... determine how well they work in practice. The case studies
offer the best insight into the execution ofthe two oldest acquisitions,
the Army BSC and R2CSR programs. Forthe other four acquisitions,
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Acronyms ... Large
Service Acquisitions
in the Department
of Defense
Lessons forthe Office of the
Secretary of Defense
xiv Recent Large Service Acquisitions in the Department of Defense
Table S.1
Service ... additional information and to expand the number of
acquisitions covered in the study to six to test the robustness of the
issues identified in the December briefing. In March 2002, OSD also
asked RAND...
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RUNNING withtheMINDofMEDITATION 21
with the discomfort ofthe body. If thebody is relaxed and
fl exible, that is one less thing forthemind to think about. The
physical act ofrunning ... both our bodyand our mind. The nature
of thebody is form and substance. The nature ofthemind
is consciousness. Because thebodyandmind are different by
nature, what benefi ts them is different ... between meditationandrunning
is natural, for one is a trainingofthemindand one is a train-
ing ofthe body. However, I am hardly an expert on running.
This book is therefore not a training...
... forment donc un système circulaire.
Les valeurs exactes jouissent de la même propriété. En effet, la valeur ap-
prochée de la première racine devenant v
2
z
1
n
, la valeur exacte prend la forme
(v
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+ ... u
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.
Remarquons que la formule u = vz
1
n
, dans laquelle v désigne l’une quel-
conque des racines de l’équation (3), représente le système circulaire des n ra-
cines de l’équation (2), quand on fait ... ont été étudiées à ce point de vue, dès
1786, par Legendre, qui en a trouvé un grand nombre de propriétés; le grand
Traité des Fonctions elliptiques, publié en 1825, contient le résultat de ses
longues...
... honesty and fair dealing
of the Agency. We court the fullest and
freest investigation, either by patients
themselves or any friends of theirs in
this city, either of whom we shall be
happy to see and ... is the most
common cause, and we therefore give it
the most prominence. The others we will
name briefly in about the order of their
frequency.
1. MARRIAGE EXCESSES.—A very
the reputation of our
physicians ... History,
and we feel that the time has come for
replacing the brief pamphlet containing a
mere outline ofthe method, with a work
somewhat more full and exhaustive.
Aware ofthe number of worthless and
cases...
... diameter.
The administration ofthe sewers, in the
time ofthe Republic, was in the hands of
the censors, but special officers called
curatores cloacarum were employed
during the Empire, andthe workmen
who ... acolyte
holding a cock, the Dioscuri and their
horses, the head of Serapis, and a
headless statue of Apollo.
The Cloaca Maxima was formed of three
tiers of arches, the vault within the
innermost tier ... to the
decay of courage and thus to lessen the
prowess ofthe Roman legions, but there
was compensation for this state of
affairs at the heart ofthe Empire because
strong streams of capable and...
... view ofthe interactions of papain with loop L6 of chagasin and loop L2 of cysta-
tin B. (C) Zoom-in view ofthe interactions of papain with loop L4 of chagasin andthe N-terminal segment of cystatin ... enzy-
matic part, and (b) the variability ofthe angle of
approach ofthe inhibitor relative to the catalytic
cleft ofthe enzyme. The latter factor may reflect not
so much the geometry ofthe catalytic ... at the
inhibitor–enzyme interface. The oxygen atoms of
the carboxymethyl block form contacts with both the
enzyme (main-chain N of C25e and side chain of
Q19e) andthe inhibitor (OH group of...
... prostate gland,
seminal vesicles, testicles, andof the
kidneys. Gonorrheal rheumatism may
follow, and even disease ofthe lining
membrane ofthe heart, and death.
that the combined ravages ofthe Great
White ... reproductive organs at
puberty The female generative organs
The function ofthe reproductive
organs The age of puberty in the
female The function ofthe ovary The
function ofthe womb—Why
—Venereal ... future
mother—Motherhood the highest
function ofthe sex—Health the one
necessary essential—Symptoms of the
first, or beginning menstruation The
period of puberty in the female—
Changes in the reproductive...
... battling with one another for the
food-supply ofthe moment; plants are perpetually battling with one another for their share ofthe soil, the
rainfall, andthe sunshine.
The case ofthe plant ... or
reptiles; the feet of lizards, the hoofs of horses, the hands of man, the wings ofthe bat, the pinions of birds, all
arise from the same fundamental shapeless bud, in the same spot of an almost ... Species' andthe 'Descent of Man.' The Cape de Verdes, andthe other Atlantic islands, with their
scanty population of plants and animals, composed forthe most part of waifs and strays...
... existence of God andof the
immortality ofthe soul. In my Journal I wrote that whilst standing in the midst ofthe grandeur of a Brazilian
forest, 'it is not possible to give an adequate idea of ... certain
periods of my father's life the scientific andthe personal elements run a parallel course, rising and falling
together in their degree of interest. Thus the writing ofthe Origin of Species, and ... during the two previous
years been incessantly attending to the effects on the shores of South America ofthe intermittent elevation of
the land, together with denudation andthe deposition of sediment....
... normal standards
and is now out of danger. In this case
there was marked loss of weight, and
We talk as if the poet and painter had
need of imagination, but not the student,
the doctor, the philanthropist, ... the subject of it, feeling
that he is engaged in a duty and “labour
the commencement, and therefore the
loss of bodily weight up to that time was
41.5 lbs. The average loss of weight
during the ... spode.
Smaller mugs ofthe same shape do for
egg-cups, andthe egg-spoons I take to
camp are the bone ones, seldom asked
for but easy to get in most oil -and- colour
shops. Dessert spoons and forks and
table...
... understanding of matter down to
the level ofthe quarks that compose neutrons and protons and their equally
fundamental partners the leptons (the electron, the muon, andthe tau par-
ticle, along with ... Realizing the Opportunities 132
The Eleven Questions, 133
Understanding the Birth ofthe Universe, 140
Understanding the Destiny ofthe Universe, 144
Exploring the Unification ofthe Forces from ... charge, for QCD it is the color gluons and color
charges, andforthe weak interactions it is the W and Z bosons and yet other
32 CONNECTING QUARKS WITHTHE COSMOS
Supersymmetry is a bold and profoundly
original...
... outlined the direction of, and drafted the
manuscript. MJH, CCM and KLE refined the search for information, gathered
references and generated the tables and figure. MRJ, RMP, LML provided
information ... However,
while the number of cellular therapy trials remained the
same, the clear trend was towards an increase in the
number of vaccine trials. Perhaps the costs and the
complex logistics associated with ... integrated into the standard of care regime
[5,52-54].
The number of slots open for patient accrual to the
immunotherapy protocols contained in our list of o pen
trials totals 489. Based upon the 2010...
... Pillars of Investing
The tradeoff between the variability of bill payouts andthe interest-
rate risk of consols reverses during the twentieth century. With the
abandonment ofthe gold standard ... Kmart
34 The Four Pillars of Investing
the apparent economic vigor and safety ofthe post-Cold War world.
And, yet, both the logic ofthe markets and history show us that when
the sun shines the brightest, ... not
decrease over time. The stockholder, on the other hand, balanced the
prospect of modest dividend growth versus the much higher risk of
stocks. The abandonment ofthe gold standard turned all that...
... DR. The total present value
of the mine—in effect, its “true value”—is the sum of all ofthe future
dividends, discounted to the present. This is the sum at the bottom of
the table: $8,225.
The ... any
quarter ofthe world, and share, without exertion or even
trouble, in their prospective fruits and advantages; or he
could decide, to couple the security of his fortunes with the
good faith ofthe ... earnings. And, of course, almost all of the
dot-coms went bankrupt without ever having had a cent of earnings.
At the end ofthe day, the Fisher DDM method of discounting inter-
est streams is the...
... mutual fund with
excellent past performance. For each five-year period, they select the
30 best-performing domestic mutual funds. They then follow the per-
formance of these best performers forward.
I’ve ... correct for
the amount of cash and test the significance of his results.
Figure 3-1 is a plot of how the funds did relative to the market,
adjusted for risk. It displays the performance ofthe funds ... University, examined the stock market performance of
the companies profiled in the book and compared it with a matched
group of “unexcellent” companies using the same criteria. Forthe five-
year period...