Development of Computer Software to Aid Environmental Decision Makers in the Education and Training of Air Force Remedial Project Managers

By the end of Fiscal Year 1991, the Air Force had identified 4,354 contaminated sites. Much like the 177 toxic sites at McClellan AFB, bases across the country and throughput the world are filled with chrome, lead, paint solvents and many other toxics that are rendering water supplies unusable and endangering the health of millions of people living in and around these bases. Air Force officials continue to identify contaminated sites with no end in sight. Since the cleanup of these toxic materials involves diverse, complex activities, the Air Force created the duty position of Remedial Project Manager to manage site cleanup efforts. In order for these site coordinators to effectively act as team leaders for project group charged with site cleanup, they must be provided with relevant education and training. This study defined the process by which Air Force environmental course managers provide education to environmental professionals, including RPMs. Once defined, the process was used to create a prototype relational database to enhance the course managers\u27 ability to operate efficiently. This research also created two prototype computer knowledge-based systems (KBS) to prove that KBS technology could be used to provide RPMs with a career education program and certification process

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A Revision of Malagasy Species of Anochetus Mayr and Odontomachus Latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Species inventories are essential for documenting global diversity and generating necessary material for taxonomic study and conservation planning. However, for inventories to be immediately relevant, the taxonomic process must reduce the time to describe and identify specimens. To address these concerns for the inventory of arthropods across the Malagasy region, we present here a collaborative approach to taxonomy where collectors, morphologists and DNA barcoders using cytochrome c oxidase 1 (CO1) participate collectively in a team-driven taxonomic process. We evaluate the role of DNA barcoding as a tool to accelerate species identification and description. This revision is primarily based on arthropod surveys throughout the Malagasy region from 1992 to 2006. The revision is based on morphological and CO1 DNA barcode analysis of 500 individuals. In the region, five species of Anochetus (A

La restauration de la rivière Petitcodiac (1968–2016): Une analyse basée sur l'Approche des courants multiples

In 1968, a causeway was built between the municipalities of Moncton and Riverview. Immediately after the construction was completed, the causeway proved to be problematic, severely undermining the health of the river. However, it took until December 2016 for provincial and federal government representatives to permanently solve this problem by announcing the transformation of the causeway into a partial bridge. Why have governments taken so long to act? Using the Multiple Streams Approach (MSA) and relying on unpublished documentary and interview data, we argue that the coupling of the problem, politics, and policy streams was only possible once the window of opportunity created by the election of Liberal governments in Fredericton and Ottawa in the mid-2010s had been opened.En 1968, un pont-chaussée a été construit entre les municipalités de Moncton et Riverview. Immédiatement après sa mise en service, les passes migratoires pour les poissons se sont révélées problématiques. Il faudra toutefois attendre à décembre 2016 pour que des représentants des gouvernements provincial et fédéral solutionnent ce problème de façon permanente, en annonçant la transformation du pont-chaussée en pont partiel. Pourquoi les gouvernements ont-ils mis autant de temps à agir? En nous basant sur l’Approche des courants multiples (ACM) et en nous appuyant sur des données documentaires et entretiens inédits, nous soutenons que le couplage des courants des problèmes, des solutions et de la politique n’était possible qu’une fois ouverte la fenêtre d’opportunité créée par l’élection des gouvernements libéraux à Fredericton et à Ottawa, au milieu des années 2010