Army Dock, Konstruksi Bangunan Pendaratan Sekutu Pada Perang Pasifik di Pulau Morotai

The Pacific War, it is a sad history of humanity for most people, especially war veterans. Their stories passed on to the younger generation, many stories and tales were recorded: starting from preparations for war, war strategies, the course of war and the liberation of a colony from invaders is interesting to listen to. Army dock is one of the remnants of the Pacific War on Morotai Island which is an important part of the history. It’s existence not only describes the Allies landing process to liberate the island from Japanese rule, it is also a historical source of Indonesia's involvement in the Pacific War arena. It is possible, because the Allies and the Japanese took advantage of the natural resources of Morotai Island to build various infrastructure needed for war, including the Army dock. The army dock was built composition of building materials by utilizing existing materials in the coastal areas of the island, namely limestone reef. This initial step of the Allies strategy finally succeeded in liberating Morotai Island from Japanese occupation, from here later grew the construction of other military facilities and infrastructure that were built to prepare to retake the Philippine island of Mindanao, the largest military base outside Japan. How the Army dock was built and its function in the past, is a problem that will be answered in this paper. In order to answer these problems, the observation method is used through field surveys and library data searches.

System Analysis of Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems Kill Chain in an Operational Environment

The proliferation of Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) capabilities in the commercial sector is posing potentially significant threats to the traditional perimeter defense of civilian and military facilities. Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) UAS are small, cheap, and come with multiple types of functions which have growing interest among hobbyists. This has prompted the need for facility commanders to have a methodology to conduct quick evaluation and analysis of the facility and the existing Counter-Unmanned Aerial System (CUAS)’s effectiveness. This research proposes a methodology that follows a systems engineering perspective to provide a step-by-step process in conducting evaluation and analysis by employing Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools to understand the CUAS’s effectiveness and limitations. The methodology analyzes the CUAS’s operating environment and effects of the dominant factors and impacts that CUAS may pose to other stakeholders (e.g., adjacent allied forces, civilians, etc.) within the area of operation. We then identify configuration candidates for optimizing the CUAS’s performance to meet the requirements of the stakeholders. A case study of a hypothetical airport with existing CUAS is presented to demonstrate the usability of the methodology, explore the candidates, and justify the implementation of a candidate that fits the facility and the stakeholders’ requirements.

Cities in newly-developed regions: features of shaping a sustainable development

The main criterion for sustainable development in the world ultimately comes down to the ratio of disturbed and undisturbed areas within certain boundaries and compliance with particular conditions. These conditions can be met by considering the city area together with its suburbs. The presence of a suburban area and its characteristics depend on the stage of urbanization of the area. Newly-developed cities, being in the first stage of urbanization, have a sufficient amount of open space in both urban and suburban areas. This is an advantage in shaping sustainable development over the old-developed cities, which are in the second and third stages of urbanization. In these stages, urban agglomerations are formed, resulting in the shrinkage and sometimes complete disappearance of suburban areas. At the same time, industrial, transport and military facilities that have lost their functions in the process of de-industrialization, the downsizing of the urban kernel and the formation of a “secondary” free space, are being rehabilitated or completely eliminated. These activities are labour-intensive and costly, but they do help to increase some of the available space within the city and improve the environmental situation in the city.

DIRECTIONS OF TECHNOLOGICAL AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATORY AND LEGAL INSTRUMENTS OF THE ORGANIZATION ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITY IN UKRAINE

One of the main tasks of the environmental industry is innovation, which is now the key to technological progress. Technological and organizational-economic tools, especially in terms of nature management, environmental assessment and entrepreneurship, are aimed primarily at implementing effective, efficient measures aimed at overcoming the deep environmental crisis and ensuring conditions for sustainable development of the state. Technological and organizational-economic mechanisms of greening is a set of organizational forms and economic levers, the interaction of which allows to ensure the implementation of a recurring process aimed at improving the economic and environmental efficiency of social production and stimulating environmental measures. Green (eco-) entrepreneurship is an alternative vision of growth and development. It is necessary to rethink the theoretical approaches and clearly clarify the essence of the organizational and economic mechanism of sustainability of eco-enterprises for its effective formation and implementation of further research in this area. These breakthroughs are expected to lead to significant transformational changes in the functioning of society. These achievements promise significant social and economic benefits, increased efficiency and increased productivity in many areas. Innovations, including technological and organizational-economic tools focused on the collection, processing and analysis of vast arrays of information science data, will have implications for countless areas of research and development. An innovative methodological approach to the definition and justification of priority management technological and organizational and economic decisions for MAI, allows to involve experts in environmental, urban, social, economic direction of municipal authorities of a particular settlement, industrial, residential and military facilities, to justify management decisions environmental safety of settlements, etc. The advantages of the methodological approach include - the ability to link to a single algorithm to justify the solution of data that differ in content (ecological, biological in higher aquatic plants, urban, social and economic) and in the form of presentation (data of direct measurements, statistical and forecast estimates) to develop a single proposal for the application of modern management in practice.

Improving Self-Confidence of Military Medical Providers With Joint Procedure Simulation: A Pilot Study

ABSTRACT Introduction Military medical providers are a unique population that encounter different environments across the world. From hospital clinics to war zones, these providers must perform procedures and rely on their training and skill to help their patients. This pilot study aimed to assess the self-confidence of military medical providers performing joint aspiration and injection before and after a simulation workshop in both clinical and austere settings. Methods In 2016, 25 military physicians from various military facilities participated in a 1-hour knee arthrocentesis and injection and shoulder injection workshop. Education was provided on the knee and shoulder anatomy and various approaches to performing the procedures before the hands-on portion of the workshop. Surveys assessing self-reported confidence levels by performing the procedures in the clinic and austere settings were completed before and after simulation training. Results The results were analyzed and grouped based on the provider experience level, simulation environment, and specific procedure performed. There was a statistical significance seen in the shoulder arthrocentesis group, which included all participating providers, with a P-value of <.01 in the clinic setting and a P-value of <.001 in the austere setting. In the knee aspiration simulation, there were also improvements in the provider confidence, but it was not statistically significant with P-values of .36 and .14 in the clinical and austere settings, respectively. Conclusion Simulation training can lead to increased medical provider self-confidence in performing musculoskeletal joint aspirations and injections in both clinic and austere settings. The military medicine demographics have had little research in joint injections and provider confidence to date. This pilot study was one of the first to evaluate this unique population. The methods used in this study, and the positive data collected on provider confidence, can be used in larger studies, encompassing other medical providers to increase the confidence of providers throughout various fields of medicine.

Structural and logical model of the mechanism for regulating technogenic safety in emergency situations of military-technogenic origin

To ensure stable management of technogenic safety and civil protection in these conditions, it is necessary to develop an information model for managing technogenic security under verious conditions of use of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the provision of minimal risks and threats of emergencies of military technogenic origin. The information model provides for three components, namely: the first is a model for managing technogenic security safety in the zone of ​​the joint forces operation in a steady state; the second is a model for managing technogenic safety in the area of ​​the joint forces operation in an emergency of natural or technogenic origin; third is a model for managing technogenic security in the area of ​​the joint forces operation in an emergency of military-technogenic origin. The paper shows that the information model of the mechanism of man-made safety regulation during emergencies of military-man-made origin is a set of specific methods, forms, techniques, tools and levers of man-made safety regulation, through the improvement of which, in fact, the man-made safety system is improved. regional level. On the example of solving the practical problem of determining the depth and area of ​​distribution of the primary cloud of highly toxic substances and its impact on military facilities, shows the use of information model to provide the decision maker with necessary and sufficient information to make management decisions to ensure military-man-made security . To assess the effectiveness of mechanisms for state regulation of man-made safety at the regional level, it is proposed to use the method of hierarchy analysis. According to this model, the subject of management (management bodies in the field of technogenic safety) exerts a controlling influence (on the basis of laws, decrees, by-laws, standards, resolutions, orders, programs of ecological direction) on the object of management (social facilities, enterprises, natural objects), which in accordance with the received control impact, changes its state, activity, quantitative and qualitative parameters of the state or impact on the environment.

Rally 'round the Barracks. Version1.1 (July 6th 2021)

Literature on the determinants of far-right support has increased markedlyduring the last few years, expanding our knowledge on who votes for these par-ties. Little is known, however, about the relationship being a member of the mil-itary and voting for the far-right. Recent scandals within the armed forces ofsome developed democracies underscore this gap. In this paper, we argue thatthere is an ideological affinity between the military and far-right parties based onshared values over nationalism and authoritarianism. We use two distinct empir-ical strategies to test this argument in Spain. First, we pool together data fromseveral survey rounds to show that individual military personnel are significantlymore prone to support Spain’s new populist radical right-wing party, VOX. Sec-ond, we show that the location of military facilities across Spain is linked to highersupport for VOX. Using spatial statistics, we show evidence of a diffusion effect.Our findings are relevant to both the literature on far-right support and our knowl-edge of civil-military relationships.

Analysis results of experimental operation of the protection complex of long perimeters VM 8018

In recent years, technical means of perimeter security are becoming more widespread, which is due to their increasing efficiency of protection from unauthorized access by intruders to protected facilities. The high competition of manufacturers of such means has led to the emergence of a variety of technical solutions for detection means (hereinafter referred to as DT) operating on different physical principles and designed to solve specific problems. The main purpose of the DT is to ensure the detection of the facts of intruders' penetration through the guarded obstacle. Considering that the methods of intruders' penetration are varied (destruction of fences, climbing over the fence, digging under the fence, etc.), the creation of an effective security system using only one type of DT is a problematic task. At the same time, the autonomous use of many types of DT leads to the fact that there will be a large number of technical means in the duty room, which increase not only the time and financial costs for their maintenance, but also increase the requirements for the competence of the duty personnel. Research Institute of Electronic Computers has developed the complex VM 8018, designed to automate the process of protecting extended perimeters of objects for various purposes, including sections of the state border, perimeters and premises of outposts, extendedperimeters of industrial and military facilities, as well as controlling executive devices (electric drives for gates and gates, lighting etc.), video surveillance.

Trends in uptake of early infant diagnosis for HIV: implementation results of the Ugandan military PMTCT program

Background: Early infant diagnosis (EID) is an important strategy of the Prevention of Mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) and when implemented in combination with other strategies could eliminate HIV MTCT. We implemented a series of strategic interventions intended to improve EID at 9 Military facilities in Uganda and evaluated their impact on uptake of EID.Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional design was adopted, following-up HIV Exposed Infants (HEI) at the study sites over a 2 year period, and using a data extraction tool to capture4 indicators of EID namely; number of HIV-positive mothers, number of HEI enrolled, number of PCR and rapid tests performed on HEI, and number of HIV-positive results of HEI. Scatter plots and simple linear regression were applied to demonstrate trends in EID uptake and estimate intervention impact over time. Statistical significance was assumed at p<0.05.Results: We established incremental trends in numbers of first PCR (f [1,6]=2.8; p=0.15),third PCR (f [1,6]=8.4; p<0.05), rapid tests (f [1,6]=16.1; p<0.05) performed on HEI, and a modest decline in HIV-positivity among HEI over the study period. The intervention improved retention in PMTCT cascade to 80%, when contrasted with the national average of 70%.Conclusions: We have demonstrated that interventions invoking pre-booking HIV-positive pregnant mothers during antenatal care, follow up of mother-baby pairs using telephone and mentor mothers and integrating EID in immunization programs can improve uptake of EID in a relatively short period, and with a positive impact on EID indicators.