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    The fundamentals of salvo warfare

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    This thesis presents a detailed study of the fundamentals of modern naval surface missile combat and, though the vehicles of combat modeling, simulation, and quantitative analysis, describes a method of evaluating tactics. It establishes three basic laws of naval combat, test the theory that undergirds the laws against a data set, and provides a thorough analysis of the results.http://archive.org/details/thefundamentalso1094534844Lieutenant, United States NavyApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited.Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited

    Reducing the Harm of Criminal Victimization: The Role of Restitution

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    Restitution is a court-ordered payment by offenders to their victims to cover the victims\u27 economic losses resulting from the crime. These losses can be substantial and can harm victims and victims\u27 families both directly and indirectly. But most victims do not receive reparation for their injuries, both because judges do not always impose restitution and because of problems with collecting restitution payments, even if there is a court order to do so. In this article, we review the literature on restitution and suggest that this compensatory mechanism is necessary to restore victims to where they were before the crime occurred. But monetary restitution alone is not sufficient. Making victims whole requires not only financial compensation from the offender but also procedural, informational, and interpersonal justice from the criminal justice system

    Acute sleep restriction effects on emotion responses in 30‐ to 36‐month‐old children

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    Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/92066/1/j.1365-2869.2011.00962.x.pd

    Contrastant banana accessions for resistance to the burrowing nematode, based on molecular markers RAPD.

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    This work aimed to proceed molecular characterization of seven banana accessions (Borneo, Grand Naine, 1304-06, 4249-05, 0337-02, 0323-03 and 4279-06) resistance to the nematode Radopholus similis. These accessions were selected taking in account the reproduction factor (RF) among 26 banana genotypes from a working collection belonging to Embrapa Mandioca e Fruticultura Tropical. The genomic DNA of the seven accessions was extracted, and 36 decamere primers had been used to obtain RAPD markers. The resulting markers were converted into a matrix of binary data. From that matrix the genetic distance between the accessions were estimated, for further clustering and graphic dispersion analyses. From a total of 521 RAPD markers generated, 420 (81%) were polymorphic, including 140 (27%) potentially promising for application on works related to genetic mapping of the resistance to R. similis. OPE-15, OPH-17, and OPG-09 were the primers that contributed to the highest number of bands promising for genetic mapping of resistance (12, 8, and 8, respectively). The genetic distances between accessions ranged from 0.106 to 0.455, with the longest one observed between cv. Borneo and the genotype 4279-06, considered as highly susceptible and resistant, respectively, to the nematode according to the RF. The graphic dispersion distinguished three groups of accessions, and most of resistant genotypes clustered together in the same group. The most contrastant genotypes for resistance (Borneo and 4249-05) were separated by a genetic distance of 0.374, and possessed a total of 114 polymorphic bands promising for genetic mapping of resistance. In addition, the results of pathogenicity tests were congruent with those obtained by RAPD analyses

    Study of Brazilian species of Meloidogyne: enzymatic and molecular characterizations.

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    Edição dos Proceedings do 6th International Congress of Nematology, Cape Town, South Africa, May 2014

    IDENTIFICATION OF PLANT PARASITIC NEMATODES IN TRIPLOID AND TETRAPLOID BANANAS IN BRAZIL.

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    RESUMO ? Nematoides são importantes patógenos em bananeiras, e a inexistência de genótipos com resistência é o maior desafio dos programas de melhoramento genético da cultura. Pouco se conhece sobre o comportamento de bananeiras triploides e tetraploides desenvolvidas pela Embrapa quanto ao parasitismo por fitonematoides em campo. Áreas experimentais naturalmente infestadas da Embrapa Mandioca e Fruticultura em cinco estados brasileiros (Embrapa Acre - Acre, Embrapa Semiárido - Pernambuco, Embrapa Cerrados - Distrito Federal, Palmital - São Paulo e Epagri - Santa Catarina) foram avaliadas quanto a distribuição e níveis populacionais de fitonematoides em cultivares comerciais e genótipos triploides e tetraploides em fase final de melhoramento. Os nematoides das galhas (Meloidogyne spp.) foram os mais frequentes em raízes (40 - 100%) e solo (85,71 - 100%), com número detectável de juvenis (J2) variando entre genótipos (4 - 148 J2.250g-1 raízes e 1 - 110 J2.100 cm-3 solo). Quatro fenótipos de esterase foram caracterizados: M. incognita (Est I1 = Rm: 1,0), M. javanica (Est J3 = Rm:1,0; 1,25 e 1,40 e Est J2 = Rm: 1,0 e 1,40) e M. arenaria (Est A2 = Rm:1,20 e 1,35), com predominância de M. javanica (Est J3). Meloidogyne javanica e M. incognita foram predominantes, entretanto infestações mistas entre as espécies foram encontradas. A ocorrência de Meloidogyne spp. foi: M. javanica (68,26%), M. incognita (64,73%) e M. arenaria (16,81%). Helicotylenchus multicinctus e Rotylenchulus reniformis foi o segundo grupo mais frequente. Radopholus similis, Scutellonema sp., Criconemoides sp. e Helicotylenchus sp. se apresentaram em baixa frequência e nível populacional nas bananeiras
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