新型粮农生产性服务需求影响因素分析——基于湖南4市131份粮农调查数据

基于湖南省长沙市、湘潭市、岳阳市、益阳市等4市131份粮农调查数据,从粮农背景、生产资源禀赋、外部环境选取10个变量,分析新型粮农生产性服务需求的影响因素,结果表明:84.73%的粮农具有生产性服务需求;影响新型粮农生产性服务需求的显著性因素主要为户主受教育程度、粮农生产规模与粮农生产收入。因此,提高新型粮农生产性服务需求,需要着力"双目标"(国家粮食安全目标和粮食生产收益目标)这一粮食生产的重要约束,构建粮农生产性服务体系,积极促进农村土地流转,努力发挥生产性服务的有效功能。     

我国学术出版的困境与突围思考

文章肯定了学术出版的意义与使命,对当前学术出版遭遇困境的原因进行了分析,揭示了导致学术出版困境的主要因素,并提出了六条突破学术出版困境的途径与策略。     

基于Peti网的WEB服务组合建模及验证

Web服务组合是为了应对日益复杂的业务处理流程,将单一的web服务组合在一起形成一个新的服务。正确的组合web服务是有效应用这些服务的前提,为此研究了利用Petri网组合Web服务的方法和web服务组合模型的验证算法。在对工作流和Web服务组合进行分析对比的基础上,借鉴基于Petri网的工作流建模技术,给出了一种基于Petri网技术的Web服务组合建模方法．采用直观的图形表示Web服务组合模型。结合Web服务组合模型的合理性定义,设计出Web服务组合模型合理性验证算法,利用库所向量和服务集合的表示方法对Web服务组合模型进行分析验证。最后用一个具体实例对Web服务组合建模和验证方法作进一步说明。     

基于云服务的装备制造业服务化转型研究

我国装备制造业发展迅速,规模位居世界第一,但却大而不强。受自身技术创新能力和管理、制造水平的影响,装备制造业产品缺乏市场竞争力,全球金融危机带来的市场需求下降也导致行业增长速度放缓。在云服务环境下,应运用云计算这一新型服务模式实现装备制造企业内部组织和外部营销的服务化转型,进而促进和推动装备制造业转型升级。     

湖南城乡居民消费结构与现代服务业发展研究

本文对湖南省消费结构以及现代服务业的发展进行了分析。研究显示：湖南现代服务业发展相对滞后与其消费结构存在关联,同时,现代服务业优化消费结构的作用还需要挖掘。文章认为,为了加快湖南产业结构和消费结构升级,有必要从以下几点采取措施：产品和服务要适应不同居民消费层次;通过财政转移,提升农村公共服务水平,加快农村消费结构升级;进一步加大在教育上的投入。     

城中村公共服务建设的现状与策略研究--基于新泰市城中村改造的思考

城中村是城镇化进程中的特色产物,是介于农村和城市之间的过渡形态。由于历史环境和体制机制等原因,城中村往往管理无序,布局混乱,究其根源则是社区公共服务不到位,没有填补从农村到城市公共需求的空白。当前,我国城中村的公共服务改造和发展,在政府职能、组织建设、服务体系、物质基础、人员结构等方面还存在诸多问题,本文以新泰市为样本,对其城中村改造过程中的公共服务建设现状进行调查研究,力图破解城中村公共服务建设的发展难题。     

Empowering Alliances in Pursuit of Social Justice: Social Workers Supporting Psychiatric-Survivor Movements

This article reviews historical and current examples of harmful and forced treatments as well as scientific discrimination that have been applied to people diagnosed with mental illness. It discusses anti-psychiatric social action in North America from 1970 to the present. A review of social work's foundations in social justice, empowerment, and person-in-the-environment perspectives highlights the congruencies and communal benefits for both the social work profession and psychiatric-survivor movements. Through this discussion, it is apparent that the professed values of the social work profession are actually more compatible with psychiatric-survivor movements than with any allegiances to the biomedical model of psychiatry.     

Family Unity Meetings: Decision Making and Placement Outcomes

ABSTRACT

The sample consisted of all families (747) who were invited to receive a Family Unity Meeting from a Public Child Welfare Agency in a large urban county. Data was derived from the review of agency case files. The design was a retrospective case review with an embedded prospective study. This study describes factors that distinguish between CPS clients who accept an invitation to participate in a Family Unity Meeting (FUM) and those clients who decline to participate. The meeting process is described, and logistic regression is used to identify variables that predicted successful outcomes FUM meetings.

Families with reunification as a goal were the most likely cases to agree to participate followed by Voluntary and Permanency Planning cases. Cases with severe neglect were the least likely group to participate in a meeting process. Approximately nine people attended an average meeting. Maternal relatives were more likely to attend than paternal relatives.

Empirical evidence was found to support the notion that FUM expands the notion of family. Only 38% of children were placed with a parent after a meeting, but 82% of children were placed with a family member. Children were not placed with either the parent or family if the social worker had placement as a goal before the meeting. Cases with permanency plans were also less likely to be placed with the family. Social workers were more likely to agree with a placement with relatives if they had a concern about parental drug abuse. Having a maternal aunt in attendance at the meeting was predictive of having a child placed with the family.

Social workers and families stated concerns prior to the meeting diverged. Families were more concerned with economic and financial issues than were the social workers. Social workers were more concerned with child protective service issues (type of abuse, placement issues, etc.) and the behavior of the parent (substance abuse, mental health, etc.) than was the family. Paying attention to family issues such as finances may be a necessary precursor to families focusing on more complex matters like substance abuse or parenting practices.

Placement outcomes were consistent with worker's goals stated before the meeting. If a social worker said they wanted to place a child with the family before the meeting, that placement was most likely the outcome of the meeting. Social workers may be guiding the decisions of the family. If this interpretation is correct then it raises questions about who makes decisions at the meeting. An alternative conclusion is that the social workers are good diagnosticians who know prior to the meeting if placement is necessary, and know what decisions the family will make.     

Perspectives on Independent Living Services Among Resilient Youth

This article describes the results of a qualitative research study of youth who are primarily aging out of foster care and utilizing Independent Living Services. Interviews and focus groups from youth revealed the following four themes: (1) emotional support needed (family support, case manager support), (2) tangible independent living services requested (financial resources, life skills, daycare), (3) communication of program services, and (4) the role of resiliency. A discussion of the themes and recommendations for child welfare agencies that work with this population are forwarded.     

Longitudinal cost of services in a homeless sample with cocaine use disorder

ABSTRACT

Homeless people with cocaine use disorder have multiple comorbidities and costly service needs. This study examined service costs associated with cocaine use and substance service use in substance, psychiatric, and medical service sectors. 127 homeless participants with cocaine use disorder were interviewed annually. Self-report and agency-report service use and cost data were combined. Pairwise comparisons were made with cocaine abstinence and substance service use in relation to mean and yearly proportional service costs in 3 service sectors. Among substance service users, the achievement of abstinence was not associated with decreased substance service costs. Cocaine abstinence was associated with proportional reduction of substance service costs over time. Substance service use was associated with proportional reduction of psychiatric service costs over time among the abstinent subgroup. Conversely, substance service use was associated with continuing higher medical service expenditures in the abstinent subgroup and higher psychiatric service expenditures in those not abstinent. Homeless individuals who achieved cocaine abstinence after using substance services had decreased substance service expenditures. Individuals with continued substance service use had greater medical and psychiatric service costs. Policy-based on maximizing benefits while minimizing costs appears insufficiently complex to incorporate the multiple needs and associated with the costs of treating homeless populations.