Image RCL L106.jpg thumb right 230px RCL L106 Antwerp moored in Akrotiri harbour, Cyprus The Ramped Craft Logistic RCL is a type of landing craft operated by the Royal Logistic Corps of the British Army . From the early 1980s onwards it was deployed to replace the RPL Ramped Powered Lighter . One of its first roles was to provide logistical support during the setting up of the garrison in the Falkland Islands immediately after the Falklands War . There are currently RCLs stationed at the military port at Marchwood , near Southampton , and at the British base at Akrotiri , Cyprus . Statistics Complement 6 Length 33.3m Beam 8.3m Maximum draught laden 1.5m Displacement fluid Displacement laden 290 tonnes Load capacity 96 tonnes four 20ft ISO shipping container s or 65 tonnes four fully laden 8 tonne vehicles . Propulsion 2 x Dorman 8JTCWM diesel engine s Maximum speed laden 10 knot unit knots References Defence Standard 00 3 Issue 3 Design Guidance For The Transportability Of Equipment , 27 May 1985, UK Ministry of Defence http www.army.mod.uk equipment ab ab rcl.htm British Army website RCL page website Category Ship types Category Landing craft Category British Army equipment Category Royal Logistic Corps UK mil stub ... more details
Image mabey lsb iraq.jpg thumb A Mabey Logistic Support Bridge, Tikrit, Iraq The Mabey Logistic Support Bridge in the United States, the Mabey Johnson Bridge is a portable Prefabrication pre fabricated truss bridge , designed for use by military engineering units to upgrade routes for heavier traffic, replace civilian bridges damaged by enemy action or floods etc, replace Armoured vehicle launched bridge assault and general support bridges and to provide a long span floating bridge capability. ref name M&JukLSB cite web url http www.mabey.co.uk english inner.asp?page 40 title Logistic Support Bridge author Mabey & Johnson work M&J UK website accessdate 2009 12 10 ref The bridge is a variant of the Mabey Compact 200 bridge, with alterations made to suit the military user as well as a ramp system that will provides ground clearance to civilian and military vehicles. Description Image us army lsb iraq.jpg thumb US Army Mabey Logistic Support Bridge Iraq The Logistic Support Bridge is a non assault bridge for the movement of supplies and the re opening of communications. It is a low cost system that can be used widely throughout the support area, as well as for a range of defined applications. All types of vehicles including civilian vehicles with low ground clearance s are accommodated. ref name M&JukLSB The Mabey Logistic Support Bridge originated from the Bailey bridge concept. Compared with World War II material in use throughout the world, LSB is manufactured with chosen modern steel grades, with a strong steel deck system. With strong deep transoms, there are only two per ... for the re opening of communications, Logistic Support Bridge based equipment Compact 200 can be used ... Image doboj bridge.jpg thumb 98m bridge built by the Romanian Engineer Battalion. The bridge was completed ... Army Royal Engineers to supply bridging to satisfy their specific requirements for a logistic or line ... and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers . Features The bridge takes military load class 80 Tracked ... more details
LogisticCorps in a unit responsible for the handling, supply and storage of bulk fuels ...Unreferenced date December 2009 Infobox Military Unit unit name Commando Logistic Regiment image Image RoyalMarineBadge.png 100px caption Cap Badge of the Royal Marines country United Kingdom branch Royal Navy command structure Naval Service United Kingdom Naval Service type Commando role Combat Service Support size One Regiment current commander Colonel Peter Taylor Royal Marines garrison RMB Chivenor ... Herrick 14 The role of the Commando Logistic Regiment CLR , Royal Marines is to provide second ... in peace, war and operations other than war. It is the 3 Commando Brigade dedicated logistic unit ... to achieve his objective Regimental Organisation Based at Chivenor in North Devon the Commando Logistic ... and most diverse Sqn within Commando Logistic Regiment. When fully manned, it has just over 200 ... function of logistic distribution, relaying stores information by computer from ship to shore and collating .... Logistic Support Squadron The Squadron is composed of a headquarters and three Troops made up from a combination of Royal Marines and the Army s Royal LogisticCorps RLC personnel. The role of the Squadron is to provide 3 Commando Brigade with 2nd line logistic support that includes transport ... Logistic Regiment is landed, the LFSP is subsumed into the Regiment s functional areas. Should ... to once again provide intimate support. Logistic Task Group On 1 December 2009 Logistic Task Group was formed, capable of deploying worldwide in less than five days. The Logistic Task Group or LTG ..., logistic supply and distribution and above all, medical support. Designed carefully to complement the Battlegroup s organic logistic capabilities the LTG will enable extra reach and endurance ... Logistic Regiment in 3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines. Image Placa conmemorativa al comando log stico brit nico.jpg right thumb 200px Memorial plaque to the Commando Logistic Regiment at Ajax Bay ... more details
Wiktionary corps The Corps may refer to Organizations Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets , a student military organization at Texas A&M University United States Military Academy Corps of Cadets , the collective student body at West Point The Corps song , a traditional hymn of the United States Military Academy, second only to the Alma Mater Fiction and literature Captain Britain Corps , a league of Marvel Comics super heroes See also Corps The Corp disambig ... more details
Cleanup date September 2009 nofootnotes date May 2011 This is a list of Swedish logistic regiments , battalions, corps and companies that have existed in the Sweden Swedish Swedish Army Army . They are listed in three ways, first by the actual units that have existed, then by the various names these units have had, and last by the various designations these units have had. By unit G ta tr ngregemente Norrlands tr ngregemente Sk nska tr ngregementet Svea tr ngregemente Tr ngregementet V stmanlands tr ngk r stg ta tr ngk r By name Andra G ta tr ngk r Andra Svea tr ngk r F rsta G ta tr ngk r F rsta Svea tr ngk r G ta tr ngbataljon G ta tr ngk r G ta tr ngregemente Norrlands tr ngbataljon Norrlands tr ngk r Norrlands tr ngregemente Sk nska tr ngk ren Sk nska tr ngregementet Svea tr ngbataljon Svea tr ngk r Svea tr ngregemente Tr ngbataljonen Tr ngregementet V stmanlands tr ngk r Wendes tr ngbataljon Wendes tr ngk r stg ta tr ngk r By designation T 1 Swedish army T 1 Tr ngregementet T 2 T 3 Swedish army T 3 T 4 Swedish army T 4 T 5 Swedish army T 5 T 6 Swedish army T 6 Tr ngR References div style font size 90 Print cite book last Braunstein first Christian title Sveriges arm f rband under 1900 talet year 2003 publisher Statens F rsvarshistoriska Museer location Stockholm id ISBN 91 971584 4 5 cite book last Holmberg first Bj rn title Arm ns regementen, skolor och staber en sammanst llning year 1993 publisher Svenskt milit rhistoriskt bibliotek location Arvidsjaur id ISBN 91 972209 0 6 cite book last Kjellander first Rune title Sveriges regementschefer 1700 2000 chefsbiografier och f rbands versikter year 2003 publisher Probus location Stockholm id ISBN 91 87184 74 5 Online cite web last H gman first Hans url http www.algonet.se hogman militaria.htm title Militaria Svensk milit rhistoria accessdate 2007 08 26 year 2007 div See also List of Swedish regiments List of Swedish military areas List of Swedish defence areas Lists of Swedish Army regiments Category Logistic regiments ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 In computer science , a logistic model tree LMT is an algorithm for supervised learning tasks which is combined with linear logistic regression and tree induction. ref Niels Landwehr, Mark Hall, and Eibe Frank, http www.cs.waikato.ac.nz ml publications 2003 landwehr etal.pdf Logistic Model Trees ref References reflist See also C4.5 algorithm compu sci stub Category Decision trees ... more details
Probability distribution name Half logistic distribution type density pdf image Image Half logistic distribution pdf.png 325px Probability density plots of half logistic distribution cdf image Image Half logistic distribution cdf.png 325px Cumulative distribution plots of half logistic distribution parameters support math k in 0 infty math pdf math frac 2 e k 1 e k 2 math cdf math frac 1 e k 1 e k math mean math log e 4 1.386 ldots math median math log e 3 1.0986 ldots math mode 0 variance math pi 2 3 log e 4 2 1.368 ldots math skewness kurtosis entropy mgf char In probability theory and statistics , the half logistic distribution is a continuous probability distribution &mdash the distribution of the absolute value of a random variable following the logistic distribution . That is, for math X Y math where Y is a logistic random variable, X is a half logistic random variable. Specification Cumulative distribution function The cumulative distribution function cdf of the half logistic distribution is intimately related to the cdf of the logistic distribution. Formally, if F k is the cdf for the logistic distribution, then G k 2 F k &minus 1 is the cdf of a half logistic distribution. Specifically, math G k frac 1 e k 1 e k mbox for k geq 0. math Probability density function Similarly, the probability density function pdf of the half logistic distribution is g k 2 f k if f k is the pdf of the logistic distribution. Explicitly, math g k frac 2 e k 1 e k 2 mbox for k geq 0. math References cite book last George first Olusengun coauthors Meenakshi Devidas editor N. Balakrishnan title Handbook of the Logistic Distribution year 1992 publisher Marcel Dekker, Inc. location New York pages 232 234 chapter Some Related Distributions isbn 0 8247 8587 8 cite journal first A.K. last Olapade year 2003 month February title On Characterizations of the Half Logistic Distribution ... half logistic distribution Category Continuous distributions fa fr Loi ... more details
Orphan date April 2010 transport logistic China is an international exhibition for logistics , telematics , and transport . The 4th exhibition is due to be held at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre in China from 8 to 10 June 2010. ref Cite news url http www.veintepies.com secciones internacional more.php?id 53383 0 28 0 M publisher Veintepies language Spanish date 2 December 2009 accessdate 12 January 2010 title Transport Logistic China afronta su nueva edici n con buenas perspectivas ref 431 exhibitors from 46 countries presented their products and services at transport logistic China 2008 and Air Cargo China 2008. Over 11,215 visitors from 77 countries attended the international exhibition, which also featured an extensive program of related events and conferences. References Reflist Commons category Expo Real http www.transportlogistic china.com transport logistic China website http www.transportlogistic china.com link en 19933830 19933830 Final Report transport logistic China 2008 Category Trade fairs in China ... more details
No footnotes date August 2010 Infobox game title CORPS image Image Corps cover.jpg 200 px caption Cover of the 2nd edition CORPS core rule book designer Greg Porter publisher Blacksburg Tactical Research Center date 1995 genre Universal issystem t footnotes The CORPS game system, or Complete Omniversal Role Playing System , is a generic role playing game system . It was created by Greg Porter in 1990. When the game was first published, it was available in game stores and conventions. Beginning in 2003, Blacksburg Tactical Research Center ended publication of CORPS books and related materials. They are available only in a PDF format download, or printed Print on demand on demand . History In 1987, Blacksburg Tactical Research Center Blacksburg Tactical Research Center BTRC published its first game, Timelords role playing game Timelords , in which players played characters based upon themselves in a time travel setting. As a time travel science fiction based game crossing many possible settings, much of the groundwork was already laid for converting the base system into a truly universal RPG, and in fact some players were already using it as a generic game system. The CORPS system is loosely based on the Timelords system, but dropping realism in exchange for speed and playability. The CORPS ..., EABA . In August 2008, Applied Vectors entered into a new contract to create the CORPS Rules Expansion ... 2011 Applied Vectors announced a license agreement with BTRC to produce the 3rd edition of the CORPS .... System CORPS uses a custom d10 based system for most actions. Characters A character in CORPS ... human rating a 4 5 in any one attribute and 10 being human maximum. CORPS uses six basic ... 11 points 6 5 11 , omitting aptitude savings . CORPS Related Game Worlds Timelords role playing game Timelords , a CORPS version of the original game Dreamtime , a mythical stone age setting Apocalypse ... Corps Category Universal role playing games Category Role playing game systems ... more details
unreferenced date October 2008 Canada Staff Sergeant Major is a Royal Canadian Mounted Police RCMP rank above Staff Sergeant but junior to Sergeant Major. It is roughly equivalent to a Canadian army Master Warrant Officer or a British army Warrant Officer Class 2. Britain Staff Sergeant Major SSM was an appointment in the British Army held by Warrant Officer s Class 1 in the Royal LogisticCorps who are not Conductor British Army Conductors or Regimental Sergeant Major s. Staff Sergeant Majors existed in the Royal Army Service Corps Army Service Corps and Royal Army Ordnance Corps Ordnance Store Branch in the 19th century. In 1896, however, Staff Sergeant Majors in the new Royal Army Ordnance Corps Army Ordnance Corps were renamed Sub Conductor s becoming Staff Sergeant Majors again in 1967 . Staff Sergeant Majors remained in the Army Service Corps, later the Royal Army Service Corps, and continued when it became the Royal Corps of Transport in 1965. The appointment passed to the new Royal LogisticCorps in 1993. In 1892, Conductors of Supplies in the Army Service Corps were renamed Staff Sergeant Majors 1st Class . Like the Conductors, they wore their Royal Arms rank badge in a wreath. The appointment has now been abolished. UK mil stub Category Military ranks of the United Kingdom ... more details
Infobox Military Award name Vietnam Logistic and Support Medal image Image Vietnam Logistic and Support Medal.png 130px Image VLSM rev sml.jpg 130px br br Image Vietnam Logistic and Support Medal ribbon.png 100px caption Obverse, reverse and ribbon of the medal awarded by Australia type Campaign medal eligibility Australian . for Campaign service. campaign Vietnam 1968 73. status description Silver disk, 36mm diameter. clasps None authorised. established 24 February 1993 first award last award total 10,380 at 30 June 2006 posthumous recipients individual higher Vietnam Medal same lower Australian Active Service Medal 1945 1975 related image2 caption2 The Vietnam Logistic and Support Medal was issued to recognise the service of Australian support personnel during the Vietnam War . Qualification requirements The qualifying criteria for the medal include Service of one day or more as a member or crew of a ship or aircraft operating in the prescribed area of operations of Vietnam in support of Australian forces. Service of one day or more within the prescribed area of operations of Vietnam while attached to a unit or organisation in support of Australian forces. Service of one day or more while attached to, or serving with, a unit of the Australian armed forces or allied forces, as an observer. Groups meeting the criteria for this award also include certain defence personnel in support roles, entertainers, journalists, civilian surgical and medical teams, Qantas aircrew and embassy couriers. Personnel who have already earned the Vietnam Medal are ineligible for the Vietnam Logistic and Support Medal Description The Vietnam Logistic and Support Medal is a circular medal made of nickel ... medals vietnam logistic and support medal.cfm Vietnam Logistic and Support Medal , It s an Honour Australian ... 090 20VLSM default.htm Vietnam Logistic and Support Medal , ADF Honours and Awards site http www.itsanhonour.gov.au publications honours factsheets vietnam logistic and support medal.pdf Vietnam Logistic ... more details
refimprove date December 2010 Infobox Airline airline Arcus Air Logistic logo Arcus Air Logistic logo.png logo size 250px fleet size 4 destinations IATA ZE ICAO AZE callsign ARCUS AIR parent company slogan founded 1973 headquarters Troisdorf , Germany key people hubs Mannheim City Airport secondary hubs focus cities frequent flyer lounge alliance website http www.arcus air.com english index.html www.arcusair.com Arcus Air Logistic is an airline based in Troisdorf , Germany , operating chartered cargo and business jet corporate flights out of Mannheim City Airport . ref name FI cite news title Directory World Airlines work Flight International page 76 date 2007 03 27 ref History The airline was established in 1973. ref name FI It offered scheduled passenger flights from Mannheim to Oberpfaffenhofen in the 1980s and to Leipzig and Dresden in the early 1990s, following the German Reunification . In 1997, Arcus Air Logistic set up a subsidiary named Cosmos Air , which operated scheduled flights from Mannheim to Berlin and London , using the respective city centre airports London City Airport and now closed Tempelhof Airport , using Dornier Do 328 aircraft. In 1999, Cosmos Air was sold to Cirrus Airlines , Fact date April 2007 bringing an end to scheduled flights operated by Arcus Air Logistic. Fleet Image Arcus Air D228 D CAAM.jpg thumb An Arcus Air Dornier Do 228 at Pamplona Airport 2008 At November 2007, the Arcus Air Logistic fleet conssted of 4 Dornier Do 228 turboprop aircraft. ref name FI External links http www.arcus air.com Official website References references Airlines of Germany Category Airlines of Germany Category Airlines established in 1973 Euro airline stub Germany company stub de Arcus Air Logistic ... more details
Probability distribution name Shifted log logistic type density pdf image Image Shiftedloglogisticpdf.svg thumb 275px math mu 0, sigma 1, math values of math xi math as shown in legend cdf image Image Shiftedloglogisticcdf.svg thumb 275px math mu 0, sigma 1, math values of math xi math as shown in legend parameters math mu in infty, infty , math location parameter location real numbers real br math sigma in 0, infty , math scale parameter scale real br math xi in infty, infty , math shape parameter shape real support math x geqslant mu sigma xi , xi 0 math br math x leqslant mu sigma xi , xi 0 ... , math skewness kurtosis entropy mgf char The shifted log logistic distribution is a probability distribution also known as the generalized log logistic or the three parameter log logistic distribution ... issue 5 pmid 11241577 ref It has also been called the generalized logistic distribution, ref name ... ref but this conflicts with other uses of the term see generalized logistic distribution . Definition The shifted log logistic distribution can be obtained from the log logistic distribution ... logistic distribution then math X delta math has a shifted log logistic distribution. So math Y math has a shifted log logistic distribution if math log Y delta math has a logistic distribution. The shift parameter adds a location parameter to the scale and shape parameters of the unshifted log logistic. The properties of this distribution are straightforward to derive from those of the log logistic ..., the cumulative distribution function of the shifted log logistic distribution is math ... sigma xi, math the shifted log logistic reduces to the log logistic distribution. When math xi math 0, the shifted log logistic reduces to the logistic distribution . The shifted log logistic with shape ... math xi 1. math Applications The three parameter log logistic distribution is used in hydrology for modelling ... journal Journal of Hydrology volume 98 year 1988 pages 205 224 title Log logistic flood frequency ... more details
The term generalized logistic distribution is used as the name for several different families of probability distributions . For example, Johnson et al. ref name J1 Johnson, N.L., Kotz, S., Balakrishnan, N. 1995 Continuous Univariate Distributions, Volume 2 , Wiley. ISBN 0 471 58494 0 pages 140 142 ref list four forms, which are listed below. One family described here has also been called the skew logistic distribution . For other families of distributions that have also been called generalized logistic distributions, see the Log logistic distribution Shifted log logistic distribution shifted log logistic distribution , which is a generalization of the log logistic distribution . Definitions The following definitions are for standardized versions of the families, which can be expanded to the full form as a location scale family . Each is defined using either the cumulative distribution function F or the probability density function &fnof , and is defined on , . Type I math F x alpha frac 1 1 exp x alpha , quad alpha 0 . math This type has also been called the skew logistic distribution. Type II math F x alpha 1 frac exp alpha x 1 exp x alpha , quad alpha 0 . math Type III math f x alpha frac 1 B alpha, alpha frac exp alpha x 1 exp x 2 alpha , quad alpha 0 . math Here B is the beta function . The moment generating function for this type is math M t frac Gamma alpha t Gamma alpha t Gamma alpha 2 , quad alpha t alpha. math Type IV math f x alpha, beta frac 1 B alpha, beta frac exp beta x 1 exp x alpha beta , quad alpha, beta 0 . math Again, B is the beta function . The moment generating function for this type is math M t frac Gamma beta t Gamma alpha t Gamma alpha Gamma beta , quad alpha t beta. math This type is also called the exponential generalized beta of the second type . ref name J1 References references ProbDistributions continuous infinite Category Continuous distributions statistics stub ... more details
Corps Chief of Naval Operations Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force Commandant of the Coast ...Unreferenced date December 2009 The title, chief of staff , identifies the leader of a complex organization, institution, or body of persons and it also may identify a Principal Staff Officer PSO , who is the coordinator of the supporting Employment staff or a primary aide de camp to an important individual, such as a president . In general, a chief of staff provides a buffer between a chief executive and that executive s direct reporting team. The chief of staff generally works behind the scenes .... Often Chiefs of Staff act as a confidante and advisor to the Chief Executive, acting as a sounding .... Civilian Chief of staff in a hospital is the primary leader of all divisions and staff, including ... of Staff of Brazil Chief of Staff to the President of Brazil Chief of Staff Canada Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister Canada Chief of Staff Philippines , a former position in the Cabinet of the Philippines , serving under the President of the Philippines Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister United Kingdom White House Chief of Staff United States Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States Chief of staff United States Congress , the most senior staff member in the office of a member of the United States Congress Pakistan Army Organization Principal Staff Officer to the Prime Minister Pakistan Military In general Chief of the Defence Staff Chief of the General Staff disambiguation Chief of the General Staff Chief of Army Staff Chief of the Army Staff Chief of the Air Staff Chief of the Naval Staff Category Vice chiefs of staff In Australia Chief of the Defence Force Australia ... Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces Chief of General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces head of General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces In Canada Chief of the Defence Staff Canada Chief of the Air Staff Canada In France Chief of the Defence Staff France Chief of the Defence Staff French Chef d ... more details
staffcorps. The length of courses vary widely between three 3 months and three 3 years ... itself is not a NWC school and is not a Staff College. Marine Corps University Marine Corps Command ...Staff colleges also command and staff colleges or war colleges train military officer s in the administrative, staff and policy aspects of their profession. It is usual for such training to occur at several levels in a career. For example, an officer may be sent to various staff courses as a Captain OF 2 captain they may be sent to a single service command and staff school to prepare for company command and equivalent staff posts as a major to a single or joint service college to prepare for battalion command and equivalent staff posts and as a colonel or brigadier to a higher staff college to prepare for brigade and division command and equivalent postings. The success of Staff Colleges spawned, in the mid twentieth century, a civilian imitation in what are called administrative staff college ... and best known administrative staff college was established in United Kingdom Britain at Greenlands ... The first modern staff college was that of Prussia . Prussian advanced officer education began under ... of the education that Generals had at that time, but it was not until 1801 that staff training ..., strategy, staff work, weapons science, military geography, languages, physics, chemistry and administration ... to irrelevance. Free Press, 1990. ref The German staff courses have been used as a basic templates for other staff courses around the world. Staff Course Formats Nations have taken a wide variety of approaches to the form, curriculum and status of staff colleges, but have much in common with the Prussian ... in staff colleges over time, and then been used in wider college or university settings and everyday usage, including staff refers to the professional personnel usually called Directing Staff ... not go against the staff s pre determined answer , where the white is the question given to students ... more details
Probability distribution name Log logistic type density pdf image Image Loglogisticpdf.svg thumb 275px ... , the log logistic distribution known as the Fisk distribution in economics is a continuous ... distribution income . The log logistic distribution is the probability distribution of a random variable whose logarithm has a logistic distribution . It is similar in shape to the log normal distribution ... Properties of Estimators of the Log Logistic Distribution with Application to Canadian Precipitation ... Fitting the log logistic distribution by generalized moments journal Journal of Hydrology volume 328 ... Generated by Transformations of Logistic Variables first Pandu R. last Tadikamalla first2 Norman L ... . math alpha 1, math values of math beta math as shown in legend Survival analysis The log logistic ... of survival data with censoring statistics life testing censoring . ref Citation title Log Logistic ... Society. Series C Applied Statistics , Vol. 32, No. 2 jstor 2347295 ref The log logistic distribution ... beta . math Hydrology File FitLog logisticdistr.tif thumb Fitted cumulative log logistic distribution to maximum one day October rainfalls The log logistic distribution has been used in hydrology for modelling ... a numeric approximation. As the log logistic distribution, which can be solved analytically, is similar ... of fitting the log logistic distribution to ranked maximum one day October rainfalls and it shows the 90 ... position r n 1 as part of the cumulative frequency analysis . Economics The log logistic has ... 1,1, gamma, sigma , math Beta prime distribution If X has a log logistic distribution with scale parameter math alpha math and shape parameter math beta math then Y log X has a logistic distribution ... parameter math beta math of the log logistic distribution increases, its shape increasingly resembles that of a very narrow logistic distribution . Informally, as math beta math , math LL alpha, beta to L alpha, alpha beta . math The log logistic distribution with shape parameter math beta 1 ... more details
Image Generalized logistic function A0 K1 B1.5 Q0.5 0.5 M0.5.png thumb right A 0, K 1, B 1.5, Q &nu 0.5, M 0.5 The generalised logistic curve or function , also known as Richards curve is a widely used and flexible sigmoid function for growth modelling, extending the well known logistic curve . math Y t A K A over 1 Q e B t M 1 nu math where Y weight, height, size etc., and t time. It has six parameters A the lower asymptote K the upper asymptote. If A 0 then K is called the carrying capacity B the growth rate &nu 0 affects near which asymptote maximum growth occurs. Q depends on the value Y 0 M the time of maximum growth if Q &nu Generalised logistic differential equation A particular case of Richard s function is math Y t K over 1 Q e alpha nu t t 0 1 nu math which is the solution of the so called Richard s differential equation RDE math Y prime t alpha left 1 left frac Y K right nu right Y math with initial condition math Y t 0 Y 0 math where math Q 1 left frac K Y 0 right nu math provided that &nu > 0 and &alpha > 0. The classical logistic differential equation is a particular case of the above equation, with &nu 1, whereas the Gompertz curve can be recovered in the limit math nu rightarrow 0 math provided that math alpha O left frac 1 nu right math In fact, for small &nu it is math Y prime t Y r frac 1 exp left nu ln left frac Y K right right nu approx r Y ln left frac Y K right math The RDE suits to model many growth phenomena, including the growth of tumours. Concerning its applications in oncology, its main biological features are similar to those of Logistic curve model. Gradient When estimating parameters from data, it is often necessary to compute the partial derivatives of the parameters at a given data point t see ref name fekedulegn1999parameter cite journal last Fekedulegn first Desta coauthors Mairitin P. Mac Siurtain, Jim J. Colbert title Parameter ... align math See also Logistic function Gompertz curve Ludwig von Bertalanffy Citations reflist References ... more details
The Royal Corps of Transport RCT was a British Army Corps formed in 1965 from the transport land, water and air elements of the Royal Army Service Corps RASC and the movement control element of the Royal Engineers RE . The depot was Buller Barracks in Aldershot . In 1993 the Royal LogisticCorps RLC was formed by the amalgamation of The Royal Corps of Transport, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Royal Pioneer Corps, Army Catering Corps , and Postal and Courier elements of the RE. Image Royal Corps Transport Vessel, Arezzo.jpg thumb Royal Corps of Transport landing craft , the Ramped Craft Logistic RCL Arezzo Trades The Royal Corps of Transport consisted of a number of different specialist trades. Trades in the RCT included Air Despatcher Driver radio operator Clerk Driver Staff car Driver HGV 1, 2 and 3 Driver Tank Transporter Movement controller previously referred to as Traffic Operator Port operator 79 Railway Squadron United Kingdom Railwayman Seaman Marine engineer Pilot Hovercraft RCT personnel served with Airborne Forces 63 Para Sqn RCT Royal Marines Commando Logistic Regt CDOLOG Regt Special Duties Teams in Northern Ireland The RCT provided the first Service Support Officer to command 22 SAS Brigadier Andrew Massey CO 22 SAS 1984 87 Notable personnel Category Royal Corps of Transport officers External links http www.rascrctassociation.co.uk Royal Army Service Corps and Royal Corps of Transport Association http www.waggoners.co.uk The unofficial site of the Royal Corps of Transport http www.air despatch.co.uk Website of the Air Despatch Association UK mil stub Category British administrative corps Category Military units and formations disestablished in 1993 Category Military units and formations established in 1965 Category Royal LogisticCorps ... more details
Staff military Sergeant Category United States Marine Corps ranks ar ...For the butterfly Athyma selenophora Staff sergeant is a Military rank rank of non commissioned officer used in several countries. The origin of the name is that they were part of the staff of a British ... In the Australian Army , the rank of Staff Sergeant is slowly being phased out Citation needed date ... roles. Staff sergeants are always addressed as Staff Sergeant or Staff , never as Sergeant ... s role. A staff sergeant ranks above Sergeant and below Warrant Officer Class 2. But the rank of Staff ... may refer to Israel Defense Forces ranks . Image IDF Ranks Samar.svg 120px I.D.F Staff Sergeant s arm badge right In the Israel Defense Forces , soldiers are promoted from Sergeant to Staff Sergeant Sam l ... s course may become staff sergeants earlier usually after 24 months of service, or one year from .... Staff sergeants get a symbolic pay raise. Singapore A Staff Sergeant SSG in the Singapore Armed ... Specialist Singapore Specialist rank. Staff sergeants are addressed as Staff Sergeant or Staff , but never ... ref Staff sergeants may be appointed as Company Sergeant Major if they are due for promotion to Master ... Army , Staff Sergeant SSgt or formerly S Sgt ranks above Sergeant and below Warrant Officer ... pointing chevrons. Staff sergeants can also hold other appointments, such as Company Quartermaster .... In the Household Cavalry the equivalent rank is Staff Corporal . British staff sergeants are never ... as Staff Sergeant or StaffStaff Jones , for instance or by their appointment or its abbreviation. Quartermaster sergeants are often addressed as Q . In most cavalry regiments, staff sergeants ... Staff Sergeant s arm badge br Staff Sergeant insignia br U.S. Army Image USMC E6.svg 60px U.S. Marine CorpsStaff Sergeant s arm badge br Staff Sergeant insignia br U.S. Marine Corps Image E5 USAF SSGT.svg 60px U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant s arm badge br Staff Sergeant insignia br U.S. Air Force ... more details
unreferenced date June 2010 A staff car is a vehicle used by a senior military military officer officer , and is part of their country s white fleet . The term is most often used in relation to the United Kingdom where they were first used in quantity during World War I, examples being the Vauxhall Motors Vauxhall D type and Crossley Motors Crossley 20 25 . Image Crossley3.jpg right thumb Crossley Motors Crossley 20 25 Royal Flying CorpsStaff car Staff cars are often painted in camouflage colours, or plain black. In the U.S.A. , Brazil and other American countries the frequent colour is the olive drab lusterless. One example is the 1941 Buick Century Series 60, used during the Second World War . It was generally painted in khaki , with a white star on the front doors. Another famous example ... Clipper 1942 staff car. Another well known staff car is the Plymouth P11 1941. File Reichsparteitagnov1935.jpg left thumb Hitler saluting troops from atop his staff car, a Mercedes Benz 770k. During the Second World War the German Wehrmacht armed forces also used staff cars for various purposes ... converted for use as staff cars. Staff cars in fiction The Dad s Army episodes The Captain s Car and The Making of Private Pike deal with staff cars in the former case, the car was donated by a local aristocrat. Staff cars were also used in the American CBS Television sitcom, Hogan s Heroes ... had staff cars which they frequently used throughout the series. External links http www.donet.com mconrad dedn.htm Packard Clipper 1942 Staff Car http www.robertsarmory.com staff.htm The Buick Century Series 60 http www.robertsarmory.com staffnvy.htm 1941 Plymouth P11 Staff Car http mailer.fsu.edu akirk tanks UnitedStates us other us PattonsStaffCar.jpg General Patton s Staff Car http community.webshots.com photo 519986621 1519988276056627778ZgIfRf Ford Fordor 1942 Staff Car http www.ianhardy.net gallery main.php?g2 itemId 15655 1941 Chrysler Royal Staff Car Category Military vehicles by type ... more details
British Army The Headquarters Combat Service Support Group Germany was established in G tersloh in January 1993, which subsequently became 102 Logistic Brigade. The units of this military formation are based in the UK and British Forces Germany . It reports to HQ Theatre Troops. Organisation 102 Logistic Brigade is composed of nine Regular units in peacetime one being a mixed Regular & Territorial Army unit 102 Logistic Brigade Headquarters and 662 Signal Squadron Royal Signals in G tersloh , Germany 6 Regiment Royal Logistic Corps http www.army.mod.uk rlc regiments 18491.aspx in G tersloh, Germany 7 Regiment Royal Logistic Corps in Bielefeld and Fallingbostel , Germany. 8 Regiment Royal Logistic Corps in M nster and G tersloh, Germany 101 Force Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in Wrexham and Prestatyn, Wales, Fallingbostel and Bielefeld , Germany, and Coventry and Manchester, England. 5th Regiment Royal Military Police in G tersloh, Germany. 5 General Support Medical Regiment Royal Army Medical Corps in City of Preston, Lancashire Preston , England . 102 Military Working Dog Support Unit Royal Army Veterinary Corps in Sennelager , Germany. 103 Military Working Dog Support Unit Royal Army Veterinary Corps in Sennelager , Germany. In addition to Regular Army units 102 Logistic Brigade could also have Territorial Army elements assigned to it during times of conflict. External links British Army, http www.army.mod.uk structure 10452.aspx Official Homepage of 102 Logistic Brigade British Military UK mil unit stub Category Current Brigades of the British Army 102 Category Military units and formations established in 1993 Category Military logistics units and formations of the United Kingdom Category Royal Logistic Corps ... more details
unreferenced date October 2011 Truck stub Infobox Company name PAGENAME logo type genre fate predecessor Taylor Cold Storage successor foundation Start date 1902 founder George K. Taylor defunct location city Holland, Michigan location country United States location locations area served United States key people Pete Westermann CEO industry Supply Chain products services Transportation , Warehousing , Distribution business Distribution and Contract Packaging market cap revenue operating income net income aum assets equity owner num employees parent SuperValu United States divisions subsid homepage http www.totallogistic.com footnotes intl Total Logistic Control is a supply chain company started around 1902 by George K. Taylor. The company began as a regional distributor of Frozen foods frozen products known as Taylor Cold Storage . They operated frozen warehouse operations for other regional food companies in Great Lakes region. Around 1930, they merged with Wisconsin Cold Storage. In 1958, Taylor became the first public refrigerated warehouse to offer consolidated Less than truckload shipping LTL distribution to its customers. In the 1960 s, their total freezer capacity hit convert 10000000 cuft m3 abbr on . Taylor introduced TINMAN, the Total INformation MANagement system, in 1976, becoming the first firm in the industry to offer on line inventory management. In 1982, a flood wiped out the company warehouses, creating the opportunity to refocus the company on third party logistics as Total Logistic Control . They achieved Foreign Trade Zone status in 1990. Acquired by Christiana Companies, Inc in 1994, the company went into a growth phase. Merging with Wiscold in 1996, starting a Logistics Management Services division in 1999, and then acquiring the ProSource Group in 2000 offering turnkey facility design . In 2002, they purchased two over the road trucking companies of TSI and Birkmire Trucking taking their fleet total to around 400 tractor trailers . They were a ... more details
Use mdy dates date November 2011 Infobox Officeholder honorific prefix The Hon. name Staff Barootes birth name Efstathios William Barootes honorific suffix image office Senate of Canada Senator for Regina Qu Appelle, Saskatchewan appointed Brian Mulroney term start 1984 term end 1993 birth date birth date 1918 11 15 birth place Winnipeg, Manitoba death date death date and age 2000 7 30 1918 11 15 death place nationality spouse committees Chair, Standing Committee on Agriculture and Forestry 1989 1993 party Progressive Conservative Party of Canada Progressive Conservative relations children residence alma mater occupation profession religion Efstathios William Staff Barootes November 15, 1918 &ndash July 30, 2000 was a Canadian physician, urologist, and parliamentarian. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba , of Greece Greek immigrants, he moved with his family to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan . He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1940 and a medical degree in 1943 from the University of Toronto . He then served with the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps during World War II. After the war, he did postgraduate work in urology . He then moved to Regina, Saskatchewan , where he practiced until he retired in 1979. After retiring, he focused on politics. He was the chief fund raiser for the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan and helped form the government in Saskatchewan in 1979. In 1984, he was one of the first three appointments made Prime Minister Brian Mulroney to the Canadian Senate Senate . He represented the Senatorial division of Regina Qu Appelle, Saskatchewan and resigned shortly before his 75th birthday in 1993. He served as treasurer and deputy president of the Canadian Medical Association . He was a director of Ipsco IPSCO , the Canadian steel company, from 1982 to 1989 ... 9229 447b 82c9 6950e0f12311 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Barootes, Staff ALTERNATIVE ... OF DEATH July 30, 2000 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Barootes, Staff Category 1918 births Category ... more details
A Chief of Staff or Chiefs of Staff is defined as the senior officer of any of several services of the armed forces of several nations and may refer to The United States Joint Chiefs of Staff The British Chiefs of Staff Committee The Canadian chiefs of staff committee, replaced after Unification in 1968 by the Armed Forces Council disambig ... more details
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