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关系型自我构念量表中文版的信效度检验 The Reliability and Validity of the Chinese Version of the Relational-Interdependent Self-Construal Scale

本文修订并检验了中文版关系型自我构念量表的信效度。 参与本研究的有效被试包括来自泸州医学院的192名大学生和来自西南大学的237名大学生。 研究发现新模型适配；内部一致性系数是0.80；关系型自我构念与独立我、互依我、短版独立我、短版互依我相关显著；与自信的相关是0.33；与16PF中的恃强性，兴奋性，有恒性，实验性，感情用事与安详机警性，心理健康人格因素，内向与外向性相关显著；性别差异显著(t = 5.47, p < 0.001)。 结果表明该量表具有良好的信效度。 This study investigated the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Relational-Inter- dependent Self-Construal Scale (RISCS). The effective participants of this study included 192 University students from Lu Zhou Medical College and 237 University students from SouthwesternUniversity. New model were fit. Internal consistency reliability coefficient of the scale was 0.80. The relationship between RISCS and independence self, interdependent self, short version of independent self, interdependent self were related significantly. And then, the relationship between RISCS and self-confidence was calculated as 0.33. RISCS and dominance, liveliness, persistence, openness to change, emotional reasoning, mental health, in- troverted and outgoing of 16PF were significantly correlated. The difference of sex was significant (t = 5.47, p < 0.001). The results show that this scale is a reliable and valid instrument.
Illegal Acts Committed by Adolescents Under the Influence of Alcohol and Drugs

This study examined the proximal effects of alcohol and drug use on adolescent illegal activity. Four years of longitudinal data from the Pittsburgh Youth Study were analyzed for 506 local male adolescents. Participants reported committing offenses against persons more often than general theft under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Aggressive acts were more often related to self-reported acute alcohol use than to marijuana use. Those who reported committing illegal acts under the influence reported committing offenses with other people and being arrested more often than those who did not. Offenses under the influence were more prevalent among heavier alcohol and drug users, more serious offenders, more impulsive youth, and youth with more deviant peers. There were no significant interaction effects of alcohol and drug use with impulsivity or deviant peers in predicting whether illegal acts were committed under the influence. The association between drug use and illegal activity during adolescence is complex.
On Complex Word Alignment Configurations

Resources of manual word alignments contain configurations that are beyond the alignment capacity of current translation models, hence the term complex alignment configuration. They have been the matter of some debate in the machine translation community, as they call for more powerful translation models that come with further complications. In this work we investigate instances of complex alignment configurations in data sets of four different language pairs to shed more light on the nature and cause of those configurations. For the English-German alignments from Padó and Lapata (2006), for instance, we find that only a small fraction of the complex configurations are due to real annotation errors. While a third of the complex configurations in this data set could be simplified when annotating according to a different style guide, the remaining ones are phenomena that one would like to be able to generate during translation. Those instances are mainly caused by the different word order of English and German. Our findings thus motivate further research in the area of translation beyond phrase-based and context-free translation modeling.
The steady state configurational distribution diffusion equation of the standard FENE dumbbell polymer model: existence and uniqueness of solutions for arbitrary velocity gradients

The configurational distribution function, solution of an evolution (diffusion) equation of the Fokker-Planck-Smoluchowski type, is (at least part of) the corner stone of polymer dynamics: it is the key to calculating the stress tensor components. This can be reckoned from \cite{bird2}, where a wealth of calculation details is presented regarding various polymer chain models and their ability to accurately predict viscoelastic flows. One of the simplest polymer chain idealization is the Bird and Warner's model of finitely extensible nonlinear elastic (FENE) chains. In this work we offer a proof that the steady state configurational distribution equation has unique solutions irrespective of the (outer) flow velocity gradients (i.e. for both slow and fast flows).
Volume dependence of spectral weights for unstable particles in a solvable model

Volume dependence of the spectral weight is usually used as a simple criteria to distinguish single-particle states from multiparticle states in lattice QCD calculations. Within a solvable model, the Lee model, we show that this criteria is in principle only valid for a stable particle or a narrow resonance. If the resonance being studied is broad, then the volume dependence of the corresponding spectral weight resembles that of a multiparticle state instead of a single-particle one. For an unstable V particle in the Lee model, the transition from single-particle to multiparticle volume dependence is governed by the ratio of its physical width to the typical level spacing in the finite volume. We estimate this ratio for practical lattice QCD simulations and find that, for most cases, the resonance studied in lattice QCD simulations still resembles the single-particle behavior.
Advances in the modelling and control of micro hydro power stations applied on self-excited induction generators based on hydraulic turbine nonlinear model

This chapter proposes a solution for the control of micro hydro power stations for island operation based on the characteristics of hydraulic turbine nonlinear model with the use of a self-excited induction generator. To control the frequency of the turbine it was considered the non-linear model applied to this type of turbine and the use of a frequency regulator, with characteristics of a proportional-derivative controller (PD), applied to the control of a system, which is composed by a three-phase induction motor driven by a frequency inverter. Voltage control is performed through a voltage fed inverter with pulse width modulation (PWM). The PWM inverter operates as a static VAR compensator absorbing or injecting reactive power in the system according to the load connected on its terminal in order to regulate the voltage at the terminals of the induction generator. The proposed control system is implemented digitally using a digital signal processor (DSP). Also, along this chapter, simulation and experimental results are presented in order to demonstrate the action of the control system in the regulation of variables of the generation system, both in terms of frequency control and voltage control.
vIOMMU: Efficient IOMMU Emulation

Direct device assignment, where a guest virtual machine directly interacts with an I/O device without host intervention, is appealing, because it allows an unmodified (non-hypervisor-aware) guest to achieve near-native performance. But device assignment for unmodified guests suffers from two serious deficiencies: (1) it requires pinning all of the guest's pages, thereby disallowing memory overcommitment, and (2) it exposes the guest's memory to buggy device drivers. We solve these problems by designing, implementing, and exposing an emulated IOMMU (vIOMMU) to the unmodified guest. We employ two novel optimizations to make vIOMMU perform well: (1) waiting a few milliseconds before tearing down an IOMMU mapping in the hope it will be immediately reused ("optimistic teardown"), and (2) running the vIOMMU on a sidecore, and thereby enabling for the first time the use of a sidecore by unmodified guests. Both optimizations are highly effective in isolation. The former allows bare-metal to achieve 100% of a 10Gbps line rate. The combination of the two allows an unmodified guest to do the same.
A neural model of time to toxin production by non-proteolytic clostridium botulinum

Clostridium botulinum is a bacterium present in the raw ingredients of many foods. It produces a powerful neurotoxin as part of its growth process, that can prove fatal when doses as small as a few micrograms are consumed. It is therefore vital to be able to accurately determine the food processing and storage conditions where toxin production is prevented. This paper describes a model of the effect of heat treatment and subsequent incubation temperature on time to toxin production by non-proteolytic C. botulinum. A multi-layer perceptron network is trained, using a cross-entropy error metric, to estimate the a posteriori probability of toxin production given the heat treatment applied and incubation time and temperature. The results obtained compare favourably with those obtained using a conventional model based on a quadratic response surface.
The mind-body relationship in psychotherapy: grounded cognition as an explanatory framework

As a discipline, psychology is defined by its location in the ambiguous space between mind and body, but theories underpinning the application of psychology in psychotherapy are largely silent on this fundamental metaphysical issue. This is a remarkable state of affairs, given that psychotherapy is typically a real-time meeting between two embodied agents, with the goal of facilitating behavior change in one party. The overarching aim of this paper is to problematize the mind–body relationship in psychotherapy in the service of encouraging advances in theory and practice. The paper briefly explores various psychotherapeutic approaches to help explicate relationships between mind and body from these perspectives. Themes arising from this analysis include a tendency toward dualism (separation of mind and body from the conceptualization of human functioning), exclusivism (elimination of either mind or body from the conceptualization of human functioning), or mind–body monism (conceptualization of mind and body as a single, holistic system). We conclude that the literature, as a whole, does not demonstrate consensus, regarding the relationship between mind and body in psychotherapy. We then introduce a contemporary, holistic, psychological conceptualization of the relationship between mind and body, and argue for its potential utility as an organizing framework for psychotherapeutic theory and practice. The holistic approach we explore, “grounded cognition,” arises from a long philosophical tradition, is influential in current cognitive science, and presents a coherent empirically testable framework integrating subjective and objective perspectives. Finally, we demonstrate how this “grounded cognition” perspective might lead to advances in the theory and practice of psychotherapy.
Null space velocity control with dynamically consistent pseudo-inverse

Null space velocity control is essential for achieving good behaviour of a redundant manipulator. Using the dynamically consistent pseudo-inverse, the task and null space motion and forces are decoupled. The paper presents a globally stable null space velocity controller and the gradient projection technique in conjunction with the dynamically consistent pseudo-inverse. The physical meaning and influence of the compensation terms in null the space velocity controller are explained. The performance of the proposed null space controller is tested on 4. d.o. f planar redundant manipulator interacting with the environment.
Neuropeptide S-Mediated Facilitation of Synaptic Transmission Enforces Subthreshold Theta Oscillations within the Lateral Amygdala

The neuropeptide S (NPS) receptor system modulates neuronal circuit activity in the amygdala in conjunction with fear, anxiety and the expression and extinction of previously acquired fear memories. Using in vitro brain slice preparations of transgenic GAD67-GFP (Δneo) mice, we investigated the effects of NPS on neural activity in the lateral amygdala as a key region for the formation and extinction of fear memories. We are able to demonstrate that NPS augments excitatory glutamatergic synaptic input onto both projection neurons and interneurons of the lateral amygdala, resulting in enhanced spike activity of both types of cells. These effects were at least in part mediated by presynaptic mechanisms. In turn, inhibition of projection neurons by local interneurons was augmented by NPS, and subthreshold oscillations were strengthened, leading to their shift into the theta frequency range. These data suggest that the multifaceted effects of NPS on amygdaloid circuitry may shape behavior-related network activity patterns in the amygdala and reflect the peptide's potent activity in various forms of affective behavior and emotional memory.
Integrity Constraints for Linked Data

Linked Data makes one central addition to the Semantic Web principles: all entity URIs should be dereferenceable to provide an authoritative RDF representation. URIs in a linked dataset can be partitioned into the exported URIs for which the dataset is authoritative versus the imported URIs the dataset is linking against. This partitioning has an impact on integrity constraints, as a Closed World Assumption applies to the exported URIs, while a Open World Assumption applies to the imported URIs. We provide a definition of integrity constraint satisfaction in the presence of partitioning, and show that it leads to a formal interpretation of dependency graphs which describe the hyperlinking relations between datasets. We prove that datasets with integrity constraints form a symmetric monoidal category, from which the soundness of acyclic dependency graphs follows.
Frequency-based Segregation of Syntactic and Semantic Unification during Online Sentence Level Language Comprehension

During sentence level language comprehension, semantic and syntactic unification are functionally distinct operations. Nevertheless, both recruit roughly the same brain areas (spatially overlapping networks in the left frontotemporal cortex) and happen at the same time (in the first few hundred milliseconds after word onset). We tested the hypothesis that semantic and syntactic unification are segregated by means of neuronal synchronization of the functionally relevant networks in different frequency ranges: gamma (40 Hz and up) for semantic unification and lower beta (10–20 Hz) for syntactic unification. EEG power changes were quantified as participants read either correct sentences, syntactically correct though meaningless sentences (syntactic prose), or sentences that did not contain any syntactic structure (random word lists). Other sentences contained either a semantic anomaly or a syntactic violation at a critical word in the sentence. Larger EEG gamma-band power was observed for semantically coherent than for semantically anomalous sentences. Similarly, beta-band power was larger for syntactically correct sentences than for incorrect ones. These results confirm the existence of a functional dissociation in EEG oscillatory dynamics during sentence level language comprehension that is compatible with the notion of a frequency-based segregation of syntactic and semantic unification.
Direct writing on graphene ‘paper’ by manipulating electrons as ‘invisible ink’

The combination of self-assembly (bottom up) and nano-imprint lithography (top down) is an efficient and effective way to record information at the nanoscale by writing. The use of an electron beam for writing is quite a promising strategy; however, the ‘paper’ on which to save the information is not yet fully realized. Herein, graphene was selected as the thinnest paper for recording information at the nanoscale. In a transmission electron microscope, in situ high precision writing and drawing were achieved on graphene nanosheets by manipulating electrons with a 1 nm probe (probe current ∼2 × 10−9 A m−2) in scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) mode. Under electron probe irradiation, the carbon atom tends to displace within a crystalline specimen, and dangling bonds are formed from the original sp2 bonding after local carbon atoms have been kicked off. The absorbed random foreign amorphous carbon assembles along the line of the scanning direction induced by secondary electrons and is immobilized near the edge. With the ultralow secondary electron yield of the graphene, additional foreign atoms determining the accuracy of the pattern have been greatly reduced near the targeting region. Therefore, the electron probe in STEM mode serves as invisible ink for nanoscale writing and drawing. These results not only shed new light on the application of graphene by the interaction of different forms of carbon, but also illuminate the interaction of different carbon forms through electron beams.
Exploration of acoustic correlates in speaker selection for concatenative synthesis

It is often di(cid:14)cult to determine the suitability of a speaker to serve as a model for concatenative text-to-speech synthesis. The perceived quality of a speaker’s natural voice is not necessarily predictive of its (even relative) synthetic quality. The selection of female and male speakers on whom to base two synthetic voices for the new AT&T text-to-speech system was made em-pirically. Brief readings of identical text materials were recorded from pre-selected professional speakers (6 females, and 9 males). Small-scale TTS systems were constructed with a minimal diphone inventory, suitable for synthesizing a limited number of test sentences. Synthesized sentences, and their naturally spoken references, were presented to listeners in a formal listening evaluation. Listeners rated each test sentence independently on intelligibility, naturalness, and pleasantness. A variety of acoustic measurements of the speakers were made in order to determine which acoustic characteristics correlated with subjective synthesis quality. The results have implications both for speaker selection and for improving concatenative synthesis methods.
Frame and arithmetic pipelining for a radix-4 FFT streamed core

This work presents the architecture of a pipelined 512 point radix 4? 2 Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) core. Two pipelining dimensions were specified. The frame pipeline manages the data frames (input, current and output) and ensures a continuous-flow maintaining input/output transactions and the FFT evaluation without any stalls. The arithmetic pipeline was optimized by an iterative logic synthesis study down with Design Compiler to push the clock frequency to 1 GHz. This under-development FFT core was implemented with Hardware Description Language (HDL) and logically and physically synthesized with standard Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools for a 130 nm process.
Action Learning: Research and Practice Leadership Development in Smes: an Action Learning Approach Leadership Development in Smes: an Action Learning Approach

This article may be used for research, teaching, and private study purposes. Any substantial or systematic reproduction, redistribution, reselling, loan, sub-licensing, systematic supply, or distribution in any form to anyone is expressly forbidden. The publisher does not give any warranty express or implied or make any representation that the contents will be complete or accurate or up to date. The accuracy of any instructions, formulae, and drug doses should be independently verified with primary sources. The publisher shall not be liable for any loss, actions, claims, proceedings, demand, or costs or damages whatsoever or howsoever caused arising directly or indirectly in connection with or arising out of the use of this material. In this paper we evaluate an action learning-based, leadership development programme designed for founders and leaders of growth-oriented, entrepreneurial small to medium-sized enterprises. Based on in-depth, qualitative interviews with participants on one cohort, undertaken two years after completion of the seven-month programme, we demonstrate that by viewing action learning as an ethos that informs practice, it can contribute to the process of effective leadership development with identifiable personal and business outcomes. Introduction While there may be no agreement as to what 'leadership' is, despite over 50 years of quantitative and qualitative research (Bryman 2004), there is a widespread consensus that it is important and that it is situational. Most leadership research has been situated in corporate contexts and there has been much less attention given to issues of leadership and leadership development in the context of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) (Coglister and Brigham 2004; Vecchio 2003). For some, this is not problematic: for example, Vecchio (2003) argues that entrepreneurship is simply a type of leadership that occurs in a specific setting, that is, the entrepreneurial or small business is the situation and, as such, available leadership theory can be applied to understanding it. For others, the study of entrepreneurs as leaders is a gap in both the leadership and the entrepreneur-ship literatures (Jensen and Luthans 2006, 650) – 'exploring the founder/entrepreneur of a small emerging firm as a leader has yet to be a major area of study' but it is one that has implications for our understanding of new venture viability and growth. There are, however, specific issues in the SME context that suggest leadership development needs to be conceptualised differently from that in the corporate context. For instance, in the SME there is rarely a …
Teleoperated touch feedback from the surfaces at the nanoscale: modeling and experiments

In this paper, a teleoperated nanoscale touching system is proposed, and continuum nanoscale contact mechanics models are introduced. The tele-nanorobotic system consists of a piezoresistive nanoprobe with a sharp tip as the nanorobot and force-topology sensor, a custom-made 1-degree-of-freedom haptic device for force-feedback, three-dimensional (3D) virtual reality (VR) graphics display of the nano world for visual feedback, and a force-reflecting servo type scaled teleoperation controller. Using this system, one-dimensional and 3D touching experiments and VR simulations are realized. Scaling of nano-forces is one of the major issues of the scaled teleoperation system since nanometer scale forces are dominated by surface forces instead of inertial forces as in the macro world. As the force scaling approach, a heuristic rule is introduced where nano-forces are linearly scaled with an experimentally determined scaling parameter. Simulation results and preliminary experiments of touching silicon and InAs quantum dot nanostructures show that adhesion forces at the nanoscale can be felt repeatedly at the operator's hand, and the proposed system enables the nanoscale surface topography and contact/noncontact nano-force feedback.
Enterprise Systems Adoption and Firm Performance in Europe: The Role of Innovation

Despite the ubiquitous proliferation and importance of Enterprise Systems (ES), little research exists on their performance impact, especially in Europe. This paper provides large-sample, economy-wide evidence on the differential effects of enterprise systems on performance of European enterprises. It also highlights the important mediating role of innovation in the process of value creation from ES investments. This study uses data on the adoption of ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), SCM (Supply Chain Management), CRM (Customer Relationship Management), KMS (Knowledge Management System), and DMS (Document Management System) and investigates the effects on product and process innovation, revenue, productivity and market share growth, and profitability. The results show that all ES categories significantly contribute to product and process innovation. Most of ES categories affect revenue, productivity and market share growth positively. More domain-specific and simpler system types lead to stronger positive effects. None of ES categories contribute to profitability likelihood. The findings imply that innovation acts as a full or partial mediator in the relationship between ES adoption and firm performance.