A Comparative Study of the Value Orientations of Foreign Language Education Policies in China and the United States in the 21st Century

Since the 21 st century, both Chinese Mainland and the United States have formulated foreign language education policiesbased on their national needs. This paper makes a comparative study of the value orientations of foreign language education poli-cies in Chinese Mainland and the United States in the 21 st century and finds that both China and the United States have regardedtheir national interests as the essential value orientation of their foreign language education policies. To be specific,the core valueorientation of foreign language education policies in China is to enhance its cultural soft power.In contrast,the core value orienta-tion of foreign language education policies in the United States is to safeguard its national security. Through the comparison of thedifferent value orientations of foreign language education policies of the two countries, the paper provides some reference for the for-eign language education policy-making in Chinese Mainland.

Understanding the Underlying Mechanisms of Action for Successful Implementation of Social Prescribing

There is growing evidence for the use of social prescribing as a means of facilitating healthy lifestyle behavior changes by linking patients to sources of support in the community. However, there are gaps in understanding about what works to facilitate and enable this behavior change i.e. , the mechanisms of actions underpinning social prescribing delivery. This study used a qualitative approach involving interviews with 18 Social Prescription Link Workers (SPLWs). Reflective thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. Through this, an overall theme of “Theoretical underpinning: Solution-focused and strengths-based” was identified. This was made up of sub-themes relating to mechanisms underpinning: the SPLWs’ role (comprising asking questions, motivational interviewing and the therapeutic alliance);the patients’ role, (empowerment and active engagement);and the approach adopted (solution building, goal and action orientated). To formalize this, a framework could be developed for SPLWs that encapsulates the solution-focused strengths-based approach for application within social prescribing. This framework can then be embedded into practice facilitating more successful healthy lifestyle behavior change for social prescribing patients.

Estimation of fracture density and orientation from azimuthal elastic impedance difference through singular value decomposition

Accurate estimation of fracture density and orientation is of great significance for seismic characterization of fractured reservoirs.Here,we propose a novel methodology to estimate fracture density and orientation from azimuthal elastic impedance(AEI)difference using singular value decomposition(SVD).Based on Hudson's model,we first derive the AEI equation containing fracture density in HTI media,and then obtain basis functions and singular values from the normalized AEI difference utilizing SVD.Analysis shows that the basis function changing with azimuth is related to fracture orientation,fracture density is the linearly weighted sum of singular values,and the first singular value contributes the most to fracture density.Thus,we develop an SVD-based fracture density and orientation inversion approach constrained by smooth prior elastic parameters.Synthetic example shows that fracture density and orientation can be stably estimated,and the correlation coefficient between the true value and the estimated fracture density is above 0.85 even when an S/N ratio of 2.Field data example shows that the estimated fracture orientation is consistent with the interpretation of image log data,and the estimated fracture density reliably indicates fractured gas-bearing reservoir,which could help to guide the exploration and development of fractured reservoirs.

Value Orientation in Higher Education-Strategies for Implementation in Particular Reference to Indian Universities and Colleges During COVID-19

This present theoretical paper tries to highlight,i.e.,how education plays an important role in the process of social change through inculcating value within the youngsters of our higher education particularly in this COVID-19 unpredicted situation.It is very potential instrument,a powerful medium of bringing about changes in the society through more than 65%of the youngsters in the higher education of our country.Changes brought about by value-oriented education are permanent and transcendent in nature.This paper suggests that with the help of new communication media,technology,modern methodology,and latest instructional materials,education brings about changes in the society during this COVID-19 situation.This paper also highlights that the NEP(1986)characterizes higher education as a crucial factor for survival,providing the Indian people with an opportunity to reflect on the critical,social,economic,cultural,moral and spiritual issues facing humanity.This paper further argues that higher education in this COVID-19 also is the main instrument for development and it is the time to change the ways and come forward for value orientation through universities and colleges by the government.It has the important task of preparing leaders for different walks of life-social,intellectual,political,cultural,scientific,and technological.

Composition and Value Orientation of Urban Landscape

Based on the analysis of the urban landscape and its composition,main problems of urban landscape at the early stage of urbanization were summarized,including more attention to the technical content of urban landscape,valuing transformation but belittling protection,emphasizing uniformity,ignoring the diversity,lack of scientific planning,and neglecting the value orientation. It is expected that the construction of urban landscape may return to its aesthetic value,practical value,ecological value and other aspects of value orientation. It is believed that the urban landscape is both a type of perception and experience. It can not only maintain the cultural heritage and the evolution of civilization,but also maintain the integration of the biological and physical environment,play the role of diversification in the urban public open space,and undertake social functions such as ecological,disaster prevention,waterlogging,and water conservancy at the same time of protecting and lighting the environment.

The Hierarchy Mode of Priority Value Orientation in Architectural Design

With the development of society and the progress of the times, the category of architectural design continues to expand, and the connotation of architectural design continues to expand too. In order to fred a balance between the subjective value system and the objective value system, an architect must have a value orientation based on his own values and construct a judgment mode that what kind of value orientation is the lust choice for architectural design and how to guide and regulate the value orientation. Based on the concepts and principles of architectural design and value orientation, this study constructs a mode to solve the problem of priority value orientation in architectural design which is based on the analysis of the factors influencing architectural design.

Research on the Value Orientation of Higher Education under the Concept of“People Oriented”

The current development of higher education has been continuously deepened and upgraded.With the continuous implementation of the concept of“peopleoriented”,it has increasingly played a positive role in the deepening reform of higher education management.In order to grasp the scientific connotation of“peopleoriented”in higher education,we should deeply understand the necessity and internal requirements of“people-oriented”in higher education,which will help to further explore the value orientation of higher education under the concept of“people-oriented”and build a“higher education”for universities.The implementation path of the people-oriented concept provides some feasible countermeasures.

Planning and Orientation Analysis of Urban Environmental Landscape Aesthetic Value

Landscape is people’s evaluation of the environment which is better and more meaningful to visit.Therefore,a landscape must have a good environment.Landscape exists in nature as well as in cities.Every corner of a city can be a landscape.Its connection with the city and the citizens is inseparable.However,due to the acceleration of urbanization,there are still many problems in the urban environment.To solve these problems perfectly,we should work from the aesthetic value and planning orientation of the landscape.Therefore,this paper discusses and analyzes the problems of urban environment and how to use the aesthetic value and orientation to construct urban environmental landscape.

Marriage View of One-Child in China——Comparing with the Matrimonial Value Orientation in Pride and Prejudice

This paper illustrates a social burning issue : the marriage view of one-child generation in China. Nowdays money plays a key role in their marriage life and determines their matrimonial value orientation.The Matrimonial Value Orientation of most young people in China was getting familiar with most characters in Pride and Prejudice. In this paper the writer makes use of Narration Research to illustrate the role of money in marriage life, It can stimulate the young people to take further into consideration the relationship between money and marriage. At the same time,the writer also expects young people to take right attitude towards their love and money.

Critical Discourse Analysis on the Orientation and Value of Modality in English Political Interviews

The paper conducts Critical Discourse Analysis on the use of Modality in political interviews. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the use of Motlality is driven by the speakers' ideology, and thus helps lo build the power relationships between the two participants. Such a linguistic awareness can inform a capacity to resist and change exploitative and dominating linguistic practices, and it' s an issue of importance to everyone with a concem and interest in the problems of our contemporary society. With such awareness, people can get a more incisive recogni-tion and judgment of the political implications, and correctly acquire new trends in politics and developnient of current affairs.

The Value Orientation of the Legal System Innovation in Rural Financial Organizations in China

The process of new-type urbanization in China has changed the rural financial demand pattern,for which the peasant household is the subject,and caused its financial demand to change and increase at the same time. As the subject of the rural financial supply, rural financial organizations have to accelerate their institutional innovation and innovation of financial products and services,only through which can they break the financial bottleneck in the process of urbanization. Legislation is the only route for the rural financial organizational system construction and perfection in China. The formation of legal system of rural financial organizations is influenced by factors such as politics,economy and system,as well as the real demand of the rural financial subject,so the value orientation takes on a paradoxical movement of coexistence,competition and integration,which is in great need of more value consensus through system practice and enhancement of management concept for rural financial organizations.

The Value Orientation of Teaching Reform in the Era of Smart Education

Based on the influence of the era of smart education on education and teaching,this article discusses the humanistic,social,cultural,and practical rationality of teaching reform in the era of smart education from the development trend of the integration of teaching reforms and information technology.Grasping the theoretical basis of teaching reform under the background of the new era will play a proper guiding role in the practice of teaching reform.

An Analysis of Value Differences in English and Chinese Idioms from the Perspective of Intercultural Communication

Idioms are the essence and gems of human wisdom and an important carrier of national culture. As a special form of language, they play an important role in intercultural communication. Due to the uniqueness of each culture, English and Chinese idioms are different in many aspects, values included. The present paper attempts to analyze the different values in English and Chinese idioms from three aspects: dependence vs independence, past-time orientation vs future-time orientation, and harmony vs competition. And the authors hope that it will be of some practical significance in people's intercultural communication.

Money and Marriage——The matrimonial value orientation in Pride and Prejudic

Pride and prejudice is a very popular novel written by Jane Austen and it is read widely all over the world. It was written in 1813. That specific history time decided that people at that time took money much more seriously, even on their marriage. In this paper, the marriage cases of most characters in the book were taken as typical to analyze how money influenced their matrimonial value orientation.

Using action research to evaluate a nursing orientation program in a multicultural acute healthcare setting

Objectives:Competence motivates newly employed nurses to provide high-quality care,which leads to appropriate patient care and satisfaction.A nursing orientation program can have a positive impact on new nurses who are joining healthcare organizations.The research examined the orientation program for new nurses in a multicultural setting to redesign the program.Methods:The study was carried out in a multicultural tertiary setting.Action research was used as a research strategy with qualitative content analysis and quantitative evaluation.Seventy nurses were part of the orientation program.The competence of the nurses was assessed using the Nurse Competence Scale.Focus-group discussions were also conducted to find the views of the beneficiaries about the program.Results:The study revealed that the overall competence was high,and there was an overall gain in the competence score(5.48%)among the nurses.Among their competence in different dimensions,new nurses had a maximum gain in competence for the dimension of ensuring quality.However,they showed low competence gain in teaching coaching.The results show that the difference in the overall pre-and post-test scores was statistically significant(P<0.05)in all dimensions except teaching coaching and managing situations,and the program was effective.However,a few challenges were identified in the program.Conclusions:New nurses were found to be competent,and the orientation program had a significant impact on the competence of the nurses.The findings emphasized the need for modification of some content and strategy for future programs.The strategies developed from the findings were presented.This helps hospitals to consider examining specific aspects of the orientation program and redesigning it so it can enrich the experiences of new nurses.

Motives Underlying Organic Food Consumption in Turkey： Impact of Health, Environment, and Consumer Values on Purchase Intentions

Raising ecological awareness and health concerns create question marks about healthiness and sustainability of conventional foods in customers＇ minds. Due to augmented mass media coverage of environmental problems, health concerns related to consumption of genetically modified food and/or chemical contaminants in food, and consumers＇ increasing interest in healthy nutrition and environmental protection, there is a growing interest for organic foods in all over the world. Growing interest for organic foods, and increasing production and demand in organic food market has made organic food consumption a significant topic of research. Although organic food market and demand for organic foods have also been growing in Turkey, literature regarding organic food consumption is not very extensive. Therefore, this study aims to understand the underlying motives for organic food consumption in Turkey, and to explore the factors affecting Turkish consumers＇ attitudes towards organic foods and the behavioral intention of Turkish consumers to purchase organic food by the help of the theory of reasoned action （TRA）. The results of 622 successful surveys used for this empirical research indicate that Turkish consumers＇ attitudes towards organic foods are determined by perception of organic foods, consumer values, and price perception, while their purchase intention is determined by health consciousness, perception of organic foods, consumer values, price perception, and environmental concerns.

Chinese and Western Thinking Patterns and Value Orientation Based on Cross-Cultural Communication

In cross-cultural communication(CC),due to the different cultural backgrounds and values,there are great differences between Chinese and Western thinking patterns,which often lead to cultural conflicts.Cultural differences cover a wide range,and this paper analyzes the great influence of cultural differences on CC from the perspectives of thinking patterns and value orientation in daily life in China and the West,and intends to find out the reasons behind and come up with solutions.

Comparative Analysis of Chinese and American Cultural Values

Being aware of the differences that exist between cultures and knowing how to act when we are faced with puzzling cross-cultural situations are important skills for harmonious intercultural relations.Cross-cultural research shows that we can examine all cultures by using a basic taxonomy of cultural behaviors which allows us to see the differences and similarities among cultures.The paper provides students with knowledge to enhance their awareness of cultural values between China and America,and the analysis is put on such diverse values as human nature orientation,relationship of humankind to nature,time orientation,social relationships,and activity orientations.

Analysis and Research on the Functional Value and Development Opportunities of Hainan National Breeding and Multiplication

To further specify significance and development orientation of Hainan National Breeding and Multiplication ( hereinafter referred to as HNBM) ,such concepts as value engineering,industrial cluster and regional economy were introduced by analyzing its properties and interpreting relevant policies,its functions,value and development opportunities were analyzed from multiple perspectives. According to the comprehensive analysis,HNBM concerns national core political and economic benefits in strategic and fundamental sense,which is a result of powerful comprehensive functions of HNBM and need of modern agricultural development. In addition,HNBM has a bottleneck in the development of industrial cluster. Only co-promoted by the province and the ministry,and by applying top-level design,breaking the conditionality,integrating and optimizing existing resources,HNBM will be constructed into a high-new seed industry center.

Study on Value Chain of Telecom VAS under Transformation Background

Driven by both technology and market, telecom industry is becoming a part of several converged industries in information society gradually from an independent industry which provides telecom products like voice or data. Under such background, this paper introduces a new value chain model of telecom value-added ser-vices in the new environment, providing theoretic support for transformation of telecom operators.