More efficient management of the Southern rail transportation system would have increased the Confederacy's chances for a favorable negotiated settlement to end the American Civil War. Lackluster strategic direction of railroad policy by the Confederate Executive Legislative branches doomed the railroads to a slow death. As the railroads literally and figuratively ran out of gas, so, too, did the hopes of the Confederacy for lasting independence.
Topics: DTIC Archive, Pollitt, Ian R, MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA, *RAILROADS, *CIVIL...
South Yemen is a unique Arab-Islamic state because it has a Marxist government. This blending of Islam and Marxism is a concern for pro-Western Arab governments and United States interests in the region. This study concludes that unique internal and external factors promoted Marxists to power in South Yemen. Additionally, there is slight probability that South Yemen can export its Marxist revolution to other pro-Western Arab states. Currently, the greatest threat to US interests is the military...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Russell, Michael G, AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLL MAXWELL AFB AL, *SOCIALISM,...
The objective of this study was to observe the response of the upper ocean to the strong (greater than 20 knots) wind jet that intermittently blows seaward over the Gulf of Tehuantepec (Pacific coast of southern Mexico) during winter. The jet results from atmospheric high pressure systems over the Gulf of Mexico being confined by the Sierra Madre mountain range (2 km high and extending for over 1000 km); the largest pass in the mountain range is just inland from the Gulf of Tehuantepec. The...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Smith, Robert L, OREGON STATE UNIV CORVALLIS, *GULFS, WIND, HIGH PRESSURE, MOUNTAINS,...
Negotiations to launch a free trade agreement (FTA) between the United States and the five members of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) (Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland) began on June 3, 2003. A potential agreement would eliminate tariffs over time, reduce or eliminate non-tariff barriers, liberalize service trade, protect intellectual property rights, and provide technical assistance to help SACU nations achieve the goals of the agreement. This potential...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Langton, Danielle, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE,...
Report offers an extended theoretical and methodological discussion of the logics of collective action and processes by which labor is incorporated into the substantive phases of democratic regime consolidation in the Southern Cone of Latin America. Keywords: South America; Class Compromise; Organized Labor; Argentina; Uruguay; Brazil.
Topics: DTIC Archive, Buchanan, Paul G, NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA, *DEMOCRACY, *LABOR UNIONS,...
During Operation Desert Storm, Proven Force and Provide Comfort, I was the J-4, Special Forces Operations Command Europe, (SOCEUR) commanded by Brigadier General Richard Potter. Special Operations Command Europe deployed as part of Joint Task Force Proven Force, Incirlik, Turkey, which operated from 9 January 1991 to 22 March 1991. On 6 April 1991, Headquarters SOCEUR was alerted for participation in Operation Provide Comfort with the mission to provide humanitarian support to the Kurds in...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Ferguson, Warner T., Jr, ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA, *LOGISTICS SUPPORT,...
This monograph uses Major General Nathanael Greene's Southern Campaign, 1780-1781, as an historical case study to demonstrate both the validity and the utility of current operational art as it applies to understanding the design and execution of insurgency war. The monograph defines the concepts of insurgency war and operational art. It covers the strategic situation that confronted General Nathanael Green in the Southern theater of war. It proceeds to examine Greene's insurgency war in the...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Hoffer, Edward E, ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF...
This study examined 16 cases of flash flooding, reported in the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration Storm Data publication, which occurred in the spring months of April through June for the 8-year period from 1973 through 1980. The area studied was bounded by the cities of Victoria, Del Rio, and Stephenville making a nearly equilateral triangle in south central Texas. A synoptic analysis indicated that all of the flooding events occurred with synoptic-scale convective rainfall...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Utley,Tom Wilson , Jr, AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH, *Rainfall,...
The relationships of climate and terrain to maintenance of way on the Norfolk Southern railroad between Norfolk, Virginia, and Portsmouth, Ohio, are considered as environmental factors affecting maintenance-of-way costs for the railroad. A detailed analysis of the distribution of actual maintenance-of-way problems along the route is conducted, using 54 Railroad Study Units and 10 climate and terrain variables to develop Railroad Maintenance Factors (RMF;s). From these RMF's, Railroad...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Maertens, Jr, Thomas B, MILITARY ACADEMY WEST POINT NY, *TERRAIN, *RAILROADS,...
RAE was asked by 39 Signals Regiment (SC(V)) to evaluate a prototype 6 tone Multi-Frequency Shift Keying (MFSK) modem intended for tactical data transmissions in the High Frequency (HF) band. The main testing was to consist of extensive trials using the RAE Cobbett Hill HF Channel Simulator, but in the event also included some limited live radio trials between Bodo, Northern Norway, and RAE Cobbett Hill in Southern England. The modem performed satisfactorily during the evaluation period and...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Bagwell, R C, ROYAL AEROSPACE ESTABLISHMENT FARNBOROUGH (UNITED KINGDOM), *DATA...
During a one-week period beginning at the end of March 1987, a pair of intense rainstorms hit most of New England, causing major flooding in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. These two storms, augmented by snowmelt in the mountains and northern areas, resulted in the most widespread flooding in about 50 years. The storms created two separate and significant flood peaks, especially in southern and central regions. Rainfall maps for each event and for the total period...
Topics: DTIC Archive, CORPS OF ENGINEERS WALTHAM MA NEW ENGLAND DIV, *FLOODS, CONNECTICUT, HYDROLOGY,...
Contents: CCSTWS Activities, 1985; CCSTWS Feature Study, 1985: The Submarine Canyon Study, San Diego Region; Sediment sampling in the San Diego Region; Historical shoreline movement in southern California; Nearshore bathymetric surveys; Geotechnical data inventory; Meteorological data inventory, southern California coastal zone; Geomorphology framework report for Monterey Bay; Hydraulic data inventory, southern California coastal zone; Hydrologic data inventory; Socioeconomic data summary,...
Topics: DTIC Archive, ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT LOS ANGELES CA COASTAL RESOURCES BRANCH, *COASTAL REGIONS,...
In this project we used data from the national hydrographic database in Taiwan to create climatological fields over the outer shelf and upper continental slope northeast of Taiwan. These fields have been used in helping to plan the field work for the DRI. In addition, Gawarkiewicz served as lead scientist for the DRI and organized and led three international workshops focused on planning the integrated international and multi-disciplinary field work in 2008 (pilot study) and 2009 (main...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Gawarkiewicz, G, WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MA, *CLIMATOLOGY, *WORKSHOPS,...
This genome-wide association of breast cancer includes over 3,000 African American women with invasive disease and over 3,000 age-matched African American controls from many existing case-control studies of breast cancer in the U.S. In the first year of this project all DNA samples from these studies were sent to Dr. Haiman's laboratory at the University of Southern California, quantitated and arrayed for genotyping. We have also assembled the covariate file that contains established breast...
Topics: DTIC Archive, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES, *BREAST CANCER, *AFRICAN AMERICANS,...
This report documents the purchase of a controlled environment furnace, designed for attachment to the MTS and Instron tensile testing machines used by the researchers of the Materials Technology Center at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. After investigating proper sources for the equipment, a purchase requisition was processed on December 7, 1987 through university procedures and Board of Trustees approval.
Topics: DTIC Archive, Wright, Maurice A, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIV AT CARBONDALE MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY CENTER,...
Forces available to a unified commander may not be as readily available in the future. Therefore, a significant importance attaches itself to the selection of forces that he desires to utilize in order to maintain stability in his region. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the alternatives available for this mission in light of their capabilities and other issues. The scope of the paper is limited to analyzing general background information, then focusing on a specific theater--CINCEUR's...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Weisberg, Neal W, NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI DEPT OF OPERATIONS, *NAVY, *DEPLOYMENT,...
Southern Africa is a region that is of major (not vital) interest to the United States. It is a region dominated by South Africa, possessing vast mineral resources and torn by armed conflict. This paper outlines a proposed US national security policy for Southern Africa with emphasis upon detailed policy recommendations for dealing with South Africa, Angola, Mozambique and Namibia. Removing the South African system of 'apartheid' is a key element in solving not only the problems in South...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Stein,Paul E, AIR WAR COLL MAXWELL AFB AL, *FOREIGN POLICY, *SUBSAHARAN AFRICA,...
This report details the results of a data search on the hydrology of the coastal watersheds between Ragged Point, San Luis Obispo County and the U.S. - Mexican Border. Included in this report are general hydrological descriptions of the drainage areas, in order to provide background information. These sections are followed by detailed accounts of the sources of hydrologic data which are available. Data of interest include streamflow history at the shoreline of streams and stream groups,...
Topics: DTIC Archive, ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT LOS ANGELES CA COASTAL RESOURCES BRANCH, *WATER FLOW,...
This report outlines the antiviral evaluations for thirty-five (35) ICBG plant extracts For Walter Reed Army Institute of Research by Southern Research Institute. The thirty-five (35) plant extracts were received in vials containing 20 mg of dried powder. The extracts were solubilized in DM50 at 40 mg/mL and stored at -200C until assay. No abnormal occurrences were noted upon solvation.
Topics: DTIC Archive, Turpin, James A, SOUTHERN RESEARCH INST BIRMINGHAM AL, *IN VITRO ANALYSIS, *ANTIVIRAL...
Ocean Measurements: Development of new instrumentation and fixed and moving submarine measurement platforms for such instrumentation, data retrieval, and data analysis.
Topics: DTIC Archive, Hine, A. C., UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA ST PETERSBURG MARINE SCIENCE INST,...
A review of the current drug activity in Chile is made focusing on consumption, legal framework and law enforcing institutions responsible for counter drug activity. The possible role of the Chilean Armed Forces is discussed. The future of Chile as a potential principal country for drug trafficking is reviewed. Possible cooperative activity between the US and Chile on drug issues is considered. (js)
Topics: DTIC Archive, Swett, Jorge, NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI CENTER FOR NAVAL WARFARE STUDIES, *NARCOTICS,...
Louisiana's coastal marshes were, still are and will continue to be a place to fish, hunt ducks, and harvest furs and oysters. Early on, those attributes defined the life styles of some (Ensminger, 1989; Davis 1993b) and are the foundation of the culture for others (Davis 1993b). Those same marshes are where a network of man-made waterways was created during the first half of this century to facilitate navigation-related economic enterprises and where oil and gas exploration and extraction...
Topics: DTIC Archive, ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT NEW ORLEANS LA, *COASTAL REGIONS, *RESOURCE MANAGEMENT,...
Sudan, geographically the largest country in Africa, has been ravaged by civil war intermittently for four decades An estimated 2 million people have died over the past two decades due to war-related causes and famine, and millions have been displaced from their homes The relief operation in southern Sudan is being coordinated by Operation Lifeline Sudan (OLS), established in 1989 in response to the 1988 humanitarian crisis in which over 200,000 people died of starvation The OLS, a consortium...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Dagne, Ted, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE,...
This report describes the results of 2.5 years of study of factors regulating populations of Mansonia dyari, a pest mosquito and potential disease vector in south Florida. Sites of high and low M. dyari density were selected and through regular sampling compared in particular characteristics which included: abundances of all mosquito life stages, seasonal growth of the host plant Pistia stratiotes, water quality, and associated invertebrate fauna.
Topics: DTIC Archive, Lounibos, Leon P, FLORIDA MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY LAB VERO BEACH, *CULICIDAE, DISEASES,...
In this report, we detail the development of a new regional 3-D tomographic P-wave velocity model (WINPAK3D) of a region in Southern Asia centered on Pakistan. Our primary goal in developing a 3-0 model of the crust and upper mantle in this region is to improve regional seismic event location. A detailed initial Pn model was iteratively refined using a nonlinear, conjugate-gradients technique that adjusts the velocity model of model to minimize the misfit between calculated and observed travel...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Reiter, Delaine, WESTON GEOPHYSICAL LEXINGTON MA, *PAKISTAN, *EARTH CRUST, *EARTH...
The American military tends to disregard deception as a tool of war although it is a proven force multiplier and has helped to win many battles. Deception provides the means to 'get into the enemy's decision cycle' by forcing the adversary to take actions prejudicial to his operational timetable. This paper examines the contribution of deception to military operations at the operational level of war by focusing on deception in support of the campaigns in the Mediterranean during 1943 and 1944:...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Browne, Joseph E., ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA, *MILITARY OPERATIONS,...
The purpose of this report is to compile an inventory of the aerial photography, ground photos and beach profile data long the Coast of California that are available in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District (LAD; also includes other Federal, State, and local governmental agencies). These photographs and beach profiles were compiled to document dimensions and beach characteristics, historic shoreline changes, effects of storms and structures on the beach, and any significant...
Topics: DTIC Archive, ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT LOS ANGELES CA COASTAL RESOURCES BRANCH, *AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS,...
This profile report covers the lower Colorado River system from Davis Dam in southern Nevada to the border of Mexico. It is a synthesis of all existing information, to the extent possible, describing the ecology of the lower Colorado River and its adjacent riparian ecosystem. In a sense, it is a historical as well as an ecological document. The report is designed to provide the reader with easy access to information on a variety of subjects related to the hydrology and ecology of the river over...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Ohmart, Robert D., ARIZONA STATE UNIV TEMPE CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES,...
This document presents an investigation of the manifestation of north south asymmetry of solar activity in geomagnetic effects using a series of M index values.
Topics: DTIC Archive, Petrova,N N, NAVAL OCEAN SYSTEMS CENTER SAN DIEGO CA, *SOLAR ACTIVITY, *SUNSPOTS,...
Locating utilities on the surface at the United States' Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station causes many maintenance problems unique to that environment. The extreme low temperatures, drifting snow, and long, dark winters all restrict easy access to these critical components for most of the year. To avoid these problems, a tunneling system to drive tunnels in the dense, hard firn at the South Pole was designed and built for the National Science Foundation, Office of Polar Programs. From 1996...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Walsh, Michael R, COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH, *POLAR...
Particle-induced x-ray emission (PIXE) has been investigated as a technique for studying prehistoric stone tools collected from sites in southern Maryland by archeologists at the Maryland Historical Trust. Experimental apparatus, including a sample positioner, x-ray detector, x-ray filters, and electronics have been designed, assembled, or optimized for the project. Data analysis software has been obtained, installed, and modified as needed. The elemental compositions of 51 rhyolite tools have...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Kulp, William D , III, NAVAL ACADEMY ANNAPOLIS MD, *COMPUTER PROGRAMS, ELECTRONICS,...
The South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Initiative is a complex, long-term effort to restore the South Florida ecosystem, which includes the Everglades. Because water is key to restoring the ecosystem, one of the initiative's major goals is 'getting the water right'-or improving the quality, quantity, timing, and distribution of water in the ecosystem. The primary means of achieving this goal is through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (the Plan)....
Topics: DTIC Archive, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC RESOURCES COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT...
Extensive evaporation ducting measurements were conducted over a period of 1 year in the Southern California offshore area and for 2 weeks between Key West and the Marquesas Keys. The purpose of the measurements was to provide data for model validations and to determine if existing climatologies could be used for estimating the probability of occurrence for evaporation ducting conditions.
Topics: DTIC Archive, Richter, J H, NAVAL OCEAN SYSTEMS CENTER SAN DIEGO CA, *DUCTS, MEASUREMENT,...
A review and synthesis of existing information were used to develop habitat models for southern and gulf flounders (Paralichthys lethostigma, p. albigutta). The models are scaled to produce an index of habitat suitability between 0 (unsuitable) and 1.0 (optimally suitable) for southern and gulf flounder habitat in the Gulf of Mexico from Florida to Texas. Habitat suitability indices are designed for use with the habitat evaluation procedures previously developed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Enge, Kevin M., FLORIDA COOPERATIVE FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH UNIT GAINESVILLE,...
Dermacentor (Indocentor) taiwanensis of Taiwan and southern islands of Japan, where it parasitizes chiefly the Wild Pig, is redescribed and illustrated form study of 230 adult specimens and comparative study of more than 18,000 specimens constituting the Oriental subgenus Indocentor. This distinctive species is easily recognized by the short, closely spaced coxa I spurs that are joined anteriorly in each sex; 3-5 spurs on male coxa IV; female external genitalia moderately large, broadly...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Wassef, Hilda Y, NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH UNIT NO 3 FPO NEW YORK 09527, *TICKS,...
The Experiment on Rapidly Intensifying Cyclones over the Atlantic (ERICA) field study is designed to determine physical mechanisms and processes, and their critical spatial and temporal combinations, which can account for the wintertime phenomenon of explosively-developing over-ocean atmospheric storms. The core field experiment will be supplemented by the substantial participation of many other agencies and universities from the United States and Canada. Data will be obtained over the North...
Topics: DTIC Archive, BATTELLE MEMORIAL INST COLUMBUS OH, *SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION, AIRCRAFT, CORES, PHYSICAL...
This study examines the changing demographics and its affect on the influence of the South on attitudes supportive of violence. The South has maintained a high level of violence compared to other regions of the country. Research has uncovered a myriad of correlates, predictors, and/or causal factors that explain high rates of violence in the South. To date, the consensus theory that explains this phenomenon is the subculture of violence theory. Previous research established the basis of a...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Bodine, James G, AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSONAFB OH, *CONFLICT, *CRIMES,...
This dissertation contributes to the search for a cause of glacial/interglacial variations in atmospheric carbon dioxide. The hypotheses addressed involve changes in low and high-latitude biological export production. A modelling exercise demonstrates that the paleoceanographic record of calcite preservation places constraints on hypothesized changes in low latitude biological production. The model results indicate that large, production-driven changes in the depth of the calcite saturation...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Sigman, Daniel M., WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MA, *NITROGEN, *ISOTOPES,...
This report describes the results of a cultural resource survey of six parcels of land proposed for development as dry detention basins in the Cahokia Canal area of Madison County, Illinois. The study was conducted by Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville under the auspices of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District. The study area consisted of ca. 2,005 acres situated in the eastern American Bottoms and adjacent uplands. The field investigation was conducted in...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Wells, Christy L, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIV AT EDWARDSVILLE DEPT OF ANTHROPOLOGY,...
Ovitrapping to monitor container-breeding Aedes is conducted at numerous USAF installations in the eastern, midwestern, and southern United States. During 1989, 2,864 ovipaddles from 36 U.S. Air Force installations, Ft. Sam Houston, TX, and the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District, TX, were submitted to the Epidemiology Div. USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks, AFB, TX, for processing. Eleven installations were positive for Aedes albopictus. The collection of Aedes albopictus at...
Topics: DTIC Archive, McHugh, Chad P, SCHOOL OF AEROSPACE MEDICINE BROOKS AFB TX, *AEDES, AIR FORCE...
The northern and southern Japan Sea are hydrographically and biologically distinct with% the southern portion being more tropical/oligotrophic and the northern portion being more boreal/eutrophic. The plankton of the Japan Sea remains poorly understood particularly with regard to high-resolution description of the distribution of plankton taxa and environmental conditions. We described the taxonomic and size composition of the zooplankton community and associated hydrography of the JES during...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Ashjian, Carin, WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MA, *GEOGRAPHIC AREAS,...
Immunoperoxidase procedures using the ABC and/or PAP methods have been completely developed for CCHF (KFD, RSSE) and Oropouche viruses, and partially developed for tularemia. Extensive support was provided for continuation fo the work accomplished in previous years especially Ebolavirus in the only known outbreak in the United States, and in the dengue outbreak which occurred in Venezuela in late 1989 and early 1990. As a result of the latter, PAHO has requested that USAMRIID develop a workship...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Hall, William C, PATHOLOGY ASSOCIATES INC FREDERICK MD, *IMMUNOLOGY, *VIRUSES,...
These proceedings are those of a symposium held on 25 September 1986 at the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., to commemorate and celebrate the establishment, in 1946, of the U.S. Join Services Electronics Program (JSEP). In that year, forward-looking scientists and administration leaders at universities that had been engaged in wartime-related research, and military service agencies of the federal government, established JSEP for the purpose of carrying on university-type research...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Robb, David, BATTELLE COLUMBUS LABS RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK NC, *ELECTRONICS,...
This study explores the background to the current conflict in the Southern Sudan which results from accumulated historical, political, social, cultural, and administrative factors. The author traces these factors by examining the geography, peoples, and ethnic groups in the region; the origin of the political structure in Southern Sudan; the Mutiny of 1955 and the Addis Ababa Agreement of 1972; the origin of the Second (current) Civil War; and the impact and effects of that war. The study...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Al-Abbas, Mohammed, ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA, *WARFARE, CORES, MANAGEMENT,...
audit report is one of a series of reports addressing controls over cash, contract management, and grant management for the Coalition Provisional Authority South-Central Region. This audit report discusses the deficiencies in the Coalition Provisional Authority South-Central Region s process for managing 11 contracts, 4 grants, and 1 grant modification awarded for more than $7.3 million establish and operate the Babylon Police Academy (the Academy).
Topics: DTIC Archive, SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION ARLINGTON VA, *IRAQ, *GRANTS,...
Enclosed are the results of analysis of two water samples from Tooele Army Depot. The samples were received January 18,1986. Table 1 contains the results for the samples as well as the method blank and three control spikes analyzed with the lot. Table 2 contains data that will be needed to enter the results into USATHAMA data management system. All parameters analyzed for Tooele and Lake City are listed in Table 2, so some parameters may be listed that were not required on your samples. I have...
Topics: DTIC Archive, EA ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INC SPARKS MD, *ARMY FACILITIES, *HAZARDOUS...
Few epidemiologic studies to date have addressed the hypothesis that Vitamin D reduces breast cancer risk. We analyzed interview data obtained from a cohort of white women aged 25-74 years who participated in the first National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES I) from 1971 to 1975 and were followed until 1987. We performed Cox proportional hazards analysis to assess the relationship between sunlight exposure, dietary vitamin D intake, and supplement use and breast cancer risk....
Topics: DTIC Archive, Kelsey, Jennifer L., STANFORD UNIV CA, *EXPOSURE(PHYSIOLOGY), *DIET, *VITAMIN D,...
The Government of Nigeria's corruption and failure to address its people's grievances combined with a wave of Islamic extremism is fueling the rise of an insurgency called Boko Haram. Boko Haram's efforts have been steadily increasing in scale, although the majority of its actions are in Northeastern Nigeria. This paper takes a Red Team approach to developing a campaign plan for Boko Haram. The paper proposes three lines of effort that would give Boko Haram the ability to achieve its objective...
Topics: DTIC Archive, NAVAL WAR COLLEGE NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT, *GOVERNMENT(FOREIGN),...
Since the end of the Korean War, the Korean question has been a difficult global issue in the context of a complicated regional balance of power. Soviet-North Korean military ties have increased, and the North-South Korean military imbalance continues. The current security environment of the Korean peninsula is key to the preservation of peace and stability in Northeast Asia. This report has three major purposes. First, to describe and examine the current security environment on the Korean...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Kim, Pyung H, AIR WAR COLL MAXWELL AFB AL, *SECURITY, *KOREA, *PENINSULAS, UNITED...
The current-voltage relation within narrow auroral current sheets is examined through the use of high-resolution data from the high altitude Dynamics Explorer 1 satellite. The north-south perpendicular electric field and the east-west magnetic field are shown for three cases in which there are large amplitude, oppositely directed paired electric fields and narrow current sheets. These data are shown to indicate that there is a linear 'Ohm's law' relationship between the current density and the...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Weimer,D R, IOWA UNIV IOWA CITY DEPT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY, *IONOSPHERE, *AURORAE,...
