Best practice recommendations for scale construction in organizational research: The development and initial validation of the Character Strength Inventory (CSI)

Proper scale development and validation provide the necessary foundation to facilitate future quantitative research in the organizational sciences. Using the framework provided by the Researcher's Notebook , the purpose of this study is twofold. First, we present a modern summary of best practice procedures for scale development, reliability analysis, and validity analysis. Second, we explain and illustrate these best practice procedures by describing each procedure in the context of developing and psychometrically analyzing a new Character Strength Inventory (CSI). Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Effects of speed-control measures on the safety of unsignalized midblock street crossings in China

Objective: The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of different speed-control measures on the safety of unsignalized midblock street crossings.

Methods: In China, it is quite difficult to obtain traffic crash and conflict data for pedestrians using such crossings, mainly due to the lack of traffic data management and organizational issues. In light of this, the proposed method did not rely on such data, but considered vehicle speed, which is a leading contributing factor of pedestrian safety at mid blocks. To evaluate the speed reduction effects at different locations, the research team utilized the following methods in this study: (1) testing speed differences—on the basis of the collected data, statistical analysis is conducted to test the speed differences between upstream and crosswalk, upstream and downstream, and downstream and crosswalk; and (2) mean distribution deviation—this value is calculated by taking the difference in cumulative speed distributions for the two different samples just mentioned. In order to better understand the variation of speed reduction effects at different distances from speed-control facilities, data were collected from six types of speed-control measures with a visual range of 60 m.

Results: The results showed that speed humps, transverse rumble strips, and speed bumps were effective in reducing vehicle speeds. Among them speed humps performed the best, with reductions of 21.1% and 20.0% from upstream location (25.01 km/h) and downstream location (24.66 km/h) to pedestrian crosswalk (19.73 km/h), respectively. By contrast, the speed reduction effects were minimal for stop and yield signs, flashing yellow lights, and crossings without treatment.

Conclusions: Consequently, in order to reduce vehicle speeds and improve pedestrian safety at mid blocks, several speed-control measures such as speed humps, speed bumps, and transverse rumble strips are recommended to be deployed in the vicinity of pedestrian crosswalks.     

区域污染源排污总量分配方案初探

文章以实现区域可持续发展为目标,对区域污染物排污总量的分配进行了初步探索,通过分析对其有影响的各种因素,最终为特定区域发展规划的制定,可持续发展的实现,提供了一种较好的污染物排污总量分配方案。     

军用物资航空运输振动冲击环境条件研究

介绍了军用物资航空运输的特点和分类,分析了军用物资在飞机起飞、降落、跑道滑行、飞行中,因气流变化以及空投时物资着陆和装卸而产生的振动冲击等,并给出了一定的振动冲击值。同时,结合振动冲击等环境条件对物资的影响,提出了安全防护的几点措施,为军用物资航空运输的安全性提供理论依据和技术参考。     

加强环境监测站规范化管理的有效措施

环境监测质量是监测工作的生命线,也是监测技术管理的核心内容,其根本目的是确保监测数据达到代表性、精密性、准确性、可比性和完整性的要求。实践证明,加强环境监测站规范化管理可以全程序的保证监测质量,提高工作效率,减少工作中的随意性。实验室资质认证、持续有效运行的质量管理体系、完善的监测技术规范、强化培训机制提高人员素质、加强全程序质量监督等措施可以有效地提高监测站规范化管理。     

绿色交通与环境的可持续发展

汽车尾气是环境污染的重要来源之一。随着社会和人们对环境保护意识的增强,对道路交通汽车尾气的影响及防治越来越受到人们的重视。解决汽车污染问题．必须考虑中国国情,从环境保护、能源结构、城市建设（特别是道路建设）和汽车产业发展等方面入手,统筹使用清洁燃料、清洁的车辆技术,以及可持续的城市道路系统建设、环境管理措施,才能实现城市经济效益、社会效益和生态环境效益三者的统一。     

分散式污水处理系统的特征及其应用

从传统的生活污水集中处理和分散式污水处理方法入手,介绍了分散式污水处理系统的概念、类型及特征,分析了分散式处理系统存在着脱氮除磷、技术性能及环境友好方面的不完善之处。提出了加强脱氮除磷研究,实现生态化、节能化、景观化、省地化是分散式污水处理系统发展的方向。     

区域经济与环境协调发展的指标体系及定量评价方法研究

区域环境是区域经济持续发展的重要基础,区域经济是区域环境发展的前提和保证。两者的协调发展是区域可持续发展的必由之路。区域环境与经济协调发展的定量评价,是分析、评价经济与环境协调发展的重要工具。文章从经济发展对环境的影响和对社会的贡献程度出发建立了经济与环境协调发展评价指标体系,进而提出了区域经济与环境协调发展的定量评价方法,对区域经济与环境协调发展评价具有重要现实意义。     

SWOT分析方法在城镇环境规划中的应用

可持续发展是当今世界的热点课题,城镇环境规划对于中国的城镇可持续发展和社会主义新农村建设具有重要的意义。然而现有的环境规划分析方法大多是对环境现状的直观描述和简单归纳总结,缺少定量的分析,因此。需要全新的分析方法的引入。本文运用综合评判法、矩阵分析、四半维平面坐标、强度梯度等数学手段,将SWOT分析方法引入环境规划领域,构成了一个适合于环境规划决策过程中应用的系统和定量模型。在此基础上,结合某城镇的环境规划实例,深入探讨了在城镇环境规划中如何引入SWOT分析这一重要方法,并成功得出了该镇环境规划的方向和对策,为其他城镇的可持续发展提供理论支持。     

佳木斯市四丰山风景区环境污染综合治理对策

佳木斯市四丰山风景区是黑龙江省政府确定的省级风景名胜区,由于近些年无序、过度的开发,环境现状急剧恶化,亟需治理。通过对其周边污染源及水库水质状况的调查,提出了污染治理方案,明确了综合治理的必要性。