This paper focuses on spatial information derived from the composition of two pairs of cardinal directions (e.g., North and North-East) and approximate distances (e.g., near and far), i.e., given the approximate distances a1 (A, B) and a2 (B, C) and the cardinal directions c1 (A, B) and c2 (B, C), what are a3 (A, C) and c3 (A, C)? Spatial reasoning about cardinal directions and approximate dist...

Background: Selective nonoperative management of combat-related blunt splenic injury (BSI) is controversial. We evaluated the impact of the November 2008 blunt abdominal trauma clinical practice guideline that permitted selective nonoperative management of some patients with radiological suggestion of hemoperitoneum on implementation of nonoperative management (NOM) of splenic injury in austere...

The main objective of this study was to reveal the impact of nine climate indices on temperature changes and climate oscillations in Golestan Province along the southern coast of the Caspian Sea. Climate indices data from across the Atlantic-Eurasian sector were collected from the NCEP/NCAR, the Climate Prediction Centre (CPC) and the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) over a period of 40 years (1971...

The well-known Arpanet was the first operational packet-switching network. 1 Almost completely unknown is what we claim was the second operational packet-switching network, the LFK Network—although, admittedly , it was a fairly minimal network. Work on the LFK Network began in fall 1970, and it was installed and accepted by fall 1972. It was used as part of a logistics system relating to the No...

Like many small countries, croatia faces the dual challenge of creating a sustainable economy in a globalized world and of providing its citizens with a secure future. this challenge is considerable and is not made easier by the fact that croatia declared independence only in 1991, and secured it only after a violent war ending in 1995. the country is now a candidate for membership of the Europ...

Keywords: Data envelopment analysis Target unit Undesirable output Multiple objective linear programming Minimax method a b s t r a c t Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is a mathematical programming technique for identifying efficient Decision Making Units (DMUs) with multiple inputs and multiple outputs. DEA provides a technical efficiency score for each DMU, a technical efficiency reference se...

the effect of historical and identity factors between russia and european :union: appeared as threats for the :union:. america's hegemonic position in the world, the two recent actions of the russian government including strategy and doctrine of anti-western and theefforts to become a regional hegemon, and dealing with the strategies of the north atlantic treaty organization lead to increa...

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has recognized that future military information systems will need to interoperate with one another more effectively than ever before1. The number of unforeseen contingencies and international conflicts have elevated the need to provide accurate information to the warfighter upon demand, i.e., wherever and whenever it is needed. However in order to m...

In this paper, we discuss the technical challenges of electronic medical syndromic surveillance systems intended to provide early warning of bioterrorist attacks and naturally occurring epidemics. The discussion includes challenges associated with both civilian and military environments. In particular, we address the challenges in: (1) establishing an automated data collection infrastructure, (...

The article presents a conceptual vision of existing and future geopolitical risks prospects for Russia-Western relations in the Baltic region. Emphasis is placed on with countries belonging to North Atlantic Alliance (NATO). Existing are considered within several important geostrategic tracks: Russia-NATO Russia-EU, as well bilateral key global regional actors. most complex turbulent those bet...