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Understanding Demographic Differences in Undergraduate Pilot Training Attrition

This report looks at demographic differences in U.S. Air Force Undergraduate Pilot Training completion and presents challenges that women and racial and ethnic minorities might face in entering and completing the training.

Jul 19, 2018

David Schulker, Douglas Yeung, Kirsten M. Keller, Leslie Adrienne Payne, Lisa Saum-Manning, Kimberly Curry Hall, Stefan Zavislan
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Using Social Media and Social Network Analysis in Law Enforcement: Creating a Research Agenda, Including Business Cases, Protections, and Technology Needs

This report describes the proceedings of an April 2017 expert workshop on the use of social media and social network analysis in law enforcement.

Jul 18, 2018

John S. Hollywood, Michael J. D. Vermeer, Dulani Woods, Sean E. Goodison, Brian A. Jackson
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F-35 Block Buy: An Assessment of Potential Savings

This report assesses potential cost savings available through use of a three-year block buy contract for procurement of F-35 aircraft during fiscal years 2018-2020 -- approximately $2.1 billion, or 4.9 percent of the cost of annual contracting.

Jul 18, 2018

James D. Powers, Guy Weichenberg, Abby Doll, Thomas Goughnour, Thomas Light, Mark A. Lorell, Ellen M. Pint, Soumen Saha, Fred Timson, Thomas Whitmore, Robert A. Guffey
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After the Summit: Prospects for the Korean Peninsula

History suggests that the most probable consequence of the Singapore Summit will be difficult and lengthy negotiation followed by slow and inadequate compliance, quite possibly on both sides.

Jul 18, 2018

Bruce W. Bennett, James Dobbins, Jeffrey W. Hornung, Andrew Scobell
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F-35 Block Buy — An Assessment of Potential Savings: Appendix B, Historical Case Studies of Multiyear Procurement and Block Buy Contracts

As context for an analysis of potential savings in an F-35 block buy (BB) contract, this appendix discusses historical implementation of multiyear procurement and BB contracts and how they compare.

Jul 18, 2018

Mark A. Lorell, Abby Doll, Thomas Whitmore, James D. Powers, Guy Weichenberg
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Intelligence in a Data-Driven Age

The Intelligence Community is nearing critical decisions on artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Jul 13, 2018

Cortney Weinbaum, John NT Shanahan
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The Effect of Eliminating the Individual Mandate Penalty and the Role of Behavioral Factors

Under alternative assumptions about consumer responses, we find that enrollment falls by 2.8 million to 13 million people nationwide and premiums for bronze plans increase by 3 percent to 13 percent when the mandate penalty is removed.

Jul 12, 2018

Christine Eibner, Sarah A. Nowak
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Resources Required to Meet the U.S. Army's Enlisted Recruiting Requirements Under Alternative Recruiting Goals, Conditions, and Eligibility Policies

The project sought to enhance efficient use of Army recruiting resources and policies by optimizing required resource levels and mix to support recruiting under varying recruiting requirements and environments and recruit eligibility policies.

Jul 12, 2018

David Knapp, Bruce R. Orvis, Christopher E. Maerzluft, Tiffany Tsai
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Evaluating an Operator Physical Fitness Test Prototype for Tactical Air Control Party and Air Liaison Officers: A Preliminary Analysis of Test Implementation

This report provides a preliminary evaluation effort of the implementation of the physical tests and standards being adopted by the U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Control Party and Air Liaison Officer career fields.

Jul 11, 2018

Sean Robson, Tracy C. McCausland, Jennifer L. Cerully, Stephanie Pezard, Laura Raaen, Nahom M. Beyene
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Identifying Options for Funding the NHS and Social Care in the UK: International Evidence

As part of a larger project identifying feasible options for the future funding of health & social care in the UK, this paper explores how 16 high-income countries have implemented changes to their funding systems to better meet the challenges ahead.

Jul 10, 2018

Jonathan Cylus, Daniel Roland, Ellen Nolte, Jennie Corbett, Karen Jones, Julien Forder, Jon Sussex
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Comparing Networked and Linear Risk Assessments: From Theory to Evidence

Assessing whether networked risk assessments match the actual cascades that occur during disasters can provide a process for further refinement of assessment tools by uncovering their strengths and weaknesses.

Jul 10, 2018

Aaron Clark-Ginsberg, Leili Abolhassani, Elahe Azam Rahmati
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A Nationwide Look at Teacher Perceptions of Feedback and Evaluation Systems: Findings from the American Teacher Panel

This report draws on a nationally representative survey of educators to examine teacher perceptions about the feedback they receive and the teacher evaluation systems at their schools.

Jul 9, 2018

Andrea Prado Tuma, Laura S. Hamilton, Tiffany Tsai
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A Manual for Cultural Analysis

Many academic disciplines have formally theorized culture as socially learned information that can influence beliefs and behaviors. This tool combines methods from anthropology and related areas to create a manual to examine cultural data.

Jul 9, 2018

Luke J. Matthews, Ryan Andrew Brown, David P. Kennedy
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Bus fare and journey time elasticities and diversion factors for all modes: A rapid evidence assessment

In this review a substantial database of diversion-factor evidence was collated. Little recent evidence on bus fare and generalised journey time elasticities was identified. Recommendations are provided, based on analysis of the available evidence.

Jul 9, 2018

Fay Dunkerley, Mark Wardman, Charlene Rohr, Nils Fearnley
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Improving Force Development Within the U.S. Department of Defense: Diagnosis and Potential Prescriptions

In recent wargames depicting conflicts against the nation's most capable adversaries, U.S. forces have failed to achieve their objectives and suffered heavy losses. This Perspective examines how things got to this point and what can be done about it.

Jul 9, 2018

David Ochmanek
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Exploring Europe's Capability Requirements for 2035 and Beyond: Insights from the 2018 Update of the Long-Term Strand of the Capability Development Plan

In this report, RAND Europe describes and analyses the background and importance of the ongoing long-term revision of the Capability Development Plan - a strategic picture of European military capabilities regularly updated by the EDA.

Jul 6, 2018

Marta Kepe, James Black, Jack Melling, Jessica Plumridge
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Nursing Home Infection Control Program Characteristics, CMS Citations, and Implementation of Antibiotic Stewardship Policies: A National Study

National baseline data on nursing home infection control programs will aid evaluations of a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rule requiring facilities to include an antibiotic stewardship and employ an infection preventionist.

Jul 6, 2018

Patricia Stone, Carolyn T. A. Herzig, Mansi Agarwal, Monika Pogorzelska-Maziarz, Andrew W. Dick
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An Event-Level Analysis of Condomless Anal Intercourse with a HIV-Discordant or HIV Status-Unknown Partner Among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men from a Multi-site Study

Sexual event factors—characteristics of partners, positions, and partner-seeking venues—associated with condomless anal intercourse among black men who have sex with men vary by HIV status and knowledge of partner status.

Jul 6, 2018

Cui Yang, Carl Latkin, Karin Tobin, David W. Seal, Beryl Koblin, Geetanjali Chander, Daniel Siconolfi, Stephen Flores, Pilgrim Spikes
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Gender- and Age-Varying Associations of Sensation Seeking and Substance Use Across Young Adulthood

Sensation seeking is a major risk risk factor associated with binge drinking and marijuana use for women but not men.

Jul 6, 2018

Rebecca J. Evans-Polce, Megan S. Schuler, John Schulenberg, Megan E. Patrick
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Describing Care Coordination of Gynecologic Oncology in Western Healthcare Settings: A Rapid Review

This article discusses a rapid review of the literature on characteristics of care coordination for gynecologic malignancies.

Jul 6, 2018

Sean Grant, Aneesa Motala, Joya G. Chrystal, Roberta M. Shanman, Jessica Zuchowski, Laurie C. Zephyrin, Kristina M. Cordasco

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