Standardization program information booklet : American, British, Canadian, Australian armies.

Mode of access: Internet.

Defense issues.

Description based on: Vol. 1, no. 12; title from caption.

DSMC has hot topics for everyone in defense acquisition! /

Cover title.

DOD TEMPEST protection : better evaluations needed to determine required countermeasures : report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Government Information, Justice, and Agriculture, Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives /

"B-222962"--p.1.

The Defense Travel System : boon or boondoggle? : hearing before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, September 29, 2005.

"November 16, 2006"--Pt. 2.

The Shock and vibration bulletin.

"A publication of the Shock and Vibration Information Center, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C."

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

Mode of access: Internet.

Defense systems management review

Mode of access: Internet.

Electronic patient records: Achieving best practice in information transfer between hospital and community providers - an integration success story

Effective healthcare integration is underpinned by clinical information transfer that is timely, legible and relevant. The aim of this study was to describe and evaluate a method for best practice information exchange. This was achieved based on the generic Mater integration methodology. Using this model the Mater Health Services have increased effective community fax discharge from 34% in 1999 to 86% in 2002. These results were predicated on applied information technology excellence involving the development of the Mater Electronic Health Referral Summary and effective change management methodology, which included addressing issues around patient consent, engaging clinicians, provision of timely and appropriate education and training, executive leadership and commitment and adequate resourcing. The challenge in achieving best practice information transfer is not solely in the technology but also in implementing the change process and engaging clinicians. General practitioners valued the intervention highly. Hospital and community providers now have an inexpensive, effective product for critical information exchange in a timely and relevant manner, enhancing the quality and safety of patient care.

Using identity-by-de scent information in affected sib pairs to increase the efficiency of genetic association studies

T he aim of this study was to determine whether identity-by-descent (IBD) information for affected sib pairs (ASPs) can be used to select a sample of cases for a genetic case-control study which will provide more power for detecting association with loci in a known linkage region. By modeling the expected frequency of the disease allele in ASPs showing IBD sharing of 0, 1, or 2 alleles, and considering additive, recessive, and dominant disease models, we show that cases selected from IBD 2 families are best for this purpose, followed by those selected from IBD 1 families; least useful are cases selected from IBD 0 families.