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Abstract One objective of the Parole Decision‐Making project was the develop ment of experience tables for operational use by the U.S. Board of Parole to aid in individual case deckion‐making. This report describes the interaction of parole board members and project staff in the development of an experience table acceptablc to the parole board for operational use. In addition, it describes the development of a research design to test the impact of the presentation of the experience table upon paroling decisions, the implementation of this design, and the initiol evaluation of results.

AbstractThe year 1987‐88 has been designated as European Year of the Environment (EYE). It is against this background that the paper has been prepared, to illustrate how the differing requirements of the river engineer and the conservationist can be intergrated into a working practice for dredging.The paper outlines the procedures and practices adopted by the Norwich Division of Anglian Water (AW) in implementing the policy decision of Anglian Water (AW) in implementing the policy decision to undertake River Corridor Surveys (RCSs) prior to all major dredging works.The requirements for the survey and the methodology are discussed, together with the reports produced and the audits carried out. Their impact and implications on the operational aspect of undertaking the dredging works, and the method used to prepare a working site plan and monitor the site are detailed, and some indication of costs is given.

Intro -- Title Page -- Front Matter -- Section 1 -- Background -- Combat Characteristics -- Launcher Nomenclature -- Grenade Nomenclature -- Safety When Handling Rounds -- Section 2 -- Disassembly -- Maintenance -- Function Check -- Use of the Sights -- Determining Ranges -- Firing at Stationary and Appearing Targets -- Firing at Moving Targets -- Firing in Poor Visibility Conditions -- Section 3 -- Operation and Function -- Preparing the Grenade -- Inspecting the Launcher -- Mounting the Optical Sight -- Loading the Grenade Launcher -- Firing the grenade launcher -- Tactics History of the RPG -- Section 4: Misfire Procedure -- Appendix A - Ammunition for RPG -- Appendix B - Boresighting the Launcher -- Appendix C - Munitions Packaging Markings.

Intro -- Title Page -- Front Matter -- Section 1 -- Introduction -- Description -- Background -- Variants -- Section 2 -- Maintenance -- Weapons Conditions -- Clearing the MK19 in Condition 1 -- Clearing the MK19 in Condition 4 -- Disassembling the MK19 -- Cleaning, Lubrication, and Preventive Maintenance for the MK19 -- Assembling the MK19 -- Function Check Procedures -- Section 3 -- Operation and Function -- Cycle of Operation -- Operations Checklist -- Ground and Vehicle Mounts -- Loading the MK19 -- Firing the MK19 -- Section 4 -- Performance Problems -- Stoppages, Malfunctions, Immediate Actions, and Remedial Actions -- Appendix A - Ammunition -- Appendix B - Training Courses.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is building a land cover monitoring system in Lesotho in support of ReNOKA ('we are a river'), the national program for integrated catchment management led by the Government of Lesotho. The aim of the system is to deliver land cover products at a national level on an annual basis that can be used for global reporting of official land cover statistics and to inform appropriate land restoration policies. This paper presents an innovative methodology that has allowed the production of five standardized annual land cover maps (2017–2021) using only a single in situ dataset gathered in the field for the reference year, 2021. A total of 10 land cover classes are represented in the maps, including specific features, such as gullies, which are under close monitoring. The mapping approach developed includes the following: (i) the automatic generation of training and validation datasets for each reporting year from a single in situ dataset; (ii) the use of a Random Forest Classifier combined with postprocessing and harmonization steps to produce the five standardized annual land cover maps; (iii) the construction of confusion matrixes to assess the classification accuracy of the estimates and their stability over time to ensure estimates' consistency. Results show that the error-adjusted overall accuracy of the five maps ranges from 87% (2021) to 83% (2017). The aim of this work is to demonstrate a suitable solution for operational land cover mapping that can cope with the scarcity of in situ data, which is a common challenge in almost every developing country.