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.     

中国表层土壤有机质空间分布模拟分析方法研究

气候变化背景下,对土壤有机碳的研究是目前大尺度上土壤性质研究的热点。基于第二次全国土壤普查5 374个典型土壤剖面数据,分析表层土壤有机质(20 cm)与环境因素的相关关系,利用多元回归模型和HASM模型结合的方法模拟中国国家尺度上表层土壤有机质含量的空间分布格局,探讨该方法的模拟误差,为国家尺度上有机碳的估算提供方法参考。研究结果表明,对350个检验点模拟结果的平均绝对误差和平均相对误差为15.61 g.kg-1和56.59%,与普通克里格法相比分别降低了1.61 g.kg-1和20.84%;对样点分布较少以及无样点的西北地区和台湾省的模拟结果也更符合实际情况。建模样点减少一半的情况下,模拟结果的平均绝对误差和平均相对误差仅分别增加了0.14 g.kg-1和1.07%。因此,论文方法可作为模拟国家尺度上有机质空间分布相对有效的方法,同时如何使模型解释更多的土壤有机质空间变异将是进一步提高模拟精度的关键。     

南方丘陵山区典型地物景观特征尺度研究

景观的特征尺度反映了人与自然交互作用的空间过程,合理识别景观空间结构及其特征尺度有助于遥感影像景观空间异质性分析。论文以地处南方丘陵山区的福建省福州市为研究区,针对城市、农田、森林与水域4种地物景观,基于SPOT 10 m影像,分别利用半方差分析、小波分析与平均局部方差方法,开展景观特征尺度研究。结果表明:①不同景观类型的空间异质性差异较大,其中森林景观空间异质性最大,其次为城市、农田景观,水域的空间异质性最小;②小波方差分析和半方差分析分别检测到两个不同的特征尺度,而局部方差仅仅检测到较小的空间结构;③森林景观特征尺度比通常偏小,与南方丘陵山区破碎地形有关,城市景观更多体现为人类活动的影响,南方丘陵山区城市景观至少具有两种不同的空间结构,其特征尺度均较小,农田景观特征尺度最大。基于小波分析与半方差各自的特点,总结提炼出综合两种方法合理识别景观特征尺度的基本流程,即:首先开展小波分析,然后在此基础上利用半方差分析多种理论模型组合从而获得更详细的特征尺度信息,模型组合个数与参数初始值依据小波分析的结果而定。     

Modeling Flow,Nutrient, and Sediment Delivery from a Large International Watershed Using a Field‐Scale SWAT Model

A large international watershed, the St. Clair‐Detroit River System, containing both extensive urban and agricultural areas, was modeled using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model. The watershed, located in southeastern Michigan, United States, and southwestern Ontario, Canada, encompasses the St. Clair, Clinton, Detroit (DT), Sydenham (SY), Upper, and Lower Thames subwatersheds. The SWAT input data and model resolution (i.e., hydrologic response units, HRUs), were established to mimic farm boundaries, the first time this has been done for a watershed of this size. The model was calibrated (2007–2015) and validated (2001–2006) with a mix of manual and automatic methods at six locations for flow and water quality at various time scales. The model was evaluated using Nash–Sutcliffe efficiency and percent bias and was used to explore major water quality issues. We showed the importance of allowing key parameters to vary among subwatersheds to improve goodness of fit, and the resulting parameters were consistent with subwatershed characteristics. Agricultural sources in the Thames and SY subwatersheds and point sources from DT subwatershed were major contributors of phosphorus. Spatial distribution of phosphorus yields at HRU and subbasin levels identified locations for potential management targeting for both point and nonpoint sources and revealed that in some subwatersheds nonpoint sources are dominated by urban sources.     

Development of a new scale to measure subjective career success: A mixed‐methods study

Career success is a main focus of career scholars as well as organizational stakeholders. Historically, career success has been conceptualized and measured in an objective manner, mainly as salary, rank, or number of promotions. However, the changing nature of work has also necessitated a change in the way many employees view success, adding a more subjective component. Although there has been theoretical discussion and calls to develop a comprehensive measure of subjective career success, no contemporary comprehensive quantitative measure exists. The goal of this study was to create and validate a measure of subjective career success, titled the Subjective Career Success Inventory (SCSI). The SCSI includes 24 items that address subjective career success via eight dimensions. The scale was developed and validated through four phases of data collection, beginning with interviews and focus groups, followed by item sorting tasks, then item refinement through confirmatory factor analysis, and finally convergent and discriminant validity quantitative analysis. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

5083铝合金在3%NaCl溶液中的微区电化学特性

目的对5083铝合金在海水环境下的腐蚀行为进行深入的探索。方法在3%Na Cl溶液条件下,通过扫描振动电极技术(SVET)对5083铝合金的微小区域进行了原位测量,得到表面区域电位梯度的变化情况,结合交流阻抗测试,以及扫描电镜和能谱分析等方法,研究5083铝合金腐蚀的发生、发展机理。结果由于Zn和S等元素的偏析,腐蚀过程中,夹杂物等第二相周围优先溶解,致使铝合金基体裸露在溶液中。随着反应的持续形成点蚀,腐蚀电流使腐蚀区域的电位高于基体电位。浸泡3 h,最大电位差为15.72 m V,浸泡5 h,最大电位差达到20.06 m V。结论 5083铝合金在海水环境下夹杂物的周围优先溶解,然后是电位高于基体电位的第二相发生溶解,同时钝化膜破裂处也发生腐蚀,最终这些区域形成点蚀。     

衣康酸/苯乙烯磺酸共聚物的合成及其阻垢性能研究

以衣康酸(IA)和苯乙烯磺酸(SSA)为原料,合成IA／SSA共聚物阻垢剂,确定的最佳合成条件：反应温度为103℃,反应时间为2h,引发剂用量为7％(占单体总质量),IA：SSA质量比为2．8：1。在此工艺条件下合成的IA／SSA共聚物阻垢剂,其阻碳酸钙垢的阻垢率可达99％。     

大气环境质量评价的标度指数法

提出用标度表示大气污染物分指数和大气环境质量综合指数新概念。依据大气污染物浓度等比赋值,其危害程度等差分级原则,导出了标度分指数和综合指数的计算公式。标度分指数表达形式简单、规范,对任何污染程度都以统一基准衡量;标度综合指数既能反映多种污染物并存对环境的综合影响,又适当突出严重污染物对环境的危害。通过对实例的应用、分析和比较,证实了该评价方法的有效性、可比性和通用性,且这些性质不受污染物种类和数目多少的限制。     

表面活性物质对HPMA阻垢缓蚀性能的影响

表面活性物质的加入可明显提高水解聚马来酸酐(HPMA)的阻垢、缓蚀性能,且不同表面活性物质影响程度不同,通过剩余硬度法测定阻垢性能,静态失重法测定缓蚀性能,从而比较异丙醇、葡萄糖酸钠对HPMA阻垢、缓蚀性能的影响。实验结果表明,异丙醇与HPMA复合使用时效果较好,阻垢率达到 79 0 %,缓蚀率达 70 7%,且阻垢率随Ca2 + 浓度增大而增大。     

磷石膏制硫酸钾中试研究

以湿法磷酸副产的磷石膏和工业品氯化钾为原料 ,采用两步法 ,常温常压下 ,在 5 0 0 0t a工业化装置中 ,生产符合国标ZBG2 10 0 6 89农用一级品硫酸钾。整个过程流程较简单 ,能耗低 ,投资省 ,基本无“三废”排放。钾的收率达70 %。工艺条件稳定 ,产品质量稳定。中试结果与小试有较好的重复性 ,放大效果好。