Study protocol of an open-label proof-of-concept trial examining the safety and clinical efficacy of psilocybin-assisted therapy for veterans with PTSD by Alan K Davis, Adam W Levin, Paul B Nagib, Stacey B Armstrong, Rafaelle L Lancelotta

“…Furthermore, current pharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatments for PTSD are difficult to tolerate and limited in efficacy, especially in the US Military Veteran (USMV) population. This open-label pilot study will examine the safety and efficacy of two psilocybin administration sessions (15 mg and 25 mg), combined with psychotherapy, among USMVs with severe, treatment resistant PTSD.Methods and analysis We will recruit 15 USMVs with severe, treatment resistant PTSD. …”
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Beyond a Tolerance of Ambiguity: Symbolic Competence as Creative Uncertainty and Doubt by Diane Richardson

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Failure Mode and Effect Analysis for a military nose landing gear project by Ilie NICOLIN, Bogdan Adrian NICOLIN

“…Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) techniques were originally developed by the US Military and have been used as techniques for assessing the reliability and effects of equipment failures. …”
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(سورية والعراق) و استراتيجية الولايات المتحدة في الشرق الأوسط by عفيف حيدر, عصام اسماعيل, فريد ميليش

“…After the bilateral nature of the leadership of the international system to place caps checked for the intervention of the poles in regional affairs to certain areas, and the second Gulf War and fled in the January 15, 1991 m, suitable climate to strengthen the presence of US influence in the region, especially the military presence, this war was the most important evidence of the extent of the influence that became the United States enjoyed in regional conflict management on the one hand, and on the fact that now some countries in our region faces in the absence of an international pole counterweight to the American tycoon, is reflected directly on the Middle Eastern environment, because the US military theater of operations launched from this area starting with the war in Afghanistan and then Iraq, then what we see today from targeting Syria according to the Arab spring allegations, and the US administration is now convinced of the need to change the political map of the Middle East on many levels. …”
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Features of US Geostrategy in the Third World (50’s – First Half of the 60’s of the XX Сentury) by Dmytro Lakishyk

“…Initially, its line ran in Europe, then in East Asia, and later expanded to the Middle East, with adequate security in the form of US military bases and military-political blocs. By pursuing a policy of containment and extending its line throughout the periphery of Eurasia, the United States was increasingly confronted with the effects of the collapse of the colonial empires and forced, in one form or another, to fill the vacuum of emerging power. …”
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Identification of an abbreviated test battery for detection of HIV-associated neurocognitive impairment in an early-managed HIV-infected cohort. by David J Moore, Mollie J P Roediger, Lynn E Eberly, Kaitlin Blackstone, Braden Hale, Amy Weintrob, Anuradha Ganesan, Brian K Agan, Scott L Letendre, Nancy F Crum-Cianflone

“…HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) remain prevalent despite improved antiretroviral treatment (ART), and it is essential to have a sensitive and specific HAND screening tool.Participants were 200 HIV-infected US military beneficiaries, managed early in the course of HIV infection, had few comorbidities, and had open access to ART. …”
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The evolution of European perception of the term 'hybrid warfare' by Vračar Milinko S., Ćurčić Milica T.

“…The emergence and use of the term 'hybrid warfare' is related to the efforts of the US military analysts to explain the changes in the physiognomy of war, as well as the practical problems of the US Armed Forces on the ground as a result of these changes. …”
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Video Messaging to Increase Vascularized Composite Allograft Donation Willingness in United States Military Veterans by James R. Rodrigue, PhD, Jessica Shenkel, BA, Matthew Boger, MS, Bohdan Pomahac, MD, Aaron Fleishman, MPH

“…This study evaluated the effectiveness of video messaging on VCA donation willingness in US military veterans, a key stakeholder in VCA transplantation. …”
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Militær og mindfulness. Refleksioner over en uhellig alliance by Sita Kotnis

“… ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In recent years, mindfulness has become a major resource in the US military. This has provoked substantial criticism in American civil society, not least within contemplative environments. …”
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An inertia-type hybrid mount combining a rubber mount and a piezostack actuator for naval shipboard equipment by Seok-Jun Moon, Sang-Min Choi, Vien-Quoc Nguyen, Jong-Seok Oh, Seung-Bok Choi, Jung-Hoon Chung, Jung-Il Kwon, Woo-Jin Jung

“…The performances of the proposed mount with a newly designed specific controller have been evaluated in accordance with US military specifications and compared with the passive mount. …”
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Non-invasive system identification of a tactical generator by Bell, John Harry, IV

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War after the war by Choy, Natalie Ching Mun, Khairul Anwar Mohd Mashren, Sim, Dewey Wei Chun

“…We chose Quang Tri because it was one of the worst-hit areas during the war. The US military sprayed two million litres of poisonous herbicide Agent Orange ​(General Statistics Office of Viet Nam, 2016) ​and contaminated more than 83 percent of the province with unexploded bombs (Quang Tri Mine Action Centre, 2010) War does not end when bombs stop falling and peace treaties are signed. …”
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Genomic resolution of an aggressive, widespread, diverse and expanding meningococcal serogroup B, C and W lineage. by Lucidarme, J, Hill, D, Bratcher, H, Gray, S, du Plessis, M, Tsang, R, Vazquez, J, Taha, M, Ceyhan, M, Efron, A, Gorla, M, Findlow, J, Jolley, K, Maiden, M, Borrow, R

“…The hyperinvasive ST-11 clonal complex (cc11) caused serogroup C (MenC) outbreaks in the US military in the 1960s and UK universities in the 1990s, a global Hajj-associated serogroup W (MenW) outbreak in 2000e2001, and subsequent MenW epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa. …”

War and negotiations. How Vietnam defeated the American Colossus by A. M. Vasiliev

“…To achieve this goal the war and negotiations dragged on for years, and on the eve of the signing of the agreements, the most fierce bombing of the DRV was carried out.Thanks to the powerful air defense created with the help of the USSR, the DRV won the “air Dien Bien Fu”.The United States was forced to sign a peace agreement, which provided for the complete cessation of all US military operations in Vietnam, the withdrawal of all American troops, but left the North Vietnamese forces in South Vietnam together with the armed forces of the National Liberation Front along with the decaying and doomed to death Saigon regime. …”
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Suicidal thoughts and behaviours among military veterans: protocol for a prospective, observational, neuroimaging study by Noah S Philip, Nauder Namaky, Hannah R Swearingen, Jake Winter, Melanie Bozzay, Jennifer M Primack, Jennifer Barredo

“…Introduction This study’s overarching goal is to examine the relationship between brain circuits and suicidal thoughts and behaviours (STBs) in a transdiagnostic sample of US military veterans. Because STBs have been linked with maladaptive decision-making and disorders linked to impulsivity, this investigation focuses on valence and inhibitory control circuits.Methods and analysis In this prospective, observational study, we will collect functional MRI (fMRI), cognitive and clinical data from 136 veterans (target sample size) recruited from the Providence VA Health System (PVAHS): 68 with STBs and 68 matched controls. …”
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Biomarker identification and effect estimation on schizophrenia –a high dimensional data analysis by Yuanzhang eLi, Robert eYolken, David N Cowan, David N Cowan, Michael R Boivin, Tianqing eLiu, David W Niebuhr

“…In DGR analysis of serum specimens of US military service members with a diagnosis of schizophrenia from 1992 to 2005 and their controls, Alpha-1-Antitrypsin (AAT), Interleukin-6 receptor (IL-6r) and Connective Tissue Growth Factor (CTGF) were selected to identify schizophrenia for males; and Alpha-1-Antitrypsin (AAT), Apolipoprotein B (Apo B) and Sortilin were selected for females. …”
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Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study on Decolonization Procedures for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among HIV-Infected Adults. by Amy Weintrob, Ionut Bebu, Brian Agan, Alona Diem, Erica Johnson, Tahaniyat Lalani, Xun Wang, Mary Bavaro, Michael Ellis, Katrin Mende, Nancy Crum-Cianflone

“…However, no large clinical trial has examined the utility of decolonization procedures in reducing MRSA colonization or infection among community-dwelling HIV-infected persons.550 HIV-infected adults at four geographically diverse US military HIV clinics were prospectively screened for MRSA colonization at five body locations every 6 months during a 2-year period. …”
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Precision Military Medicine: Conducting a multi-site clinical utility study of genomic and lifestyle risk factors in the United States Air Force by Susan K. Delaney, Ruth Brenner, Tara J. Schmidlen, Michael P. Dempsey, Kim E. London, Erynn S. Gordon, Mark Bellafante, Ashley Nasuti, Laura B. Scheinfeldt, Kaveri D. Rajula, Leo Jose, Joseph P. Jarvis, Norman P. Gerry, Michael F. Christman

“…Over the longer term, analyses will further contribute to the development of policies and processes relevant to clinical decision support and data sharing within the US military, and on-going work with the Air Force Medical Service sub-cohort will generate critical insights into how best to deploy useful genomic information in clinical care. …”
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Dancing On The Edge Of Oblivion by Liana M. Petranek

“…The US is counteracting the threat to US capital accumulation with its neoliberal and neocon agenda, mostly formulated by the main actors within the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) who play an important role in formulating US foreign policy in the interest of US capital and the US military industrial complex. The US is implementing this with the postulates outlined in the 2021 book The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict by Eldridge A. …”
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Biomedical Informatics Techniques for Processing and Analyzing Web Blogs of Military Service Members by Konovalov, Sergiy, Scotch, Matthew, Post, Lori, Brandt, Cynthia

“…These methods might assist the clinical research community to better understand feelings and emotions post deployment and the burden of symptoms of stress among US military service members. MethodsIn total, 90 military blog posts describing deployment situations and 60 control posts of Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) were collected. …”
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