Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Clearance, Active Range UXO Clearance, and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Programs

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Foster ◽  
Jr
Keyword(s):  
Task Force ◽  
Unexploded Ordnance ◽  
Explosive Ordnance Disposal

scholarly journals Real magnetic stripping method in unexploded ordnance detection and remediation – a case study from Rohožník military training range in SW Slovakia

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 277-294
Author(s):  
Roman PAŠTEKA ◽  
Miroslav HAJACH ◽  
Bibiana BRIXOVÁ ◽  
Ján MIKUŠKA ◽  
John STANLEY
Keyword(s):  
Military Training ◽  
High Amplitude ◽  
Magnetic Data ◽  
Unexploded Ordnance ◽  
High Definition ◽  
Near Surface ◽  
3D Euler Deconvolution ◽  
Explosive Ordnance Disposal ◽  
Deep Source

In this contribution we present results from a case-study, which was performed in collaboration between geophysicists and explosive ordnance disposal technicians at the Rohožník military training range in SW Slovakia. The aim of this study was to locate a deep-penetrated unexploded Mk-82 aerial bomb using high-definition digital magnetometry. The location where this bomb had entered the ground was known but its final position needed to be determined so that a safe excavation and disposal could be conducted. However, the detection of this unexploded ordnance object was complicated by the presence of intense magnetic interference from a number of near surface ferrous items including non-explosive test bombs, fragmentation and other iron junk. These items contributed a localised, high amplitude of magnetic clutter masking any deeper source. Our strategy was to approach the problem in three stages. First, we used magnetic data to locate the near surface items. After the detection and before the excavation of the searched objects, two quantitative interpretation methods were used. These involved an optimised modelling of source bodies and the application of a 3D Euler deconvolution. Both methods yielded acceptable results, but the former was found to be more accurate. After the interpretation phase, many of the items were then safely excavated and removed individually. A second magnetic mapping was then performed and from this data which was now significantly less cluttered, we were able to identify but not quantify, two deep source items and to confirm that all remaining near surface items were significantly smaller in size than a Mk-82 bomb. As the remaining near surface sources were interpreted as being contained within the surface one metre of soil and being small they could be assured to be non-explosive, it was considered most practical to mechanically excavate and remove this soil and the remaining objects contained.

Injuries from Landmines and Unexploded Ordnance in Afghanistan

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (S2) ◽  
pp. S36
Author(s):  
Oleg O. Bilukha ◽  
M. Brennan ◽  
B. Woodruff
Keyword(s):  
Unexploded Ordnance

Report of the ADEA president's task force on the Surgeon General's report on oral health. American Dental Education Association

2000 ◽  
Vol 64 (10) ◽  
pp. 708-714
Author(s):  
PJ Ferrillo ◽  
KB Chance ◽  
RI Garcia ◽  
WE Kerschbaum ◽  
JJ Koelbl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Dental Education ◽  
Education Association

Hot Topics: A Report From the Division 4 Task Force on Fluency Services in the Schools

2001 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 6-13
Author(s):  
Lisa Scott-Trautman ◽  
Kristin A. Chmela
Keyword(s):  
Task Force

Update from Task Force on Fluency Services in the Schools

1998 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-7
Author(s):  
Kristin Chmela
Keyword(s):  
Task Force

Update on Task Force on Issues in Clinical Supervision

1997 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 21-21
Author(s):  
Arlene Pietranton
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Supervision ◽  
Task Force

Entrapment Neuropathies: Electrodiagnostic Criteria

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 12-15
Author(s):  
Jay Blaisdell ◽  
James B. Talmage
Keyword(s):  
Nerve Conduction ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Conduction Block ◽  
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome ◽  
Conduction Delay ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Sixth Edition ◽  
Entrapment Neuropathies ◽  
Axon Loss ◽  
Tunnel Syndrome

Abstract Like the diagnosis-based impairment (DBI) method and the range-of-motion (ROM) method for rating permanent impairment, the approach for rating compression or entrapment neuropathy in the upper extremity (eg, carpal tunnel syndrome [CTS]) is a separate and distinct methodology in the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (AMA Guides), Sixth Edition. Rating entrapment neuropathies is similar to the DBI method because the evaluator uses three grade modifiers (ie, test findings, functional history, and physical evaluation findings), but the way these modifiers are applied is different from that in the DBI method. Notably, the evaluator must have valid nerve conduction test results and cannot diagnose or rate nerve entrapment or compression without them; postoperative nerve conduction studies are not necessary for impairment rating purposes. The AMA Guides, Sixth Edition, uses criteria that match those established by the Normative Data Task Force and endorsed by the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM); evaluators should be aware of updated definitions of normal from AANEM. It is possible that some patients may be diagnosed with carpal or cubital tunnel syndrome for treatment but will not qualify for that diagnosis for impairment rating; evaluating physicians must be familiar with electrodiagnostic test results to interpret them and determine if they confirm to the criteria for conduction delay, conduction block, or axon loss; if this is not the case, the evaluator may use the DBI method with the diagnosis of nonspecific pain.

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