objective: to determine association between sexual desire and marital satisfaction and sex guilt among a sample of iranian female university students. methods: the data presented here were obtained from a total of 192 married iranian female university students who were selected via a multi-cluster sampling method from universities of social welfare and rehabilitation, tarbiat modarres, and isla...

This article investigates NATO burden sharing in the 1990s in light of strategic, technological, political, and membership changes. Both an ability-to-pay and a benefits-received analysis of burden sharing are conducted. During 1990-99, there is no evidence of disproportionate burden sharing, where the large allies shoulder the burdens of the small. Nevertheless, the theoretical model predicts ...

In 2019, China emerged prominently on NATO’s agenda, growing more prominent ever since. What accounts for this phenomenon? Is it best explained by Chinese behaviour, changing perceptions of its or an internal Alliance snowball effect resulting from the desire to appear dynamic and relevant, particularly following Trump administration’s prioritization over Russia as United States’ principal secu...

This report describes an initial reference architecture for intelligent software agents performing active, largely autonomous cyber defense actions on military networks of computing and communicating devices. The report is produced by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Research Task Group (RTG) IST-152"Intelligent Autonomous Agents for Cyber Defense and Resilience". In a conflict wit...

Június 28-30 között került sor a NATO madridi csúcstalálkozójára, ahol hidegháború óta példátlan biztonsági környezetben kell válaszokat találnia szövetségnek az aktuális kihívásokra. A NATO-csúcstalálkozót megelőző elemzés publikálásával hármas célunk volt. Egyfelől röviden áttekinteni azt két területet, amely években fontos volt katonai adaptációja szempontjából, másfelől bemutatni magyar biz...

As part of its ongoing effort to encourage rapid prototyping within NATO, the Allied Command Transformation Modelling and Simulation Section is actively involved in modelling and simulating at the multinational political/military level. Experimentation with multinational political concepts and at the military strategic level is inherently complicated and sensitive. Simulation can be used to not...

This issue of Aesthetic Surgery Journal marks the one-year anniversary of Dr. Foad Nahai's editorial heralding an increased focus on evidence-based medicine (EBM) in the pages of the Journal. 1 This year, the Journal will increase the visibility of EBM articles by showcasing the Level of Evidence (LOE) pyramid to identify pertinent articles with a ranking of Level 1, 2, or 3. Levels of Evidence...

Drawing from ideas in both traditional animation and modern philosophy, we present a methodology for designing synthetic characters. The goal of our approach is to construct intentional characters that are both compelling, in the sense that people can empathize with them, and understandable, in that their actions can be seen as attempts to satisfy their desires given their beliefs. We also pres...

Embedded virtual simulation, employed in many NATO training communities, is a key to addressing urgent training needs in areas that stretch the capabilities offered by conventional simulation techniques. Of particular relevance to NATO are training needs such communication and tactical team coordination. This paper will summarize some needs in training and mission planning that remain unmet, di...