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Exploiting Navy officer End-of-Active-Obligated-Service (EAOS)--date in forecasting losses [PDF]

, 1987
The key to effective military personnel planning is accurate loss forecasting. Accurate estimates of future losses enable personnel managers to determine the number of individuals to recruit and promote, as well as the size and cost for future personnel
Campbell, Michael C.
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“It Is Vital That We Should Not Keep It to Ourselves”: The Rats of Tobruk Association and the Siege of Tobruk in Australian National Memory

Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
The siege of Tobruk is one of the most well‐known Australian actions of the Second World War, enjoying special attention on Anzac Day. Its elevation within Australian national memory is by no means accidental. Rather, it is the result of decades of lobbying by the Rats of Tobruk Association (ROTA), which positioned veterans of the siege as the ...
Nicole Townsend
wiley   +1 more source

Applying blockchain to improve the integrity of the software development process [PDF]

, 2019
Software development is a complex endeavor that encompasses application and implementation layers with functional (refers to what is done) and non-functional (how is done) aspects.
D Vandervort, GW Peters, J Verona, K Beck, L Lamport, M Bartoletti, M Sharples, M Yilmaz, ME Conway, O McHugh, O Novo, RV O’Connor, TM Fernández-Caramés, Y Yang   +13 more
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Balancing bossism: State expansion in the face of elite capture

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Central states have often relied on local elites to implement policies in peripheral areas. These strategies may allow otherwise weak states to impose their directives, but they can also be inefficient, particularly when a single elite commands total control over local politics (monopolist capture).
Anna F. Callis, Christopher L. Carter
wiley   +1 more source

Police department design, political pressure, and racial inequality in arrests

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper theorizes a source of bias in discretionary arrests: strategic limits on police officer learning. Officers have a variety of tactics at their disposal besides arrest that they use for less serious offenses when they judge the underlying behavior to be less severe. In departments led by a chief with special expertise in crime control,
Andrew J. McCall
wiley   +1 more source

Map and Archival Evidence of the Historical Avulsion of the Brahmaputra River

The Geographical Journal, EarlyView.
Short Abstract One of the world's great rivers, the Brahmaputra, avulsed—changed course—significantly sometime between the dates of 1765 and 1830. These are the dates of surveys by James Rennell (grey) and Richard Wilcox (black), both under the direction of the East India Company; no other surveys between these dates can refine the estimate of the ...
Keith Richards, Hugh Brammer, Patricia Saunders   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The ISCIP Analyst, Volume X, Issue 2 [PDF]

, 2005
This repository item contains a single issue of The ISCIP Analyst, an analytical review journal published from 1996 to 2010 by the Boston University Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology, and ...
Adami, Fabian, Angley, Robyn, Beene, Eric, Cavan, Susan, Colton, Kyle, Kubiak, Jeff, Lynch, Tammy, Mulder, Rebecca, Selyuk, Elena   +8 more
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Policy Knowledge and Abortion Access for US Active‐Duty Servicewomen: A Mixed‐Methods Study

Journal of Midwifery &Women's Health, EarlyView.
Introduction More than 80,000 US military servicewomen are stationed in states enforcing abortion bans. US Department of Defense (DOD) policies must adhere to the Hyde Amendment, which restricts abortion coverage. Little research exists regarding active‐duty servicewomen's (ADSW) knowledge of these policies or their experiences accessing abortion care.
Caitlin Russell, Tiara Walz, Laura Manzo, Shelby Mueller, Sharon Messina, Sharon Arana, Keira Feng, Holly Harner   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Truth is mighty & will eventually prevail Political Correctness, Neo-Confederates, and Robert E. Lee

, 2011
Jefferson Davis sent Robert E. Lee an unusual note after the battle of Gettysburg. The dispatch did not contain any presidential recommendations or requests, only a clipped article from the Charleston Mercury criticizing Lee and his subordinates for ...
Carmichael, Peter S.
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Frontline Voice: AO Spine Member Survey Regarding Spine Oncology Knowledge Generation and Translation Needs

Global Spine Journal
Study Design cross-sectional survey. Objectives To evaluate AO Spine members’ practices and comfort in managing metastatic and primary spine tumors, explore the use of decision-support and patient assessment tools, and identify knowledge gaps and future ...
Matthew L. Goodwin, Janneke I. Loomans, O. Barzilai, N. Dea, A. Gasbarrini, Á. Lazáry, C. Netzer, J. Reynolds, Laurence D. Rhines, A. Sahgal, J. Verlaan, Charles G. Fisher, Ilya Laufer, On Behalf Of Ao Spine Knowledge Forum Tumor   +13 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source