Financial condition of Government contractors and control of production costs in the procurement of major DOD aircraft weapon systems.

The thesis identifies conditions associated with production cost overruns or underruns on major weapon systems. The analysis used U.S. military fighter/attack aircraft. First, relying on techniques developed in prior studies, measures of the technology embodied in aircraft and the cost of producing those aircraft were developed. Next, relationships between technology and cost were examined to create measures of "should costs", for each aircraft based on technology in the aircraft. These estimates of "should costs" were compared to actual costs to determine situations of cost overruns and underruns. Analyses of financial ratios of each aircraft's prime contractor were used to determine if financial condition could explain the cost overruns or underruns experienced during production, by using several forms of regression analysis. This yielded models relating financial ratios to cost overruns or underruns. Major findings indicate that financial condition does partially explain production cost overruns and underruns, but the relationship is small.http://archive.org/details/financialconditi00hickLieutenant Commander, United States NavyApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited

Vitruvius : The Ten Books on Architecture

New Yorkvii, 331 p.; illus.; 23 cm

Pertya multiflora

Pertya multiflora Cai F. Zhang & T. G. Gao (Asteraceae, Pertyeae) sp. nov. from Zhejiang Province of China is described and illustrated. It is similar to P. pubescens and P. pungens which all have leaves with small spherical glassy tawny glands, but differ by narrowly ovate to nearly elliptic leaves, capitula solitary or in pairs on terminal branches, capitula with 20-30 florets and 9-12-seriate involucres. Information on phenology, distribution and ecology of P. multiflora is presented, along with a conservation assessment as Critically Endangered (CR) using the IUCN red list criteria. A key to the known species of Pertya in southeast China is provided

Eight orations of Lysias,

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A Latin grammar for schools and colleges,

Completed and ed. by Morris H. Morgan.Mode of access: Internet

A Latin grammar for schools and colleges,

Completed and edited by Morris H. Morgan.Mode of access: Internet

Vitruvius, the ten books on architecture,

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A school Latin grammar;

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