同城票据网络交换系统的设计

为了强化同城票据交换业务的管理,提出了一个设计构想,并介绍了该方案的关键技术,系统流程和系统各功能模块的设计。     

清单模式下合同价款调整如何在合同中约定

通过在工程量清单模式下的常用合同中对施工过程中的变更、签证给予约定,并在执行过程中有效的实施,是做好变更、签证下的工程结算基础。     

Bill 83: Alberta Mental Health Act--1972.

On May 12, 1972 a new Mental Health Act was tabled as Bill 83 in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta which may become the pace setter for North America. The proposed Act was prepared by a committee composed of representatives of the professions of psychology, social work and medicine, along with hospital administrative personnel, legal consultants and Canadian Mental Health representation. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Public service: A gift that keeps on giving.

There are many ways a citizen can make a contribution to society. One way is to undertake a career in public service. The author served in such roles twice--first as a senior staff in the Senate and later as an elected official in the Maryland General Assembly. The frustrations and joys of such public service are described. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

State and Professional Affairs.

Discusses a variety of topics relevant to psychology, with an emphasis on the intersection of state and professional affairs. Topics include: the convening of conferences to identify, define, and discuss the role of psychology in social policy issues and in the rich dimensions of human affairs; psychology and mental health legislation; Congress and psychological assessment; and insurance reimbursement. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

How do leaders promote cooperation? The effects of charisma and procedural fairness.

The present research examined the effect of leaders' procedural fairness and perceived charisma on an important organizational process: cooperation. Both charisma and procedural fairness were predicted to have a positive effect on cooperation, and procedural fairness and charisma were predicted to interact such that their effects are stronger alone than in conjunction. Results from a scenario experiment, a cross-sectional survey, and a laboratory experiment supported these predictions. Results from the laboratory study also showed that the interactive effect of leader charisma and procedural fairness on cooperation was mediated by their interactive effect on the sense of group belongingness. It is concluded that leader charisma and procedural fairness may engender cooperation because they appeal to relational concerns. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Catch-22 1/2 or How To Grow Old, Tired, and Irrelevant While Being Reviewed.

Discusses the author's experience with what he views as the somewhat glacial pace of the American Psychological Association's reviewing and publishing process. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Translational research: How social psychology can improve psychotherapy.

In an effort to generate innovative treatments, the National Institute of Mental Health has made translational research for alleviating mental illness a major funding priority. Although translational research is a powerful approach for moving basic science findings into novel treatments, it remains ambiguous and rarely implemented in psychology. The current article describes conceptual and methodological issues involved with translational research, including considerations about time frame, scope of hypothesis tested, dose of treatment, contraindication, and sampling. Translational concepts and methods are illustrated with areas of social psychology that are promising for translation into solutions for pressing questions in psychotherapy research. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Comprehensive Soldier Fitness: Building resilience in a challenging institutional context.

The Comprehensive Soldier Fitness (CSF) program is designed to increase psychological strength and positive performance and to reduce the incidence of maladaptive responses of the entire U.S. Army. Based on the principles of positive psychology, CSF is a historically unique approach to behavioral health in a large (1.1 million members) organization. There are four program elements: (a) the assessment of emotional, social, family, and spiritual fitness; (b) individualized learning modules to improve fitness in these domains; (c) formal resilience training; and (d) training of Army master resilience trainers (MRTs) to instill better thinking skills and resilience in their subordinates. In contrast to traditional approaches, CSF is proactive; rather than waiting to see who has a negative outcome following stress, it provides ways of improving resilience for all members of the Army. CSF aims to move the full spectrum of responses to trauma and adversity—ranging from stress-related disorders to ordinary resilience—toward personal growth. This program may provide a model for implementing similar interventions in other very large institutions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Balancing dangers: GLBT experience in a time of anti-GLBT legislation.

In the past few years, 26 states have changed their constitutions to restrict marriage to one man and one woman. There has been little research on the psychological effects of this political process on gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) people. In this qualitative project, 13 GLBT people were interviewed about their experience during the process of a constitutional amendment. A grounded theory analysis of these semistructured interviews was conducted. The core category, or central finding, was GLBT people need to balance the dual dangers of engagement with GLBT advocacy and self-protection through withdrawal. Other findings focused on the experience of living in a context of painful reminders that one is seen as less than human by the government and public, and in which one's life is frequently and publicly misrepresented to advance hostile political campaigns. Social support and a process of self-acceptance helped participants to face their fears of isolation, discrimination, and aggression and to fight for social justice. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

One Way to Hire a Secretary.

Discusses the process undertaken by the University of Texas Department of Psychology to hire a new secretary after the sudden loss of its principal secretary one week before fall registration. The author depicts the process of placing an ad that received considerable response, and presents a lighthearted statistical breakdown of the characteristics of those who applied and were interviewed for the position. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Efficacy of a tailored tobacco control program on long-term use in a population of U.S. Military troops.

The authors evaluated the effect of a brief tailored smoking control intervention delivered during basic military training on tobacco use in a population of military personnel (N = 33,215). Participants were randomized to either a tobacco use intervention (smoking cessation, smokeless tobacco use cessation, or prevention depending on tobacco use history) or a health education control condition. Results indicated that smokers who received intervention were 1.16 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.04, 1.30) times (7-day point prevalence) and 1.23 (95% CI = 1.07, 1.41) times (continuous abstinence) more likely to be abstinent than controls from smoking cigarettes at the 1-year follow-up (p p     

How a return to theory could help alliance research.

This report aims to clarify alliance theory and extend its role in psychotherapy research. Bordin's (1979) alliance theory concerns the nature and quality of participants' collaborative, purposive work. Alliance is actualized in therapist techniques, client participation, and the dyad's relational features. Alliance is a property of all components of therapy, a concept superordinate to these components and not a component itself. Viewing technique and alliance as equivalent components of therapy confuses 2 levels of thinking, as does conflating alliance with the overall therapy relationship. Examples from contemporary research reports illustrate these points. The logic of alliance measures is clarified, as are the limits of measures' ability to capture key features of collaborative work. This approach opens new avenues for alliance research. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

How Two Share a Task: Corepresenting Stimulus-Response Mappings.

Previous research has shown that individuals unintentionally adjust their behavior to others by mimicking others' actions and by synchronizing their actions with others. This study investigated whether individuals form a representation of a coactor's task when the context does not require interpersonal coordination. Pairs of participants performed a reaction time (RT) task alongside each other, responding to 2 different dimensions of the same stimulus. Results showed that each actor's performance was influenced by the other's task. RTs on trials that required a response from both participants were slowed compared with trials that required only a response from 1 actor. Similar results were observed when each participant knew the other's task but could not observe the other's actions. These findings provide evidence that shared task representations are formed in social settings that do not require interpersonal coordination and emerge as a consequence of how a social situation is conceptualized (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

William R. Safarjan: Award for Distinguished Contributions to Applied Psychology as a Professional Practice.

Announces William R. Safarjan as the recipient of the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Applied Psychology as a Professional Practice for 2002. A biographical statement is included, along with major works and contributions for the field. Safarjan received this award for his dedication and strong commitment to advancing psychology as a vehicle for improving the quality of life. Through his legislative advocacy, he helped transform the practice of psychology in California by enabling psychologists in public service to join medical staffs and become principal providers of care. He also spearheaded legislation that stopped the proliferation of regionally unaccredited schools of psychology, thereby bringing California in line with model standards. He serves nationally as an expert witness in practice litigation and has advanced litigation against the egregious practices of managed care. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

The emotionally engaged analyst II: How emotions impact analytic process as illuminated by dynamic systems theory.

A dynamic systems theory of emotion is presented and used to reveal the complex emotional interactions that create the emotional experience of the patient and of the analyst and that constitute, shape, and direct the analytic process. Through the analysis of clinical vignettes, the dynamic emotional processes that engender intense relational moments, enactments, stalemates, and resistances between the patient and the analyst, as well as sequences of disruption, repairs, and mutative change, are illustrated. The flow of emotional energy that vitalizes the analytic interaction and influences the meanings attributed to the patient-analyst interaction is delineated and related to the analyst's emotional engagement of the patient and to the central position of this emotional relationship in facilitating therapeutic change. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Gender is a dimension of face recognition.

In an experiment, the authors investigated the impact of gender categorization on face recognition. Participants were familiarized with composite androgynous faces labeled with either a woman's first name (Mary) or a man's first name (John). The results indicated that participants more quickly eliminated faces of the opposite gender than faces of the same gender than the face they were looking for. This gender effect did not result from greater similarity between faces of the same gender. Rather, early gender categorization of a face during face recognition appears to speed up the comparison process between the perceptual input and the facial representation. Implications for face recognition models are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)