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Moody, Kristen A. "Comparison of the Department of the Army, Navy and Air Forces contracting internship programs." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/37680.

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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited<br>The Department of Defense has experienced a significant loss of acquisition professionals because of attrition and workforce reductions. Interns have been hired to curtail the loss, but the dwindling number of experienced acquisition personnel has left little time to train the new entrants while still meeting complex mission requirements. In an effort to maintain a professional staff that is qualified to fill critical positions in contracting, the Air Force, Army, and Navy have each created contracting internship programs. The research purpose is to: (1) identify whether the DoD contracting competencies are covered consistently among the Army, Navy, and Air Forces contracting internship programs (2) determine if and to what extent these defense organizations are incorporating industry best practices into their internship programs and (3) recommend program improvements to ensure consistent coverage of the DoD contracting competencies and that industry best practices are incorporated. Study results suggest the defense contracting internship programs are not consistent in their coverage of DoD contracting competencies and that each program has best practices that are not fully implemented. Alignment and standardization of the defense internship programs are suggested to ensure consistent coverage of DoD contracting technical competencies and that industry best practices be fully incorporated.

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DeSalle, Christopher S., and David A. Schilling. "Feasibility study of the Department of the Air Force Information Technology Commodities Council (ITCC) Digital Printing and Imagery (DPI) Initiative." Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/10064.

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MBA Professional Report<br>The purpose of this project is to further provide conceptual direction for implementing the Air Force Digital Printing and Imagery (DPI) initiative through the Information Technology Commodities Council (ITCC). The project will begin with the background and reasoning why Air Force organizations should implement DPI. Our objectives will be to develop a consistent plan and model for bases and organizations to do quick assessments of their DPI requirements based on a set standard of guidelines. Accompanied with this plan will be proposed policy guidance for implementing DPI in accordance with the Air Force Electronic Records Management policy. This project will also make recommendations for marketing the plan throughout the Air Force to promote a smooth transition and implementation. The product will consist of the overall recommended guidance for the ITCC to implement this initiative, to include a model for quick assessments, requirements determination and post implementation guidance. Finally the project will discuss the future of this initiative along with recommendations for further research and development.

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DeSalle, Christopher S. Schilling David A. "Feasibility study of the Department of the Air Force Information Technology Commodities Council (ITCC) Digital Printing and Imagery (DPI) Initiative." Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2006. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA460428.

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"Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration from the Naval Postgraduate School, December 2006."<br>Advisor(s): Cook, Glenn ; Brinkley, Douglas. "December 2006." "MBA professional report"--Cover. Description based on title screen as viewed on June 18, 2009. DTIC Identifiers: Dpi(Digital Printing And Imagery) Initiative, Consumable Costs, Electronic Documents, Erm(Electronic Records Management), Multi-Function Devices. Author(s) subject terms: Information Technology, Printers, Print Services, Copiers, Electronic Records Management, Paperwork Reduction, Multi-Function Devices, Scanners, Fax Machines. Includes bibliographical references (p. 45).

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Medeiros, John Stephen. "The U.S. Air Force Transformed Approach to Military Family Housing: An Organizational Routine Case Study in Change and Learning." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/64790.

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In 1996, the U.S. Congress initiated a change to the Department of Defense (DOD) military family housing program. Applying organizational learning and change theories, this study of the Department of the Air Force (AF) reveals how the AF used $617 million of federal funds and $8.3 billion of matching private investment to significantly upgrade or construct and manage 53,323 AF family housing units. Using an outcome-oriented process tracing methodology, I examine the process changes, organizational structure modifications, and strategy adjustments the AF instituted to implement this latest attempt at providing military family housing. To understand how those adjustments occurred, this research uses organizational routine theory to help explain how organizations generate change by performing their day-to-day activities. This single-case historical study of AF family housing privatization, used process tracing to identify five primary organizational routines that determine know when there is a minimally sufficient explanation of how the AF learned and changed while privatizing the existing military family housing stock. These organizational routines help to clarify the organizational strategy, implementation process, and structure changes that emerged during privatization to address the quality, quantity, affordability, and timeliness of AF military family housing. The AF approach to transforming military family housing might be applicable to other publicly funded housing programs.<br>Ph. D.

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Bennett, David M. "Effectiveness of clinical practice guidelines for treating asthma in the Department of Defense: A comparison of clinical and economic outcomes between the Army, Air Force, and Navy." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/280138.

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The purpose of this research was to evaluate the strategy of the military health service (MHS) to improve asthma outcomes through the use of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs). Outcomes were evaluated at the patient level and included inpatient/outpatient visits, prescriptions dispensed, number of exacerbations, number of beddays and direct cost of therapy. In addition, provider compliance to CPG recommendations was evaluated by measuring the proportion of subjects dispensed long-acting controller medications. A nonrandomized control-group before-after design with retrospective matched-pair DoD data was used for this research. The intervention used in this research was the formal asthma CPG-use process implemented by the Army in September of 2000. Compared to baseline measures, all outcomes improved significantly (p < 0.05) in the after period for both the subjects exposed, and not exposed, to the CPG-use process. Other than the improvement noted in the number of asthma exacerbations, which was greater in the exposed group than the non-exposed group (p < 0.001), there was no other difference between groups in the amount that outcomes improved. The proportion of subjects prescribed long-term controller medications increased significantly for subjects exposed to the CPG-use process (0.30 to 0.66, p < 0.001), and for those not exposed to the CPG-use process (0.30 to 0.66, p < 0.001). Although the findings of this research suggested that a formal CPG-use process to standardize asthma therapy was associated with decreased costs, this was not supported by results regarding the clinical outcomes. To further evaluate the effect of asthma CPGs on economic and clinical outcomes, additional research is needed.

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Mierzwiak, Sara M. "The Development of the Contaminant Exceedance Rating System (CERS) for Comparing Groundwater Contaminant Data." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1345227410.

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Loudy, MIchael E. "Sustainment support for Naval Construction Forces operating with Marine Air-Ground Task Forces." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1996. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA326654.

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Thesis (M.S. in Management) Naval Postgraduate School, December 1996.<br>Thesis advisor(s): Paul J. Fields, K.R. Gue. "December 1996." Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-76). Also available online.

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Duff, David A. "Wireless applications for Marine Air Ground Task Forces." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1996. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA311891.

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Thesis (M.S. in Systems Technology [Command, Control, Communications (C3)]) Naval Postgraduate School, June 1996.<br>Thesis advisor(s): W.G. Kemple, Carl R. Jones. "June 1996." Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.

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Tsui, Ka-cheung. "Neighborhood ventilation of a building cluster by combined forces." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2008. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42182128.

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Martin, Jerome Vernon. "Reforging the sword : United States Air Force tactical air forces, air power doctrine, and national security policy /." The Ohio State University, 1988. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487596807823823.

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Manna, Joseph F. "Component breakout policy and guidance within the Department of Defense." Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 1990. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA237999.

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Thesis (M.S. in Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 1990.<br>Thesis Advisor(s): Smith, Raymond W. Second Reader: Carrick, Paul M. "June 1990." Description based on title screen as viewed on 19 October 2009. DTIC Identifier(s): component breakout program, military procurement, contract administration, logistics management, parts, decision making, quality, government furnished equipment, management planning and control. Author(s) subject terms: Component breakout; component breakin; government furnished equipment; government furnished material; contractor furnished equipment. Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-213). Also available online.

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Taylor, Brian R. "An analysis of the departments of the Air Force, Army, and Navy budget offices and budget processes." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2002. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/02Dec%5FTaylor.pdf.

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Cochrane, Douglas F. Lawson Catherine L. "Modeling Department of Defense controlled atmosphere transshipments for forward deployed forces /." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1998. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA343617.

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Thesis (M.S. in Management) Naval Postgraduate School, March 1998.<br>Thesis advisor(s): Jim Kerber, Jane Feitler. "March 1998." Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-154). Also available online.

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Cochrane, Douglas F., and Catherine L. Lawson. "Modeling Department of Defense controlled atmosphere transshipments for forward deployed forces." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/8690.

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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited<br>The objective of this thesis is to explore the cost savings, product quality improvement, and process efficiencies that can be realized by the integrated design and application of an innovative logistics system for the purchase and transshipment of fresh fruits and vegetables (FFV) to forward deployed units. The expanding global marketplace, strategic partnerships with private industry, aggressive utilization of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technology, and an aggregate understanding of the logistics pipeline process will enable the Department of Defense (DoD) logistician to provide the customer with a wider variety of fresher, higher quality product, while exploiting monetary savings through competitive pricing, lower transportation costs, and reduced product handling losses and damage. The aggressive application of this process can result in the wholesale shift of the current operational paradigm with regards to the support of forward deployed forces, from the sea. Combat Logistic Forces will have increased flexibility for scheduling and ultimately expand their operational capability, remaining at sea for longer periods of time, carrying more product, and better serving the warfighter. A summary of findings is provided with recommendations for further research into specific applications of technologies, training, and existing processes

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Brown, Melissa E. "The Union of Aerial and Terrestrial Forces." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35404.

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Environmentally sensitive architecture is rapidly staking its claim on the building community. The structures that are being constructed to fulfill the increasing public demand for "green buildings" are not currently utilizing their unique potential to physically portray their inherent characteristics to be naturally and technologically advanced. Environmentally sensitive architecture has the potential and arguable responsibility to physically react to and portray the natural factors that they are programmatically and technically adapting to.<br>Master of Architecture

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Tsui, Ka-cheung, and 徐家祥. "Neighborhood ventilation of a building cluster by combined forces." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2008. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B42182128.

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Svensson, Sven Axel. "Converging air jets in orchard spraying : influence on deposition, air velocities and forces on trees /." Alnarp : Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences (Sveriges lantbruksuniv.), 2001. http://epsilon.slu.se/avh/2001/91-576-5818-8.pdf.

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Kat, Cor-Jacques. "Suspension forces on a tri-axle air suspended semi-trailer." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2009. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06242009-153546/.

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Druggan, P. Thomas. "Optimal allocation of air services to the U.S. Pacific Surface Forces." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1995. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA303858.

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Philips, William E. "Flying Hour Program cash management at commander Naval Air Forces Pacific." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2001. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA396276.

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Emanuel, Taylor C. "Gunship Diplomacy : carrier based close air support for joint expeditionary forces." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/30812.

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This study examines whether current and future strategy, doctrine, and programmed systems are suitable to perform fire support and specifically, close air support (CAS)and close air support/troops-in-contact (CAS/TIC) missions for joint expeditionary warfare. Naval forces will provide the "enabling" power for this new come-as-you-are environment. To offset reductions in organic fire support, more frequent and sustained application of CAS and CAS/TIC will be required by joint expeditionary forces. To comparatively analyze selected CAS platforms, the study uses four air-to-ground measures of merit (MOM); (1) target detection/recognition; (2) lethality; (3) survivability; and (4) combat persistence. The results paint and bleak picture of current capability. Therefore, a Carrier-Based Gunship (CBG) concept is presented to fill this void. The concept is more important than the selection of one particular platform. For illustrative purposes, three CBG candidates were evaluated using AC-130 gunship systems and employment as a guide coupled with the four MOM as the baseline. The CBG would be situated on a forward-deployed carrier, close enough to the objective area to provide sustained CAS/TIC support for joint expeditionary forces.

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de, Mesa Winell. "Downsizing the United States Air Force Security Forces: A Phenomenological Investigation." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/351.

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The United States Air Force (USAF) has downsized an average of 10,000 active duty personnel each year from 1990 to 2010. Despite this downsizing, the mission remains the same, which increases the workload on the remaining airmen, lowers morale, decreases specialization, changes the mindset/culture, accelerates promotion rates, and shifts the dependence on technology in the Security Forces career field. The USAF needs adequately sized and proficient members to meet its mission. This phenomenological study examined the effects of USAF downsizing on the USAF Security Forces career field. The great man theory, social learning theory, theory of expertise, and Maslow's hierarchy of needs provided the conceptual framework. Semistructured interviews were gathered with a purposeful sample of 24 retired Security Forces members, near Air Combat Command bases; data were then analyzed through the Moustaukas modified van Kaam technique. The themes from this study were the cycle of downsizing; increased workload despite decreased number of personnel, also known as "more with less"; an accelerated promotion rate; and dependence on technology. The primary finding suggested the need for specialization and consistency of technology used. Further research on downsizing based on budgetary constraints, awareness of the loss of specializations after downsizing, and communication while downsizing could expand the findings of this study. The results of this study can be used by all leadership facing budgetary constraints and technology upgrades. Social change could ensue if leadership observes the cultural changes that occur when choosing to downsize and merge.

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Chiu, Ching-Wen. "Effects of Electric Fields on Forces between Dielectric Particles in Air." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/76755.

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We developed a quantitative measurement technique using atomic force microscopy (AFM) to study the effects of both DC and AC external electric fields on the forces between two dielectric microspheres. In this work we measured the DC and AC electric field-induced forces and adhesion force between two barium titanate (BaTiO?) glass microspheres in a low humidity environment by this technique. The objective here is to find out the correlation between these measured forces and applied field strength, frequency, and the separation distance between the two spheres was studied. Since the spheres would oscillate under an AC field, the AC field-induced force was divided into dynamic component (i.e., time-varying term) and static component (i.e., time-averaged term) to investigate. The oscillatory response occurs at a frequency that is twice the drive frequency since the field-induced force is theoretically proportional to the square of the applied field. This behavior can be observed in the fast Fourier transformation (FFT) spectra of the time series of the deflection signal. The magnitude of the vibration response increases when the frequency of the drive force is near resonant frequency of the particle-cantilever probe. The amplitude of this vibration increases with proximity of the two particles, and ultimately causes the particles to repeatedly hit each other as in tapping mode AFM. The effect of the Maxwell-Wagner interfacial relaxation on the DC electric field-induced force was discovered by monitoring the variation of the field-induced force with time. The static component of the AC electric field-induced force does not vary with the applied frequency in the range from 1 to 100 kHz, suggesting that the crossover frequency may equal to or less than 1 kHz and the permittivities of the BaTiO? glass microspheres and medium dominate the field-3 induced force. The AC field-induced force is proportional to the square of the applied electric field strength. This relationship persists even when the separation between the spheres is much smaller than the diameter of the microspheres. The large magnitude of the force at small separations suggests that the local field is distorted by the presence of a second particle, and the continued dependence on the square of the field but the measured force is much larger than the theoretical results, suggesting that the local electric field around the closely spaced spheres is distorted and enhanced but the effects of the local field distortion may have not much to with the applied electric field. Compared with the calculated results from different models, our results demonstrate that the field-induced force is much more long-range than expected in theory. In addition, the DC field-induced adhesion force is larger than the AC field-induced one due to the interfacial charge accumulation, agreeing with the discovery of the Maxwell-Wagner interfacial relaxation effect on the DC field-induced force. No obvious correlation between the field-induced adhesion and the applied frequency is found. However, both the DC and AC field-induced adhesion forces display the linearity with the square of the applied electric field strength as well.<br>Master of Science

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Ackiss, Jason R., and V. Pavan Balaji. "Analysis of United States Air Forces Central government purchase card reachback viability." Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/10718.

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Joint Applied Project<br>[Administration]<br>This project investigates the viability of performing United States Air Forces Central (USAFCENT) government purchase card (GPC) purchases by utilizing reachback services. The study analyzed FY 2011 data to include the number of deployed contingency contracting officers (CCOs), GPC actions, and total contract actions at each Expeditionary Contracting Squadron. Using this data, models were developed that showed potential reductions in deployed CCOs if GPC actions were sent from USAFCENT area of responsibility to a stateside reachback cell. The study provides recommendations based on the potential reductions of deployed CCOs. One such recommendation is to stand up a test reachback cell. This cell will employ the recommended number of personnel developed by the models in this project..

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Chardon, Sylvaine. "An experimental study of lifting and moving forces in air conveying systems." Thesis, This resource online, 1992. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10062009-020100/.

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Pitt, Ford Charles William. "Unsteady aerodynamic forces on accelerating wings at low Reynolds numbers." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.608219.

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Cullinan, Cristine Ann. "Experience, education, culture and context : a case study of the forces that shape department chair behavior /." view abstract or download file of text, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p3024512.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2001.<br>Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 172-177). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

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Rynn, Philip G. "TQL in the Department of the Navy's operating forces and shore establishment : does it differ?" Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/24077.

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Blomqvist, Claes. "Distribution of Ventilation Air and Heat by Buoyancy Forces inside Buildings : An Experimental Study." Doctoral thesis, Stockholm : Skolan för arkitektur och samhällsbyggnad, Kungliga tekniska högskolan, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-10615.

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Kapusta, Philip E. "A comparison of U.S. Navy Sea Air Land (SEAL) Teams and U.S. Army Special Forces." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2000. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA381194.

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Thesis (M.S. in Leadership and Human Resource Development)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2000.<br>Thesis advisor(s): Hildebrandt, Gregory ; Edwards, Lee. "June 2000." Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-290). Also available online.

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Ng, Jianhao. "A systems engineering approach in providing air defense support to ground combat vehicle maneuver forces." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/45233.

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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited<br>Ground combat vehicles are susceptible to aerial threats. During maneuver, the formation may be in unfamiliar territory and without established local air defense support. Mobile air defense may be required to increase the survivability of ground combat vehicles during movement. Depending on the air capability of the adversary and operation area, the required architecture of mobile air defense systems may vary. There is an identified capability gap for mobile air defense in the U.S. Armed Forces in operating environments with terrain. Using a systems engineering approach, this study looks into the stakeholder needs and functions required to fulfill this capability gap. In defining the physical architecture, there are many factors that could affect the design of a mobile air defense system. Physically addressing all permutations of the attributes would be onerous and inefficient. For an identified concept of operations, a design of experiment was used to expedite the assessment process by identifying significant design factors. The objective is to provide program managers with a mobile air defense system assessment framework. The framework currently utilizes indicative responses in lieu of inaccessible combat data. When used in conjunction with real data, the framework would help make the acquisition process more efficient.

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Colby, Thomas D. "Understanding defeat how air and ground formations should work together to defeat enemy fielded forces /." CLICK HERE TO VIEW:, 2004. https://research.maxwell.af.mil/papers/ay2004/ari/Colby.pdf.

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Rhoades, Kevin M. "Bernoulians versus Keplerians is airpower doctrine good enough for employment of space forces? /." CLICK HERE TO VIEW:, 2004. https://research.maxwell.af.mil/papers/ay2004/ari/Rhoades.pdf.

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Yang, Jin. "Gree air conditioner channel analysis : a case study." Thesis, University of Macau, 2006. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b1637053.

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Smith, Timothy Joseph. "An Internship with the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Environmental Management Department." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1087847982.

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Vandermar, Scott R. "Assessing critical mass staff support in the Comptroller Office, Naval Air Forces Command, U.S. Pacific Fleet (COMNAVAIRPAC)." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1995. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA302933.

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Robbins, James F. (James Franklin). "Critical examination of a complex and critical major acquisition for the Department of Defense : the advanced medium range air-to-air missle (AMRAAM)." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/12100.

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Akagi, Raymond. "Ram Air-Turbine of Minimum Drag." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2021. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/2261.

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The primary motivation for this work was to predict the conditions that would yield minimum drag for a small Ram-Air Turbine used to provide a specified power requirement for a small flight test instrument called the Boundary Layer Data System. Actuator Disk Theory was used to provide an analytical model for this work. Classic Actuator Disk Theory (CADT) or Froude’s Momentum Theory was initially established for quasi-one-dimensional flows and inviscid fluids to predict the power output, drag, and efficiency of energy-extracting devices as a function of wake and freestream velocities using the laws of Conservations of Mass, Momentum, and Energy. Because swirl and losses due to the effects of viscosity have real and significant impacts on existing turbines, there is a strong motivation to develop models which can provide generalized results about the performance of an energy-extractor, such as a turbine, with the inclusion of these effects. A model with swirl and a model with losses due to the effects of viscosity were incorporated into CADT which yielded equations that predicted the performance of an energy-extractor for both un-ducted and ducted cases. In both of these models, for this application, additional performance parameters were analyzed including the drag, drag coefficient, power output, power coefficient, force coefficient, and relative efficiency. For the un-ducted CADT, it is well known that the wake-to-freestream velocity ratio of 1/3 will give the maximum power extraction efficiency of 59.3%; this result is called the Betz limit. However, the present analysis shows that reduced drag for a desired power extraction will occur for wake-to-freestream velocity ratios higher than the value of 1/3 which results in maximum power extraction efficiency. This in turn means that a turbine with a larger area than the smallest possible turbine for a specified power extraction will actually experience a lower drag. The model with the inclusion of swirl made use of the Moment of Momentum Theorem applied to a single-rotor actuator disk with no stators, in addition to the laws of Conservation of Mass, Momentum, and Energy from the CADT. The results from the model w/swirl showed that drag remains unchanged while power extracted decreases with the addition of swirl, with swirl effects becoming more severe for tip speed ratios below about 5. As for CADT, reduced drag for a specified power extraction can be achieved when the wake-to-freestream velocity ratio is higher that than which provides maximum power extraction efficiency. The model w/losses due to viscosity incorporated the losses into the Conservation of Energy relationship. The results from the model w/losses showed that there is a distinct wake-to-freestream velocity ratio at which minimum drag for a specified power output is achieved, and that this velocity ratio is usually—but not always—higher than that for which the power extraction efficiency is a maximum. It was concluded that a lower drag for a specified power output of an energy-extractor can usually be achieved at a wake-to-freestream velocity ratio higher than that which produces the v maximum power extraction efficiency. The latter condition, known as the Betz limit for CADT, and which defines the minimum size for a turbine to provide a specified power extraction, is therefore not the correct target design condition to achieve lowest drag for a small Ram-Air Turbine to power BLDS.

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Gramse, Georg. "Studying Electrostatic Polarization Forces at the Nanoscale. Dielectric constant of supported biomembranes measured in air and liquid environment." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/83359.

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The objective of my thesis was to develop novel techniques and methods to probe the dielectric properties of biomembranes in air and their natural environment - liquid solution. The dielectric constant ε(r) of biomembranes is a parameter especially important in cell electrophysiology as it ultimately determines the ion membrane permeability, the membrane potential formation or the action potential propagation velocity, among others. However, no technique is able to provide this quantity with the required nanoscale spatial resolution and in electrolyte solution. AFM is an extremely versatile tool to investigate electric properties at the nanoscale, and hence constitutes a good candidate technique to approach the quantification of the nanoscale dielectric properties of biomembranes. Although a few AFM techniques exist, capable of investigating polarization properties, it remains difficult to extract quantitative values of εr from the measurements, especially in liquid environment. One reason for this is on the instrumental side, since for studies at the nanoscale very small quantities have to be measured, that can be easily overwhelmed by electronic noise as it maybe for example the case in current sensing based techniques. Electrostatic Force sensing techniques may in principle have an advantage here, since the used cantilevers for force detection are extremely sensitive and naturally, undesired nonlocal electrical signals from the cantilever are suppressed. Another important aspect is attributed to a lack of sufficiently precise quantitative models to relate measured force with the dielectric constant value of the sample. Indeed, for measurements on insulating substrates like mica or glass that are sometimes required for biological samples, still no quantitative model is available. Moreover, successful measurements of dielectric properties in liquid media, that is fundamental for the functionality of some biological samples, has not been shown until now. As consequence of the existing limitations for quantitative dielectric imaging the objectives of this work were to extend the quantitative capabilities of Electrostatic Force Microscopy to image the dielectric constant of biomembranes with nanoscale spatial resolution. In particular, the three objectives I addressed in the work are: 1. To evaluate the possibility to perform quantitative dielectric measurement on biomembranes on metallic substrates and in air with Electrostatic Force Microscopy that may offer higher precision with respect to current sensing techniques. 2. To extend the applicability of quantitative dielectric measurement to the case of thick insulating substrates in order to facilitate its use with biomembranes that cannot be prepared on metallic substrates. 3. To develop a setup for dielectric imaging in liquid environment based either on current detection or on the principles of electrostatic force microscopy. Finally to perform nanoscale dielectric measurements on bio-membranes in their natural liquid environment. How each of these objectives could be reached is detailed in my thesis.<br>El objetivo de mi tesis era desarrollar nuevas técnicas y métodos para medir las propiedades dieléctricas de biomembranas en aire y en su medio natural, es decir, en solución líquida. La constante dieléctrica (εr) de las biomembramas es un parámetro especialmente importante en la electrofisiología celular, ya que fundamentalmente determina la permeabilidad iónica de la membrana, la formación del potencial de membrana o la velocidad de propagación del potencial de acción, entre otros. El AFM es una herramienta extremadamente versátil para investigar propiedades eléctricas a nanoescala, y por ello constituye una buena técnica candidata para la cuantificación de las propiedades dieléctricas de las biomembranas a nanoescala. Aunque existen algunas técnicas basadas en el AFM capaces de investigar las propiedades de polarización, continúa siendo difícil extraer valores cuantitativos de εr de las medidas, especialmente en medio líquido. Una de las razones radica en la parte instrumental, ya que para los estudios en la nanoescala tienen que medirse cantidades muy pequeñas, y este proceso puede verse entorpecido por ruido electrónico como puede ser el caso, por ejemplo, en las técnicas basadas en la detección de corriente eléctrica. En principio, las técnicas de detección de fuerza electroestática disponen aquí de una ventaja, ya que las sondas utilizadas para la detección de la fuerza son extremadamente sensibles y naturalmente se suprimen señales eléctricas no locales y no deseadas. Otro aspecto importante se atribuye a la falta de modelos cuantitativos suficientemente precisos para relacionar la fuerza medida con el valor de la constante dieléctrica de la muestra. En realidad, para realizar medidas en sustratos aislantes como son la mica o el vidrio, que a veces son necesarios para muestras biológicas, todavía no se dispone de ningún modelo cuantitativo. Por otra parte, hasta ahora no se han publicado medidas de propiedades dieléctricas en medio líquido, que para algunas muestras biológicas es fundamental para mantener la funcionalidad. Como consecuencia de las limitaciones existentes de las medidas dieléctricas, el objetivo de este trabajo fue extender las capacidades cuantitativas de la Microscopía de Fuerzas Eletroestáticas para hacer imágenes dieléctricas de biomembranas con resolución espacial a nanoescala en substratos conductores, aislantes y en medio líquido.

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LeTourneau, Matthew A. "Evaluation of the Boeing PAN AIR technologies code (A502i) through prediction of separation forces on the GBU-24." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1996. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA311017.

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Gonzalez, Mark J. Hayes Mitch R. "The development of a relational database to support the flight hour program of Commander, Naval Air Forces Pacific /." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1996. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA313447.

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Gonzalez, Mark J., and Mitch R. Hayes. "The development of a relational database to support the flight hour program of Commander, Naval Air Forces Pacific." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/32078.

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The Air Forces Pacific Financial Analysis Tool (AFAST) has been described by senior leadership within the Air Forces Pacific (AIRPAC) staff as inaccurate, marginally satisfactory and too small in scope to produce output ill a relevant and timely manner. Moreover, improvements to the current database are time consuming and cost prohibitive; the absence of adequate design documentation prohibits major modification of the database without significant investment of the limited resources possessed by AIRPAC. The primary goal of this thesis is the development of an improved conceptual design of the AFAST database based on the enhanced entity-relationship model concepts. The secondary goals of the thesis are the specification of the logical design of the improved database, and the implementation of AFAST II, a prototype application of the redesigned database. The results of this thesis are: (1) an enhanced entity-relationship model that fully meets the design goals of Naval AirForces Pacific, (2) the specification of the logical design for the implementation of the redesigned database, and (3) the development of a prototype a application validating the conceptual and local designs.

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Price, Stephen C. "Close ISR support re-organizing the Combined Forces Air Component Commander's Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance processes and agencies." Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 2009. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2009/Dec/09Dec%5FPrice.pdf.

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Thesis (M.S. in Defense Analysis)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2009.<br>Thesis Advisor: Jansen, Erik. Second Reader: Freeman, Michael. "December 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on January 28, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance; ISR; counterinsurgency operations; COIN; Combined Forces Air Component Commander; CFACC; airborne ISR; collection. management; ISR planning; ISR Liaison Officer. Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-369). Also available in print.

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Moore, Elizabeth M. (Elizabeth Mitchell). "The forces that shape transportation control measures under the Clean Air Act : a case study of Cambridge, Massachusetts." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68764.

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Powell, Robert R. "Quenching the Phoenix : Air Force SOF and the Phoenix cycle /." Maxwell AFB, Ala. : School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, 2008. https://www.afresearch.org/skins/rims/display.aspx?moduleid=be0e99f3-fc56-4ccb-8dfe-670c0822a153&mode=user&action=downloadpaper&objectid=4ef2c381-2cf7-4d8f-be81-77c67b9ec923&rs=PublishedSearch.

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Daley, Patrick. "Exporting airpower : the challenges of building partner nation air capacity for irregular war /." Maxwell AFB, Ala. : School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, 2008. https://www.afresearch.org/skins/rims/display.aspx?moduleid=be0e99f3-fc56-4ccb-8dfe-670c0822a153&mode=user&action=downloadpaper&objectid=5195508f-febb-4a9e-a93b-7ff90d822e10&rs=PublishedSearch.

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Sou, Kun Tou. "Microorganism control for air conditioning systems using ultraviolet light." Thesis, University of Macau, 2002. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b1446149.

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Duma, David Paul. "A cost estimation model for Commander Naval Air Forces Pacific's TACAIR F/A-18S Aviation Depot Level repair costs." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2001. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA401314.

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Thesis (M.S. in Management) Naval Postgraduate School, December 2001.2001.<br>"December 2001." Thesis Advisor(s): Jones, Lawrence R. Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-48). Also available online.

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Kim, Kwang-Jin. "The logic of decisions in militarized disputes the effect of regime, power, arms contorol [sic], and airpower on decision-making in militarized disputes /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4831.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007.<br>The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on February 14, 2008) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

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Shaughnessy, Ryan D. "No Sense in Dwelling on the Past? The Fate of the U.S. Air Force's German Air Force Monograph Project, 1952-1969." The Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1253546073.

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