Strategic Mission Research Articles

Experiential Learning Through Public Archaeology: Exploring Student Experiences and Perceived Outcomes

Background: Crow Canyon Archaeological Center (CCAC) has a tradition of enjoining participants in the study of cultures and environmental adaptation in the desert Southwest, and serves as an innovative model for experiential learning through public archaeology. Purpose: This research centers on student engagement in educational programming at CCAC and the perceived benefits of participation. It provides examples of curricular activities and reports findings from an empirical study of students’ lived experiences and meaning-making processes. Methodology/Approach: This mixed methods research involves a sample of middle and high school students from multi-day school programs. Data sources include semi-structured interviews, surveys, and field notes. Findings/Conclusions: Students reported high levels of emotional, cognitive, and behavioral engagement. They learned about cultures as well as human-environment interaction. Participants learned about changes in the field of archaeology and talked about how new understandings contributed to prior knowledge, cultural literacies, and sense of self. Implications: This exploration of how participants experience transformational learning in context of programs, strategic mission, and sense of place may interest diverse scholars and practitioners working to promote positive outcomes in out-of-school programs, and cultural literacy through public archaeology and heritage education.

Analisis Penerapan Balance Scorecard (BSC) untuk Meningkatkan Kinerja UMKM

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises or often abbreviated as MSMEs require effective management tools to achieve optimal and sustainable performance. Balance Scorecard is a strategic management system that aims to describe the organization's strategic mission into operational goals and performance benchmarks with various perspectives. This research was conducted on one of the chicken noodle and meatball businesses, namely Cak No's, to analyze the application of the Balance Scorecard for the business he runs. The method used is a mix of methods with data obtained from interviews, observations, and simple business documents The results of the study show that 3 perspectives of the balance scorecard are declared to be achieved. In other words, the Cak No chicken noodle business has a good performance in terms of finances, customers, and internal business processes.

The Bucharest Nine Part of NATO's Eastern Flank: an Analysis of Military Investment on Equipment

An important part of NATO's deterrence and defence role is its military presence in the eastern part of the Alliance's territory, represented by the Bucharest Nine (B9). The ability of this group to fulfil its strategic mission depends on the condition of the military equipment at its disposal. The number of pieces of military equipment and their combat capability are determined by the investment in military equipment. In the context of the pledge to spend at least 20 % of total defence expenditure on military equipment, it appears that between 2004 and 2022 there is a steep increase of defence investment gap, followed by a partial absorption of the investment gap after 2014. The investment gap is reflected in the volume and condition of military equipment. Rising spending in recent years is positively reflected in the increasing volume of acquisitions for new military equipment in all B9 countries. However, due to the delay, these investments are and will only be reflected in defence capabilities in the future.

Steps towards operationalizing One Health approaches

One Health recognizes the health of humans, agriculture, wildlife, and the environment are interrelated. The concept has been embraced by international health and environmental authorities such as WHO, WOAH, FAO, and UNEP, but One Health approaches have been more practiced by researchers than national or international authorities. To identify priorities for operationalizing One Health beyond research contexts, we conducted 41 semi-structured interviews with professionals across One Health sectors (public health, environment, agriculture, wildlife) and institutional contexts, who focus on national-scale and international applications. We identify important challenges, solutions, and priorities for delivering the One Health agenda through government action. Participants said One Health has made progress with motivating stakeholders to attempt One Health approaches, but achieving implementation needs more guidance (action plans for how to leverage or change current government infrastructure to accommodate cross-sector policy and strategic mission planning) and facilitation (behavioral change, dedicated personnel, new training model).

IMPLEMENTACIÓN DE UN SISTEMA DE COMUNICACIÓN Y VIDEOVIGILANCIA INTEGRADO EN UN UAV PARA MISIONES ESTRATEGICAS

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have been widely used in the military for monitoring and national defence activities. One of the main advantages of using UAVs is that they reduce loss of life, as they can be controlled remotely or with the help of algorithms, allowing high-risk manoeuvres to be carried out without fatal consequences. One of the objectives of using UAV systems is to reduce the costs of acquiring and operating conventional aircraft. One of the main problems in the development of UAVs the design and dimensioning of communication systems. This paper presents the development of a communication system for strategic missions with the validation of the communication link calculated through the implementation of a video surveillance system integrated in a UAV. The equipment of the communication and video transmission system was based on free commercial hardware and free software that allows the sending of high-resolution images. The UAV operation tests have allowed maintaining the telemetry link and high-quality video transmission at approximately 5 km. Key Words: energy efficiency, historic districts, 3D cities, building typology, categorization tool

Assessment of Covid 19 Pandemic and its Effect on the Foreign Mission Work of the Nigerian Baptist Convention

COVID-19 pandemic that began initially like a pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan, China, later resulted in unprecedented global disruption. This pandemic has affected every facet of human life including religious life. Christian missions, which was experiencing a major shift in missionary sending direction from the global West and North to the reversed global South and East, was also not spared by this pandemic. This study examined the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on the mission work of the Nigerian Baptist Convention in the United Kingdom. The study adopted a descriptive survey design method and purposive random sampling technique to select the respondents. The information and data were gathered through structured questionnaires and interview guides, using electronic means, from members and leaders of the Nigerian Baptist Convention in the United Kingdom. Interviews were conducted among the selected leaders and policy makers in the United Kingdom and Nigeria. The findings revealed that COVID-19 brought about disruptions of conventional missionary and worship methods in the United Kingdom. The study recommends that the Nigerian Baptist Convention does a rework of strategic mission agenda and approaches that can adapt well to the new normal brought by COVID-19 pandemic across the world.

Keck Infrared Transient Survey. I. Survey Description and Data Release 1

We present the Keck Infrared Transient Survey, a NASA Key Strategic Mission Support program to obtain near-infrared (NIR) spectra of astrophysical transients of all types, and its first data release, consisting of 105 NIR spectra of 50 transients. Such a data set is essential as we enter a new era of IR astronomy with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (Roman). NIR spectral templates will be essential to search JWST images for stellar explosions of the first stars and to plan an effective Roman SN Ia cosmology survey, both key science objectives for mission success. Between 2022 February and 2023 July, we systematically obtained 274 NIR spectra of 146 astronomical transients, representing a significant increase in the number of available NIR spectra in the literature. Here, we describe the first release of data from the 2022A semester. We systematically observed three samples: a flux-limited sample that includes all transients <17 mag in a red optical band (usually ZTF r or ATLAS o bands); a volume-limited sample including all transients within redshift z < 0.01 (D ≈ 50 Mpc); and an SN Ia sample targeting objects at phases and light-curve parameters that had scant existing NIR data in the literature. The flux-limited sample is 39% complete (60% excluding SNe Ia), while the volume-limited sample is 54% complete and is 79% complete to z = 0.005. Transient classes observed include common Type Ia and core-collapse supernovae, tidal disruption events, luminous red novae, and the newly categorized hydrogen-free/helium-poor interacting Type Icn supernovae. We describe our observing procedures and data reduction using PypeIt, which requires minimal human interaction to ensure reproducibility.

Research on the synergetic development of producer services and manufacturing in northwest China’s inland central cities—A case study of Lanzhou

Under the post Ford flexible production organization system, the existence of specialized division of labor has made the forward and backward connections between the producer services as an intermediate input and the manufacturing increasingly close. With the proposal of the "Belt and Road" and the deepening of “The development of the western region in China”, the northwest region plays an increasingly important role in China’s regional development strategy, and the economic transformation, especially the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing, and it is crucial to its completion of the strategic mission entrusted by the state. Taking Lanzhou City as a case area, based on the measurement of the cooperative development level of producer services and manufacturing, this paper explores the internal law of the synergetic development of producer services and manufacturing in the northwest inland central city. The study found: The overall synergy development level of producer services and manufacturing in Lanzhou has been significantly improved in the dynamic evolution process, and two industries are in the transition stage from the primary coordinated development to the intermediate coordinated development at present. The spatial layout of producer services and manufacturing in Lanzhou City has certain spatial proximity, and the overall presents a "center-periphery" spatial pattern with the main urban area as the main component. From the perspective of the synergistic development of producer services and manufacturing in Lanzhou, the two industries have initially formed an interactive relationship of two-way promotion at present, but there is a significant asymmetry in the two-way promoting effect of the two industries.

Social and economic system of regional entrepreneurship as the object of strategizing

To realize the potential of regional entrepreneurship as a system of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) of the region it is essential to develop a successful winning strategy oriented towards rapid exploitation of new opportunities. To this end, it is necessary to clarify the essence, boundaries, structure, and functions of the object of strategizing. The research is based on the general theory of strategy and methodology of strategizing, the theories of entrepreneurship, the systematic approach. The authors study approaches and theories that explain the essence, the functions and the structure of the system of regional entrepreneurship by applying systematization and content analysis methods. While analyzing the theories of entrepreneurship four components of the strategic mission of SMEs have been defined as follows: providing guarantees to partners, movement and productive use of factors of production, implementation of innovation, creation of gazelle companies (with the average annual increase in revenue or employment of more than 20% over 3 years). The study has shown that they are not fully implemented, and so the situation requires developing a new strategy or improving the old one. And the strategy of development of entrepreneurship in the region should contribute to the implementation of higher-level strategies (regional and sectoral). Moreover, the strategy should define the basic policies for strategizing the components of regional entrepreneurship – individual enterprises, clusters, different types of activities. The study offers a structural and logical scheme of relationship of the strategy of development of regional entrepreneurship (on the example of Kemerovo region – Kuzbass) with other strategic planning documents. Also, the authors justify the expediency of differentiation of strategic priorities of traditional and innovative entrepreneurship in the region. The analysis of theoretical foundations of exploring entrepreneurship as the object of strategizing has made it possible to clarify the basic components of its mission and justify the place of the corresponding strategy in the general system of strategic planning documents. Clarification of the boundaries and the content of the system under study ensures moving on to the strategic OTSW-analysis. The findings of the study can be used in justification of strategic decisions of entrepreneurs and regional authorities.

Instilling Awareness on National Defense Responsibilities into Students Through the Employment of VNU National Defense and Security Training Center

In response to the requirement of defending the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland in the new situation, our Party and State advocate strengthening defense and security education in the whole society, which is being considered a strategic mission and playing crutial role, According to the classification on training by the Ministry of National Defense applied at the Center for Defense and Security Education, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, students of colleges and higher education are pioneer citizens and great future resources of the country of the country. The objective of the study is to build up the citizen's awareness of defendingthe Fatherland for students through the subject of National Defense and Security Education. The research methods are carried out on the basis of basic surveys on lecturers and students through each course and annually at the VNU National Defense and Security Training Center. The research results show that the Center has attached the knowledge of national defense and security to the building of citizens' awareness of the Fatherland defending obligation for students, and successfully completed the task. However, it does have some limitations: the link between knowledge acquiring and students' awareness is not profound enough; there is also the concept that students' learning outcomes are on top of all, failed to highlight to the students personal cultivation and awareness to be ready for the obligation of protecting the Fatherland,... As a result, it has some unexpected effect uponthe objectives and requirements of the subject, therefore, it is necessary to continue researching to promote a better citizen's awareness of the obligation to protect the Fatherland through the subjects.

Ambivalence of entertainment: the Cold War and pro-communist Mandarin cinema

ABSTRACT Colonial Hong Kong was a transregional hub of Cold War ideological confrontation. The United States and its Chinese ally, Chiang Kai-shek’s Taiwan, struggled with Beijing for the hearts of overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia and around the world. Pro-Communist émigré cinema in the mid-twentieth century was a prime cultural manifestation of this Cold War contest. After an initial period of radicalization and antagonism, the pro-Communist studios in Hong Kong gradually shifted to a moderate approach whose goal was not to undermine British colonial rule or espouse revolutionary ideologies. Rather, the new strategy was one of flexibility and restraint that aimed to maintain a strategic presence in the local film industry and serve as a point of contact for overseas Chinese. Later, with the emergence of two pro-Free China giant studios, Motion Pictures & General Investment Co. Ltd. and Shaw Brothers, the cinematic ecosystem in Hong Kong was significantly altered. In order to hold on to their market presence in an increasingly more competitive environment, pro-Communist film companies embraced a more entertainment-oriented ethos and experimented with various popular genres, while struggling to remain truthful to their ideal of “guiding people to do good.” With in-depth analysis of two popular films by Zhu Shilin, The Dividing Wall (Yibang zhi ge) and Sweet as Honey (Tiantian mimi), this essay seeks to historicize the ways in which the Beijing-sponsored film establishment in 1950s Hong Kong negotiated and balanced a changing set of political, ideological, and commercial interests in pursuit of its strategic mission.

Simultaneous Motion Replanning and Gravity Model Refinement near Small Solar System Bodies

Strategic missions to orbit celestial bodies have primarily considered spacecraft trajectories as a two-step process: capture of the spacecraft within the gravitational influence of the body, followed by in-orbit maneuvers. Moreover, a priori maneuver planning approaches using Earth-based measurements tend to generate motion plans that have little scope of replanning, especially when the spacecraft is in the body’s vicinity. Fine-grained motion plans that respond to mission conditions require a detailed understanding of the gravitational forces around the body, which can provide essential information about the body. Our research focuses on a problem variant where the orbital maneuvers are designed to continually refine the onboard gravitational model of the body while simultaneously using the model to perform increasingly smoother orbital maneuvers. We develop a receding horizon approach. Starting with a (low-fidelity) gravity model created from Earth-based observations, the gravity model is continually updated as the spacecraft experiences varying gravitational forces. The updated model is simultaneously and continually used to replan the craft’s trajectory, ensuring that successive maneuvers respect the most up-to-date gravity model. The motion plan eventually attains a near-stable orbital motion. Such an approach has the potential to expand to autonomous missions to improve the mapping and exploration of smaller bodies.

The State of Health and Intentions for Action to Advance Mental Health and Well-being for the Nursing Workforce.

The aims of this study were to explore the health of nurse leaders and assess intentions to integrate workplace mental health/wellness practices. National efforts address high rates of poor mental health and lifestyle behaviors among nurses. Few studies describe the extent to which nurse leaders in academic and clinical environments can influence a strategic mission for health/well-being among the nursing workforce. Two hundred seventeen email invitations were distributed to nurse leaders from 5 Kentucky nursing organizations to complete a 1-time 46-item online survey assessing individual health behaviors and intentions to build a culture of workplace health/well-being. Most respondents reported positive physical health (86%), positive mental health/intentions for action to change behaviors (80%), improved self-care practices (86%), integration of self-care practices in the workplace (79%), and commitment to integrate suicide prevention training (55%). Overall, nurse leaders reported positive healthy behaviors. The finding that the highest intentions were reported to integrate, sustain, and/or advance lifestyle behaviors for self-care practices as well as to integrate practices for mental health and well-being in the work environment is encouraging. Enhanced strategies and efforts are needed to prioritize workplace cultures of wellness to benefit nurses and further promote well-being among nurse leaders.

Стратегирование системы организованного школьного питания в условиях цифровизации

For children and adolescents, diet is a strategically important factor that affects their quality of life and well-being. However, the strategizing of school meals systems remains understudied, especially in the aspect of digitalization. This article introduces theoretical and methodological provisions for strategizing the systems of school catering in the context of digitalization. The research was based on the general theory of strategy and methodology of strategizing developed by V.L. Kvint. The authors determined the innovative approaches to the strategic development of public-school catering and the role of digitalization in the production process and menu planning. The strategic mission was designed based on the interests and values of the key stakeholders. The list of strategic priorities included four points. First, the menu should be diverse and comply both with the dietary needs of schoolchildren and the average family income. Second, marketing, production, and logistics need to rely on digital technologies. Third, new joint agricultural projects are to diversify the local menu. Fourth, strategic expansion includes a Competence Center and new markets. Each priority requires specific strategic goals and competitive advantages. The article also introduces I. Ansoff’s matrix that demonstrates new markets, products, and expansion prospects. The results can help school catering enterprises to strategize their development

Confronting Challenges of Insecurity through Strategic Missions Activities

Insecurity is a universal concern because of its increasing setback in all nations. Africa suffers a lot from the adverse effects of insecurity on the world. For instance, Nigeria, the most populous Black country in the world, has, over the last ten to twelve years, experienced various insecurity challenges. It includes kidnapping, Fulani herders attacks, and armed robbery, which have led to the destruction of lives and properties and fear and panic among the indigenous and settlers (dwellers). Several methods of solving this menace of insecurity have proven over the years to be insufficient as insecurity remains on the increase in some regions worldwide; there is a need to respond to the insecurity problems through the activities of the Church (Christian missions). This report provides a concise missiological response to the insecurity challenges in the contemporary world. This combination of conventional and spiritual methodology in resolving insecurity problems is a vital step to be taken by stakeholders in fighting it. Spiritual input of the Church, such as prayer, Bible study and creating public awareness are parts of the strategic missiological response to the insecurity challenges. Therefore, through the descriptive research method, the writer will elucidate the current trend of insecurity in the world, its causes, and the missiological response to insecurity and draw a logical conclusion.

Commentary: Astronomy from space after the JWST

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Հայաստանի ազգային գրադարանի Գրատպության թանգարանի դերը համահայկական հոբելյանական իրադարձություններում

The Printing Museum of the National Library of Armenia, as a center for the preservation of Armenian printed heritage, collects, exhibits and presents the 510-year history of Armenian printing. Pre-serving and promoting national cultural heritage is one of the Printing Museum’s strategic missions, along with the organization of events and exhibits to promote inter-museum relations on topics related to the history of printing, commemorative events, and memorable dates. The article presents the Museum’s itinerary of anniversary events during the last five years (Hovhannes Tumanyan-150th anniversary, Komitas-150th anniversary, The First Republic of Armenia-100th anniversary, Yeghishe Charents-125th anniversary, etc.).

Christian response to the challenge and effects of religious Pluralism on Christian Missions in Nigeria

Pluralism is a contemporary challenge that describes the inescapable realities of the 21st Century. Gradually but increasingly, Christian belief that Christ is the way, the truth, the life, and the only authentic way to God, is challenged by many religious scholars, philosophers, and individuals. Consequently, Christianity is seen by some as one of many legitimate paths to God. The trend has caused some negative effects on Contemporary Christian missions and this must be tackled. The study was motivated by the researchers' observation as a Missiologist that most Christians in the local Churches and theological institutions seem to have lost interest in viewing Christ as the absolute reality. The paper argues that despite the commitments of Nigerian Christians towards Missions, the effects of religious Pluralism, if left unaddressed, can destroy the goal of Christian Missions. Four research questions are pertinent to this paper. First, what is religious Pluralism? Second, what are the forms or manifestations of Religious Pluralism in Nigeria? Third, how does religious Pluralism affect Christian Missions in Nigeria, and lastly, in which ways can the Church confront the challenges and effects of religious Pluralism on Christian Missions in the Nigerian context? For the paper's objective to be achieved, descriptive and historical research methods were used while findings were reported qualitatively. The historical process gathered data from books, Journal articles, and internet sources that give information on the subject under review while three respondents were interviewed using purposive random sampling. Findings revealed that religious Pluralism is not a hypothetical phenomenon but an empirical reality threatening the Christian faith and its missional activities in Nigerian. Intentional discipleship and use of strategic mission strategies are recommended as tools to combat the trend.

ЛІСОВЕ ГОСПОДАРСТВО ЯК ПЕРЕДУМОВА ПІДВИЩЕННЯ КОНКУРЕНТОСПРОМОЖНОСТІ ДЕРЕВООБРОБНОГО КОМПЛЕКСУ

The presented article analyzes the financial and economic indicators of the functioning of the newly created SE "Forests of Ukraine", which have a tendency to improve. The author also noted that the domestic wood market has an artificially formed surplus, which does not contribute to the development of the woodworking complex for all market participants. This is evidenced by the inflated wood prices of the State Enterprise "Forests of Ukraine", excessive balances in branch warehouses, the use of re-sorting in corruption schemes, etc. The provided material confirms the unsatisfactory level of personnel policy in the management of the State Enterprise "Forests of Ukraine" (its structural subdivisions), in particular, regarding the elimination of all existing corruption schemes, as well as the involvement of creative business managers. The problem of underutilization of the volume of forest stands to meet the needs of the market, especially of coniferous origin, has been studied. A significant increase in wood harvesting without harming future generations and a constant increase in the level of use of the annual growth of forest stands is substantiated. The author noted that at the legislative level, there is no strategic mission of the State Enterprise "Forests of Ukraine" to ensure state policy, the goal of which is to increase the added value of the national forestry and forestry clusters. There is an imbalance between the goal declared by the state leadership, in particular, the development of the competitiveness of the domestic forestry complex on foreign markets, on the one hand, and the actual activity of the State Enterprise "Forests of Ukraine" in terms of not providing equal conditions for the activities of enterprises in the woodworking industry, on the other. In addition, the justification of experts regarding a certain threat of monopolization of the woodworking market in certain regional business entities with sufficiently large production capacities is given. Ways to ensure equal conditions for the development of business entities in the woodworking industry are proposed, which can serve as a road map for the entry of Ukrainian woodworkers into the world market.

Component Substitution Model-Guided Deep Spatial–Spectral Fusion of Hyperspectral Imagery

Hyperspectral (HS) spatial-spectral fusion technology is an important means to obtain high spatial and spectral resolution data for major strategic missions such as manned spaceflight and earth observation. The existing parameter-tuning black-box fusion model lacks the guidance of mathematical theory and is not explicable, so it is difficult to apply in practice. In this letter, we design an interpretable deep network for spatial-spectral fusion tasks, called S2Fusion, which embedded the mature component substitution (CS) fusion model into a deep neural network. As a result of the careful design of the method, each module in the S2Fusion network corresponds to a specific operation in the CS fusion model, which is easily interpretable. Compared with the traditional fusion models, the S2Fusion makes it easier to ensure the implementation mechanism of spatial-spectral fusion throughout the network flow. Extensive experiments demonstrate the superiority of S2Fusion both quantitatively and visually over state-of-the-art methods.