Relational turbulence and perceptions of partner support during reintegration after military deployment

The transition from deployment to reintegration can be stressful for returning military personnel and at-home partners, and support plays a key role in their ability to transition effectively. We draw on relational turbulence theory to advance predictions about how parameters of the relationship between returning service members and at-home partners predict their perceptions of their partner’s support during the post-deployment transition. We surveyed 235 individuals (117 returning service members, 118 at-home partners) who had experienced the transition within the past 6 months. Findings consistent with the theory indicated that relational turbulence partially mediated the negative associations that relational uncertainty and interference from a partner shared with partner support. Partner uncertainty was a direct negative predictor of partner support as well. We consider how these results extend theory, research, and practice.     

Technological capital: an alternative to the digital divide

This paper identifies individuals’ accumulated history with Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) as a replacement for the contested and outdated term ‘digital divide.’ We propose that an individual’s ability to benefit from their technological history consists of four factors: awareness, knowledge, access, and technological capacity of the user’s social collective. Together, these factors make up the individual’s level or amount of Technological Capital. The development of this construct was based on empirical research conducted in Soweto, South Africa, and through an analysis of the literature on assessing individuals’ accumulated histories. The concept of technological capital has the potential for application in fields in which ICTs are used for communication, capacity building, and identifying barriers to adoption of new technologies. The use of the concept may have implications for policy decisions, resource allocation, and future research into differences among individuals’ and communities’ ability to benefit from the introduction of new technologies.     

Technological research in the EU is less efficient than the world average. EU research policy risks Europeans’ future

We have studied the efficiency of research in the EU by a percentile-based citation approach that analyzes the distribution of country papers among the world papers. Going up in the citation scale, the frequency of papers from efficient countries increases while the frequency from inefficient countries decreases. In the percentile-based approach, this trend, which is uniform at any citation level, is measured by the e_p index that equals the P_{top 1%}/P_{top 10%} ratio. By using the e_p index we demonstrate that EU research on fast-evolving technological topics is less efficient than the world average and that the EU is far from being able to compete with the most advanced countries. The e_p index also shows that the USA is well ahead of the EU in both fast- and slow-evolving technologies, which suggests that the advantage of the USA over the EU in innovation is due to low research efficiency in the EU. In accord with some previous studies, our results show that the European Commission’s ongoing claims about the excellence of EU research are based on a wrong diagnosis. The EU must focus its research policy on the improvement of its inefficient research. Otherwise, the future of Europeans is at risk.     

“宁为鸡口,无为牛后”的语言文字浅析

"宁为鸡口,无为牛后"影响深远,而其研究尚有余地,以《读书杂志》和北大语料库为基础,从语法、异文和文化三方面进行探讨,其中,异文是重点,希望对词源考据和语言应用等有所裨益。     

比较文学教学的四个关键词

比较文学作为一门学科,内容丰富、学理性强。如何使学生真正了解比较文学学科的价值、意义,使他们正确运用比较文学原理、方法,深入开展文学研究,四个关键词至关重要,即：比较;影响;可比性;变异性。学生只有充分了解关键词的含义,切实掌握了关键词的运用,比较文学的教学才能收到事半功倍的成效。     

汉语在外语课堂中的的重新定位

现今主流的教学思想推崇全英文课堂,对汉语持全盘否定的态度,本文正是试图从多种方面(教学策略,迁移,标记语,普遍语法,联结主义,可理解性输入等方面)来探讨在英文课堂上汉语应有其一席之地。     

职校班主任职业倦怠成因及对策

职校班主任目前面临的压力非常大，是职业倦怠的高发人群。本文在学校管理实践的基础上，提出解决职校班主任职业倦怠的相关策略，即创建良好的人文环境，体现更多的人文关怀；进行工作环境的结构性调整，给班主任“减负”；重视班主任自我发展需要。追求人生的自我价值实现；加强班主任的心理健康教育与培训。     

浅析现代篮球运动特点和作用

本文从篮球的技术动作结构，竞赛规则，攻守对抗的特殊之处与其它同类项目加以比较，分析、概括，力求找出蓝球运动的特殊所在，目的是全面地、深刻地认识它，科学地去掌握它，发展它和完善它。     

"五霸"考释

"五霸"之说历来纷繁,前人以为有"三代五霸"与"春秋五霸"之别.实际上,任何一个"五霸"说都不是以某一标准(如主持盟会、天子赐伯等)可以归集的,"五霸"的概念是随着时间的变化而不断发展变化的,这是一个动态的概念.     

对高职高专师资队伍建设的探索和实践

随着我国高等职业教育的迅猛发展,存在的问题逐渐暴露出来,其中师资队伍建设问题是最为紧迫的问题之一。师资队伍建设是学校最基本的建设,是提高人才、培养质量和办出高职高专特色的关键。