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To Walk The Earth In Safety 3rd Edition (Fy2001), Us Dos Pm/Wra
To Walk The Earth In Safety 3rd Edition (Fy2001), Us Dos Pm/Wra
Global CWD Repository
The United States first became involved in humanitarian demining in 1988 when it sent a team to assess the landmine situation in Afghanistan. Five years later, U.S. demining-related programs were underway in Afghanistan and seven other countries. By the end of 2001, we will have provided more than $500 million to 38 countries, as well as the Province of Kosovo and northwest Somalia, for various humanitarian demining efforts such as deminer training, mine awareness and mine clearance, as well as orthopedic assistance to, and socioeconomic reintegration programs for, landmine accident survivors and their families. Almost $100 million of this amount …
Aardvark Mark Iv Joint Services Flail Unit Capabilities Demonstration, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research And Development
Aardvark Mark Iv Joint Services Flail Unit Capabilities Demonstration, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research And Development
Global CWD Repository
The Aardvark Clear Mine, Limited (a private British company) of Scotland has been designing and producing a variety of mechanical minefield clearance machines for seventeen (17) years. The Mark IV Joint Services Flail Unit (MKIV, see picture 1 on the next page) has been in production since 1999, and it is the product of years of improvement to the Aardvark Flail System basic design. Improvements affect engine performance, flail depth, flail control, steering control, operator safety, operator comfort, navigation and maintenance. The steering control (dual steering) can be switched from the operator (in the left seat) to the operator (in …
Handheld Metal Detectors: Nicaraguan Field Test Report October 2001, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research And Development
Handheld Metal Detectors: Nicaraguan Field Test Report October 2001, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research And Development
Global CWD Repository
This final technical report details the results of a joint project between the United States Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict (OASD-SO/LIC), the US Army Communications and Electronics Command (CECOM) Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD), the Organization of American States (OAS) (Organizacion de los Estados Americanos [OEA]), the Assistance Mission for Mine Clearance in Central America (la MisiÛn de Asistencia para la RemociÛn de Minas en CentroamÈrica, [MARMINCA]), the Program for Demining in Central America (el Programa de Apoyo al Desminado de CentroamÈrica, [PADCA]), and the Inter-American-Defense Board (IADB) (Junta Interamericana …
Financial Education And Savings Outcomes In Individual Development Accounts, Margaret Clancy, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Mark Schreiner
Financial Education And Savings Outcomes In Individual Development Accounts, Margaret Clancy, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Mark Schreiner
Center for Social Development Research
This study is the first quantitative look at the effects of financial education on savings outcomes for the poor in Individual Development Accounts. The findings suggest that financial education has sizeable effects, and that courses need not be long to take advantage of them. Marketing and public-policy implications are noted.
Financial Education In A Children And Youth Savings Account Policy Demonstration: Issues And Options, Sondra G. Beverly, Margaret Clancy
Financial Education In A Children And Youth Savings Account Policy Demonstration: Issues And Options, Sondra G. Beverly, Margaret Clancy
Center for Social Development Research
Financial Education in a Children and Youth Savings Account Policy Demonstration: Issues and Options
Family Assets For Independence In Minnesota, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Mark Schreiner, Margaret Clancy, Michael Sherraden
Family Assets For Independence In Minnesota, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Mark Schreiner, Margaret Clancy, Michael Sherraden
Center for Social Development Research
Family Assets for Independence in Minnesota
Mental Health Parity: National And State Perspectives 2001: A Report To The Florida Legislature, Bruce Lubostsky Levin, Ardis Hanson, Richard D. Coe
Mental Health Parity: National And State Perspectives 2001: A Report To The Florida Legislature, Bruce Lubostsky Levin, Ardis Hanson, Richard D. Coe
Dean's Office Publications
The federal Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 requires insurers to offer the same benefits for mental disorders and substance abuse as they would for physical disorders, including any annual or lifetime limitations and restrictions placed upon such coverage. This report examines actuarial studies, the current state of parity legislation across the nation, cost of treatment issues, and the impact on Florida should parity legislation be passed.
Creating A Web Research Guide: Collaboration Between Liaisons, Faculty And Students, Tammy Sugarman, Constance Demetracopoulos
Creating A Web Research Guide: Collaboration Between Liaisons, Faculty And Students, Tammy Sugarman, Constance Demetracopoulos
University Library Faculty Publications
This article discusses the efforts of two liaison librarians at William Russell Pullen Library, Georgia State University, to build a long-term, sustainable partnership among teaching faculty, graduate students, and librarians in the development and maintenance of a Web-based research guide for world history. The projects' goals are: to provide access to the resources available at Pullen Library; to serve as a gateway to resources available on the Internet; and to showcase student contributions, including bibliographies and annotations of Web sites. The project is an organic endeavor, with the Web site's organization open to periodic review and modification. Continuous discussions and …
You Are The Rats: Action Research, Academic Forums And The Reflective Practice Of Professional Bricoleurs, Andrew J. Sense, Richard Badham
You Are The Rats: Action Research, Academic Forums And The Reflective Practice Of Professional Bricoleurs, Andrew J. Sense, Richard Badham
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
"I saw the University as helping us to reflect on what we are doing- they are the expert reflectors. This is particularly what I saw as X's role. Sometimes his inteIjections go above their heads, and his nine words or less, statements need to have some explanation, and I should feed this back to him. I also see the University as playing a visionary role, helping to show us new things, about what is possible. I don't see the University as helping to pull the team together - that is when it gets confusing. They are observing us, they are …
Non-Social Play As A Risk Factor In Social And Emotional Development, Charissa S. L. Cheah, Larry J. Nelson, Kenneth H. Rubin
Non-Social Play As A Risk Factor In Social And Emotional Development, Charissa S. L. Cheah, Larry J. Nelson, Kenneth H. Rubin
Faculty Publications
Children spend much of their youthful energy engaged in play. Indeed, play, in its various forms, represents a serious business – not only for the active participations, but also for students of the phenomenon. To many researchers, play is viewed as a generative fore in children's social, emotional, and cognitive development (see Rubin, Fein, & Vandenberg, 1983; Saracho & Spodek, 1998; Fromberg & Bergen, 1998). The extent to which children engage in play with others is of added developmental significance. In light of the complexity and developmental significance of children's play and especially play with peers, it seems important to …
Thinking About Your Thesis?, Erika Simpson
Thinking About Your Thesis?, Erika Simpson
Political Science Publications
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