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This study is comprised of three trials, referred to as the Assessment of Chiropractic Treatment (ACT). The most significant work during the last reporting period has occurred in the first study, referred to as ACT 1 which is a ra...
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This study is comprised of three trials, referred to as the Assessment of Chiropractic Treatment (ACT). The most significant work during the last reporting period has occurred in the first study, referred to as ACT 1 which is a randomized controlled trial of chiropractic for low back pain with a nested smoking cessation component in active duty military personnel. During this reporting period ACT 1 met 46% of its recruiting target. For the second study, referred to as ACT 2 which is a randomized controlled trial of response and reaction times in Special Operations Forces, the pilot feasibility testing in civilian population has been completed and a study redesign has passed through IRB approvals after redesign to include a waitlist control group. For the third study, referred to as ACT 3 which is a randomized controlled trial of strength, balance, and re-injury comparing standard care with standard care plus chiropractic treatment, final IRB approvals have been received and this study is going into pilot testing phase after a redesign which removed the sham treatment.
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This report documents the findings of SHRP 2 Project C16, Effect of Smart Growth Policies on Travel Demand. The project will help practitioners in two ways to understand how smart growth impacts travel: first, through a synthesis ...
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This report documents the findings of SHRP 2 Project C16, Effect of Smart Growth Policies on Travel Demand. The project will help practitioners in two ways to understand how smart growth impacts travel: first, through a synthesis of research, and second, through a user-friendly software tool that can be used to evaluate the impact of smart growth policies on regional travel demand. The software application offers a reliable tool that transportation and land use planners can apply to better understand how smart growth strategies can influence travel demand in their regions by capturing time-of-day effects. This capability can differentiate between smart growth benefits on both peak and nonpeak travel.
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This study is comprised of three trials, referred to as the Assessment of Chiropractic Treatment (or ACT). The most significant work during the last reporting period has occurred in the ACT 1 (RCT which is chiropractic for low bac...
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This study is comprised of three trials, referred to as the Assessment of Chiropractic Treatment (or ACT). The most significant work during the last reporting period has occurred in the ACT 1 (RCT which is chiropractic for low back pain and smoking cessations) as follows by site. During this reporting period, the most significant research activities were that ACT was initiated in the field as follows: ACT 1 RCT of chiropractic for low back pain in active duty with smoking cessation component is in recruitment phase as follows: Naval Hospital in Pensacola, FL: 38 Allocated (3 enrolled into the Tobacco Cessation nested study) Naval Medical Center in San Diego, CA: 25 Allocated (3 enrolled into the Tobacco Cessation nested study) Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD: Anticipated start date - 11 Mar 2013.
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This research report addresses bull trout Salvelinus confluentus and Redband trout Oncorhynchus mykiss redd surveys, population monitoring, trout distribution, and abundance surveys in the Kootenai River drainage of Idaho. The bul...
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This research report addresses bull trout Salvelinus confluentus and Redband trout Oncorhynchus mykiss redd surveys, population monitoring, trout distribution, and abundance surveys in the Kootenai River drainage of Idaho. The bull trout is one of several sport fish native to the Kootenai River, Idaho that no longer supports a fishery. Because bull trout are listed under the Endangered Species Act, population data will be vital to monitoring status relative to recovery goals. Thirty-three bull trout redds were found in North and South Callahan creeks and Boulder Creek in 2007. This is a decrease from 2006 and 2005 and less than the high count in 2003. However, because redd numbers have only been monitored since 2002, the data series is too short to determine bull trout population trends based on redd counts. Redband trout still provide an important Kootenai River sport fishery, but densities are low, at least partly due to limited recruitment. The redband trout proportional stock density (PSD) in 2007 increased from 2006 for a second year after a two-year decline in 2004 and 2005. This may indicate increased recruitment to or survival in the 201-305 mm length group due to the minimum 406 mm (16 inches) length limit initiated in 2002. We conducted 13 redd surveys and counted 44 redband trout redds from May 7 to June 3, 2007 in a 3.8 km survey reach on Twentymile Creek. We surveyed streams in the Kootenai River valley to look for barriers to trout migration. Man-made barriers, for at least part of the year, were found on Caboose, Debt, Fisher, and Twenty Mile creeks. Removing these barriers would increase spawning and rearing habitat for trout and help to restore trout fisheries in the Kootenai River.
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There is an ongoing threat of radio-controlled improvised explosive devices (RCIED) being used against coalition troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, and countering these devices is a top priority for the Department of Defense. The Joi...
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There is an ongoing threat of radio-controlled improvised explosive devices (RCIED) being used against coalition troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, and countering these devices is a top priority for the Department of Defense. The Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) initiated the Counter RCIED Electronic Warfare (CREW) program for this purpose. Builder CREW Modeling and Simulation Tool (CMAST), a modification of the Interactive Scenario Builder software program developed by the Advanced Tactical Environmental Simulation Team (ATEST), has been designated as the primary modeling and simulation tool for the CREW effort. Builder CMAST provides a user- friendly graphical interface to simulate the radio frequency (RF) capabilities of a number of different CREW systems. The software uses physics-based models to accurately compute signal levels in the presence of varying terrain, objects, soil conditions, atmospheric conditions, and other situations. The results of simulations are used to determine a CREW system's effectiveness at suppressing the operation of various enemy communication links.
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The Department of Defense (DoD) is investing resources to support the development of the Global Information Grid (GIG) a services-oriented architecture (SOA) based on web services technology. The GIG will enable interoperability b...
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The Department of Defense (DoD) is investing resources to support the development of the Global Information Grid (GIG) a services-oriented architecture (SOA) based on web services technology. The GIG will enable interoperability between all levels of military systems, sensors, simulations, operational users, autonomous software agents, etc., in tasks that range from purely administrative through complex Command and Control functions throughout the DoD. This article discusses the participation of NRL in a GIG proof-of- principle prototype that uses web services to provide the connectivity between the Global Command and Control System (GCCS), Joint Warfare Simulation (JWARS), as well as intelligent software agents to support Course of Action Analysis (CoAA). We also describe two of the many challenges that software agents must overcome to realize the full potential of the GIG.
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Bottom line results were made of a three-phase study to determine the feasibility of designing, building, and operating, and maintaining an air-launched high performance aircraft capable of cruising at speeds up to Mach 8 for shor...
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Bottom line results were made of a three-phase study to determine the feasibility of designing, building, and operating, and maintaining an air-launched high performance aircraft capable of cruising at speeds up to Mach 8 for short durations. The results show that Lockalloy heat-sink structure affords the capability for a 'work-horse' vehicle which can serve as an excellent platform for this research. It was further concluded that the performance of a blended wing body configuration surpassed that of a lifting body design for typical X-24C missions. The cost of a two vehicle program, less engines, B-52 modification and contractor support after delivery, can be kept within 70M (in Jan. 1976 dollars).
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