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Improved Operational Testing and Evaluation and Methods of Combining Test Information for the Stryker Family of Vehicles and Related Army Systems -

Improved Operational Testing and Evaluation and Methods of Combining Test Information for the Stryker Family of Vehicles and Related Army Systems -

The U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) is responsible for the operational testing and evaluation of Army systems in development. ATECrequested that the National Research Council form the Panel on Operational Test Design and Evaluation of the Interim Armored Vehicle (Stryker). The charge to this panel was to explore three issues concerning the IOT plans for the Stryker/SBCT. First, the panel was asked to examine the measures selected to assess the performance and effectiveness of the Stryker/SBCT in comparison both to requirements and to the baseline system. Second, the panel was asked to review the test design for the Stryker/SBCT initial operational test to see whether it is consistent with best practices. Third, the panel was asked to identify the advantages and disadvantages of techniques for combining operational test data with data from other sources and types of use. In a previous report (appended to the current report) the panel presented findings, conclusions, and recommendations pertaining to the first two issues: measures of performance and effectiveness, and test design. In the current report, the panel discusses techniques for combining information. Table of ContentsFront MatterExecutive Summary1. Introduction to Combining Information2. Examples of Combining Information3. Combining Information in Practice4. Prerequisites for Combining Information5. Testing Challenges and Opportunities Posed by the Future Combat SystemReferencesAppendix A: Further Details Concerning the Bearing Cage ExampleAppendix B: Technical Details on Combining Information in Estimation: A Treatment of Separate Failure ModesAppendix C: The Rocket Development ProgramAppendix D: Acronyms and AbbreviationsPhase I Report: Operational Test Design and Evaluation of the Interim Armored VehicleBiographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff

DKK 409.00
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Review of Department of Defense Test Protocols for Combat Helmets - National Research Council - Bog - National Academies Press - Plusbog.dk

Review of Department of Defense Test Protocols for Combat Helmets - National Research Council - Bog - National Academies Press - Plusbog.dk

Combat helmets have evolved considerably over the years from those used in World War I to today's Advanced Combat Helmet. One of the key advances was the development of aramid fibers in the 1960s, which led to today's Kevlar-based helmets. The Department of Defense is continuing to invest in research to improve helmet performance, through better design and materials as well as better manufacturing processes. Review of the Department of Defense Test Protocols for Combat Helmets considers the technical issues relating to test protocols for military combat helmets. At the request of the DOD Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, this report evaluates the adequacy of the Advanced Combat Helmet test protocol for both first article testing and lot acceptance testing, including its use of the metrics of probability of no penetration and the upper tolerance limit (used to evaluate backface deformation). The report evaluates appropriate use of statistical techniques in gathering data; adequacy of current helmet testing procedures; procedures for the conduct of additional analysis of penetration and backface deformation data; and scope of characterization testing relative to the benefit of the information obtained.

DKK 344.00
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Incentives and Test-Based Accountability in Education - Division Of Behavioral And Social Sciences And Education - Bog - National Academies Press -

Incentives and Test-Based Accountability in Education - Division Of Behavioral And Social Sciences And Education - Bog - National Academies Press -

In recent years there have been increasing efforts to use accountability systems based on large-scale tests of students as a mechanism for improving student achievement. The federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is a prominent example of such an effort, but it is only the continuation of a steady trend toward greater test-based accountability in education that has been going on for decades. Over time, such accountability systems included ever-stronger incentives to motivate school administrators, teachers, and students to perform better. Incentives and Test-Based Accountability in Education reviews and synthesizes relevant research from economics, psychology, education, and related fields about how incentives work in educational accountability systems. The book helps identify circumstances in which test-based incentives may have a positive or a negative impact on student learning and offers recommendations for how to improve current test-based accountability policies. The most important directions for further research are also highlighted. For the first time, research and theory on incentives from the fields of economics, psychology, and educational measurement have all been pulled together and synthesized. Incentives and Test-Based Accountability in Education will inform people about the motivation of educators and students and inform policy discussions about NCLB and state accountability systems. Education researchers, K-12 school administrators and teachers, as well as graduate students studying education policy and educational measurement will use this book to learn more about the motivation of educators and students. Education policy makers at all levels of government will rely on this book to inform policy discussions about NCLB and state accountability systems.

DKK 227.00
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Technical Assessment of the Man-in-Simulant Test Program - National Research Council - Bog - National Academies Press - Plusbog.dk

Technical Assessment of the Man-in-Simulant Test Program - National Research Council - Bog - National Academies Press - Plusbog.dk

The cornerstone of chemical and biological defense strategy is protection (i.e., insulating personnel from chemical and biological agents using individual clothing ensembles and respirators, as well as collective filtration systems and shelters). The CSC was asked by the CBDCOM to undertake a technology assessment of the Army's MIST program-which is designed to test protective suit ensembles in simulated chemical attacks.

DKK 305.00
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Test and Evaluation Challenges in Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Systems for the Department of the Air Force - Air Force Studies Board - Bog -

Test and Evaluation Challenges in Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Systems for the Department of the Air Force - Air Force Studies Board - Bog -

The Department of the Air Force (DAF) is in the early stages of incorporating modern artificial intelligence (AI) technologies into its systems and operations. The integration of AI-enabled capabilities across the DAF will accelerate over the next few years. At the request of DAF Air and Space Forces, this report examines the Air Force Test Center technical capabilities and capacity to conduct rigorous and objective tests, evaluations, and assessments of AI-enabled systems under operational conditions and against realistic threats. This report explores both the opportunities and challenges inherent in integrating AI at speed and at scale across the DAF. Table of ContentsFront MatterSummary1 Introduction2 Definitions and Perspectives3 Test and Evaluation of DAF AI-Enabled Systems4 Evolution of Test and Evaluation in Future AI-Based DAF Systems5 AI Technical Risks Under Operational Conditions6 Emerging AI Technologies and Future T&E Implications7 Concluding ThoughtsAppendixesAppendix A: Statement of TaskAppendix B: Public Meeting AgendasAppendix C: Committee Member Biographical InformationAppendix D: Acronyms and AbbreviationsAppendix E: Testing, Evaluating, and Assessing Artificial IntelligenceEnabled Systems Under Operational Conditions for the Department of the Air Force: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief

DKK 325.00
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Generating Evidence for Genomic Diagnostic Test Development - Institute Of Medicine - Bog - National Academies Press - Plusbog.dk

Generating Evidence for Genomic Diagnostic Test Development - Institute Of Medicine - Bog - National Academies Press - Plusbog.dk

Ten years after the sequencing of the human genome, scientists have developed genetic tests that can predict a person's response to certain drugs, estimate the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, and make other predictions based on known links between genes and diseases. However, genetic tests have yet to become a routine part of medical care, in part because there is not enough evidence to show they help improve patients' health. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) held a workshop to explore how researchers can gather better evidence more efficiently on the clinical utility of genetic tests. Generating Evidence for Genomic Diagnostic Test Development compares the evidence that is required for decisions regarding clearance, use, and reimbursement, to the evidence that is currently generated. The report also addresses innovative and efficient ways to generate high-quality evidence, as well as barriers to generating this evidence. Generating Evidence for Genomic Diagnostic Test Development contains information that will be of great value to regulators and policymakers, payers, health-care providers, researchers, funders, and evidence-based review groups. Table of ContentsFront Matter1 Introduction2 Stakeholder Perspectives on Evidence3 Approaches to Evidence Generation4 Overcoming Barriers for Evidence Generation5 Considerations Moving Forward6 Final RemarksReferencesAppendix A: Workshop AgendaAppendix B: Speaker Biographical SketchesAppendix C: Registered Attendees

DKK 208.00
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The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty - National Research Council - Bog - National Academies Press - Plusbog.dk

The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty - National Research Council - Bog - National Academies Press - Plusbog.dk

This report reviews and updates the 2002 National Research Council report, Technical Issues Related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). This report also assesses various topics, including:the plans to maintain the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear stockpile without nuclear-explosion testing;the U.S. capability to detect, locate, and identify nuclear explosions;commitments necessary to sustain the stockpile and the U.S. and international monitoring systems; andpotential technical advances countries could achieve through evasive testing and unconstrained testing. Sustaining these technical capabilities will require action by the National Nuclear Security Administration, with the support of others, on a strong scientific and engineering base maintained through a continuing dynamic of experiments linked with analysis, a vigorous surveillance program, adequate ratio of performance margins to uncertainties. This report also emphasizes the use of modernized production facilities and a competent and capable workforce with a broad base of nuclear security expertise. Table of ContentsFront MatterEXECUTIVE SUMMARYSUMMARY1 SAFETY, SECURITY, AND RELIABILITY OF THE U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE2 TECHNICAL MONITORING CAPABILITIES AND CHALLENGES3 SUSTAINING U.S. TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES UNDER THE CTBT4 POTENTIAL TECHNICAL ADVANCES FROM NUCLEAR-EXPLOSION TESTING5 COMPLETE LIST OF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONSAPPENDIX A Committee on Reviewing and Updating "Technical Issues Related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty" (CTBT)APPENDIX B List of CTBT Committee and Seismology Subcommittee MeetingsAPPENDIX C The U.S. National Capability to Monitor for Nuclear ExplosionsAPPENDIX D Monitoring Areas of High InterestAPPENDIX E Dealing with Evasive Underground Nuclear TestingAPPENDIX F Issues Related to Containment of RadioactivityAPPENDIX G U.S. Satellite Nuclear Detonation Detection Capability: Options and ImpactsAPPENDIX H Satellite-Based Challenges and SolutionsAPPENDIX I ReferencesAPPENDIX J List of AcronymsAPPENDIX K Glossary of Key Terms from the 2010 CTBT NIE

DKK 292.00
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Review of the Need for a Large-Scale Test Facility for Research on the Effects of Extreme Winds on Structures - National Academy Of Sciences - Bog -

Review of the Need for a Large-Scale Test Facility for Research on the Effects of Extreme Winds on Structures - National Academy Of Sciences - Bog -

The Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL), through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has proposed that a large-scale wind test facility (LSWTF) be constructed to study, in full-scale, the behavior of low-rise structures under simulated extreme wind conditions. To determine the need for, and potential benefits of, such a facility, the Idaho Operations Office of the DOE requested that the National Research Council (NRC) perform an independent assessment of the role and potential value of an LSWTF in the overall context of wind engineering research. The NRC established the Committee to Review the Need for a Large-scale Test Facility for Research on the Effects of Extreme Winds on Structures, under the auspices of the Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, to perform this assessment. This report conveys the results of the committee's deliberations as well as its findings and recommendations.

DKK 279.00
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Improved Operational Testing and Evaluation - Division Of Behavioral And Social Sciences And Education - Bog - National Academies Press - Plusbog.dk

Improved Operational Testing and Evaluation - Division Of Behavioral And Social Sciences And Education - Bog - National Academies Press - Plusbog.dk

The U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) is responsible for the operational testing and evaluation of Army systems in development. ATEC requested that the National Research Council form the Panel on Operational Test Design and Evaluation of the Interim Armored Vehicle (Stryker) to explore three issues concerning the initial operation test plans for the Stryker/Interim Brigade Combat Team (IBCT). First, the panel was asked to examine the measures selected to assess the performance and effectiveness of the Stryker/IBCT in comparison both to requirements and to the baseline system. Second, the panel was asked to review the test design for the Stryker/IBCT initial operational test to see whether it is consistent with best practices. Third, the panel was asked to identify the advantages and disadvantages of techniques for combining operational test data with data from other sources and types of use. In this report the panel presents findings, conclusions, and recommendations pertaining to the first two issues: measures of performance and effectiveness, and test design. The panel intends to prepare a second report that discusses techniques for combining information. Table of ContentsFront MatterExecutive Summary1. Introduction2. Test Process3. Test Measures4. Statistical Design5. Data Analysis6. Assessing the IBCT/Stryker Operational Test in a Broad ContextReferencesAppendix A: Letter Report of the Panel to the Army Test and Evalution CommandAppendix B: Force Exchange Ratio, Historical Win Probability, and Winning with Decisive ForceAppendix C: Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff

DKK 286.00
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Evaluation of Demonstration Test Results of Alternative Technologies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons - Committee On Review And

Evaluation of Demonstration Test Results of Alternative Technologies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons - Committee On Review And

In 1996, the U.S. Congress enacted two laws, Public Law 104-201 (authorization legislation) and Public Law 104-208 (appropriation legislation), mandating that the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) conduct an assessment of alternative technologies to the baseline incineration process for the demilitarization of assembled chemical munitions. The PMACWA had previously requested that the National Research Council (NRC) perform and publish an independent evaluation of the seven technologies packages that had been selected during earlier phases of the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment (ACWA) program and deliver a report by September 1, 1999. However, to meet that deadline, the NRC Committee on Review and Evaluation of Alternative Technologies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons (ACW Committee) had to terminate its data-gathering activities on March 15, 1999, prior to the completion of demonstration tests. In September 1999, the PMACWA requested that the ACW Committee examine the reports of the demonstration tests and determine if the results changed the committee's original findings, recommendations, and comments. Evaluation of Demonstration Test Results of Alternative Technologies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons documents the committee's reassessment of the findings and recommendations in the original report, Review and Evaluation of Alternative Technologies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons.

DKK 305.00
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Necessary DoD Range Capabilities to Ensure Operational Superiority of U.S. Defense Systems - Board On Army Research And Development - Bog - National

Necessary DoD Range Capabilities to Ensure Operational Superiority of U.S. Defense Systems - Board On Army Research And Development - Bog - National

Rigorous operational testing (OT) of weapon systems procured by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is fundamental to ensuring that these sophisticated systems not only meet their stated requirements, but also perform under realistic operational conditions when faced by determined adversaries employing their own highly capable offensive and defensive weaponry. DoD's test and training range enterprise provides the geography, infrastructure, technology, expertise, processes, and management that make safe, secure, and comprehensive OT possible. The challenges facing the nation's range infrastructure are both increasing and accelerating. Limited test capacity in physical resources and workforce, the age of test infrastructure, the capability to test advanced technologies, and encroachment impact the ability to inform system performance, integrated system performance and the overall pace of testing. Necessary DoD Range Capabilities to Ensure Operational Superiority of U.S. Defense Systems assesses the physical and technical suitability of DoD test and evaluation ranges, infrastructure, and tools for determining the operational effectiveness, suitability, survivability, and lethality of military systems. This report explores modernization, sustainment, operations, and resource challenges for test and evaluation ranges, and makes recommendations to put the DoD range enterprise on a modernization trajectory to meet the needs of OT in the years ahead. Table of ContentsFront MatterExecutive Summary1 Introduction2 An Envisioned Future of Operational Test and Evaluation3 Testing for Future Combat: Multi-Domain Operations, Connected Concurrent Kill Chains, and Mitigating Encroachment4 Digital Infrastructure Needs for Operational Testing5 Speed-to-Field: Restructuring the Requirements and Resources Processes for DoD Test Ranges6 Conclusion and Summary of Recommendations by ActorAppendixesAppendix A: Statement of Task and Completion MatrixAppendix B: Site Visit SummariesAppendix C: Committee Member BiographiesAppendix D: Disclosure of Unavoidable Conflicts of InterestAppendix E: Abbreviations and Acronyms

DKK 240.00
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The Five Series Study - Harriet Crawford - Bog - National Academies Press - Plusbog.dk

The Five Series Study - Harriet Crawford - Bog - National Academies Press - Plusbog.dk

More than 200,000 U.S. military personnel participated in atmospheric nuclear weapons tests between 1945 and the 1963 Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Questions persist, such as whether that test participation is associated with the timing and causes of death among those individuals. This is the report of a mortality study of the approximately 70,000 soldiers, sailors, and airmen who participated in at least one of five selected U.S. nuclear weapons test series1 in the 1950s and nearly 65,000 comparable nonparticipants, the referents. The investigation described in this report, based on more than 5 million person-years of mortality follow-up, represents one of the largest cohort studies of military veterans ever conducted.

DKK 409.00
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Evaluating Hearing Loss for Individuals with Cochlear Implants - Committee On Evaluating Hearing Loss For Individuals With Cochlear Implants - Bog -

Evaluating Hearing Loss for Individuals with Cochlear Implants - Committee On Evaluating Hearing Loss For Individuals With Cochlear Implants - Bog -

The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) administers programs that provide disability benefits. Once SSA establishes the presence of a severe impairment, it determines whether the impairment meets the criteria in the Listing of Impairments (Listings) that qualify a candidate for disability benefits. The current Listings that address hearing loss treated with cochlear implantation contain criteria that evaluate hearing ability through a speech recognition test called the Hearing in Noise Test (HINT). Since its development in 1994, the HINT has been widely used to measure cochlear implant candidacy and postoperative outcomes. However, the test characteristics, the state of cochlear implant technology, and the environment that made the HINT a common choice of assessment in 1994 are different in 2021. The HINT has several limitations in its characteristics and deviation from its intended use. At the request of SSA, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a consensus study committee to identify and recommend generalized testing procedures and criteria for evaluating the level of functional hearing ability needed to make a disability determination in adults and children after cochlear implantation. The committee's report, Evaluating Hearing Loss for Individuals with Cochlear Implants, details and supports its findings, conclusions, and recommendations based on published evidence and professional judgment. Table of ContentsFront MatterSummary1 Introduction2 Considerations for Evaluating Hearing Function3 Characteristics and Limitations of the Hearing in Noise Test4 Characteristics of Hearing and Speech Tests5 Evaluating Hearing Ability in Persons with Cochlear Implants with Single-Sided Deafness or Asymmetric Hearing Loss6 Test Comparisons and Recommendations

DKK 318.00
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Challenges and Opportunities in Using Residual Newborn Screening Samples for Translational Research - Board On Health Sciences Policy - Bog - National

Challenges and Opportunities in Using Residual Newborn Screening Samples for Translational Research - Board On Health Sciences Policy - Bog - National

Newborn screening samples are used to test more than 4 million infants each year for life-threatening diseases that are treatable if found at birth. These specimens also represent a potentially invaluable resource for public health and biomedical research. The IOM held a workshop to examine issues surrounding the use of residual specimens for translational research.

DKK 208.00
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Nuclear Proliferation and Arms Control Monitoring, Detection, and Verification - Verification Committee On The Review Of Capabilities For Detection -

Nuclear Proliferation and Arms Control Monitoring, Detection, and Verification - Verification Committee On The Review Of Capabilities For Detection -

At the request of Congress, this report presents findings and recommendations related to governance of the U.S. government's monitoring, detection, and verification (MDV) enterprise and offers findings and recommendations related to technical MDV capabilities and research, development, test, and evaluation efforts, focused in particular on the nuclear fuel cycle, nuclear test explosions, and arms control. Table of ContentsFront MatterSummary1 Introduction2 Governance of the MDV Enterprise3 Technical MDV Capabilities and Research and Development4 ConclusionAppendix A: Statement of TaskAppendix B: List of Findings and RecommendationsAppendix C: Summary of the Defense Science Board Task Force Report: Assessment of Nuclear Monitoring and Verification TechnologiesAppendix D: Summary of the 2018 Plan for Verification, Detection, and Monitoring of Nuclear Weapons and Fissile MaterialAppendix E: Table of Technology Readiness LevelsAppendix F: NNSA DNN (NA-20) Organizational ChartAppendix G: MDV at the Department of Energy National LaboratoriesAppendix H: NNSA's Over the Horizon InitiativeAppendix I: Example Charter for the National Security Council's External Advisory Board for Monitoring, Detection, and Verification AssessmentAppendix J: Table of Relevant Technical and Program ReviewsAppendix K: Summary of Currently Funded NNSA/DNN R&D University ConsortiaAppendix L: Table of MDV R&D Technical Capabilities Needed for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Nuclear Test Explosions, and Arms ControlAppendix M: MDV R&D Priorities Listed in the NDRD Strategic Plan for FY20202024Appendix N: Committee BiographiesAppendix O: List of Committee Meetings and Briefings

DKK 370.00
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Testing of Body Armor Materials - Board On Army Science And Technology - Bog - National Academies Press - Plusbog.dk

Testing of Body Armor Materials - Board On Army Science And Technology - Bog - National Academies Press - Plusbog.dk

In 2009, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released the report Warfighter Support: Independent Expert Assessment of Army Body Armor Test Results and Procedures Needed Before Fielding, which commented on the conduct of the test procedures governing acceptance of body armor vest-plate inserts worn by military service members. This GAO report, as well as other observations, led the Department of Defense Director, Operational Test & Evaluation, to request that the National Research Council (NRC) Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences conduct a three-phase study to investigate issues related to the testing of body armor materials for use by the U.S. Army and other military departments. Phase I and II resulted in two NRC letter reports: one in 2009 and one in 2010. This report is Phase III in the study. Testing of Body Armor Materials: Phase III provides a roadmap to reduce the variability of clay processes and shows how to migrate from clay to future solutions, as well as considers the use of statistics to permit a more scientific determination of sample sizes to be used in body armor testing. This report also develops ideas for revising or replacing the Prather study methodology, as well as reviews comments on methodologies and technical approaches to military helmet testing. Testing of Body Armor Materials: Phase III also considers the possibility of combining various national body armor testing standards.

DKK 396.00
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Statistics, Testing, and Defense Acquisition - Division Of Behavioral And Social Sciences And Education - Bog - National Academies Press - Plusbog.dk

Statistics, Testing, and Defense Acquisition - Division Of Behavioral And Social Sciences And Education - Bog - National Academies Press - Plusbog.dk

The Panel on Statistical Methods for Testing and Evaluating Defense Systems had a broad mandate—to examine the use of statistics in conjunction with defense testing. This involved examining methods for software testing, reliability test planning and estimation, validation of modeling and simulation, and use of modem techniques for experimental design. Given the breadth of these areas, including the great variety of applications and special issues that arise, making a contribution in each of these areas required that the Panel's work and recommendations be at a relatively general level. However, a variety of more specific research issues were either brought to the Panel's attention by members of the test and acquisition community, e.g., what was referred to as Dubin's challenge (addressed in the Panel's interim report), or were identified by members of the panel. In many of these cases the panel thought that a more in-depth analysis or a more detailed application of suggestions or recommendations made by the Panel would either be useful as input to its deliberations or could be used to help communicate more individual views of members of the Panel to the defense test community. This resulted in several research efforts. Given various criteria, especially immediate relevance to the test and acquisition community, the Panel has decided to make available three technical or background papers, each authored by a Panel member jointly with a colleague. These papers are individual contributions and are not a consensus product of the Panel; however, the Panel has drawn from these papers in preparation of its final report: Statistics, Testing, and Defense Acquisition. The Panel has found each of these papers to be extremely useful and they are strongly recommended to readers of the Panel's final report. Table of ContentsFront MatterStrategic Information Generation and Transmission: The Evolution of Institutions in DoD Operational TestingOn the Performance of Weibull Life Tests Based on Exponential Life Testing DesignsApplication of Statistical Science to Testing and Evaluating Software Intensive Systems

DKK 351.00
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Fitness Measures and Health Outcomes in Youth - Committee On Fitness Measures And Health Outcomes In Youth - Bog - National Academies Press -

Fitness Measures and Health Outcomes in Youth - Committee On Fitness Measures And Health Outcomes In Youth - Bog - National Academies Press -

Physical fitness affects our ability to function and be active. At poor levels, it is associated with such health outcomes as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Physical fitness testing in American youth was established on a large scale in the 1950s with an early focus on performance-related fitness that gradually gave way to an emphasis on health-related fitness. Using appropriately selected measures to collected fitness data in youth will advance our understanding of how fitness among youth translates into better health. In Fitness Measures and Health Outcomes in Youth, the IOM assesses the relationship between youth fitness test items and health outcomes, recommends the best fitness test items, provides guidance for interpreting fitness scores, and provides an agenda for needed research. The report concludes that selected cardiorespiratory endurance, musculoskeletal fitness, and body composition measures should be in fitness surveys and in schools. Collecting fitness data nationally and in schools helps with setting and achieving fitness goals and priorities for public health at an individual and national level.

DKK 338.00
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