Maboo wirriya,be healthy: Community-directed development of an evidence-based diabetes prevention program for young Aboriginal people in a remote Australian town

Supporting healthy lifestyle behaviours is a key aspect of preventing type 2 diabetes which disproportionately affects disadvantaged groups from a younger age. Formative participatory research was undertaken to design a program for young Aboriginal people in a remote town in North West Australia with a high level of health needs and relatively few prevention initiatives. Focus groups and advisory discussions with Aboriginal community members were used to determine the nature of the program. The need for a comprehensive program was consistently expressed and limited healthy lifestyle knowledge and difficulties with healthy eating influenced by food environments were noted to be important. With guidance from the Derby Aboriginal Health Service, findings were integrated with previous international research evidence to develop a program tailored to local Aboriginal people aged 15–25 years and refine it after piloting. This 8-session program, ‘Maboo wirriya, be healthy’ involved an education component consistent with the US Diabetes Prevention Program and practical activities including group exercise. Changes to program structure and documentation were made after piloting for future use. The community-directed approach used in this study is vital to ensure relevance of localised chronic disease prevention programs in a range of settings.     

CO2气体冷却器性能测试实验台设计

为了对CO2气体冷却器进行系统全面的性能分析,根据CO2制冷剂在亚临界区和超临界区的换热特性,以第二制冷剂量热器法和水冷气体冷却法为理论基础,结合企业实际测试需求研制了能够全面测试CO2气体冷却器性能的实验台。其可测试的换热量范围是1.6~32.0 kW,测量精度高。实际选用了一个气体冷却器做验证,结果显示2种测量方法的偏差小于4%,满足企业验收标准。此实验台的设计可为相关性能测试实验台的研究提供借鉴。     

Ability of Experience Design Elements to Elicit Emotions and Loyalty Behaviors

Experience design, an approach to create emotional connection with guests or customers through careful planning of tangible and intangible service elements, has gained popularity in many hospitality and retail businesses. With ever‐increasing competition, service providers seek to develop loyalty by aggressively designing, continuously innovating, and managing their customer experiences. This article explores the relationship between different service elements designed to create enhanced experience and customer loyalty. In addition, it looks at emotional responses as mediating factors between the physical and relational elements and loyalty behaviors. A model is proposed and tested with a VIP hospitality tent for an internationally renowned touring circus. Results of the study indicate that while a few design elements directly affect loyalty behavior, the relationship between most design elements and loyalty behavior is strongly mediated by eliciting certain types of emotional behavior. This connection has implications for the focus of service managers' efforts in different environments.     

An Exploratory Analysis of the Value of the Skills of IT Personnel: Their Relationship to IS Infrastructure and Competitive Advantage

Determining and assessing the requisite skills of information technology (IT) personnel have become critical as the value of IT has risen in modern organizations. In addition to technical skills traditionally expected of IT personnel, softer skills like managerial, business, and interpersonal skills have been increasingly cited in previous studies as mandatory for these employees. This paper uses a typology of IT personnel skills—technology management skills, business functional skills, interpersonal skills, and technical skills—and investigates their relationships to two information systems (IS) success variables, IS infrastructure flexibility and the competitive advantage provided by IS. The study investigates these relationships using the perceptions of chief information officers (CIOs) from mostly Fortune 2000 companies. The contributions of this study are: IT personnel skills do affect IS success, technical skills are viewed as the most important skill set in affecting IS infrastructure flexibility and competitive advantage, and modularity is viewed as more valuable to competitive advantage than integration. Several explanations are offered for the lack of positive relationships between the softer IT personnel skills and the dimensions of IS success used in this study.     

生态哲学--产品生态设计的哲学基础和理论指导

生态哲学研究人与自然相互作用的基本问题.生态哲学为人与自然、人与社会的综合优化发展提供了一般的方法论,也为工业设计的实践与发展提供了思路和原则.产品生态设计是生态学与工业设计相结合的产物,而马克思主义的生态哲学思想则为此提供了重要的理论指导.     

Information-Processing Alternatives for Coping with Manufacturing Environment Complexity

Investment in information systems and technology is often justified as a necessary strategy for coping with the increased complexity and information needs of today/s manufacturing environments. However, the world class manufacturing paradigm suggests that increased complexity is not always necessary to meet the needs of markets and customers. Galbraith/s (1973, 1977) seminal information-processing model is applied to a manufacturing environment, supported by the world class manufacturing paradigm, to test the role of various information-processing alternatives for coping with increased environmental complexity. Moderated regression and multiple discriminant analysis are used to test hypotheses in a sample of 164 manufacturing plants. Environmental complexity was found to be related to manufacturing performance for each of the five dependent variables. This relationship was moderated by at least one information-processing alternative for each dependent variable, including self-contained tasks, lateral relations, and environmental management strategies for reducing manufacturing, supplier, and goal diversity. Investments in information systems and reduction of labor and customer diversity did not moderate this relationship. Practices that were found to be particularly effective in moderating this relationship included the use of multifunctional employees, communication of manufacturing strategy, coordination of decision making, product design simplicity, reduction of parts counts, supervisory interaction facilitation, recruiting and selection for flexible employees, JIT practices, blanket purchase orders, and strong customer relationships.     

选择BSR类型的方法研究

本文提出了一个选择购买方-供应商关系(BSR)的实验设计方法。作者以国内摩托车制造企业的供应与采购管理人员的有效问卷55份为第一手资料,确定了购买方-供应商关系(BSR)类型选择方法中的重要概念:BSR的分类、BSR类型的特征、决定BSR类型的零部件要素及各个要素的等级。接着,以南京金城铃木摩托车有限公司的有关数据进行了该方法的应用示范,案例研究的结果表明,要素的关系价值可以估算得出,并根据关系价值可以推算出关系指数,从而为新的零部件选择适当的BSR类型提供了有效的方法。     

对城市设计导则的认识

城市设计导则是城市设计理论中最有价值的核心内容,深化对城市设计导则的认识对城市规划建设具有重要的意义.文章总结和概括了城市设计导则的发展及其在国内外的实践,深入探讨了城市设计导则的价值基础和基本功能,从而在理论上丰富了城市设计导则的内容,为合理制定城市设计导则及其实际应用提供了科学依据.     

现代性文化方案·价值观·价值观教育

现代性文化方案是现代性获得启迪和拓展的精神气质,在某种意义上,现代性是一个文化演进的过程。现代性文化方案最本质、最核心的任务就在于将现代性价值理想以价值观的形式生成为人的内在性格和行为坐标。但是,现代性文化方案在现代境域中却呈颓废之势,作为其核心的价值观呈现低迷与困厄之势。从价值观及其教育之维,对现代性文化方案重新勾勒与赋值并期待获得救赎性意义是本文研究之初衷。     

小组工作实践教学研究

几年来,通过对小组工作这门课程的持续地关注以及教学与研究,笔者对其实践教学环节的设置已日趋成熟,初步形成由单纯的理论教学,到安排适当的实践教学,再到理论教学与实践教学对半开,甚至出现实践教学所占的比重有不断加大地的良好势头。这有助于学生在理解小组工作基本理念的基础上,熟练地掌握小组工作的方法与技巧,即熟练掌握小组工作的操作流程,透过诸如小组活动、小组游戏以及小组习作来了解小组的动力情况,从而提高学生的实务能力。