formation, institutional development, and function of irgc armored unit in the iran- iraq war have an interesting story. here, roundtable and exclusive interview sections have refered to this issue. earlier, the difficult conditions of the war years were mentioned. iranian forces used their weak capabilities and their war plunders to crate an elementary armored unit. here, some documents about ...

In April of 2003 the American Army launched an attack into the heart of Baghdad called the Thunder Run. The 3 Infantry Division saw most of the fighting against sizable force of moderately well armed Iraqi Army soldiers. This paper provides an in depth look into utilizing the Thunder Run scenario in conjunction with Joint Conflict and Tactical Simulation (JCATS) software and the Systems Decisio...

A new species of armored scale, Pseudaulacaspis zhenyuanensis Wei & Feng, sp. n. is described and illustrated from specimens collected on Spermadictyon suaveolens in China. A key to armored scale species known from China is provided.

The branched DNA (bDNA) assay is a reliable method for quantifying the RNA of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). The positive controls and standards for this assay for the detection of HIV-1 consist of naked RNA, which is susceptible to degradation by RNase. Armored RNA is a good candidate for an RNase-resistant positive control or standard. However, its use has been limited by the ma...

We report the behavior of particle-stabilized bubbles (armored bubbles) when exposed to various classes and concentrations of surfactants. The bubbles are nonspherical, which is a signature of the jamming of the particles on the interface, and are stable to dissolution prior to the addition of surfactant. Armored bubbles exposed to surfactants, dissolve, and exhibit distinct morphological, micr...

To study the effect of shock wave load on body elements vehicles, a setting has been developed that takes into account mobile nature this load. A specialized parametric finite-element model layout created armored-carrier, taking peculiarities studied process. The problem determining stress-strain state armored-hulls solved in static and dynamic formulation. space-time distributions components c...

The main objectives of this study are estimate a species-dense, time-calibrated molecular phylogeny of Hypoptopomatinae, Neoplecostominae, and Otothyrinae, which together comprise a group of armoured catfishes that is widely distributed across South America, to place the origin of major clades in time and space, and to demonstrate the role of river capture on patterns of diversification in thes...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is developing a capability to simulate seismic signatures of moving armored vehicles. To generate vehicle specific signatures, these high-fidelity simulations require vehicle-generated forces acting on the earth’s surface at the vehicle. We present a description of customized enhancements to commercially available dynamic analysis software known as DADS (Dynamic...