Development and Utilization of a Practice-Based,Adolescent Intake Questionnaire (Adquest)

Summary

This article describes an intake questionnaire (Adquest) that was designed, tested, and implemented, and later employed in clinical data-mining studies, by practitioners in an adolescent mental health program. The instrument is primarily a practice-based, clinical information-gathering and client engagement device. Consequently, it differs in significant ways from more research-driven Rapid Assessment Instruments (RAIs). Despite these differences, when aggregated and analyzed, Adquest data provides valuable psychosocial information about hundreds of vulnerable urban youth seeking mental health services.     

Long-term effects of childbearing on mortality: Evidence from pre-industrial Sweden

This paper presents an analysis of the impact of childbearing history on later-life mortality for ever-married men and women using historical micro-level data of high quality for southern Sweden. The analysis uses a Cox proportional hazards model, estimating the effects on old-age mortality of number of births and timing of first and last births. By studying the effects of previous childbearing on mortality by sex and social status, we also gain important insights into the mechanisms relating childbearing to mortality in old age. The results show that number of children ever born had a statistically significant negative impact on longevity after age 50 for females but not for males. Analysis by social group shows that only landless women experienced higher mortality from having more children, which seems to indicate that the main explanations are to be found in social or economic conditions specific to females, rather than in the strictly biological or physiological effects of childbearing.     

Assessment of the Refined Aging Semantic Differential: Recommendations for Enhancing Validity

The US population is aging. Traditional perspectives have emphasized that a substantial increase in the number of gerontological social workers is needed to care for this population. However, published evidence demonstrates that, along with population growth, economic and social factors must be taken into account before predicting future gerontological social work demand. Structural lag theory is introduced to explain how these factors affect the profession and may limit its presence in gerontological work settings. Recommendations are made to correct the lag, allowing the social work profession a more substantive voice in the aging enterprise.     

关于消费者对促销的反应行为研究

不同类型的促销工具在导致消费者产生特定反应行为方面具有差异性。针对消费者品牌转换行为最有效的促销工具是价格折扣和样品赠送;针对消费者购买加速行为最有效的促销工具是价格折扣与购物赠礼;针对消费者增加购买量最有效的促销工具是价格折扣;针对消费者产品试用行为最有效的促销工具是价格折扣、样品赠送、购物赠礼;购物抽奖相对来说促销效果最差。营销者应根据企业目标针对性地选择最合适的促销工具。     

Cross-Cultural Analyses of Determinants of Quality of Life and Mental Health: Results from the Eurohis Study

Recent projects on international instrument development have produced a wide array of health indicators that may be used for cross-cultural field-testing, however more information on their cross-cultural performance in relation to health determinants is necessary. The current study approaches one step for international conceptual validation by analysing the association between various health determinants and different types of health outcomes (mental health, quality of life) across a range of countries or geographical areas. The current study is based on the EUROHIS project that has been conducted in a sample of 4849 adults across 10 European countries. Results highlight that interactions between health determinants with subjective mental health, general health and quality of life (QoL) differ between Western European countries, Eastern European countries and the Newly Associated States as well as Israel. Using a MIMIC model approach, we were able to show that the impact of each of the sociodemographic variables cannot be interpreted on the basis of its single loading but only seeing the interacting with other indicators. Future studies should include sociodemographics in MIMIC models in each latent factor before carrying out regressions on a larger scale. Future investigations will require larger and representative samples to (a) test models on latent factors of mental health and QoL and (b) on the basis of these findings test overall structural models across countries.     

基于PAD空间情感体验的情感虚拟人评价

设计了一种具有语言、表情和视线交互功能的情感智能教学虚拟人原型系统。为了获得情感虚拟人系统对用户情感体验影响的定量描述,通过心理物理学实验的方法,利用中文简化版情感量表,对系统进行实验测试,得到了基于愉悦度、激活度和优势度（PAD,pleasure—arousal—dominance）情感空间的情感体验描述。实验结果表明,设计的情感智能教学系统可以提升用户在交互过程中的正向情绪及唤醒度和优势度。     

证券市场的信息生产制度——一个品质考核的理论进路

证券市场区别于其他市场的一个重要标志,是其建立了一个庞大、复杂、细密的信息披露体系。本文运用巴泽尔的品质考核理论,深入考察了证券商品的信息特性,并以此为理论线索,重新审视和解释了证券市场的信息生产制度。证券商品的品质考核问题在两个方面对证券法制度产生了根本性影响。一方面,它导致证券市场涌现出大量投资银行、会计师事务所、证券投资基金、证券评级公司等市场机构,从事大规模的证券信息生产,众多的机构管理法规因而成为证券法体系非常重要的组成部分。另一方面,它迫使证券市场建立起一套严格的信息生产体制,为证券市场持续、大规模的信息生产提供制度保障。     

基于DSP与LabVIEW仿生运动机理模型在线切换、离散化系统

仿生运动机理模型在实际的应用过程中,必须针对特定的应用场合和不同的硬件系统选择不同的控制模型和最优参数,使实际效果达到最佳。文章提出了一种基于DSP与LabVIEW,对仿生运动机理模型进行实时在线离散化的方法。该方法实现了控制模型的在线切换、参数的实时修正、模型的在线离散化、LabVIEW和DSP的实时通信。实验结果表明,该系统实时性好、运行可靠。     

失业保险给付期限差异下的失业持续时间研究

本文对享受不同失业保险给付期限的失业者的失业持续时间差异进行了实证研究。根据工作搜寻理论,应用存活分析方法建立了含有失业保险给付期限因素的失业持续时间模型,并对青岛市失业者登记数据进行了实证研究。结果表明:享受失业保险者的失业持续时间明显长于不享受失业保险者的失业持续时间,在失业保险给付额度相同的条件下,失业保险给付期限与失业持续时间成同向变动关系。