Improving wellbeing of community-dwelling people with mild cognitive impairment: the SENIOR (SystEm of Nudge theory based ICT applications for OldeR citizens) project

Population aging with longer life expectancy represents one of the most relevant challenges of the next future,also because of a significant proportion of older adult people may present with dementia.Motivating senior citizens with mild cognitive impairment to maintain their independence and functional abilities,improve health status and quality of life as well as social interactions,constitutes the main target of preventive medicine.According to a nudge theoretical approach,the SENIOR(SystEm of Nudge theory based ICT applications for OldeR citizens)project–developed thanks to the collaboration among Catholic University of the Sacred Heart,Bicocca University and IRCCS Auxiologico Institute in Milan(Italy)–has been designed to adopt an advanced information and communication technology coaching system able to collect and integrate physiological,psychological and behavioral data,with the final aim of interacting with community-dwelling elderly people suffering from mild cognitive impairment and of providing them personalized feedback on lifestyle management.The SENIOR project proposes to use a smart-watch app for alerting family doctors,sharing information with family members in specific cases and monitoring patients at higher risk in hospital Units,in order to ameliorate health of senior citizens with mild cognitive impairment.

Construction of Core Values of Teenagers from the Perspective of Marxist Theory

Marxist theory is an im portant so urce of socialism core value theory,and building so cialism core values under the guidance of Marxist theory is a major proposition that must be considered in the ideological and political education of the new era.Based on the Marxist materialist conception of history,this paper analyzed,from the Marxist perspective,the dialectical relationship between the free and full developm ent of people,the value of peo ple and social development,pointed out the existing problems in ideological and political education and the necessity of targeted education of the core values for teenagers,and proposed to develop and innovate the ways and methods of ideological and political education as well as carry out extensive education on the Marxism,socialism patriotism and Chinese traditional culture under the guidance of Marxist theory,for the purpose of helping teenagers build socialism core values and strengthen their faith in the socialist road with Chinese characteristics and the ideals and beliefs of communism.

Organizational Trouble Shooting through Integration between the Theory of the Restrictions Thinking Process and Lean Tools

The theory of constraints thinking process, created by Israeli physicist Eliyahu M. Goldratt, has emerged as a tool for achieving competitive advantage. Many researches also focused on the application of lean thinking developed by Toyota and proposed by Ohno. This philosophy has been proven to be effective in several production processes. This paper aims to propose a method of problem solving through the integration of theory of constraints thinking process and the principles of lean production. As a tool for problem identification, the method defends the use of current reality tree and, to solve problems, the lean thinking tools, proposed by Picchi. The developed method was implemented in a contractor. The research methodology was research-action. Among the results, there was a realistic diagnosis about the core problems in company. According to this, the core problem of the contractor is “the lack of commitment of manpower” that results in the main problem “the financial loss”. The principle of perfection was verbalized as a proposal to solve the problems and the tools to be implemented for solving problems were “commitment of senior management to employees” and “simplicity in communication”.

A Study on the Back-Translation of LinYutang's My Country and My People

The version back-translated by Lin's friend Huang Jiade in 1930s promoted My Country and My Peopleto new heights and won the authority.For the sake of readers' benefits,Huang applied domestication to reconstruct Chinese culture embodied in Lin's work.This thesis is intended to study Huang Jiade's version of My Country and My Peoplefrom the perspective of Skopos Theory.Guided by the three Skopos Rules,Skopos,fidelity and coherence,the author will analyze the domestication strategy applied by Huang Jiade.The author finds out that Huang applied substitution,amplification and omission to domesticate the originals for respective purposes.The author also hopes to cast a light for the latter researchers on improving the back-translation of cultural- elements in this kind of special literary works.

Uplifting a Nation China’s 40 years of reform and opening up has brought tangible benefits to its people and the world

Beijing resident Li Zhangzhe, 58, still keeps a pair of sunglasses he bought nearly 40 years ago.

The need for a new framework for the economic evaluation of health services in a national health scheme

The normative theory of economic evaluation and its welfare theoretic basis are deeply problematical and result in recommendations which are potentially unfair. The root cause of the problem is the set of assumptions behind the theory which posit behaviours and motivations that are not universal, and which exclude other behaviours and motivations that are potentially important. As falsification of assumptions may be evaded indefinitely this paper presents an alternative critique. We commence with six an- omalies with the theory which are attributable to the assumptions. The first three—the net present value criterion, the willingness to pay criterion and moral hazard—arise from welfare theory. The remaining three are associated with the present definition of cost, the concept of efficiency and the omission of sharing, which are common to most economic evaluation. We argue that these anomalies are indicative of a defective core theory and that they are equivalent to observations that conflict with a positive theory. In the final section we outline and illustrate a more general framework for decision making that is capable of overcoming the ano- malies we discuss.

Investigating the influence of street environment characteristics on perceived restoration benefits:A case study in Shenzhen

Nowadays,crowded environment and high-speed life pace are likely to bring mental stress and fatigue to citizens.How to apply achievements of the restorative environment into urban planning and environmental design has received more attention in recent years.Earlier research does not provide detailed information about the specific components of the physical environment that support restoration.This study explores which characteristics of the street environment and psychological factors of the street environment have an impact on subjective restoration.The streets were sampled from Shenzhen.Each street was represented by a single photo.The photo was quantified in terms of the different objective street components and also rated on psychological variables related to restoration.The rating on the psychological variables,being away,fascination,coherence,scope,the likelihood of restoration,and preference were provided by people of various ages and occupations.The results show that:1)the proportion of natural elements have the greatest impact on street restoration benefits and preference,and its impact is robust;2)the two characteristics of street safety and quiet are important to street restoration benefits and preferences;3)fascination and being away have a greater impact on restorative benefits of streets,followed by coherence,and the scope of the street has no significant effect on restorative benefits.The study could provide evidence for policy-makers and urban design and planning interventions.

On the Development of the Culture Industry of China under the Western Popular Cultural Criticism Horizon

Among the schools researching the Western popular cultural theories,the most influential are the Frankfurt School and the Birm ingham School. They have disputed whether the popular culture is the disaster or the blessedness for human beings and whether the popular culture is ideological or not,exploring the economic benefit and the social benefit of the popular culture,which provides enlightenment for the developm ent of the cultural industry of China. Firstly,we shall develop the cultural industry to satisfy the growing demand of the people for cultural products; secondly,with the development of the cultural industry,we shall balance the social benefit and economic benefit; finally,the socialist core value system is the necessity for the development of the cultural industry.

Deepening China-Africa Cooperation, Benefiting People’s Health

CHINA and Africa have been a commu- nity of shared interests and shared destiny Their collaboration benefits not only the development of China and Africa but also promotes the unity and cooperation of developing countries. Health cooperation is a powerful testimony to the friendship between Chinese and African people. Based on win-win cooperation and aiming at the well-being of the people, China and Africa have attained fruitful results through health cooperation over the last five decades.

社会冲突理论视角下育龄青年生育意愿影响因素研究

在生育政策不断调整的背景下,生育率并未呈现理想中的上升情况,甚至出现下降的态势。文章基于科塞社会冲突理论,通过定量方法对数据进行因子分析,试图探讨育龄青年生育意愿的影响因素。研究发现,影响育龄青年生育意愿的因素依次为制度性、主体间利益冲突和主体间观念冲突。其中,民生保障体系不完整、就业制度在性别地位上不平等、住房保障不足等是影响育龄青年生育意愿的主要制度性因素;主体间利益冲突表现为个人与家庭之间、家庭与用人单位之间的利益冲突;主体间观念冲突则表现为传统生育观念与现代生育观念的冲突、功利性与情感性冲突。因此,要完善和强化生育配套支持政策,完善家庭内部冲突主体间利益协调机制,引导育龄青年增强生育动机,这有助于改善生育环境,提升育龄青年生育意愿。

Need for operational simplicity and timely disbursal of benefits—a qualitative exploration of the implementation of a direct benefit transfer scheme for persons with tuberculosis in India

Background Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana(NPY)is a direct benefit transfer scheme of the Government of India introduced in 2018 to support the additional nutritional requirements of persons with TB(PwTB).Our recent nationwide evaluation of implementation and utilization of NPY using programmatic data of PwTB from nine randomly selected Indian states,reported a 70%coverage and high median delay in benefit credit.We undertook a qualitative study between January and July 2023,to understand the detailed implementation process of NPY and explore the enablers and barriers to effective implementation and utilization of the NPY scheme.Methods We followed a grounded theory approach to inductively develop theoretical explanations for social phenomena through data generated from multiple sources.We conducted 36 in-depth interviews of national,district and field-level staff of the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme(NTEP)and NPY beneficiaries from 30 districts across nine states of India,selected using theoretical sampling.An analytical framework developed through inductive coding of a set of six interviews,guided the coding of the subsequent interviews.Categories and themes emerged through constant comparison and the data collection continued until theoretical saturation.Results Stakeholders perceived NPY as a beneficial initiative.Strong political commitment from the state administration,mainstreaming of NTEP work with the district public healthcare delivery system,availability of good geographic and internet connectivity and state-specific grievance redressal mechanisms and innovations were identified as enablers of implementation.However,the complex,multi-level benefit approval process,difficulties in accessing banking services,perceived inadequacy of benefits and overworked human resources in the NTEP were identified as barriers to implementation and utilization.Conclusion The optimal utilization of NPY is enabled by strong political commitment and challenged by its lengthy implementation process and delayed disbursal of benefits.We recommend greater operational simplicity in NPY implementation,integrating NTEP activities with the public health system to reduce the burden on the program staff,and revising the benefit amount more equitably.

中国共产党的“人民江山论”:以人民为中心的执政逻辑解析

“人民江山论”是中国共产党领导全国人民建立新中国并推进中国式现代化建设历程的经验总结,鲜明地反映了党始终坚持以人民为中心的执政理念,宣示了中国特色社会主义国家的人民主体地位特征。国家长治久安、政党长期执政需要赢得人民的认同,应对国家风险、推动社会健康发展需要维护人民的利益,保障人民地位则体现了社会主义民主制度的本质以及中国式现代化进程的命脉,这三个维度是中国共产党的执政之本、执政之魂、执政之体,同时是“人民江山论”的政治根基、实践力量与绵延血脉所在。

以人为本管理模式在提高血站后勤管理工作效益中的研究

随着社会经济的快速发展和科技的不断进步,血站后勤管理在保障血液安全、优化资源利用和提高工作效益方面扮演着重要的角色。从理论分析的角度入手,明确血站后勤管理的重要性。结合思想观念、人员团队、固定资产方面存在的问题进行内容梳理,明确目前血站后勤管理的挑战。结合以人为本的核心思想,提出了多元化的后勤管理优化对策,从认知层面强化血站后勤管理的重要性,落实好后勤人员队伍培训,构建科学的固定资产监管体系,建立健全后勤管理考核制度以及协调机制,进一步提升血站后勤管理的灵活性和多样性,在提升血站后勤管理工作效益的同时能够满足社会发展需求。

基于扎根理论的老年人技术排斥行为影响因素研究

随着社会数字化的快速发展,老年人对信息技术的需求和使用逐渐增加。然而,实际情况显示,许多老年人存在技术排斥行为。文章深入研究了老年人技术排斥行为的影响因素,分析其原因和特点,以为推动老年人数字化融入提供参考和借鉴。通过采用扎根理论方法,对访谈资料进行编码分析,共提取出62个初始概念、16个基本范畴和6个主范畴。研究结果表明,老年人的信息通信技术(ICT)排斥行为主要受到心理认知、个人感受、个人特质、ICT使用障碍、ICT推广认知以及网络信息等因素的共同影响。

Behavioral Decision-Making of Key Stakeholders in Public-Private Partnerships:A Hybrid Method and Benefit Distribution Study

Public-private partnerships(PPPs)have been used by governments around the world to procure and construct infrastructural amenities.It relies on private sector expertise and funding to achieve this lofty objective.However,given the uncertainties of project management,transparency,accountability,and expropriation,this phenomenon has gained tremendous attention in recent years due to the important role it plays in curbing infrastructural deficits globally.Interestingly,the reasonable benefit distribution scheme in a PPP project is related to the behavior decisionmaking of the government and social capital,aswell as the performance of the project.In this paper,the government and social capital which are the key stakeholders of PPP projects were selected as the research objects.Based on the fuzzy expected value model and game theory,a hybrid method was adopted in this research taking into account the different risk preferences of both public entities and private parties under the fuzzy demand environment.To alleviate the problem of insufficient utilization of social capital in a PPP project,this paper seeks to grasp the relationship that exists between the benefit distribution of stakeholders,their behavioral decision-making,and project performance,given that they impact the performance of both public entities and private parties,as well as assist in maximizing the overall utility of the project.Furthermore,four game models were constructed in this study,while the expected value and opportunity-constrained programming model for optimal decision-making were derived using alternate perspectives of both centralized decision-making and decentralized decision-making.Afterward,the optimal behavioral decision-making of public entities and private parties in four scenarios was discussed and thereafter compared,which led to an ensuing discussion on the benefit distribution system under centralized decision-making.Lastly,based on an example case,the influence of different confidence levels,price,and fuzzy uncertainties of PPP projects on the equilibrium strategy results of both parties were discussed,giving credence to the effectiveness of the hybrid method.The results indicate that adjusting different confidence levels yields different equilibriumpoints,and therefore signposts that social capital has a fair perception of opportunities,as well as identifies reciprocal preferences.Nevertheless,we find that an increase in the cost coefficient of the government and social capital does not inhibit the effort of both parties.Our results also indicate that a reasonable benefit distribution of PPP projects can assist them in realizing optimum Pareto improvements over time.The results provide us with very useful strategies and recommendations to improve the overall performance of PPP projects in China.

Top-Level Design of Smart City Based on“Integration of Four Plans”

A smart city provides a new idea and model for urban construction, management, and development. This article proposes the concepts and methodology for top-level design of smart cities based on the ＂ Integration of Four Plans ＂, and the planning process and systems for implementing the top-level design of smart cities. This article discusses, from the perspective of a city, how to optimize resource allocation, coordinate the development of urban economy, society, resources, environment, and people＇s livelihood, and map out the blueprints for healthy and sustainable development of a smart city.

FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS OF SAFETY SIMULTANEOUS EXTRACTION OF COAL AND COALBED METHANE

Coalbed methane is of great value to extract and utilize in China, but the result of such research is not satisfied yet today.The paper analyzed the storage characteristics of coalbed methane, and then studied the behavior of coalbed methane using the key stratum theory of strata control.According to the features related to coalbed methane accumulations and delivery, the technique for safely simultaneous extraction of coal and coalbed methane is proposed, and benefit analysis is made too.

平台场域内中等收入人群“滑落”风险形成与治理机制——基于美团外卖骑手的案例研究

在中等收入人群绝对规模增加的过程中,也存在着“滑落”现象,以往对于中等收入人群的研究多从收入分配制度、人力资本等角度展开。通过美团案例的研究发现,中等收入人群“滑落”的根源为生态成员权责范围的模糊,“稳中”还需依赖平台治理。处于市场优势地位的美团,在供求失衡的市场机制和算法技术的支持下,通过灵活用工模式规避雇佣责任,但这种劳资关系并非稳定的和可持续的。外卖骑手可以通过自我赋能、维护自身主体性、多栖战略等途径抵御“滑落”,同时,制度缺口填补、平台与政府协同治理、平台企业垄断规制和多元主体赋权的方式也可以阻断外卖骑手的“滑落”通道。外卖骑手“滑落”是研究橄榄型社会结构构建的经典案例,对我国完善平台治理结构和发展共同富裕具有积极意义。