The Power of Peer Support: The Development of the Empowerment Center

ABSTRACT

This article discusses the events and influences that led to the author’s contribution to the development of a mental health consumer-run organization, The Empowerment Center in Mount Vernon, NY. The author traces some events that influenced him personally and the evolution of the Empowerment Center from an organization that provided advocacy services (to those with mental health problems who were hospitalized) and community-based support services to people in mental health recovery, to an organization focusing on economic empowerment and economic development for the community of those in recovery. The transition of the Empowerment Center into an organization focused on economic empowerment underscores the importance of economic independence for people in recovery and the consumer-run organizations that support them. The Empowerment Center endeavors to demonstrate that mental health consumer-survivors can take control of their economic health as well as their physical and mental health.     

How Does a Campus Recovery House Impact Its Students and Its Host Institution?

This is a literature review about a growing trend in meeting the needs of students in recovery who wish to attend an institution of higher education. The trend is campus-based recovery community programs and, more specifically, campus-based recovery houses. The need for, development mechanisms for, and models of different recovery houses are discussed. Trends, disagreements, and gaps in the literature are addressed, as are recommendations for future research. To better understand the context of this type of intervention for recovering college students, long-standing formal and informal recovery tools are defined and addressed. Social support, a significant element of recovery, is given special attention as key to the success of campus recovery programs and houses.     

热方程组的熄灭时间对初值的连续依赖性

利用极值原理和构造辅助函数的方法,我们证明了一类齐次二维热方程组解的熄灭时间连续依赖于初值.     

中美消费者对服务补救承诺反应的差异性分析

服务补救是服务商在服务营销中需要认真面对的问题。在经济全球化的背景下，服务业的跨地区运营使得服务企业面临更加多样化的顾客。文章以中美问卷调查方式的实证研究为基础，从满意度、社会资本、服务时间等方面比较了消费者对服务补救承诺价值反应的差异，并对企业提出有效开展服务补救的建议。     

高校快递包装回收模式研究——以南京信息工程大学为例

在电子商务快速发展背景下，高校快递包装如何回收利用成为一个重要问题。循环经济作为现代资源利用可持续发展的基本理论之一，成为实现高校快递包装绿色回收模式的有效抓手。通过对南京信息工程大学快递回收的观察、访谈和问卷调查，确立个体与学校在快递包装回收过程中的关键价值，并通过模糊数学等定量方法对回收模式的可行性进行评价，提出新型回收模式，为高校快递包装回收提出有建设性的优化策略。     

法律环境对银行不良贷款回收的影响机制研究

不良贷款回收是商业银行服务实体经济、提高资产质量的重要环节。部分企业由于法律意识薄弱，违约后受到的惩罚力度低，故意逃废债，加剧了不良贷款的风险累积。可见地区法律环境在不良贷款的回收中起着重要作用。本文基于某全国性商业银行的企业不良贷款回收数据，运用中介效应检验模型，研究了法律环境对不良贷款回收的影响机制和路径。结果发现，法律环境对不良贷款的回收有显著正向影响。对规模较大的企业，法律保护的作用显著；对规模较小的企业，法律执行的作用显著。法律保护通过贷前约束机制作用于回收率，抵押和担保的中介路径效应显著；法律执行通过贷后监管机制作用于回收率，失信被执行人的中介路径效应显著。银行在业务中要考虑地区法律环境制定相应的贷款审批和回收要求，政府需要从法律保护和法律执行两方面营造更好的法律环境，从而提高不良贷款回收率。     

灾难恢复规划在证券业中的应用

随着证券业信息系统大集中趋势的纵深发展,证券核心业务的业务连续性和灾难恢复问题已被越来越多的证券公司关注,并开始实践。本文介绍了灾难恢复规划的原理和方法,并结合在证券行业中的实际应用,详细论述了灾难恢复规划的风险分析、恢复策略、测试与培训、规划与维护等内容。     

服务补救程度对消费者情绪和行为意向的影响

采用情景模拟方法，以饭店服务失误和补救为例，分别测评了象征性补救、等值补救和超值补救对消费者情绪和行为意向的影响，结果发现:服务补救程度与消费者积极情绪、正面口碑传播和重购意向呈显著正相关，而与消费者消极情绪呈显著负相关；其次。获得补救消费者的积极情绪与正面口碑传播和重购意向呈显著正相关，消费者消极情绪与正面口碑传播和重购意向呈显著负相关。     

EHD强化凝结换热研究的进展与现状

综述了国内外ＥＨＤ强化凝结换热的理论和试验研究成果，概括了以往研究的特点，指出了今后在该领域的研究方向。     

干熄焦余热锅炉中附加受热面传热系数的研究

通过对高温高压干熄焦余热锅炉中附加受热面(水冷壁)和主受热面传热系数的分析,结果表时,在干熄焦余热锅炉中,附加受热面的传热系数约为主受热面的40%.如果按照热力计算标准的规定,将会导致较大的偏差,并且在利用热力计算结果进行水动力计算时也会引起较大误差.