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Investment cost escalation – an overview of the literature and revised estimates
(2016)
This article presents an overview of literature and previous estimates of defence specific investment cost escalation (ICE). ICE, the cost increase between two generations of a weapon system, can place a heavy strain on ...
Isocyanate-Free and Dual Curing of Smokeless Composite Rocket Propellants
(2013)
Traditional composite rocket propellants are cured by treatment of hydroxyl-terminated prepolymers with polyfunctional aliphatic isocyanates. For development of smokeless composite propellants containing nitramines and/or ...
Trace determination of primary nerve agent degradation products in aqueous soil extracts by on-line solid phase extraction-liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry using ZrO2 for enrichment
(2014)
A method for determination of the primary nerve agent degradation products ethyl-, isopropyl-, isobutyl-, cyclohexyl- and pinacolyl methylphosphonic acid in aqueous soil extracts has been developed utilizing on-line solid ...
Clostridium botulinum Group I Strain Genotyping by 15-Locus Multilocus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis
(2011)
Clostridium botulinum is a taxonomic designation that encompasses a broad variety of spore-forming, Gram-positive bacteria producing the botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT). C. botulinum is the etiologic agent of botulism, a rare ...
Anisotropy and shear-layer edge dynamics of statistically unsteady,stratified turbulence
(2015)
Direct numerical simulation data of an evolving Kelvin-Helmholtz instability have been analyzed in order to characterize the dynamic and kinematic response of shear-generated turbulent flow to imposed stable stratification. ...
Measured and modeled spatial rain rate correlation to improve the prediction method for satellite site diversity
(2015)
Rainfall rate varies both temporarily and spatially. Radio systems, where rain attenuation causes outages, may take advantage of this effect to increase the radio link or satellite link availability using diversity techniques. ...
Plasma Cytokine Profiles in Long-Term Strenuous Exercise
(2016)
The open window theory indicates altered immunity 3 to 72 hours after exercise. The J-curve describes the risk of illness in response to exercise. The aim of this study was to examine the secretion of proinflammatory and ...
Deep-ultraviolet picosecond flat-top pulses by chirp-matched sum frequency generation
(2012)
Picosecond, flat-top, deep-UV pulses are needed to generate high-brightness electron beams to efficiently drive x-ray free electron lasers. Current metal photocathodes have low efficiency and therefore require high-energy ...
Russian Rearmament: An Assessment of Defense-Industrial Performance
(2016)
This article addresses two related questions associated with Russia’s rearmament program (GPV-
2020). First, it examines how the Russian defense industry has performed in the first five years of
the rearmament program, ...
Thugs or Terrorists? A Typology of Right-Wing Terrorism in Western Europe
(2015)
Despite Western Europe’s extensive history of right-wing terrorism, a systematic
categorization of key actors and events is lacking. This article aims to narrow this gap by
proposing the first empirically derived typology ...