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Showing 1 to 20 of 152 for “"Homeland security"”.
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Leveraging poison centers’ capabilities for homeland security
… underutilized as a resource and as a partner for homeland security. The lack of utilization has clinical and monetary implications across the healthcare and public health enterprise. This thesis investigated the question do poison centers improve outcomes during public health emergencies? If so, …
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Homeland Security: Institution Building and Agency Cooperation
… the development of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its efforts to have local law enforcement departments integrate the DHS goals into their agency missions. The DHS has evolved into a homeland security societal sector with partners at the federal, state, and local levels. …
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New models for homeland security and public safety
… such problems within the general arena of public security, and proposes new mechanisms to cope with the underlying uncertainty involved in them. The first problem is a discrete optimization problem in which we seek (in the theater of battle) to properly configure a number of unmanned aerial …
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Novel Materials for Use in Homeland Security Research
… ring pyridazines that will act as a model for homeland security research in polymer studies and medicinal research. Synthesis and characterization of several aryl-substituted 5,6-fused ring pyridazines have been completed. The fulvenes, pyridazines, and thallium salts are important compounds …
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Homeland Security and Terrorism in Selected European States
… increased throughout the world. The face of Homeland Security is now heavily focused on the prevention, preparedness, response and recovery of terrorist attacks not only in the United States, but also amongst some of America's oldest allies. This thesis studies the level of change in homeland …
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Spectroscopic radiography with monoenergetic neutrons for homeland security applications
… and suited to the application of national security port monitoring at industry-requisite speeds and cargo dimensions.
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The Affordable Care Act: a prescription for homeland security preparedness?
… Our ability to obtain health care is part of the homeland security preparedness puzzle. If the Affordable Care Act increases health insurance coverage and helps to control costs as promised, it has enormous potential to bolster homeland security simultaneously. This thesis asks, How will the …
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Resilient Communication : A New Crisis Communication Strategy for Homeland Security
… comprehensive crisis communication strategy for homeland security. The case study revealed the need for homeland security leaders to reframe crisis communication by considering disasters as the norm, not a rarity. The case study also found significant benefits to utilizing a complex systems …
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Programming homeland security: Citizen preparedness and the threat of terrorism.
… tests the necessity of terrorism in articulating Homeland Security citizenship. Chapter 1 orients the study, reviewing relevant literature. Chapter 2 examines the USDHS Ready Kids program's Homeland Security Guide, mapping a baseline for how Homeland Security citizenship is articulated with the …
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Regional Readiness For Intelligence Information Sharing To Support Homeland Security
The Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age was created to produce recommendations on how to best leverage intelligence and information to improve security without compromising existing civil liberties. Their second report proposed that the government set up an …
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Obsessive-compulsive homeland security: insights from the neurobiological security motivation system
… on the securitization process within the homeland security field. It proposes a model for how activation of the neurobiological security-motivation system can lead to securitization in response to a security speech act. It explores the model by qualitatively analyzing three examples of …
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Terrorism ideology and perceptions of homeland security in Tennessee law enforcement
Homeland security is a concept that has become firmly embedded in American society since the events of September 11, 2001. While recent research has begun to study the implications of homeland security in state and local law enforcement, few have focused on perceptions of homeland security …
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Local Emergency Planning Committees: Collaboration, Risk Communication, Information Technology and Homeland Security
… communication, information technology (IT), and homeland security as important issues for LEPCs. However, a lack of research on the interaction of these fields raises several questions that were addressed in this study: 1. How is the operational effectiveness of LEPCs related to their …
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U.S. refugee policy in the era of homeland security: a comparative government analysis
… that refugees harm the U.S. economy and national security are in direct conflict with the country's historical national identity and values, and this is apparent in the public discourse. This thesis explores the validity of these claims and provides a comparative analysis with Canada and Germany, …
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Denationalized citizenship theory: what is the role of citizenship theory in homeland security?
The homeland security community interacts with U.S. citizens every day and the national strategy for homeland security calls for an active and engaged citizenry to play a significant part in homeland security. The naturalization process that makes new citizens and to the many international …
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Rethinking Homeland Security: the Roles of State and Local Authorities in Defending America
… light the weaknesses in the federal government's homeland security enterprise. In response to these catastrophes, the federal government has dramatically increased its spending on homeland security and expanded the federal level structures devoted to counterterrorism and disaster response. This …
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Impact of Homeland Security Communities of learning : developing a strategy for training and collaboration
… research investigates the potential impact of Homeland Security Communities of Learning on information sharing, training costs, and innovation. This study reviewed current efforts in Internet-based interactive learning through an analysis of Networked Based Learning. A futures forecast was …
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A model for effective organization and communication of Homeland Security activities at the state level
… state organizational structure to achieve homeland security missions, particular in the state of Wisconsin. It will therefore first review the relevant literature in order to identify a core set of critical homeland security functions germane to states. Four organizational models, as …
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