Crossing the communication divide: Intergroup contact and the desire to learn the outgroup’s language

This paper explores the role of ethnolinguistic vitality and intergroup contact in changing attitudes and the interest to learn Hungarian among Slovak-speaking secondary school students in Southern Slovakia (N?=?225). Several indirect paths linking the all these variables were found. In general, lower local ethnolinguistic vitality of Hungarian decreased intergroup anxiety and increased the quality of contact with members of the Hungarian minority, which led to a more positive attitude toward the Hungarian minority, and enhanced the interest to learn Hungarian.     

核桃苗地金龟子防治试验初报

经过我们连续两年的大田及室内试验,结果表明,对金龟子幼虫(蛴螬)的防治应以触杀为主,合理的土壤化学药剂处理均能收到很好的防治效果.     

滑动运动副接触刚度控制研究

设计并制造了基于NiTi形状记忆合金驱动的间隙可调整（或接触刚度可控）运动副．实验结果表明：这种运动幅间隙可控性好，其接触动刚度变化范围大（最大动刚度是原始动刚度的11倍），具有理想的自适应抗振特性．     

福建省主要经济联系方向研究

区际联系是区域地理学重要的研究内容之一．通过城市间经济联系的测算可以明确城市的主要联系方向．这将有利于城市和区域经济的空间组织、城市实体的空间发展方向确定、交通运输的合理组织．文章引入区域间相互作用的引力模型,以福建省作为研究对象,测算出城市间的经济联系强度,并用对应的航空、公路和铁路客运联系资料进行验证,得出福建省内部的主要联系方向以及省际的主要联系方向,为福建省内部的空间整合和外部的空间扩展提供重要的决策参考．     

Male primary teachers’ fear and uncertainty surrounding physical contact

Young children often look to their teachers for affection and acceptance, particularly if they are sick or upset. However, many male primary teachers do not feel comfortable with this aspect of their role. Consequently, many men choose not to make physical contact with their students in order to protect themselves from accusations of inappropriate behaviour. Using a mixed methodology of survey and interviews, this research provides an in-depth analysis of the fear and uncertainty male primary teachers experience in relation to physical contact, and the key factors that contribute to its difficulty.     

Antecedents and mediating role of IT service climate in IT service quality: A mixed methods study

Developing a strong and positive information technology (IT) service climate is important to ensure high-quality IT services. The influence of job resources and personal resources on the IT service climate and the mediating effect of the IT service climate on IT service quality were explored in this study qualitatively and quantitatively. Among the various job resource factors, we found that training, reward, and information system (IS) support can improve the IT service climate. Coworker support shows a non-significant effect on IT service climate. Among the personal resource factors, self-efficacy and hope have significantly positive effects on the IT service climate. Optimism and resilience do not appear to significantly affect the IT service climate. Our results confirm that the IT service climate is an important mediator in enabling certain antecedents to properly impact IT service quality. The IT service climate was found to fully mediate the effects of training, reward, IS support, and hope while partially mediating the effect of self-efficacy. The effect of the IT service climate on IT service quality is also strengthened by a high customer contact frequency. The results presented here may provide scholars and practitioners with a comprehensive, workable understanding of the IT service climate.     

Communicated Stereotypes,Attitudes, and Intended Accommodation of Appalachians

ABSTRACT

The study illuminates intergroup cognitions and intended communication towards Appalachians. American MTurk workers’ (N = 252) open-ended responses illuminated stereotype content of “backwards,” “uneducated,” “poor,” “mountain dwelling,” “self-reliant,” “kind,” and “prejudiced,” corroborating non-Appalachians’ closed-ended responses that Appalachians are deemed moderately competent and warm. The previous contact with an Appalachian yielded no significant differences in “attitudes towards Appalachians” scores. Intended (non)accommodations towards Appalachians commonly included “no adjustments,” with a variant array of overaccommodations (e.g. talking slower) and avoidance that either invoked or enforced stereotypes. Results may inform future testing and enhancement of intergroup and interpersonal communication with and about Appalachians.     

粤语差比式“X+A+过+Y”的类型学地位——比较方言学和区域类型学的视角

基于比较方言学和区域类型学视角,本文力图证明:1)差比式X+A+过+Y是粤语区别于其他方言的一个显著特征,而少数闽、客、官话方言采用该式则是粤语影响的产物。2)东南亚语言在过型差比式上的共享特征导源于粤语X+A+过+Y的区域扩散。3)粤语差比式X+A+过+Y源于自身的独立创新而非古汉语特征的承继。     

论交往教学模式与学生主体性发展

交往教学模式有利于学生主体性发展，为学生主体性发展提供了有效途径和良好心理环境。文章阐述了交往教学模式的基本特征，提出运用此模式应贯彻合理交往原则、相互依赖原则以促进学生主体性发展。