THE U.S. QUEST FOR NEW TECHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF MILITARY SUPERIORITY: DILEMMAS OF THE THIRD OFFSET STRATEGY by V. I. Bartenev

“…The conclusion postulates that the emergence of the TOS was determined by both an erosion of the U.S. military superiority and budget constraints, and, therefore, its content might change if budget austerity imperatives will stop dominating the DoD strategists' thinking. …”
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“I think people have been in survival mode”: a qualitative study of community connectivity in a neighbourhood of North East England before and during COVID-19 by Mandy Cheetham, Alice Wiseman, Stephen Ward, Sarah Gorman, Fiona Pollard

“…Data were thematically analysed using a community-centred public health framework.Results Communities experiencing disadvantage approached the pandemic adversely affected by stigma, austerity and reductions in public sector funding. …”
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Workplace Health Promotion as a good solution to the negative impact of the financial crisis on healthcare systems by Francesco Chirico

“…In Greece, the recent austerity period imposed by the Troika has severely affected spending on healthcare services and the populations’ health has been referred to in the literature as ‘the Greek tragedy’ [2, 3]. …”
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A Comparative study of Daiva's Sin and its Evolution in the Stories of Ancient Iran and Ta'ziehs of Daiva's Tying Thumb Based on Six Poetic Verses by Mahdi mohamadi, Adel Meghdadian, Abolfazl Tajik

“…His greed and arrogance disappeared in this austerity and rationality replaced it.   2.Methodology The method of this research is descriptive-comparative. …”
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Le poète, le cardinal et l’ange du foyer by Jacqueline Clais

“…A few letters between the protagonists let us see a very different, much more human aspect of the austere prelate who has not forgotten Caroline “the angel of his house”.…”
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Spectral Telepathy: the Late Style of Susan Howe by Marjorie Perloff

“…Both of these new books show how contemporary technique—facsimile, xerography, overprint, digital processing—can reanimate literary texts and make them new. Howe’s austere later writing is perhaps her very finest.…”
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American Transcendentalist’s Conceptions of Self: Comparison Among Emerson, Thoreau And Whitman by Dian Natalia Sutanto

“…Unlike Whitman who celebrates carnality as the source of human virtue, Emerson’s view is more austere.  …”
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The Breaking of the Square: Late Victorian Representations of Anglo-Sudanese Warfare by Luisa Villa

“…From the early 1880s (with the rise of the Mahdi, the disastrous defeat of General Hicks at Shaykan, the siege of Khartoum and its fall) to the late 1890s (with the slow advance of Kitchener’s army through the desert and along the Nile culminating in the battle of Omdurman), the military operations conducted in the Sudan not only fuelled a lively public debate, but provided exciting material for literature and popular entertainment. Indeed, with its austere desert landscape, its immemorial river and its warlike populations, the Sudan was marketed to the general public as the site for the perfect martial adventure. …”
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A scenario-based alternative to conventional tools for choosing the strategy in turbulent environments by Ali Sorourkhah

“…This study provides managerial implications by showing that despite the classic strategy selection approach being appropriate for austere environments and the MADM models being reasonable for complex environments, RA  produces more reliable results when dealing with turbulent environments.…”
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Driving simulator study of text messaging and phone conversations: Effects of messages’ valence, drivers’ values and self-reported driving behaviors by Ivars Austers, Inese Muzikante, Ronalds Cinks

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Rapid identification of bacterial select agents using loop-mediated isothermal amplification by Timothy E. Egbo, Candace D. Blancett, Jackie M. Payne, Christopher P. Stefan, Timothy D. Minogue, John H. Sellers, Jeffrey W. Koehler

“…Abstract Background Point of need diagnostics provide efficient testing capability for remote or austere locations, decreasing the time to answer by minimizing travel or sample transport requirements. …”
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Developing the Ready Military Medical Force: military-specific training in Graduate Medical Education by John B Holcomb, Jan O Jansen, Eric A Elster, Matthew D Tadlock, Jennifer M Gurney, Emily W Baird, Daniel T Lammers, Richard D Betzold, Shaun R Brown, Matthew J Eckert, Daniel B Cox, Jeffrey D Kerby

“…This involves executing the operational duties as a commissioned leader while also providing exceptional medical care in austere environments and in harm’s way. The purpose of this study is to review prior efforts at developing and implementing military unique curricula (MUC) in residency training programs.Methods We performed a literature search in PubMed (MEDLINE), Embase, Web of Science, and the Defense Technical Information Center through August 8, 2023, including terms “graduate medical education” and “military.” …”
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Comparison of Two Field Deployable PCR Platforms for SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza A and B Viruses’ Detection by Hakim Bouamar, Grace M. Reed, Wanda Lyon, Hector Lopez, Anna Ochoa, Susana N. Asin

“…Significance: Differences in specificity and sensitivity in detection of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza between Biomeme and Truelab^® suggest that Truelab^® is a more promising and potentially deployable diagnostic platform for SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses’ detection in an austere environment.…”
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Microfragmented Adipose Tissue Injection (MFAT) May Be a Solution to the Rationing of Total Knee Replacement: A Prospective, Gender-Bias Mitigated, Reproducible Analysis at Two Yea... by Nima Heidari, Tiffanie-Marie Borg, Stefano Olgiati, Mark Slevin, Alessandro Danovi, Brady Fish, Adrian Wilson, Ali Noorani

“…Access to this intervention can be limited for a number of reasons including rationing of care, lack of healthcare provision in austere environments, and more recently, due to the cessation of elective orthopaedic care as a result of the COVID pandemic. …”
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« Mon seul Shakespeare » by Jacques Nichet

“…He seems to approve of the first condemnations: his melancholy humour, his austere morality, allow him to find the words which are meant to prepare Claudio to his impending execution.  …”
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