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Record Nr.

UNINA9910702929903321

Titolo

Collaboration of FSRG in dietary data collection and analysis for the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity Across the Life Span Study ... annual report

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.], : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service

ISSN

2156-0439

Descrizione fisica

: HTML files

Disciplina

394.12

Soggetti

Food habits - Maryland - Baltimore - Longitudinal studies

City dwellers - Health and hygiene - Maryland - Baltimore - Longitudinal studies

Public health - Maryland - Baltimore - Longitudinal studies

Longitudinal studies.

Periodicals.

Maryland Baltimore

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

"The primary objective [of HANDLS] is to create a representative 20-year longitudinal study of health status across the lifespan focused on investigating the differential influences of race and socioeconomic status on health in an urban population. The study recruits whites and African Americans 30-64 years old from the City of Baltimore, Maryland, in both low and high socioeconomic status. Data collection includes a baseline assessment and five follow-up triennial assessments over approximately 20 years."



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910220121003321

Autore

Baiocchi Dave

Titolo

Increasing flexibility and agility at the National Reconnaissance Office : lessons from modular design, occupational surprise, and commercial research and development processes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

RAND Corporation, 2013

[Place of publication not identified], : Rand Corporation, 2013

ISBN

0-8330-8203-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

358/.84

Soggetti

Artificial satellites, American - Design and construction - Evaluation

Organizational behavior

Military & Naval Science

Law, Politics & Government

Military Administration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Investigating the suitability of modularity toward National Reconnaissance Office space systems -- Occupational surprise -- Organizational mechanisms that increase responsiveness -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

To help the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) become more flexible and agile in an  increasingly uncertain world, RAND sought answers to two key questions. First, would the  NRO benefit from building modular satellites? RAND researchers developed a method for  evaluating whether a system is a good candidate for modularity and applied it to systems both  inside and outside the NRO. The authors found that NRO space systems do not appear to be strong candidates for modularization. Second, what lessons might be drawn from how chief  executive officers, military personnel, and health care professionals (among others) respond to  surprise? RAND developed a framework to categorize professionals' responses to surprise and  then conducted discussions with representatives from 13 different professions, including former ambassadors, chief executive officers,



military personnel, and physicians. The authors observed  that all interviewees used common coping strategies. The authors also found some differences  in response to surprise that depend on two factors: time available to respond and the level of chaos in the environment. The report concludes with recommendations on actions that the NRO can take to improve the flexibility of its hardware and the workforce.