distribution is one of the most important topics in industrial engineering and logistics and supply chain that all organizations are dealing with it in the upper echelons and are looking for the optimum distribution of resources and equipment among the echelon. generally, it is seen that organizations cannot have a good distribution if there is not a suitable criterion for the distribution of e...

The asymmetric adversary poses a serious threat to civil and military facilities. Hence, the defence against such adversaries, the so-called anti asymmetric warfare, is of interest in various environments: air respectively maritime traffic, air defence, force protection in out of area missions, harbour protection, coastal surveillance, or the security of naval platforms operating in critical en...

This paper outlines the data fusion process from a military perspective and discusses resources available for the design of interoperable systems. It is stated that data fusion should be viewed as a systems engineering process. The resources include government sponsored fusion models, process architectures, and message standards; various research programs; systems integration facilities; data s...

TRICARE, the health benefits program created for beneficiaries of the U.S. Department of Defense, covers health care provided in military treatment facilities and by civilian providers. Congress is now considering how to update TRICARE, which was first developed in the 1980s drawing on managed care concepts from civilian health plans. This article places TRICARE's current managed care strategy ...

Introduction Recently the din ical and haemodynamic complica tions of predominant right ventricular infarction have become clear1, 1 . ~ . S_ Although the condition is uncommon it'i importance li~s in the high incidence of cardiogenic shock which in sharp contrast to shock complicating left ventricular infarction, ca rries a good prognosis . A 60 per cen t surviva l has been reported from a sop...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the practice pattern characteristics of anesthesia care in small, medium, and large teaching and non-teaching Medical Treatment Facilities (MTFs) in the Air Force. Data about anesthesia provider type, techniques and agents utilized, specialty services available, and military taskings affecting anesthesia providers (i.e. mobility exercises) were colle...

Nurses' role within the Joint Theater Trauma System's trauma performance improvement program spans the entire trauma continuum. Nurses serve as trauma nurse coordinators at combat zone medical treatment facilities, flight nurses within the US Air Force Aeromedical Evacuation system, multidisciplinary trauma teams at overseas and stateside military and Veterans Affairs healthcare organizations, ...

Ectoparasitic arthropods are often vectors of rickettsiosis. We conducted a survey of ectoparasites on U.S. military facilities throughout Japan with the use of specimens submitted by pest control, public health, and veterinary personnel. Over 1,600 individual ectoparasites were collected. Fifteen species were identified, including several significant vectors of human diseases such as scrub typ...

The report presents a sensor fusion algorithm that was utilized in a wireless sensor network-based acoustic countersniper system. The approach for fusing shockwave TOA data that are generated by supersonic projectiles is able to reconstruct the trajectory with an accuracy of 1 degree in both azimuth and elevation for long range shots. If a few muzzle blast detections are also available then acc...