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Trustworthy Computing Needs, Ann K. Miller

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The very label "critical infrastructure" implies that such systems are important. They are. Within the US alone, there are approximately 28,600 networked Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) institutions, 2 million miles of oil/gas pipelines, 2,800 power plants with 300,000 production sites, 104 nuclear power plants, 80,000 dams, 60,000 chemical plants, 87,000 food processing plants, and 1,600 water treatment plants. And, this is just part of our national infrastructure. Add to this telecommunications and other "everyday" utilities and the scope is enormous. Most of these systems, alone, would qualify as a network-centric system; that is, a system of systems (SoS) whose …

Soundings 2006-09-01 (V.18 No.24), N/A N/A

Soundings

No abstract provided.

Industrializing American Shipbuilding: The Transformation Of Ship Design And Construction, 1820-1920, William H. Roberts

Civil War Book Review

The Evolution of Shipbuilding

America Becomes a Naval Force

Manifest Manhood And The Antebellum American Empire, Elizabeth D. Leonard

Civil War Book Review

Imperialism and Gender

The Roots of War

Overcoming The S&T Assessment Uncertainty Principle: An Approach To Enterprise-Wide Assessment Of The Dod S&T Program, Timothy Coffey, Elihu Zimet, Fred E. Saalfeld, Timothy Lo

Defense and Technology Papers

This study examines why the sum of all the reviews of the relevance, viability, and productivity of the S&T program of the DoD does not constitute an assessment of the entire DoD S&T enterprise and examines the prospects for rectifying this situation.

Reformed Worship (Rw) 81 - Advent / Christmas (September 2006), Reformed Worship Editors

Reformed Worship Magazine

Features

The Nativity by Lauren Boersma and Mia Kornelis....4

Teaching the Faith, Expanding the Song....14

An Advent Journey by Michael Borgert, Martin Dam, Andrew De Gelder, and Ken Vanderhorst....20

The Longest Night by Drew Henry....22

Praise the Lord with Strings and Flute by Philip M. Hash....24

Sing a New Song by Lee Wood Ogé....28

Nations Will Come to Your Light by Naji Umran....29

A Service of Light....32

What's in a Name? by Bert Polman....33

All-Night Worship by Peter Rietsma....34

Hospitality Is Messy by Joyce Borger....38

Transitions by Michael Kesar....40

Departments …

John Tracy Ellis And The Figure Of The Catholic Intellectual, Brian Conniff

Journal of Catholic Education

Fifty years after John Tracy Ellis challenged the quality and character of Catholic intellectual life, much work remains to be done. This essay explores Ellis’s original assertions and places them in an overarching historical context that involves Flannery O’Connor and Thomas Merton.

Effects Of War Stressors And Life Events On Gulf War Veterans With Cfs Symptoms, Kieran K. Dhillon

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The present study examines the association of life stressors and the period when they occur, with the development of CFS symptoms in Gulf War veterans. From data collected from Gulf War Health Registry veterans, 113 met CFS criteria and 441 were controls. After hierarchical linear analysis, negative life stressors: wounded, traumatic war experience, frequent battle experiences, demotion, and unable to work within 2 years of returning from the Gulf predicted CFS symptoms; and positive life stressors of buying a house more than 2 years of returning was protective against CFS symptoms (all significant at p < .05). The findings are consistent with psycho social etiological hypotheses for CFS and are useful in developing programs for veterans returning from war.

北宋初年彈性戰略防禦的構建 : 以滿城會戰 (公元979)為例, Ruilong Ceng

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies (1999-2006)

No abstract provided.

Strategic Challenges For Counterinsurgency And The Global War On Terrorism, Williamson Murray Dr.

Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies

In March 2006, President George W. Bush signed a new National Security Strategy that he refers to as a “wartime national security strategy” and states that to follow the path the United States has chosen, we must “maintain and expand our national strength.” One way to do this is to study and propose solutions to the complex challenges the United States faces in the 21st century. At the U.S. Army War College, the students have embraced this challenge and spend a year developing their intellectual strength in areas that extend well beyond the familiar operational and tactical realm to which …

Strategic Challenges For Counterinsurgency And The Global War On Terrorism, Williamson Murray Dr.

Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies

In March 2006, President George W. Bush signed a new National Security Strategy that he refers to as a “wartime national security strategy” and states that to follow the path the United States has chosen, we must “maintain and expand our national strength.” One way to do this is to study and propose solutions to the complex challenges the United States faces in the 21st century. At the U.S. Army War College, the students have embraced this challenge and spend a year developing their intellectual strength in areas that extend well beyond the familiar operational and tactical realm to which …

The Scope Of Justice For Muslim Americans: Moral Exclusion In The Aftermath Of 9/11, Chris L.S. Coryn, Catherine Borshuk

The Qualitative Report

The Scope of Justice for Muslim Americans: Moral Exclusion in the Aftermath of 9/11.

Cadets’ Perceptions Of Gymnastics Instruction For Officer Development, Jeffrey D. Coelho, Lynn R. Fielitz

The Qualitative Report

The United States Military Academy has offered gymnastics instruction since 1838. Gymnastics continues to be an integral component of the physical education curriculum. The purpose of this study was to investigate cadets' perceptions of their experiences in a required gymnastics course using the critical incident technique. Students described experiences in the gymnastics class that they believed had a positive or negative influence on their development as cadets and future Army officers. Key elements of their responses were classified into 16 positively perceived and 11 negatively perceived categories. The top positive categories were confidence, encouragement, fear management, modeling, additional instruction, and …

Graph Theoretical Analysis Of Network Centric Operations Using Multi-Layer Models, Ann Wong-Jiru

Theses and Dissertations

As the Department of Defense continues its transformations to a network centric force, evaluating DoD's progression towards net-centricity remains a challenge. This research proposes to extend the Network Centric Operation Common Framework Version 2.0 (draft) with the metrics based in graph theory and, specifically addresses, among other metrics, the measurement of a net-centric force's mission effectiveness. The research incorporates the importance of understanding network topology for evaluating an environment for net-centricity and using network characteristics to help commanders assess the effects of network changes on mission effectiveness. The multi-layered model of Network Centric Operations and interlayer mapping are introduced to …

Three Component Velocity Measurements In The Tip Vortex Of A Micro-Air-Vehicle, Hong-Joon Park

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this research was to improve the MAV that will be used for battle damage assessment and reconnaissance or local surveillance through the experiments in AFIT wind tunnel. The experiments were performed to investigate the wing displacement and wing tip vortex interaction. To conduct the experiments, telescopic survey tool and tri-axial hot-wire anemometer was utilized. The results indicate that wing tip displacement of the flexible wing was approximately 8 times that of the rigid wing in an unstalled condition and data suggests that flexible wing has a denser core-distribution of velocity within the wing tip vortex and delays …

Military Inc.: Regulating And Protecting The "A-Team[S]" Of The Post-Modern Era, Matt Heibel

Pace International Law Review

No abstract provided.

Most Popular Downloads -- August 2006

Institutional Repository Information

This document lists the 150 (or so) most often downloaded documents from the UNL Digital Commons for the month of August 2006.

2006 September, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Press releases for September 2006.

Promoting Compliance Of Private Security And Military Companies With International Humanitarian Law, Benjamin Perrin

All Faculty Publications

Private security and military companies have become a ubiquitous part of modern armed conflict and post-conflict reconstruction. Their diverse clients include governments in the developed and developing world alike, non-state belligerents, international corporations, non-governmental organizations, the United Nations, and private individuals. The implications of this proliferation of private security and military companies for international humanitarian law and human rights are only beginning to be appreciated, as potential violations and misconduct by their employees have come to light in Iraq and Afghanistan. The author critically examines the theoretical risks posed by private military and security company activity with respect to violations …

G. Keith Richey: The Cold War Aerospace Technology History Project (Interview 2), Squire L. Brown, G. Keith Richey

Cold War Aerospace Technology Oral Histories (MS-431)

Squire Brown interviewed G. Keith Richey on August 31, 2006 for the Cold War Aerospace Technologies History Project. In the interview Dr. Richey discusses his role in the development of military technology during the Cold War. This is the second of two interviews with Dr. Richey.

Automatic Modulation Classification Of Communication Signals, Zaihe Yu

Dissertations

The automatic modulation recognition (AMR) plays an important role in various civilian and military applications. Most of the existing AMR algorithms assume that the input signal is only of analog modulation or is only of digital modulation. In blind environments, however, it is impossible to know in advance if the received communication signal is analogue modulated or digitally modulated. Furthermore, it is noted that the applications of the currently existing AMR algorithms designed for handling both analog and digital communication signals are rather restricted in practice. Motivated by this, an AMR algorithm that is able to discriminate between analog communication …

Arbiter, August 31, Students Of Boise State University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

08/31/2006 Obituary Records, Hawaii Obituaries

Obituaries

List of Obituaries for individuals who passed away on 08/31/2006. Scroll down to see the names and obituary description.

A Wireless Method For Monitoring Medication Compliance, Jeffrey Scott Jonas

Theses

There are many devices on the market to help remind patients to take their pills, but most require observation by a caregiver to assure medication compliance. This project demonstrates three modes to detect pill removal from a pillbox: a switch under the pills, a reflective type photointerrupter and a transmissive "electric eye" photosensor. Each mode exhibited blind spots or other failures to detect pill presence, but by combining modes with complementary characteristics, the accuracy of pill detection is greatly increased.

Two methods of caregiver notification are demonstrated: text messages transmitted via an attached cellular phone, or the status is collected …

Unmasking Extraordinary Renditions In The Context Of Counter-Terrorism, James M. Gallen

ExpressO

This Article will show that the term “extraordinary rendition” is of short legal history and that its conception perverts a number of basic international law principles. In doing so, it will be shown that this process is a method counter-productive to long terms goals in the War on Terrorism.

We can conclude therefore that both “rendition to justice” and “extraordinary rendition” bear little resemblance to the traditional use of the terms rendition or extradition - the recognised, legal methods of transferring a suspect of a criminal offence from one State to another.

[T]he protections of an extradition Treaty and the …

Playing Poker At The U.N., Paul Herman Brietzke

ExpressO

No abstract provided.

Crisis Bureaucracy: Homeland Security And The Political Design Of Legal Mandates, Mariano-Florentino Cuellar

ExpressO

Policymakers fight over bureaucratic structure because it helps shape the legal interpretations and regulatory decisions of agencies through which modern governments operate. In this article, we update positive political theories of bureaucratic structure to encompass two new issues with important implications for lawyers and political scientists: the implications of legislative responses to a crisis, and the uncertainty surrounding major bureaucratic reorganizations. The resulting perspective affords a better understanding of how agencies interpret their legal mandates and deploy their administrative discretion. We apply the theory to the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. Two principal questions surrounding this creation are …

The Daily Gamecock, Friday, August 25, 2006, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

August

No abstract provided.

The Bg News August 25, 2006, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. August 25, 2006. Volume 97-Issue 6.

The Expression Of Emotions, Hweawon Chung

Theses

Throughout history, humans have been interested in the relationship between the mind and emotion. I am interested in the way in which people transmit their unique feelings to others. These sculptures represent my perspective of this phenomenon. Often people will communicate with their faces instead of their voices. Facial expression is the way to convey one’s true sentiments. Through my work, I try to recreate the moment in which one’s inner thoughts are expressed. In my personal experience, the speaking of a foreign or non-native language often causes misunderstanding. To address this problem, I try to read the face of …