Cross‐Sectional Psychological and Demographic Associations of Zika Knowledge and Conspiracy Beliefs Before and After Local Zika Transmission

Perceptions of infectious diseases are important predictors of whether people engage in disease‐specific preventive behaviors. Having accurate beliefs about a given infectious disease has been found to be a necessary condition for engaging in appropriate preventive behaviors during an infectious disease outbreak, while endorsing conspiracy beliefs can inhibit preventive behaviors. Despite their seemingly opposing natures, knowledge and conspiracy beliefs may share some of the same psychological motivations, including a relationship with perceived risk and self‐efficacy (i.e., control). The 2015–2016 Zika epidemic provided an opportunity to explore this. The current research provides some exploratory tests of this topic derived from two studies with similar measures, but different primary outcomes: one study that included knowledge of Zika as a key outcome and one that included conspiracy beliefs about Zika as a key outcome. Both studies involved cross‐sectional data collections that occurred during the same two periods of the Zika outbreak: one data collection prior to the first cases of local Zika transmission in the United States (March–May 2016) and one just after the first cases of local transmission (July–August). Using ordinal logistic and linear regression analyses of data from two time points in both studies, the authors show an increase in relationship strength between greater perceived risk and self‐efficacy with both increased knowledge and increased conspiracy beliefs after local Zika transmission in the United States. Although these results highlight that similar psychological motivations may lead to Zika knowledge and conspiracy beliefs, there was a divergence in demographic association.     

The multicriteria selection of products in technological diversification strategies: an application to the Spanish automotive industry based on AHP

The economic recession, the dynamism and complexity of the markets and the generalised globalisation of the world economy have forced many companies to rethink and reorganise their industrial strategies. Through identifying and taking advantage of the key technologies of a company, this work presents a new and original methodology for dealing with a general technological diversification process. The methodology, which includes an innovative cognitive perspective and its corresponding decisional tool (decision support system) has been used to select the best product in a process of technological diversification that, along with the key technologies, identifies the sub-levels consonant to the sub-technologies and applications to sectors and products. The multicriteria selection tool employed in the proposed methodology, based on the analytic hierarchy process, allows the integration of multiple scenarios, actors and criteria, both tangible and intangible. The methodology has been applied to a case study in the Spanish automotive auxiliary sector.     

Vulnerable young people and substance misuse: expanding on the risk and protection‐focused approach using social psychology

This paper critically reviews recent research exploring risk and protective factors for the development of problematic substance use in populations of young people. Specific populations of young people who are most vulnerable to developing problematic patterns of use are identified, and alterations to methods of data collection which would improve the ability of local authorities to monitor these populations and more efficiently target them for early preventative interventions are highlighted. It is argued that social‐psychological research techniques and approaches should be used to complement a risk and protection‐focused approach in order to improve the design and evaluation of interventions, and provide decision‐aids for practitioners when assessing the needs of vulnerable young people. Examples are provided to demonstrate the utility of social psychology in this regard, and the paper concludes with specific recommendations for future research and services. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Sex offender notification and protective behavior

A primary purpose of sex offender community notification statutes is to give community members the opportunity to engage in precautionary behavior to prevent victimization. This exploratory study examines the effect of notification by comparing the behavior of 87 Hamilton County, Ohio, residents receiving sex offender notification to the behavior of 149 other residents who had not received notification. The findings indicate that notified respondents are significantly more likely to engage in behaviors to protect themselves and others from victimization, and to engage in community reporting behavior.     

亲贫困增长分析中的Shapley分解规则

亲贫困增长主要是指能够使贫困群体参与经济活动并从中得到更多好处的经济增长。本文把影响亲贫困增长的因素分解为经济增长效应、收入分配效应和贫困线变动效应,并纳入一个统一分析框架中,采用合作博弈理论中的Shapley分解规则证明了亲贫困增长分析中因素变动效应的完全分解过程,并用住户调查数据（1988-2007年）对中国农村和城镇的亲贫困增长状况进行了实证,在此基础上作为制定具有瞄准功效的反贫困政策的有力依据。     

电磁导弹的波瓣特性

首次在球坐标系统下研究了电磁导弹有趣的波瓣特性。研究表明:当天线口径、距离一定时,电磁导弹的波瓣随波形参量减小而变窄;当天线口径、波形参量一定时,电磁导弹的波瓣随距离增加而变窄;当波形参量、距离一定时,电磁导弹的波瓣随天线口径增加而变宽;电磁导弹不存在副瓣;电磁导弹的能量在远轴时仍按球面波方式衰减。这些结论有助于理解电磁导弹的实质。     

悬置共面波导的特性阻抗

悬置共面波导兼有鳍线和悬置带线的优点。文中用共形变换技术分析悬置共面波导，得到严格的解，考虑有限厚度基片情况下给出了悬置共面波导的有效介电常数，单位长度电容和特性阻抗的闭合表达式。     

Maternal and Paternal Drug Misuse and Outcomes for Children: Identifying Risk and Protective Factors

There are estimated to be 250 000–350 000 children of problem drug users in the UK. The Government's Every Child Matters Programme seeks to ensure that vulnerable children affected by parental drug misuse are enabled to achieve their full potential in life. This article critically reviews recent national and international research examining the impact of parental drug misuse on children; focusing on the extent to which within‐family risk and protective factors are related to parental gender. The article calls for greater research focus on paternal drug‐misusers parenting strategies and makes recommendations.