Cumulative Process Research Articles

Trust, distrust, and open‐book accounting in three client‐vendor relationships

AbstractExtant management accounting research has conceptualized the interplay between trust, distrust, and open‐book accounting (OBA) as a relationship‐level phenomenon, largely ignoring that inter‐organizational relationships are often complex entities that comprise multiple arenas of exchange where (dis)trust and OBA can interact in different—and potentially contradictory—ways. To address this theoretical oversight, we draw on relational exchange theory to propose that (dis)trust largely forms within OBA domains where different forms of data are exchanged for different purposes. Trust and distrust may thereby coexist within a relationship. We also propose that (dis)trust spills over to influence the conditions for OBA in other domains. Consequently, trust and distrust not only take shape in cumulative processes within OBA domains but also diffuse between domains in a relationship. Empirical observations from a longitudinal case study of a retail buyer's attempts to introduce OBA in three vendor relationships lead us to suggest that competence‐trust spillover is determined largely by domain similarity, while goodwill‐trust spillover relies to a greater extent on staff mobility between OBA domains. Overall, the negative effects of distrust spillover on the implementation of OBA appear greater than the positive effects of trust spillover. Our study shows that, by analyzing the domain‐specific nature of trust and distrust, future research can increase our understanding of the relationship between data characteristics and (dis)trust, as well as explain how trust and distrust interact to determine conditions for data exchange between organizations.

On balanced strength and ductility synergy in low alloy steels through multiphase heterostructure involving cumulative process of hot rolling, coiling and tempering

We present here a new pathway of combining hot rolling, coiling and tempering for multiphase heterostructure to achieve a balanced combination of strength and ductility in low alloy steels. The multiphase heterostructure was composed of bainite/martensite and retained austenite (RA), which was tuned by coiling and tempering. The steel coiled at 450 °C exhibited superior mechanical properties compared with the steels coiled at 350 and 550 °C. After tempering at 300 °C, the steel achieved excellent combination of strength and ductility, with twice the elongation and a corresponding product of strength and elongation (PSE) of 25.1 GPa·%. After coiling, 17 vol% of RA was retained. The RA fraction decreased slightly to 14 vol% by tempering, the steel still sustained considerable austenite. Tempering further enabled carbon partitioning and improved the mechanical stability of RA. The continuous transformation induced plasticity (TRIP) effect from stable RA over the entire strain range resulted in good ductility of the steel.

Determination of the softening point and temperature interval of asphalt mixture for the healing process based on the contactless nonlinear ultrasonic method

The softening point and gradient healing have significant engineering significance for the self-healing of asphalt mixtures. This study introduces a novel approach utilizing a contactless ultrasonic system in conjunction with the Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) technique to determine the softening point and monitor the gradient healing process of asphalt mixtures. Three distinct fracture patterns resulting from temperature variations are accurately characterized through simulation using the Discrete Element Method (DEM). The ultrasonic nonlinear parameter β, reflecting different crack interfaces, proves to be a highly effective alternative for characterizing asphalt fractures, outperforming traditional methods such as bearing force and wave velocity. In experimental analysis, variations in the healing index highlight the significant influence of asphalt mixture fracture patterns on healing efficiency. The observed decrease in ultrasound amplitude signifies the transition of the asphalt binder from a solid to a liquefied state, accompanied by an increase in the nonlinear parameter indicating enhanced plasticity. The softening point is precisely determined when the Rayleigh surface wave disappears. The cumulative healing process is visualized through the continuous decrease in the nonlinear parameter. To further enhance the understanding of the asphalt self-healing process, the internal temperature gradient field is characterized using the proposed energy difference method. A correlation between the nonlinear parameter and the depth of the temperature interval is established, providing a non-destructive method for evaluating the distribution of the temperature interval. This innovative approach significantly accelerates the development of non-destructive testing in the field of asphalt self-healing.

Divergent thinking and post-launch entrepreneurial outcomes: non-linearities and the moderating role of experience

Divergent thinking is the ability to produce numerous and diverse responses to questions or tasks, and it is used as a predictor of creative achievement. It plays a significant role in the business organization’s innovation process and the recognition of new business opportunities. Drawing upon the cumulative process model of creativity in entrepreneurship, we hypothesize that divergent thinking has a lasting effect on post-launch entrepreneurial outcomes related to innovation and growth, but that this relation might not always be linear. Additionally, we hypothesize that domain-specific experience has a moderating role in this relation. We test our hypotheses based on a representative longitudinal sample of 457 German business founders, which we observe up until 40 months after start-up. We find strong relative effects for innovation and growth outcomes. For survival, we find conclusive evidence for non-linearities in the effects of divergent thinking. Additionally, we show that such effects are moderated by the type of domain-specific experience that entrepreneurs gathered pre-launch, as it shapes the individual’s ideational abilities to fit into more sophisticated strategies regarding entrepreneurial creative achievement. Our findings have relevant policy implications in characterizing and identifying business start-ups with growth and innovation potential, allowing a more efficient allocation of public and private funds.

Do changes in personality predict life outcomes?

The Big Five personality traits predict many important life outcomes. These traits, although relatively stable, are also open to change across time. However, whether these changes likewise predict a wide range of life outcomes has yet to be rigorously tested. This has implications for the types of processes linking trait levels and changes with future outcomes: distal, cumulative processes versus more immediate, proximal processes, respectively. The present study used seven longitudinal data sets (N = 81,980) to comprehensively examine the unique relationship that changes in the Big Five traits have with static levels and changes in numerous outcomes in the domains of health, education, career, finance, relationships, and civic engagement. Meta-analytic estimates were calculated and study-level variables were examined as potential moderators of these pooled effects. Results indicated that changes in personality traits are sometimes prospectively related to static outcomes-such as health status, degree attainment, unemployment, and volunteering-above and beyond associations due to static trait levels. Moreover, changes in personality more frequently predicted changes in these outcomes, with associations for new outcomes emerging as well (e.g., marriage, divorce). Across all meta-analytic models, the magnitude of effects for changes in traits was never larger than that of static levels and there were fewer change associations. Study-level moderators (e.g., average age, number of Big Five waves, internal consistency estimates) were rarely associated with effects. Our study suggests personality change can play a valuable role in one's development and highlights that both cumulative and proximal processes matter for some trait-outcome associations. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

Learning design principles that cultivate future-oriented students

The use of technology-enhanced learning in higher education has increased significantly. While this has led to greater flexibility in delivery and enhanced engagement with students (), it has also placed additional demands on already time-poor educators. Despite the potential benefits, many educators struggle to engage with learning design in a meaningful way, leading to suboptimal student experiences. Despite the prevalence of technology, students are being made to engage with outdated learning strategies and content. This poster shares learning design strategies for time-poor educators to enact in online learning environments to support future-oriented thinking skills of students. Stack and Bound (2021) see future-orientedness as the ability for students to “face future unknowns and new challenges beyond the immediate course/training. The emphasis is on the ability to resolve unfamiliar or non-standard problems. To be able to do this, future-orientedness involves many of what are variously called 21st century skills, or the new ‘top 10 skills’, such as critical thinking, creativity, learning to learn”. Dondi et al. (2021) identified 56 essential skills they think all citizens will need in the future world of work. We will focus on the skills outlined in the cognitive category: critical thinking and mental flexibility. Abrami et al. (2014) in their study outlined two instructional interventions that foster critical thinking skills; the opportunity for dialogue and exposing students to authentic or situated problems particularly when applying problem solving and role-playing methods. Li et al. (2022) in their paper concluded the following: connecting students with resources and facilitating interaction, technology significantly impacts the fluency and flexibility dimensions of creativity. Flexible learning time, cumulative learning processes, and problem-based activities promote the ongoing development of creative behaviours, enhancing fluency, originality, and elaboration in different dimensions of creativity. We will use the 4 domains of the Technology Enhanced Learning Accreditation Standards (TELAS) (2023) framework to outline future-oriented learning design strategies taken from our experience in supporting learning and teaching: Online learning environment Using interactive elements, such as H5P (an open-source JavaScript content collaboration framework), provides multiple perspectives on single issues in an engaging way. Multiple viewpoints for a complex situation or case study can help students evaluate and compare perspectives and provides exposure to multiple points of view. Learner support Providing content in multiple modes and with compelling ‘teacher talk’ to explain what content is there, how they should engage with the content they’re provided and why. Explicitly calling out transferrable skills and capabilities covered in a subject or assessment. Learning and assessment tasks Authentic assessments, especially project briefs provided by industry, give students a chance to respond to authentic, complex, and integrated assessments relevant to their future profession. Providing wicked problems help students to be familiar with and confident in ambiguous settings and encourages lateral thinking. Learning resources Use of techniques such as Socratic and open-ended questioning to have students research some of their own learning. You don’t have to provide all of the answers! It is not about providing all of the knowledge to students, but in supporting their ability to think critically and ask the right questions to find the right information. This future-orients students to be able to problem solve and critically interrogate new and changing information.

Cumulative Processes in the Modern World-System in the Prism of Dialectics and Laws of Synergetics: to the Problem of Transition to Egalitar Society under Conditions of Multipolarity

Introduction. The paper examines the state of the modern world and the prospects for its multipolarity from the standpoint of synergetics, dialectics, the world-systems analysis and geopolitics. The world-systems approach substantiates the crisis and finiteness of the modern world-economy, the impossibility of its modernization and the emergence of a demand for the formation of an egalitarian world order. The idea of multipolarity is one of the answers to this request.Methodology and sources. Ideas of social synergetics in the works of E.N. Knyazeva, S.P. Kurdyumov and V.V. Tuzov made it possible to describe the state of the modern world system as a state of a non-equilibrium system at the stage of self-organization. Hegelian dialectical laws were used to describe the most general characteristics in the logic of the historical stages in the formation of a social system. The ideas of I. Wallerstein and the geopolitical theory of R. Collins made it possible to designate the properties of attractors that lead to the emergence of poles in the world-economy.Results and discussion. From the point of view of synergetics, multipolarity in the world-system is a state of chaos; from the point of view of dialectics, this is a state of a leap, a transition to a new quality. A geopolitical-world-system typology of attractors that can lead to the formation of poles is proposed. It is shown that the multipolar world contains different options for development, depending on what kind of economic relations will develop between the participants. Within the framework of the existing economic system (capitalist relations, relations of self-organization), multipolarity acts as an intermediate state from which a unipolar world is born. The authors came to the conclusion that for a new result, it is necessary to change the economic paradigm from a self-organizing world-system to one organized by the will of people and based on science. The requirements of a multipolar world on the part of the BRICS, SCO, and EAEU states are within the framework of the existing development paradigm, so the formation of egalitarian relations on this basis is problematic.Conclusion. Humanity gets a chance to overcome the spontaneity of self-organization processes and form a more egalitarian society in the course of the bifurcation of the existing system. Multipolarity can act as a stage of such a transition. However, if the issue of a qualitative change in social relations is not resolved, then multipolarity will turn out to be only a stage in the return to a unipolar world.

Our fragile future under the cumulative cultural evolution of two technologies

We derive and analyse a model with unusual features characterizing human activities over the long-run. First, human population dynamics draw heavily on consumer–resource modelling in ecology in that humans must consume biological resources to produce new humans. Second, the model also draws heavily from economic growth theory in that humans do not simply consume biological resources; they also produce the resources they consume. Finally, humans use two types of technology. Consumption technology affects the rate at which humans can extract resources. Production technology controls how effectively humans convert labour into new resources. The dynamics of both types of technology are subject to cumulative cultural evolutionary processes that allow both technological progress and regress. The resulting model exhibits a wide range of dynamical regimes. That said, the system is routinely sensitive to initial conditions, with wildly different outcomes given the same parameter values. Moreover, the system exhibits a basic fragility in the sense that human activities often lead to the endogenous extinction of the human species. This can happen gently, or it can follow periods of explosive human activity with super-exponential growth that ends in collapse. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Evolution and sustainability: gathering the strands for an Anthropocene synthesis’.

Cumulative Colorism in Criminal Courts

A growing literature documents skin color stratification in punishment, whereby darker-skinned individuals fare worse than their lighter-skinned counterparts. Virtually all of this research has focused on colorism operating through direct channels. Utilizing a novel dataset linking the mugshots and court records of 6931 felony defendants from Miami-Dade County (Florida) from 2012 to 2015, we show that colorism in punishment, particularly for Hispanics, operates through indirect mechanisms – in addition to direct channels. We argue that colorism in punishment is sustained through a cumulative (dis)advantage process, highlighting how skin color stratification is institutionalized in the criminal justice system.

And the award goes to…the Matthew Effect: Examining external status as a predictor of productivity and opportunity.

It has been suggested that increased status that comes from being an award winner can generate enduring advantages that compound over one's career via the Matthew Effect. However, research in this area has yielded conflicting results and has been unable to isolate the unique effect of status on career outcomes from the positive endogenous characteristics of award winners. In the current research, we attempt to address previous research limitations and examine if winning an award is associated with career outcomes (i.e., opportunities and productivity) irrespective of individual productivity levels prior to receiving an award. We examined our research questions using observational data of National Hockey League (NHL) league championship winners and non-winners (N = 427). By using a team award and several different analytic approaches we were able to examine the unique effects of affiliation-based external status, generated from an award win, on career outcomes. Our results generally show support for the Matthew Effect and suggest that affiliation-based external status, achieved by an award win, provides access to increased opportunities, which ultimately results in more productivity. We discuss the importance of incorporating opportunity and investigating its role in the cumulative advantage process and implications of the results.

Acceleration response of part-screw pile composite foundation under long-term train load excitation

This paper investigates the vibration response of a new part-screw pile composite foundation under moving train loads via a model test method. Based on the acceleration signals of the pile and the surrounding soil, a non-linear fitting method is used to establish the relationship between the dynamic attenuation coefficient and the depth of the foundation. Next, the effect of spatial location and train speed on the pile-soil dynamic interaction is investigated by introducing the pile-soil spectral amplitude ratio δ p − s . In addition, the dynamic susceptibility of the part-screw pile to damage under dynamic train loads is revealed with a wavelet packet energy distribution index E DIS . Afterwards, the cumulative deformation evolution characteristics of screw pile composite foundations under long-term train loading were revealed using the frequency domain integration method. The results of this work reveal that the faster the train runs, the larger the pile-soil spectrum amplitude ratio and the more prominent the ‘dynamic concentration effect’ of the part-screw pile. The change in cross-section of the part-screw pile results in a sudden change in the vibration energy transmitted from the top of the pile, which makes the variable section of the part-screw pile more likely to cause dynamic damage or even deformation. The cumulative deformation evolution process of soil between part-screw piles under long-term cyclic train loading can be divided into three stages: slow change period, fluctuation rising period and stable deformation period. The research results have important reference significance for the optimization design of high-speed railway part-screw pile composite foundation and the planning of railway running speed.

Hydrodynamic cumulation mechanism caused by quantum shell effects.

The computational and theoretical analysis carried out in this article demonstrates the existence of a nontrivial mechanism for the compression of a submicron-sized gas bubble formed by a gas of classical ions and a gas of degenerate electrons. This mechanism fundamentally differs from conventional compression mechanisms. It is shown that taking into account the quantum effect of a large spatial scale in the distribution of electrons qualitatively changes the character of cumulative processes. Because of a large-scale electric field caused by quantum shell effects, the compression process is characterized by the formation of multiple shock waves. The values of gas temperature and pressure achieved during compression occur higher by two orders of magnitude as compared with the classical adiabatic regime. The analysis is carried out within the framework of the following model: the dynamics of the electron subsystem is described by equations of a quantum electron fluid, while the hydrodynamic approximation is adopted for the ionic subsystem. The large-scale effect is taken into account by means of effective external field acting on electrons. The theoretical analysis carried out within this approach clarifies the nature of the cumulative process in the system under consideration; some quantitative characteristics obtained with numerical simulation are presented. The possibility of experimental observation of this cumulative mechanism is analyzed. It is suggested that the manifestation of the effect can be observed during laser compression of a system of submicron targets by measuring the neutron yield.

Cumulative buckling deformation of stiffened panel under cyclic loading

In this study, the cumulative buckling deformation process is evaluated for a stiffened panel subjected to two different uniaxial cyclic loading conditions, namely compressive loading only and alternating tensile-compressive loading. The impact of the cyclic load on the ultimate strength of the panel is then estimated. It should be noted that the occurrence of permanent deformations could be simulated by finite element analysis using a suitable model capable of correctly capturing the deformation components. The results show that the structure accumulates a deformation that appears to grow almost linearly therefore, consequently, it is realistic to expect that if a large number of load cycles of this magnitude are imposed, the accumulated plastic deformation can be quite severe. Furthermore, it is found that these residual deformations, caused by an entity of the cyclic load lower than the design limit, affect the tensile strength of the stiffened panel. Finally, the effects on the numerical evaluation of the ultimate strength of the structure are shown.

The collagen enhancement by Spirulina extract in intrinsic and extrinsic skin aging in albino rat

BackgroundThe aging of the skin is considered a cumulative process that is classed as intrinsic or extrinsic. Environmental factors like sun exposure and air pollution are considered the main cause of extrinsic aging. Mainly, intrinsic aging reflects the genetic background and depends on time. Spirulina platensis unicellular blue–green algae have a variety of biological and nutritional activities because of their high level of nutrients. The current study aims to investigate the mechanism by which spirulina extract (SE) may act anti-aging in female albino rats. Spirulina extract (20 mg/mL) was injected subcutaneously before UVA irradiation (2.16 J/cm2), daily for 7 days. The epidermal thickness and the collagen fibers layer were stained utilizing hematoxylin and eosin and Masson.ResultsSE induced significant improvements in the activities of antioxidants including superoxide dismutase and reduced glutathione, down-regulating in expressions of inflammatory cytokines: interleukin-1β and tumor necrosis factor-α and reverses excessive ROS levels. As well as , the recovery of collagen density and reduction in the production of matrix metalloproteinases were presented.ConclusionsThe results found that spirulina extract may delay the signs of skin aging by enhancing collagen as well as antioxidant activities and inhibiting collagen degradation and inflammation.

A reconceptualization of sentence production in post-stroke agrammatic aphasia: the synergistic processing bottleneck model.

The language production deficit in post-stroke agrammatic aphasia (PSA-G) tends to result from lesions to the left inferior frontal gyrus (LIFG) and is characterized by a triad of symptoms: fragmented sentences, errors in functional morphology, and a dearth of verbs. Despite decades of research, the mechanisms underlying production patterns in PSA-G have been difficult to characterize. Two major impediments to progress may have been the view that it is a purely morphosyntactic disorder and the (sometimes overzealous) application of linguistic theory without interceding psycholinguistic evidence. In this paper, empirical evidence is examined to present an integrated portrait of language production in PSA-G and to evaluate the assumption of a syntax-specific syndrome. In light of extant evidence, it is proposed that agrammatic language production results from a combination of morphosyntactic, phonomotor, and processing capacity limitations that cause a cumulative processing bottleneck at the point of articulatory planning. This proposed Synergistic Processing Bottleneck model of PSA-G presents a testable framework for future research. The paper ends with recommendations for future research on PSA-G.

Heuristically Assisted Multiagent RL-Based Framework for Computation Offloading and Resource Allocation of Mobile-Edge Computing

Mobile edge computing (MEC) as a promising technology enables it to satisfy ever-increasing demands for low-latency and ultra-reliable services. However, due to the limitations of computing capability and the dynamic network environment, it is challenging to process massive data with low latency. In this paper, we consider a dynamic MEC network with a high-performance edge server, multiple time-varying channels, and multiple mobile devices. We aim to find a policy that can maximize the processing success rate of computational tasks and the fairness index of the system while minimizing the process delays. To this end, we propose a heuristic-assisted multiagent reinforcement learning (RL) based framework to realize the joint optimization of computation offloading and resource allocation. On one hand, heuristic search is introduced in this framework to find a better resource allocation policy in edge servers and further assist the multiagent RL algorithm to determine offloading policy in mobile devices. On the other hand, a novel parametrized multiagent RL algorithm based on soft actor-critic (SAC) is also proposed to broaden the effectiveness and availability of the proposed framework. Simulation results of the average cumulative reward, success rate, processing delay, and fairness index fully verify the superiority of the proposed framework and algorithm for supporting this problem.

The distributional impact of structural transformation in rural India: case-study evidence and model-based simulation

The North Indian village of Palanpur has been the subject of close study over a period of six decades from 1957/8 to 2015. Himanshu et al. (2018) document the evolution of the village economy over this period and point to two distinct drivers of growth and distribution of income. An early period of agricultural intensification associated with the green revolution saw an expansion of irrigation and the introduction of new agricultural technologies, leading to rising incomes accompanied by falling poverty and fairly stable, or even declining, income inequality. From about the mid-1970s onwards, a cumulative process of non-farm diversification took hold, and was associated with further growth and poverty decline but also a significant rise in income inequality. Such a process of structural transformation has been observed more widely in rural India. We construct a simple model of a village economy that captures several of the salient features of the Palanpur economy and society, and that is able to reproduce the distributional outcomes observed in the village. Our analysis suggests that while non-farm diversification occurred alongside rising inequality, the counterfactual of no diversification would in fact be associated with an even greater increase. We suggest therefore that non-farm diversification has in fact helped to contain growth in inequality, and has played a particularly pronounced role in reducing poverty. To the extent that other villages in India share features similar to Palanpur, our findings may also hold elsewhere.

0‐3 magnetic nanocomposites via EPD: Current status for power component fabrication and future directions

AbstractInductors and transformers (here referred to as power components) for modern AC/DC switching power supplies require magnetic materials that have high power density and efficiency at high frequencies, with high magnetic saturation, low coercivity, and multi‐micrometer thicknesses to increase magnetic energy storage and power handling. Rather than using a single‐phase magnetic material in a polymer‐based composite, a composite formed from two magnetic phases (such as a 0‐3 nanocomposite) can simultaneously achieve all of the listed requirements and benefit from contributions by both the zero‐ and three‐dimensional phases to the magnetic properties. The fabrication of 0‐3 magnetic nanocomposites for power component applications requires a method to deposit magnetic nanoparticles into thick, physically stable yet porous films, and a subsequent method for infiltrating the magnetic nanoparticle film with another magnetic material. Here, the deposition of magnetic nanoparticles into micron‐thick films using electrophoretic deposition (EPD) is discussed. This is described along with a new method, to improve upon traditional EPD methods by increasing film–substrate interactions with chelating agents, therefore increasing film stability. Next, the use of electro‐infiltration for fully incorporating a secondary magnetic material within the nanoparticle film is presented, showing the cumulative fabrication process with the addition of a multilayered nanocomposite fabrication technique for increasing overall nanocomposite thickness. The subsequent cross‐sectional and magnetic characterization of the fabricated 0‐3 nanocomposites is also shown. Finally, future directions for 0‐3 magnetic nanocomposites are offered, with emphasis on potential materials synthesis techniques and on translating knowledge beyond power component applications.

Cumulative multisensory discrepancies shape the ventriloquism aftereffect but not the ventriloquism bias.

Multisensory integration and recalibration are two processes by which perception deals with discrepant signals. Both are often studied in the spatial ventriloquism paradigm. There, integration is probed by the presentation of discrepant audio-visual stimuli, while recalibration manifests as an aftereffect in subsequent judgements of unisensory sounds. Both biases are typically quantified against the degree of audio-visual discrepancy, reflecting the possibility that both may arise from common underlying multisensory principles. We tested a specific prediction of this: that both processes should also scale similarly with the history of multisensory discrepancies, i.e. the sequence of discrepancies in several preceding audio-visual trials. Analyzing data from ten experiments with randomly varying spatial discrepancies we confirmed the expected dependency of each bias on the immediately presented discrepancy. And in line with the aftereffect being a cumulative process, this scaled with the discrepancies presented in at least three preceding audio-visual trials. However, the ventriloquism bias did not depend on this three-trial history of multisensory discrepancies and also did not depend on the aftereffect biases in previous trials - making these two multisensory processes experimentally dissociable. These findings support the notion that the ventriloquism bias and the aftereffect reflect distinct functions, with integration maintaining a stable percept by reducing immediate sensory discrepancies and recalibration maintaining an accurate percept by accounting for consistent discrepancies.

Creating an art therapy research strategic plan: A community participatory approach

A sequential mixed methods multi-phasic project focused on designing and developing an art therapy research strategic plan for the sustainability and advancement of the field. The project consisted of three sequential, emergent, and cumulative multi-phasic processes. The three phases included: a scoping review, a survey and focus group, and a working symposium. This article focuses primarily on the third phase–the working symposium. During the third phase of the project, it became apparent that central to all phases the project was the contributions of multiple communities. These communities represented varied perspectives which generated diverse and comprehensive qualitative and quantitative data enriching the final result. When organized, categorized, integrated, and synthesized, the data from all three phases yielded six interactive categories forming the basis for a community-driven art therapy research strategic plan. Each category has a mission, goals, and action items. The categories are: building community, art therapy worldview, art therapy evidence, research methods, clinical theory and practice, and education, advocacy, and policy. An implementation strategy for the plan is proposed including using the categories as a structure for community-driven workgroups that will review, revise, actualize, and evaluate the plan.