBook Publishers
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    ISBN: 9781783740758 , 1783740744 , 9781783740727 , 9781783740734
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (206 pages)
    Keywords: Art ; Image (Philosophy) ; Representation (Philosophy) ; Humanities ; Philosophy ; Philosophy: aesthetics ; PHILOSOPHY ; Aesthetics ; Art ; Philosophy ; Image (Philosophy) ; Representation (Philosophy) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Note on the text -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 An ostensive definition of depiction -- 1.2 The analysis of resemblance as sharing properties -- 1.3 An intuitive taxonomy of representation -- 1.4 The methodology of analysis -- 1.5 Conclusion -- 2. Defining Depiction -- 2.1 Grice's analysis of speaker meaning -- 2.2 The intended effect in Grice's analysis -- 2.3 The salient feature in Grice's analysis -- 2.4 Abell's analysis of depiction -- 2.5 Conclusion -- 3. Depiction and Intention -- 3.1 Objections to the necessity of intention -- 3.2 Objections to the necessity of an audience -- 3.3 Objections to the sufficiency of intention -- 3.4 Objections to the necessity of reasons -- 3.5 Conclusion -- 4. Depiction and Convention -- 4.1 Goodman's definition of symbol systems -- 4.2 Formal definition of languages -- 4.3 Lewis' analysis of convention -- 4.4 Analysis of depictive symbol systems -- 4.5 Conclusion -- 5. Symbol Systems -- 5.1 Analysis of conventional language -- 5.2 Analysis of symbol systems in use -- 5.3 Depiction outside of symbol systems -- 5.4 Meaning outside conventional language -- 5.5 Conclusion -- 6. Depiction and Composition -- 6.1 Theories of representation -- 6.2 The finite axiomatization constraint -- 6.3 The mirror constraint -- 6.4 The structural constraint -- 6.5 Conclusion -- 7. Interpreting Images -- 7.1 Compositionality and language understanding -- 7.2 Compositionality and understanding pictures -- 7.3 Understanding pictures without compositionality -- 7.4 Understanding language without compositionality -- 7.5 Conclusion -- 8. Intentionality and Inexistence -- 8.1 Analysing depiction in intentional terms -- 8.2 Denying depiction is relational -- 8.3 Denying relations are between existents -- 8.4 Depiction of states of affairs -- 8.5 Conclusion -- 9. Perspective and Possibility -- 9.1 The possible worlds analysis of content -- 9.2 Centred properties and possible worlds -- 9.3 The two-dimensional analysis of content -- 9.4 Structured intensions and impossible worlds -- 9.5 Conclusion -- 10. Pictures and Properties -- 10.1 Predicate nominalism -- 10.2 Class nominalism -- 10.3 Scientific realism -- 10.4 Inegalitarian nominalism -- 10.5 Conclusion -- References -- Index
    Abstract: "It's a platitude - which only a philosopher would dream of denying - that whereas words are connected to what they represent merely by arbitrary conventions, pictures are connected to what they represent by resemblance. The most important difference between my portrait and my name, for example, is that whereas my portrait and I are connected by my portrait's resemblance to me, my name and I are connected merely by an arbitrary convention. The first aim of this book is to defend this platitude from the apparently compelling objections raised against it, by analysing depiction in a way which reveals how it is mediated by resemblance. It's natural to contrast the platitude that depiction is mediated by resemblance, which emphasises the differences between depictive and descriptive representation, with an extremely close analogy between depiction and description, which emphasises the similarities between depictive and descriptive representation. Whereas the platitude emphasises that the connection between my portrait and me is natural in a way the connection between my name and me is not, the analogy emphasises the contingency of the connection between my portrait and me. Nevertheless, the second aim of this book is to defend an extremely close analogy between depiction and description. The strategy of the book is to argue that the apparently compelling objections raised against the platitude that depiction is mediated by resemblance are manifestations of more general problems, which are familiar from the philosophy of language. These problems, it argues, can be resolved by answers analogous to their counterparts in the philosophy of language, without rejecting the platitude. So the combination of the platitude that depiction is mediated by resemblance with a close analogy between depiction and description turns out to be a compelling theory of depiction, which combines the virtues of common sense with the insights of its detractors."--Publisher's website
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