The Secrets of Scheherazade: Toward a Functional Analysis of Imaginative Literature

A functional analysis of selected aspects of imaginative literature is presented. Reading imaginative literature is described as a process in which the reader makes indirect contact with the contingencies operating on the behavior of story characters. A functional story grammar is proposed in which the reader''s experience with a story is interpreted in terms of escape contingencies in which the author initially introduces an establishing operation consisting of a source of tension, which is resolved in some way by the outcome of the story. Although escape contingencies represent the functional basis for the structure of stories, they are to be understood in a context of many other reinforcers for reading fiction. Other contingencies that maintain reading are discussed. Functional analyses of imaginative literature have much to offer, both in improving literary education and in understanding the behavioral processes that occur on the part of the reader.     

食品监管渎职罪司法认定的困境及优化路径

自《刑法修正案(八)》增设食品监管渎职罪以来,其适用率呈偏低的趋势,与我国食品安全犯罪频发的现状不相符合。究其原因,该罪在责任主体认定、因果关系判定,以及危害后果界定三个方面存在难以厘清的困境。而学界虽在不断探讨该罪名的适用标准,但大多局限于理论建构层面,而忽略了司法适用的有效性。故从实证分析视角,明晰该罪的司法认定标准,以期对我国的司法实践有所贡献。     

Linking perceived organizational support with employee work outcomes in a Chinese context: Organizational identification as a mediator

Perceived organizational support (POS) is viewed as an important explanatory framework for understanding the relationship between employees and the workplace, and is regarded by some researchers as central in understanding job-related attitudes and behaviors of employees. However, less research has taken into account the role of organizational identification, which reflects how individuals define the self with respect to their organization, as a potential influence on such relationships. Drawing on a cross-organizational sample of 238 subordinate-supervisor dyads from the People’s Republic of China, we examined whether organizational identification mediates the effect of perceived organizational support (POS) on work outcomes including turnover intentions, work performance, and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). Results from the current study showed that organizational identification fully mediates the relation of POS to OCB-directed to individuals, and partially mediates relations between POS and other work outcomes (turnover intention, work performance, OCB-directed to organization). Implications for management theory and practice are discussed.     

A knowledge chain management framework to support integrated decisions in global supply chains

Knowledge management has been identified as a key enabler to achieve organisation’s value chain competitiveness. It, however, has been facing fresh challenges in a global supply chain setting. This paper proposes a global knowledge chain management (GKCM) framework that identifies and prioritises critical knowledge that a global supply chain can focus on to support integrated decisions. The framework explores three types of global context knowledge, namely global market knowledge, global capacity knowledge and global supply network configuration knowledge. Empirical study has been undertaken within the manufacturing industry to evaluate the GKCM framework. Analytic network process has been explored as a key method to assess the importance of the global knowledge constructs from supply chain managers’ perspectives. A key contribution of the paper is that it advances existing knowledge chain management approaches within one organisation and its local supply chain to include the global context knowledge applicable to global manufacturing settings, and highlights how the GKCM framework can support global supply chain integrated decisions.     

RFID‐Enabled Visibility and Retail Inventory Record Inaccuracy: Experiments in the Field

Accurate inventory records are key to effective store execution, affecting forecasting, ordering, and replenishment. Prior empirical research, however, shows that retailer inventory records are inherently inaccurate. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) enables visibility into the movement of inventories in the supply chain. Using two different field experiments, the current research investigates the effectiveness of this visibility in reducing retail store inventory record inaccuracy (IRI). Study 1 used an interrupted time‐series design and involved daily physical counts of all products in one category in 13 stores (8 treatments and 5 controls) of a major global retailer over 23 weeks. Results indicate a significant decrease in IRI of approximately 26% due to RFID‐enabled visibility. Using an untreated control group design with pre‐test and post‐test, Study 2 expands the number of categories to five and the number of stores to 62 (31 treatment and 31 control stores). Results show that the effectiveness of RFID in reducing IRI varies by category (ranging from no statistically significant improvement to 81%). Results also suggest that RFID ameliorates the effects of known determinants of IRI and provide the key insight that the technology is most effective for product categories characterized by these determinants.     

异步化汽轮发电机励磁系统的一种控制策略

分析了异步化汽轮发电机的励磁控制原理和运行特性,提出状态辨识适应式跟随迭代控制策略。从工程实现的可行性出发,分析并指出构成异步化汽轮发电机双通道自动励磁控制系统应考虑的因素,给出了异步化汽轮发电机励磁控制系统的原理结构图。     

族群认同与互动：兼论苗族瓦乡人的族群意识

对苗族中的瓦乡人,学者们只从语言的角度争论其族属问题。用族群理论,从族群认同与互动的层面进行探讨,能更深刻地理解瓦乡人的族群意识。     

语言濒危的原因及其复兴运动的方向——以琉球语为例

语言复兴运动(language revitalization)是一种在族群集团意识觉醒背景下开展的以复活、扩大少数人使用的语言为目标的语言实践运动。由于日本政府推行皇民化教育和禁止使用琉球语、实行佩挂“方言牌”的惩罚制度、强制推广标准日语以及美军异化统治政策等多重因素的影响,在王国时期曾广为使用的琉球语(冲绳语)现已面临濒危处境。琉球语的语言复兴运动分为最初岛人的反抗和学者的呼吁、中期岛人文化意识和语言意识的觉醒与复苏、至20世纪90年代复兴运动全面展开几个阶段。琉球语的复兴运动及琉球语能否得到继承,很大程度上将取决于冲绳人对于冲绳县和日本国之间关系的认同。     

西安建筑科技大学导入动态视觉识别系统的设计探讨

西安建筑科技大学动态视觉识别系统是我校形象走向整体化、形象化和系统化的一种应用设计,目的是将综合性大学的精神、理念与校园文化传达给学校内部以及社会大众,形成一个整体良好的大学新形象。通过一定的文化性、社会性观念进行我校的系统形象改造,在视觉识别系统功能扩大的同时,从根本上规范我校的视觉基本要素,最终形成一套系统规范的应用方案     

非物质文化遗产保护:策略与困境

非物质文化遗产具有两重属性,包含作为文化多样性的表征和作为认同政治的文化标识。文章重点分析了基于文化多样性的非物质文化分类保护策略,并讨论了基于认同政治的保护困境。文章认为,在从事遗产保护与研究的过程中,需要依据以上两重属性,在不同的情境中采用不同的话语与策略。