The duration of children stay in a temporary foster care system needs to be minimal in order to ensure a stable and successful life. However, a time-consuming procedure of investigations is usually taken to decide whether they can reunite with their birth parents. Moreover, if the child fails to reunite with their family, another discharge decision needs to be assessed, leading to even longer time without a normal life. Based on the data from Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS), this thesis derives a prediction model to discriminate the children with a tendency of unsuccessful reunification from the rest. An alternative discharge option can therefore be prepared concurrently for the foster youth with high non-reunification probability. The model is obtained by logistic regression and evaluated with receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve.

Thesis (M.A. in National Security Affairs)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2003. / Thesis advisor(s): Edward A. Olsen, Gaye Christofferson. Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-113). Also available online.

This study deals with Allied policy for postwar Germany during the Second World War (1941-1945) and the Allied occupation (1945-1949). It is shown that the ideological division and the conflicting objectives of the occupation powers led to a disintegration of cooperation between the occupation powers, and resulted in the division of Germany as an alternative settlement to the "German Problem". The evidence is based on the available government documents, eye-witness accounts, and secondary sources.

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität, Oldenburg, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-307) and index.

Thesis (M.A. in National Security Affairs)--Naval Postgraduate School, 2004. / Thesis Advisor(s): Edward A. Olsen. Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-112). Also available online.

Thesis (M.S. in Joint Campaign Planning and Strategy)--Joint Forces Staff College, Joint Advanced Warfighting School, 2008. / Title from PDF title page; viewed on Dec. 10, 2008. "11 April 2008." Electronic version of original print document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 66-72).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Georgia, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 193-209).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Arizona, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 297-305).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 568-608).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Johns Hopkins University, 2002. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (v. 2, leaves 479-497).