Seasonal patterns of global oil consumption: Implications for long term energy policy

The dynamic evolution of the seasonal patterns in world oil consumption is dictated by complex interactions between regional consumers. Although this global pattern was stable and predictable in the past, recently it has undergone dramatic changes that have not been well understood yet. This paper contributes to literature on oil consumption behaviours by analysing the counter-balance of ‘coincident’ and ‘counter-directional’ regional seasonal patterns that have time-varying amplitude relative to their longer-term trends. It is shown that the recent global seasonal changes have been mainly driven by long-run demand trends in fast-growing emerging markets and, to a lesser extent, by idiosyncratic changes in regions’ seasonal amplitude. Our analysis is relevant to energy policy in general as both global and regional oil consumption seasonality have important implications for oil pricing, investment decisions, hedging, geopolitics and energy security.     

Place,people and processes in waste theory: a global South critique

Scholars across the humanities and social sciences have long sought to theorize waste, and more particularly the relationship between humans – their history, society, culture, art and thought – and their discards. My contention, though, is that these theories, since Mary Douglas’s Purity and Danger (1966) and Thompson’s Rubbish Theory (1979), have been predominantly based in and on global North contexts and, concomitantly, have taken as their axiom the distance between our cultures, lives, experiences and our material rejects. By intersecting existing cultural theories of waste with two important emerging schools of thought – environmental justice and new materialism – I argue that the exclusion or side-lining of places, notably in the global South where countless people live on a day-to-day basis with, on, and off waste, leads to certain imbalances, biases and gaps. Most notably, the livingness and agency of material rejects is often overlooked in theories that oppose humans and other-than-human waste. By way of conclusion, I propose the notion of ‘living waste’ – a more literal and material take on Bauman’s well-known concept ‘wasted lives’ – as a new point of departure for a reconceptualization of waste that might escape the prevailing dualisms and account simultaneously for ‘full-belly’ and ‘empty-belly’ contexts, human (wasted) lives and other-than-human waste materials, and understandings of lived experiences of waste.     

试论社会工作价值教育的写作疗法

目前，我国社会工作专业教育取得了很大的进步，但是依然存在着学生专业归属感与认同度不高的局限。社会工作价值教育的核心动力包括自我认同和专业认同，写作疗法是社会工作专业价值教育的一种可行选择。写作疗法可以促进社会工作价值教育中的个人认同和专业认同的螺旋上升，增强学生对自己、对专业的认知、态度、归属和自豪感，激发学生的梦想力、团队感、执行力和成就感，最终实现社会工作专业价值内化。社会工作价值教育中写作疗法的运用，要坚持学生为本理念、深耕精培理念和关系促进原则、成就动力原则，遵循科学的程序和指引。在这一过程中，指导教师要将社会工作价值理念教育贯穿始终，通过言传身教让学生切实感受到专业价值的真实性和价值性。     

Information Needs Concerning a Planned Waste Incineration Facility

Waste management has become a major environmental issue in Germany. The siting of waste incineration especially arouses strong local opposition. The study presented here is related to such a case (i.e., a planned waste incineration facility in a small West German village). The study is based on a telephone survey aimed at the information needs of the residents. Two topics are stressed: (1) the thematic relevance of the siting project as seen by the public; and (2) the residents'information needs. The results show that a majority of residents are concerned about the planned facility, and the most important topics of their information needs refer to the risks and the safety systems of the planned facility, as well as information about waste management alternatives. Furthermore, the information needs depend on the personal relevance of the issue and the perceived knowledge deficit about it. Conclusions are drawn with regard to the design of a risk communication program. Here, four groups of residents are distinguished in terms of knowledge and motivation and, thus, need to be approached in different ways.     

艾略特诗歌的用典败笔

本文从艾略特早期哲学思想中考察其追求诗歌的“隐晦”目标，并通过中西诗学观点的比较指出艾略特的“哲学诗歌”误区，这一误区导致他在早期诗歌特别是在《荒原》中使用“生典”和“硬典”的修辞败笔。     

余热利用项目的模糊综合评价

对余热利用项目的评价,应是综合性的多目标评价。本文运用模糊集合论,井综合运用系统工程、计算机科学等领域的理论和技术,提出一套余热利用综合评价指标体系,建立了模糊综合评价数学模型和相应的计算机评价软件。在对实际的余热利用项目的应用中,收到了良好的效果。     

论科学发展观视域下的石油企业公民形象的构建

在科学发展观的指引下，石油企业如何结合自身的特点，建构适合自己的企业公民形象。这不仅是石油企业内部建设的问题，更重要的是通过石油企业的特殊代表意义，来带动整个社会对企业公民的关注。     

我国高校教材《粮油储藏学》编印历史探讨

简述了我国粮食储藏学科的建立、建设及发展过程,介绍了原苏联和美国粮食储藏学科专业教材的建设情况。对我国粮油储藏学教材与美国和前苏联的粮油储藏学教材进行了比较分析。     

美国军事介入中东石油战略利益之透析

冷战后,美国将中东石油视为其最根本的国家利益之一.经济战略利益则是这种国家利益的基础和体现.为了更有效获取和控制中东石油,美国往往通过战争来推进其石油霸权战略.20世纪九十年代以来,美国在大中东地区"牵头"发动四次战争,其实质都是"为石油而战"--以国家利益和"干涉主义"理论为幌子,以武力为后盾独霸中东石油,从而实现其经济战略利益.事实上,美国以军事手段推进的中东石油霸权战略是难以实现的.     

《红线协定》与中东石油政治格局的变迁

《红线协定》的签订打破了一战前后英法等国对中东石油的殖民控制,预示着全球石油权力嬗变的开始,而《红线协定》的最终解体又确立了美国石油公司在中东的支配地位,标志着美国取代英国中东霸权地位的开始.