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Vendor: Thomas E. Cartledge
Comparison of Spectral Analysis Software Programs
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has purchased two spectral analysis programs, RobWin and RSEMCA, to support arms control efforts. This thesis explored which program performed better for nuclear weapon identification and verification. The initial hypothesis was that both programs would perform similarly with...- $57.95
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Enemy at the Gateways: Enhancing DOD's Role in Homeland Cyber Security
Every day, hackers use the Internet to "virtually" invade the borders of the United States and its critical infrastructure. National leadership must determine whether these intrusions constitute an attack or merit the declaration of a national emergency. In times of war, cyber attackers may...- $57.95
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Forecasting USAF JP-8 Fuel Needs
In this study, we forecast the USAF's JP-8 consumption and costs for the next five year period. The study shows that JP-8 consumption figures will go on to follow the recent trend via Holt's Linear Method. Also, the study shows that good short-term predictions...- $57.95
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General Dynamics C4 Systems Innovation and Leadership: Core to Edge
This report discusses three best-practices implemented by the leadership and management teams at General Dynamics C4 Systems (GDC4S) in Scottsdale, AZ as observed by the author during a nine month assignment within the company as part of the Secretary of Defense Corporate Fellowship Program...- $57.95
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The Analysis of Air Force Institute of Technology Theses Related to Contracting
With the end of the contracting graduate programs at AFIT, it is appropriate to ask what contributions AFIT theses have made to the contracting community. Scholars (e.g., Das and Hanfield 1997) have argued that thesis and dissertation research is one useful method in determining...- $57.95
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Friis & Seller's Epidemiology for Public Health Practice
Friis & Seller's Epidemiology for Public Health Practice comprehensively covers the major introductory topics, including the heart of epidemiology, from study designs to descriptive epidemiology, and quantitative measures. Aligned to the core competencies in epidemiology for graduate and undergraduate courses, this reader-friendly text is...- $94.95
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Vendor: Steven Holmes
Learning Algebra through Graphing
With over 20 years of experience teaching algebra to kids that had trouble getting it, this book was created. It is filled with exercises to teach the California Algebra standards. To help kids get it easier, a lot of graphing is done or interpreted...- $34.47
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Vendor: Inc Esthetic Testing Solutions
New Mexico State Board Exam Review for the Esthetician Student
In order to practice professionally as an esthetician, you will first need to pass an esthetician exam. Our Esthetician practice exams are designed to help New Mexico Esthetics students and graduates prepare for the written state board licensing exam. To assist in increasing your...- $64.98
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Vendor: Frederick E. Gerber
Battalion Surgeon: A Background Study and Analysis of His Military Training
This is a detailed study about the US Army Battalion surgeon. Emphasis is devoted to the reasons the Battalion Surgeon was disestablished in the 1970-1980 timeframe, why the position was reestablished in 1984, and the implications for the future. The scope encompasses a review...- $57.95
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Vendor: Kevin M. Baird
Campaign Planning for Logistics Organizations
With the transition from the Army of Excellence logistics structure to the single logistics command and control of the modular force logistics concept, the traditional command relationship between logistics organizations and the maneuver forces that they support have changed. With all logistics organizations above...- $57.95
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Vendor: Robert P. Ashe
Business of Supplying the Army
The United States Army continues the transformation process to the Future Force. As the transition continues, the Army must balance the sustainment requirements of the soldiers in the field with the desire to reduce the logistics tail of the force and make a smaller,...- $57.95
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Vendor: Edward V. Rowe
Command and Control of the Future Mechanized Task: The Impact of Technology on the Task Force Commander
The mechanized task force commander contends with many factors that define his environment. To assist him in contending with this environment, he employs a command and control system consisting of personnel, communication, equipment, facilities, and procedures. To the extent that this system allows the...- $57.95
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Vendor: James D. Coomler
Causes of Combat Stress in the Artillery Firing Battery Supporting High-Intensity Conflict in the European Theater
This study investigates the causes of combat stress in the artillery firing battery supporting high-intensity conflict in the European theater and identifies four primary causes of stress with special uniqueness or application to artillerymen. The study focuses on fatigue, fear of becoming a casualty,...- $57.95
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Vendor: Matthew A. Sheaffer
Detainee Medical Operations During Operation Iraqi Freedom: Determination of a Transition Plan
The United States Armed Forces in Iraq currently provides healthcare for thousands of detainees in U.S. custody. Required healthcare, in accordance with Department of Defense Directive and U.S. Army regulation, for detainees surpasses current deployable U.S. Army medical capabilities. Planning for the Iraqi government...- $57.95
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Vendor: Oscar T. Arauco
Chaplain's Preparation for Combat
The United States Army has and will continue to train, prepare, and send chaplains on combat deployments in the global War on Terrorism. As the spiritual leaders of the United States Army, chaplains must prepare for their combat deployment and the ensuing hardships, risks,...- $57.95
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Battlefield Stress: Pre-Conditioning Soldiers for Combat
This study identifies stress-coping techniques which the individual soldier can use to control his responses to battlefield stress, in order to maximize his performance. This is achieved through an examination of past warfare examples, U.S. Army doctrine, and civilian documentary sources of stress-coping techniques....- $57.95
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Vendor: Tamara S. Funari
Building Adaptive Nurse Leaders for Future Army Full Spectrum Operations
The Army Nurse Corps life cycle model outlines major milestones that are required, expected, or recommended to be achieved for career success and to prepare Army Nurses to become senior leaders in the Army Medical Department. It is important to ensure Army nurses will...- $57.95
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Attrition of Army Nurse Corps Officers: Looking at Factors That Affect Retention and Recruitment of Army Nurse Corps Officers
Nursing shortage has been a challenge for the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. Currently, it is short of its budgeted end strength and continues to have an increasing number of nurses leaving the Army. Additionally, the US Army Recruiting Command (USAREC) and the Reserve Officers'...- $57.95
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Vendor: Jeffery M. Shoemaker
Application of Off-the-Shelf Military Simulations to Train Decision Making and Teach Tactics
The purpose of this thesis is to identify and examine potential applications of off the shelf computer simulations in order to train decision making and to teach tactics at the battalion level and below. This study is intended to be used by leaders at...- $57.95
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Vendor: James M. Schultze
Breaching the Phalanx: Developing a More Engineer-Centric Modular Bct
The Department of the Army decided to re-structure the combat divisions into modular, brigade units in order to better address the difficulty inherent in fighting a long war on terrorism, while simultaneously providing combat units to OIF and OEF for SSTR operations. These new...- $57.95
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Advanced Crisis Handling Exercise Achex, Version 1.0 User's Guide
The Advanced Crisis Handling Exercise (ACHEX) computer simulation is an exercise designed to be played either by one person or by a team, with the computer providing feedback to player decisions. The anticipated use by the ACSC resident curriculum is for team play with...- $57.95
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Vendor: L. G. Bridgewater
Group Decision Support Systems and Influence Modes: A Comparative Field Study Between GDSS Mediated Groups and Non-GDSS Mediated Groups
This study examined the effect of Group Decision Support System (GDSS) technology on perceived influence modes. The researcher measured perceived influence modes in two group treatments: GDSS groups and non-GDSS (N-GDSS) mediated groups. Actual groups in both treatments performed judgmental tasks of their own...- $57.95
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Vendor: Jeremy A. Raley
Fabrication Techniques for III-V Micro-Opto-Electro-Mechanical Systems
This thesis studies techniques for selective removal of semiconductor material in AlxGa1-xAs systems for the purpose of fabricating Micro-Opto-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MOEMS). Fabrication in AlxGa1-xAs allows for the emission, control, and detection of light from the near-infrared to the visible region of the spectrum. Specifically,...- $57.95
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Improving F-15C Air Combat Training with Distributed Mission Training Advanced Simulation
Air Combat Command is investing in Distributed Mission Training (DMT) to provide realistic mission training to the Combat Air Forces (CAF) using advances in simulation technology. DMT will network advanced simulators (and some real-world systems) to provide combat aircrews with team training in a...- $57.95
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Vendor: Alexis X. Hurst
Modeling of Bacillus Spores: Inactivation and Outgrowth
This research models and analyzes the thermochemical damage produced in Bacillus spores by short, high-temperature exposures as well the repair process within damaged Bacillus spores. Thermochemical damage in spores is significantly due to reaction with water, hydrolysis reactions. Applying heat to the spore causes...- $57.95
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Vendor: Michael A. Fetters
Achieving Alignment: An Analysis of Enterprise Architecture Best Practices Within the United States Air Force
This research uncovers areas of best practices that support achieving alignment between an organization's Information Technology (IT) and its business processes. One principal finding of this effort revealed that the means used to achieve alignment exists within the effective application of Enterprise Architecture (EA),...- $57.95
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Vendor: Aaron M. Kinser
Simulating Wet Deposition of Radiocesium from the Chernobyl Accident
In response to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident of 1986, cesium-137 deposition was measured in Europe at sites equipped to do so. The resulting deposition dataset is uniquely applicable to atmospheric transport model validation. Most of the airborne Chernobyl cesium was wet deposited,...- $57.95
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Data Mining Atmospheric/Oceanic Parameters in the Design of a Long-Range Nephelometric Forecast Tool
The Department of Defense calls for long-range forecasts to aid in the planning of operations. The goal of this research was to explore the feasibility of predicting, one month in advance, the total monthly cloud cover over the country of Afghanistan. In an attempt...- $57.95
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Vendor: Jeffrey E. Thieret
Hit'em Where It Hurts: Strategic Attack in 2025
In the year 2025, advances in technology should allow air and space assets to affect an adversary anytime, anywhere. The ultimate goal of strategic attack is to conduct operations to a point where the enemy no longer retains the ability or will to wage...- $57.95
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Vendor: Brian C. Nickerson
Theater Ballistic Missile Defense: Operating Forward from the Sea
The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the ballistic missiles used to employ them pose the greatest security challenge to the U.S. and her allies. In the past, active defense measures taken to combat the ballistic missile threat were concentrated on launch platform...- $57.95
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Vendor: Adam D. Reiman
AMC's Hydrogen Future: Sustainable Air Mobility
The purpose of this research is to compare the costs associated with the transition to hydrogen aircraft for Air Mobility Command (AMC) to the costs of continuing using JP-8. Using current technology, air mobility aircraft can be designed to use liquid hydrogen instead of...- $57.95
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Vendor: Robert A. Steenburgh
Holes: Ionospheric Scintillation GPS and Imputation
Ionospheric scintillation of GPS signals threatens navigation and military operations by degrading performance or making GPS unavailable. Scintillation is particularly active, although not limited to, a belt encircling the earth within 20 of the geomagnetic equator. This belt also hosted roughly half of the...- $57.95
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Vendor: Gregory D. McLaughlin
The Commercialization of the Global Positioning System: A Research Paper
In April of 1973, a memorandum issued by the Deputy Secretary of Defense consolidated two experimental satellite navigation programs into one effort: The NAVSTAR Global Positioning System was born. After 22 years and $8 billion dollars, the system was finally declared fully operational in...- $57.95
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Vendor: Robert A. Dietrick
Impact of Weapon System Complexity on Systems Acquisition
This paper reviews the previous use of the term complexity with respect to weapon systems. It then moves past these dated inferences that weapon system complexity is merely a synonym for cost or technical challenge and establishes a formal definition of complexity based on...- $57.95
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Vendor: Robert D. Polomsky
Air Mobility Command's En Route Support Infrastructure: A Construct of Aircraft Type and Geographic Location Utilized to Assess En Route Aircraft Logi
The ability of the United States Armed Forces to maintain a global presence and rapidly project military power anywhere in the world are key factors in preserving our freedom. To accomplish the demanding task of global reach support, Air Mobility Command employs an en...- $57.95
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Vendor: Elizabeth A. Autrey
The Effect of Contextual-Based Training on Artifact-Based Deception Detection
Air Force dependence on information technology (IT) creates vulnerabilities that it cannot ignore. With global availability of commercial IT and the Internet, the Air Force does not necessarily have the high technological advantage over potential adversaries that it once had. Furthermore, it is possible...- $57.95
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Vendor: Phillip A. Shea
Sea-Air Intermodal Port Pair Selection Criteria in South America
Intermodal operations have been crucial to the success of recent TRANSCOM distribution actions across the globe. Understanding the most appropriate factors to consider in seaport and airfield transloading pairs is critical to efficient and effective use of the intermodal option. TRANSCOM utilizes an analytic...- $57.95
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Vendor: Mark A. Commenator
Aircraft Maintenance Performance: The Effects of the Functional Decentralization of On-Equipment Maintenance
The Air Force has implemented various aircraft maintenance organizational structures. The implementation of the Objective Wing in the early 1990s was the latest occurrence of reorganization. This research looks at the effect of the type of aircraft maintenance organizational structure on aircraft maintenance performance....- $57.95
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Use of Multivariate Techniques to Validate and Improve the Current USAF Pilot Candidate Selection Model
Training pilots for the USAF costs millions of dollars every year. There are seven points of entry into Air Force Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT). Each source has its own selection process to screen candidates accepted into UPT. The Pilot Candidate Selection Method (PCSM) seeks...- $57.95
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Biofiltration as a Viable Alternative for Air Pollution Control at Department of Defense Surface Coating Facilities
Surface coating operations at aircraft depot facilities are common throughout the Department of Defense (DoD). During paint application processes at Navy and Marine Corps Fleet Readiness Centers (FRCs), spray paints emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs) known to have harmful effects on human health and...- $57.95
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Vendor: Mark A. Suriano
Short and Independent Characteristic Methods for Discrete Ordinates Radiation Transport with 2D and 3D Regular Cartesian Meshes
Accurate, reliable, and robust discrete neutral particle radiation transport codes are needed in order to perform realistic 3D engineering calculations. Current neutron transport codes use low order spatial quadratures that are inaccurate unless a highly refined spatial mesh is used. In this work various...- $57.95
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Municipal Regulation of Hazardous Materials Due to the Threat of Terrorism and Its Effect on the Rail Industry
Hazardous materials transport and regulation is coming under severe scrutiny in response to terrorism concerns following the events of September 11, 2001. This increased scrutiny, combined with a lack of a coherent protection strategy from either the Department of Transportation or the Department of...- $57.95
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Jstars, E-10a and the Kill Chain: Bridges to Battle Space Dominance
This research paper examines the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS), its successes and shortfalls, its eventual replacement, the E-10A, and how both fit into the Find, Fix, Track, Target, Engage, and Assess (F2T2EA) Kill Chain construct for Effects-Based Operations in a Network-Centric...- $57.95
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Vendor: Billie J. Antes
Benchmarking: Application of Commercial Practices to Air Force Processes
As a result of the Air Force's move to Two-Level Maintenance and a Lean Logistics environment, the Air Force transportation community must adapt current practices to meet new standards. In the past, Air Force transportation managers have relied on organic military airlift to move...- $57.95
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Global En Route Basing Infrastructure Location Model
The backbone of the air transportation system for the US military is the En Route System (ERS), a collection of personnel and equipment at bases throughout the world. The location of these bases in the ERS bears the marks of the Cold War legacy...- $57.95
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Performance Analysis and Comparison of Multiple Routing Protocols in a Large-Area, High-Speed Mobile Node Ad Hoc Network
The U.S. Air Force is interested in developing a standard ad hoc framework using "heavy" aircraft to route data across large regions. The Zone Routing Protocol (ZRP) has the potential to provide seamless large-scale routing for DoD under the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS)...- $57.95
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Field Evaluation of a Novel Exposure Assessment Strategy Using Respirable Coal Dust Exposures During Heat Plant Coal Receiving Operations
An exposure assessment strategy (EAS) determines the number of samples required to characterize an occupational health exposure's acceptability. A novel EAS (AFIT-EAS) was developed with the objective of maximizing the sensitivity for detecting unacceptable exposures, while minimizing the total number of samples needed. The...- $57.95
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Predicting Software Development Cost for Command and Control Systems
Our nation is spending increasingly more dollars to develop software systems. Likewise, the Department of Defense (DoD) allocates more and more dollars to develop software. Consequently, the DoD needs to be able to accurately estimate what these systems' cost so they can develop reliable...- $57.95
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Hyperspectral Imaging of a Turbine Engine Exhaust Plume to Determine Radiance, Temperature, and Concentration Spatial Distributions
The usefulness of imaging Fourier transform spectroscopy (IFTS) when looking at a rapidly varying turbine engine exhaust scene was explored by characterizing the scene change artifacts (SCAs) present in the plume and the effect they have on the calibrated spectra using the Telops, Inc.-manufactured...- $57.95
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Temperature Dependent Current-Voltage Measurements of Neutron Irradiated Al0.27ga0.73n/Gan Modulation Doped Field Effect Transistors
In this research, the first ever neutron irradiation study of AlGaN/GaN MODFETs was conducted. Devices irradiated to a total 1 MeV Eq (Si) neutron fluence of 1.2x10 16 n/cm2 demonstrated the temperature dependence of irradiation and annealing. Devices irradiated at 80 K exhibited significant...- $57.95
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