Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies: FY2015 Appropriations [PDF]
[Excerpt] The Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies appropriations bill provides funding for the planning, design, construction, alteration, and improvement of facilities used by active and reserve military components worldwide ...
Else, Daniel H +2 more
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A Critical Analysis of Microsoft's Rhetoric and Reality of Sustainability Engagement
ABSTRACT This study critically examines Microsoft's environmental, social and governance (ESG) rhetoric and operational reality, to offer insights that extend beyond conventional greenwashing or bluewashing. Drawing on over 20 years of Microsoft's sustainability reports (2003–2024), third‐party ESG evaluations and media investigations, it employs ...
Omaima A. G. Hassan, Iqbal Khadaroo
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A Defense Capability Metric From Investment Portfolio and Technological Aging
We introduce a metric for defence capabilities by combining an investment measure of project portfolios with technological aging, allowing us to quantify a return on investment directly on capability values.
Romain Chessex, Zenon Mathews
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Evaluating Relation between Military Expenditure and Petroleum Revenue: Wavelet Coherence Approach [PDF]
In the orthodox economy, domestic and foreign security is one of the tasks of the welfare state and even of the minimalist state to protect private property rights.
parviz jalili, ramin khochiani
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How to ‘survive’ after graduating in science or engineering: Becoming an academic administrator
Abstract This is the eighth article in the series ‘Survival Skills for Scientists’; previous papers were published in the Journal of Materials Education. Here I describe my views, based partly on personal experience, about pursuing an alternative career path within academia: becoming an administrator (e.g., Department Chair, Dean, Vice‐President ...
Federico Rosei
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Relevansi Pelembagaan Investasi Ekonomi Berbasis Shariah Pada Masyarakat Muslim di Mindanao
The idea of building shariah economic investment institution was pioneered by Muhammadiyah when involved in the International Contact Group (ICG) to strengthening civil capacity of the muslim mindanao community through the transformation of social ...
Surwandono Surwandono
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U.S. Military Investments in Autonomy and AI: A Strategic Assessment [PDF]
This brief examines how the Pentagon’s investments in autonomy and AI may affect its military capabilities and strategic interests. It proposes that DOD invest in improving its understanding of trust in human-machine teams and leverage existing AI technologies to enhance military readiness and endurance.
Margarita Konaev +4 more
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COIN is dead - long live transformation [PDF]
Donald Rumsfeld was right. Force transformation works. The techniques that led to the initial victories in Afghanistan in 2001 were precisely those that produced success in Libya in 2011.1 Small-scale deployments of special forces backed by precision ...
Body, Howard +2 more
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Modelling Sustainability Performance in Manufacturing Companies
ABSTRACT Nowadays, organisations need to operate with economic, social and environmental goals in mind. Indices objectively quantify such goals; hence, an organisation can develop and compare policies based on future index values. We propose a system dynamics‐based model of a manufacturing company that frames its operations in terms of a set of easily ...
Harol Andrey Avila‐Choconta +3 more
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Innovation and investment perspective activities in Ukraine
The key theoretical and methodological aspects of innovation activities were highlighted, and a systematic overview of scientific perspectives on the essence and content of innovation and innovation activities was conducted.
V. Bokovets, O. Moroz, A. Kraevska
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