The Impact of the JFACC and AADC on the Joint Force Commander's Flexibility in Joint Theater Air and Missile Defense

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles F. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Missile Defense ◽  
Joint Force ◽  
The Impact

Exchange characteristics, capability upgrading and innovation performance: evidence from Latin America

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (9) ◽  
pp. 1747-1763 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Nuruzzaman ◽  
Deeksha Singh
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Social Capital Theory ◽  
Customer Relationship ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Joint Force ◽  
Capability Upgrading ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Positive Effect

Purpose This paper aims to attempt to examine the effect of firm-customer exchange characteristics, frequency and specificity, on the likelihood of the firm to generate customer-driven innovation. The authors draw from social capital theory and argue that repetitive and customer-specific exchange improves the trusts between firm and customers, which in turn ease the flows of tacit knowledge from customers to the firm. From the perspective of customer knowledge management, the authors contribute by examining the mechanism by which a firm can acquire knowledge from and about customers. The authors further argue that a firm’s ability to absorb knowledge from customers and turn them into innovation also depends on its internal capability. A firm that consistently upgrades its capacity is more likely to generate customer-driven innovation than those that do not. Also, the authors argue that the joint effect of exchange characteristics and internal capability upgrading can further increase the likelihood of customer-driven innovation. Such a joint force implies the positive moderating effect of internal capability upgrading to the relationship between exchange characteristics and customer-driven innovation. Design/methodology/approach The authors test the hypotheses on 3,000 firms from six countries in Latin America. They take advantage of the 2017 World Bank Enterprises Survey. This most recent of the survey asks questions on various types of innovation and firm-customers exchange characteristics and other firm-level variables. Findings The authors find support for our hypotheses that repeated exchange and exchanges tailored to specific customers have a positive effect on customer-driven innovation. Also, they find the support that internal capability upgrading, in the form of investment in product design, marketing and organizational development has a positive effect on customer-driven innovation. The authors also find that investment in product design positively moderates the impact of exchange characteristics on the likelihood of customer-driven innovation. Originality/value While past studies focus on strategies to acquire and manage customers’ knowledge, little has been said about how exchange attributes can encourage or discourage innovation? This question is important because various theoretical perspectives may have a different prediction on the effect of firm-customer relationship and innovation. This study attempts to bridge such theoretical tension.

scholarly journals STUDY OF SUICIDE BEHAVIOR IN JOINT FORCE OPERATION VETERANS IN EASTERN UKRAINE AND IN LIQUIDATORS OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE CHORNOBYL ACCIDENT

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 230-248
Author(s):  
I. Pinchuk ◽  
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S. Boltonosov ◽  
N. Atamanchuk ◽  
N. Stepanova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Psychosocial Factors ◽  
Suicidal Behavior ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Plant Materials ◽  
Joint Force ◽  
The Impact

The article is devoted to the problem of completed suicides among veterans of the Joint Forces for National Security and Defense operation in Donetsk and Luhansk regions (JFO) and liquidators of the consequences of the Chornobyl accident (LCCA). The results of the analysis of surveys of families and close associates of JFO veterans who committed a completed suicide in the period 2014–2019 are presented. The survey was conducted as part of criminal proceedings initiated on the facts of suicide. Objective: to analyze the current dynamics of suicidal behavior in veterans of JFO and the impact of psychosocial factors on its development and compare with the relevant indicators among LCCA at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant. Materials and methods: 175 questionnaires are presented, socio-demographic characteristics are compiled and psychosocial factors that influenced the development of suicidal behavior in environmental protection veterans are identified. An analysis of the status of such studies among liquidators of the Chornobyl accidents. Results: the data analysis of suicidal behavior in veterans of environmental protection, the impact on its development of psychosocial factors and comparison with the indicators among LCCA at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Conclusions: The results of the study show that in emergency situations, mostly men from all regions of the country, both professional servicemen and civilians, are involved in its elimination. It has been proven that while performing their official duties, the veterans of JFO and LCCA at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant experienced mental stress. But most of them, returning home, did not seek medical treatment, prevent the development of diseases and their complications and remained for a long time without proper medical, social and psychological care. Key words: completed suicides, suicidal behavior, psychosocial factors, veterans of environmental protection, liquidators of the Chornobyl accident.

scholarly journals Three Dimensional Upper Limb Joint Kinetics of a Golf Swing with Measured Internal Grip Force

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (13) ◽  
pp. 3672 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyeob Choi ◽  
Sukyung Park
Keyword(s):  
Upper Limb ◽  
Grip Force ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Golf Swing ◽  
Estimation Methods ◽  
Joint Kinetics ◽  
Joint Force ◽  
Closed Chain ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Kinetics Of

The biomechanics of a golf swing have been of interest to golfers, instructors, and biomechanists. In addition to the complexity of the three-dimensional (3D) dynamics of multi-segments of body, the closed-chain body posture as a result of both hands holding a club together makes it difficult to fully analyze the 3D kinetics of a golf swing. To identify the hand-grip joint force and torque applied by each hand, we directly measured the 3D internal grip force of nine registered professional golfers using an instrumented grip. A six-axis force-torque sensor was connected to a custom-made axially separated grip, which was then connected to a driver shaft using a manufactured screw thread. Subjects participated in two sessions of data collection featuring five driver swings with both a regular and customized sensor-embedded grip, respectively. Internal grip force measurement and upper limb kinematics were used to calculate the joint force and torque of the nine-linkage closed-chain of the upper limb and club using 3D inverse dynamics. Direct measurement of internal grip forces revealed a threefold greater right-hand torque application compared to the left hand, and counterforce by both hands was also found. The joint force and torque of the left arm tended to precede that of the right arm, the majority of which had peaks around the impact and showed a larger magnitude than that of the left arm. Due to the practical challenge of measuring internal force, heuristic estimation methods based on club kinematics showed fair approximation. Our results suggest that measuring the internal forces of the closed-chain posture could identify redundant joint kinetics and further propose a heuristic approximation.

Too Little or Too Much: The Effect of Feedback on Risk Assessment in a Missile Defense Task

2005 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 502-506
Author(s):  
Patricia L. McDermott ◽  
Michael Barnes ◽  
Shaun Hutchins
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Relative Frequency ◽  
Entire Solution ◽  
Missile Defense ◽  
Risk And Uncertainty ◽  
Trust In Automation ◽  
Intense Training ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Extensive Practice

Operators must often assess risk and take actions in proportion to that risk. This is not an inherently easy task and based on previous experiments, visualization aids may not be the entire solution to aiding operators. This experiment explored the impact of feedback paradigms on performance in a national missile defense (NMD) task. Participants had extensive practice with one of three types of feedback styles: averaged results after a set of scenarios, constant feedback after every scenario, or constant feedback with forced reflection. This study has three main contributions to decision-making research. 1) Although the trust in automation literature shows that averaged feedback increases understanding of the relative frequency of errors, this NMD task showed that constant feedback is more effective than averaged feedback. 2) Participant performance was still improving after three sessions, suggesting the need for more intense training. 3) NMD provides a concrete domain with viable metrics for investigating the perception of risk and uncertainty.

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