Should we be “challenging” employees?: A critical review and meta‐analysis of the challenge‐hindrance model of stress

The challenge‐hindrance model of stress proposes that stressors can be divided into two distinct groups: those that challenge employees and those that hinder employees. This critical review seeks to explain the history of the model and its basic tenets, while succinctly summarizing the findings of existing studies based on the model. A thorough search of the stress literature uncovered 32 studies that specifically examined the relationship between challenge and hindrance stressors and important personal/organizational variables. Results were reviewed and analyzed, specifically by describing past meta‐analyses on the model, looking at the overall pattern of results from primary studies, and meta‐analyzing the relationships presented in those papers. This synthesis suggests that although there are some differential relationships of challenge and hindrance stressors with organizational variables (e.g., performance and engagement), the relationships to other key variables, such as counterproductive work behaviors, psychological strains, and physical health, are consistently negative for both challenge and hindrance stressors. Thus, we propose that stress research move away from the current challenge‐hindrance model in favor of other established models and/or a more appraisal‐based approach.     

不同围压下煤岩损伤变形规律及声发射特征分析

为研究不同围压条件下煤岩的损伤变形,利用RTX-1000岩石三轴仪和Micro-Ⅱ声发射成像采集仪对煤样进行不同围压下的三轴压缩声发射定位试验,对加载过程中的应力应变、AE计数等特征参数进行对比分析,构建基于AE计数的损伤模型,研究三轴压缩下煤岩损伤变形的规律。研究结果表明:在保持应变率恒定的条件下,围压越高,煤样的峰值强度越大,分别为18.04,29.92,32.29,45.94 MPa;围压越高,弹性阶段的AE计数相对减少;煤样发生剪胀扩容变形;基于AE计数构建损伤模型,分析对比损伤应变理论曲线与试验曲线,得到较高的拟合度,且损伤临界值和损伤量随围压的升高呈现减小的趋势;分析理论模型中的速率增长因子,得到试验与理论损伤规律一致。     

坚硬顶板综采工作面推进速度对矿压规律影响研究

以顾桥煤矿坚硬顶板综采工作面工程地质条件为背景,运用理论分析、数值模拟和现场实测手段,分析了开采速度对工作面覆岩运动、围岩破坏、应力分布和液压支架承载特性的影响。研究结果表明:1个周期来压内工作面落煤引起的岩梁刚性回转下沉量是一定的,工作面作业循环时间引起的岩梁蠕变下沉量与岩梁刚性回转下沉量呈正比,加快工作面推进速度仅减少围岩体蠕变引起的岩梁下沉部分。工作面开采速度增加,覆岩塑性区发育范围减小,煤壁应力集中位置变浅、应力集中系数变小。工作面快速推进时,液压支架承载多为2次増阻和3次増阻,支架工作阻力较小;缓慢推进时,液压支架承载多为1次急增阻,载荷近似呈线性增长,支架工作阻力较大。     

BACTERIAL POPULATIONS OF AQUATIC SYSTEMS RECEIVING DIFFERENT TYPES OF STRESS1

ABSTRACT: Bacterial populations in a fast flowing stream receiving chemical wastes and in a slower flowing pond receiving a thermal addition 3–5°C above ambient temperature were compared with populations in a nonpolluted converging stream and an adjacent unheated pond. Parameters measured were total aerobic heterotrophic bacteria, bacterial diversity, percent chromagens of the total bacterial populations, and water temperature. Analyses of monthly samples plated on dilute Standard Plate Count Agar indicated that chemical additives to the waste stream significantly decreased the percent of chromagenic bacteria, and that thermal stress significantly altered total counts and bacterial diversity in the flowing pond. The effects of potential pollutants on these aquatic systems were assessed and are discussed on the basis of results obtained over a 16-month period.     

INERTIA AND RECOVERY: AN APPROACH TO STREAM CLASSIFICATION AND STRESS EVALUATION1

ABSTRACT: The concepts of inertia and elasticity were applied to existing fish data from Conowingo Creek. It was determined that these two concepts could form the foundation for a stream classification system based on the structure and function of fish communities. Inertia appears to be more useful for predicting the effects of potential stress than elasticity (a stress must first occur before elasticity can be fully evaluated). The relationship between structural and functional redundancy and their influences on the inertia index is discussed.     

BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS AND BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF ESTUARINE/COASTAL POLLUTION1

ABSTRACT: Sustained interest in and concern about the health status of the aquatic environment has resulted in extensive research focused on (1) effects of pollution on survival, growth, and reproduction of resource species at all life stages; (2) diseases of fish and shellfish, as they may be related to pollution and as they may serve as indicators of environmental stress; and (3) contaminant body burdens in fish and shellfish - their effects on the aquatic animals and their potential effects on humans. Effects, lethal and sublethal, of pollutants on life history stages of fish and shellfish have been documented, as have impacts on local stocks in badly degraded habitats, but as yet there has been no adequate quantitative demonstration of effects on entire aquatic species - probably because of the difficulty in sorting out relative effects of the many environmental factors that influence abundance. Sublethal effects, especially those that result in disease, have been examined intensively, and some diseases and disease syndromes have been associated statistically with pollution. Other pollution indicators (biochemical, physiological, genetic, behavioral, and ecological) have also received some attention, as have body burdens of contaminants in aquatic species. Research, especially that conducted during the past decade, has done much to clarify the many pathways and toxic effects of contaminants on aquatic animals, and has also helped to identify mechanisms for survival of fish and shellfish in the presence of environmental changes caused by human activities.     

ABNORMALITIES AND DISEASES OBSERVED IN COMMERCIAL FISH CATCHES FROM BISCAYNE BAY,FLORIDA1

ABSTRACT: Many of the most productive fishing grounds in the United States are estuaries and bays which are located near population and industrial centers, and therefore subjected to pollution. Observations made on 17 fish species from commercial catches harvested in north Biscayne Bay, Florida, an urban area, showed high numbers of individuals suffering from abnormalities and diseases. Seven groups of disorders most frequently affected bottom feeders. Fin and integumental hemorrhages occurred in all individuals in 26 of 43 catches of Mugil cephalus (striped mullet), and in all individuals in 24 of 30 catches of Micropogon undulatus (Atlantic croaker). Disorders occurring consistently in a location exposed to pollutants, but uncommon in other areas of the species' range, point to environmental stress as a probable cause.     

Effects of cadmium and zinc on oxygen consumption, ammonium excretion, and osmoregulation of white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei)

White shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, a globally important cultured prawn species, is an ideal animal for studying the impairment caused by the effects of heavy metals that are often detected in coastal areas. The main purpose of the present study was to detect the acute toxicity of Cd and Zn to L. vannamei, and to investigate their effects on gill functions, which have not been carried out in this species before, hoping to obtain some important significance. First of all, we examined the acute toxicity of cadmium (Cd) and zinc (Zn) to L. vannamei and obtained 24-, 48-, 72-, and 96-h medium lethal concentration (LC₅₀) values of 2.58, 1.30, 1.14, and 1.07 mg Cd l⁻¹ and 3.98, 2.14, 1.75, and 1.35 mg Zn l⁻¹, respectively. Furthermore, we also found that exposure of shrimp to Cd or Zn caused an inhibition in oxygen consumption of 91.3% and 75.9% lower than that of the control. However, after separate exposure to Cd or Zn, elevations in ammonium excretion were obtained, which were 153.7% and 144.1%, respectively, higher than the control. It is most likely that elevations in ammonium excretion were related to decreased osmotic pressure of shrimp blood. Finally, the distribution of Cd and Zn within gills was also determined.     

化感作用及其在环境保护中的应用

生物体产生生物活性物质即化感物质在生物体之间传递信息并导致生物体相互作用 ,这称为化感作用。化感作用是一个崭新的研究领域。本文介绍了化感作用的概念、分类、不同生物体之间化感作用的作用机理 ,并着重论述了化感作用在环境保护中的应用途径、实例及建议。     

盐碱胁迫对水稻幼苗中基因差异表达的影响

为了阐明已分离的盐碱适应性相关基因(Liuetal, 2000)的表达特性,以14d叶龄的水稻品种日本晴幼苗为材料,分别经NaHCO3 (60mmol/L,pH8. 50) )处理6h、12h、24h、48h, 及不同pH值(pH4. 50, 6. 50, 8. 50, 10. 50)的NaCl(100mmol/L), NaHCO3 (60mmol/L)和Na2CO3 (30mmol/L)处理24h, 以分析时间效应及浓度与pH值间的联合效应. 结果表明,与对照(H2O, pH6. 50)相比较,NaHCO3 (60mmol/L)处理6h、12h、24h、48h后,mitochondrialAT Pase6×103的转录本分别提高2. 73、0. 82、0. 01和1. 79倍;cAPX转录本在24h和48h较对照提高1. 17和1. 49倍;处理6h后CA和HSP90基因表达受显著抑制;UDPG-GT增强表达的滞后期为6h;thioredoxin受NaHCO3轻微抑制.不同pH值和24h处理条件下,NaHCO3和Na2CO3显著促进mitochondrialATPase6×103基因表达.CA基因表达受Na 、HCO-3 和pH的共同影响;而thioredoxin主要受Na 和pH的双重影响; cAPX也表现出类似趋势.UDPG-GT在Na2CO3处理中表达量最高,HSP90的表达随pH的升高而降低. 图6表2参13