general yermolov's mission in iran (1817) was in response to the iranian foreign minister mirza abolhassan-khan ilchi’s mission to the russian empire. the goal of yermolov's mission was to determine and resolve border disputes between the two countries based on the treaty of golestan (1813). this paper, which is based on iranian and russian sources, reviews the context, goals and achi...

Vision, mission, goals, and objectives (VMGOs) function as the foundation of an educational institution. The Accrediting Agency for Chartered Colleges Universities in Philippines (AACCUP) underscored that institution is assessed according to degree how its VMGOs are achieved, but not comparison with others. This descriptive research utilized survey method determine levels awareness acceptabilit...

D o those ubiquitous value statements hanging on plaques in every hospital lobby have any effect on how the hospital carries out its mission? Are values-driven hospitals better places to work, more productive, more successful, better at retaining employees? More than 10 years of organizational literature on the topic of values would lead one to believe that core values are a hallmark of great a...

The Vision for Space Exploration invokes activities on the Moon in preparation for exploration of Mars and also directs International Space Station (ISS) research toward the same goal. Lunar missions will emphasize development of capability and concomitant reduction of risk for future exploration of Mars. Earlier papers identified three critical issues related to the so-called NASA Mars Design ...

In January, 2004, the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission landed two rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, on the surface of Mars. Several autonomous navigation capabilities were employed in space for the first time in this mission. In the Entry, Descent, and Landing (EDL) phase, both landers used a vision system called the Descent Image Motion Estimation System (DIMES) to estimate horizontal veloci...

As location-based techniques and applications become ubiquitous in emerging wireless networks, the verification of location information will become of growing importance. This has led in recent years to an explosion of activity related to location verification techniques in wireless networks, with a specific focus on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) being evident. Such focus is largely due t...

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