@BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Fire Research Abstracts and Reviews, Volume 11", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18860/fire-research-abstracts-and-reviews-volume-11", year = 1969, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Testing of Body Armor Materials: Phase III", isbn = "978-0-309-25599-8", abstract = "In 2009, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released the report Warfighter Support: Independent Expert Assessment of Army Body Armor Test Results and Procedures Needed Before Fielding, which commented on the conduct of the test procedures governing acceptance of body armor vest-plate inserts worn by military service members. This GAO report, as well as other observations, led the Department of Defense Director, Operational Test & Evaluation, to request that the National Research Council (NRC) Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences conduct a three-phase study to investigate issues related to the testing of body armor materials for use by the U.S. Army and other military departments. Phase I and II resulted in two NRC letter reports: one in 2009 and one in 2010. This report is Phase III in the study.\nTesting of Body Armor Materials: Phase III provides a roadmap to reduce the variability of clay processes and shows how to migrate from clay to future solutions, as well as considers the use of statistics to permit a more scientific determination of sample sizes to be used in body armor testing. This report also develops ideas for revising or replacing the Prather study methodology, as well as reviews comments on methodologies and technical approaches to military helmet testing. Testing of Body Armor Materials: Phase III also considers the possibility of combining various national body armor testing standards.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/13390/testing-of-body-armor-materials-phase-iii", year = 2012, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Academy of Engineering and Institute of Medicine", editor = "David Butler and Jessica Buono and Frederick Erdtmann and Proctor Reid", title = "Systems Engineering to Improve Traumatic Brain Injury Care in the Military Health System: Workshop Summary", isbn = "978-0-309-12758-5", abstract = "This book makes a strong case for taking advantage of the best of two disciplines\u2014health care and operational systems engineering (a combination of science and mathematics to describe, analyze, plan, design, and integrate systems with complex interactions among people, processes, materials, equipment, and facilities)-to improve the efficiency and quality of health care delivery, as well as health care outcomes.\n\nThose most interested in pursuing this approach include leaders in the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Veterans Affairs, who are committed to finding ways of improving the quality of care for military personnel, veterans, and their families. Intrigued by the possibilities, DOD decided to sponsor a series of workshops to explore the potential of operational systems engineering principals and tools for military health care, beginning with the diagnosis and care of traumatic brain injury (TBI), one of the most prevalent, difficult and challenging injuries suffered by warriors in Iraq and Afghanistan. \n\n\n ", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12504/systems-engineering-to-improve-traumatic-brain-injury-care-in-the-military-health-system", year = 2009, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" }