Uma história institucional do Centro Tecnológico do Exército (1979- 2013)

Este trabalho narra a história da criação e do desenvolvimento institucional do Centro Tecnológico do Exército (CTEx), órgão voltado para a pesquisa e o desenvolvimento dos materiais de emprego militar do Exército Brasileiro. A pesquisa teve como objetivo principal analisar a origem da instituição, os motivos para a sua criação e o papel dos principais atores envolvidos, além de apresentar os principais projetos desenvolvidos no CTEx. Inicialmente, analisa-se a área de Ciência e Tecnologia no Brasil entre os anos de 1960 a 1980, e em seguida aprofundam-se os aspectos fundamentais da história do CTEx entre 1979 e 2013. Por fim, são apresentados os resultados obtidos nas entrevistas realizadas com 26 (vinte e seis) servidores (militares e civis) que atuam principalmente nas áreas de pesquisa e desenvolvimento no CTEx.

Physician's adherence to the standard protocol for diabetes treatment in Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC)

The level of compliance with clinical practice guidelines for patients with Type II Diabetes Mellitus was evaluated in 157 patients treated at BAMC from 1 January 2006 to 1 January 2007. This retrospective analysis was conducted reviewing data from medical records and following the VA/DOD protocols that health care providers are expected to follow at this facility. Data collected included patient’s age and gender, presence or absence of complications of diabetes, physical examination findings, glycemic and lipid control, eye care, foot care, kidney function, and self-management and education. Subjects were selected performing systematic random sampling, and included both male and female patients, from a variety of ages and ethnic groups. The Diabetes complications screened for included glycemic and lipid complications, retinopathy, cardiovascular complications, peripheral circulation complications, and nephropathy. The results revealed that 19.10% had no complications and that the most common complications were: cardiovascular (49.68%), glycemic and lipid control (10.82%), retinopathy and peripheral circulation (8.28% each), and nephropathy (2.54%). Only 2.54% of the records reviewed did not include information on complications. Strictly following the Department of Defense guidelines, six treatment modules were evaluated independently and together to get a final percentage of adherence to the clinical practice guidelines. It was established that the level of adherence was going to be graded as follows: Extremely deficient: 0-15%; very poor: 16-30%; Poor and in need of improvement: 31-45%. Acceptable: 46-60%; Good: 61-80%, and Excellent: 81-100%. The results indicated that the percentage of physicians' adherence to each protocol was as follows: 88.31%, 89.93%, 90.63%, 89.42%, 89.42% and 89.64%. When the results were pooled, the level of adherence to the clinical practice guidelines was 89.55%, proving my hypothesis that Brooke Army Medical Center physicians have excellent adherence to the standard protocols for Diabetes Type II to treat their patients. ^

The enabling technology : high performance computing at the Army Research Laboratory.

Mode of access: Internet.

Publication ... of the Mathematics Research Center, United States Army, the University of Wisconsin.

Published: New York : Wiley, 1964-1968; New York : Academic Press, 1969-1970.

Approximating the evacuation of the World Trade Center North Tower using computer simulation

This article concerns an investigation of the full scale evacuation of a building with a configuration similar to that of the World Trade Center (WTC) North Tower using computer simulation. A range of evacuation scenarios is explored in order to better understand the evacuation of the WTC on 11 September 2001. The analysis makes use of response time data derived from a study of published WTC survivor accounts. Geometric details of the building are obtained from architects' plans while the total building population used in the scenarios is based on estimates produced by the National Institute of Standards and Technology formal investigation into the evacuation. This paper attempts to approximate the events of 11 September 2001 and pursue several `what if' questions concerning the evacuation. In particular, the study explores the likely outcome had a single staircase survived intact from top to bottom. More generally, this paper explores issues associated with the practical limits of building size that can be expected to be efficiently evacuated using stairs alone.

On the generalized obnoxious center problem: antimedian subsets

The set of vertices that maximize (minimize) the remoteness is the antimedian (median) set of the profile. It is proved that for an arbitrary graph G and S V (G) it can be decided in polynomial time whether S is the antimedian set of some profile. Graphs in which every antimedian set is connected are also considered.

Educational value of different types of exhibits in an interactive science and technology center

This study analyzes the short-term consequences of visitors' use of different types of exhibits (i.e., "exemplars of phenomena" and "analogy based") together with the factors affecting visitors' understanding of and their evaluation of the use of such exhibits. One hundred and twenty five visitors (either alone or in groups) were observed during their interaction and interviewed immediately afterwards. Findings suggest that the type of exhibit constrains the nature of the understanding achieved. The use of analogical reasoning may lead to an intended causal explanation of an exhibit that is an exemplar of a phenomenon, but visitors often express misconceptions as a consequence of using this type of exhibit. Analogy-based exhibits are often not used as intended by the designer. This may be because visitors do not access the source domain intended; are unaware of the use of analogy per se (in particular, when the exhibit is of the subtype "only showing similarities between relationships"); only acquire fragmentary knowledge about the target; or fail to use analogical reasoning of which they were capable. Furthermore, exhibits related to everyday world situations are recognized to have an immediate educative value for visitors. Suggestions for enhancing the educative value of exhibits are proposed.

The Federal Technology Transfer Act : environmental monitoring technologies opportunities.

Mode of access: Internet.

The high-technology company : a historical research and archival guide /

"Prepared under a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, Grant 87-47"--t.p. verso.

The origins and development of the National Training Center, 1976-1984 /

Mode of access: Internet.

The network security center : a system level approach to computer network security /

Includes bibliographical references (p. 55).

The Army writing program.

"October 1991."

Army technology serving society 1995 /

Mode of access: Internet.

Secretaries of war and secretaries of the army : portraits & biographical sketches /

"First printed 1981"--T.p. verso.