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  • 1
    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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  • 2
    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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  • 3
    ISBN: 9780833082411 , 0833086073 , 0833082418 , 9780833086075
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 72 pages)
    Edition: Final report
    Series Statement: Rand corporation research report series
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Mattke, Soeren. Final Report Evaluation of Tools and Metrics to Support Employer Selection of Health Plans
    Keywords: Health planning ; Employer-sponsored health insurance ; Health planning ; Employer-sponsored health insurance ; MEDICAL ; Preventive Medicine ; Employer-sponsored health insurance ; Health planning ; United States ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Insurance ; Risk Assessment & Management ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) places strong emphasis on quality of care as a means to improve outcomes for Americans and promote the financial sustainability of our health care system. Included in the ACA are new disclosure requirements that require health plans to provide a summary of benefits and coverage that accurately describes the benefits under the plan or coverage. These requirements are intended to support employers' procurement of high-value health coverage for their employees. This report attempts to help employers understand the structural differences between health plans and the performance dimensions along which plans can differ, as well as to educate employers about available tools that can be used to evaluate plan options. The report also discusses the extent to which these and other tools or resources are used by employers to inform choices between health plans
    Abstract: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) places strong emphasis on quality of care as a means to improve outcomes for Americans and promote the financial sustainability of our health care system. Included in the ACA are new disclosure requirements that require health plans to provide a summary of benefits and coverage that accurately describes the benefits under the plan or coverage. These requirements are intended to support employers' procurement of high-value health coverage for their employees. This report attempts to help employers understand the structural differences between health plans and the performance dimensions along which plans can differ, as well as to educate employers about available tools that can be used to evaluate plan options. The report also discusses the extent to which these and other tools or resources are used by employers to inform choices between health plans
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
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  • 4
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    Canberra ACT, Australia : Australian National University Press
    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
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , English
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  • 5
    ISBN: 9780833085498 , 0833085476 , 0833085468 , 0833085492 , 9780833085467 , 9780833085474
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvii, 105 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR-308
    Parallel Title: Print version Garber, Steven, 1950- Redirecting innovation in U.S. health care
    Keywords: Medical innovations ; Medical care, Cost of ; Medical care ; Medical innovations ; Medical care, Cost of ; Medical care ; Biomedical Technology ; Cost-Benefit Analysis ; Health Policy ; Health Care Costs ; Delivery of Health Care ; Inventions ; Electronic books ; Medical innovations ; United States ; Medical care, Cost of ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Social Security ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Social Services & Welfare ; MEDICAL ; Allied Health Services ; Medical Technology ; Medical care ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: New medical technologies are a leading driver of U.S. health care spending. This report identifies promising policy options to change which medical technologies are created, with two related policy goals: (1) Reduce total health care spending with the smallest possible loss of health benefits, and (2) ensure that new medical products that increase spending are accompanied by health benefits that are worth the spending increases
    Abstract: New medical technologies are a leading driver of U.S. health care spending. This report identifies promising policy options to change which medical technologies are created, with two related policy goals: (1) Reduce total health care spending with the smallest possible loss of health benefits, and (2) ensure that new medical products that increase spending are accompanied by health benefits that are worth the spending increases
    Note: "RR-308"--Page 4 of cover , Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-105)
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  • 6
    ISBN: 9780833087188 , 0833087185 , 9780833087195 , 0833087207 , 0833087193 , 0833085727 , 9780833085726 , 9780833087201
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 92 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR637
    Parallel Title: Print version Jones, Seth G., 1972- Persistent threat
    Keywords: Qaida (Organization) ; Qaida (Organization) ; Jihad ; Terrorism Religious aspects ; Islam ; Islamic fundamentalism ; Jihad ; Terrorism ; Islamic fundamentalism ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Infrastructure ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Islamic fundamentalism ; Jihad ; Terrorism ; Religious aspects ; Islam ; Middle East ; Qaida (Organization) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "This report examines the status and evolution of al Qa'ida and other Salafi-jihadist groups, a subject of intense debate in the West. Based on an analysis of thousands of primary source documents, the report concludes that there has been an increase in the number of Salafi-jihadist groups, fighters, and attacks over the past several years. The author uses this analysis to build a framework for addressing the varying levels of threat in different countries, from engagement in high-threat, low government capacity countries; to forward partnering in medium-threat, limited government capacity environments; to offshore balancing in countries with low levels of threat and sufficient government capacity to counter Salafi-jihadist groups."--Provided by publisher
    Abstract: "This report examines the status and evolution of al Qa'ida and other Salafi-jihadist groups, a subject of intense debate in the West. Based on an analysis of thousands of primary source documents, the report concludes that there has been an increase in the number of Salafi-jihadist groups, fighters, and attacks over the past several years. The author uses this analysis to build a framework for addressing the varying levels of threat in different countries, from engagement in high-threat, low government capacity countries; to forward partnering in medium-threat, limited government capacity environments; to offshore balancing in countries with low levels of threat and sufficient government capacity to counter Salafi-jihadist groups."--Provided by publisher
    Note: "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense; approved for public release; distribution unlimited , Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-83) and index
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  • 7
    ISBN: 9780833084613 , 0833084615
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (22 pages)
    Series Statement: Report
    Keywords: Cardiovascular system Diseases ; Sex differences ; Diabetes Sex differences ; Cardiovascular system ; Diabetes ; Electronic books
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
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  • 8
    ISBN: 9780833084248 , 0833085220 , 0833084240 , 9780833085221
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 47 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR-374-OSD
    Parallel Title: Print version Burkhauser, Susan Elements of success
    Keywords: Military discharge ; Education, Secondary Evaluation ; Military discharge ; Education, Secondary ; Military Administration ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; HISTORY ; Military ; Other ; Armed Forces ; Personnel management ; United States ; Education, Secondary ; Evaluation ; Military discharge ; Recruiting and enlistment ; United States Armed Forces ; Recruiting, enlistment, etc ; United States Armed Forces ; Personnel management ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The U.S military services have traditionally used a tiering system, including education credentials such as high school diplomas, in combination with Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) scores to help gauge the likelihood of a recruit persevering through his or her first term of service. But what about less traditional credentials, such as diplomas earned through homeschooling and distance learning? The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) asked RAND to examine whether its current education-credential tiering policy is still useful in predicting first-term attrition. The authors examined attrition rates at 12, 24, and 36 months of service for all enlistees from 2000 through 2011. Using statistical regression techniques, they compared attrition rates for those with distance learning or homeschool credentials to those of high school diploma holders, after controlling for other observable population differences. Overall, the analyses support current tiering policy classifying homeschool diplomas as Tier 1 if a recruit's AFQT score is 50 or higher (i.e., they are treated the same as high school diploma holders) or Tier 2 if a recruit's AFQT score is lower than 50. The results also support classifying distance learning credentials as Tier 2 regardless of AFQT score
    Abstract: The U.S military services have traditionally used a tiering system, including education credentials such as high school diplomas, in combination with Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) scores to help gauge the likelihood of a recruit persevering through his or her first term of service. But what about less traditional credentials, such as diplomas earned through homeschooling and distance learning? The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) asked RAND to examine whether its current education-credential tiering policy is still useful in predicting first-term attrition. The authors examined attrition rates at 12, 24, and 36 months of service for all enlistees from 2000 through 2011. Using statistical regression techniques, they compared attrition rates for those with distance learning or homeschool credentials to those of high school diploma holders, after controlling for other observable population differences. Overall, the analyses support current tiering policy classifying homeschool diplomas as Tier 1 if a recruit's AFQT score is 50 or higher (i.e., they are treated the same as high school diploma holders) or Tier 2 if a recruit's AFQT score is lower than 50. The results also support classifying distance learning credentials as Tier 2 regardless of AFQT score
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (page 47)
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  • 9
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    Princeton : Princeton University Press
    ISBN: 9780691161822 , 1400851912 , 1322028583 , 0691161828 , 9781322028583 , 9781400851911
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (547 pages)
    Additional Information: Rezensiert in Frothingham, Christen [Rezension von: Baldwin, Peter, The Copyright Wars: Three Centuries of Trans-Atlantic Battle] 2016
    Parallel Title: Baldwin, Peter, 1956 - The copyright wars
    Parallel Title: Print version Baldwin, Peter Copyright Wars
    RVK:
    Keywords: Copyright History ; Copyright History ; Copyright ; Copyright ; LAW ; Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice ; HISTORY ; Europe ; General ; Copyright ; Law, Politics & Government ; Law, General & Comparative ; Europe ; United States ; History ; Electronic books ; USA ; Europa ; Urheberrecht ; Geschichte
    Abstract: Introduction: The Agon of Author and Audience -- 1. The Battle between Anglo-American Copyright and European Authors' Rights -- 2. From Royal Privilege to Literary Property: A Common Start to Copyright in the Eighteenth Century -- 3. The Ways Part: Copyright and Authors' Rights in the Nineteenth Century -- 4. Continental Drift: Europe Moves from Property to Personality at the Turn of the Century -- 5. The Strange Birth of Moral Rights in Fascist Europe -- 6. The Postwar Apotheosis of Authors' Rights -- 7. America Turns European: The Battle of the Booksellers Redux in the 1990s -- 8. The Rise of the Digital Public: The Copyright Wars Continue in the New Millennium -- Conclusion: Reclaiming the Spirit of Copyright
    Abstract: Introduction: The Agon of Author and Audience -- 1. The Battle between Anglo-American Copyright and European Authors' Rights -- 2. From Royal Privilege to Literary Property: A Common Start to Copyright in the Eighteenth Century -- 3. The Ways Part: Copyright and Authors' Rights in the Nineteenth Century -- 4. Continental Drift: Europe Moves from Property to Personality at the Turn of the Century -- 5. The Strange Birth of Moral Rights in Fascist Europe -- 6. The Postwar Apotheosis of Authors' Rights -- 7. America Turns European: The Battle of the Booksellers Redux in the 1990s -- 8. The Rise of the Digital Public: The Copyright Wars Continue in the New Millennium -- Conclusion: Reclaiming the Spirit of Copyright
    Note: English
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  • 10
    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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  • 11
    ISBN: 9780833086235 , 0833086235
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Auerbach, David I. How Will the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Affect Liability Insurance Costs?
    Keywords: United States ; United States ; Health insurance Costs ; Liability insurance Costs ; Health insurance ; Liability insurance ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Insurance ; Liability ; Health insurance ; Costs ; Liability insurance ; Costs ; United States ; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (United States) ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Insurance ; Risk Assessment & Management ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "This report identifies potential mechanisms through which the Affordable Care Act (ACA) might affect liability claim costs and develops rough estimates of the size and direction of expected impacts as of 2016. Overall, effects of the ACA appear likely to be small relative to aggregate auto, workers' compensation, and medical malpractice insurer payouts, but some states and insurance lines may experience cost changes as high as 5 percent or more"--Publisher's description
    Abstract: "This report identifies potential mechanisms through which the Affordable Care Act (ACA) might affect liability claim costs and develops rough estimates of the size and direction of expected impacts as of 2016. Overall, effects of the ACA appear likely to be small relative to aggregate auto, workers' compensation, and medical malpractice insurer payouts, but some states and insurance lines may experience cost changes as high as 5 percent or more"--Publisher's description
    Note: "RAND Institute for Civil Justice , Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF title page (viewed on May 6, 2014)
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  • 12
    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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  • 13
    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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  • 14
    ISBN: 9780833085887 , 0833086340 , 0833085883 , 9780833086341
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (31 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR-449-RC
    Parallel Title: Print vversion Davis, Lynn E. (Lynn Etheridge), 1943- Armed and dangerous?
    Keywords: Technology Risk assessment ; National security ; Military art and science Technological innovations ; Arms control ; Drone aircraft Risk assessment ; Technology ; National security ; Military art and science ; Arms control ; Drone aircraft ; Technology ; Risk assessment ; United States ; Military art and science ; Technological innovations ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; International Relations ; Arms Control ; Arms control ; National security ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Armed drones are making the headlines, especially in their role in targeted killings. In this report, RAND researchers stepped back and asked whether these weapons are transformative. The answer is no, though they offer significant capabilities to their users, especially in counterterrorism operations as has been the case for the United States. Will they proliferate? Yes, but upon a closer look at the types of systems, only a few rich countries will be in a position to develop the higher technology and longer range systems. U.S. adversaries and others will likely find weapons such as aircraft and air defenses more cost and militarily effective. Their proliferation will not create the kinds of global dangers that call for new arms control efforts, but the risks to regional stability cannot be dismissed entirely, as is the case of any conventional weapon. How the United States will use these weapons today and into the future will be important in shaping a broader set of international norms that discourage their misuse by others
    Note: "RAND Corporation , Caption title , Includes bibliographical references (pages 26-30)
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  • 15
    ISBN: 9780833085689 , 0833085689 , 9780833080769 , 0833080768
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 48 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Project Air Force series on resiliency
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Robson, Sean Psychological fitness and resilience
    Keywords: Families of military personnel Health and hygiene ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; Psychology, Military ; Adjustment (Psychology) ; Airmen Health and hygiene ; Stress management ; Families of military personnel ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; Psychology, Military ; Adjustment (Psychology) ; Airmen ; Stress management ; Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms ; Behavior ; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities ; Behavioral Symptoms ; Military Personnel ; Named Groups ; Occupational Groups ; Personality Assessment ; Persons ; Psychiatry and Psychology ; Psychological Phenomena and Processes ; Psychophysiology ; Resilience, Psychological ; Stress, Psychological ; Adjustment (Psychology) ; Psychology, Military ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; Stress management ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Engineering ; MEDICAL ; Preventive Medicine ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This report is one of a series designed to support Air Force leaders in promoting resilience among its Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force family members. It examines the relationship between physical fitness and resilience, using key constructs found in the scientific literature that address self-regulation, positive affect, perceived control, self-efficacy, self-esteem, and optimism. Supporting or increasing the levels of the key measures of psychological fitness identified in this report may facilitate resilience and can protect Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force families from the negative effects of stress. The report also reviews construct measures, well-being, and resilience outcomes as well as interventions designed to promote the psychological fitness constructs
    Abstract: This report is one of a series designed to support Air Force leaders in promoting resilience among its Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force family members. It examines the relationship between physical fitness and resilience, using key constructs found in the scientific literature that address self-regulation, positive affect, perceived control, self-efficacy, self-esteem, and optimism. Supporting or increasing the levels of the key measures of psychological fitness identified in this report may facilitate resilience and can protect Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force families from the negative effects of stress. The report also reviews construct measures, well-being, and resilience outcomes as well as interventions designed to promote the psychological fitness constructs
    Note: "RAND Project Air Force , Includes bibliographical references (pages 33-48)
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    Australian National Univeristy, Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press
    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
    RVK:
    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
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-440)
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    ISBN: 9780833085672 , 0833086081 , 0833085670 , 9780833086082
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 93 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR-418-NIJ
    Parallel Title: Print version Wong, Carolyn Evaluation of National Institute of Justice-funded geospatial software tools
    Keywords: Federal aid to law enforcement agencies Evaluation ; Law enforcement Technological innovations ; Evaluation ; Geographic information systems Evaluation ; Federal aid to law enforcement agencies ; Law enforcement ; Geographic information systems ; Geography ; Earth & Environmental Sciences ; Geography-General ; United States ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; American Government ; General ; Federal aid to law enforcement agencies ; Evaluation ; Geographic information systems ; Evaluation ; Electronic books
    Abstract: A geospatial software tool-evaluation study conducted for the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) assessed 14 recent tool developments funded by NIJ. The study integrates input from tool developers and tool users with RAND Corporation researchers' independent tool assessments. The evaluation finds that 12 of the 14 NIJ development awards resulted in fully functional tools for the law enforcement community. Collectively, the tools provided the law enforcement community with access to new and enhanced geospatial capabilities to improve crime analysis. From a holistic perspective of NIJ's tool-development efforts, the evaluation finds that NIJ can maximize benefits on future tool developments by addressing several apparent policy gaps and inconsistencies with respect to awardee requirements and oversight, including ensuring that policies assign NIJ or Department of Justice officials roles and responsibilities for the latter phases of software development, including integration and test, implementation, operations and maintenance, and disposition; developing tool-dissemination plans; establishing go-to sources for tool-deployment notifications; establishing a process and source of funding to address limitations in the initial version of the tool, such as a small post-tool-delivery modification fund; and taking the lead to address emerging interoperability and information-sharing issues. Acting on these recommendations will ensure that NIJ consistently maximizes benefits to the law enforcement community from its future tool development awards
    Abstract: A geospatial software tool-evaluation study conducted for the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) assessed 14 recent tool developments funded by NIJ. The study integrates input from tool developers and tool users with RAND Corporation researchers' independent tool assessments. The evaluation finds that 12 of the 14 NIJ development awards resulted in fully functional tools for the law enforcement community. Collectively, the tools provided the law enforcement community with access to new and enhanced geospatial capabilities to improve crime analysis. From a holistic perspective of NIJ's tool-development efforts, the evaluation finds that NIJ can maximize benefits on future tool developments by addressing several apparent policy gaps and inconsistencies with respect to awardee requirements and oversight, including ensuring that policies assign NIJ or Department of Justice officials roles and responsibilities for the latter phases of software development, including integration and test, implementation, operations and maintenance, and disposition; developing tool-dissemination plans; establishing go-to sources for tool-deployment notifications; establishing a process and source of funding to address limitations in the initial version of the tool, such as a small post-tool-delivery modification fund; and taking the lead to address emerging interoperability and information-sharing issues. Acting on these recommendations will ensure that NIJ consistently maximizes benefits to the law enforcement community from its future tool development awards
    Note: "RAND Safety and Justice Program , "A geospatial software tool-evaluation study conducted for the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) assessed 14 recent tool developments funded by NIJ. The study integrates input from tool developers and tool users with RAND Corporation researchers' independent tool assessments. The evaluation finds that 12 of the 14 NIJ development awards resulted in fully functional tools for the law enforcement community. Collectively, the tools provided the law enforcement community with access to new and enhanced geospatial capabilities to improve crime analysis. From a holistic perspective of NIJ's tool-development efforts, the evaluation finds that NIJ can maximize benefits on future tool developments by addressing several apparent policy gaps and inconsistencies with respect to awardee requirements and oversight, including ensuring that policies assign NIJ or Department of Justice official roles and responsibilities for the latter phases of software development, including integration and test, implementation, operations and maintenance, and disposition; developing tool-dissemination plans; establishing go-to sources for tool-deployment notifications; establishing a process and source of funding to address limitations in the initial version of the tool, such as a small post-tool-delivery modification fund; and taking the lead to address emerging interoperability and information-sharing issues. Acting on these recommendations will ensure that NIJ consistently maximizes benefits to the law enforcement community from its future tool development awards."--Page 4 of cover , Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-93) , 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
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  • 18
    ISBN: 9781925021844 , 192502184X , 9781925021813 , 1925021815
    Language: English
    Series Statement: Terra Australis 41
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Parke, Aubrey L.; Degei's descendants.
    Parallel Title: Print version Parke, Aubrey L Degei's descendants
    Keywords: Parke, Aubrey L ; Parke, Aubrey L. ; Parke, Aubrey L ; Mythology, Fijian ; Mythology, Fijian. ; Mythology, Fijian ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Archaeology ; Fiji ; Civilization ; Manners and customs ; History & Archaeology ; History ; Regions & Countries - Australia & Pacific Islands - Oceania ; Fiji Civilization. ; Fiji History. ; Fiji Social life and customs. ; Fiji History ; Fiji Civilization ; Fiji Social life and customs ; Fiji ; Fiji ; Fiji ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Aubrey Parke: an enthusiastic amateur in Fiji? -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Maps -- Fijian society: the islands of Fiji (general) -- Overview of project -- The ideological sense of Vanua -- Understanding traditional Fijian society -- Factors affecting development and interaction -- The Yavusa: the ideal and the reality -- The diversity of Fijian polities -- Overview of chapters 8-10 Fijian polities in three areas in the Yasayasa Vakara -- Polities of Rakiraki Tikina -- Polities of West Vuda Tikina -- Polities of Nadi Tikina -- Polities of Nawaka Tikina -- Overview of chapters 12-13 polities of the Natu Yasawa: the Yasawa Group -- The Tikina of Naviti -- The Tikina of Yasawa -- Conclusion -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Bibliography
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , English
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  • 19
    ISBN: 9780833087706 , 0833089560 , 0833087703 , 9780833089564
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 51 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Speier, Richard Cruise missile penaid nonproliferation
    Keywords: Cruise missiles ; Antimissile missiles ; Technology transfer ; Arms control ; Export controls ; Cruise missiles ; Antimissile missiles ; Technology transfer ; Arms control ; Export controls ; Arms control ; Cruise missiles ; Export controls ; Technology transfer ; Law, Politics & Government ; International Relations ; HISTORY ; Military ; Weapons ; Antimissile missiles ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) becomes a greater threat when accompanied by the proliferation of effective means of delivery. The threat of one means of delivery, cruise missiles, will increase if proliferators can acquire effective countermeasures against missile defenses. Such countermeasures, when incorporated in an attacker's missile, are known as penetration aids or penaids. As proliferator nations acquire ballistic and cruise missiles for this purpose, it will be important to establish effective measures to counter WMD attacks. This research was designed to assist U.S. agencies charged with generating policies to discourage the proliferation of WMD and cruise missile delivery systems, thereby strengthening deterrence. Specifically, it recommends controls on potential exports of penaid-related items according to the structure of the current international policy against missile proliferation, the Missile Technology Control Regime. The recommendations account for 18 classes of such items and are based on structured interviews with government and nongovernment experts, as well as an independent technical assessment to develop a preliminary characterization of the technologies and equipment most critical to the emerging penaid threat. The project also brought together a selected group of experts to participate in a workshop to review the initial characterization of penaid technologies and equipment
    Abstract: Preface. -- Summary. -- Acknowledgments. -- Cruise missile penaid nonproliferation. -- The missile technology control regime. -- Items proposed for penaid export controls. -- Implementing penaid export constrols. -- Concluding observations. -- References
    Abstract: The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) becomes a greater threat when accompanied by the proliferation of effective means of delivery. The threat of one means of delivery, cruise missiles, will increase if proliferators can acquire effective countermeasures against missile defenses. Such countermeasures, when incorporated in an attacker's missile, are known as penetration aids or penaids. As proliferator nations acquire ballistic and cruise missiles for this purpose, it will be important to establish effective measures to counter WMD attacks. This research was designed to assist U.S. agencies charged with generating policies to discourage the proliferation of WMD and cruise missile delivery systems, thereby strengthening deterrence. Specifically, it recommends controls on potential exports of penaid-related items according to the structure of the current international policy against missile proliferation, the Missile Technology Control Regime. The recommendations account for 18 classes of such items and are based on structured interviews with government and nongovernment experts, as well as an independent technical assessment to develop a preliminary characterization of the technologies and equipment most critical to the emerging penaid threat. The project also brought together a selected group of experts to participate in a workshop to review the initial characterization of penaid technologies and equipment
    Note: "Prepared for the Naval Postgraduate School, Project on Advanced Systems and Concepts for Combating WMD , Includes bibliographical references (pages 49-51)
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  • 20
    ISBN: 9780833086723 , 0833086723
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (65 pages)
    Keywords: Substance Use Treatment and Reentry Program Evaluation ; Substance Use Treatment and Reentry Program ; Substance Use Treatment and Reentry Program ; Substance Use Treatment and Reentry Program ; Youth Substance use ; Substance abuse Treatment ; Youth ; Substance abuse ; Substance abuse ; Treatment ; Youth ; Substance use ; LAW ; Criminal Law ; Juvenile Offenders ; Evaluation ; Electronic books
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 40-42)
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  • 21
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    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
    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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    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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    ISBN: 9780833082305 , 0833082078 , 0833082302 , 9780833082077
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 51 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Moore, Nancy Y., 1947- Small business and strategic sourcing
    Keywords: United States Procurement ; United States ; Small business ; Strategic planning ; Government contractors ; Government purchasing ; Defense contracts ; Small business ; Strategic planning ; Government contractors ; Government purchasing ; Defense contracts ; Small business ; Strategic planning ; United States ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Outsourcing ; Armed Forces ; Procurement ; Defense contracts ; United States ; Government contractors ; Government purchasing ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The Department of Defense (DoD) may face challenges as it attempts to maintain its goal of spending about 23 percent of its prime-contract dollars for goods and services with small businesses and at the same time apply strategic-sourcing practices to reduce total costs and improve performance in ways that will not conflict with small-business goals while making DoD purchasing more effective and efficient. Strategic sourcing practices, for example, recommend consolidation of the supply base to reduce total costs, which can lead to fewer, larger, longer-term contracts with fewer and, often, larger suppliers
    Abstract: The Department of Defense (DoD) may face challenges as it attempts to maintain its goal of spending about 23 percent of its prime-contract dollars for goods and services with small businesses and at the same time apply strategic-sourcing practices to reduce total costs and improve performance in ways that will not conflict with small-business goals while making DoD purchasing more effective and efficient. Strategic sourcing practices, for example, recommend consolidation of the supply base to reduce total costs, which can lead to fewer, larger, longer-term contracts with fewer and, often, larger suppliers
    Note: "RAND National Defense Research Institute , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , "This research was conducted within the Acquisition and Technology Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-51)
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  • 24
    ISBN: 9780833087348 , 0833090097 , 0833087347 , 9780833090096
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvii, 112 pages)
    Keywords: United States Procurement ; Cost control ; United States ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Freedom ; Armed Forces ; Procurement ; Cost control ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The report presents the results of two studies: The first compares the capabilities and development approaches used in the Joint Tactical Radio System wideband networking waveform (WNW) and the commercial long-term evolution waveform, and the second analyzes military acquisition programs that have repeatedly exceeded certain cost thresholds. The first study compares differences in system designs, technical requirements, intellectual property protection schemes, and cost in the development of WNW. It also examined how technical risks and challenging requirements contributed to schedule and cost increases. The second study attempts to identify unique characteristics of programs that overrun their budgets more than once
    Note: "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , "This research was sponsored by the Performance Assessments and Root Cause Analysis (PARCA) office, in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, and conducted within the Acquisition and Technology Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Preface , "RAND National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-112)
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  • 25
    ISBN: 9781922064844 , 192206484X , 9781922064851 , 1922064858 , 9781922064820 , 1922064831 , 1922064823 , 9781922064837
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 electronic resource (i-xi, 262 pages))))
    Keywords: Study skills ; Student aspirations ; College integration ; Critical thinking ; College freshmen ; Study skills ; Student aspirations ; College integration ; Critical thinking ; College freshmen ; Critical thinking ; Student aspirations ; Study skills ; Australia ; South Australia ; EDUCATION ; Higher ; Education ; Society and social sciences Society and social sciences ; College freshmen ; College integration ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Introduction / Heather Brook, Deane Fergie, Michael Maeorg and Dee Michell -- Pt. 1. Reconceptualising : transition and universities -- 1. Navigating student transition in higher education : induction, development, becoming / Trevor Gale and Stephen Parker -- 2. University transitions in practice : research-learning, fields and their communities of practice / Deane Fergie -- Pt. 2. Revealing : 'non-traditional' student groups in higher education -- 3. Classism on campus? Exploring and extending understandings of social class in the contemporary higher education debate / Angelique Bletsas and Dee Michell -- 4. Reframing 'the problem' : students from low socio-economic status backgrounds transitioning to university / Marcia Devlin and Jade McKay -- 5. Changing social relations in higher education : the first-year international student and the 'Chinese learner' in Australia / Xianlin Song -- 6. Relating experiences : Regional and remote students in their first year at university / Michael Maeorg -- Pt. 3. Realising : transformations on campus -- 7. The University of Adelaide Student Learning Hub : a case study of education co-creation / Pascale Quester, Kendra Backstrom and Slavka Kovacevic -- 8. Thinking critically about critical thinking in the First-Year experience / Chris Beasley and Benito Cao -- 9. Knowing students / Heather Brook and Dee Michell
    Abstract: Introduction / Heather Brook, Deane Fergie, Michael Maeorg and Dee Michell -- Pt. 1. Reconceptualising : transition and universities -- 1. Navigating student transition in higher education : induction, development, becoming / Trevor Gale and Stephen Parker -- 2. University transitions in practice : research-learning, fields and their communities of practice / Deane Fergie -- Pt. 2. Revealing : 'non-traditional' student groups in higher education -- 3. Classism on campus? Exploring and extending understandings of social class in the contemporary higher education debate / Angelique Bletsas and Dee Michell -- 4. Reframing 'the problem' : students from low socio-economic status backgrounds transitioning to university / Marcia Devlin and Jade McKay -- 5. Changing social relations in higher education : the first-year international student and the 'Chinese learner' in Australia / Xianlin Song -- 6. Relating experiences : Regional and remote students in their first year at university / Michael Maeorg -- Pt. 3. Realising : transformations on campus -- 7. The University of Adelaide Student Learning Hub : a case study of education co-creation / Pascale Quester, Kendra Backstrom and Slavka Kovacevic -- 8. Thinking critically about critical thinking in the First-Year experience / Chris Beasley and Benito Cao -- 9. Knowing students / Heather Brook and Dee Michell
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Title from opening screen (viewed December 2, 2014) , English
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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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    ISBN: 9780833089373 , 0833089374
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 65 pages)
    DDC: 364.168
    Keywords: Bribery ; International business enterprises Corrupt practices ; Corporations Corrupt practices ; Risk assessment ; Bribery ; International business enterprises ; Corporations ; Risk assessment ; International business enterprises ; Corrupt practices ; Risk assessment ; Corporations ; Corrupt practices ; Bribery ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Preface -- Figure and Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: A. Defining the Business Bribery Risk Addressed in This Report -- B. Businesses Have Inadequate Measures to Assess the Business Risk of Bribery of Foreign Officials -- C. As Global Business Expands, So Do Risks and Costs Related to Non-Compliance -- D. Development of the New Indicators and TRACE Matrix -- E. Guide to the Report -- 2. Development of the Business Bribery Risk Index: A. Measuring Corruption and Governance -- B. A Conceptual Model of Business Bribery Risk -- C. Data Sources and Selection Methodology -- D. Statistical Model Construction -- 3. Results: A. Overall Risk Index Results -- B. Guide to the Country Risk Scores -- 4. Conclusion: Appendix A: Stakeholder Interviews -- Appendix B: Outline of Domains, Subdomains, and Data Sources -- Appendix C: Statistical Model Methodology -- Appendix D: Results -- Appendix E: List of Reviewed Data Sources -- Appendix F: TRACE Matrix Country Rankings -- Bibliography
    Abstract: Preface -- Figure and Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: A. Defining the Business Bribery Risk Addressed in This Report -- B. Businesses Have Inadequate Measures to Assess the Business Risk of Bribery of Foreign Officials -- C. As Global Business Expands, So Do Risks and Costs Related to Non-Compliance -- D. Development of the New Indicators and TRACE Matrix -- E. Guide to the Report -- 2. Development of the Business Bribery Risk Index: A. Measuring Corruption and Governance -- B. A Conceptual Model of Business Bribery Risk -- C. Data Sources and Selection Methodology -- D. Statistical Model Construction -- 3. Results: A. Overall Risk Index Results -- B. Guide to the Country Risk Scores -- 4. Conclusion: Appendix A: Stakeholder Interviews -- Appendix B: Outline of Domains, Subdomains, and Data Sources -- Appendix C: Statistical Model Methodology -- Appendix D: Results -- Appendix E: List of Reviewed Data Sources -- Appendix F: TRACE Matrix Country Rankings -- Bibliography
    Note: "RR-839-TII , Includes bibliographical references (pages 63-65)
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    ISBN: 9780833089632 , 0833089633
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Research report RR714-RF
    DDC: 363.5/830954
    Keywords: Ashray Affordable Housing Pilot Project ; Ashray Affordable Housing Pilot Project ; Working poor Dwellings ; Housing ; Working poor ; Housing ; Housing ; India ; Gujarat ; Electronic books
    Note: "Rand Labor and Population , Includes bibliographical references
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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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    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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    ISBN: 9780833084354 , 0833089951 , 0833084356 , 9780833089953
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 112 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report RR-471-AF
    Parallel Title: Print version Sims, Carra S Strength testing in the Air Force
    Keywords: United States Personnel management ; United States Physical training ; United States ; United States ; Physical fitness Evaluation ; Physical fitness Measurement ; Physical fitness ; Physical fitness ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Air Forces ; HISTORY ; Military ; Aviation ; Armed Forces ; Personnel management ; Armed Forces ; Physical training ; Physical fitness ; Measurement ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Introduction -- Background and Research on the Strength Aptitude Test -- Observations and Interviews at the Military Entrance Processing Stations -- Strength Requirements Survey: Sample and Screener -- Survey Results: Actions and Movement Type -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Appendix A: AFSC Codes and Career Field Specialty Names -- Appendix B: Additional Details on the Process Currently Used to Establish SAT Cut Scores -- Appendix C: LNCO and Recruit Interview Questions -- Appendix D: Tabular Overview of Survey -- Appendix E: Responses to Open-Ended Survey Questions -- Appendix F: Population and Sample Characteristics for Strength Requirements Survey
    Note: "Prepared for the United States Air Force , "RAND Project Air Force , Includes bibliographical references
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    ISBN: 9780833089441 , 0833089447
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    DDC: 324.7/80973
    Keywords: National Institute on Money in State Politics (U.S.) ; National Institute on Money in State Politics (U.S.) ; Elections States ; Campaign funds States ; Elections ; Campaign funds ; United States ; Campaign funds ; U.S. states ; Elections ; U.S. states ; Electronic books
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    ISBN: 9780833089779 , 0833089773
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Research report
    DDC: 362.175
    Keywords: Hospice care Evaluation ; Medical care Evaluation ; Health surveys ; Hospice care ; Medical care ; Health surveys ; Hospice care ; Evaluation ; Medical care ; Evaluation ; Health surveys ; Electronic books
    Note: "Sponsored by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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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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    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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    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND Corporation
    ISBN: 9780833089434 , 0833089439
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    DDC: 361.3/2
    Keywords: Evidence-based social work ; Children Services for ; Family services ; Evidence-based social work ; Children ; Family services ; Family services ; Children ; Services for ; Evidence-based social work ; Electronic books
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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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    s.l. : transcript Verlag
    ISBN: 9781322079615 , 1322079617 , 9783839427286 , 3839427282 , 1322079617 , 3839427282 , 9781322079615 , 9783839427286
    Language: German
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
    Series Statement: Studien des Göttinger Instituts für Demokratieforschung zur Geschichte politischer und gesellschaftlicher Kontroversen Band 8
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Middle class ; Political science ; Political sociology ; Middle class ; Political science ; Political sociology ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; History & Theory ; Middle class ; Political science ; Political sociology ; Politics and government ; Wertorientierung ; Politisches Verhalten ; Mittelstand ; Society and social sciences Society and social sciences ; Sociology and anthropology ; Germany ; Sociology ; Germany Politics and government 1990- ; Germany ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The »Middle« - a shiny sociopolitical term is grounded in this volume. For the first time, the relationship between the middle of society and of politics is made the subject of systematically and methodically well-founded research - with surprising findings
    Description / Table of Contents: Frontmatter -- Inhalt -- 1. Einleitung -- 2. Was ist eigentlich „Mitte"? Die Annäherungen der Gesellschaftswissenschaften -- 3. Methodische Überlegungen zur Erschließung der sozialen „Mitte" -- 4. Die Fokusgruppe in der praktischen Forschung -- 5. Die Analyse des in den Fokusgruppen produzierten Materials -- 6. Von Adaptions- und Bewältigungsstrategien: Der Versuch einer Typenbildung -- 7. Zusammenfassung und Schlussfolgerung -- 8. Dank -- 9. Tabellen- und Abbildungsverzeichnis -- 10. Literaturverzeichnis.
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    Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press
    ISBN: 9780810129948 , 0810167824 , 0810129949 , 0810167824 , 9780810129948 , 9780810167827
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Rereading ancient philosophy
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Print version Achtenberg, Deborah, 1951- Essential vulnerabilities
    Keywords: Lévinas, Emmanuel ; Levinas, Emmanuel ; Plato ; Levinas, Emmanuel ; Plato ; Other (Philosophy) ; Self (Philosophy) ; Other (Philosophy) ; Self (Philosophy) ; PHILOSOPHY ; Ethics & Moral Philosophy ; Other (Philosophy) ; Self (Philosophy) ; Philosophy & Religion ; Philosophy ; Lévinas, Emmanuel ; Plato ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "In Essential Vulnerabilities, Deborah Achtenberg contests Emmanuel Levinas's idea that Plato is a philosopher of freedom for whom thought is a return to the self. Instead, Plato, like Levinas, is a philosopher of the other. Nonetheless, Achtenberg argues, Plato and Levinas are different. Though they share the view that human beings are essentially vulnerable and essentially in relation to others, they conceive human vulnerability and responsiveness differently. For Plato, when we see beautiful others, we are overwhelmed by the beauty of what is, by the vision of eternal form. For Levinas, we are disrupted by the newness, foreignness, or singularity of the other. The other, for him, is new or foreign, not eternal. The other is unknowable singularity. By showing these similarities and differences, Achtenberg resituates Plato in relation to Levinas and opens up two contrasting ways that self is essentially in relation to others."--Page 4 of cover
    Description / Table of Contents: Violence -- Freedom -- Creation -- Knowledge -- Time and the self -- Violence, freedom, creation, knowledge -- Glory and shine -- Conclusion.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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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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    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
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
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    México, D.F : El Colegio de México
    ISBN: 9786074626933 , 6074626936 , 6074626936 , 9786074626933
    Language: Spanish
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (192 pages)
    Edition: Primera edición
    Series Statement: Jornadas 161
    Parallel Title: Print version González Torres, Armando Guerras culturales de Octavio Paz
    Keywords: Paz, Octavio Criticism and interpretation ; Paz, Octavio Political activity ; Paz, Octavio Political and social views ; Paz, Octavio ; Paz, Octavio ; Paz, Octavio ; Politics and literature History 20th century ; Political culture History 20th century ; Politics and literature ; Political culture ; Electronic books ; Political and social views ; Political culture ; Political participation ; Politics and literature ; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary ; Paz, Octavio ; Mexico ; Criticism, interpretation, etc ; History
    Abstract: I. La juventud : autorrepresentación y figura pública -- II. Octavio Paz y el 68 -- III. La década de los setenta -- IV. El itinerario polémico en los ochenta y noventa
    Note: "Octavio Paz, 100 años, 1914-2014"--Cover , Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-192)
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    ISBN: 9786074626834 , 6074626839 , 6074626839 , 9786074626834
    Language: Spanish
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (802 pages)
    Edition: Primera edición
    Series Statement: Estudios de lingüística 21
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Print version Coloquio de Cambio y Variación Lingüística (2nd : 2010 : El Colegio de México) Argumentos cuantitativos y cualitativos en sociolingüística
    Keywords: Sociolinguistics Congresses ; Spanish language Congresses Dialects ; Spanish language Congresses Variation ; Sociolinguistics ; Spanish language ; Spanish language ; Electronic books ; Sociolinguistics ; Spanish language ; Dialects ; Spanish language ; Variation ; FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Spanish ; Mexico ; Conference papers and proceedings
    Abstract: Argumentos cuantitativos en sociolingüística: propuesta de un modelo / Caludia Parodi y Javier Pérez Álvarez -- Afecto y control: cambio T〉 V en el tratamiento a los niños pequeños / Cecilia Rojas Nieto -- Factores lingüísticos y factores sociales: funcionalidad de método cualitativo y cuantitativo para su estudio / Marcela San Giacomo Trinidad -- Modalidad y cortesía en la lengua de Michoacán / Frida Villavicencio -- Mesa de discusión final: argumentos cuantitativos y argumentos cualitativos en sociolingüística: sus límites y posibilidades de complementación / Marcela San Giacomo Trinidad (organizadora y editora), Alonso Guerrero Galvań (moderador), José Esteban Hernández, Armando Mora-Bustos, Azucena Palacios y Leticia Rebollo Couto
    Abstract: Constantes fónico-comunicativas de la construcción interrogativa, en datos del español del la ciudad de México / Sylvia Ávila Hernández -- Entonación rural del español de México / José Coronado Hernández -- El debilitamiento de /tj/ en el español de La Paz, Baja California Sur / Carlos Ivanhoe Gil Burgoin -- Distribución dialectal de /x/ en datos del Atlas Lingüístio de México / Pedro Martín Butragueño -- Forma y función del repertorio de acentos tonales en Cuapiaxtla, Tlaxcala: interrogativas pronominales / Érika Mendoza Vázquez -- Actitudes lingüísticas y entonación: acentos tonales y enunciados interrogativos en el español de Buenos Aires y Montevideo / Leticia Rebollo Couto, Priscila Ferreira de Sá y Natália dos Santos Figuereido -- La variabilidad del segmento /s/ en posición implosiva: estudio comparativo entre residentes del puerto de Acapulco y migrantes a la ciudad de México / Verónica Reyes Taboada
    Abstract: Entonación en enunciados declarativos neutros, interrogarivos y vocativos: comparación entre variedades dialectales del español en Colombia / Eva Patricia Velásquez Upegui -- Elementos alfabéticos en la lengua de señas mexicana: acercamiento sociolingüístico / Miroslava Cruz Aldrete y Julio Serrano -- Variación y cambio lingüístico en situaciones de contacto: algunas precisiones teóricas / Azucena Palacios -- Voces de origen indígena en el español de Quintana Roo: resultados preliminares / Raúl Arístides Pérez Aguilar -- Actitudes, creencias cambio lingüístico, y contacto dialectal / Dinorah Pesqueira -- Actitudes y creencias lingüísticas: el caso de Mérida Yucatán / Leonor Rosado Robledo -- Léxico indígena en la ciudad de Guadalajara / Nadiezdha Torres Sánchez -- Variación en el uso de oraciones de relativo en el español colonial mexicano: una cuestión de registro / Beatriz Arias Álvarez
    Abstract: Estilos de habla en tseltal de Oxhuc: la circunclisis determinante / Sandra Rocío Cruz Gómez -- La variación en la morfología: los derivados con -miento y -mento / Erandi González Kañetas -- Variación diacrónica de pretérito perfecto y pretérito en el discurso narrativo / José Esteban Hernández -- La morfología verbal del chichimeco según Angulo y la actual / Yolanda Lastra -- Variación en la marcación de foco y tópico con adverbios / Glenda Zoé Lizárraga Navarro y Armando Mora Bustos -- Verbos intransitivos y adjuntos: un estudio multivariable / Armando Mora Bustos -- Concordancia singular o plural con colectivos: aspectos cualitativos y cuantitativos / María Ángeles Soelr Arechalde -- Aspectos cuantitativos y cualitativos del peritaje lingüístico / Alonso Guerrero Galván -- El empleo de ¿no?, ¿eh? y ¿verdad? en situación de entrevista sociolingüística / Leonor Orozco
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Papers generated by the Segundo Coloquio de Cambio y Variación Lingüística, El Colegio de México, October 5-7, 2010)
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    Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press
    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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    s.l. : De Gruyter
    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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    ISBN: 3700176996 , 3700177232 , 9783700177234 , 9783700176992
    Language: German
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1096 pages) , illustrations (some color)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Austrian Panel on Climate Change Österreichischer Sachstandsbericht Klimawandel 2014
    DDC: 550
    Keywords: Climatic changes ; Electronic books ; Austria ; Climatic changes ; Earth & Environmental Sciences ; Meteorology & Climatology ; Electronic book
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , In German with summary in English
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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
    RVK:
    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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    Cambridge, England : Open Book Publishers
    ISBN: 1783740396 , 178374040X , 1783740418 , 9781783740406 , 9781783740390 , 9781783740413 , 9781783740383 , 9781783740376
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (98 pages) , illustrations (some color)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Time travel dialogue
    Keywords: Time travel Juvenile literature ; Mathematics and science ; Philosophy ; Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology ; Physics ; Time (chronology), time systems and standards ; SCIENCE ; Time ; Time travel ; Astronomy, space and time ; Juvenile works ; Humanities ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Is time travel just a confusing plot device deployed by science fiction authors and Hollywood filmmakers to amaze and amuse? Or might empirical data prompt a scientific hypothesis of time travel? Structured on a fascinating dialogue involving a distinguished physicist, Dr. Rufus, a physics graduate student and a computer scientist this book probes an experimentally supported hypothesis of backwards time travel - and in so doing addresses key metaphysical issues, such as causation, identity over time and free will. The setting is the Jefferson National Laboratory during a period of five days in 2010. Dr. Rufus's experimental search for the psi-lepton and the resulting intractable data spurs the discussion on time travel. She and her two colleagues are pushed by their observations to address the grandfather paradox and other puzzles about backwards causation, with attention also given to causal loops, multi-dimensional time, and the prospect that only the present exists. Sensible solutions to the main puzzles emerge, ultimately advancing the case for time travel really being possible. A Time Travel Dialogue addresses the possibility of time travel, approaching familiar paradoxes in a rigorous, engaging, and fun manner. It follows in the long philosophical tradition of using dialogue to present philosophical ideas and arguments, but is ground breaking in its use of the dialogue format to introduce readers to the metaphysics of time travel, and is also distinctive in its use of lab results to drive philosophical analysis. The discussion of data that might decide whether time is one-dimensional (one timeline) or multi-dimensional (branching time) is especially novel."--Publisher's website
    Abstract: List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1. Monday -- 2. Tuesday -- 3. Wednesday -- 4. Thursday -- 5. Friday -- Notes -- Credits and Acknowledgements.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references in notes (pages 77-78)
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  • 49
    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.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 50
    ISBN: 1322223750 , 9004280723 , 9004280693 , 9789004280694 , 9789004280724 , 9781322223759 , 9789004280694
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (365 pages)
    Series Statement: Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 295
    Uniform Title: Modernization of the Indonesian city, 1920-1960
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Colombijn, Freek Cars, Conduits, and Kampongs : The Modernization of the Indonesian City, 1920-1960
    Keywords: Cities and towns History 20th century ; Decolonization ; Urbanization ; Nationalism History 20th century ; Urbanization ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Sociology ; Urban ; Indonesia ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; City Planning & Urban Development ; History ; Cities and towns ; Decolonization ; Nationalism ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Cars, Conduits and Kampongs offers a wide panorama of the modernization of the cities in Indonesia between 1920 and 1960. The contributions present a case for asserting that Indonesian cities were not merely the backdrop to processes of modernization and rising nationalism, but formed a causal factor. Modernization, urbanization, and decolonization were intrinsically linked. The various chapters deal with such innovations as the provision of medical treatments, fresh water and sanitation, the implementation of town planning and housing designs, and policies for coping with increased motorized traffic and industrialization. The contributors share a broad critique of the economic and political dimensions of colonialism, but remain alert to the agency of colonial subjects who respond, often critically, to a European modernity"--
    Abstract: 1. Modernization of the Indonesian city, 1920-1960 -- pt. 1: State impositions and passive acceptance -- 2. Call for doctors!: uneven medical provision and the modernization of state health care during the decolonization of Indonesia, 1930s-1950s -- 3. (Post)colonial pipes: urban water supply in colonial and contemporary Jakarta -- 4. Netherlands Indies town planning: an agent of modernization (1905-1957) -- pt. 2: Partial accommodation -- 5. Rückert and Hoesni Thamrin: bureaucrat and politician in colonial Kampong improvement -- 6. Kotabaru and the housing estate as Bulwark against the indigenization of colonial Java -- 7. Public housing in Semarang and the modernization of Kampongs, 1930-1960 -- 8. From autonomous village to 'informal slum': Kampong development and state control in Bandung (1930-1960) -- 9. Breaking the boundaries: the Uniekampong and modernization of dock labour in Tanjung Priok, Batavia (1917-1949) -- pt. 3: Selective appropriation -- 10. Moving at a different velocity: the modernization of transportation and social differentiation in Surabaya in the 1920s -- 11. The two alun-alun of Malang (1930-1960) -- 12. The indonesianization of the symbols of modernity in Plaju (Palembang), 1930s-1960s -- 13. Chinese cemeteries as a symbol of sacred space: control, conflict, and negotiation in Surabaya.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , English
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    Baden-Baden : Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft
    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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    [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] : University of Michigan Press
    ISBN: 0472029983 , 047290096X , 0472119176 , 1306902568 , 9780472900961 , 9781306902564 , 9780472119172 , 9780472029983
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Popular music History and criticism ; Popular music Social aspects 20th century ; History ; Music and race History 20th century ; African American musicians ; Music trade History 20th century ; African American musicians Labor unions 20th century ; History ; Musicians Labor unions 20th century ; History ; African Americans Music ; History and criticism ; MUSIC ; Genres & Styles ; Classical ; MUSIC ; Reference ; HISTORY ; General ; African American musicians ; African Americans ; Music ; Music and race ; Music trade ; Musicians ; Labor unions ; Popular music ; Popular music ; Social aspects ; Illinois ; Chicago ; Criticism, interpretation, etc ; History ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Amy Absher's The Black Musician and the White City tells the story of African American musicians in Chicago during the mid-twentieth century. While depicting the segregated city before World War II, Absher traces the migration of black musicians, both men and women and both classical and vernacular performers, from the American South to Chicago during the 1930s to 1950s. Absher takes the history beyond the study of jazz and blues by examining the significant role that classically trained black musicians played in building the Chicago South Side community. By acknowledging the presence and importance of classical musicians, Absher argues that black migrants in Chicago had diverse education and economic backgrounds but found common cause in the city's music community
    Abstract: Musicians and the segregated city : Chicago in the early 1900s-1930s -- From south to south side : musicians in 1940s Chicago -- Redefining the music industry : independent music in Chicago, 1948-1953 -- From south side to the south and the nation, 1954-1963 -- "The fact remains ... we are negroes" : dissonance and the desegregation of Chicago's musicians' union, 1963-1967.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-198) and index
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    Cambridge, England : Open Book Publishers
    ISBN: 1783740132 , 1783740124 , 1783740140 , 1783740159 , 1783740167 , 9781783740147 , 9781783740123 , 9781783740154 , 9781783740130 , 9781783740161 , 9781783740130 , 9781783740123 , 9781783740147 , 9781783740154 , 9781783740161
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (372 pages) , illustrations, photographs
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Hughes, Michael Beyond holy Russia : the life and times of Stephen Graham
    Keywords: Graham, Stephen ; English literature History and criticism ; American literature History and criticism ; Biography and True Stories ; Biography: general ; Biography: literary ; Eastern Europe ; Europe ; Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe) ; Lifestyle, sport and leisure ; Russia ; Travel and holiday ; Travel writing ; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY ; Literary ; LITERARY CRITICISM ; European ; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh ; American literature ; English literature ; Travel ; Russia (Federation) ; Graham, Stephen ; Criticism, interpretation, etc ; Russia Description and travel ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "This biography examines the long life of the traveller and author Stephen Graham. Graham walked across large parts of the Tsarist Empire in the years before 1917, describing his adventures in a series of books and articles that helped to shape attitudes towards Russia in Britain and the United States. In later years he travelled widely across Europe and North America, meeting some of the best known writers of the twentieth century, including H.G. Wells and Ernest Hemingway. Graham also wrote numerous novels and biographies that won him a wide readership on both sides of the Atlantic. This book traces Graham's career as a world traveller, and provides a rich portrait of English, Russian and American literary life in the first half of the twentieth century. It also examines how many aspects of his life and writing coincide with contemporary concerns, including the development of New Age spirituality and the rise of environmental awareness. Beyond Holy Russia is based on extensive research in archives of private papers in Britain and the USA and on the many works of Graham himself. The author describes with admirable tact and clarity Graham's heterodox and convoluted spiritual quest. The result is a fascinating portrait of a man who was for many years a significant literary figure on both sides of the Atlantic."--Publisher's website
    Abstract: List of Illustrations -- Epigraph -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Chasing the Shadow -- 2. Searching for the Soul of Russia -- 3. The Slow Death of Holy Russia -- 4. The Pilgrim in Uniform -- 5. Searching for America -- 6. A Rising or Setting Sun? -- 7. New Horizons -- 8. A Time of Strife -- 9. The Pilgrim Reborn? -- Final Thoughts -- Bibliography -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 54
    ISBN: 9789461661302 , 9461661304 , 9058679810 , 9789058679819
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (246 pages)
    Series Statement: Current issues in Islam
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als New Multicultural Identities in Europe
    DDC: 305.6/97094
    Keywords: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies ; RELIGION / Islam / General ; Muslims / Cultural assimilation ; Muslims / Social conditions ; Muslims Social conditions ; Muslims Cultural assimilation ; Säkularismus ; Ethnizität ; Religion ; Identität ; Multikulturelle Gesellschaft ; Europa ; Europa ; Electronic books ; Europa ; Multikulturelle Gesellschaft ; Identität ; Religion ; Ethnizität ; Säkularismus
    Description / Table of Contents: How to understand Europe's post-migrant Islam on the one hand and indigenous, anti-Islamic movements on the other? What impact will religion have on the European secular world and its regulation? How do social and economic transitions on a transnational scale challenge ethnic and religious identifications? These questions are at the very heart of the debate on multiculturalism in present-day Europe and are addressed by the authors in this book. Through the lens of post-migrant societies, manifestations of identity appear in pluralized, fragmented, and deterritorialized forms. This new European multiculturalism calls into question the nature of boundaries between various ethnic-religious groups, as well as the demarcation lines within ethnic-religious communities. Although the contributions in this volume focus on Islam, ample attention is also paid to Christianity, Judaism, and Hinduism. The authors present empirical data from cases in Turkey, Germany, France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Poland, Norway, Sweden, and Belgium, and sharpen the perspectives on the religious-ethnic manifestations of identity in the transnational context of 21st-century Europe
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  • 55
    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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  • 56
    ISBN: 9780833085016 , 0833085018 , 9780833085023 , 0833085034 , 9780833085009 , 0833085026 , 9780833085030
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 84 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Libicki, Martin C H4cker5 wanted
    Keywords: Professions Supply and demand ; Hackers ; Cyberspace Security measures ; Cyber intelligence (Computer security) ; Computer crimes Prevention ; Professions ; Hackers ; Cyberspace ; Cyber intelligence (Computer security) ; Computer crimes ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Labor & Industrial Relations ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Freedom ; Computer crimes ; Prevention ; Cyber intelligence (Computer security) ; Hackers ; Professions ; Supply and demand ; Social Welfare & Social Work ; Social Sciences ; Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Labor ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The perceived shortage of cybersecurity professionals working on national security may endanger the nation's networks and be a disadvantage in cyberspace conflict. RAND examined the cybersecurity labor market, especially in regard to national defense. Analysis suggests market forces and government programs will draw more workers into the profession in time, and steps taken today would not bear fruit for another five to ten years
    Abstract: The perceived shortage of cybersecurity professionals working on national security may endanger the nation's networks and be a disadvantage in cyberspace conflict. RAND examined the cybersecurity labor market, especially in regard to national defense. Analysis suggests market forces and government programs will draw more workers into the profession in time, and steps taken today would not bear fruit for another five to ten years
    Note: "RAND National Security Research Division , "RR-430"--Page 4 of cover , Includes bibliographical references
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    ISBN: 9780833086198 , 0833086367 , 0833086197 , 9780833086365
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (16 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version LaTourrette, Tom, 1963- Impact on federal spending of allowing the terrorism risk insurance act to expire
    Keywords: United States Evaluation ; United States ; Risk management ; National security ; Terrorism Risk assessment ; Risk (Insurance) ; Terrorism insurance Evaluation ; Risk management ; National security ; Terrorism ; Risk (Insurance) ; Terrorism insurance ; National security ; Risk (Insurance) ; Risk management ; United States ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Disasters & Disaster Relief ; Evaluation ; 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 creates an incentive for a functioning private terrorism insurance market by providing a government reinsurance backstop for catastrophic terrorist attack losses. Extended first in 2005 and again in 2007, TRIA is set to expire at the end of 2014, and Congress is again considering the appropriate government role in terrorism insurance markets. This policy brief examines the potential federal spending implications of allowing TRIA to expire. Combining information on federal spending through TRIA, the influence of TRIA on the availability of terrorism insurance coverage, and the relationship between uninsured losses and federal disaster assistance spending, the authors find that, in the absence of a terrorist attack, TRIA costs taxpayers relatively little, and in the event of a terrorist attack comparable to any experienced before, it is expected to save taxpayers money
    Note: "RAND Corporation , "Policy Brief , "This work was conducted within RAND Center for Catastrophic Risk Management and Compensation ... part of RAND Justice, Infrastructure, and Environment"--Back cover , Caption title , Includes bibliographical references (pages 14-16)
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    ISBN: 9780833084941 , 0833085700 , 0833084941 , 9780833085702
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 84 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Gonzales, Daniel Improving interagency information sharing using technology demonstrations
    Keywords: United States ; United States ; Civil-military relations ; Drug control Technological innovations ; Drug traffic Prevention ; Border security ; Interagency coordination ; Information networks Management ; Military law ; Civil-military relations ; Drug control ; Drug traffic ; Border security ; Interagency coordination ; Information networks ; Military law ; Information networks ; Management ; Interagency coordination ; Military law ; Law - U.S ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Law - U.S ; United States ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Border security ; Civil-military relations ; United States ; Drug control ; Technological innovations ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The Department of Defense (DoD) has developed new sensor technologies to support military forces operating in Iraq and Afghanistan. These new capabilities may be useful in counterdrug (CD) operations along the southern U.S. border. DoD has held technology demonstrations to test and demonstrate new technologies along the southern border--because the field conditions along the border closely resemble those in current military theaters of operation and because they can also reveal whether new technologies are useful for CD operations led by domestic law enforcement agencies. However, there are legal questions about whether such technology demonstrations fully comply with U.S. law and whether advanced DoD sensors can legally be used in domestic CD operations when they are operated by U.S. military forces. In this report, the authors examine federal law and DoD policy to answer these questions. Some parts of U.S. law mandate information sharing among federal departments and agencies for national security purposes and direct DoD to play a key role in domestic CD operations in support of U.S. law enforcement agencies, while other parts of the law place restrictions on when the U.S. military may participate in law enforcement operations. Reviewing relevant federal law and DoD policy, the authors conclude that there is no legal reason why a DoD sensor should be excluded from use in an interagency technology demonstration or in an actual CD operation as long as a valid request for support is made by an appropriate law enforcement official and so long as no personally identifiable or private information is collected. The authors recommend DoD policy on domestic CD operations be formally clarified and that an approval process should be established for technology demonstrations with a CD nexus
    Abstract: The Department of Defense (DoD) has developed new sensor technologies to support military forces operating in Iraq and Afghanistan. These new capabilities may be useful in counterdrug (CD) operations along the southern U.S. border. DoD has held technology demonstrations to test and demonstrate new technologies along the southern border--because the field conditions along the border closely resemble those in current military theaters of operation and because they can also reveal whether new technologies are useful for CD operations led by domestic law enforcement agencies. However, there are legal questions about whether such technology demonstrations fully comply with U.S. law and whether advanced DoD sensors can legally be used in domestic CD operations when they are operated by U.S. military forces. In this report, the authors examine federal law and DoD policy to answer these questions. Some parts of U.S. law mandate information sharing among federal departments and agencies for national security purposes and direct DoD to play a key role in domestic CD operations in support of U.S. law enforcement agencies, while other parts of the law place restrictions on when the U.S. military may participate in law enforcement operations. Reviewing relevant federal law and DoD policy, the authors conclude that there is no legal reason why a DoD sensor should be excluded from use in an interagency technology demonstration or in an actual CD operation as long as a valid request for support is made by an appropriate law enforcement official and so long as no personally identifiable or private information is collected. The authors recommend DoD policy on domestic CD operations be formally clarified and that an approval process should be established for technology demonstrations with a CD nexus
    Note: "RR551-OSD"--Page 4 of cover , "RAND National Security Research Division , "This research was ... conducted within the International Security and Defense Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-84)
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  • 59
    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
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , English
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  • 60
    ISBN: 9780833080523 , 0833084844 , 0833080520 , 9780833084842
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 42 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND toolkit v.4
    Parallel Title: Print version Ryan, Gery W Program manager's guide for program improvement in ongoing psychological health and traumatic brain injury programs
    Keywords: Medical care Evaluation ; Health services administration ; Quality assurance Management ; Mental health services Evaluation ; Medical care ; Health services administration ; Quality assurance ; Mental health services ; Brain Wounds and injuries ; Treatment ; Evaluation ; Brain ; Post-traumatic stress disorder ; Soldiers Mental health services ; Veterans Mental health services ; Depression, Mental ; Brain Injuries therapy ; Program Evaluation ; Mental Health Services ; Quality Improvement ; Post-traumatic stress disorder ; Veterans ; Mental health services ; Depression, Mental ; United States ; PSYCHOLOGY ; Psychopathology ; Depression ; Brain ; Wounds and injuries ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Between 2001 and 2011, the U.S. Department of Defense has implemented numerous programs to support service members and their families in coping with the stressors from a decade of the longstanding conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. These programs, which address both psychological health and traumatic brain injury (TBI), number in the hundreds and vary in their size, scope, and target population. To ensure that resources are wisely invested and maximize the benefits of such programs, RAND developed a tool to help assess program performance, consider options for improvement, implement solutions, then assess whether the changes worked, with the intention of helping those responsible for managing or implementing programs to conduct assessments of how well the program is performing and to implement solutions for improving performance. Specifically, the tool is intended to provide practical guidance in program improvement and continuous quality improvement for all programs
    Abstract: Between 2001 and 2011, the U.S. Department of Defense has implemented numerous programs to support service members and their families in coping with the stressors from a decade of the longstanding conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. These programs, which address both psychological health and traumatic brain injury (TBI), number in the hundreds and vary in their size, scope, and target population. To ensure that resources are wisely invested and maximize the benefits of such programs, RAND developed a tool to help assess program performance, consider options for improvement, implement solutions, then assess whether the changes worked, with the intention of helping those responsible for managing or implementing programs to conduct assessments of how well the program is performing and to implement solutions for improving performance. Specifically, the tool is intended to provide practical guidance in program improvement and continuous quality improvement for all programs
    Note: "National Defense Research Institute , "Approved for public release; distribution unlimited , "RAND Corporation research report series."--Web page (PDF) , "RR-487/4-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 , Includes bibliographical references (pages 39-42)
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  • 61
    ISBN: 9780833085283 , 083308528X
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (18 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report
    Keywords: Mental health services Evaluation ; Suicide Prevention ; Mental health services ; Suicide ; California ; PSYCHOLOGY ; Suicide ; Mental health services ; Evaluation ; Suicide ; Prevention ; Electronic books
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    Canberra ACT, Australia : Australian National University Press
    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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  • 63
    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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    ISBN: 9780833085696 , 0833085697
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (116 pages)
    Keywords: Consumption (Economics) ; Drug abuse Economic aspects ; Consumption (Economics) ; Drug abuse ; Drug abuse ; Economic aspects ; United States ; MEDICAL ; Drug Guides ; Consumption (Economics) ; Electronic books
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-116)
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  • 65
    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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  • 66
    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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    ISBN: 9780833079923 , 0833086766 , 0833079921 , 9780833086761
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 82 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Tanielian, Terri L Deployment Life Study
    Keywords: Families of military personnel Longitudinal studies ; Families of military personnel Research ; Families of military personnel ; Families of military personnel ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; Longitudinal studies ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Families of military personnel ; Military & Naval Science ; Electronic books
    Abstract: In the past decade, U.S. military families have experienced extreme stress, as U.S. soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines have experienced extended and repeated deployments. As a result, U.S. policymakers and Department of Defense leadership have placed an emphasis on family readiness for deployment and other military-related stressors. However, family readiness is not a well-understood construct. The Deployment Life Study was designed to provide a deeper understanding of family readiness and to address the sources of readiness among military families. It is a longitudinal study of military families over the course of a full deployment cycle--predeployment, during deployment, and postdeployment. Over the course of three years, the study will follow 2,724 families from each service and component, interviewing service members, their spouses, and one child between the ages of 11 and 17 in each family (if applicable) every four months. Baseline data are weighted to be representative of married service members who were eligible to deploy sometime between June 1, 2012, and December 31, 2012. This report describes the Deployment Life Study theoretical model; the content of the baseline assessment; the design and procedures associated with data collection, sampling and recruiting procedures; and the baseline sample of military families
    Abstract: In the past decade, U.S. military families have experienced extreme stress, as U.S. soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines have experienced extended and repeated deployments. As a result, U.S. policymakers and Department of Defense leadership have placed an emphasis on family readiness for deployment and other military-related stressors. However, family readiness is not a well-understood construct. The Deployment Life Study was designed to provide a deeper understanding of family readiness and to address the sources of readiness among military families. It is a longitudinal study of military families over the course of a full deployment cycle--predeployment, during deployment, and postdeployment. Over the course of three years, the study will follow 2,724 families from each service and component, interviewing service members, their spouses, and one child between the ages of 11 and 17 in each family (if applicable) every four months. Baseline data are weighted to be representative of married service members who were eligible to deploy sometime between June 1, 2012, and December 31, 2012. This report describes the Deployment Life Study theoretical model; the content of the baseline assessment; the design and procedures associated with data collection, sampling and recruiting procedures; and the baseline sample of military families
    Note: "RAND Arroyo Center and National Defense Research Institute , "RR-209-A/OSD"--Page 4 of cover , Includes bibliographical references
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  • 68
    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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  • 69
    ISBN: 9780833086532 , 0833086553 , 083308710X , 0833086545 , 0833086537 , 9780833086549 , 9780833087102 , 9780833086556
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 102 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND corporation research report series
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Gierlack, Keith License plate readers for law enforcement
    Keywords: Automobile theft investigation Technological innovations ; Crime prevention Technological innovations ; Police Equipment and supplies ; Automobile theft Prevention ; Automobile theft investigation ; Crime prevention ; Police ; Automobile theft ; Social Welfare & Social Work ; United States ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General ; Automobile theft ; Prevention ; Police ; Equipment and supplies ; Social Sciences ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Infrastructure ; Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Law enforcement agencies across the country have quickly been adopting a new technology to combat auto theft and other crimes: automated license plate reader (LPR) systems. These systems can capture the image of the license plate of a passing vehicle and compare the plate number against official "hotlists" that show an array of infractions or reasons why it may be of interest to authorities. But because LPR technology is relatively new in the United States, opportunities and obstacles in its use in law enforcement are still under exploration. To examine issues about this technology, RAND conducted interviews with law enforcement officers and others responsible for procuring, maintaining, and operating the systems. Champions of LPR technology exist at many levels, from tech-savvy officers who use it every day, to chiefs who promote it, to other officials and policymakers who believe LPR technology is a significant force multiplier for police departments. Challenges exist, however, to realizing more widespread acceptance and use of the technology. Chief among these are privacy concerns related to the retention and potential misuse of LPR data, technical and bureaucratic impediments to sharing data among law enforcement agencies, and constraints on the availability of staffing and training needed to support LPR systems."--Provided by publisher
    Abstract: "Law enforcement agencies across the country have quickly been adopting a new technology to combat auto theft and other crimes: automated license plate reader (LPR) systems. These systems can capture the image of the license plate of a passing vehicle and compare the plate number against official "hotlists" that show an array of infractions or reasons why it may be of interest to authorities. But because LPR technology is relatively new in the United States, opportunities and obstacles in its use in law enforcement are still under exploration. To examine issues about this technology, RAND conducted interviews with law enforcement officers and others responsible for procuring, maintaining, and operating the systems. Champions of LPR technology exist at many levels, from tech-savvy officers who use it every day, to chiefs who promote it, to other officials and policymakers who believe LPR technology is a significant force multiplier for police departments. Challenges exist, however, to realizing more widespread acceptance and use of the technology. Chief among these are privacy concerns related to the retention and potential misuse of LPR data, technical and bureaucratic impediments to sharing data among law enforcement agencies, and constraints on the availability of staffing and training needed to support LPR systems."--Provided by publisher
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    Canberra ACT, Australia : ANU Press
    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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    ANU, Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press
    ISBN: 9781925022056 , 1925022056 , 9781925022049 , 1925022048
    Language: English
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Tarte, Daryl Fiji : a place called home
    Keywords: Tarte, Daryl ; Tarte, Daryl. ; Tarte, Daryl ; Fijians Australia ; Biography. ; Fijians Biography ; Fijians ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations ; Fijians ; Manners and customs ; Politics and government ; History & Archaeology ; Regions & Countries - Australia & Pacific Islands - Oceania ; Australia ; Fiji ; Biography ; History ; Fiji Politics and government ; History. ; Fiji Social life and customs. ; Fiji Social life and customs ; Fiji Politics and government ; History ; Fiji ; Fiji ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Part one: Taveuni: The colonial period -- 1. People along the road -- 2. The old home -- 3. The plantation -- 4. The young overseer -- 5. Island life -- 6. Marriage -- 7. An array of characters -- 8. Sale of the plantation -- 9. Farewell Taveuni -- part two: Greater Fiji: Life in the nation -- 10. Sugar -- 11. Tourism -- 12. Commerce and industry -- Interlude: A Fijian delicacy-Balolo -- 13. Diplomacy -- 14. Politics and leadership -- Interlude: A conversation of spirits -- 15. Sports -- Interlude: China rose -- 16. Clubs -- Interlude: Rotary-Service above self -- 17. Religion -- Interlude: The Veli-Fiji's hairy myth -- 18. The underprivileged -- 19. Media: the voice of the people -- 20. Rumblings of discontent -- Interlude: Reflections on coups -- 21. Women: the real mother lode -- 22. Islands -- 23. In search of a soul -- 24. Conclusion
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  • 72
    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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  • 73
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    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND Corporation
    ISBN: 9780833089502 , 0833089501
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 51 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR770
    Keywords: Insurgency ; Military assistance, French Strategic aspects ; Insurgency ; Military assistance, French ; HISTORY ; Europe ; France ; Armed Forces ; Evaluation ; Insurgency ; Tuareg Rebellion (Mali : 2012- ) ; France ; Mali ; History ; France Armed Forces ; Evaluation ; Mali History Tuareg Rebellion, 2012- ; France ; Mali ; Electronic books
    Abstract: In 2013, just as U.S. Army Chief of Staff General Raymond Odierno was articulating a particular vision for expeditionary operations, the French Army was fielding a force in Mali that in many ways provided a real-world example of the kind of operations Odierno envisioned. France fielded a relatively small force put together using small, scalable combined arms taskorganized units as basic building blocks and conducted a campaign that emphasized speed and maneuver over force protection. The French force, moreover, is for all intents and purposes regionally aligned, and it demonstrated the benefits that could accrue through its apparently effective operations among and with local and regional actors. The French also have a force structure well suited to expeditionary operations in austere environments, as well as an expeditionary institutional culture
    Note: "Prepared for the United States Army , Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-51)
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  • 74
    ISBN: 9780833083869 , 0833083872 , 0833083864 , 9780833083876
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (31 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Jackson, Brian A., 1972- How do we know what information sharing is really worth?
    Keywords: Selective dissemination of information ; Intelligence service ; Information policy ; Communication in law enforcement ; Government information Access control ; Terrorism Prevention ; Domestic intelligence ; Exchange of government information ; Selective dissemination of information ; Intelligence service ; Information policy ; Communication in law enforcement ; Government information ; Terrorism ; Domestic intelligence ; Exchange of government information ; Selective dissemination of information ; Terrorism ; Prevention ; United States ; COMPUTERS ; Internet ; Security ; Communication in law enforcement ; Domestic intelligence ; Exchange of government information ; Government information ; Access control ; Information policy ; Intelligence service ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the sharing of intelligence and law enforcement information has been a central part of U.S. domestic security efforts. Though much of the public debate about such sharing focuses on addressing the threat of terrorism, organizations at all levels of government routinely share varied types of information through multiagency information systems, collaborative groups, and other links. Given resource constraints, there are concerns about the effectiveness of information-sharing and fusion activities and, therefore, their value relative to the public funds invested in them. Solid methods for evaluating these efforts are lacking, however, limiting the ability to make informed policy decisions. Drawing on a substantial literature review and synthesis, this report lays out the challenges of evaluating information-sharing efforts that frequently seek to achieve multiple goals simultaneously; reviews past evaluations of information-sharing programs; and lays out a path to improving the evaluation of such efforts going forward
    Note: "RAND Homeland Security and Defense Center , "This research was conducted within the RAND Homeland Security and Defense Center ... a joint center of two research divisions: RAND Justice, Infrastructure, and Environment, and the RAND National Security Research Division"--Back cover , "RAND Corporation research report series."--Web Page (PDF) , "RR-380-OSD"--Page 31 , Caption title , Includes bibliographical references (pages 27-30)
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  • 75
    ISBN: 9780833082619 , 083308996X , 0833082612 , 9780833089960
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 75 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR-448-A
    Parallel Title: Print version Crowley, James C., 1945- Changing the Army's weapon training strategies to meet operational requirements more efficiently and effectively
    Keywords: Military education ; Military weapons ; Soldiers Training of ; Military education ; Military weapons ; Soldiers ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States ; Military weapons ; Soldiers ; Training of ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Military Science - General ; Military education ; Military & Naval Science ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "The ability of soldiers to engage the enemy effectively is fundamental to the operational success of the U.S. Army. As a result, the Army devotes considerable effort and resources to weapon training. The Army's current challenge is to adapt weapon training strategies to meet complex operational environments and changing unit readiness processes; take full advantage of training technologies; and, in an era of declining defense budgets, make weapon training strategies more efficient. This report documents the findings, conclusions, and implications of a two-year project supporting the Army's efforts to adapt its weapon training strategies and the processes through which they are developed. The potential of emerging technologies to make weapon training strategies more effective and efficient is also examined. The report outlines directions the Army could take to improve its weapon training strategies and the processes for adapting them. It concludes that improving the processes for adapting weapon training to new requirements can make them more effective and efficient, but that improvements should be made in the context of holistically improving the Army's training and leader development programs. In addition, while there are many potential benefits to increasing the use of technologies in weapon training strategies, there are many factors that act to limit the amount of improvement that must be considered before deciding on implementation."--Abstract on RAND home page
    Abstract: "The ability of soldiers to engage the enemy effectively is fundamental to the operational success of the U.S. Army. As a result, the Army devotes considerable effort and resources to weapon training. The Army's current challenge is to adapt weapon training strategies to meet complex operational environments and changing unit readiness processes; take full advantage of training technologies; and, in an era of declining defense budgets, make weapon training strategies more efficient. This report documents the findings, conclusions, and implications of a two-year project supporting the Army's efforts to adapt its weapon training strategies and the processes through which they are developed. The potential of emerging technologies to make weapon training strategies more effective and efficient is also examined. The report outlines directions the Army could take to improve its weapon training strategies and the processes for adapting them. It concludes that improving the processes for adapting weapon training to new requirements can make them more effective and efficient, but that improvements should be made in the context of holistically improving the Army's training and leader development programs. In addition, while there are many potential benefits to increasing the use of technologies in weapon training strategies, there are many factors that act to limit the amount of improvement that must be considered before deciding on implementation."--Abstract on RAND home page
    Note: "Prepared for the United States Army , "RAND Arroyo Center , "Approved for public release; distribution unlimited , "RR-448-A"--Page 4 of cover , "The research described in this report was sponsored by the United States Army under Contract, No. W74V8H-06-C-0001"--Title page verso , Includes bibliographical references (pages 73-75)
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  • 76
    ISBN: 9780833087379 , 0833089587 , 0833087371 , 9780833089588
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 62 pages + database)
    Series Statement: Report RR-736-AF
    Keywords: Database of U.S. security treaties and agreements ; Database of U.S. security treaties and agreements ; Information storage and retrieval systems Treaties ; Information storage and retrieval systems Status of forces agreements ; Status of forces agreements Databases ; National security Law and legislation ; Legal research ; Information storage and retrieval systems ; Information storage and retrieval systems ; Status of forces agreements ; National security ; Information storage and retrieval systems ; Status of forces agreements ; Law - U.S ; Law, Politics & Government ; Law - U.S. - General ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; International Relations ; Treaties ; United States ; Diplomatic relations ; Databases ; Treaties ; United States Treaties Foreign relations ; United States Databases Foreign relations ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Treaties and agreements are powerful foreign policy tools that the United States uses to build and solidify relationships with partners and to influence the behavior of other states. As a result, the overall U.S. portfolio of treaties and agreements can offer insight into the distribution and depth of U.S. commitments internationally, including its military commitments and 'presence' in a given country or region. However, despite their importance, there is currently no comprehensive record of current or historical security-related treaties signed by the United States that can be used for empirical analysis. To address the shortcomings in existing datasets and indexes to contribute to the study of U.S. security treaties and agreements, we have developed a new, more comprehensive treaty database that will enhance the ability of researchers to study the full portfolio of U.S. security agreements. This report discusses our approach to data collection and coding and also presents a summary of the database's content. Its appendixes define each individual variable used in the analysis. The database was developed as part of a larger project focused on estimating the economic value of U.S. military presence overseas. In the context of this larger project, the treaty database provided an alternative way to measure 'military presence.' In addition to using numbers of troops as a measure of presence, we also used numbers of security-related agreements, drawing on the information in the treaty database described in this report. This measure provided us with additional insight into the value and role of U.S. engagement and operations in overseas areas
    Abstract: Treaties and agreements are powerful foreign policy tools that the United States uses to build and solidify relationships with partners and to influence the behavior of other states. As a result, the overall U.S. portfolio of treaties and agreements can offer insight into the distribution and depth of U.S. commitments internationally, including its military commitments and 'presence' in a given country or region. However, despite their importance, there is currently no comprehensive record of current or historical security-related treaties signed by the United States that can be used for empirical analysis. To address the shortcomings in existing datasets and indexes to contribute to the study of U.S. security treaties and agreements, we have developed a new, more comprehensive treaty database that will enhance the ability of researchers to study the full portfolio of U.S. security agreements. This report discusses our approach to data collection and coding and also presents a summary of the database's content. Its appendixes define each individual variable used in the analysis. The database was developed as part of a larger project focused on estimating the economic value of U.S. military presence overseas. In the context of this larger project, the treaty database provided an alternative way to measure 'military presence.' In addition to using numbers of troops as a measure of presence, we also used numbers of security-related agreements, drawing on the information in the treaty database described in this report. This measure provided us with additional insight into the value and role of U.S. engagement and operations in overseas areas
    Note: "The accompanying CD ... contains an actual Excel database of treaties. The database does not include text, but includes titles, dates, and other classifications."--Email from author , "Prepared for the United States Air Force , "RAND Project AIR FORCE , Includes bibliographical references (pages 59-62)
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  • 77
    ISBN: 9780833089526 , 0833089528 , 9780833087362 , 0833087363
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (18 pages)
    DDC: 610.730711
    Keywords: Community colleges ; Nursing Study and teaching ; Community colleges ; Nursing ; Texas ; Community colleges ; Nursing ; Study and teaching ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Many workforce-development needs, particularly those requiring baccalaureate degrees, remain unmet in some areas of Texas. Employers and students are calling for additional programs to develop workplace skills and to provide opportunities for career advancement. On May 22, 2013, the Texas Legislature approved a bill mandating a study on whether community college baccalaureate degree programs should be expanded in Texas. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board asked the RAND Corporation to partner with the Texas Higher Education Policy Initiative to conduct the study. This report summarizes a longer research report in which the authors assess unmet workforce-development needs in nursing and the applied sciences, assess the arguments for and against baccalaureate expansion, and recommend potential activities to support implementation of any new policies undertaken to expand community college baccalaureate programs. They find significant need for more baccalaureate nurses, although rapidly growing distance learning programs may be able to meet this need. The authors find varying needs for the four applied science occupations they examined: computer and information technology, management of fire sciences, management of production/operations technicians, and health information technology. While expanding community college baccalaureate degree programs could help meet unmet needs and increase degree attainment among students, there are concerns about costs, mission creep at community colleges, counterproductive competition between community colleges and universities, and a decline in the overall quality of a Texas baccalaureate. The authors discuss the inherent tradeoffs that policymakers face in this regard
    Note: "The research in this report was produced for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board by RAND Education , "Prepared for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board , Title from title screen (viewed on August 28, 2014)
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  • 78
    ISBN: 9780833087522 , 0833087525 , 9780833087539 , 0833087533 , 9780833087508 , 0833087509 , 9780833087515 , 0833087517
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
    Keywords: Internal security ; Cities and towns Growth ; Rural-urban migration ; Urbanization ; Internal security ; Cities and towns ; Rural-urban migration ; Urbanization ; Cities and towns ; Growth ; Internal security ; Rural-urban migration ; Urbanization ; Sociology & Social History ; Social Sciences ; Communities - Urban Groups ; Pakistan ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Sociology ; Urban ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; City Planning & Urban Development ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Already one of the most urbanized nations in South Asia, Pakistan is projected to have a majority of its population living in cities within three decades. This demographic shift will alter Pakistan's politics and threaten its stability, but the political and security implications of Pakistan's urbanization remain underanalyzed. This report examines urbanization as a potential driver of long-term insecurity and instability, with particular attention to the cities of Karachi, Lahore, and Quetta. Drawing on demographic trends, election results, and survey data, the authors conclude that urbanization may fuel anti-American sentiment and help recruitment by transnational Islamist groups (but not necessarily Islamist political parties) in the short term. Urbanization is also likely to increase popular demand for political reform in Pakistan. In the near future, a Pakistani government more directly accountable to its electorate might be less willing to cooperate with the United States in unpopular security policies. In the long run, however, a Pakistani government more responsive to its citizens could be a better security partner for the United States. By spurring Pakistani policymakers to focus on provision of good governance and public services rather than on scapegoating external actors, political reform may eventually help reduce anti-American attitudes
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
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  • 79
    ISBN: 9780833087751 , 0833089412 , 0833087754 , 9780833089410
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 142 pages)
    Keywords: United States ; United States ; Irregular warfare ; Afghan War, 2001- ; Strategy ; Iraq War, 2003-2011 ; Irregular warfare ; Afghan War, 2001- ; Strategy ; Iraq War, 2003-2011 ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Iraq ; Irregular warfare ; Afghan War (2001- ) ; Strategy ; Iraq War (2003-2011) ; Military Science - General ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This report contributes to the ongoing debate about the lessons from the past 13 years of war and the requirements for addressing future conflicts. It addresses a particular disconnect in the current debate on the future of national security strategy and the role of landpower caused by an inadequate examination of the national level of strategy made by the U.S. government. The disconnect exists because there has been no systematic effort to collect and analyze insights from those who have been actively engaged in making policy and strategy from 2001 to 2014. A RAND Arroyo Center workshop provided a mechanism for eliciting insights from policymakers and academic experts involved in the formation of national-level strategy and its implementation over the past 13 years. This study analyzes and develops those insights in the context of the debate on future national security strategy. It applies those insights to the future operating environment, which will include irregular and hybrid threats, and identifies critical requirements for land forces and special operations forces to operate successfully in conjunction with other joint, interagency, and multinational partners
    Abstract: This report contributes to the ongoing debate about the lessons from the past 13 years of war and the requirements for addressing future conflicts. It addresses a particular disconnect in the current debate on the future of national security strategy and the role of landpower caused by an inadequate examination of the national level of strategy made by the U.S. government. The disconnect exists because there has been no systematic effort to collect and analyze insights from those who have been actively engaged in making policy and strategy from 2001 to 2014. A RAND Arroyo Center workshop provided a mechanism for eliciting insights from policymakers and academic experts involved in the formation of national-level strategy and its implementation over the past 13 years. This study analyzes and develops those insights in the context of the debate on future national security strategy. It applies those insights to the future operating environment, which will include irregular and hybrid threats, and identifies critical requirements for land forces and special operations forces to operate successfully in conjunction with other joint, interagency, and multinational partners
    Note: "RAND Arroyo Center , "This research was ... conducted within RAND Arroyo Center's Strategy, Doctrine, and Resources Program"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-142)
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  • 80
    ISBN: 9780833090041 , 0833090046
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 58 pages)
    Series Statement: Technical report RR-259-AF
    Parallel Title: Print version Lynch, Kristin F Implementation actions 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 ; Military planning ; Command and control systems ; Military planning ; Command and control systems ; Armed Forces ; Operational readiness ; Command and control systems ; Military planning ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; Aviation ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "The focus of this analysis is on how enhanced ACS processes can be implemented and integrated into the Air Force and Joint command and control (C2) enterprise. Using the vision for enhanced C2 provided in the updated architecture developed as a companion piece to this analysis, we identify and describe where shortfalls or major gaps exist between current ACS processes (the AS-IS) and the vision for integrating enhanced ACS processes into Air Force C2 (the TO-BE). We evaluate C2 nodes from the level of the President and Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) to the units and sources of supply. We also evaluate these nodes across the operational phases, from readiness preparation through planning, deployment, employment, sustainment, and reconstitution."--Provided by publisher
    Abstract: "The focus of this analysis is on how enhanced ACS processes can be implemented and integrated into the Air Force and Joint command and control (C2) enterprise. Using the vision for enhanced C2 provided in the updated architecture developed as a companion piece to this analysis, we identify and describe where shortfalls or major gaps exist between current ACS processes (the AS-IS) and the vision for integrating enhanced ACS processes into Air Force C2 (the TO-BE). We evaluate C2 nodes from the level of the President and Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) to the units and sources of supply. We also evaluate these nodes across the operational phases, from readiness preparation through planning, deployment, employment, sustainment, and reconstitution."--Provided by publisher
    Note: "Contract no. FA7014-06-C-0001."--Title page verso , "RR-259-AF"--Cover page 4 , "Research report , "Prepared for the United States Air Force, approved for public release; distribution unlimited"--Title page , Includes bibliographical references (pages 53-58)
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    Santa Monica, California : RAND
    ISBN: 9780833085924 , 083308593X , 0833085921 , 9780833085931
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 58 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Iran's influence in Afghanistan : implications for the U.S. drawdown
    Keywords: Political stability ; Afghan War, 2001- Peace ; Political stability ; Afghan War, 2001- ; Diplomatic relations ; Peace ; Political stability ; Strategic aspects of individual places ; Afghan War (2001- ) ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Government ; International ; Afghanistan ; Iran ; United States ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; International Relations ; General ; United States Foreign relations ; Iran Foreign relations ; Afghanistan Strategic aspects ; Iran Foreign relations ; Afghanistan Foreign relations ; United States Foreign relations ; United States ; Iran ; Afghanistan ; Iran ; Afghanistan ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This study explores Iranian influence in Afghanistan and the implications for the United States after the departure of most American forces from Afghanistan. Iran has substantial economic, political, cultural, and religious leverage in Afghanistan. Kabul faces an obdurate insurgency that is likely to exploit the U.S. and international drawdown. The Afghan government will also face many economic difficulties in future years, and Afghanistan is highly dependent on international economic aid. Additionally, the biggest problem facing Afghanistan may be political corruption. Iranian influence in Afghanistan following the drawdown of international forces need not necessarily be a cause of concern for the United States though. Although Tehran will use its cultural, political, and economic sway in an attempt to shape a post-2016 Afghanistan, Iran and the United States share core interests there: to prevent the country from again becoming dominated by the Taliban and a safe haven for al Qaeda. This study examines Iran's historic interests in Afghanistan and its current policies in that country, and explores the potential implications for U.S. policy. The research is based on field interviews in Afghanistan, the use of primary sources in Dari and Persian, and scholarly research in English
    Abstract: This study explores Iranian influence in Afghanistan and the implications for the United States after the departure of most American forces from Afghanistan. Iran has substantial economic, political, cultural, and religious leverage in Afghanistan. Kabul faces an obdurate insurgency that is likely to exploit the U.S. and international drawdown. The Afghan government will also face many economic difficulties in future years, and Afghanistan is highly dependent on international economic aid. Additionally, the biggest problem facing Afghanistan may be political corruption. Iranian influence in Afghanistan following the drawdown of international forces need not necessarily be a cause of concern for the United States though. Although Tehran will use its cultural, political, and economic sway in an attempt to shape a post-2016 Afghanistan, Iran and the United States share core interests there: to prevent the country from again becoming dominated by the Taliban and a safe haven for al Qaeda. This study examines Iran's historic interests in Afghanistan and its current policies in that country, and explores the potential implications for U.S. policy. The research is based on field interviews in Afghanistan, the use of primary sources in Dari and Persian, and scholarly research in English
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
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  • 82
    ISBN: 9780833087782 , 0833087789 , 9780833087799 , 0833087800 , 0833087797 , 0833087770 , 9780833087775 , 9780833087805
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Gompert, David C Blinders, blunders, and wars : what America and China can learn
    Keywords: Strategy Case studies ; Military history Case studies ; War Case studies Decision making ; Strategy ; Military history ; War ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Military history ; Military policy ; Decision making ; Strategy ; War ; Decision making ; Military Science - General ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; Strategy ; China ; HISTORY ; Military ; Other ; Case studies ; China Military policy ; Decision making ; United States Military policy ; Decision making ; China ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The history of wars caused by misjudgments, from Napoleon's invasion of Russia to America's invasion of Iraq, reveals that leaders relied on cognitive models, or simplified representations of their worlds, that were seriously at odds with objective reality. Blinders, Blunders, and Wars analyzes eight historical examples of strategic blunders regarding war and peace and four examples of decisions that turned out well, and then applies those lessons to the current Sino-American case. Leaders' egos, intuitions, unwarranted self-confidence, and aversion to information that contradicted their views prevented them from correcting their models. Yet advisors and bureaucracies can be inadequate safeguards and can, out of fawning or fear, reinforce leaders' flawed thinking. War between China and the United States is more likely to occur by blunder than from rational premeditation. Yet flawed Chinese and American cognitive models of one another are creating strategic distrust, which could increase the danger of misjudgment by either or both, the likelihood of crises, and the possibility of war. Although these American and Chinese leaders have unprecedented access to information, there is no guarantee they will use it well when faced with choices concerning war and peace. They can learn from Blinders, Blunders, and Wars. As a general remedy, the authors recommend the establishment of a government body providing independent analysis and advice on war-and-peace decisions by critiquing information use, assumptions, assessments, reasoning, options, and plans. For the Sino-U.S. case, they offer a set of measures to bring the models each has of the other into line with objective reality
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
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  • 83
    ISBN: 9780833088611 , 0833089234 , 0833088610 , 9780833089236
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 27 pages)
    Series Statement: RR-944-USCG
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Sexual assault and sexual harassment in the U.S. military. Top-line estimates for active-duty Coast Guard members from the 2014 Rand Military Workplace Study
    DDC: 355.0082
    Keywords: Soldiers Crimes against ; Social surveys ; Sexual harassment in the military ; Women soldiers Crimes against ; Soldiers ; Social surveys ; Sexual harassment in the military ; Women soldiers ; Sexual harassment in the military ; Social surveys ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Naval Science - General ; United States ; United States Armed Forces ; Women ; Crimes against ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "In early 2014, the Department of Defense (DoD) Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office (SAPRO) asked the RAND National Defense Research Institute (NDRI) 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 the Workplace and Gender Relations Survey of Active Duty Personnel (WGRA). Separately, the Coast Guard requested that we expand the 2014 study to include an assessment of its active and reserve force. This report provides initial top-line active-duty Coast Guard estimates from 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"--Website
    Abstract: "In early 2014, the Department of Defense (DoD) Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office (SAPRO) asked the RAND National Defense Research Institute (NDRI) 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 the Workplace and Gender Relations Survey of Active Duty Personnel (WGRA). Separately, the Coast Guard requested that we expand the 2014 study to include an assessment of its active and reserve force. This report provides initial top-line active-duty Coast Guard estimates from 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"--Website
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 23, 25-26) , Prepared for the DoD Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office
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  • 84
    ISBN: 9780833059734 , 0833088025 , 0833059734 , 9780833088024
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (81 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Paul, Christopher, 1971- Other quiet professionals
    Keywords: U.S. Special Operations Command History ; United States History ; U.S. Special Operations Command ; United States ; Cyberspace Security measures ; Planning ; Computer networks Security measures ; Planning ; Cyberterrorism Prevention ; Planning ; Information warfare ; Cyberspace ; Computer networks ; Cyberterrorism ; Information warfare ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; Other ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Information warfare ; United States ; History ; U.S. Special Operations Command ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "With the establishment of U.S. Cyber Command, the cyber force is gaining visibility and authority, but challenges remain, particularly in the areas of acquisition and personnel recruitment and career progression. A review of commonalities, similarities, and differences between the still-nascent U.S. cyber force and early U.S. special operations forces, conducted in 2010, offers salient lessons for the future direction of U.S. cyber forces"--Provided by publisher
    Abstract: "With the establishment of U.S. Cyber Command, the cyber force is gaining visibility and authority, but challenges remain, particularly in the areas of acquisition and personnel recruitment and career progression. A review of commonalities, similarities, and differences between the still-nascent U.S. cyber force and early U.S. special operations forces, conducted in 2010, offers salient lessons for the future direction of U.S. cyber forces"--Provided by publisher
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
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  • 85
    ISBN: 9780833088598 , 0833089315 , 0833088599 , 9780833089311
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 43 pages)
    Series Statement: RR-870-OSD
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Sexual assault and sexual harassment in the U.S. military. Top-line estimates for active-duty service members from the 2014 Rand Military Workplace Study
    DDC: 355.0082097
    Keywords: Women soldiers Crimes against ; Social surveys ; Soldiers Crimes against ; Sexual harassment in the military ; Women soldiers ; Social surveys ; Soldiers ; Sexual harassment in the military ; Sexual harassment in the military ; Social surveys ; Military Administration ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States ; United States Armed Forces ; Women ; Crimes against ; United States ; 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 the Workplace and Gender Relations Survey of Active Duty Personnel. Separately, the Coast Guard requested that we expand the 2014 study to include an assessment of its active and reserve force. This report provides initial top-line active-duty Coast Guard estimates from 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
    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 the Workplace and Gender Relations Survey of Active Duty Personnel. Separately, the Coast Guard requested that we expand the 2014 study to include an assessment of its active and reserve force. This report provides initial top-line active-duty Coast Guard estimates from 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
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 37-38) , Prepared for the DoD Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office
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  • 86
    ISBN: 9780833089649 , 0833089641
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (30 pages)
    Keywords: United States ; United States ; Models, Economic ; Insurance, Health economics ; Health Insurance Exchanges legislation & jurisprudence ; Health Care Reform legislation & jurisprudence ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Social Security ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Social Services & Welfare ; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (United States) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This report summarizes analysis in which the COMPARE microsimulation model was used to estimate how several potential changes to the ACA, including eliminating the individual mandate, eliminating the law's tax-credit subsidies, and combined scenarios that change these and other provisions of the act, might affect 2015 individual market premiums and overall insurance coverage. Underlying these estimates is our COMPARE-based analysis of how premiums and insurance coverage outcomes depend on young adults' propensity to enroll in insurance coverage
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Title from title screen (viewed on February 24, 2015) , System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. , Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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  • 87
    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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  • 88
    ISBN: 9780833088260 , 0833089366 , 0833088262 , 9780833089366
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 57 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Finucane, Melissa L Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force's infrastructure resilience guidelines
    Keywords: United States ; Hurricane Sandy, 2012 ; Disaster relief Government policy ; Hurricane Sandy, 2012 ; Disaster relief ; Cyclonic Storms ; Relief Work ; Government Programs ; Risk Management ; Guidelines as Topic ; Disaster relief ; Government policy ; Social Welfare & Social Work ; Social Sciences ; Social Welfare & Social Work - General ; United States ; Hurricane Sandy (2012) ; NATURE ; Natural Disasters ; United States ; Electronic books ; Evaluation Studies
    Abstract: In October 2012, Hurricane Sandy struck the East Coast of the United States, devastating communities across the region. This disaster motivated the federal government to examine how it might improve community and infrastructure resilience so that communities are better prepared for existing and future threats, including those exacerbated by climate change. To ensure that federal agencies incorporate key principles of resilience into their formulation, evaluation, and prioritization of infrastructure investments related to Sandy rebuilding, the Presidential Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force developed its Infrastructure Resilience Guidelines in the spring and summer of 2013. On behalf of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Interagency Policy Committee{u2019}s Subcommittee on Recovery and Mitigation, the RAND Corporation conducted an initial assessment of federal agencies{u2019} implementation of the guidelines. The main goal of this study was to identify the lessons learned from the opportunities and challenges encountered when implementing the guidelines. Researchers conducted semistructured interviews of 67 individuals employed by federal, state, and local government agencies and departments and nongovernmental organizations. An analysis of the interview notes and other documents provided information on different approaches to implementing the guidelines, the opportunities or challenges encountered during implementation, and whether the guidelines would be feasible to implement in nonrecovery environments. Overall, the guidelines were viewed as reflecting worthy resiliency principles that merit broader pursuit{u2014}and not just in a disaster recovery context
    Note: "Prepared for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Approved for public release; distribution unlimited , "RR-841-DHS"--Page 4 of cover , Includes bibliographical references (pages 53-57)
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  • 89
    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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  • 90
    ISBN: 9780833089793 , 083308979X
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 PDF file (xi, 85 pages)))
    Series Statement: Research report RR-650-ASAI
    DDC: 617.9/6092
    Keywords: Anesthesiologists Supply and demand ; Anesthesiologists Employment ; Anesthesiologists ; Anesthesiologists ; Anesthesiology manpower ; Health Workforce ; United States ; Anesthesiologists ; Supply and demand ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Important changes are taking place in the health care sector that have implications for future supply and demand of anesthesiologists including expansion of coverage, an aging population, greater movement of women into the physician workforce, increasing cost pressures, and shifting modes of delivery. To determine what the implications of these changes might be for the anesthesiologist workforce, RAND Corporation researchers conducted a national survey of American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) members, who include more than 90 percent of all practicing anesthesiologists in the United States. This survey was a follow-up to a 2007 survey, also conducted by the RAND Corporation. The authors document large and persistent regional differences in anesthesiologists' practices. In addition, there were several large differences by gender. With regard to shortage, the survey reveals substantial evidence for variation in anesthesiologist shortages across states, from which the authors argue that certain areas of the country are experiencing shortages. However, the national level of shortage has decreased since 2007 by approximately 2,000 full-time-equivalent anesthesiologists. The authors estimate that midwestern and western states were more likely than states in other regions to have a shortage of anesthesiologists in 2013
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF title page
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  • 91
    ISBN: 9789004270800 , 9004270841 , 9004270809 , 9789004270848
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (text (xiv, 316 pages))
    Series Statement: Radboud studies in humanities volume 1
    Series Statement: Radboud studies in humanities
    Parallel Title: Print version Texts, transmissions, receptions
    Keywords: Discourse analysis, Narrative ; Narration (Rhetoric) ; Comparative linguistics ; Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge ; Oral communiction ; Comprehension (Theory of knowledge) ; Meaning (Philosophy) ; Discourse analysis, Narrative ; Narration (Rhetoric) ; Comparative linguistics ; Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge ; Oral communiction ; Comprehension (Theory of knowledge) ; Meaning (Philosophy) ; Comparative linguistics ; Comprehension (Theory of knowledge) ; Discourse analysis, Narrative ; Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge ; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Linguistics ; Semantics ; Meaning (Philosophy) ; Narration (Rhetoric) ; Languages & Literatures ; Philology & Linguistics ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The papers collected in this volume study the function and meaning of narrative texts from a variety of perspectives. The word text is used here in the broadest sense of the term: it denotes literary books, but also oral tales, speeches, newspaper articles and comics. One of the purposes of this volume is to discover what these different texts have in common. The texts are approached from four main perspectives: New Philology, Linguistics, Iconography and Reception studies. Contributors come from diverse disciplines, such as Classical Studies, Medieval Studies, English literature, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Cultural Studies, Art History, Linguistics, and Communication and Information Studies, all united in a common purpose to understand the workings of narrative texts
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 92
    ISBN: 9781322079394 , 3839426405 , 1322079390 , 3839426405 , 9781322079394 , 9783839426401
    Language: German
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (238 pages)
    Series Statement: Edition Politik 20
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Human trafficking victims ; Human trafficking Government policy ; Prostitution Prevention ; Human rights Government policy ; Human trafficking victims ; Human trafficking ; Prostitution ; Human rights ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Human Rights ; Human rights ; Human rights ; Government policy ; Human trafficking victims ; Prostitution ; Prevention ; Europe ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The adoption of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime in 2000 led to an increasing institutionalization of the policy of combatting human trafficking in the field by numerous national and international actors. Bärbel Heide Uhl investigates the political and institutional discourses of human trafficking for the first time in a zone of tension: How to constitute the political concepts of human rights protection and security policies against human trafficking? These are often perceived as antithetical. A critical reception of human rights theories and the notion of security actually reveals a complicity with respect to both concepts, the consequences of which develop the political and administrative identity of the "traded people."
    Description / Table of Contents: Frontmatter -- Inhalt -- Verzeichnis der Abkürzungen -- Vorwort -- Einleitung -- 1. Methodische und theoretische Überlegungen -- 2. Menschenrechtstheorien -- 3. Sicherheitstheorien -- 4. Empirische Dokumentenanalyse -- 5. Schlussbetrachtungen -- Literatur.
    Note: In German
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  • 93
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    Bielefeld, Germany : transcript Verlag | Berlin : Knowledge Unlatched
    ISBN: 9783839429150 , 3839429153 , 9783837629156 , 3837629155 , 3839429153 , 3837629155 , 9783839429150 , 9783837629156
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (443 pages)
    Edition: First edition
    Series Statement: Culture & theory
    Series Statement: Edition Kulturwissenschaft v. 55
    Parallel Title: Print version (Re-)Framing the Arab/Muslim, Mediating Orientalism in Contemporary Arab American Life Writing.:First edition
    Keywords: Postcolonialism ; Postcolonialism ; Humanities ; History ; History: specific events and topics ; National liberation and independence, post-colonialism ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Emigration & Immigration ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Colonialism & Post-Colonialism ; Postcolonialism ; Electronic books
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Life Writing Theory: Constructing Life, Claiming Authenticity -- 3. The Framed Arab/Muslim: Mediated Orientalism -- 4. (Re- )Framing the Afghan Fundamentalist in West of Kabul, East of New York -- 5. (Re- )Framing the Egyptian Belly Dancer in Letters from Cairo -- 6. (Re- )Framing the Iraqi Terrorist in Howling in Mesopotamia -- 7. (Re- )Mediating Orientalism.
    Abstract: Media depictions of Arabs and Muslims continue to be framed by images of camels, belly dancers, and dagger-wearing terrorists. But do only Hollywood movies and TV news have the power to frame public discourse? This interdisciplinary study transfers media framing theory to literary studies to show how life writing (re- )frames Orientalist stereotypes. The innovative analysis of the post-9/11 autobiographies "West of Kabul, East of New York", "Letters from Cairo", and "Howling in Mesopotamia" makes a powerful claim to approach literature based on a theory of production and reception, thus enhancing the multi-disciplinary potential of framing theory
    Note: In English
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  • 94
    ISBN: 9786074626476 , 6074626472 , 6074626472 , 9786074626476
    Language: Spanish
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (146 pages)
    Edition: Primera edición
    Series Statement: Colección Testimonios
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Print version Homenaje a Tomás Segovia
    Keywords: Segovia, Tomás Criticism and interpretation ; Segovia, Tomás ; Electronic books ; Criticism, interpretation, etc ; Segovia, Tomás ; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
    Abstract: Tomás Segovia y su eco / Luzelena Gutiérrez de Velasco -- Archivo Tomás Segovia / María Luisa Capella -- Memoria gozosa de Tomás Segovia / Ivette Jiménez Báez -- Significación y sentido / Luis Fernando Lara -- Tomás Segovia : maestro queriendo y sin querer / Aurelio González -- La luz provisional : notas sobre el primer poemario de Tomás Segovia / James Valender -- Cartas de jubilado o cómo repensar el mito de Don Juan / Raquel Serur -- Réquiem para un ronco pecho / Ricardo Maldonado -- Tomás Segovia el don de la palabra / Liliana Weinberg -- Tomás Segovia : El tiempo en los brazos / Daniel González Dueñas -- Tomás Segovia : defensor del oído común / Oswaldo Hernández Trujillo -- Para Tomás Segovia / Danielle Zaslavsky -- Por vocación, poeta; de oficio, traductor / Martha Elena Venier -- Historia de una traducción. Dios de Victor Hugo (versión de Tomás Segovia) / José María Espinasa
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Papers presented in honor of Tomás Segovia Aug. 28, 2012, Sala Alfonso Reyes, El Colegio de México
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  • 95
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    México, D.F : El Colegio de México, Centro de Estudios Lingüísticos y Literarios
    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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  • 96
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    Cambridge : OpenBook Publishers
    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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  • 97
    ISBN: 3700175299 , 3700177151 , 9783700177159 , 9783700175292
    Language: German
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (125 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Corpus vasorum antiquorum. Band 1, Österreich
    DDC: 738.382093807409436
    Keywords: Vases Catalogs ; Vases, Ancient Catalogs ; Electronic books ; Vases ; Vases, Ancient ; Catalogs ; Austria ; Vienna
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  • 98
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    Vienna, Austria : Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
    ISBN: 3700174357 , 3700176813 , 9783700176817 , 9783700174356
    Language: German
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (143 pages)
    Series Statement: Denkschriften (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse) Band 464
    Series Statement: Veröffentlichungen zur Byzanzforschung Band 33
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Hild, Friedrich Meilensteine, Strassen und das Verkehrsnetz der Provinz Karia
    DDC: 388.10956
    Keywords: Milestones History ; Roads, Roman ; Roads History ; Electronic books ; Transportation Engineering ; Civil & Environmental Engineering ; Engineering & Applied Sciences ; Milestones ; Turkey ; Caria ; Turkey ; History ; Antiquities ; Roads ; Roads, Roman ; Caria Antiquities
    Note: German
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  • 99
    ISBN: 1868147665 , 1868147657 , 9781868147656 , 9781868147663
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (vii, 590 pages, 57 unnumbered pages of plates) , illustrations, maps (some colour)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Changing Space, Changing City
    Keywords: Urban policy ; City planning ; Sociology, Urban ; Urban policy ; ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning ; South Africa ; Johannesburg ; City planning ; Sociology, Urban ; Johannesburg (South Africa) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "As the dynamo of South Africa\2019s economy, Johannesburg commands a central position in the nation\2019s imagination, and scholars throughout the world monitor the city as an exemplar of urbanity in the global South. This richly illustrated study offers detailed empirical analyses of changes in the city\2019s physical space, as well as a host of chapters on the character of specific neighbourhoods and the social identities being forged within them. Informing all of these is a consideration of underlying economic, social and political processes shaping the wider Gauteng region. A mix of respected academics, practising urban planners and experienced policymakers offer compelling overviews of the rapid and complex spatial developments that have taken place in Johannesburg since the end of apartheid, along with tantalising glimpses into life on the streets and behind the high walls of this diverse city. The book has three sections. Section A provides an overview of macro spatial trends and the policies that have infl uenced them. Section B explores the shaping of the city at district and suburban level, revealing the peculiarity of processes in different areas. This analysis elucidates thelarger trends, while identifying shifts that are not easily detected at the macro level. Section C is an assembly of chapters and short vignettes that focus on the interweaving of place and identity at a micro level. With empirical data supported by new data sets including the 2011 Census, the city\2019s Development Planning and Urban Management Department\2019s information system, and Gauteng City-Region Observatory\2019s substantial archive, the book is an essential reference for planning practitioners, urban geographers, sociologists, and social anthropologists, among others."--Publisher description
    Abstract: 1. Materialities, subjectivities and spatial transformation in Johannesburg -- Section A. The macro trends. 2. The \2018thin oil of urbanisation\2019? : Spatial change in Johannesburg and the Gauteng city-region -- 3. Poverty and inequality in the Gauteng city-region -- 4. The impact of policy and strategic spatial planning -- 5. Tracking changes in the urban built environment : An emerging perspective from the City of Johannesburg -- 6. Johannesburg\2019s urban space economy -- 7. Changes in the natural landscape -- 8. Informal settlements -- 9. Public housing in Johannesburg -- 10. Transport in the shaping of space -- 11. Gated communities and spatial transformation in Greater Johannesburg -- Section B. Area-based transformations. 12. Between fixity and flux: Grappling with transience and permanence in the inner city -- 13. Are Johannesburg\2019s peri-central neighbourhoods irremediably \2018fluid\2019? : Local leadership and community building in Yeoville and Bertrams -- 14. The wrong side of the mining belt? Spatial transformations and identities in Johannesburg\2019s southern suburbs -- 15. Soweto.: A study in socio-spatial differentiation -- 16. Kliptown: Resilience and despair in the face of a hundred years of planning -- 17. Alexandra -- 18. Sandton Central, 1969\20132013. From open veld to new CBD? -- 19. In the forest of transformation.: Johannesburg\2019s northern suburbs -- 20. The north-western edge -- 21. The 2010 World Cup and its legacy in the Ellis Park Precinct : Perceptions of local residents -- 22. Transformation through transportation: Some early impacts of Bus Rapid Transit in Orlando, Soweto -- Section C: Spatial identities. 23. Footprints of Islam in Johannesburg -- 24. Being an immigrant and facing uncertainty in Johannesburg : The case of Somalis -- 25. On \2018spaces of hope\2019: Exploring Hillbrow\2019s discursive credoscapes -- 26. The Central Methodist Church -- 27. The Ethiopian Quarter -- 28. Urban collage : Yeoville -- 29. Phantoms of the past, spectres of the present : Chinese space in Johannesburg -- 30. The notice -- 31. Inner-city street traders : Legality and spatial practice -- 32. Waste pickers/informal recyclers -- 33. The fear of others : Responses to crime and urban transformation in Johannesburg -- 34. Black urban, black research : Why understanding space and identity in South Africa still Matters.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    1010 Vienna : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press | Bristol : ISD [distributor]
    ISBN: 3700175604 , 3700173091 , 3700173091 , 9783700173090 , 9783700173090 , 9783700175605
    Language: German
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Internationale Geschichte International History Ser 1
    Keywords: Electronic books ; Europe ; Eastern Europe ; Politics and government ; History ; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY ; Presidents & Heads of State ; Europe History 1848-1871 ; Europe, Eastern Politics and government 1918-1945 ; Europe History 1871-1918 ; Europe, Eastern History 1918-1945
    Abstract: Annotation, Die auf breiter internationaler Quellen- und Literaturbasis erarbeitete Monographie erortert die Entwicklung der politischen, rechtlichen, wirtschaftlichen, sozialen, kulturellen und militarischen Konfliktgemeinschaften in den bohmischen und sudslawischen Landern Osterreich-Ungarns, die epochalen Erschutterungen des Ersten Weltkrieges und den Bruch der Tschechen, Slowaken und Sudslawen mit der Habsburgermonarchie, die schwierige Bildung der Nachfolgestaaten, die Innen- und Aussenpolitik der Tschechoslowakei und Jugoslawiens, die Zerschlagung der Friedensordnung von Versailles/Saint-Germain/Trianon durch Hitler, die NS-Eroberungs- und Besatzungspolitik in Bohmen, Mahren, Serbien, Bosnien-Herzegowina und Slowenien, den Volkermord an den Juden im Protektorat, in der Slowakei, im Ustasa-Staat und in Serbien, die Vergeltung an den und die Vertreibung der Sudeten- und Karpatendeutschen sowie der Deutschen in Slowenien, Kroatien und der Vojvodina, schliesslich die Erinnerung und Historisierung der mehr als 100-jahrigen Konfliktgeschichte ostlich und westlich des Eisernen Vorhangs und in den post-kommunistischen Nationalstaaten am Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts in Ostmittel- und Sudosteuropa. Im Mittelpunkt stehen einerseits die ethnisch-nationalen Auseinandersetzungen zwischen Deutschen und Tschechen, Slowaken, Serben, Kroaten und Slowenen sowie zwischen Magyaren und Slowaken, Serben und Kroaten, andererseits die staatlich-nationalen Auseinandersetzungen des Deutschen Reiches und Osterreichs mit der Tschechoslowakei und Jugoslawien. Obwohl in der 150-jahrigen historischen Entwicklung Ostmittel- und Sudosteuropas seit 1848 eine Reihe von Kaisern, Konigen, Prasidenten, Kanzlern, Ministerprasidenten, Ministern, Grossunternehmern, Generaldirektoren, Botschaftern, Generalen, Gauleitern und Hoheren SS- und Polizeifuhrern als Akteure auftraten, sind es drei Personen, die auch in der historischen Erinnerung am Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts noch immer prasent sind: der deutsche "Fuhrer" und Reichskanzler Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), der tschechoslowakische Aussenminister und Prasident Edvard Benes (1884-1948) und der jugoslawische Partisanenfuhrer und Prasident Josip Broz Tito (1892-1980)
    Note: Zielgruppe - Audience: College Audience
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