Adoption of Agri-Environmental Measures by Organic Farmers: The Role of Interpersonal Communication

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of interpersonal communication on the adoption of agri-environmental measures (AEM) by organic farmers in Germany.

Methodology: The study used the logit model to predict the probability of adoption behaviour, and Social Network Analysis (SNA) was conducted to analyse the question of whether validating information about organic farming provided by interpersonal information sources is associated with communication frequency.

Findings: Our findings demonstrate that being an early adopter of organic farming practices and frequent contact with young and highly educated farmers increases the probability of adoption of other AEM. However, contact frequency in interpersonal networks was found not to be a significant determinant for explaining adoption decisions. Frequently communicating farmers in the network are more likely to attribute higher levels of importance to organic farming information received from formal actors than to information received from informal actors.

Practical Implications: If young and highly educated farmers, who can be considered as informal opinion leaders, are approached by the extension services, then an effective diffusion of information on AEM can be expected. To support the AEM adoption, a platform should be provided by state agencies that would enable organic farmers to understand the environmental benefits achieved over the time.

Originality/value: This study contributes to the scientific discussion on the role of interpersonal communication on AEM adoption. A new aspect is our consideration of organic farmers adopting additional AEM. Moreover, we highlight organic farmers' validation of the importance of formal and informal information sources on organic farming.     

浅析高校图书馆馆员与读者冲突及对策

高校图书馆是为教学和科研提供服务的部门,图书馆员在图书资料与读者间起到桥梁的作用。在为读者服务的过程中,馆员与读者间产生冲突时有发生,本文具体分析产生冲突的原因,并提出了化解冲突的有效对策。     

基于Android平台的手机安全通讯录的设计与实现

为了充分保障手机通讯录信息的安全性,并充分利用智能手机原有资源,提出一种基于Android平台的手机安全通讯录系统.该系统将原有联系人、通话记录和短信息三大功能合为一体,有效利用Android原生数据库资源,使用Java多线程技术实现对原生数据库信息的加密解密处理、手机丢失后的智能化GPS定位、通讯录等手机存储信息的智能化转储与删除.实验结果表明,该手机安全通讯录系统能充分保证手机用户的信息安全.     

评价系统下薛宝钗诗歌的人际意义对比研究——以曹雪芹《红楼梦》和霍克斯译本为例

运用澳大利亚学者马丁等发展的评价系统理论,评价系统有三个子系统:态度、介入和级差,从这三方面尝试性地探讨薛宝钗诗歌在源语和译语中的人际意义异同,以期发现薛宝钗诗歌的文化意义在评价系统下的保留与缺失。     

社交网络环境下大学生人际交往行为特征分析

社交网络已经成为当代大学生日常生活和学习密不可分的一种网络活动的主要载体。本文研究的是在微信等新媒体下的大学生人际交往行为特征。研究结果表明,目前大学生使用微信等新型媒体处于正常状态,大学生在使用微信等新型媒体行为活动中具有正向预测作用的变量有"参与微信互动测试"、"关注公众号"等,负向预测变量有"发布照片"、"点赞"等。     

基于斗鸡博弈视角的高校学生人际冲突分析

目前,博弈论理论被广泛运用于政治、经济等多个学科领域,而事实上生活中也到处蕴藏着诸多博弈论的知识,具备博弈论的智慧往往会让人生更加精彩。本文试图从斗鸡博弈的视角分析高校学生人际冲突的演进机制,进而为减少人际冲突,构建和谐校园提供一些对策。     

Knowledge flows through informal contacts in industrial clusters: myth or reality?

The role of informal networks in the development of regional clusters has recently received a lot of attention in the literature. Informal contact between employees in different firms is claimed to be one of the main carriers of knowledge between firms in a cluster. This paper examines empirically the role of informal contacts in a specific cluster. In a questionnaire survey, we asked a sample of engineers in a regional cluster of wireless communication firms in Northern Denmark a series of questions on informal networks. We analyze whether the engineers actually acquire valuable knowledge through these networks. We find that the engineers do share even quite valuable knowledge with informal contacts. This shows that informal contacts represent an important channel of knowledge diffusion.     

Children''s reactions to cooperative group work: a strategy for enhancing peer relationships among bullies, victims and bystanders

This investigation increases our understanding of the interpersonal interactions that take place during co-operative group work (CGW) among children nominated by their peers as bullies, victims and bystanders. Using the method of Interpersonal Process Recall (IPR), children were given the opportunity to explore their own and others' feelings and actions during video replays of co-operative group work at two time points over an eight-month period, and to share their emotional responses with other members of the group. The study indicated that CGW had an impact on the expression of some emotions. At Time 1, bystanders expressed more enjoyment of CGW than either bullies or victims; at Time 2, these differences had disappeared. However, the tendency of victims to deny their feelings in comparison to bullies and bystanders remained. The implications for educational practice are discussed.     

融合IPFS与以太坊的爬虫智能合约研究

目前的爬虫框架及分布式系统集群成熟,但是代价高,硬件设备昂贵,技术较复杂。结合区块链技术设计一种爬虫方案,部署简单且省去服务器资金投入。该方案融合IPFS技术,使用智能合约募集公网上闲散的硬件资源代替传统服务器,节约成本,使用简单,可为IPFS融合区块链技术的应用提供参考。