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  | | Characterizing the Performance of Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (Paperback or Softback) by Bradley Wilson, Shane Tierney, Rachel M. Burns Paperback, Published 2023 by Rand Corporation ISBN-13: 978-1-977409-88-1, ISBN: 1-977409-88-1 "Analysts leveraged available data on performance of uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) platforms and developed an approach to characterizing spray coverage as a function of payload, speed, endurance, and delivery." |
 | | The War Within Preventing Suicide in the U.S. Military (Research Brief (Rand Center for Military Health Policy Resea) by Christopher G. Pernin, Rajeev Ramchand, Rachel M. Burns, Joie Acosta, Lisa H. Jaycox Paperback, 228 Pages, Published 2011 by Rand ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-4971-1, ISBN: 0-8330-4971-2 "The increase in suicides among military personnel has raised concern. This book reviews the current evidence on suicide epidemiology in the military, identifies state-of-the-art suicide-prevention programs, describes and catalogs suicide-prevention activities in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and across each service, and recommends ways to ensure that the activities in DoD and across each service reflect state-of-the-art preventio ..." |
 | | Out of the Shadows The Health and Well-Being of Private Contractors Working in Conflict Environments by Molly Dunigan, Carrie M. Farmer, Rachel M. Burns, Alison Hawks, Claude Messan Setodji, Dunigan/Burns/Setodj Paperback, 140 Pages, Published 2013 by Rand Corporation ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-8233-6, ISBN: 0-8330-8233-7 "Base support contractors also reported being relatively poorly prepared for deployment, while management and land security (i.e., contractors not involved in maritime security) were both fairly well prepared, on average. ... The length of respondents' most recent deployment and their number of deployments on contract do not show much variation in terms of reported levels of preparedness for deployment, although it does appear that ..." |
 | | Improving the Deployment of Army Health Care Professionals(1st Edition) An Evaluation of PROFIS by Melony E. Sorbero, Stuart S. Olmsted, Kristy Gonzalez Morganti, Rachel M. Burns, Ann C. Haas, Kimberlie Biever, Olmsted/Sorbero/Burn Paperback, 122 Pages, Published 2013 by Rand Corporation ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-7804-9, ISBN: 0-8330-7804-6 "The Army Medical Department uses the Professional Filler System (PROFIS) to manage the deployment of health care professionals and their assignment to military treatment facilities when not deployed. This report describes the functionality of PROFIS in the current operating environment of ongoing deployments and assesses potential modifications and improvements to the system." |
 | | The Urban Child Institute CANDLE Study(1st Edition) Methodological Overview and Baseline Sample Description by Rachel M. Burns, Regina A. Shih, Beth Ann Griffin, Laurie T. Martin, Anita Chandra, Frances Tylavsky Paperback, 114 Pages, Published 2016 by Rand Corporation ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-9259-5, ISBN: 0-8330-9259-6 "This report describes the study design and summary data from the first year of data collection for the Urban Child Institute Conditions Affecting Neurocognitive Development and Learning in Early Childhood Study: participant demographics, prenatal and birth measures; child and family health and nutrition; mothers’ mental and behavioral health; and cognitive performance, psychosocial measures, and biological samples for mothers and childr ..." |
 | | CORWIN PRESS INQUIRING INTO THE COMMON CORE BOOK(1st Edition) (Set of 3) by Nancy Fichtman Dana, Jamey B. Burns, Rachel M. Wolkenhauer, Ann Lieberman Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2013 by Corwin ISBN-13: 978-1-4522-7426-3, ISBN: 1-4522-7426-6 "While the Common Core couldn't be clearer about what to teach, they never quite tackle how to teach. That's what makes Inquiring into the Common Core such an essential resource. It offers teachers an inquiry-based professional development model for achieving greater understanding of the standards themselves, then determining best ways to realize desired outcomes.How exactly does the model work? Teachers take charge of their own professi ..." |
 | | A New Approach for Assessing the Needs of Service Members and Their Families (Rand Corporation Monograph) by Laura L. Miller, Bernard D. Rostker, Rachel M. Burns, Dionne Barnes-Proby, Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo, Terry R. West, Miller/Lara-Cinisomo Paperback, 156 Pages, Published 2011 by Rand ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-5874-4, ISBN: 0-8330-5874-6 "The authors developed a new methodological framework for assessing military personnel and military family needs that fills a gap not currently being met. The framework places personnel and spouse perceptions of problems and needs and the prioritization of those problems and needs at the center of the analysis. This monograph describes the development and testing of a survey tool based on that framework that the Department of Defense and ..." |
 | | Improving the Army's Assessment of Interactive Multimedia Instruction Courseware (2009) by Susan G. Straus, Michael G. Shanley, Rachel M. Burns, Anisah Waite, James C. Crowley, Straus/Shanley/Burns Paperback, 90 Pages, Published 2009 by Rand Corporation ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-4727-4, ISBN: 0-8330-4727-2 "An important component of The Army Distributed Learning Programas (TADLPas) performance is the quality of its courses, which consist primarily of asynchronous interactive multimedia instruction (IMI). However, there are no current efforts to assess course quality at the program level. This report outlines a comprehensive approach to evaluating the quality of IMI within TADLP. In addition, it describes how a program-level evaluation prog ..." |
 | | Naval Aviation Maintenance System Analysis of Alternatives by Bradley Wilson, Jessie Riposo, Thomas Goughnour, Rachel M. Burns, Ajay K. Kochhar, Angelena Bohman, Mel Eisman Paperback, 114 Pages, Published 2020 by Rand Corporation ISBN-13: 978-1-977403-65-0, ISBN: 1-977403-65-4 "The U.S. Navy’s aviation maintenance capability suffers from supportability issues because of its antiquated software architecture and codebase. This report presents the results of an analysis of alternatives for fielding the Naval Aviation Maintenance System, which is intended to help modernize the Navy’s afloat and ashore maintenance capabilities. The authors find that the Navy should migrate to a commercial off-the-shelf solution." |
 | | Small Unmanned Aerial System Adversary Capabilities by Bradley Wilson, Shane Tierney, Brendan Toland, Rachel M. Burns, Colby Peyton Steiner, Christopher Scott Adams, Michael Nixon, Raza Khan, Michelle D. Ziegler, Jan Osburg, Ike Chang Paperback, 146 Pages, Published 2020 by Rand Corporation ISBN-13: 978-1-977402-58-5, ISBN: 1-977402-58-5 "To support U.S. Department of Homeland Security efforts to prioritize capability investments, this report examines trends in small unmanned aerial system development, the features that are likely to aid nefarious users, and how such actors could use an sUAS (or multiple systems) to conduct various types of operations—from surveilling U.S. government facilities to dispersing a chemical agent at a large public event." |
 | | Assessing Operation Purple A Program Evaluation of a Summer Camp for Military Youth (Technical Report (Rand Corporation)) by Anita Chandra, Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo, Rachel M. Burns, Beth Ann Griffin, Chandra/Lara-Cinisom Paperback, 174 Pages, Published 2012 by Rand Corporation ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-7651-9, ISBN: 0-8330-7651-5 "Military family support programs have proliferated in recent years, but there has been little evaluation of whether these programs are meeting their key objectives. To help fill this gap, a RAND study explored the curriculum, themes, and outcomes of Operation Purple, a free weeklong summer camp program for youth with a deployed parent." |
 | | LEAP! Brainpower Blueprint Simple Strategies for Optimal Brain Health by Erin Blocker Phd Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2019 by Independently Published Large Print ISBN-13: 978-1-09-991563-5, ISBN: 1-09-991563-5 |
 | | A Survey System to Assess Abuse and Misconduct Toward Air Force Students in Occupational Specialty Training by Laura L. Miller, Coreen Farris, Marek N. Posard, Miriam Matthews, Kirsten M. Keller, Sean Robson, Stephanie Brooks Holliday, Mauri Matsuda, Rachel M. Burns, Lisa Wagner, Barbara Bicksler Paperback, 204 Pages, Published 2019 by Rand Corporation ISBN-13: 978-1-977402-03-5, ISBN: 1-977402-03-8 "This report provides recommendations for how the Air Force can best adapt its survey system for monitoring abuse and misconduct in Basic Military Training to be used in technical training and flying training environments. The report also provides background on the training environments, revisions to tailor the survey content for these environments, survey pretest results, strategies to promote participation, and recommendations for futu ..." |
 | | The Urban Child Institute CANDLE Study Methodological Overview and Baseline Sample Description by Lisa Sontag-Padilla, Rachel M. Burns, Regina A. Shih, Laurie Thayer Martin, Frances A. Tylavsky, Anita Chandra Published 2015 ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-9392-9, ISBN: 0-8330-9392-4 |
 | | The War Within Preventing Suicide in the U.S. Military by Rajeev Ramchand, Joie Acosta, Rachel M. Burns Digital, 229 Pages, Published 2014 by Rand Corporation ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-5231-5, ISBN: 0-8330-5231-4 "Table 1.1 Key Informant Interviewees in the U.S. Department of Defense interviewee Affiliation Sandra Black James Cartwright LCDR Bonnie Chavez CAPTJonathan Frusti Margaret Kibben Lt. Col. Michael Kindt CPT L. Languirand Mark Long BG Colleen McGuire John Reibling Kathy Robertson CAPT Virginia Torsch LTC Scott Weichl LCDR Aaron Werbel CHPPMa CHPPM SPPM, U.S. Navy Armed Forces Chaplain Board Navy Chaplain Corps SPPM, U.S. Air Force ..." |
 | | LEAP! in Action Your Guide to Exercise for Brain Health by Erin Blocker Phd, Rachel Sandoval Rdn Paperback, 91 Pages, Published 2019 by Independently Published Large Print ISBN-13: 978-1-08-226024-7, ISBN: 1-08-226024-X |
 | | Behavior Support, Third Edition(3rd Edition) (Teachers' Guides) by Linda M. Bambara, Martha E. Snell, Rachel Janney, Dolly Singley, Raquel M. Burns Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2015 by Brookes Publishing Teacher's Edition ISBN-13: 978-1-59857-886-7, ISBN: 1-59857-886-3 "The revised and expanded edition of a popular book trusted in classrooms across the country, Behavior Support is your guide to implementing effective positive behavior support (PBS)-both in the classroom and across an entire school. You'll get explicit, research-based strategies for implementing the three tiers of PBS: * universal, school-wide interventions; * selected interventions with students exhibiting risk behaviours; * specialize ..." |
 | | Alien Daddy (Paperback) by Rachel Burns Paperback, 166 Pages, Published 2019 by Independently Published, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-69113-035-1, ISBN: 1-69113-035-4 "This book includes intense sex scenes, and it contains strong elements of Adult Age Play, including bottle feedings and diapers when needed." |
 | | Two Worlds Collide (Paperback) by Rachel Burns Paperback, Published 2019 by Independently Published, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-69008-378-8, ISBN: 1-69008-378-6 |
 | | Literary Laundry Volume 2, Issue 1 by Literary Laundry, Jenny Xie, Daniel Loedel, J.H. Canel, Kelly Swope, Greg Rubinson, Samuel Chiu, Elizabeth Metzger, Caroline Mccraw, Eric Heyne, Maya Lim, Edward Church, Carmen Dolling, Joan-Ramon Resina, Phillip Aijian, Rachel Burns, Olivia Kiers, Sean Bugg, Rachael Daum, Sara Kerr, Lis Anna Paperback, 138 Pages, Published 2011 by Literary Laundry ISBN-13: 978-1-61418-002-9, ISBN: 1-61418-002-4 "In Volume 2, Issue 1 (Autumn 2011), Literary Laundry continues to pursue the overwhelming question: for what “sake” should literature exist? The works selected for this issue underscore the intellectually transformative power of the word, charting the capacity of literature to dramatize the processes by which we construct both meaning and reality. It offers only tentative answers, but asserts without timidity that art for art’s sake is ..." |
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