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Despite its potential to transition toward a green economy, the country became an environmental villain in recent years. The anti-environmentalist and anti-indigenist administration of President Jair Bolsonaro (2019–22) partly dismantled environmental governance. The Amazon and its more-than-human populations were severely hit by Bolsonaro's predatory agenda, which supported and legitimized the interests of the anti- -conservationist forces within economic sectors such as agribusiness and mining, and fueled organized crime and violence in the region. This paper provides an overview and analysis of Amazonian politics and policy during this period, and discusses the importance of, and possibilities for, a transformative approach to the governance of the region.

The need to renew America's economy, foster its energy security, and respond to global climate change compels the transformation of U.S. energy policy. Innovation and its commercialization must move to the center of national reform. Not only must a broad range of carbon pricing and regulatory responses be adopted, but major increases in federal R & D are essential along with the deployment of bold new research paradigms. To that end, the federal government should establish a national network of regionally based energy discovery-innovation institutes (e-Dlls) to serve as the hubs of a distributed research network linking the nation's best scientists, engineers, and facilities. Through such a network, the nation could at once increase its current inadequate energy R & D effort and complement existing resources with a new research paradigm that would join the unique capabilities of America's research universities to those of corporate R & D and federal laboratories. -- Executive summary (p.3). ; "February 2009." ; At head of title: Blueprint for American prosperity. ; Includes bibliographical references. ; The need to renew America's economy, foster its energy security, and respond to global climate change compels the transformation of U.S. energy policy. Innovation and its commercialization must move to the center of national reform. Not only must a broad range of carbon pricing and regulatory responses be adopted, but major increases in federal R & D are essential along with the deployment of bold new research paradigms. To that end, the federal government should establish a national network of regionally based energy discovery-innovation institutes (e-Dlls) to serve as the hubs of a distributed research network linking the nation's best scientists, engineers, and facilities. Through such a network, the nation could at once increase its current inadequate energy R & D effort and complement existing resources with a new research paradigm that would join the unique capabilities of America's research universities to those of corporate R & D and federal laboratories. -- Executive summary (p.3). ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Gift of Dr. James J. Duderstadt ; U. Michigan Faculty Author.

The work is an announcement on the current state of the research project implementation. The study presents the results of an analysis of the project's research area. On this basis, the two-stage micro-satellite launch system was selected. The system, a space-kit is based on an adopted combat aircraft carrying a satellite-laden rocket that is fired at the maximum altitude. As a potential transport platform, two withdrawn supersonic aircraft were selected: the MiG-29 and the Su-22. A dedicated mission-laden rocket is to be carried under the fuselage. Preliminary analyses have shown that the aircraft indicated with the proposed mission profile will successfully carry out the task of launching a hypothetical rocket with a payload of at least 10 kg into low earth orbit. This confirmed the merits of the basic thesis of the research project. For the analysis of the aeromechanical properties of the kit, both 3D digital models for computer simulations and physical models scaled for tunnel tests were developed. Laser scanners were used to map aircraft geometry, and measurements were made on Su-22 and MiG-29 aircraft in the aviation laboratory of the Military University of Technology. Using three-dimensional scaled models generated in a CAD environment, physical solid models were printed for wind tunnel investigations. Preliminary computer simulations conducted in the ANSYS Fluent system did not point out any negative impact of the rocket on aerodynamic characteristics and stability of the both carrier aircraft. Keywords: air-launch satellite system, air-launch platform, microsatellite.

"Incorporates additions and revisions of Library of Congress headings established through June 30, 1945." ; "Reprinted from vol. 151, a Catalog of books represented by Library of Congress printed cards." ; Mode of access: Internet.

Der vorliegende Forschungsbericht stellt den Abschluss der vom Bundesministerium der Verteidigung (BMVg) am 20121015 beauftragten Langzeitbegleitung der Soldatinnen und Soldaten des 22. Kontingents ISAF dar, die sich überwiegend von März bis Oktober 2010 im Rahmen der International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) im Einsatz in Afghanistan befanden. Der Fokus liegt auf längerfristigen Folgen und Wirkungen des Einsatzes. Die Angehörigen dieses Kontingents wurden im Rahmen der bis-her ersten soziologischen Langzeituntersuchung zu (Einsatz-)Soldaten und Veteranen der Bundeswehr über einen Zeitraum von mehreren Jahren vom Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr (ZMSBw) sozialwissenschaftlich begleitet und mehrfach mit unterschiedlichen Methoden befragt: wenige Wochen vor dem Einsatz, während des Einsatzes in Afghanistan, wenige Wochen nach der Rückkehr und dann nochmals knapp drei Jahre später. Hierdurch sollen Erkenntnisse zu andauernden Veränderungen gewonnen werden. Die Untersuchung basiert auf einem komplexen Mixed-Methods-Design, das quantitative Fragebogenerhebung zu verschiedenen Zeitpunkten sowie qualitative Methoden, vor allem Interviews, Gruppendiskussionen und teilnehmende Beobachtung beinhaltet. Das schließt Feldforschungen im Einsatz in Afghanistan mit ein.

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Air Force's F-22 Raptor Program and its impact on production cost reduction plans, focusing on the: (1) status of cost reduction plans, including some plans not yet implemented, and identifying Air Force procedures for reporting on the plans; and (2) comparison of 1999 cost estimates developed by the Air Force and the Office of the Secretary of Defense with the congressional cost limitation."