The dissertation is a catalogue of the artifacts of hand-held weapons which have been excavated in the southern Levant in Iron Age II contexts and which were published with an accompanying drawing or photograph. The intent has been to place in one easily accessible volume repres…
This dissertation researches the impact of the increased technologicalization of the United States' Military on its role in foreign and national security policy since World War II, but especially during the post-Cold War era. Specifically, this study argues that the increased te…
The weapon target assignment problem (WTAP) is the problem of assigning a set of weapons and munitions to target with the goal of minimizing the enemy threat. In its simplest form, WTAP can be formulated as a non-linear integer program and has been shown to be NP-complete. The l…
The Late Bronze Age in Britain (c. 1250–750 BC) was a period of economic and social reorganisation: agricultural and settlement patterns; funerary and depositional practices - all saw significant change and development. This thesis examines the evidence for the occupation and en…
The research study aims to investigate if carrying a weapon is considered as a high-risk behavior in college students (HBCUs) and if a history of receiving mental health treatment is associated with increased binge drinking among college students. Moreover, the study determined …