President Barack Obama has concluded that success in Afghanistan depends upon enhanced coordination along the entire range of national power. To achieve this, he has ordered former CIA officer Bruce Riedel, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, and Undersecretary for Defense Policy Michele Flournoy to lead a review of US policy. As they work through the mechanics of military, diplomatic, and developmen...

An acquisition and T&E Efficiency – Submission Category: Acquisition Reform/Better Buying Power Small arms typically serve as a soldier’s last line of defense on the battlefield. Failure of the weapon could be disastrous; its reliability is of primary importance. In the future, the Army will be able to guarantee small arm reliability to greater and greater degrees by utilizing Dynamic Linear Re...

T he high level of technological innovation required for a strong national economy and defense is only achievable with a highly productive engineering workforce. In this country, the widely reported decline in the number of US students graduating in STEM disciplines strongly suggests that the US lead in innovation could be in jeopardy.1 Changing demographics in the US engineering workforce exac...

For centuries, mothers have relied on the protective power of carrots and its ability to boost their baby’s immune systems. The toddler’s golden yellow cheeks openly signal healthy development and the ability to withstand infectious adversity. Quite similarly, the human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus also counts on carotenoids to evade host immune defense, in particular being attacked and kille...

This article gives a glimpse of the early development of automatic control in Sweden covering the period up to the mid 1960s. Much of the early developments took place in industry and the defense establishments. Process control, particularly in the pulp and paper industry, power systems, and military projects were strong drivers for the technology. The article ends with the emergence of control...

protection of the mammary gland against mastitis-causing pathogens is mediated by many factors in thegland and blood circulation. the professional phagocytic cells of bovine udder, polymorphonuclearneutrophils (pmn) and macrophages, comprise the first line of defense against invading mastitis pathogens.most researchers now accept that the pmn is a key factor in the cows’ defense against intrama...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of beryllium sensitization among former and current Department of Defense workers from a conventional munitions facility. METHODS Participants were screened by using Beryllium Lymphocyte Proliferation Test. Those sensitized were offered clinical evaluation for chronic beryllium disease. RESULTS Eight (1.5%) of 524 screened workers were found sensitized t...