Measuring Loneliness Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults: The UCLA and de Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scales

This study examined the measurement and invariance properties of the R-UCLA and de Jong Gierveld loneliness scales for research involving middle-aged and older adults. Confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) of data from interviews with adults aged 45–84 revealed limited support for the unidimensionality of either scale while subsequent analyses indicated the multidimensionality of both. However, method effects associated with positive and negative item wording were also evident. Multiple group CFAs provided limited support for assumptions of measurement invariance across age groups and from baseline to follow-up with regard to the R-UCLA scale. In contrast, strong measurement invariance across age groups and successive measurements was established for the bi-dimensional dJG scale. Overall, the findings supported the relative utility of the dJG scale for research involving middle-aged and older adults but suggested a need for attention to the implications of method effects associated with item wording and lack of measurement invariance with respect to item residuals.     

Socio-Cultural Impacts of Major Event: Evidence From the 2008 European Capital of Culture,Liverpool

Events are emerging worldwide and are seen to have significant economic and socio-cultural impacts on the destination and host society. However, there are only handful studies focusing on the socio-cultural impacts of events. This study fills in this gap by focusing on the socio-cultural impacts of the 2008 European Capital of Culture, Liverpool on the socially marginalised communities. The research is based on analysis of quantitative and qualitative data collected from four distinct neighbourhoods, which help to give a comparison of how major event influence a wide cross-section of the population. Totally 2,252 residents were surveyed over 3 years in order to track the changes of performance, and eight community workshops were conducted. The research findings point to three dimensions of socio-cultural impacts of the event which could contribute to the enhancement of quality of life, including participation and interest in cultural activities, accessibility and inclusion effect of cultural event, and social outcomes in terms of the enhancement of sense of place and local identity.     

我国网络课程建设存在的问题及对策

分析指出了我国网络课程建设存在着重申报、轻建设、不持续、更新少、共享难、效果差等问题,提出了课程建设要以学生为主体、课程质量要以学生满意为最终标准,对于目前开展的资源共享课和视频公开课建设,教育行政部门要有顶层设计,要做到网络课程的真正共享,需要从政策层面规范各学科或专业的教学计划、规定学生可以以网络课程完成的科目和学分,学生在规定的教学计划内自由选修网络课程,学分不受地域和学校限制,跨校选修,全国认可;为此网络课程应给与学生自主空间,具有学习过程网络监控、课程考核和学分认证等功能。     

Optimal RSUs deployment with delay bound along highways in VANET

In order to broadcast an alert message from the accident site to the control center as soon as possible, the roadside units (RSUs) act as the critical component in vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs). It is not possible to make a pervasive RSU deployment due to the huge cost and market requirement. Hence, how to deploy a minimum number of RSUs in a given region becomes a challenge problem. In this paper, we present an analysis for the total delay of broadcasting alert messages in VANETs along highways. Based on the analysis, the relationship between optimal number of RSUs with the highway distance is given. Moreover, the experiment results verifies the delay analysis and the optimization of RSUs deployment.     

基于ANSYS的压力容器表面凹坑缺陷安全评定分析

采用通用有限元程序ANSYS建立了移动式压力容器筒体外壁表面凹坑（轴向和周向）的有限元模型。结合筒体表面凹坑的应力理论计算，研究探讨了在恒定内压下，筒体表面凹坑缺陷处的应力分布与凹坑几何尺寸之间的关系。以第三强度理论作为仿真终止判据，获取凹坑各几何参量的阈值，利用MATLAB对阈值进行最小二乘拟合，绘制出凹坑缺陷的安全评估参考曲线。拟合结果表明：轴向和周向凹坑对筒体局部结构强度的影响不同，对应的安全评估参考曲线存在区别。     

A multiple warm standby δ-shock system with a repairman having multiple vacations

In this article, a warm standby n-unit system is studied. The system is operational as long as there is one unit normal. The unit online, which has a lifetime distribution governed by a phase-type distribution, is also attacked by a shock from some external causes. Assume that shocks arrive according to a Poisson process. Whenever an interarrival time of shock is less than a threshold, the unit online fails. The lifetimes of the units in warm standby is exponentially distributed. A repairman who can take multiple vacations repairs the failed units based on the “first-in-first-out” rule. The repair times and the vacation times of repairman are governed by different phase-type distributions. For this system, the Markov process governing the system is constructed. The system is studied in a transient and stationary regime; the availability, the reliability, the rates of occurrence of the different types of failures, and the working probability of the repairman are calculated. A numerical application is performed to illustrate the calculations.     

迪尔凯姆和韦伯关于"社会"解释范式之比较

在以往的研究中,大多数学者都是从迪尔凯姆和韦伯解释社会所依赖的路径和视角之不同来看待他们在方法论上的差异.而笔者认为,尽管迪尔凯姆和韦伯在社会学的整体方法论上迥然不同而导致各自解释"社会"的范式也有明显差异,但他们终因"社会学"的学术范畴走到一起.因此,本文拟在分析二者差异的基础上进一步探讨沟通二者的桥梁,为避免新时期社会学方法论走向两个极端提供一种理论上的思考.     

“故事下的故事”——张爱玲作品的叙事分析

只从题材的角度研究张爱玲的作品,是一种浅尝辄止的社会历史分析方法。如果转而从叙事学的角度来观察,则会发现张爱玲讲述的其实是女性与男性关系的故事,并在二元对立的故事结构之下,隐藏着一个关于女性再生的神话,构成故事下的故事。张爱玲的作品揭示出,在生存勇气、智慧与创造文明方面,女性高于男人,从而显现出女性的巨大人性之光。突破题材限制,进入故事结构层面对张爱玲的故事进行叙事分析,是打开了其作品的第一层意义。进而突破到故事下的故事,看到那个现象的再生的故事是如何影响与制约着张爱玲的叙事活动的,方打开了其作品更深一层的意义。     

社交网络个体活跃行为的大数据分析：从网络外部性的视角

用户是社交网络平台的基石，用户的活跃行为为平台创造内容、带来价值，因而用户活跃度一直是社交网络平台的关注重点。已有研究仅关注用户是否存在持续使用意向或行为，将持续使用行为定义为二元变量，未对持续使用行为细分，忽略了对用户活跃行为的研究。此外，社交网络中用户活跃行为之间有着不可忽视的相互影响，而受制于用户的关系网络数据难以获取，少有研究从该角度对社交网络中的用户行为进行研究。 将持续使用行为进一步细分为个体活跃和沉默行为，从网络外部性视角探讨同伴活跃行为对焦点个体活跃行为的影响以及个体网络规模与活跃行为的关系，并进一步探讨个体间关系强度和个体特征的调节作用。以超过百万用户的真实关系网络、个体特征信息和使用行为数据进行实证分析，通过Tobit模型验证上述关系。 研究结果表明，同伴活跃度和个体网络规模对个体活跃度有显著的正向作用，同时关系强度具有正向调节作用；个体特征在同伴活跃度与个体活跃度之间起调节作用，具体来说，女性用户和年轻用户受同伴活跃行为的影响更强。 从网络外部性的角度探讨用户活跃行为的影响因素，拓展了关于在线社交网络用户持续使用行为的研究和网络外部性测量方式，关注不同节点对于网络外部性贡献的差异性，对今后网络外部性的研究有一定的借鉴意义。基于中国数百万真实用户的数据集，结果更具普适性，同时反映出中国在线社交网络中用户的行为特征，可为今后的研究者提供参考。研究结果可以帮助社交网络平台的管理者更加了解用户活跃度的影响机理以及用户行为之间的内在联系，从而能以更科学合理的方式激发用户活跃度，保持社交网络平台的持续运营。     

专科英语应用能力测试中增加口试的必要性

本文从语言学、教育学、心理学、英语教学法及英语教学实践等的角度 ,多方阐述了专科英语教学中口语训练的重要性 ,并论证了专科英语应用能力测试中增加口试的必要性