Evidence across a multitude of contexts indicates that social support is associated with reduced risk for mental health symptoms. More information is needed on the effectiveness of different sources of support, as well as sex differences in support. Associations between social support from two sources - the military unit and friends and family - and mental health symptoms were examined in a stu...

The Study of Innovation and Technology in China (SITC) is a project of the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation. SITC Policy Briefs provide analysis and recommendations based on the work of project participants. Author's views are their own. Summary O ver the past two decades, the relationship between China's civilian and military industrial sectors has been und...

The aim of this study was to assess the outcome of sanitary and epidemiologic measures undertaken in relation to alimentary infections in the military corps of the Croatian Defense Council (Hrvatsko vjeće obrane) and civilian population in Mostar and Tomislavgrad regions during the 1992-1995 War in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A total of 25 (4.8%) of soldiers and 7 (7.1%) of non-military personnel w...

John B Holcomb summarizes recent conceptual and practical advances in trauma care, in both military and civilian settings, and presents directions for future research.

Objective. This article questions what factors are associated with joining the military after high school rather than attending college, joining the civilian labor force, or doing some other activity. Three areas of influence on military enlistment are highlighted: educational goals, the institutional presence of the military in communities, and race and socioeconomic status. Method. The analys...

OBJECTIVE To compare major depressive disorder (MDD) symptomatology within men and women in a large, representative sample of Canadian military personnel and civilians. METHOD We used the Canadian Community Health Survey: Mental Health and Well-Being (Cycle 1.2 and Canadian Forces Supplement) (n = 36 984 and n = 8441, respectively) to compare past-year MDD symptomatology among military and ci...

Reflecting on governance mechanisms and organizational performance of the Cameroon Military Engineering raised some questions role Army in society general, developing countries particular same vein, efficiency thereof. The arising from this thinking are: How can influence Engineering? A tentative answer to question is one based an institutional approach stakeholder theory enable analysis Engine...

There is a growing awareness of the importance of organizational information architecture to sound decision-making in both the civilian and military sectors. We make a case for the convergence of civilian executive information systems and military C4I due to terrorist attacks on critical infrastructures. Specifically we survey civilian decision-makers about executive information systems and con...

Analyzing chat traffic has important applications for both the military and the civilian world. This poster will report on an effort to automatically separate chat messages into