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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Warfighters"”.
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An analysis of foot-ankle-leg fractures sustained by Warfighters and PMHS in the under-body blast environment
Warfighters in Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom (OIF and OEF) were frequently exposed to improvised explosive devices (IEDs). These munitions present a substantial risk to both mounted and dismounted Warfighters. This thesis created a military specific case review system based on the …
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Reconciling Moral Dissonance: A Framework for Re-Integrating Moral Orientation with Life Agency During Warfighters’ Struggles with Military Moral Injury
… I use theorists, researchers, healers, and warfighters as key stakeholders to identify and critically examine the intersections of disciplines and the subsets of models where warfighters’ moral orientations and moral agency form and reconcile the moral dissonance that results in MMI.</p> …
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The study of the rapid acquisition Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle program and its impact on the warfighter
… by the various stakeholders, particularly the warfighters. It is also to determine if the accelerated acquisition strategy used for the Mine Resistance Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle program provided sufficient benefits to the warfighter to become the model program for future U.S. military …
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The Effects of Task Criticality and Target Modality on a Simulated Battlefield Search Task
<p>Warfighters must rely on lengthy instruction manuals when asked to perform tasks in critical environments. These instruction manuals are predominantly written in text and rarely include images. Several theoretical frameworks, including the Pictorial Superiority Effect, posit images to be more …
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Lower Extremity Biomechanical Response of Female and Male Post-Mortem Human Surrogates to High-Rate Vertical Loading During Simulated Under-Body Blast Events
… beneath a military vehicle, exposing mounted Warfighters to considerable risk of severe lower extremity injuries. Loftis and Gillich (2014) determined that the lower leg and ankle region is the most common body region to sustain skeletal injury in military mounted combat events, comprising …
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AUGMENTED REALITY SPATIAL CUES FOR TARGET ACQUISITION
… through the use of augmented reality (AR), warfighters may gain more bandwidth to focus on essential tactical decisions. AR has the potential to enhance the speed and accuracy of target acquisition by delivering landmark cues linked to pre-planned tactical control measures. This thesis …
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Specific bio-modeling and analysis techniques at cellular and systems level
… astronaut space suits and for the US Air Force warfighters in chemo-bio suits. The model has been enhanced using more accurate modeling of digits incorporating arterio-venous anastomoses (AVA) mechanisms that the fingers and toes use for better control of heat transfer.
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Reduced DoD product development time : the role of the schedule development process
… system to better meet the needs of our warfighters, more rapidly, and at lower cost. Better, Faster, and Cheaper. Even more importantly, shortening development times is critical to develop and produce with limited resources, the right weapons at the right time to deter or to defeat any …
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Applying an uncertainty-based acquisition strategy framework to select an appropriate approach for new product or system in the Military
… acquisition managers & chief engineers and warfighters. Embedding flexibility in a product or system is a method to foster evolvability which can sustain value delivery to its stakeholders in a feasible time and cost-effective way after the product or system has been fielded. This research …
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A comparative analysis of key business community characteristics of weapon system sustainment programs and implications for future weapon system programs
… a strategy that complements and satisfies the warfighters objective(s). The purpose of this research project was to examine critical sustainment program characteristics from a business community perspective for applicability in future weapon system sustainment efforts. The characteristics were …
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An investigation of blast wave transmission through rodent simulants
The most prevalent injuries incurred by today’s warfighters are traumatic brain injuries caused by exposure to explosively generated blast waves. The protection of soldiers is paramount, so research into the effect of blast waves on the brain and body has been ongoing so that more effective …
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Stakeholder salience influence on bureaucratic program enterprise value creation
… schedule for delivery of capability to the warfighters. The Secretary of Defense and the President of the United States asked the same question: "How do we fix DOD acquisition?" The Acquisition system has been studied nearly continuously for more than forty years. Applying traditional system …
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The Government has a method to get product to soldiers fast - big defense needs to catch up
… to get new products into the hands of warfighters expeditiously. The United States Government is aware of this and has been taking steps to create rapid procurement organizations that are empowered to develop and field new capabilities faster than the traditional process permits. These …
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Prestige, manipulation, and coercion : elite power struggles and the fate of three revolutions
… police. Leaders with legacies as successful warfighters are especially capable of dominating such systems. Institutionalization can only explain why elites do not pointlessly and unnecessarily violate ambiguous rules, losers rarely defect from the party or resist decisions after suffering …
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Cost prediction via quantitative analysis of complexity in U.S. Navy shipbuilding
… world-class technology to the U.S. Navy's warfighters necessitates increasingly complex ships, which further augments the non-trivial problem of providing cost effective, on-schedule ships for the American taxpayer. The primary objective of this study was to quantify, assess, and analyze …
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Leveraging information technology to enable network centric engineer reconnaissance operations
… and associated military capabilities that allow warfighters to take full advantage of all available information in order to bring all available assets to bear in a rapid and flexible manner. This research explores the state of the practice of military engineer reconnaissance as described by …
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One fighting machine : joint learning and tactical airpower operations in World War II
… several practical lessons for policymakers and warfighters.
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Performance characterization of functional fiber detectors: scintillating fibers with embedded photodiodes
… radioactive sources, wearable detectors for warfighters and first responders, and flexible detector arrays for arms control applications.
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The effect of a lower-Body exoskeleton on physical and cognitive warfighter performance
United States warfighters carry very heavy equipment into battle; robotic exoskeletons offer a promise to off-load the warfighter. While exoskeletons are currently evaluated for their effects on the user's physical performance, their cognitive effects are not currently considered in the literature. …
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Evaluation of a Test Method for Assessing Horizontal Localization and Auditory Learning with Electronic Pass-through Hearing Protection
… and accurately locate the position of fellow warfighters and potential threats. However, hearing loss, acoustic trauma, or the use of hearing protection can diminish this vital ability to locate sounds in the environment accurately. The introduction of electronically modulated hearing …
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