Exploratory in nature, this study was designed to identify some of the personality trait configurations and attitude change patterns related to individual differences in cold coping capacity (CCC). Three enlisted marines participated in a week-long cold weather North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) combat exercise in upper Norway. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) was a...

The both Atlantic side relations from the ancient time had been faced with too much challenge but the continuing of this relation is due to the common political and economical interests. The upper Atlantic and the two organizations (NATO, EU) still exist to gain the essential goals and the political and security connection which are boosting with the economical integration at the same time. But...

Though Western analysts tend to mention al-Qaida and Taliban in Pakistan in the same context, the dynamics of their relationship are far more complex than a cursory examination would reveal. The context of this relationship is best understood within the overarching paradigm of militant activities of post 9/11 Taliban and al-Qaida remnants in Pakistan's tribal areas, where these groups flourish....

There are no internationally recognized nutritional recommendations for h-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) simply because the evidence pointing to nutritional requirement in man is mainly only recently derived. The purpose of the present paper is to summarize that evidence and to consider the opportunities and difficulties of incorporating n-3 long-chain PUFA in foods. The presen...

In this paper, the development and status of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Western Balkans is examined. NATO’s regional expansion can be considered a part general NATO to East. Unhindered eastward progress lasted until 2006, when Russia came back on Balkan scene with strategic South Stream pipeline project. The unexpected appearance new actor led an intensification membership pro...

În cadrul North Atlantic Treaty Organization/NATO, avem de-a face, în cele mai multe cazuri, cu operații și activități susținute într-un mediu multinațional, divers ales diferit din punctul de vedere al tehnicii nivelelor pregătire. Logistica acțiunilor militare este unul dintre pilonii factorii bază luați calcul chiar momentul zero pregătirii acestora, ceea ce inițiază o amplă nevoie înțeleger...

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are being extensively used nowadays. Therefore, pilots of traditional aerial platforms should adapt their skills to operate them from a Ground Control Station (GCS). Common GCSs provide information in separate screens: one presents the video stream while the other displays information about the mission plan and information coming from other sensors. To avoid the ...

Bulgaristan 110.912 km² yüzölçümü ve 7,1 milyon nüfusuyla Balkanlar’ın önemli ülkelerinden biridir. Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’ndan 1908 yılında tam bağımsızlığını elde ettikten sonra bir hayli zor zamanlar geçiren ülke, İkinci Dünya Savaşı’ndan Sovyet Sosyalist Cumhuriyetler Birliği’nin etkisiyle komünizme geçmiştir. Bu dönemden itibaren Türkiye’nin, ile olan ticari ilişkileri uzun yıllar boyunca i...

Since 2008, Ukraine’s status as an “in-between” state has solidified. On the one hand, the country has indicated little willingness to accede to Russian-centered schemes of post-Soviet reintegration, such as the customs union that Belarus and Kazakhstan have signed up for. On the other hand, Ukraine’s road toward full integration into EuroAtlantic institutions has been blocked by the European U...

the United States’ desire for isolationism and its desire to maintain hegemony. While the United States has initiated and continued wars in Afghanistan and Iraq that are increasingly unpopular with alliance members, it has also focused on increasing NATO buy-in and has become involved in ance members. This raises the question of whether strong states suffer from alliance entrapment, a that are ...