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Impact of depth of pedigree and inclusion of historical data on the estimation of additive variance and breeding values in a sugarcane breeding program
Atkin, F.C.; Dieters, M.J.; Stringer, J.K. - 2009
Sugarcane breeders in Australia combine data across four selection programs to obtain estimates of breeding value for parents. When these data are combined with full pedigree information back to founding parents, computing limitations mean it is not possible to obtain information on all parents....
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Finding of No Significant Impact for the Environmental Assessment for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve West Hackberry Facility Raw Water Intake Pipeline Replacement Cameron and Calc...
2008
' vulnerability to energy supply disruptions. Crude oil is stored in geologic formations, or salt domes, located under these …
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Vulnerability And Risk Assessment Using The Homeland-Defense Operational Planning System (HOPS)
Durling, Jr.; Price, D E; Spero, K K - 2008
For over ten years, the Counterproliferation Analysis and Planning System (CAPS) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has been a planning tool used by U.S. combatant commands for mission support planning against foreign programs engaged in the manufacture of weapons of mass...
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Energy vulnerability relationships
Shaw, B.R.; Boesen, J.L. - 2008
important issues concerning vulnerability to the disruption of oil imports: (1) The Middle East is not the major supplier of oil … countries, there exist vulnerabilities to disruption of the export stream of oil, (4) Vulnerability reduction requires a focus … proportion of imported oil present a vulnerability to {open_quotes}price shocks{close_quotes} and the tremendous dislocations …
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Quotas for CFE Treaty declared site inspections for baseline validation
Strait, R.S.; Sicherman, A. - 2008
The CFE Treaty will provide for limits on NATO and WTO forces, particularly tanks, armored personnel carriers, artillery, and helicopters. In addition to the overall limits on TLEs in the ATTU zone, there are expected to be secondary limits on single country forces, limits on forces based in...
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Cyber Assessment Methods For SCADA Security
May Robin Permann; Kenneth Rohde - 2009
systems that resolve these weaknesses. This paper describes vulnerability assessment methodologies used in ongoing research …
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The Internet information infrastructure: Terrorist tool or architecture for information defense?
Kadner, S.; Turpen, E.; Rees, B. - 2009
The Internet is a culmination of information age technologies and an agent of change. As with any infrastructure, dependency upon the so-called global information infrastructure creates vulnerabilities. Moreover, unlike physical infrastructures, the Internet is a multi-use technology. While...
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VOLCANIC RISK ASSESSMENT - PROBABILITY AND CONSEQUENCES
G.A. Valentine; F.V. Perry; S. Dartevelle - 2008
pressure and other variables related to damage by pyroclastic flow into underground structures, and vulnerability criteria for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436263
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Constructing a resilience index for the enhanced critical in Frastructure Protection Program.
Fisher, R. E.; Bassett, G. W.; Buehring, W. A.; … - Decision and Information Sciences - 2010
assets using the ECIP program and ultimately produced individual protective measure and vulnerability values through the … protective measure and vulnerability indices (PMI/VI). The PMI/VI assess the protective measures posture of individual facilities …
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Critical Infrastructure Interdependency Modeling: A Survey of U.S. and International Research
2009
The Nation’s health, wealth, and security rely on the production and distribution of certain goods and services. The array of physical assets, processes, and organizations across which these goods and services move are called "critical infrastructures".1 This statement is as true in the U.S....
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