Patterns of healthcare use in a sample of young adults entering the US Navy (N=1137) were examined in a longitudinal survey study. Baseline data provided information about healthcare use as a civilian, whereas follow-up data were used to examine changes in patterns of use over time following entry into the Military Health System (MHS). Entrance into the MHS was marked by increased use of preven...

Abstract This essay reviews three recent books on the changing landscape of global energy politics in era climate change. Key questions that authors investigate include: how will renewable transition reshape balance power? How political-economic interdependencies and geopolitical alignments shift? Will contemporary petro-states adapt or collapse? And what new patterns peace conflict may emerge ...

The prevalence of oculomotor dysfunctions associated with blast-induced mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in warfighters has increased as a consequence of recent conflicts. This study evaluated the effectiveness of computerized oculomotor vision screening (COVS) in a military population. Oculomotor functions were assessed with COVS and by conventional methods in 20 U.S. military personnel with...

The biomechanical mechanisms of lower-limb injuries in the New Zealand Defense Force were identified from the circumstances of the injuries, and injury prevention strategies that addressed these mechanisms examined for their applicability to a military setting. Many of the injuries were the result of rolling or twisting movements and ankle instability was a common causal factor. Ankle bracing a...

Wireless sensor networks (WSN) is emerging technology finds variety of applications in military, movement tracking, industries and medical fields. WSNs are self configurable, self healing networks. This paper is a survey of mobility models that are used in the simulations of sensor networks. I describe several mobility models that represent mobile nodes whose movements are independent and depen...

Arthroscopic subacromial decompression (ASD) is frequent operation on shoulder joint. Acromioplasty or subacromial decompression is operative technique for removal of mechanical barrier, which restricts physiological motion of humeral head, during abduction and external rotation movements of shoulder joint. This article explains a technique of arthroscopic subacromial decompression and our resu...

INTRODUCTION NATIONAL INTEREST AS A RATIONALE FOR HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION Practical Military Questions and Concerns Social and Political Movements Contemporary Considerations and Questions Uncovering the Process in Nazi Germany THE NAZI HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION PROGRAM Experimental Methods of the Hypothermia Studies Human Dimensions of the Experimental Program Results of the Human Hypothermia Resear...

In the Atlantic American tropics, from Florida to Brazil, yellow fever attacked different populations differently. It killed outsiders more easily than locals, whites more easily than blacks, adults more easily than children. This meant that, after yellow fever was firmly ensconced via an ecological reconfiguration connected to sugar (c. 1640–90) it underpinned a military and political status q...