Eco – epidemiology: challenges and opportunities for tomorrow’s epidemiologists Luchuo Engelbert Bain, Paschal Kum Awah Centre for Population Studies and Health Promotion, Yaounde, Cameroon, Department of Military Health, Ministry of Defence, Yaounde, Cameroon, Faculty of Arts, Letters and Social Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon Corresponding author: Luchuo Engelbert Bain, C...

In the geopolitical conditions of confrontation between states, one means protection and sovereignty is military force, therefore each state has its own doctrines that determine development army equipment training for various types troops. China a doctrine called National Military Defense Doctrine. The problem studying coverage this topic abroad within country becomes important scientific commu...

As more veterans return from Iraq and Afghanistan, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) often returns with them. As a result, PTSD has quickly become the most prevalent mental disorder diagnosis among active duty United States (U.S.) military. Although numerous studies have not only validated PTSD but have chronicled its negative behavioral impact, it remains a controversial diagnosis. It is wi...

Between 1961 and 1970, the U.S. military engaged in massive chemical defoliation and crop destruction operations in Southeast Asia. In 1985, nearly two decades after the spraying had ceased, a landmark tort settlement was reached between a class of Vietnam veterans and the chemical manufacturers that had supplied the Agent Orange and other military herbicides to the U.S. Department of Defense. ...

In this paper, we report on the project initiated by Defense R&D Canada Valcartier that is intended as a vehicle to assess holonic control as a means of improving tactical sensor management for distributed military surveillance operations. Three levels of sensor management are considered: sensor, platform, and group. The proposed design is used to develop a simulation using a military scenario ...

This manual describes the basic principles of the Military Grid Reference System and the nonstandard reference systems. It describes the method for determining references on maps and charts at scales of 1:1,000,000 and larger. It contains identifications for the grid zone designations and for the 100,000 meter squares of the Universal Transverse Mercator Grid and the Universal Polar Sterographi...

Military academies, as military talent training and national defense technology independent innovation bases, is an important issue for academies to establish a set of procurement management processes, so continuously promote the improvement academies’ support construction level. Based on main contradictions problems in current centralized process this article optimizes process, hoping make mor...

For many years military leaders have been calling for the U.S. Armed Forces to be more agile, adaptive, and innovative in order to defeat future and emerging threats. To assist the military in this endeavor, the University of Alabama in Huntsville explored Department of Defense (DoD) culture at the organizational level. Having the proper organizational culture can improve performance by empower...

Many of the orthopaedic studies completed within the military come from records-based research. This methodological article will assist researchers in completing such studies by highlighting the experiences and lessons learned from a recent retrospective study on amputees. Specifically, this article provides details on the various data sources available within the military, and how to access th...