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Objective To explore the impacts of illness perception and coping style on social participation in patients receiving surgery for Stanford type A aortic dissection, so as to provide reference for making intervention measures. Methods A total of 214 patients with Stanford type A aortic dissection who had received surgical treatment were selected by convenience sampling. Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (BIPQ), Medical Coping Modes Questionnaire (MCMQ), and Impact on Participation and Autonomy questionnaire (IPA) were used for survey. Bootstrapping was used to analyze the association of social participation with illness perception and coping style. Results For the patients, IPA score was (51.74 ± 16.50) points, BIPQ score was (49.74 ± 12.61), and the subscales scores of correspondence to confrontation, avoidance, and acceptance-resignation were (22.87 ± 5.18), (14.96 ± 3.05) and (10.80 ± 3.93), respectively. Illness perception was positively correlated with social participation (P < 0.01), confrontation was negatively correlated with illness perception and social participation (P < 0.01), surrender was positively correlated with illness perception and social participation (P < 0.01). confrontation and acceptance-resignation play a parallel mediating role between illness perception and social participation (P < 0.01), accounting for 29.65% and 16.05% of the total effect, respectively. Conclusions Social participation is at a medium and below level in the patients receiving surgery for Stanford type A aortic dissection, coping style is intermediary variable for illness perception and social participation. By increasing the positive illness perception in the patients, medical staff can instruct them to cope actively with their disease and to enhance their social participation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objectives: The fine spatial distribution of urban villages is important for urban planning and urban renewal. However, since urban villages are high-level semantic geo-objects and have obscure remote sensing characteristics, it is difficult to obtain fine spatial distribution with good precision from high-density cities using traditional methods. Methods: We propose a novel hierarchical recognition method for urban villages that fuses remote sensing images and social sensing data to finely recognize the urban villages. The method combines the advantages of remote sensing images and social perception data in features. Large and small-scale information are both considered into the process by using the hierarchical framework. Re⁃ sults: The method provides a new idea for a comprehensive understanding of urban villages at a fine scale. A case study has been implemented in Shenzhen. An urban village distribution with a spatial resolution of 2.5 m is obtained. The accuracy assessment shows that the overall accuracy and Kappa coefficient reach 98.68% and 0.807， respectively, indicating the excellent performance of the method. In addition, the gain effects of the hierarchical framework and the fusion of remote sensing images and social perception data are demonstrated, respectively. Conclusions: The results show that both the hierarchical framework and the multi-source spatial data are effective in improving the accuracy of the urban village recognition method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Based on social cognitive theory, the influence from positive followership characteristics on employees’ innovation behavior is focused upon, and the mediating effect of perceived human resources management strength and the moderating effect of job embeddedness are verified. Based on the 415 survey data, the conclusions are as follows. Firstly, positive followership characteristics have positive influence on perceived human resources management strength. Secondly, perceived human resources management strength has positive influence on employees’ innovation behavior. Thirdly, perceived human resources management strength partially mediates the relationship between positive followership characteristics and employees’ innovation behavior. Fourthly, job embeddedness plays a positive moderating role between perceived human resources management strength and employees’ innovation behavior. The result provides new ideas for enterprises to guide employee innovation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aiming at the problems of current edge cache strategy with high transmission delay and insufficient user social relation in small areas, this paper proposed an edge cache strategy based on social relation perception which combined with average popularity of hot content and user interest. Firstly, according to the average popularity of hot content and the interest of users, this paper estimated the needs of users. The similarity of users' demands reflected the strength of users' social relationships. Then, it selected the user as the secondary cache location based on the relationship strength of the user. Finally, considering the selection of cache location and user requirements, this paper proposed a joint cache strategy with base station cooperative cache and user-assisted cache. Simulation results show that the proposed caching strategy is superior to the traditional ones with regard to the cache hit ratio and system cache delay. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective:To explore the emotional effect on social perception of faces by comparing happy expression and neutral expression in young adults.Methods:Thirty-two college students were recruited through advertisements to watch a series of pictures of young adults ’ happy and neutral faces and rate their 13 personality traits(trustworthiness,emotional stability,responsibility,sociability,attractiveness,likeability,confidence,intelligence,aggressiveness,dominance,competence,warmth,tenacity) on 7 points scales.The score of each personality trait evaluation and the response time(ms) for evaluation were taken as the dependent variables to conduct the repeated measurement ANOVA with expression type,picture gender and personality trait type as within independent variables,and bonferroni correction was used for multiple comparisons.Results:The results showed that the young adults ’ happy expression got higher scores than their neutral expression(Ps <0.0038) on trustworthiness,sociability,attractiveness,likeability,confidence,warmth.As for dominance and aggressiveness,the young adults ’happy expression got lower scores than their neutral expression(Ps <0.0038).In terms of reaction time,it took less time to evaluate the personality for the young adults’ happy faces than the young adults’ neutral faces [(1675.2±493.5) ms vs.(1742.3±547.7) ms,P <0.05].Conclusion:Compared with the young adults’ neutral expression,their happy expression may lead to the perceptual outcome of the positive personality traits,and reduce the perceptual outcome of dominance and negative personality traits,and promote the processing speed of social perception of faces. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: To provide a general overview of Taiwanese scholars’ publication history in sport and exercise psychology in international journals in the past 10 years. The aim was to encourage more young scholars to develop careers in this area. Method: Following the methodological suggestions by Cooper (2016) in research synthesis with some small modifications, we adopted a “quasi-systematic review” approach to collect, sort and analyze Taiwanese scholars’ publications in the field of the social psychology of sport and exercise in the past decade. We only considered papers published in international journals and TSSCI journals. Results: The results of this review can be summarized in five points: (a) most Taiwanese scholars conducted their research in sport contexts; (b) most of the studies used undergraduates and adolescents as participants; (c) most scholars adopted quantitative methods to conduct their research, and the studies published in international journals had a higher proportion of longitudinal designs than those published in TSSCI journals; (d) 34 (17.71%) studies examined the issue of “interpersonal relationship in sport”; 51 (26.56%) studies investigated “leadership and group dynamics”; 74 (38.54%) investigated “motivation”; 107 (55.73%) investigated “social cognition in sport”; and 67 (34.90%) investigated the “influence of the environment”; and (e) among the studies published in international journals, 24 (28.57%) were ranked as Q1, 17 (20.24%) as Q2, 30 (35.71%) as Q3; and 13 (15.48%) as Q4. Discussion and suggestion: Future research may examine how social facilitation influences athletes and exercisers’ behavior. Issues such as audience effect or home-court advantage are worth investigating. We also suggest that future studies may adopt cross-cultural or cross-ethnic designs. In addition, we suggest that future studies adopt multi-samples, multi-measures, and multi-timing data collection. Other research designs such as longitudinal interventions and qualitative-quantitative mixed design are recommended. Finally, we suggest that future studies use more diverse populations as research participants, especially older adults. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In order to improve the performance of particle swarm optimization, this paper proposed a hybrid algorithm based on simplex search and particle swarm optimization. On the one hand, the algorithm adaptively determined the inertia weight, cognition and social parameters for the purpose of avoiding parameters. On the other hand, it used the simplex search to guide the direction of several particles, thus accelerated the convergence of the algorithm. The results of numerical experiments show that the proposed algorithm has better performance than the compared algorithms in terms of function evaluations and accuracy . [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The prevention and control will of the farmers is the basis for the treatment of the pollutants from livestock and poultry. Defining the key factors of it in the coastal areas and analyzing the formation mechanism of it are important for the formulation of effective policies. The willingness of farmers to control pollution is a subjective perception and is difficult to measure directly. Structural equation indicates potential variables or conceptualizes latent variables by corresponding measurable indices, and allows the existence of errors or residuals between external latent variables and internal latent variables. By combining regression analysis, path analysis, factor analysis and other methods, the equation can clearly analyze the role of independent variables on dependent variables and the interaction of dependent variables. So, this thesis, taking Yancheng city as an example and based on 121 livestock survey questionnaires, uses the structural equation model to analyze the formation mechanism and impact mechanism of farmers' pollution prevention will. The results showed that:① In terms of the overall effect, individual characteristics, environmental risk perception, health risk perception and social impact and perception all have a significant positive effect on farmers' willingness of pollution prevention. ② The individual characteristics have a positive effect on the environmental risk perception and health risk perception, and have a covariant relationship with social impact and perception. At the same time, it indirectly influences farmers' will of pollution prevention and control through these factors. ③ The health risk perception of the farmers is the most important factor of pollution prevention. If the health risk perception increases 1 unit, the farmers' risk of pollution will increase 0.459 units. Among all the observable variables affecting health risk perception, the effect on human health perception was the greatest, being 0.835. The path of "human health perception → health risk perception → farmers' willingness to prevent pollution" can effectively improve regional livestock pollution prevention and control. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

China's national parks aim to promote conservation and improve public welfare. This research took tourists as one of the key ecosystem services beneficiaries. It used an ecosystem services approach to identify social perceptions and willingness to pay regarding different ecosystem services in the Wusyishan National Park Pilot, in order to find ways to optimise tourism to promote conservation and to improve public welfare in the establishment of the national park system. A social survey was conducted using questionaires focusing on the assessment of the importance of ecosystem services and the willingness to pay, and the data were analysed using weighted scoring, multiple correspondence analysis and optimal scaling regression. Results showed that most respondents recognised the importance of various cultural services, including eco- tourism which is high in practicality, activities to have cultural experience which is rather abstract and enjoying the beautiful scenery; however, there were trade-offs among specific ecosystem services. Tourists thought highly of maintaining air quality and it was the only regulating service that ranked the top five. In addition, they did not choose any provisioning services among the top five important ecosystem services. Under the entry tickets fee waiver hypothesis, more than 90% respondents were willing to pay for maintainance of the ecosystem services, but the average payment of 165.9 yuan/person was less than current ticket price. Willingness to pay was significantly affected by education level and career; together with the impact of age and personal income, clustered groups with certain willingness to pay were identified. These findings indicate that in the development of tourism in national parks, managers should focus on securing typical cultural ecosystem services regarding tradeoffs in demand from different tourist groups. They also should improve the public's awareness of the chracteristics of ecosystems to facilitate their active participation in conservation. q [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To explore the characteristics of the social cognition in patients with high/low functioning early onset schizophrenia (HF-EOS). Methods: Eighty-four 13-18 years old patients with early onset schizophrenia and 45 gender-, age-, and level of education-matched healthy controls (HC) were selected. The diagnosis was made according to the criteria of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problem, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) for schizophrenia. All patients were divided into HF-EOS group (total score >7, n=41) and LF-EOS group (total score <4, n=43) in the three aspects total score of social attachment, social competence and functional capacity. All patients were assessed with the Eye Basic Emotion Discrimination Task, Reading the Mind in the eyes, Yoni task and Faux Pas Recognition task. Results: Compared with healthy controls, LF-EOS patients performed poorer on Reading the Mind in the eyes task [(７１±１８) vs. (８３±１３), Ｐ＜０.０1] and Recognizing Faux pas [(８±２) vs. (９±２), Ｐ＜０.０５]. HF-EOS and LF-EOS patients performed worse than the controls on second-order affective condition of the Yoni task [(８０±１４), (７５±１５) vs. (８６.５±１０.０), Ｐ＜０.０１] and understanding paux pas (１７±５), (１４±５) vs. (２１±６), Ｐ＜０.０１]. Conclusion: It suggests that HF-EOS have preserved social perceptual abilities compared to LF-EOS patients. HF-EOS patients and LF-EOS patients both have impaired theory of mind compared to controls. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The social cognition of rural youth is the foundation of the development of the new socialist countryside. Through the results of a survey, this paper analyses the social cognitive characteristics of Sichuan rural youth in terms of policy cognition, social anticipation, social sentiment, and so forth. The authors raise some key issues related to this subject. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The continuous progress in acquiring professional knowledge for medical professionals is considered as a critical successful factor in the health industry. Based on the Social Cognitive Theory, this study explores the reciprocal interactions of the environment, the medical physicians, and their practices to understand the factors that may impact the physicians' knowledge sharing activities. Our findings reveal that physicians' knowledge sharing may be impeded by the environmental factors such as the hospital's incentive system, the requirement for research and publications, and the uncertainty of medical practices. In addition, personal factors such as social efficacy and self-regulatory capability are critical to physicians' level of willingness to share their expertise. We conclude that the complexity of medical environment requires various knowledge sharing channels for successful knowledge sharing among physicians. We further suggest that the design of information technology-based knowledge management systems in the medical domain incorporate relevant personal, behavioral and environmental factors to facilitate effective knowledge sharing among physicians. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]