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Primum succurrere; first hasten to help
Dan L Longo and James O Armitage
The Oncologist, Volume 30, Issue 4, April 2025, oyae368, https://doi.org/10.1093/oncolo/oyae368
Published: 11 April 2025
... that doing harm to patients should be avoided whenever possible, the only way to be sure one has done no harm is to do nothing, an approach that is clearly not part of the physician’s mission. The problem with this passive approach to patient care is that almost all medical interventions (including surgery...
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Context and proto-institutions in the emergence of transformative innovation policy: insights from Chile
Kristiaan P.W Kok and others
Science and Public Policy, scaf006, https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scaf006
Published: 13 March 2025
... dynamics. transformative innovation policy mission-oriented innovation challenge-led innovation food systems transformation Latin America innovation systems Knowledge, Technology and Innovation Group, Wageningen University Knowledge, Technology and Innovation Group, Wageningen University In recent...
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Autonomous navigation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for border patrolling: a stochastic framework
Busra Biskin and others
IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, dpae033, https://doi.org/10.1093/imaman/dpae033
Published: 06 February 2025
... in various real-life contexts, in defence and security operations. This research contributes to the field of surveillance strategies by presenting a sophisticated approach to enhance UAV navigation in uncertain environments, ultimately improving mission success rate. UAV path planning border patrol mission...
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Academic engagement in Brazilian university laboratories
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Leticia Ayumi Kubo Dantas and Alexandre Dias
Science and Public Policy, scae092, https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scae092
Published: 28 December 2024
...Leticia Ayumi Kubo Dantas; Alexandre Dias As economies become more complex, universities gain relevance in promoting innovation and economic development. Beyond the traditional missions of teaching and research, the third mission of the university encompasses its commitment to knowledge transfer...
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Evaluating in times of paradigmatic change: some reflections on how to conduct ex-post evaluations amidst the transformative turn in research and innovation policy
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Harald Wieser
Research Evaluation, Volume 34, 2025, rvae064, https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvae064
Published: 26 December 2024
... with these challenges. transformative innovation policy ex-post evaluation paradigm mission-oriented Addressing societal challenges such as the energy transition or the shift to a circular economy places significant pressure on policy and administration. The state is tasked with developing new instruments...
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Toward a mission-oriented framework for funding public research institutions: a multi-case study approach
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Parisa Alizadeh
Research Evaluation, Volume 33, 2024, rvae058, https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvae058
Published: 26 November 2024
... ) Abstract This study proposes a mission-oriented framework for funding public research institutions (PRIs). Using a multi-case study approach and focus group interviews, a comprehensive framework was developed and refined. The framework encompasses three main dimensions: funding mechanisms, the amount...
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The politics of missions: a gloomy perspective
Francesco Molica
Science and Public Policy, Volume 52, Issue 1, February 2025, Pages 159–163, https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scae068
Published: 22 November 2024
.... Abstract This article discusses the so far understudied role of politics in the development of transformative innovation policies (TIPs) and mission-oriented innovation policies (MOIPs). The topic is explored through four dimensions foreshadowing critical bottlenecks and obstacles which are somewhat...
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Mission cocreation or domination? Explorative and exploitative forces in shaping the Dutch circular agriculture mission
Laurens Klerkx and others
Science and Public Policy, Volume 52, Issue 1, February 2025, Pages 128–145, https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scae061
Published: 20 November 2024
...Laurens Klerkx; Stephanie Begemann; Matthijs Janssen In what follows, we will go deeper into the literature studies on MOIP, ambidexterity, and mission cocreation in mission arenas. Selected elements of these literature studies provide input to the framework that guides the analysis of our case...
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Working Vacations and Adventure: American Women Physician Volunteers to the Labrador Mission of Wilfred Grenfell Before 1914
Jennifer J Connor
Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, jrae031, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhmas/jrae031
Published: 21 September 2024
...Jennifer J Connor Under the auspices of the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen, based primarily in the North Sea, the mission begun in 1892 by the British physician Wilfred Grenfell in northern Newfoundland and southern Labrador provided medical and humanitarian aid to isolated fishing...
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Missing missions or partial missions? Translating circular economy directionality into place-based transformative action
Nick Clifton and others
Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Volume 17, Issue 3, November 2024, Pages 649–665, https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsae027
Published: 05 September 2024
... missions. Options for identifying and nurturing these missions to expand in scale and scope are then discussed. Utilising Wales as an illustrative case study, we draw upon a unique dataset of circular economy (CE)-related interventions, networks and participants. Finally, the paper outlines implications...
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Diversity and directionality: friends or foes in sustainability transitions?
Brit M Bulah and others
Science and Public Policy, Volume 51, Issue 6, December 2024, Pages 1075–1092, https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scae044
Published: 22 August 2024
...Brit M Bulah; Barbara van Mierlo; Koen Beumer; Alwin L Gerritsen; Simona O Negro; Marko P Hekkert; Laurens Klerkx protein transition plant-based protein mission-oriented innovation transformative innovation policy diversity directionality In line with MIP, the MIS framework has arisen...
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Smell perception in virtual spacecraft? A ground-based approach to sensory data collection
Grace Loke and others
International Journal of Food Science and Technology, Volume 59, Issue 11, November 2024, Pages 8540–8550, https://doi.org/10.1111/ijfs.17306
Published: 16 July 2024
...) was chosen as the most relevant environment for human habitation based on manned missions and space travellers' experiences. The VR context was developed on Unity (Unity Software Inc.) by a team of RMIT School of Computing Technology students. The simulation replicates the ISS in low Earth orbit (using low...
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Leveraging open science machine learning challenges for data constrained planetary mission instruments
Victoria Da Poian and others
RAS Techniques and Instruments, Volume 3, Issue 1, January 2024, Pages 156–165, https://doi.org/10.1093/rasti/rzae009
Published: 15 March 2024
... and diverse solutions from worldwide participants, in some cases with no backgrounds in MS. We also present the potential and limitations of these solutions for ML application in future planetary missions. Our longer term goal is to deploy these powerful methods onboard the spacecraft to autonomously guide...
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Effective mission-oriented research: A new framework for systemic research impact assessment
Lena Pfeifer and Katharina Helming
Research Evaluation, Volume 33, 2024, rvae003, https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvae003
Published: 08 February 2024
...Lena Pfeifer; Katharina Helming mission-orientation responsible research societal impact sustainability research policy German Federal Ministry of Education and Research Efforts to address contemporary challenges to society, such as climate change, biodiversity loss and natural resource...
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The Religious Dimensions of Epidemic Disease: Cholera, the Ghost Rite, and Missionary Medicine in Nineteenth-Century Korea
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Shin Kwon Kim
Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, jrae001, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhmas/jrae001
Published: 07 February 2024
... biomedicine, the Korean people persisted with a religious-based etiology of cholera and other infectious diseases until the twentieth century. cholera epidemic state ritual ghost rite mission medicine Korea Protestant Christianity has been very successful in Korea, gaining a significant number...
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Malarial Encounters and Shifting Racial Recruitment Strategies by the Basel Mission on the Gold Coast, 1828-1849
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Adam Mohr
Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, jrad085, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhmas/jrad085
Published: 17 January 2024
...:https://dbpia.nl.go.kr/pages/standard-publication-reuse-rights ) Abstract In the early- to mid-nineteenth century, European mortality rates in West Africa were the highest in the world. Mortality estimates included nine missionaries sent from the Basel Mission (established in what is now Switzerland) to the Gold Coast...
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Missions and Cohesion Policy: is there a match?
Francesco Cappellano and others
Science and Public Policy, Volume 51, Issue 3, June 2024, Pages 360–374, https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scad076
Published: 28 November 2023
... unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract This paper explores possibilities for cross-fertilization between the mission-oriented approach (MOA), informing the European Union (EU) Missions, and Cohesion Policy (CP). It argues...
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Legal–institutional design and dynamic capabilities for mission-oriented innovation agencies: a new framework
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Eduardo Spanó and others
Science and Public Policy, Volume 51, Issue 2, April 2024, Pages 192–206, https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scad060
Published: 24 October 2023
... partially conditioned by legal and institutional factors. More specifically, the dynamic capabilities needed to face the uncertainties of mission-oriented innovation policies are also highly influenced by legal and institutional design on innovation agencies. Dynamic capability development...
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Navigating missions: experiences from a long-term R&I programme to transform the building sector in Austria
Harald Rohracher and Michael Ornetzeder
Science and Public Policy, Volume 51, Issue 1, February 2024, Pages 67–79, https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scad055
Published: 25 September 2023
...Harald Rohracher; Michael Ornetzeder Abstract Mission-oriented innovation policies are increasingly recognized as an effective strategy for initiating and guiding far-reaching transition processes towards sustainability. In this article, we examine a successful early example of a national mission...
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A critique of the policy discourse on primary health care under the Aardram mission of Kerala
Sreenidhi Sreekumar and T K Sundari Ravindran
Health Policy and Planning, Volume 38, Issue 8, October 2023, Pages 949–959, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czad041
Published: 24 June 2023
... in India, launched the ‘Aardram’ mission for health. One of the aims of the mission was to enhance the primary health care (PHC) provisioning in the state through the family health centre (FHC) initiative. This was envisaged through a comprehensive PHC approach that prioritized preventive, promotive...
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