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Acknowledgements
We wish to thank the U.S. Army Research Institute for access to the AIM data and for
supporting this research. Assistance from the Human Resources Research Organization
(HumRRO) was particularly helpful with data management and recordkeeping. We also
thank the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Are. All statements
expressed in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the
official opinions or policies of the U.S. Army Research Institute, the U.S. Army, the
Department of Defense, HumRRO, or the Consortium of Universities.
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