The Perceptions of Ghanaian Adventist Youth on the Use of Hymns in Worship

( Josiah B Andor ) 삼육대학교 선교와사회문제연구소 2012 Asia-Africa Journal of Mission and Ministry(AAMM) Vol.6 No.-

This paper sought to find out the perception of Ghanaian Adventist Youth on the use of hymns in the church. The areas of concern were on what they think about the use of hymns at irregular times, their use at the Divine Service and their use during song services. With the views of a proportionate representation of age bracket, gender, ranking in the youth ministry, and district, a number of conclusions may be drawn from the responses to the questionnaire. The majority of the youth think that the singing of hymns between Sabbath School and Divine Service, while waiting for a preacher, while waiting for a technical problem to be resolved, and while waiting for Sabbath afternoon program to begin is very good. In addition, they think that it is good to sing hymns in the midst of an ongoing program. The study also revealed that a majority of the youth believe that the suggestions of organising a Divine Service made of hymns throughout, increasing the number of hymns in the Divine service, and maintaining the number of hymns in the Divine Service are very good, On the other hand, the suggestions of organising a Divine Service without hymns and reducing the number of hymns in the Divine Service were rated as very bad and bad respectively. Concerning the song services, the paper reveals that the majority of Ghanaian Adventist youth will strongly agree that members should be allowed to request for their favourite hymns to be sung. Many also agree that the leader in the song service should lead out with the singing of the hymns thematically. Conversely, the majority of the youth strongly disagree with the suggestion that there should be no hymns in song services. The paper therefore postulates that hymns are very important to the youth of the church and hence should be made an integral part of the worship.

The Place of Psychology in the Counselling Ministry of Adventist Pastors in Southern Ghana

( Josiah B. Andor ),( Evelyn Owusu ) 삼육대학교 선교와사회문제연구소 2017 Asia-Africa Journal of Mission and Ministry(AAMM) Vol.15 No.-

This study was conducted to assess the place of psychology in the counseling ministry of Adventist pastors in southern Ghana. The researchers sought to find out the role psychology plays in counseling among the pastors, unearth the top three issues that members confront pastors with, and how pastors use psychological techniques to minister to these members. It was revealed that psychology is very essential in the counseling ministry of pastors. The study concludes that marital issues, work and career related issues, as well as spiritual issues accounted for the top three most common problems among church members. It was also revealed that pastors use various techniques to minister to members who confront them with their needs but the techniques mostly used are providing encouragement, listening to members, helping members make their own decisions, and offering prayers. Since the majority of pastors have had a minimum of a Bachelors degree, most of them had taken a course in psychology as part of their training but a majority of them acknowledged that they have not taken any additional workshop or short course training in psychological counseling. The researchers therefore recommend that pastors should be helped to take courses in Psychological counseling so as to improve their skills in the counseling ministry.

Development of biolubricants from vegetable oils via chemical modification

Josiah McNutt,Quan (Sophia) He 한국공업화학회 2016 Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Vol.36 No.-

In response to the increasing environmental pollution concern and depleting petroleum reserves, biobasedlubricants have received a great deal of interest as a substitute for mineral oil-based lubricants. Biolubricants have a number of advantages over mineral lubricants, including the high biodegradability,low toxicity, excellent lubrication performance, and minimal impact on human health/environment. This paper reviewed the most recent advancements in the synthesis of biolubricants from vegetable oilsthrough chemical modification methods such as esterification/transesterification, estolide formation,and epoxidation of vegetable oils.

Spent coffee grounds: A review on current utilization

Josiah McNutt,Quan (Sophia) He 한국공업화학회 2019 Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Vol.71 No.-

Coffee, one of the world’s most popular beverages, carries with it a large economic and environmentalburden in the form of spent coffee grounds (SCG), the unutilized portion of the coffee bean left afterbrewing. However, while currently unrealized, this waste stream has the potential to be converted tovarious high-value bio-products. Potential uses for SCG range from energy, to nutraceuticals, andconstruction materials. This paper outlines the possible uses of SCG as a promising green source andreviews the most recent results from studies being done to valorize SCG.

Monitoring for Intrusion Behaviors with a Small UAV

Josiah Yoder,Hyukseong Kwon,Rajnikant Sharma,Daniel Pack 제어로봇시스템학회 2012 제어로봇시스템학회 국제학술대회 논문집 Vol.2012 No.10

In this paper we present behavior recognition algorithms using images captured by a small UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle). Small UAVs provide a mobile platform capable of monitoring a large area, but each UAV has a limited field of view, resulting in very brief observations of targets of interest as UAVs fly over them. Standard behavior recognition algorithms are designed for CCTV networks, where cameras have a fixed view of the target area. To apply these algorithms to imagery from small UAVs, we first geo-locate targets based on their image coordinates and correspondences between geo-located landmarks and landmarks in each video frame. We then apply behavior recognition algorithms that are suited to very short observation periods. We test these algorithms in a simulation environment incorporating realistic target motion and validate the entire approach on imagery captured by a small UAV. These experiments illustrate that automatic behavior recognition has merit even during brief fly-overs, typical of a small UAV on surveillance patrol.

2015 General Conference Session in San Antonio: A Study of the Interest Hype among Adventists in Southern Ghana

( Josiah B. Andor ) 삼육대학교 선교와사회문제연구소 2016 Asia-Africa Journal of Mission and Ministry(AAMM) Vol.13 No.-

This paper examined the Interest or Hype among members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Southern Ghana in the 2015 General Conference Session which took place in San Antonio. The focus of the study was to identify reasons why most Adventists in Ghana became interested in the San Antonio GC Session, unlike with previous GC Sessions. Using questionnaires to sample views from 158 randomly selected members from three conferences in the Southern part of Ghana, this study discovers that a majority of members who, until 2015, didn’t know much about GC Sessions and had no interest in GC Sessions, became interested in the 2015 GC Session because of the issue of women’s ordination that was on the agenda. This subject kept them continuously interested and it made them to follow proceedings at the session. The study also shows that the interest of members was kept alive due to the rampant discussion of the session and the issue of women’s ordination on social media. The paper recommends that to keep members interested in future GC Sessions, the agenda should include engaging subjects that members will be keen to follow. Also, church leaders can resort to the use of social media to get members actively involved and interested.

The Role of the Pastor`s Wife in Ministry

( Josiah B Andor ) 삼육대학교 선교와사회문제연구소 2013 Asia-Africa Journal of Mission and Ministry(AAMM) Vol.8 No.-

This article sought to find out the roles that pastor`s wives play in their husbands` ministry that have made them seem indispensable in the ministry. The pastor`s wife is viewed as a woman and as a helper. Three types of pastors` wives are identified; the detached, the supportive, and the incorporated. Each of these has ways in which it affects the pastor`s ministry. The paper postulates that roles of pastor`s wives can be divided into domestic roles (roles at home), spiritual roles (roles at church), social roles (roles in the community), and occupational roles (roles at work). Finally, the paper compares the results of a survey conducted among pastors` wives in Ghana and the roles they perform in their husbands` ministries. The paper concludes that pastors` wives are great helpers in the ministry of their husbands.ABSTRACT-This article sought to find out the roles that pastor`s wives play in their husbands` ministry that have made them seem indispensable in the ministry. The pastor`s wife is viewed as a woman and as a helper. Three types of pastors` wives are identified; the detached, the supportive, and the incorporated. Each of these has ways in which it affects the pastor`s ministry. The paper postulates that roles of pastor`s wives can be divided into domestic roles (roles at home), spiritual roles (roles at church), social roles (roles in the community), and occupational roles (roles at work). Finally, the paper compares the results of a survey conducted among pastors` wives in Ghana and the roles they perform in their husbands` ministries. The paper concludes that pastors` wives are great helpers in the ministry of their husbands.

Ecological Sanitation in Deuteronomy 23:10-15

( Andor Josiah B ) 글로벌기독교세계관학회 2012 학문과기독교세계관 Vol.6 No.-

This paper explores the roles of technology and religious morality in ecological sanitation as presented in Deuteronomy 23:10-15. The travelling Israelites were admonished to designate a place outside their camp for defecation when they went out to war. They were also asked to dig before they defecate and to cover it before leaving it behind. The reason given in the text for such a command is the fact that the Israelites were to be aware of the presence of Yahweh in their midst. By a literary reading of the text, the paper proposes that if the ecological sanitation that was commanded to be observed in the camps of the ancient Israelites was successful, it was as a result of their morality and awareness of the presence of God. Hence, morality has a role to play in the preservation of ecological sanitation. The text seems to reiterate the message: cleanliness is next to godliness. In addition, their observance of ecological sanitation was successful because of the technological development of the period. The paper postulates that the adjustments of the war implement to enable digging can represent today`s technological advancements within our ranks. Thus, from the context of Deuteronomy 23:10-15, the implementation of ecological sanitation in our world today can be achieved through the use of religious morality and available technology.

Optimization of the Location, Inventory and Routing of Capacity Vehicles with Interval Uncertainty

Trisnowati Josiah,Arif Suhada,Paitoon Chetthamrongchai,Heppy Purbasari,Hussein Tuama Hazim,Abdul Aziz Purnomo Shidiq,Tri Harsini Wahyuningsih,Irina Yuryevna Potashova,Surendar Aravindhan 대한산업공학회 2021 Industrial Engineeering & Management Systems Vol.20 No.4

In today's industrial world, manufacturing units are trying to reduce their costs by properly locating the warehouses they need as well as routing vehicles to transport manufactured goods to these warehouses. In fact, the inventory-routing location model is an integrated supply chain design model that simultaneously optimizes location, inventory, and routing decisions. The purpose of this paper is to provide an integrated model for locating warehouses, allocating stores to warehouses, and finding inventory at the end of the course and routing decisions such as determining the routes of vehicles starting from a distribution center opened to serve customers. Eventually return to the same distribution center; in such a way that the total system costs are minimized. The model is formulated as a mixed integer linear programming model (MILP) and a robust optimization approach has been used to optimize the problem under uncertainty conditions. To solve the model and demonstrate its feasibility, GAMS software and to compare the results of the software MATLAB is used.

A Probabilistic Model-adaptive Approach for Tracking of Motion with Heightened Uncertainty

J. Josiah Steckenrider,Tomonari Furukawa 제어·로봇·시스템학회 2020 International Journal of Control, Automation, and Vol.18 No.10

This paper presents an approach for state tracking in scenarios where motion is highly uncertain. The proposed approach improves on traditional Kalman filters by integrating model parametric uncertainty in deriving state covariances for prediction at each time step. A model correction stage then continuously adjusts the mean and variance of state matrix elements based on the observation-corrected state, compensating for an initially inadequate system model. The symbiotic relationship between state tracking and motion model correction is leveraged toperform both tasks simultaneously in-the-loop. In a representative dynamic example, simulated experiments were performed and analyzed statistically for varying combinations of sensor and model uncertainty. For low model variance, traditional Kalman filters generally perform estimation better due to over-confidence with regards to model parameters. However, the proposed approach increasingly outperforms both traditional and adaptive Kalman filters in estimation when model and input uncertainty is appreciable. The motion model updating approach formulated here tends to improve parameter estimates over the course of state tracking, thus validating the symbiotic process. The robotics applications of this simultaneous estimation and modeling framework extend from target state tracking to self-state estimation, while broader signal processing applications can be readily extracted.