Value congruence,control, sense of community and demands as determinants of burnout syndrome among hospitality workers

Employees working in the hospitality industry are constantly exposed to occupational stressors that may lead employees into experiencing burnout syndrome. Research addressing the interactive effects of control, community and value congruence to alleviate the impact of workplace demands on experiencing burnout is relatively limited. The present study examined relationships among control, community and value congruence, workplace demands and the three components of burnout. A sample of 418 employees working in a variety of hospitality associations including restaurants and hotels in Spain were recruited. Moderation analyses and linear regressions analyzed the predictive power of control, community and value congruence as moderating variables. Results indicate that control, community and value congruence were successful buffers in the relationships between workplace demands and the burnout dimensions. The present findings offer suggestions for future research on potential moderating variables, as well as implications for reducing burnout among hospitality employees.     

Ca and OH release of ceramsites containing anorthite and gehlenite prepared from waste lime mud

Lime mud is a kind of solid waste in the papermaking industry, which has been a source of serious environmental pollution. Ceramsites containing anorthite and gehlenite were prepared from lime mud and fly ash through the solid state reaction method at 1050°C. The objective of this study was to explore the efficiency of Ca^2 + and OH⁻ release and assess the phosphorus and copper ion removal performance of the ceramsites via batch experiments, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results show that Ca^2 + and OH⁻ were released from the ceramsites due to the dissolution of anorthite, gehlenite and available lime. It is also concluded that gehlenite had stronger capacity for Ca^2 + and OH⁻ release compared with anorthite. The Ca^2 + release could be fit well by the Avrami kinetic model. Increases of porosity, dosage and temperature were associated with increases in the concentrations of Ca^2 + and OH⁻ released. Under different conditions, the ceramsites could maintain aqueous solutions in alkaline conditions (pH = 9.3–10.9) and the release of Ca^2 + was not affected. The removal rates of phosphorus and copper ions were as high as 96.88% and 96.81%, respectively. The final pH values of both phosphorus and copper ions solutions changed slightly. The reuse of lime mud in the form of ceramsites is an effective strategy.     

澧水流域生态系统服务价值与生态补偿策略

为了协调区域经济发展与生态保护的关系,以澧水流域为研究对象,采用修正的生态系统服务价值系数分析了2001—2013年该区域生态系统服务价值(ESV)的变化情况,并构建灰色模型对2016—2025年生态系统服务价值进行预测,同时综合考虑研究区域经济发展水平,引入生态补偿优先级(ECPS)对不同区域生态补偿的迫切程度进行了量化. 结果表明:①2001—2013年,澧水流域生态系统服务价值从2001年的313.70×108元降至2013年的313.32×108元;GM(1,1)模型预测结果显示,2025年澧水流域生态系统服务价值将降至311.22×108元. ②澧水流域8个县(市/区)的生态系统服务价值和生态补偿优先级存在较大差异,澧水上游(桑植县)和中游(永定区、武陵源区、慈利县、石门县)为整个澧水流域提供了良好的生态服务,属于“生态输出”地区,应该优先得到生态补偿;而下游(澧县、临澧县、津市市)的生态优先级较小,属于“生态消费”地区,应当率先进行生态支付. 研究结果有利于制订合理的生态补偿价格,调节生态保护利益相关者之间的利益关系,有助于当地政府研究制订比较完整的生态补偿政策决策.      

数值模拟在群桩基础评判标准确定中的应用

群桩基础安全稳定性评判决策中各因子评判标准边界的确定是保证其模型正确构建的关键环节。由于安全监测系统无法测得这种警戒值,因此,本文采用基于ABAQUS软件的数值模拟方法,依据上部结构受力特点及使用要求来确定群桩基础安全稳定性判别决策因子的警戒值。仿真结果显示:该方法能可靠获取超大型深水群桩基础成桥后的基桩轴力不均匀性和差异沉降的最佳警戒值。     

石油开采区域生态环境质量综合评价研究

石油开采在规模不断扩张的同时,也造成了大面积的采区环境污染,严重降低了生态环境质量.为探索石油开采区域生态环境质量综合评价的有效方法,通过对石油开采区域生态环境质量及综合评价现状的分析,精选指标构建了石油开采区域生态环境质量的综合评价指标体系,利用专家调查法确定了各评价指标的相对权值,并构建了石油开采区域生态环境质量模糊综合评价模型,选择胜利油田某采区进行了综合评价的应用研究,对模糊综合评价模型的有效性进行了验证.     

连续型超临界水氧化系统出水酸碱性分流试验研究

在用连续型超临界水氧化设备处理废水时,经常发现系统的净化出水pH值变小、排盐出水pH值变大。为了深入研究并揭示其机理,选择原碱性废水中和水、原酸性废水中和水、弱碱性废水、NaCl水溶液、纯自来水和纯NaOH水溶液6种典型水样进行定量试验。结果表明,连续型超临界水氧化系统存在净化出水和排盐出水pH值变化的现象,即使废水在进入系统前调整为中性(pH=7),反应后依然是净化出水pH7,排盐出水pH7。该现象很可能是由于在超临界状态下原水中无机酸根离子和金属阳离子的结晶盐离解生成了H~+、OH~-,随后各自缔合成酸性和碱性物质。缔合的酸性物质留在超临界水中,并随之从净化水出口排出,降低了出水的pH值;缔合的碱性物质混入盐结晶析出物中,随之在亚临界区溶解并经过排盐口流出,而重新溶解的金属氢氧化物增加了排水的pH值。另外,在超临界水氧化反应器复杂的氧化腐蚀环境下也生成了一定量的OH~-和酸缔合物,它们对改变出水pH值有一定作用。酸根离子极难从超临界水氧化系统中分离,因此对碱性废水要慎重中和,特别要慎重选择酸根离子,最好不要用盐酸中和,这是因为其带入的Cl~-会引起超临界系统内的氯腐和系统净化出水口的酸腐。研究表明,因为存在出水pH值的变化,对超临界水氧化系统出水的纯净程度必须予以重新考虑。     

岷江下游五通桥段小型集水区大气降水中pH值对重金属含量的影响

为了解岷江下游大气降水中pH值及其重金属含量特征及污染状况,以五通桥段小型集水区为研究对象,分析了年降雨量、降水pH值和降水中的重金属含量季节变化,探讨了pH值与重金属之间的关系,并利用相关分析和聚类分析对大气降水中重金属来源进行了初步解析.结果表明:五通桥集水区年总降雨量为1199.42 mm,pH平均值为5.37,年降雨中42.86%为酸雨,3.57%为重酸性雨,10.71%为碱雨,且夏、春季比秋、冬两季略高.重金属As、Cd、Cu、Pb、Zn平均含量分别为10.33、5.75、14.68、53.15、922.37μg·L-1,其中,As和Cu含量低于地表水环境质量Ⅲ类标准.5种重金属含量在冬季明显高于夏季,春季含量略高于秋季,与大气降水pH值存在显著的负相关关系,在pH为3.8左右时各重金属含量最高,其中,As和Cd在pH 5.5左右、Cu和Pb在pH从5.5到6.0的过程中含量增加,达到次高值.5种重金属在降雨pH值大于7时含量最低.聚类分析结果表明,研究区大气中As、Cd、Cu、Pb、Zn主要来源于燃煤、汽车尾气、工业污染、矿石开采和钢铁生产.     

引入资源价值补偿机制的资源税改革研究

资源是社会经济发展的基础,也是社会可持续发展的动力和保证,随着我国经济的快速发展,资源短缺现象日益突出,资源补偿不足的问题也日益凸显.国内外研究证明,资源补偿和资源税改革息息相关,资源价值补偿作为一种有效的资源补偿方式,具有很好的适用性和可操作性,是政府调控资源生产、消费和恢复的有效手段之一.长期以来,我国的资源税改革一直受到关注焦点,但学者门多关注于如何提高税率,扩大税基,而忽视了资源税改革中的资源补偿问题.本文首先回顾了相关研究成果,在此基础上借鉴国外经验,在资源税改革中引入资源价值补偿机制,并构建资源环境CGE模型(即RECGE模型),从资源价值补偿对社会经济、资源环境以及社会福利等方面进行模拟分析,研究资源价值补偿的影响.研究表明:资源价值补偿能有效缓解资源压力,改善环境状况,而合理而有效的资源补偿能有效协调经济和资源环境系统,促进社会经济的可持续发展.     

On nonepistemic values in conservation biology

Conservation biology is a uniquely interdisciplinary science with strong roots in ecology, but it also embraces a value‐laden and mission‐oriented framework. This combination of science and values causes conservation biology to be at the center of critique regarding the discipline's scientific credibility—especially the division between the realms of theory and practice. We identify this dichotomy between seemingly objective (fact‐based) and subjective (value‐laden) practices as the measure‐value dichotomy, whereby measure refers to methods and analyses used in conservation biology (i.e., measuring biodiversity) and value refers to nonepistemic values. We reviewed and evaluated several landmark articles central to the foundation of conservation biology and concepts of biodiversity with respect to their attempts to separate measures and values. We argue that the measure‐value dichotomy is false and that conservation biology can make progress in ways unavailable to other disciplines because its practitioners are tasked with engaging in both the realm of theory and the realm of practice. The entanglement of measures and values is by no means a weakness of conservation biology. Because central concepts such as biodiversity contain both factual and evaluative aspects, conservation biologists can make theoretical progress by examining, reviewing, and forming the values that are an integral part of those concepts. We suggest that values should be included and analyzed with respect to the methods, results, and conclusions of scientific work in conservation biology.