Mitigating the negative performance effect of project complexity through an informal mechanism: The conditional mediating role of knowledge hiding

Project complexity consisting of interrelated organizational and technological components is the inherent nature of new product development (NPD) projects. Although substantial empirical research has demonstrated the negative performance effect of project complexity, a handful of studies have provided inconsistent results. Additional in-depth attention is urgently needed to understand the conditional boundaries and internal mechanisms that affect the complexity-performance relationship. Based on a perspective of counterproductive knowledge processes, this study examines the mediating role of knowledge hiding in the linkage between project complexity and project performance as well as the contingent role of informal mechanisms (i.e., trust). Data were collected from a sample of 109 NPD projects in the Chinese high-tech industry. Our findings indicated that project complexity was positively associated with knowledge hiding and exerted an indirect negative influence on project performance via knowledge hiding. Trust was found to significantly moderate the complexity-knowledge hiding and knowledge hiding-performance paths. Moreover, as trust increases, the negative indirect impact of project complexity on project performance was found to become weaker. Finally, theoretical implications, practical guidelines and limitations were discussed.     

建筑物掏土纠倾法单孔与多孔塑性区特性研究及工程应用

在建筑物水平掏土纠倾工程中，掏土孔间距是影响纠倾工程安全与工期的重要因素。为了快速准确地确定纠倾工程中的水平掏土孔间距，研究了单个掏土孔和多个掏土孔情况下孔周边土体塑性区发展特性。利用土体塑性力学分析计算得到了单孔下的孔周土塑性区半径，而后通过有限元模拟得到孔周土体塑性区半径的数值解，将孔周塑性区半径解析解与数值解进行了对比。并通过有限元数值模型研究了多个掏土孔相互影响情况下的塑性区发展规律，以孔间土体塑性区贯通时的距离作为掏土孔间距。考虑土体参数随机特性的影响，研究不同上部荷载作用下掏土孔间距的取值变化规律，上部面荷载与地基承载力特征值比值用p表示，孔间距与掏土孔直径比值用n表示。研究发现：多孔塑性区半径（孔间塑性区贯通时）是单孔塑性区半径的1.3倍左右;标准化荷载p与孔间距比值n二者呈线性关系;通过不同土体参数及上部荷载的不同情况下的p-n曲线，给出了掏土孔间距建议值。同时，将研究结果与三个实际工程进行对比，发现p-n曲线法与实际结果更为接近。     

Grain size influence on the flexibility and luminous intensity of inorganic CaTiO3:Pr3+ crystal nanofibers

Traditional inorganic materials exhibit rigidity owing to the lack of polymer chains in polymer materials or atom slipping in metals. However, nanometerization has been recently proposed for the conversion of inorganic oxide materials into flexible materials. Herein, the flexible inorganic luminescent material, CaTiO₃:0.2%Pr³⁺, was synthesized through electrospinning, and the macroscopic flexibility of pure inorganic CaTiO₃:0.2%Pr³⁺ was achieved. The flexible membrane was characterized via X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetry, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and photoluminescence analyses. The grain size was analyzed at various calcination temperatures via SEM, and the results suggested that the increase in the calcination temperature resulted in the growth of crystal grains. Studies have reported that the growth of crystal grains is beneficial for improving the luminescence performance; however, to obtain better flexibility, smaller crystal grains are required. This study provides an important reference for the design of flexible inorganic materials.     

干湿联合冷却塔冷却节水分析软件开发及应用

为实现对干湿联合冷却塔冷却特性、节水特性的综合分析，编制干湿联合冷却塔校核计算流程，基于Visual Studio开发平台，本文开发了干湿联合冷却塔冷却节水特性分析优化软件。通过对某在运干湿联合冷却塔进行冷却节水特性计算，验证了所开发软件计算结果的准确性；在消雾节水计算结果基础上，对标干湿联合消雾冷却塔验收测试规程，生成其成雾频率曲线、耗水量曲线、塔雾指数、冷却特性曲线，综合分析其消雾特性、节水特性及冷却特性，从而确定了干湿联合冷却塔的最佳运行工况。同时运用所开发软件对比分析了某冷却塔设计干段散热面积对其消雾特性、节水特性及冷却特性的耦合影响，并分析了百叶窗开度对干湿联合冷却塔性能的影响，为干湿联合冷却塔的运行优化和设计优化提供了工具性软件支持。     

某企业不同工种的放射工作人员发生甲状腺结节风险分析

采用职业健康体检资料和问卷形式,利用单因素和多因素logistic回归模型,分析探讨某企业内不同工种的放射工作人员暴露在低剂量电离辐射环境下发生甲状腺结节的风险。结果表明,放射工作人员中以混合射线组甲状腺结节发生风险最高,随着年龄和放射工龄的增加发生风险会增加;性别不同与甲状腺结节发生风险有关。     

Coupled feature selection based semi-supervised modality-dependent cross-modal retrieval

Multimedia Tools and Applications - With the explosive growth of multimedia data, the information is usually represented in multi-modal version. The cross-modal based applications attracted...     

我国部分地区婴儿人群梭状芽胞杆菌暴露水平调查

目的以人群调查研究方式对我国部分地区婴儿及婴儿配方粉中梭状芽胞杆菌污染水平进行分析,获得我国婴儿人群梭状芽胞杆菌暴露水平数据。方法在我国六个省(自治区)设点,调查婴儿人群的基本信息,并对相关人群的粪便标本以及食品、环境和所在地市售婴儿配方粉样品进行采集,对所有样品/标本进行梭状芽胞杆菌检测。结果本研究共调查婴儿501人。按照喂养方式分组,包括纯母乳喂养247人,混合/人工喂养254人。按照年龄分组,包括0～6月龄367人,7～12月龄134人。采集样品813份,其中246份样品/标本中分离出梭状芽胞杆菌246株,总检出率为30.3%(246/813),其中检出率较高的梭状芽胞杆菌分别为生胞梭菌(8.4%,68/813)、双酶梭菌(6.2%,50/813)和丁酸梭菌(4.6%,37/813);梭状芽胞杆菌分离率最高的为粪便标本(37.3%,187/501),之后依次为市售婴儿配方粉样品(22.3%,27/121)、环境样品(19.5%,25/128)和食品样品(11.1%,7/63);其中混合/人工喂养组检出率高于纯母乳喂养组,7～12月龄组检出率高于0～6月龄组,差异均有统计学意义(χ~2=40.833,P0.01;χ~2=27.829,P0.01)。结论我国部分地区婴儿食用的食品及生活的环境中梭状芽胞杆菌暴露水平较高。     

Unbalanced probabilistic linguistic decision-making method for multi-attribute group decision-making problems with heterogeneous relationships and incomplete information

Artificial Intelligence Review - In group decision-making problems, decision makers prefer to use several linguistic terms to describe their own perception and knowledge, and give their preference...     

A new hybrid solar photovoltaic/ phosphoric acid fuel cell and energy storage system; Energy and Exergy performance

Present work investigates the performance of a combined solar photovoltaic (PV) and Pumped-Hydro and Compressed-Air energy storage system to overcome the challenges of using solar energy systems. This energy system, which is one of the newest hybrid systems, is able to generate electricity and store energy. To examine the solar PV performance the climatic conditions of Shiraz (in Iran) and Abu Dhabi (in UAE) are considered. The results revealed that, the required pump work, which must be supplied by PV system, is equal to 2.85 and 2.62 MJ/m³ for isothermal and isentropic processes, respectively. Furthermore, the total system efficiency is equal to 76.5%. In addition, the total exergy destruction of hybrid system for isentropic process is 8.91% less than that isothermal process. In addition, instead of the solar PV system, a phosphoric acid fuel cell is coupled to the storage system and the results are compared with the main system.