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Understanding a New Era of Strategic Competition
This report provides a broad-based understanding of the economic, geopolitical, and military dimensions of the ongoing U.S. competitions with China and Russia and identifies recommendations for strategic policy action and investment.
Nov 30, 2022
Michael J. Mazarr, Bryan Frederick, Yvonne K. Crane
Report
Defining and Measuring Civic Infrastructure
This report offers a framework for defining civic infrastructure, then presents measures that provide information to help monitor civic infrastructure across the nation, in individual states, in communities, and across diverse populations.
Nov 30, 2022
Julia H. Kaufman, Melissa Kay Diliberti, Douglas Yeung, Jennifer Kavanagh
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Managing Escalation While Competing Effectively in the Indo-Pacific
This report assesses how China may react to U.S. military activities in the Indo-Pacific. It provides a framework of factors likely to determine Chinese responses and advises how the characteristics of activities may affect the risk of escalation.
Nov 30, 2022
Bryan Frederick, Kristen Gunness, Bonny Lin, Cortez A. III Cooper, Bryan Rooney, James Benkowski, Nathan Chandler, Cristina L. Garafola, Jeffrey W. Hornung, Karl P. Mueller, Paul Orner, Timothy R. Heath, Christian Curriden, Emily Ellinger
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USCG Project Evergreen V: Compilation of Activities and Summary of Results
This report summarizes the findings of Evergreen V, the most recent iteration of an ongoing U.S. Coast Guard initiative aimed at identifying emerging challenges and future trends so that senior leaders can plan for the long term.
Nov 30, 2022
Aaron C. Davenport, Michelle D. Ziegler, Susan A. Resetar, Scott Savitz, Katherine Anania, Melissa Bauman, Karishma McDonald
Research Brief
Activities and Results from U.S. Coast Guard Project Evergreen V
This brief summarizes the findings of U.S. Coast Guard Project Evergreen V, part of a long-term strategic planning effort to identify emerging challenges and future trends that might alter demand for missions and the ability to perform them.
Nov 30, 2022
Aaron C. Davenport, Michelle D. Ziegler, Susan A. Resetar, Scott Savitz, Katherine Anania, Melissa Bauman, Karishma McDonald
Journal Article
Partially Different? The Importance of General Equilibrium in Health Economic Evaluations: An Application to Nocturia
The main findings of this study highlight the magnitude of general equilibrium effects when assessing the potential productivity costs associated with health conditions.
Nov 29, 2022
Marco Hafner, Erez Yerushalmi, Fredrik L. Andersson, Teodor Burtea
Journal Article
Has COVID-19 Changed How People Think About the Drivers of Health? If So, Does It Matter?
We assessed changes in health mindset associated with the COVID pandemic and found that respondents were more likely in 2021 than in 2018 to recognize social determinants of health. This is associated with greater openness to pandemic-control measures.
Nov 29, 2022
Christopher Nelson, Laurie T. Martin, Douglas Yeung, Delia Bugliari
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Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Analyses: Update Through Fiscal Year 2021
RAND researchers present a descriptive overview of the state of the defense acquisition workforce (AW), describe changes to the AW over time, and identify opportunities for the collection of new data that could support decisionmaking.
Nov 28, 2022
Susan M. Gates, Elizabeth Roth, Jonas Kempf
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Realising the promise of the Defence and Security Industrial Strategy in R&D and exports
This Perspective provides a brief overview of the core principles of the Defence and Security Industrial Strategy (DSIS), before reflecting on two aspects underpinning the Strategy's assumptions: research and development (R&D) and exports.
Nov 28, 2022
Rebecca Lucas, Lucia Retter, Benedict Wilkinson
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Science and technology as a tool of power: An appraisal
This Perspective examines the UK Government's ambition to use science and technology (S&T) as a tool of power and an integral part of the national security strategy. It also reflects on critical enablers, including conceptual and practical levers.
Nov 28, 2022
Paola Fusaro, Nicolas Jouan, Lucia Retter, Benedict Wilkinson
Journal Article
Saving Regret and Procrastination
Saving regret, or the wish in hindsight to have saved more earlier in life, is widespread in older populations. Little of the variation is explained by procrastination and psychological factors. Unemployment, health, and divorce are larger factors.
Nov 23, 2022
Axel Boersch-Supan, Tabea Bucher-Koenen, Michael D. Hurd, Susann Rohwedder
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The role of evidence in occupational safety and health
This study aimed to explore and identify globally: (i) what types of evidence are produced, shared and used, and by whom, and (ii) how OSH decisions are informed and the role evidence plays in this process.
Nov 23, 2022
Stephanie Stockwell, Giulia Maistrello, Sarah Ball, Jessica Dawney, Michael Whitmore, Nick Fahy
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Russian Military Strategy: Organizing Operations for the Initial Period of War
The authors of this report identify and examine several factors to assess the orientation of Russian military strategy, including the balance of power, Russian diplomacy with China, views on future war, and trends in force readiness and mobilization.
Nov 22, 2022
Clint Reach, Alexis A. Blanc, Edward Geist
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Incentives and Reminders to Improve Long-term Medication Adherence (INMIND): Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
This study aims to test the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a novel intervention that uses SMS text messages and conditional incentives to support ART initiators in establishing pill-taking habits.
Nov 22, 2022
Chad Stecher, Ishita Ghai, Lillian Lunkuse, Peter Wabukala, Mary Odiit, Agnes Nakanwagi, Sebastian Linnemayr
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Feasibility and Acceptability of Incorporating Social Network Visualizations Into a Culturally Centered Motivational Network Intervention to Prevent Substance Use Among Urban Native American Emerging Adults: A Qualitative Study
Social network visualizations are a promising tool for increasing awareness of social challenges and sources of resilience for urban American Indian/Alaska Native emerging adults.
Nov 22, 2022
David P. Kennedy, Elizabeth J. D'Amico, Ryan Andrew Brown, Alina I. Palimaru, Daniel Dickerson, Carrie L. Johnson, Anthony Lopez
Journal Article
New and Emerging Technology for Adult Social Care: The Example of Home Sensors with Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technology
This study evaluates how one example of a technology using home-based sensors with AI capabilities was implemented in three case study sites across England. The focus of this study was on decision-making processes and implementation.
Nov 22, 2022
Jon Glasby, Ian Litchfield, Sarah Parkinson, Lucy Hocking, Denise Tanner, Bridget Roe, Jennifer Bousfield
Journal Article
The Quality of Occupational Healthcare for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Healthcare Expenditures, and Disability Outcomes: A Prospective Observational Study
We sought to examine whether quality of care for work-associated carpal tunnel syndrome is associated with healthcare expenditures or disability. Quality of care was associated with health care expenditures, but not with disability.
Nov 18, 2022
Teryl K. Nuckols, Michael Dworsky, Craig Conlon, Michael W. Robbins, Douglas Benner, Seth A. Seabury, Steven M. Asch
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Educating for Evolving Operational Domains: Cyber and Information Education in the Department of Defense and the Role of the College of Information and Cyberspace
This report examines how Department of Defense educational institutions are addressing cyberspace and information education, the potential demand for this education, and how the College of Information and Cyberspace can contribute.
Nov 17, 2022
Quentin E. Hodgson, Charles A. Goldman, Jim Mignano, Karishma R. Mehta
Journal Article
The Equity-First Vaccination Initiative's Challenges And Successes
RAND collected, analyzed, and co-interpreted with other Equity-First Vaccination Initiative (EVI) partners both quantitative and qualitative data to promote equity in the COVID-19 response through vaccination.
Nov 17, 2022
Laura J. Faherty, Sarah Hanck, Nichelle Walton, George Timmins, Gregory Johnson, Jeanne S. Ringel
Journal Article
Association of COVID-19 Vaccination With Influenza Vaccine History and Changes in Influenza Vaccination
Using the RAND American Life Panel (ALP), we examine relationships among COVID and influenza vaccination amongst those who historically never, sometimes, or always vaccinate for influenza.
Nov 16, 2022
Andrew M. Parker, Samer Atshan, Matthew Walsh, Courtney A. Gidengil, Raffaele Vardavas

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