The purpose of this study was to analyze and synthesize a concept of caring in nursing professionals. The Ethnographic Delphi Future Research (EDFR) contained two phases: Phase 1: The analysis and synthesis of the...The purpose of this study was to analyze and synthesize a concept of caring in nursing professionals. The Ethnographic Delphi Future Research (EDFR) contained two phases: Phase 1: The analysis and synthesis of the concept of caring theory in nursing professionals from the literature, research and interviews. The participants were an expert in education, two nurses, two patients and two members of the patients' families. The research instrument was a semi-structural questionnaire. The data were analyzed by content analysis and categorized; and Phase 2: The selection of the expressions of caring behavior and guidelines for promotion of caring behavior in new nurses. The participants were two experts in education, eight experts in nursing administration and eight experts in nursing practice. The research instruments were three questionnaires. The data from the first Delphi technique were analyzed by the experts' recommendations. The data from the second and third Delphi technique were analyzed by the median and interquartile range of each behavior and consensus. The findings showed the main contents of caring that contained six components as follows: kindness, understanding worth and showing respect, professional relationship, professional competency, professional ethics, and holistic care. The training was a method for promotion of caring behavior. Additionally, in the the first Delphi technique, the experts approved all of the components of caring behavior and the guidelines for promotion of caring behavior as identified in the researchers' concepts. However, the researchers' concepts were developed 54 caring behaviors while the experts' opinion were 50 caring behaviors. In the second and third Delphi technique, all items of caring behaviors get consensus shown by interquartile range not more than 1.5 and the median since 3.5.展开更多
The yield behavior of metallic glasses was studied. Three yield criteria, including von Mises yield criterion, Mohr-Coulomb yield criterion and the unified yield criterion were used to describe the yield phenomena of ...The yield behavior of metallic glasses was studied. Three yield criteria, including von Mises yield criterion, Mohr-Coulomb yield criterion and the unified yield criterion were used to describe the yield phenomena of the metallic glasses. Two classes of the experimental data were chosen to draw the yield loci using the unified yield criterion. It is shown that the unified yield criterion can be used to describe the yield behavior of the metallic glasses no matter whether the metallic glasses show strength- different effect or non-strength-different effect. Almost all the widely accepted yield criteria are the subsets of the unified yield criterion if the intermediate principle stress and/or the intermediate principle shear stress are not considered at all.展开更多
Ethos and logos of the Jain thought and practice (world view) is based on reality perceived by senses. Atheistic roots of Jain Dharm have nourished growth, maintained viability and vitality, and kept it relevant for...Ethos and logos of the Jain thought and practice (world view) is based on reality perceived by senses. Atheistic roots of Jain Dharm have nourished growth, maintained viability and vitality, and kept it relevant for over the last five millennia. Unlike Judeo-Christian-Islam or Brahminical faith, it does not rely on omniscient supreme or god. Its atheistic and anti-theistic thrust is generally known, yet its followers do not call themselves Nastik (non-believers). They emphasize action-consequence relations as guide for successful behaviors with ethical conduct. The basis of their arguments follows from the Jain logic (Saptbhangi Syad Nay) of evidence based inference with multiple orthogonal affirmed assertions (Jain 2011). It conserves information by acknowledging the remaining doubt in an inference. It does not assume binary complementation to force closure for deduction with incomplete knowledge which leads to self-reference and loss of information. This approach offers a rational and practical alternative to conundrum of western atheism even though its arguments are logical and consistent with available evidence. It also obviates need to extract religious morality from social mores. Objective truth and knowledge of established generalizations is necessary but not sufficient for subjective searches to shape desires and for what the future ought to be.展开更多
Accounting conventions are concepts and rules which have been generally accepted in performing accounting. It came from a careful observation of accounting practice, the accounting practice revealed patterns of consis...Accounting conventions are concepts and rules which have been generally accepted in performing accounting. It came from a careful observation of accounting practice, the accounting practice revealed patterns of consistent behavior.展开更多
The understanding of the rock deformation and failure process and the development of appropriate constitutive models are the basis for solving problems in rock engineering. In order to investigate progressive failure ...The understanding of the rock deformation and failure process and the development of appropriate constitutive models are the basis for solving problems in rock engineering. In order to investigate progressive failure behavior in brittle rocks, a modified constitutive model was developed which follows the principles of the continuum damage mechanics method. It incorporates non-linear Hoek-Brown failure criterion, confining pressure-dependent strength degradation and volume dilation laws, and is able to represent the nonlinear degradation and dilation behaviors of brittle rocks in the post-failure region. A series of triaxial compression tests were carried out on Eibenstock(Germany) granite samples. Based on a lab data fitting procedure, a consistent parameter set for the modified constitutive model was deduced and implemented into the numerical code FLAC3 D. The good agreement between numerical and laboratory results indicates that the modified constitutive law is well suited to represent the nonlinear mechanical behavior of brittle rock especially in the post-failure region.展开更多
Accounting conventions are concepts and rules which have been generally accepted in performing accounting. It came from a careful observation of accounting practice, the accounting practice revealed patterns of consis...Accounting conventions are concepts and rules which have been generally accepted in performing accounting. It came from a careful observation of accounting practice, the accounting practice revealed patterns of consistent behavior.展开更多
Unified analytical solutions are presented for the predictions of the stresses and displacements around a circular opening based on nonqinear unified failure criterion and the elastic-brittle-plastic softening model. ...Unified analytical solutions are presented for the predictions of the stresses and displacements around a circular opening based on nonqinear unified failure criterion and the elastic-brittle-plastic softening model. Unified analytical solutions not only involve generally traditional solutions which are based on the Hock-Brown (H-B) failure criterion or the non-linear twin-shear failure criterion, but also involve other new results. The results of the radius of plastic zone, radial displacements and stresses are obviously different using three rock masses when different values of the unified failure criterion parameter or different material behavior models are used. For a given condition, the radius of plastic zone and radial displacements are reduced by increasing the unified failure criterion parameter. The latent potentialities of rock mass result from considering the effect of intermediate principal stress. It is shown that proper choices of the failure criterion and the material behavior model for rock mass are significant in the tunnel design.展开更多
Metallic glasses(MGs)constitute an emerging class of advanced structural materials due to their excellent mechanical properties.However,brittle failure at room temperature and the resultant complicated fracture behavi...Metallic glasses(MGs)constitute an emerging class of advanced structural materials due to their excellent mechanical properties.However,brittle failure at room temperature and the resultant complicated fracture behavior greatly limit their wide engineering applications.Over the past decades,the deformation and fracture in ductile or brittle mode referring to material compositions,load conditions,sample size,etc.,have been widely studied,and significant progress has been made in understanding the failure behavior of MGs.Micromechanisms of fracture have been revealed involving shear banding,cavitation and the nature of the crack tip field.The ductile-to-brittle transition and inherent governing parameters have been found.To well describe and predict the failure behavior of MGs,failure criteria for ductile and brittle MGs have been established empirically or based on atomic interactions.In this paper,we provide a detailed review of the above advances and identify outstanding issues in the failure of MGs that need to be further clarified.展开更多
文摘The purpose of this study was to analyze and synthesize a concept of caring in nursing professionals. The Ethnographic Delphi Future Research (EDFR) contained two phases: Phase 1: The analysis and synthesis of the concept of caring theory in nursing professionals from the literature, research and interviews. The participants were an expert in education, two nurses, two patients and two members of the patients' families. The research instrument was a semi-structural questionnaire. The data were analyzed by content analysis and categorized; and Phase 2: The selection of the expressions of caring behavior and guidelines for promotion of caring behavior in new nurses. The participants were two experts in education, eight experts in nursing administration and eight experts in nursing practice. The research instruments were three questionnaires. The data from the first Delphi technique were analyzed by the experts' recommendations. The data from the second and third Delphi technique were analyzed by the median and interquartile range of each behavior and consensus. The findings showed the main contents of caring that contained six components as follows: kindness, understanding worth and showing respect, professional relationship, professional competency, professional ethics, and holistic care. The training was a method for promotion of caring behavior. Additionally, in the the first Delphi technique, the experts approved all of the components of caring behavior and the guidelines for promotion of caring behavior as identified in the researchers' concepts. However, the researchers' concepts were developed 54 caring behaviors while the experts' opinion were 50 caring behaviors. In the second and third Delphi technique, all items of caring behaviors get consensus shown by interquartile range not more than 1.5 and the median since 3.5.
基金Projects(51011120053, 50823006, 50825102) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘The yield behavior of metallic glasses was studied. Three yield criteria, including von Mises yield criterion, Mohr-Coulomb yield criterion and the unified yield criterion were used to describe the yield phenomena of the metallic glasses. Two classes of the experimental data were chosen to draw the yield loci using the unified yield criterion. It is shown that the unified yield criterion can be used to describe the yield behavior of the metallic glasses no matter whether the metallic glasses show strength- different effect or non-strength-different effect. Almost all the widely accepted yield criteria are the subsets of the unified yield criterion if the intermediate principle stress and/or the intermediate principle shear stress are not considered at all.
文摘Ethos and logos of the Jain thought and practice (world view) is based on reality perceived by senses. Atheistic roots of Jain Dharm have nourished growth, maintained viability and vitality, and kept it relevant for over the last five millennia. Unlike Judeo-Christian-Islam or Brahminical faith, it does not rely on omniscient supreme or god. Its atheistic and anti-theistic thrust is generally known, yet its followers do not call themselves Nastik (non-believers). They emphasize action-consequence relations as guide for successful behaviors with ethical conduct. The basis of their arguments follows from the Jain logic (Saptbhangi Syad Nay) of evidence based inference with multiple orthogonal affirmed assertions (Jain 2011). It conserves information by acknowledging the remaining doubt in an inference. It does not assume binary complementation to force closure for deduction with incomplete knowledge which leads to self-reference and loss of information. This approach offers a rational and practical alternative to conundrum of western atheism even though its arguments are logical and consistent with available evidence. It also obviates need to extract religious morality from social mores. Objective truth and knowledge of established generalizations is necessary but not sufficient for subjective searches to shape desires and for what the future ought to be.
文摘Accounting conventions are concepts and rules which have been generally accepted in performing accounting. It came from a careful observation of accounting practice, the accounting practice revealed patterns of consistent behavior.
基金Project(2015M570678)supported by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation funded project
文摘The understanding of the rock deformation and failure process and the development of appropriate constitutive models are the basis for solving problems in rock engineering. In order to investigate progressive failure behavior in brittle rocks, a modified constitutive model was developed which follows the principles of the continuum damage mechanics method. It incorporates non-linear Hoek-Brown failure criterion, confining pressure-dependent strength degradation and volume dilation laws, and is able to represent the nonlinear degradation and dilation behaviors of brittle rocks in the post-failure region. A series of triaxial compression tests were carried out on Eibenstock(Germany) granite samples. Based on a lab data fitting procedure, a consistent parameter set for the modified constitutive model was deduced and implemented into the numerical code FLAC3 D. The good agreement between numerical and laboratory results indicates that the modified constitutive law is well suited to represent the nonlinear mechanical behavior of brittle rock especially in the post-failure region.
文摘Accounting conventions are concepts and rules which have been generally accepted in performing accounting. It came from a careful observation of accounting practice, the accounting practice revealed patterns of consistent behavior.
基金Project (No.SJ08E204) supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province,China
文摘Unified analytical solutions are presented for the predictions of the stresses and displacements around a circular opening based on nonqinear unified failure criterion and the elastic-brittle-plastic softening model. Unified analytical solutions not only involve generally traditional solutions which are based on the Hock-Brown (H-B) failure criterion or the non-linear twin-shear failure criterion, but also involve other new results. The results of the radius of plastic zone, radial displacements and stresses are obviously different using three rock masses when different values of the unified failure criterion parameter or different material behavior models are used. For a given condition, the radius of plastic zone and radial displacements are reduced by increasing the unified failure criterion parameter. The latent potentialities of rock mass result from considering the effect of intermediate principal stress. It is shown that proper choices of the failure criterion and the material behavior model for rock mass are significant in the tunnel design.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation Basic Science Center Program for"Multiscale Problems in Nonlinear Mechanics"(Grant No.11988102)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11972346 and 11790292)+3 种基金the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2017YFB0702003)the Strategic Priority Research Program(Grant Nos.XDB22040302 and XDB22040303)the Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences(Grant No.QYZDJSSW-JSC011)the Science Challenge Project(Grant No.TZ2018001).
文摘Metallic glasses(MGs)constitute an emerging class of advanced structural materials due to their excellent mechanical properties.However,brittle failure at room temperature and the resultant complicated fracture behavior greatly limit their wide engineering applications.Over the past decades,the deformation and fracture in ductile or brittle mode referring to material compositions,load conditions,sample size,etc.,have been widely studied,and significant progress has been made in understanding the failure behavior of MGs.Micromechanisms of fracture have been revealed involving shear banding,cavitation and the nature of the crack tip field.The ductile-to-brittle transition and inherent governing parameters have been found.To well describe and predict the failure behavior of MGs,failure criteria for ductile and brittle MGs have been established empirically or based on atomic interactions.In this paper,we provide a detailed review of the above advances and identify outstanding issues in the failure of MGs that need to be further clarified.