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The Routledge History Of Terrorism. Edited By Randall D. Law. New York, N.Y.: Routledge, 2015, Mark J. Roberts Jan 2015

The Routledge History Of Terrorism. Edited By Randall D. Law. New York, N.Y.: Routledge, 2015, Mark J. Roberts

Journal of Strategic Security

No abstract provided.


Deterring And Dissuading Cyberterrorism, John J. Klein Jan 2015

Deterring And Dissuading Cyberterrorism, John J. Klein

Journal of Strategic Security

Cyberterrorism, while being written about since the early 2000s, is still not fully understood as a strategic concept and whether such actions can be deterred is hotly contested. Some strategists and policy makers believe that acts of cyberterrorism, especially by non-state actors, may prove to be undeterrable. Yet the leadership of both state and non-state actors tend to act rationally and function strategically, and therefore they can, in fact, be deterred to some degree. Helping to shape the legitimate options following a significant cyberattack, the Law of Armed Conflict has salient considerations for the deterrence of cyberterrorism, particularly the principles …


The Grand Strategy Of Nonstate Actors: Theory And Implications, Garrett Pierman Jan 2015

The Grand Strategy Of Nonstate Actors: Theory And Implications, Garrett Pierman

Journal of Strategic Security

This article addresses the Realist assumption that only actors that are states can be considered to have a strategic culture. The primary issue raised is the question of the ability of non-state actors to have a strategic culture. Al-Qaida is used as a theoretical case study. Ultimately this article rejects the idea of territoriality in strategic culture formulation and calls for academics and policymakers alike to adopt a broader conception of actors on the international, stage. This broader conception of actors would necessitate rich case studies to be done in the future in order to seek an understanding of the …


Looking At Levels Of Medicalization In The Institutional Narrative Of Substance Use Disorders In The Military, Chase Landes Mccain Jan 2015

Looking At Levels Of Medicalization In The Institutional Narrative Of Substance Use Disorders In The Military, Chase Landes Mccain

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this research is to examine the institutional narrative of substance use disorders (SUDs) in the U.S. military and the extent to which it reflects the medicalization process. Three general research questions guided my analysis of the narrative surrounding SUDs in the military: (1) How does the military characterize the problems and resolutions of SUDs? (2) How and to what extent does this narrative reflect medicalization? (3) What are the limitations inherent in the institutional narrative of SUDs in the military? In order to address these questions, I draw on three conceptual lenses: (1) The work of Loseke …


Using The Oldest Military Force For The Newest National Defense, Brian Claus, Robin A. Gandhi, Julia Rawnsley, John Crowe Jan 2015

Using The Oldest Military Force For The Newest National Defense, Brian Claus, Robin A. Gandhi, Julia Rawnsley, John Crowe

Journal of Strategic Security

The National Guard is establishing Cyber Mission Teams (CMT) that will fulfill a federal role to backfill active duty defending Department of Defense networks, but are also exploring how they could effectively fulfill state missions. The President, Council of Governors, and USCYBERCOM Commander have expressed concerns about U.S. critical infrastructure cyber network vulnerabilities and the increasing magnitude of threat our adversaries pose to those networks’ security. This article explores using this emerging National Guard capability in a state role for protection of critical infrastructure cyber networks. Most of the critical infrastructure is privately owned. Although current executive orders and policy …


The Influence Of U.S. Strategic Culture On Innovation And Adaptation In The U.S. Army, Hassan M. Kamara Jan 2015

The Influence Of U.S. Strategic Culture On Innovation And Adaptation In The U.S. Army, Hassan M. Kamara

Journal of Strategic Security

Culture is an abstract phenomenon that influences its environment. According to culture theorist Edgar Schein, “culture is an abstraction, yet the forces that are created in social and organizational situations that derive from culture are powerful. If we don’t understand the operation of these forces, we become victim to them.” As a subset of culture, the strategic culture of the United States requires study so we can understand its influences on innovation and adaptation in the U.S. Army, and try to manage those that adversely affect the insititution’s ongoing transformation. Using the American Interwar era (1919-1941) as a case—based on …


Isaf's Afghan Truck Drivers: The Overlooked Counterinsurgency Population, Myron Varouhakis, Mark Stewart Jan 2015

Isaf's Afghan Truck Drivers: The Overlooked Counterinsurgency Population, Myron Varouhakis, Mark Stewart

Journal of Strategic Security

A yearlong U.S. Army field study in Afghanistan examined the demographics and threat perceptions of one of the most-at-risk populations, that of Afghan truck drivers working for NATO’s International Security Assistance Force Afghanistan (ISAF). The study collected data from 766 Afghan truck drivers at the U.S.-operated Kandahar Airfield in ISAF’s Regional Command South. The findings show a wide diversity in age of the Afghan drivers as well as in terms of their home province. The findings also show that although all Afghan truck drivers had acute awareness and understanding of the high risks and dangers of the job, they all …


Computational Investigations Of Potential Energy Function Development For Metal-Organic Framework Simulations, Metal Carbenes, And Chemical Warfare Agents, Christian R. Cioce Jan 2015

Computational Investigations Of Potential Energy Function Development For Metal-Organic Framework Simulations, Metal Carbenes, And Chemical Warfare Agents, Christian R. Cioce

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are three-dimensional porous nanomaterials with a variety of applications, including catalysis, gas storage and separation, and sustainable energy. Their potential as air filtration systems is of interest for designer carbon capture materials. The chemical constituents (i.e. organic ligands) can be functionalized to create rationally designed CO2 sequestration platforms, for example. Hardware and software alike at the bleeding edge of supercomputing are utilized for designing first principles-based molecular models for the simulation of gas sorption in these frameworks. The classical potentials developed herein are named PHAST -- Potentials with High Accuracy, Speed, and Transferability, and thus are designed …


Post Protein Hydrolysis Removal Of A Potent Ribonuclease Inhibitor And The Enzymatic Capture Of Dna, Matt Ewert Dec 2014

Post Protein Hydrolysis Removal Of A Potent Ribonuclease Inhibitor And The Enzymatic Capture Of Dna, Matt Ewert

USF Patents

The present invention concerns compositions and methods of extracting infectious pathogens from a volume of blood. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of creating a fibrin aggregate confining the pathogens and introducing a fibrin lysis reagent to expose the pathogens for analysis. The present invention also concerns materials and methods for removing aurintricarboxylic acid (ATA) from a sample.


The Weekly Challenger, December 4, 2014, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al Dec 2014

The Weekly Challenger, December 4, 2014, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The December 4, 2014, issue of The Weekly Challenger.


El Papel De Las Cuevas En La Guerras De Los Antiguos Mayas, Alejandro Sheseña Dec 2014

El Papel De Las Cuevas En La Guerras De Los Antiguos Mayas, Alejandro Sheseña

KIP Articles

By studying archaeological and epigraphic sources, James Brady, Christopher Helmke and Pierre Colas have found that, among the Late Classic Maya, in contexts of war, caves of one's enemies could act as valued targets for destruction due to the great politico-religious significance they possessed. This is, in short, a very important contribution to the issue of the war between the ancient Maya. However, a modern conflict occurred between two indigenous communities in Mexico, which involved features of the natural landscape, suggests that the issue of the role of caves in the Classic warfare was much more complex. Whereas some aspects …


The Effects Of Collaborative Critical Thinking Training On Trust Development And Effectiveness In Virtual Teams, Mark Grichanik Nov 2014

The Effects Of Collaborative Critical Thinking Training On Trust Development And Effectiveness In Virtual Teams, Mark Grichanik

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Workers in modern teams that perform tasks over computer-mediated communication channels encounter challenges in building trust and performing effectively. Finding interventions to mitigate such losses could improve team performance. Collaborative critical thinking (CCT) training has the potential to improve trust, monitoring, and effectiveness in virtual teams. Using a simulated search-and-rescue task, the effects of CCT training, as compared with a control training, were evaluated in 105 three-member teams. No effects of CCT training were found on team positive or negative monitoring, team cognitive or affective trust, team efficacy, or team viability. However, teams trained in CCT reported consistently higher levels …


Miniature Ion Optics Towards A Micro Mass Spectrometer, Ashish Chaudhary Nov 2014

Miniature Ion Optics Towards A Micro Mass Spectrometer, Ashish Chaudhary

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This PhD dissertation reports the development of miniature ion optics components of a mass spectrometer (MS) with the ultimate goal to lay the foundation for a compact low-power micromachined MS (µMS) for broad-range chemical analysis. Miniaturization of two specific components a) RF ion traps and b) an ion funnel have been investigated and miniature low-power versions of these components have been developed and demonstrated successfully in lab experiments. Power savings, simpler electronics and packaging schemes required to operate the micro-scale RF cylindrical ion traps have been the key motivation driving this research. Microfabricated cylindrical ion traps (µCITs) and arrays in …


Nature, Science, And Religion: Intersections Shaping Society And The Environment, James D. Proctor Oct 2014

Nature, Science, And Religion: Intersections Shaping Society And The Environment, James D. Proctor

Journal of Ecological Anthropology

No abstract provided.


The Direction Of War: Contemporary Strategy In Historical Perspective. By Hew Strachan. New York, N.Y: Cambridge University Press, 2013., Mark Roberts Oct 2014

The Direction Of War: Contemporary Strategy In Historical Perspective. By Hew Strachan. New York, N.Y: Cambridge University Press, 2013., Mark Roberts

Journal of Strategic Security

No abstract provided.


Table Of Contents Oct 2014

Table Of Contents

Journal of Strategic Security

No abstract provided.


Crow's Nest, September 1, 2014, Crow's Nest Staff Sep 2014

Crow's Nest, September 1, 2014, Crow's Nest Staff

Crow's Nest

The September 1, 2014, issue of the Crow's Nest.


Post Protein Hydrolysis Removal Of A Potent Ribonuclease Inhibitor And The Enzymatic Capture Of Dna, Matt Ewert, Philip Amuso, Andrew Cannons Aug 2014

Post Protein Hydrolysis Removal Of A Potent Ribonuclease Inhibitor And The Enzymatic Capture Of Dna, Matt Ewert, Philip Amuso, Andrew Cannons

USF Patents

The present invention concerns compositions and methods of extracting infectious pathogens from a volume of blood. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of creating a fibrin aggregate confining the pathogens and introducing a fibrin lysis reagent to expose the pathogens for analysis. The present invention also concerns materials and methods for removing aurintricarboxylic acid (ATA) from a sample.


The Weekly Challenger, August 14, 2014, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al Aug 2014

The Weekly Challenger, August 14, 2014, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The August 14, 2014, issue of The Weekly Challenger.


Method Of Manufacturing High Frequency Thickness Shear Mode Gas And Organic Vapor Sensors, Venkat R. Bhethanabotla, Randolph D. Williams Aug 2014

Method Of Manufacturing High Frequency Thickness Shear Mode Gas And Organic Vapor Sensors, Venkat R. Bhethanabotla, Randolph D. Williams

USF Patents

A method of fabricating a thickness shear mode (TSM) gas and organic vapor sensor having a visco-elastic polymer coating and a fundamental frequency greater than 20 MHz. The method begins by providing a piezoelectric crystal and milling a central region of the crystal. Milling the crystal creates a central oscillating region of reduced thickness surrounded by a thicker outer region. Two electrodes are then deposited in the oscillating region of the crystal—one on each side of the crystal. The oscillating region on both sides of the crystal and the electrodes are then coated with a polymer coating.


The Weekly Challenger, July 24, 2014, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al Jul 2014

The Weekly Challenger, July 24, 2014, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The July 24, 2014, issue of The Weekly Challenger.


Post Protein Hydrolysis Removal Of A Potent Ribonuclease Inhibitor And The Enzymatic Capture Of Dna, Matt Ewert, Philip Amuso, Andrew Cannons Jul 2014

Post Protein Hydrolysis Removal Of A Potent Ribonuclease Inhibitor And The Enzymatic Capture Of Dna, Matt Ewert, Philip Amuso, Andrew Cannons

USF Patents

The present invention concerns compositions and methods of extracting infectious pathogens from a volume of blood. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of creating a fibrin aggregate confining the pathogens and introducing a fibrin lysis reagent to expose the pathogens for analysis. The present invention also concerns materials and methods for removing aurintricarboxylic acid (ATA) from a sample.


The Weekly Challenger, July 17, 2014, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al Jul 2014

The Weekly Challenger, July 17, 2014, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The July 17, 2014, issue of The Weekly Challenger.


Can Anyone With Low Income Be Food Secure?: Mitigating Food Insecurity Among Low Income Households With Children In The Tampa Bay Area, Edgar Allan Amador Jul 2014

Can Anyone With Low Income Be Food Secure?: Mitigating Food Insecurity Among Low Income Households With Children In The Tampa Bay Area, Edgar Allan Amador

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In the US over the last few years, approximately 14.5% of households experience food insecurity at some point throughout the year. While studies on food insecurity in the US have determined that household income and specifically income available to spend on food is of critical importance to food security, it is still unclear why some households with low income are able to maintain food security while others experience food insecurity in a pattern characterized as not constant but recurrent. This dissertation compares households with children at different levels of food security and insecurity using the USDA Core Food Security Module …


Global Sof And Interagency Collaboration, Christopher Lamb Jul 2014

Global Sof And Interagency Collaboration, Christopher Lamb

Journal of Strategic Security

The United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has emphasized the importance of international SOF collaboration, or what USSOCOM refers to as a “global SOF network.” It is difficult to achieve requisite levels of collaboration even among departments and agencies within a single country, much less on an international basis. Yet USSOCOM has been rightly praised for its trailblazing collaboration efforts in counterterrorism operations, so perhaps it can extend successful collaboration to its “global SOF network.” This article argues collaboration lessons from the past decade of counterterrorism operations can be used to facilitate better international SOF collaboration. Even if the lessons …


Table Of Contents Jul 2014

Table Of Contents

Journal of Strategic Security

No abstract provided.


Forces Of Habit: Global Sof's Role In Countering Illicit Drug Trafficking, Paul Rexton Kan Jul 2014

Forces Of Habit: Global Sof's Role In Countering Illicit Drug Trafficking, Paul Rexton Kan

Journal of Strategic Security

Illicit drug trafficking is a prominent national security issue in a globalizing world. Drug trafficking intersects with major security issues such as rogue and narco-states, weak and failing states, insurgencies and terrorism, transnational organized crime and protracted intrastate conflicts. These are the same issues that sets the operational environment for the deployment of SOF. Rather than treating drug trafficking as a singular and separate security issue, global SOF counternarcotics operations must adapt previous approaches to new realities.


Redefining The Indirect Approach, Defining Special Operations Forces (Sof) Power, And The Global Networking Of Sof, Scott Morrison Jul 2014

Redefining The Indirect Approach, Defining Special Operations Forces (Sof) Power, And The Global Networking Of Sof, Scott Morrison

Journal of Strategic Security

The current Defense Strategy assigns Special Operations Forces (SOF) to play a central role in countering terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, and irregular warfare. However, there has been little published that defines the role of Special Operations alongside air, land, and sea domains. The U.S. Special Operations Community struggles to define its own theoretical concepts such as direct approach and indirect approach. The U.S. SOF circles typically define direct approach with direct action and the indirect approach with foreign internal defense or security force assistance. Military theorist Liddell Hart viewed the indirect approach as a method to orient upon, target, …


The Global Sof Network: Posturing Special Operations Forces To Ensure Global Security In The 21st Century, Keenan D. Yoho, Tess Deblanc-Knowles, Randy Borum Jul 2014

The Global Sof Network: Posturing Special Operations Forces To Ensure Global Security In The 21st Century, Keenan D. Yoho, Tess Deblanc-Knowles, Randy Borum

Journal of Strategic Security

Globalization’s “interconnecting” effects have blended with an ethos of instability to create an extraordinarily complex global security environment. Though the number of armed conflicts worldwide has declined since the early 1990s, the character of those conflicts has evolved in some troubling ways. Conventional inter-state wars are less common, but they have been displaced by a proliferation of smaller scale, asymmetric, diffuse and episodic struggles: What Trinquier calls “subversive warfare or revolutionary warfare.” The participants in these conflicts are not limited to national military forces, but include a range of non-state actors, including militias, ethnic groups, illicit transnational networks, informal paramilitary …


Enabling Local Solutions To Global Problems: The Role Of Cultural Intelligence In Building Global Sof Networks, Emily Spencer Jul 2014

Enabling Local Solutions To Global Problems: The Role Of Cultural Intelligence In Building Global Sof Networks, Emily Spencer

Journal of Strategic Security

In order to provide regional solutions to potentially world-wide problems, global special operations forces (SOF) networks maximize the benefits of SOF, in particular, their aptitude and ability to perform in a culturally intelligent manner. Indeed, to be able to facilitate regional solutions to potentially global problems, SOF need to exhibit high levels of cultural intelligence, which requires an understanding of culture combined with an ability to apply strategic thinking. By being able to address issues critically and creatively – the hallmarks of strategic thinking – while understanding and behaving appropriately in a variety of cultural contexts, SOF, acting within global …