2008-05-09T11:20:06Z Copyright (c) 2007-2008, The RAND Corporation Bricolage RAND Corporation urn:uuid:788566BC-41D4-11DB-B9BC-CE1F1D4D57CE urn:uuid:B8813698-0B26-11DD-B4C9-E1BD38788F35 2008-04-29T10:25:00Z 2008-04-29T10:29:00Z

The conference was designed to encourage discourse between regional activists and to encourage growth, exchanges of content, and collaboration. It provided an authentic understanding of the audience — the Middle Eastern public — for Western attendees.

urn:uuid:CCAF6634-F033-11DC-857A-E1BD38788F35 2008-04-11T10:18:00Z 2008-04-16T08:06:06Z

Deterring nuclear use by regional adversaries such as North Korea could be problematic in some situations. This book examines the strategic and force planning implications of this shift in the international security environment.

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Discusses the benefits and costs of gasoline-electric hybrid technology, advanced diesel technology, and vehicles powered by a blend of ethanol and gasoline, as well as potential improvements to the traditional gasoline engine.

urn:uuid:D00683CE-FBF2-11DC-BE94-E1BD38788F35 2008-04-08T04:26:00Z 2008-04-08T04:27:00Z

A methodology and prototype tool, the Building Blocks To Composite Options Tool (BCOT), that identifies investment options for defense capability areas, then uses a screening technique to identify those meriting more-extensive assessment in a fuller portfolio-analysis framework.

urn:uuid:8B85A5A8-F6B7-11DC-9168-E1BD38788F35 2008-04-04T08:31:00Z 2008-04-07T08:28:00Z

How will research findings be communicated in the future, and how true to the original look, feel and behaviour of these publications will digital archives need to be?

urn:uuid:198AAC16-EAB2-11DC-9D84-E83139788F35 2008-03-10T05:05:00Z 2008-03-26T07:38:38Z

For several types of attacks, examines cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles from an adversary's perspective and assesses defensive options to address this and other asymmetric threats.

urn:uuid:67C4F398-DAFC-11DC-A98F-BABE38788F35 2008-02-27T11:55:00Z 2008-02-29T10:28:23Z

This report assesses the tradecraft of intelligence analysis across the main U.S. intelligence agencies and makes recommendations for getting and keeping the people intelligence needs and giving analysts the tools to do better work.

urn:uuid:C56B1FF6-CB46-11DC-A98F-BABE38788F35 2008-01-31T10:01:00Z 2008-03-31T04:32:05Z

This research brief summarizes work with Southern California's Inland Empire Utilities Agency to help it identify climate-change vulnerabilities in its long-term water plans and evaluate its most effective options for managing those risks.

urn:uuid:BF4D1EA8-BD22-11DC-A98F-BABE38788F35 2008-01-31T10:00:00Z 2008-01-31T12:32:18Z

RAND researchers are working with water agencies in California to help them better understand how climate change might affect their systems and what actions they may need to take to address this challenge. This report documents the study.

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This briefing presents an analysis of how different adaptive water-management strategies may reduce Southern California's vulnerability to climate change and other planning uncertainties.

urn:uuid:80EAC5CE-BF85-11DC-976C-281039788F35 2008-01-17T07:01:00Z 2008-04-04T08:33:00Z

Presents the results of a study intended to help the Forum Standaardisatie develop a Dutch interoperability framework (IF), which is seen as a key step in promoting eGovernment in The Netherlands.

urn:uuid:BE2915C2-BD22-11DC-A98F-BABE38788F35 2008-01-10T10:21:00Z 2008-01-31T10:02:00Z

This study presents an economic framework for estimating the avoided costs and environmental benefits of increasing water-use efficiency. The report demonstrates this framework by evaluating the benefits of Denver Water efficiency programs.

urn:uuid:141F8C0E-A2A2-11DC-AEA0-193339788F35 2007-12-10T21:03:00Z 2007-12-10T21:05:00Z

This research brief explains a framework to guide cost-effective passenger-rail security planning and applies it to a notional rail system that characterizes rail systems typically found in the United States.

urn:uuid:1353D1FE-A2A2-11DC-AEA0-193339788F35 2007-12-10T21:02:00Z 2008-02-14T13:45:59Z

This book explains a framework that security planners and policymakers can use for cost-effective rail-security planning. It focuses specifically on terrorism risk, which is a function of threat, vulnerability, and consequences.

urn:uuid:611A40B2-8939-11DC-90C7-BBBE38788F35 2007-11-05T04:53:00Z 2008-04-25T04:44:02Z

This document examines key determinants of the sustainable digital preservation of scholarly records, with specific reference to developing a robust approach to the archiving of such records at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in The Netherlands.

urn:uuid:40A15D44-7BE1-11DC-AB36-E2BD38788F35 2007-10-24T11:40:00Z 2007-12-12T11:17:36Z

This report presents an analytical framework and describes a spreadsheet-based tool to help commercial building owners make reasoned judgments about various water-efficiency investment options.

urn:uuid:654E4026-80D2-11DC-9C68-2D1239788F35 2007-10-24T11:40:00Z 2007-12-14T13:25:48Z

This fact sheet describes a case study of commercial-building water efficiency and the Building Water Efficiency Analysis Model used to conduct it. The model allows convenient assessment of potential value of water-efficiency investments.

urn:uuid:3F509D9A-7742-11DC-9D7A-5BBE38788F35 2007-10-18T09:48:00Z 2007-12-07T21:19:38Z

Evaluates progress of the patient safety initiative led by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), focusing on assessment of health information technology projects and dissemination of improved patient safety practices.

urn:uuid:11ECEB28-66AE-11DC-B8D3-14BF38788F35 2007-10-10T11:09:00Z 2007-12-07T21:19:36Z

Terrorists use network technologies as they plan and stage attacks. This book explores the purpose and manner of the use of these technologies, their net effect, and security forces' possible responses.

urn:uuid:78AF77F8-50A7-11DC-9059-6825C9FFCC07 2007-10-03T06:00:00Z 2007-12-07T16:23:18Z

This report assesses the effects of sharing installations and environment geospatial data assets within and across the business, warfighting, and intelligence mission areas of the Department of Defense.