Perceptions of suicide and their impact on policy,discourse and welfare

In recent years, there has been an increase in suicide rates throughout the Western world. However, psycho-social responses to the problem are limited, as is public awareness of suicide and its consequences. This article presents findings from a survey on public attitudes toward suicide in Israel. The survey was conducted among a representative sample, and examined the extent to which the problem is a public priority for developing interventions aimed at preventing and reducing the rates of suicide. The findings revealed that despite the prevalence of suicide in Israel, and even though many of the participants had been personally acquainted with the families of suicide victims, suicide still ranks low on the hierarchy of bereavement. The Israeli public is ignorant about suicide, and does not consider it a problem that calls for government intervention and accountability. The study highlights the need for social workers to play an active role as social agents in an attempt to change the social ‘bereavement pyramid’ perception and effect on government policy toward suicide.     

我国农民组织意识：现状、成因与思考——基于农村非政府组织发展状况的考量

20世纪七十年代以来,非政府组织风靡全球,不仅掀起了一场真正的全球结社革命,而且成为弥补＂政府失灵＂与＂市场失灵＂的一支重要力量。改革开放以来,我国非政府组织也得到了快速发展。农村非政府组织作为其中的一种,在农村经济社会发展,农民权益维护等方面扮演着极为重要的角色。然而,由于历史和政策法规等现实方面的原因,我国农村非政府组织的发展依旧不如人意,农民组织意识也并不强烈。在影响农民组织意识的诸多因素中,中国传统文化、农民的经济状况与文化程度以及国家政策法规成为最主要的方面。     

外语教学中跨文化交际意识的培养

外语教学的最终目的就是培养学生的跨文化交际能力.本文通过跨文化语用失误的分析说明跨文化交际意识的重要性,提出在外语教学中如何培养学生的跨文化交际意识,帮助学生实现成功的跨文化交际.     

论先秦哲学中“天”的观念的演变

有关“天”的观念，一直是在中国哲学中占据重要地位的一个哲学概念，每一个中国哲学家都无法绕开对它的思考和探究。本文试图通过对它在整个先秦哲学中的不断发展和演变过程的探析，来窥探中国先秦哲学的某些发展轨迹和历程。     

Out of Sight,Out of Mind? Geographic and Social Predictors of Flood Risk Awareness

The persistent gap in flood risk awareness in Canada, and elsewhere in North America, is a continual source of worry for researchers and emergency managers; many people living in at‐risk places are simply unaware of risks and of their proximity to hazards. This study seeks to understand which residents were aware of flood risk, using unique representative survey data of Calgary residents living in the city's flood‐prone neighborhoods collected after the devastating and costly 2013 Southern Alberta Flood. The article uses logistic regression models to analyze which residents were aware of risk to their homes. Findings indicate that, in addition to various demographic predictors, many of the geographic predictors (including the elevation of one's home relative to the river) are significant predictors of awareness. Having a direct sight line to one of Calgary's two rivers is also a significant predictor in some of the models, suggesting that the visibility of hazards matters for flood risk perception, although this effect fades when many of the geographic predictors are added. Finally, the models indicate that several variables related to local, neighborhood‐based social networks are significant as well. These findings reveal that both physical surroundings and social context are important for understanding risk awareness. The article concludes by discussing the relevance for social science research on disasters and hazards, as well as for planners and emergency managers.     

The Effect of Board of Directors’ IT Awareness on CIO Compensation and Firm Performance

Chief information officers (CIOs) play increasingly strategic roles in firms in this competitive global economy, which is now largely powered by information technology (IT). However, research has shown a lack of board of directors’ oversight on CIO‐ and IT‐related issues. Drawing on agency, resource dependence, and alignment theories, we investigate the effect of board of directors’ IT awareness on CIO compensation structure and firm performance. We conduct cross‐sectional time series analyses of data collected from various sources. Our study underlines three important findings. First, we show that some commonly known executive compensation determinants, such as individual characteristics and governance structure, do not have significant effects on CIO compensation structure. Second, with regard to CIO compensation structure, firms respond to increasing information asymmetry differently according to the level of IT awareness of their boards. Finally, firms perform better when their boards have higher levels of IT awareness, and this positive effect of IT awareness is considerably larger in IT intensive industries. Overall, our study provides empirical support for the important role of boards’ IT awareness in shaping CIO compensation and improving firm performance. Our results suggest that boards with functional area knowledge—or higher IT awareness in this case—can more effectively monitor and better incentivize executives, and consequently lead to better firm performance.     

激情的变奏：创造社作家社团意识的历史轨迹

从文学革命到革命文学,创造社经历了诸多变奏。其成员感性认知与理性认知博弈的结果是,创造社最终被无产阶级革命规训,时代性的团体感情占据了个体的能动空间。创造社近十年发展变化中,个人浪漫主义最初创造了个体自觉的空间,当自我激情释放在同一方向的时候,以反对文学旧势力与栽植创造之花为使命,而个体生存空间与现实恶劣环境的冲突,也不失时机地造就了社员的协作意识;当革命思想蔓延开来的时候,个人主义理想被集体主义12号所淹没,个体激情最终让位给了集体感情。两者较量的结果,不是取决于个体与集体孰重孰轻,而是取决于个体激情的尺度与方向。     

对我国中学体育教学加强军事体育教育的思考

＂表演体会情境＂是情境教学法其中的一种,它的核心在于激发学生的学习情感。该论文主要论述了＂表演体会情境＂的理论基础即建构主义学习理论和合作学习理论,并介绍了在大学课堂中运用该方法的意义,即有助于培养学生的合作意识、主动参与意识和创新意识。最后在个案介绍的基础上,提炼出运用＂表演体会情境＂的注意事项。     

学报编辑主体意识论

高校学报是一种特殊的期刊品种,它以学术性、理论性和综合性为主要特征,在文化建设上担负着传播知识、进行文化积累的使命。学报编辑对学报的生存和发展具有举足轻重的作用,在高校学报对外交流不断扩大、质量竞争日显激烈的新形式下,增强学报编辑主体的策划意识、学术意识、著作权意识很有必要。