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Russia's Northern Fleet and the Oil Industry-Rivals or Partners? Petroleum, Security, and Civil-Military Relations in the Post-Cold War European Arctic
(2009)Described as one of the world's most promising new energy provinces, the European Arctic is no longer primarily seen as a military playground. Russia's approach to the region is increasingly governed by national economic ... -
When Security Speech Acts Misfire: Russia and the Elektron Incident
(2009)In October 2005, the Russian trawler Elektron refused to be subjected to arrest when caught by the Norwegian coast guard fishing illegally in the Fisheries Protection Zone off the Svalbard archipelago. With two Norwegian ... -
Deteksjon av eksplosivrester i felt ved hjelp av hyperspektral avbildning
(2009)Der er kjent at det i Forsvarets skytefelt ligger rester av eksplosiver, noe som hovedsakelig skyldes ufullstendig detonasjon av ammunisjon. Disse restene er vanskelige å finne, men er ansett å være et miljøproblem blant ... -
Effects of 4-methylimidazole on cerebral glutamate decarboxylase activity and specific GABA receptor binding in mice
(2009)4-Methylimidazole (4MeI) is a tremorogenic and convulsive agent of concern both in human and veterinary toxicology. The in vitro effects of 4MeI (5 μM–20 mM) on cerebral glutamate decarboxylase (GAD) activity and (in ... -
A simple Ladar simulator based on ray tracing
(2009)In the study of ladar image processing, it is useful to have a method for producing synthetic data. This report presents a simple ladar simulator implemented in Matlab, which produces synthetic ladar images by simulating ... -
Evaluation of a highly discriminating multiplex multi-locus variable-number of tandem-repeats (MLVA) analysis for Vibrio cholerae
(2009)Vibrio cholerae is the etiological agent of cholera and may be used in bioterror actions due to the easiness of its dissemination, and the public fear for acquiring the cholera disease. A simple and highly discriminating ... -
Counter biological and chemical terrorism - WP8000: conclusions and recommendations
(2009)This report constitutes an unclassified summary of the main results and conclusions of the European Defence Agency project “Counter Biological and Chemical Terrorism”, EDA-0156-GEM3-ERG. The overall objective has been is ... -
Return to Tripoli - battle over minds and meaning amongst religious leaders within the islamist field in Tripoli (Lebanon)
(2009)This study analyses the Islamist movements in Tripoli, in light of Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of a religious field. Its point of departure is the empirical observation that the Islamist movements in Tripoli, a city in ... -
KOSTMOD 4.0 - user manual
(2009)KOSTMOD is a tool developed for conducting long term cost analyses. The tool has been developed by FFI since the 1970s. This report describes the latest version, Version 4.0, which has been developed in close co-operation ... -
Counterinsurgency Field Manual 3-24 and operations
(2009)The purpose of this report is fourfold. The first is to highlight the key tenets of FM 3-24. The idea that sets counterinsurgency apart from conventional military operations – that it is more important to secure the host ... -
Weapons of mass instruction? - a preliminary exploration of the link between madrassas in Pakistan and militancy
(2009)This study conducts a preliminary investigation into the link between madrassas in Pakistan and Islamic militancy. Available literature is reviewed and pitted against findings from primary sources – such as interviews, ... -
XML and Web services security standards
(2009)XML and Web services are widely used in current distributed systems. The security of the XML based communication, and the Web services themselves, is of great importance to the overall security of these systems. Furthermore, ... -
A method for restoring data in a hyperspectral imaging system with large keystone without loss of spatial resolution
(2009)This report proposes a new method of keystone correction in the postprocessing of hyperspectral images. Unlike conventional resampling the proposed method does not introduce any loss of resolution. A hardware modification ... -
Noen konsepter for datafusjon for undervannsakustisk sensornettverk
(2009)Denne rapporten beskriver prinsipper for tracking av fartøyer som passerer et undervannsakustisk sensornettverk hvor nodene maler retninger til lyd. Dataene fra nodene kan inkludere målefeil og tvetydigheter. Estimater ... -
Interoperable service discovery : experiments at Combined Endeavor 2009
(2009)This report summarizes the Web services discovery activities in project 1086. In particular, we discuss our experiments at Combined Endeavor, where we performed joint experiments with the NC3A in the Netherlands in 2009. ... -
Vurdering av teknologier for avstandsdeteksjon av radiologisk materiale
(2009)Rapporten gir en oversikt over teknologier som kan brukes i jakten på radioaktivt materiale eller kjernevåpen som er utenfor deteksjonsavstanden til tradisjonelle detektorer som for eksempel geiger-tellere. Mulige ... -
Information exchange in heterogeneous military networks
(2009)The NATO-equivalent of the Norwegian ”Network Based Defence” is ”Network Enabled Capabilities” (abbreviated NNEC). This concept allows users at all operational levels to seamlessly access the necessary and relevant ... -
The ECOMA 2007 campaign: rocket observations and numerical modelling of aerosol particle charging and plasma depletion in a PMSE/NLC layer
(2009)The ECOMA series of rocket payloads use a set of aerosol particle, plasma, and optical instruments to study the properties of aerosol particles and their interaction with the ambient plasma environment in the polar mesopause ... -
Cross-domain access control in a military SOA
(2009)A service-oriented architecture provides the advantage of facilitating integration and information exchange between different administrative domains (e.g., between the nations within a coalition). In order to support ...