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Abstract:Archaeological looting correlates with a number of problems, including the destruction of stratigraphic data and the damage and loss of artifacts. Looting is also understood to generate revenue, but systematic analysis of this issue is challenged by its opacity: how can we study the economic effects of archaeological looting when the practice is rarely directly observable? To address this problem, we estimate the market value of archaeological sites where artifacts have been previously excavated and documented, using a machine-learning approach. The first step uses 41,587 sales of objects from 33 firms to train an algorithm to predict the distribution channel, lot packaging, and estimated sale price of objects based on their observable characteristics. The second step uses the trained algorithm to estimate the value of sites in which a large number of artifacts have been legally excavated and documented. We make an out-of-sample prediction on two Syrian sites, Tell Bi'a and Dura Europos.

Military service members are paid special and incentive (S&I) pays, such as hazardous duty incentive pay and aviation incentive pay, on a prorated basis in proportion to the amount of basic pay they receive in a month. Some observers argue that part-time reserve component (RC) members should be paid at the same full monthly rate as typical active component (AC) members, since RC members are required to undergo the same training as AC members, and the standards RC members must meet to establish proficiencies to receive certain S&I pays are the same as for AC members. Others counter that part-time RC members do not have the same readiness availability as AC members who serve full time. In response to this issue, Congress called for a report on the extension to members of the RC of S&I pays that are currently paid to AC members. In this report, the authors (1) estimate the cost of paying members of the RC, who perform service at the typical rate of four training periods of inactive duty per month (or active duty for less than a full month), the same full monthly rate of S&I pays that AC members receive for performing the S&I pay qualifying service for a full month; (2) estimate the number of RC members who would qualify for each form of S&I pay at the full rate; and (3) consider the feasibility and advisability of paying eligible members of the RC at the full S&I pay rate

Introduction -- Antiquities Trafficking and Its Role in Financing Terrorism -- Smuggling Networks and Sales Channels: Results from Interviews -- Antiquities Trafficking Online -- Measuring the International Trade in Antiquities -- Policy Responses to Illicit Trafficking and Future Research -- Appendix A: Archaeological Looting in Historical Perspective -- Appendix B: Detecting Suspicious Dealers Using Rare Indicator Coins -- Appendix C: A Supply and Demand Theory of the Antiquities Market.

CHAPTER ONE: Overview -- CHAPTER TWO: Literature Review -- CHAPTER THREE: Network Analysis of WITM and REMVE -- CHAPTER FOUR: Country Case Studies -- CHAPTER FIVE: Conclusion and Opportunities for Impact -- APPENDIX A: White Genocide Terms -- APPENDIX B: Triangulating Platform Antisociality: Dark Triad by Sentiment -- APPENDIX C: Longitudinal Analysis of Highest-Scoring Dark Triad Communities Across Platforms -- APPENDIX D: Simulations of Deplatforming or Other Counter-REMVE Action in Online Networks -- APPENDIX E: Religion and Christianity Keywords Applied to Twitter -- APPENDIX F: Dendrogram of Lexical Similarities by Location on Twitter.

Introduction -- Tech Camp Assessment -- Peace Promotion Fellowship Assessment -- Conclusions -- Appendix A: Interview Instruments -- Appendix B: Tech Camp Assessment Instrument Results -- Appendix C: Summary of Peace Promotion Fellowship Projects -- Appendix D: Results of a Study of Countering Violent Extremism-Themed Radio Programming in Mindanao.

Introduction -- Russian propaganda, political memes, and fissures in American society -- How the experiment was conducted -- Partisanship and responses to Russian propaganda -- Politically partisan effects and types of news consumers -- Conclusions and implications for future research -- Appendix A. Memes used in this study -- Appendix B. Supplementary results.

Introduction and Background: Cultural Resources in Puerto Rico -- Key Cultural Resources, What Recovery Entails, and How Recovery Planning Was Performed -- Prestorm Risks, Assessed Damage, and Recovery Needs: Historic Sites, Cultural Institutions, and Alternative Tourism -- Prestorm Risks, Assessed Damage, and Recovery Needs: Arts Organizations, Artists, and Artisans -- Sector Summary and Conclusions -- Appendix A: A Framework for Understanding the Cultural Resources Response and Recovery Effort After Hurricanes Irma and Maria -- Appendix B: Extended Description of NCR Courses of Action -- Appendix C: Historic Properties Cost-Estimating Methodology -- Appendix D: Artisan Survey -- Appendix E: Alternative Tourism Analysis Executive Summary.