Governance on Intelligence: Issues that Play a Role

What Issues Play a Role in Designing an Effective System?

One of the most quoted applications for digital watermarking is in the context of copy-protection of digital (multi-)media. In its most basic form a watermark is used as a single bit that indicates whether or not content is copyrighted. By the nature of a watermark, this copy-protection bit is (theoretically) strongly tied to the content: it can only be removed when the content suffers serious ...

Clinicians’ justification of imaging: do radiation issues play a role?

OBJECTIVE: To explore clinicians' knowledge and consideration of radiation, in relation to their referral practice and use of referral guidelines for imaging. METHODS: A questionnaire was handed out to 213 clinicians in Norway; all responded: 77 general practitioners, 71 hospital physicians and 65 non-physicians (55 manual physiotherapists, 10 chiropractors). Questions concerned weighting of r...

Territorial Intelligence and Governance

Evidence that cytokines play a role in rheumatoid arthritis.

A large number of cytokines are active in the joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It is now clear that these cytokines play a fundamental role in the processes that cause inflammation, articular destruction, and the comorbidities associated with RA. Following the success of TNF-alpha blockade as a treatment for RA, other cytokines now offer alternative targets for therapeutic int...

Intelligence and Analysis on Iraq: Issues for the Intelligence Community

The Intelligence Community's uneven performance on Iraq over the past two years has raised significant questions concerning the condition of intelligence collection, analysis, and policy support. This third report assesses the performance of the Intelligence Community from a broad perspective, focusing on systemic issues that channel analysts' evaluation and analyses. The discussion of shortcom...