Objective: Nurse shortage is a critical problem for global healthcare services.It impacts the quality of clinical care.Work engagement is the core competence of hospitals,which indicates employee's positive attitu...Objective: Nurse shortage is a critical problem for global healthcare services.It impacts the quality of clinical care.Work engagement is the core competence of hospitals,which indicates employee's positive attitude toward organization and work.This study aimed to explore the relationships among calling,organizational commitment,and work engagement.Methods: A cross-sectional study was designed,and 320 nurses from tertiary hospitals in China completed the questionnaires that included demographic information,calling scale,employee engagement scale,and organizational commitment scale.Pearson correlation was performed to test the correlations among calling,organizational commitment,and work engagement.Stepwise regression analyses were performed to explore the mediating role of organizational commitment.The bootstrap method was employed to confirm the mediating effect.Results: Nurses' work engagement score was at the medium degree,whereas calling and organizational commitment were in the medium to high level.The results revealed that calling,organizational commitment,work engagement,and each dimension were positively correlated with one another (r=0.145-0.922,P < 0.01).The organizational commitment plays a partially mediating effect between calling and work engagement (β =0.603 to 0.333,P < 0.01).Conclusions: The mediation effect of organizational commitment was verified,which provided a comprehensive understanding of how calling impacted work engagement.Moreover,administrators should not only promote interventions to increase work engagement but also pay attention to calling and organizational commitment so as to improve their work engagement.Taken together,increased level of work engagement is required in the current nursing field.展开更多
Generally, the function of vocalizations made by male anurans are to attract females or defend resources. Typically, males vocalize in choruses during one or more periods in a twenty-four-hour cycle, which varies, how...Generally, the function of vocalizations made by male anurans are to attract females or defend resources. Typically, males vocalize in choruses during one or more periods in a twenty-four-hour cycle, which varies, however, among species. Nevertheless, the causal factors influencing circadian variations of calling patterns in anuran species are not clear. In this study, male chorus vocalizations were monitored in the Emei music frog(Babina daunchina) for 17 consecutive days during the breeding season, while its habitat air temperature and relative humidity in the course of experiments were measured as well. The results revealed that the circadian calling patterns were characterized by two periods of peak vocalization, which were observed from 0500 h to 0700 h and from 1300 h to 2000 h, while the lowest activity period was found from 2100 h to 2200 h. Both calls/h and notes/h were positively correlated with air temperature and negatively with relative humidity. Overall, our data indicate that the Emei music frogs(B. daunchina) could regulate their vocal activities based on the changes of physical micro-environment(e. g., temperature or humidity) to maximize reproductive success.展开更多
Satellite and terrestrial components of IMT-Advanced need to be integrated so that the traditional strengths of each component can be fully exploited. LTE/LTE-A is now a recognized foundation of terrestrial 4G network...Satellite and terrestrial components of IMT-Advanced need to be integrated so that the traditional strengths of each component can be fully exploited. LTE/LTE-A is now a recognized foundation of terrestrial 4G networks, and mobile satellite networks should be based on it. Long transmission delay is one of the main disadvantages of satellite communication, especially in a GEO system, and terminal-to-terminal （TtT） design reduces this delay. In this paper, we propose a protocol architecture based on LTE/LTE-A for GEO mobile satellite communication. We propose a detailed call procedure and four TtT modes for this architecture. We describe the division of tasks between the satellite gateway （SAT-GW） and satellite as well as TtT processing in the physical layer of the satellite in order to reduce delay and ensure compatibility with a terrestrial LTE/LTE-A system.展开更多
The calling activity of anurans is influenced by environmental variables and calls produced by syntopic amphibians,among other variables.Some variables have a strong influence,such as temperature and predation dilutio...The calling activity of anurans is influenced by environmental variables and calls produced by syntopic amphibians,among other variables.Some variables have a strong influence,such as temperature and predation dilution,while others may have a periodical influence such as the moon cycle.Here,we hypothesised that the calling activity of the Suweon treefrog,Dryophytes suweonensis,is restricted by specific environmental variables but reinforced by the calling activity of specific syntopic anurans.Within the criteria set by the experimental design,D.suweonensis calling activity was significantly influenced by moon phase,temperature,date,time to sunset and the calling activity of Pelophylax nigromaculatus and D.japonicus.These variables are expected to be related to chorus size,predation,breeding phenology and competition,suggesting a broad plasticity in the calling activity of the species.展开更多
Despite limited studies have found the negative relationships between calling and mental health symptoms,its underlying mechanism is still unknown.Drawing on the conservation of resources theory(COR),this study develo...Despite limited studies have found the negative relationships between calling and mental health symptoms,its underlying mechanism is still unknown.Drawing on the conservation of resources theory(COR),this study developed the resources model that explains the relationships between career calling,anxiety and depression,and the underlying mechanism.With a sample of 628 employees from the two-wave survey,the theorized model was tested.The results showed that career calling was able to decrease the levels of employees’anxiety and depression,and two important resources(i.e.,personal growth,and meaningful work)provided explanatory mechanisms for the relationships.The findings highlight the importance of spirituality in the workplace.Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.展开更多
Brief sJournal of Salt Lake Research is a scientific periodical of natural science which is approved by the National Science Committee,sponsored by Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes and published by Science press.Our ta...Brief sJournal of Salt Lake Research is a scientific periodical of natural science which is approved by the National Science Committee,sponsored by Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes and published by Science press.Our tasks are to cover and exchange the research reports,scientific papers and accomplishments on the developments of science and technology of salt lakes,underground water,gas water and other natural resources,展开更多
Journal of Salt Lake Research is a scientific periodical of natural science which is approved by the National Science Committee,sponsored by Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes and
At the recently-convened meetings of the National People’sCongress and the Chinese People’s Political ConsultativeCoference, agriculture has once again become a hot topicattracting attentions of deputies. Speeding u...At the recently-convened meetings of the National People’sCongress and the Chinese People’s Political ConsultativeCoference, agriculture has once again become a hot topicattracting attentions of deputies. Speeding up the opening up ofagricultural sector and properly resolving the thorny financial andtechnological problems confronting it become a highlighted issuein the State’s plan to utilize foreign investment in the coming fewyears.展开更多
Journal of Salt Lake Research is a scientific periodical of natural science which is approved by the National Science Com-mittee,sponsored by Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes and published by Science press.Our tasks ar...Journal of Salt Lake Research is a scientific periodical of natural science which is approved by the National Science Com-mittee,sponsored by Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes and published by Science press.Our tasks are to cover and exchange the research reports,scientific papers and accomplishments on the developments of sci-ence and technology of salt lakes。展开更多
Journal of Salt Lake Research is a scientific periodical of natural science which is approved by the National Science Com-mittee,sponsored by Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes and published by Science press.Our tasks ar...Journal of Salt Lake Research is a scientific periodical of natural science which is approved by the National Science Com-mittee,sponsored by Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes and published by Science press.Our tasks are to展开更多
How one African entrepreneur’s ambition cooks up a taste of Africa and the Caribbean in Beijing CHINA’S African community has blossomed from a few international students to a burgeoning community of traders and entr...How one African entrepreneur’s ambition cooks up a taste of Africa and the Caribbean in Beijing CHINA’S African community has blossomed from a few international students to a burgeoning community of traders and entrepreneurs in the last decade.Whilst focus has mainly been on the traders who busily ship goods between the Middle Kingdom and the continent,展开更多
XING Weikai, 44, is principal of the Middle School A liated to the Central Conservatory of Music. The school has been Xing＇s alma mater, workplace and home since he enrolled in 1973.
The ability to decipher the genetic code of different species would lead to significant future scientific achievements in important areas, including medicine and agriculture. The importance of DNA sequencing necessita...The ability to decipher the genetic code of different species would lead to significant future scientific achievements in important areas, including medicine and agriculture. The importance of DNA sequencing necessitated a need for efficient automation of identification of base sequences from traces generated by existing sequencing machines, a process referred to as DNA base-calling. In this paper, a pattern recognition technique was adopted to minimize the inaccuracy in DNA base-calling. Two new frameworks using Artificial Neural Networks and Polynomial Classifiers are proposed to model electropherogram traces belonging to Homo sapiens, Saccharomyces mikatae and Drosophila melanogaster. De-correlation, de-convolution and normalization were implemented as part of the pre-processing stage employed to minimize data imperfections attributed to the nature of the chemical reactions involved in DNA sequencing. Discriminative features that characterize each chromatogram trace were subsequently extracted and subjected to the chosen classifiers to categorize the events to their respective base classes. The models are trained such that they are not restricted to a specific species or to a specific chemical procedure of sequencing. The base- calling accuracy achieved is compared with the exist- ing standards, PHRED (Phil’s Read Editor) and ABI (Applied Biosystems, version2.1.1) KB base-callers in terms of deletion, insertion and substitution errors. Experimental evidence indicates that the proposed models achieve a higher base-calling accuracy when compared to PHRED and a comparable performance when compared to ABI. The results obtained demon- strate the potential of the proposed models for efficient and accurate DNA base-calling.展开更多
基金Financial support for this research was received from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (71704132)
文摘Objective: Nurse shortage is a critical problem for global healthcare services.It impacts the quality of clinical care.Work engagement is the core competence of hospitals,which indicates employee's positive attitude toward organization and work.This study aimed to explore the relationships among calling,organizational commitment,and work engagement.Methods: A cross-sectional study was designed,and 320 nurses from tertiary hospitals in China completed the questionnaires that included demographic information,calling scale,employee engagement scale,and organizational commitment scale.Pearson correlation was performed to test the correlations among calling,organizational commitment,and work engagement.Stepwise regression analyses were performed to explore the mediating role of organizational commitment.The bootstrap method was employed to confirm the mediating effect.Results: Nurses' work engagement score was at the medium degree,whereas calling and organizational commitment were in the medium to high level.The results revealed that calling,organizational commitment,work engagement,and each dimension were positively correlated with one another (r=0.145-0.922,P < 0.01).The organizational commitment plays a partially mediating effect between calling and work engagement (β =0.603 to 0.333,P < 0.01).Conclusions: The mediation effect of organizational commitment was verified,which provided a comprehensive understanding of how calling impacted work engagement.Moreover,administrators should not only promote interventions to increase work engagement but also pay attention to calling and organizational commitment so as to improve their work engagement.Taken together,increased level of work engagement is required in the current nursing field.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(30900141)the Chinese Academy of Sciences(KSCX2-EW-J-22,09C302,Y0B3011)the Chinese Academy of Sciences(KSCX2-YW-R-077)
文摘Generally, the function of vocalizations made by male anurans are to attract females or defend resources. Typically, males vocalize in choruses during one or more periods in a twenty-four-hour cycle, which varies, however, among species. Nevertheless, the causal factors influencing circadian variations of calling patterns in anuran species are not clear. In this study, male chorus vocalizations were monitored in the Emei music frog(Babina daunchina) for 17 consecutive days during the breeding season, while its habitat air temperature and relative humidity in the course of experiments were measured as well. The results revealed that the circadian calling patterns were characterized by two periods of peak vocalization, which were observed from 0500 h to 0700 h and from 1300 h to 2000 h, while the lowest activity period was found from 2100 h to 2200 h. Both calls/h and notes/h were positively correlated with air temperature and negatively with relative humidity. Overall, our data indicate that the Emei music frogs(B. daunchina) could regulate their vocal activities based on the changes of physical micro-environment(e. g., temperature or humidity) to maximize reproductive success.
文摘Satellite and terrestrial components of IMT-Advanced need to be integrated so that the traditional strengths of each component can be fully exploited. LTE/LTE-A is now a recognized foundation of terrestrial 4G networks, and mobile satellite networks should be based on it. Long transmission delay is one of the main disadvantages of satellite communication, especially in a GEO system, and terminal-to-terminal （TtT） design reduces this delay. In this paper, we propose a protocol architecture based on LTE/LTE-A for GEO mobile satellite communication. We propose a detailed call procedure and four TtT modes for this architecture. We describe the division of tasks between the satellite gateway （SAT-GW） and satellite as well as TtT processing in the physical layer of the satellite in order to reduce delay and ensure compatibility with a terrestrial LTE/LTE-A system.
基金financially supported by research grants from the National Research Foundation of Korea (2017R1A2B2003579)the Rural Development Administration (PJ012285) to Y JANGa grant from the French Rotary Club Lectoure-Fleurance to A Borzée。
文摘The calling activity of anurans is influenced by environmental variables and calls produced by syntopic amphibians,among other variables.Some variables have a strong influence,such as temperature and predation dilution,while others may have a periodical influence such as the moon cycle.Here,we hypothesised that the calling activity of the Suweon treefrog,Dryophytes suweonensis,is restricted by specific environmental variables but reinforced by the calling activity of specific syntopic anurans.Within the criteria set by the experimental design,D.suweonensis calling activity was significantly influenced by moon phase,temperature,date,time to sunset and the calling activity of Pelophylax nigromaculatus and D.japonicus.These variables are expected to be related to chorus size,predation,breeding phenology and competition,suggesting a broad plasticity in the calling activity of the species.
文摘Despite limited studies have found the negative relationships between calling and mental health symptoms,its underlying mechanism is still unknown.Drawing on the conservation of resources theory(COR),this study developed the resources model that explains the relationships between career calling,anxiety and depression,and the underlying mechanism.With a sample of 628 employees from the two-wave survey,the theorized model was tested.The results showed that career calling was able to decrease the levels of employees’anxiety and depression,and two important resources(i.e.,personal growth,and meaningful work)provided explanatory mechanisms for the relationships.The findings highlight the importance of spirituality in the workplace.Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
文摘Brief sJournal of Salt Lake Research is a scientific periodical of natural science which is approved by the National Science Committee,sponsored by Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes and published by Science press.Our tasks are to cover and exchange the research reports,scientific papers and accomplishments on the developments of science and technology of salt lakes,underground water,gas water and other natural resources,
文摘Journal of Salt Lake Research is a scientific periodical of natural science which is approved by the National Science Committee,sponsored by Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes and
文摘At the recently-convened meetings of the National People’sCongress and the Chinese People’s Political ConsultativeCoference, agriculture has once again become a hot topicattracting attentions of deputies. Speeding up the opening up ofagricultural sector and properly resolving the thorny financial andtechnological problems confronting it become a highlighted issuein the State’s plan to utilize foreign investment in the coming fewyears.
文摘Journal of Salt Lake Research is a scientific periodical of natural science which is approved by the National Science Com-mittee,sponsored by Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes and published by Science press.Our tasks are to cover and exchange the research reports,scientific papers and accomplishments on the developments of sci-ence and technology of salt lakes。
文摘Journal of Salt Lake Research is a scientific periodical of natural science which is approved by the National Science Com-mittee,sponsored by Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes and published by Science press.Our tasks are to
文摘How one African entrepreneur’s ambition cooks up a taste of Africa and the Caribbean in Beijing CHINA’S African community has blossomed from a few international students to a burgeoning community of traders and entrepreneurs in the last decade.Whilst focus has mainly been on the traders who busily ship goods between the Middle Kingdom and the continent,
文摘XING Weikai, 44, is principal of the Middle School A liated to the Central Conservatory of Music. The school has been Xing＇s alma mater, workplace and home since he enrolled in 1973.
文摘The ability to decipher the genetic code of different species would lead to significant future scientific achievements in important areas, including medicine and agriculture. The importance of DNA sequencing necessitated a need for efficient automation of identification of base sequences from traces generated by existing sequencing machines, a process referred to as DNA base-calling. In this paper, a pattern recognition technique was adopted to minimize the inaccuracy in DNA base-calling. Two new frameworks using Artificial Neural Networks and Polynomial Classifiers are proposed to model electropherogram traces belonging to Homo sapiens, Saccharomyces mikatae and Drosophila melanogaster. De-correlation, de-convolution and normalization were implemented as part of the pre-processing stage employed to minimize data imperfections attributed to the nature of the chemical reactions involved in DNA sequencing. Discriminative features that characterize each chromatogram trace were subsequently extracted and subjected to the chosen classifiers to categorize the events to their respective base classes. The models are trained such that they are not restricted to a specific species or to a specific chemical procedure of sequencing. The base- calling accuracy achieved is compared with the exist- ing standards, PHRED (Phil’s Read Editor) and ABI (Applied Biosystems, version2.1.1) KB base-callers in terms of deletion, insertion and substitution errors. Experimental evidence indicates that the proposed models achieve a higher base-calling accuracy when compared to PHRED and a comparable performance when compared to ABI. The results obtained demon- strate the potential of the proposed models for efficient and accurate DNA base-calling.
