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Showing 1 to 20 of 76 for “"Sustainment"”.
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COMPASSION SUSTAINMENT: BURN NURSE RESILIENCE
… hope, efficacy, resilience, and optimism—and the sustainment of compassion among burn nurses exposed to chronic patient suffering. Recognizing the critical role of compassion in healthcare, the research addresses the gap in understanding if positive adaptive cognitive mechanisms relate to the …
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COMPASSION SUSTAINMENT: BURN NURSE RESILIENCE
… hope, efficacy, resilience, and optimism—and the sustainment of compassion among burn nurses exposed to chronic patient suffering. Recognizing the critical role of compassion in healthcare, the research addresses the gap in understanding if positive adaptive cognitive mechanisms relate to the …
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ASSESSING THE LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP'S SUSTAINMENT CAPABILITIES
… of readily available platforms for meeting sustainment requirements. This thesis assesses the capabilities of the Freedom and Independence variants of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) in performing sustainment functions, specifically providing supply and medical evacuation support. Using …
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Creation and sustainment of manufacturing technology roadmaps
… to market. This thesis examines the creation and sustainment of manufacturing technology roadmaps at Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems (SAS). It demonstrates how by using a stakeholder analysis and demonstrating a positive value proposition to all stakeholders agreement and adoption can be …
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The sustainment of early childhood teachers in the classroom
… influence early childhood classroom teachers' sustainment in the profession and in teaching. Conducted in the northern metropolitan teaching districts of Perth, Western Australia, this study utilized qualitative methodology in two phases of data collection: open-ended surveys and focus group …
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A SEAKEEPING STUDY ON THE AUTONOMOUS SUSTAINMENT CARGO CONTAINER DELIVERY SYSTEM
… the seakeeping characteristics of an autonomous sustainment cargo container and the feasibility of its deployment. Established geometric data will be used along with changing loading characteristics and ride effects. The in depth analysis will be focused on the responses of the container in …
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Evaluation and Implementation of Augmented Reality for Aerospace Operations and Sustainment
… reality capabilities for operations and sustainment of fielded products and to leverage those capabilities for additional applications.
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A Method to Improve the Sustainment of Systems Based on Probability and Consequences
… which improves the efficiency of long-term sustainment of hardware systems. The FROST Method makes sustainment and scheduling decisions based on the minimization of the expected value of current and future costs. This differs from current methods which tend to base decisions not on the …
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Sustainment of commercial aircraft gas turbine engines : an organizational and cognitive engineering approach
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2003.
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An evaluation of the prime vendor support approach to U.S. Army weapon system sustainment
… for weapon systems. Recently a new weapon system sustainment concept advanced by industry, known as Prime Vendor Support (PVS), has been either under consideration or already adopted as a means of reducing support costs. PVS requires that the DOD relinquish the weapon system support processes to …
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Transitioning from homelessness into a sustained tenancy: What enables successful tenancy sustainment? (The Moving on Project)
… return to using homelessness services. Tenancy sustainment—the maintenance of a tenancy to avoid a premature end of tenure—is fundamental to the resolution and prevention of homelessness. There is a paucity of research about the occupations of individuals as they establish and maintain …
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Cultural Factors and How They Shape Military Sustainment and Transition Operations in a Theater of War
… in transitioning military logistics and sustainment functions to countries where cultures, values and resources differ greatly from that of America to capture concerns and provide recommendations. The research is a result of the material and insight gained by currently serving US Army …
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Reengineering metrics systems for aircraft sustainment teams : a metrics thermostat for use in strategic priority management
… for the United States Air Force weapon system sustainment team empirically with emphasis placed on the incentive, structural and predictive implications of metrics. We define the term "metric" to include measures that employees impact through their efforts. We believe that even in a …
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Organized-crime growth and sustainment: a review of the influence of popular religion and beliefs in Mexico
In 2006, Mexican President Felipe Calderon announced the war on drugs, an ongoing, low-intensity, asymmetrical war between the government and various drug cartels that has proven the bloodiest conflict since the Mexican civil war a century ago. Meanwhile, the subculture of narco-cultura continues …
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Mechanisms for Osteoblast and Osteocyte Initiation and Sustainment of Bone Formation in Young-Adult and Aged Mice
<p>The cellular mechanisms for loading-induced bone formation, from osteocyte mechano-sensation to osteoblast-directed bone formation, are not well understood. Elucidating these mechanisms and identifying any processes that are disrupted in aged mice can aide in the development of new anabolic …
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Using dynamic sustainment to determine the impact of varying levels of reliability on future combat systems maintenance requirements
… This thesis assesses the value of the Dynamic Sustainment simulation model as a logistics modeling tool and demonstrates data analysis techniques that can potentially be applied to model results. The secondary purpose is to explore the impact on the maintenance system of varying levels of …
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A comparative analysis of key business community characteristics of weapon system sustainment programs and implications for future weapon system programs
… the key stakeholders must build a long-term sustainment strategy to make sure the program is affordable, and that the weapon system is reliable and maintainable. The ultimate objective in this effort is to ensure all support providers, either organic or contractor, have mission readiness, …
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Identifying Critical Incidents That Helped or Hindered the Sustainment of Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports in Schools (PBIS) with Five Years or more of Implementation in One School Division
… critical incidents that helped or hindered the sustainment of Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) in schools with five years or more of implementation in one school division. This study highlighted information related to PBIS because of its comprehensive approach to school …
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An analysis of program managers as Total Life Cycle Systems Managers
… PM or LCMC is better equipped to manage program sustainment. An evaluation of the roles and responsibilities of the PMs in acquisition sustainment transition was conducted to better assess their authority to carry out TLCSM. This thesis examined sustainment requirements and identified constraints …
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Tradeoffs in Air Force maintenance : squadron size, inventory policy, and cannibalization
The Air Force sustainment system, which includes maintenance and logistics, is facing difficult challenges. As the maintenance system is being downsized, operations tempo is increasing and private companies are entering into competition for maintenance workload. The Air Force is under intense …
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