Biomarkers of Nutrition for Development (BOND)—Iron Review

This is the fifth in the series of reviews developed as part of the Biomarkers of Nutrition for Development (BOND) program. The BOND Iron Expert Panel (I-EP) reviewed the extant knowledge regarding iron biology, public health implications, and the relative usefulness of currently available biomarkers of iron status from deficiency to overload. Approaches to assessing intake, including bioavailability, are also covered. The report also covers technical and laboratory considerations for the use of available biomarkers of iron status, and concludes with a description of research priorities along with a brief discussion of new biomarkers with potential for use across the spectrum of activities related to the study of iron in human health. The I-EP concluded that current iron biomarkers are reliable for accurately assessing many aspects of iron nutrition. However, a clear distinction is made between the relative strengths of biomarkers to assess hematological consequences of iron deficiency versus other putative functional outcomes, particularly the relationship between maternal and fetal iron status during pregnancy, birth outcomes, and infant cognitive, motor and emotional development. The I-EP also highlighted the importance of considering the confounding effects of inflammation and infection on the interpretation of iron biomarker results, as well as the impact of life stage. Finally, alternative approaches to the evaluation of the risk for nutritional iron overload at the population level are presented, because the currently designated upper limits for the biomarker generally employed (serum ferritin) may not differentiate between true iron overload and the effects of subclinical inflammation

Strategic assessment ... /

Subtitle varies.Mode of access: Internet.Electronic serial mode of access: World Wide Web via National Defense University site

U.S. and NATO force structure and military operations in the Mediterranean /

S/N 008-020-01301-3 (GPO)"June 1993."Shipping list no.: 93-0435-P.Mode of access: Internet

Diagnostics of Insider Risks and Threats in Personnel Security Management of the Enterprise

Abstract: for the Ukrainian enterprises it is most expedient to use the Bayesian model because it is simple in implementation, allows for the individuality of each employee’s activity and does not have ethical and legal constraints. Recommendations for introducing comprehensive and integrated personnel security systems for domestic enterprises to improve the practice of psychological diagnostics and monitoring of employee’s actions are given, in particular, improvement of systems for collecting information about employees’ behavioral indicators in the corporate environment and beyond. The necessity of using modern toolkit for diagnosing risks and threats, for instance, OCEAN and CHAMPION systems, is proved, that significantly improves personnel security management in the systems of economic safety of enterprises. It has been determined that according to the criterion of the expenditure, an effective toolkit for identifying insider risks and threats can be a model based on data on social and interactive activities of enterprise employees

Blunting the sword : budget policy and the future of defense /

Shipping list no.: 94-0397-P."Institute for National Strategic Studies"--Cover.Includes bibliographical references and index.Mode of access: Internet

Strategic forum

Discusses the changing role of nuclear weapons in the post-Cold-War era in the United States

Transnational threats : blending law enforcement and military strategies /

"November 2000."Includes bibliographical references.information infrastructure: another perspective / Phillip E. Lacombe -- 12. Daniel T. Kuehl's View of information warfare and the defense of U.S. information systems: another perspective / Richard Marshall -- 13. Combating transnational organized crime / Phil Williams -- 14. Phil Williams' View of criminal organization and drug-trafficking: another perpsective / Thomas V. Fuentes -- 15. Phil Williams' Views on combating international organizaed crime: another perspective / James R. McDonough -- 16. Preparing for war in the fourth dimension: a reality check / David M. Crane -- 17. Terrorism and national defense: the Congressional perspective / William Natter -- 18. New institutions and new ways of operating / Jeffrey A. Hunker.1. Introduction / Carolyn W. Pumphrey -- 2. Overview from law enforcement's perspective / Spike Bowman -- 3. Transnational threats: U.S. military strategy / Daniel S. Roper -- 4. Information and terroristic use of mass weapons: the larger context / Kenneth A. Minihan -- 5. Intelligence problems as they relate to international crime organizations and drug trafficking / William J. Olson -- 6. Transnational threats vis-à-vis law enforcement and military intelligence: lessons on the emerging relationship / Elizabeth Rindskopf-Parker -- 7. Terrorism by weapons of mass destruction: a reassessment of the threat / Bruce Hoffman -- 8. Terrorism and weapons of mass destruction: a review and new paradigm / Jeffrey F. Addicott -- 9. Bruce Hoffman's View of terrorism by weapons of mass destruction: another perspective / Victor Utgoff -- 10. National information infrastructure: the role of the Department of Defense in defending it / Daniel T. Kuehl -- 11. Daniel T. Kuehl's View of DOD's role in defending the nationalConference co-sponsored by the U.S. Army War College, the Triangle Institute for Security Studies, and the Duke University Center for Law, Ethics and National Security.Mode of access: Internet

The Obama Administration's Strategic Rebalancing to Asia: Quo Vadis

From 2011 to 2016, then US President Barack Obama vigorously pursued the policy of strategic rebalancing to Asia. The policy\u27s underlying goal was to prevent China from becoming the dominant power in the Asia–Pacific region. Unfortunately, the Obama administration\u27s efforts were thwarted by the strategy\u27s lack of a deterrence component, distracting shifts and crises in certain parts of the world, and the failure of the US Congress to pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership into law. The 2016 election of Donald Trump, however, does not necessarily mean that the strategic rebalancing to Asia is doomed, if not already dead. It is still a “work in progress,” as the region remains a top security priority for Washington for two reasons. First, North Korea\u27s nuclear weapons program poses a clear and present danger to the United States; and second, China\u27s naval build-up and island-building and militarization activities in the South China Sea threaten not only the freedom of navigation but also the rules-based international order. Consequently, the Trump administration has directed the US military to proceed with the rebalancing of its forces and capabilities in the Asia–Pacific. In conclusion, this article argues that despite his administration\u27s rhetoric that the rebalancing is dead in the water, President Trump is heeding his predecessor\u27s advice that “engaging in the Asia–Pacific is critical to America\u27s future prosperity and security.” © 2018 Center for International Studies, Inha Universit

Toward a theory of spacepower : selected essays /

Includes bibliographical references.Introduction -- pt. I. The building blocks of spacepower theory. Theory ascendant? Spacepower and the challenge of strategic theory / John B. Sheldon and Colin S. Gray -- On the nature of military theory / Harold R. Winton -- International relations theory and spacepower / Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr. -- Real constraints on spacepower / Martin E.B. Grance and Jerry Jon Sellers -- pt. II. Space and national security. Increasing the military uses of space / Everett C. Dolman and Henry F. Cooper, Jr. -- Preserving freedom of action in space : realizing the potential and limits of U.S. spacepower / Michael Krepon, Theresa Hitchens, and Michael Katz-Hyman -- Balancing U.S. security interests in space / Michael E. O'Hanlon -- Airpower, spacepower, and cyberpower / Benjamin S. Lambeth -- pt. III. Civil, commercial, and economic space perspectives. History of civil space activity and spacepower / Roger D. Launius -- Commercial space and spacepower / Henry R. Hertzfeld -- Merchant and guardian challenges in the exercise of spacepower / Scott Pace -- pt. IV. The future of spacepower. Emerging domestic structures : organizing the Presidency for spacepower / John M. Ldsdon -- Space law and the advancement of spacepower / Peter L. Hays -- Future strategy and professional development : a roadmap / Simon P. Worden.Mode of access: Internet