In this paper we present a wearable, headset integrated eyesand hands-free speech-tospeech (S2S) translation system. The S2S system described here is configured for translingual communication between English and colloquial Iraqi Arabic. It employs an n-gram speech recognition engine, a rudimentary phrase-based translator for translating recognized Iraqi text, and a rudimentary text-tospeech (TT...

This paper discusses Tactical Iraqi, a video game developed at the University of Southern California with funding from the U.S. military that is designed to accelerate a learner’s acquisition of spoken Arabic to assist in the rapid deployment of soldiers into volatile tactical situations. This paper analyzes three distinct aspects of the Tactical Iraqi mission game: how “trust” is constituted i...

Little is known about the use of central nervous system (CNS) and musculoskeletal (MS) medications in Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF) veterans with blast-related injuries. A group of 133 OIF/OEF veterans with blast-related injuries was identified from trauma registries and verified with electronic medical records. Use of multiple CNS and MS medications was common an...

This article explores the perceptions of urban African-American and Iraqi refugee adolescents regarding community violence, school violence, family violence and dating/intimate partner violence. A subset of participants from a larger study on violence and trauma was selected to participate in the current study. Using a card-sort exercise, participants identified situations as violent or not vio...