The making of a corporate athlete

Management theorists have long sought to identify precisely what makes some people flourish under pressure and others fold. But they have come up with only partial answers: rich material rewards, the right culture, management by objectives. The problem with most approaches is that they deal with people only from the neck up, connecting high performance primarily with cognitive capacity. Authors Loehr and Schwartz argue that a successful approach to sustained high performance must consider the person as a whole. Executives are, in effect, "corporate athletes." If they are to perform at high levels over the long haul, they must train in the systematic, multilevel way that athletes do. Rooted in two decades of work with world-class atheletes, the integrated theory of performance management addresses the body, the emotions, the mind, and the spirit through a model the authors call the performance pyramid. At its foundation is physical well-being. Above that rest emotional health, then mental acuity, and, finally, a spiritual purpose. Each level profoundly influences the others, and all must be addressed together to avoid compromising performance. Rigorous exercise, for instance, can produce a sense of emotional well-being, clearing the way for peak mental performance. Rituals that promote oscillation--the rhythmic expenditure and recovery of energy-link the levels of the pyramid and lead to the ideal performance state. The authors offer case studies of executives who have used the model to increase professional performance and improve the quality of their lives. In a corporate environment that is changing at warp speed, performing consistently at high levels is more necessary than ever. Companies can't afford to address employees' cognitive capacities while ignoring their physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.     

IT需求急剧减速对全球的影响

2000年的世界经济有五个教训。第一个教训是经济周期确实存在着。2000年出现了大量的过剩问题,尤其是那些属于模式改变的过剩现象,它们存在于所谓的新经济的核心中,第二个教训是对于一种经济模式的偏执对投资者和经济的健康是危险的,回顾起来,人们执迷于新经济造成了严重的过剩现象,这为新经济自身的灭亡埋下了种子。与第三个教训相关的是通货膨胀,以及宏观经济学家用以理解通货膨胀的决定因素及其后果的分析框架。通货膨胀的作用可能正在发生显著的变化,从推高利率日益转向决定收益状况.第四个教训反映了决策的艺术。决策者总是在寻求正确的决策,但是常常犯错误。最后一个教训是美国在全球经济和世界金融市场中惊人的支配地位,世界经济仍然过度依赖于美国。2000年是痛苦的,但又是有益的,它清除了新的宏观经济学支配的世界中的许多过度因素,我们把它称作旧宏观经济学的再生.——Stephen Roach T     

SiC(W)/Si3N4复合材料

采用有机金属醇盐为先驱体在 SiC晶须表面上涂覆氧化物层提高晶须氧化性能。系统研究晶须分散工艺技术,获得极性溶剂和有机金属盐或高分子化合物作为晶须分散介质和分散剂。采用共沉分工艺保证晶须在瓷体中的均匀分散。系统研究 SiC晶须的形状、尽寸大小及分散工艺对材料性能的影响,在氮化硅陶瓷中加入 10～ 25％ SiC晶须,室温下复合材料的断裂韧性 KIC=11－ 12Mpam1／ 2,材料强度达到 1200MPa,抗热冲击性△ T=600－ 700℃,韦伯尔模数提高到 23－ 25。 1300℃下高温强度达到 880MPa,并且 1300℃ 100小时高温持久强度几乎保持不变。晶须补强氮化硅复合材料的常温和高温力学性能达到国际先进水平。晶须补强氮化硅陶瓷基复合材料具有优异的物理力学性能,除了可作为发动机的零部件外还可广泛应用于各种耐磨、耐高温、耐腐蚀、抗冲击场合,具有广阔的前景。在切削刀具、石材锯、纺织割刀、喷砂咀、耐高温挤压模、密封环、装甲等都有很大的市场需求。     

我的九条命

第二章国学学人当父亲决定为善庆弟和我物色一位较好的私塾教师时,我不知不觉地踏入了另一个世界。吴梅(号瞿安)老师是一位地道的学者,内战的混乱迫使他不得不离开南京避难上海。他是一位元曲权威,颇负盛名。元曲是元朝(1271-1368)的戏曲,元以后便很快地被人忽略了,究其原因,它的蒙族色彩已不合时尚,且戏剧不在科举考试范畴之内,为追逐功名者所不取。另一个困难是元曲的韵律较宋词为严格。同样,词的韵律也严于古诗,律诗,部分为了配合音乐歌唱。吴老师对科举考试不感兴趣,致力于填词作诗和研究元曲。他能吹笛,唱昆曲——发源于…     

海峡两岸银行结算的现状及代理关系发展建议

阻碍海峡两岸银行结算关系进一步发展的主要因素是台湾当局的限制政策,除此之外,两岸银行结算关系进一步发展的客观条件也未成熟。目前,两岸银行的代理关系处在相互交换密押和签字样本以互通信息的层次上,与当前世界银行间代理关系发展水平有很大的差距。本文通过分析两岸银行间代理关系发展过程,指出了两岸银行发展代理关系的客观不足,并提出两岸银行结算关系发展的建议。     

尼日利亚大米价格波动的解释：对政策干预的含义

在微观经济层面，以农业为主的尼日利亚社会中大多数农民贫困并且难以获得保险，价格和生产的波动将对增长和发展产生负面的影响。当期大米生产水平不能满足未来需求特别引起关注。本文的研究目的在于考察大米价格变动的影响因素，并从政策上进行解释。价格的时间序列是从1990年到2004年，数据来源于尼日利亚国家统计局。在价格变动分析时，采用了方差系数指标，并利用广义自回归条件异方差模型估计了时变条件方差。计算得到大米的方差系数为52．23％，反映了1990--2004年间大米价格波动比较严重。产量的波动则主要是由于生产的季节性和一些不受生产者控制的因素。总收入等于产量与其价格的乘积，因此，产量和价格的变动导致了农民总收入的变动。GARCH方法估计反映了存在一个明显的时间变异性，研究建议政府应重视支持科研、提供储藏以及加工技术等。     

Injury rates and risk-factors associated with eventing: a total cohort study of injury events among adult Swedish eventing athletes

The aim of this study was to examine injury events and risk-factors among Swedish adult eventing athletes. A cross-sectional study design with retrospective recording of 1-year sports-specific exposure and injury data was used. The invited study population consisted of all members of the Swedish Equestrian Federation with eventing as their primary discipline (n = 513). The participation rate was 70.0%. The total 1-year injury prevalence was 26.6%; the specific 1-year prevalence of traumatic injury was 19.3% and of overuse injury 10.9%. The incidence of traumatic injury events was 0.54 injury events/1000 eventing hours (95% confidence interval (CI), 0.35-0.73 injury events/1000 eventing hours) for novices and 0.35 injury events/1000 eventing hours for qualified riders (95% CI, 0.21-0.49 injury events/1000 eventing hours). A total of 27.9% of the traumatic injury events led to severe injuries (causing more than 3 weeks absence from riding). Attitude to risk-taking was the only factor predicting an athlete becoming injured (p = 0.023), and qualification level was the only risk factor for additional injuries among injured riders (p = 0.003). Our results suggest that injury prevention programs in eventing should also give attention to overuse injuries and that care should be taken when eventing athletes are licensed into higher qualification groups.     

Under the trees: the Georgia peach and the quest for labor in the twentieth century

The Georgia peach boom around the turn of the twentieth century was often hailed as a successful experiment in diversification. Peach growers, the story went, threw off the tyranny of King Cotton by pledging their allegiance to the "Queen of Fruits." This portrayal is partly true; unlike other proposed alternatives to cotton, peaches flourished in many places. But the history of the "labor problem" in the Georgia peach belt makes it clear that peach production depended on the cotton economy. Peaches required large amounts of labor only at harvest time, which came during a lull in the cotton season. Thus, for many years, growers found a ready labor supply in a rural population otherwise at loose ends. As this population relocated to cities, and as cotton farmers mechanized their operations, peach growers turned increasingly to the federal government to help shore up their workforces.     

我的九条命

第九章美籍华人尽管我在美国的年数远远超过在中国的 ,但直到８０年代初我才成为美籍华人。当在联合国秘书处工作时 ,照章不能改换国籍。我用联合国的通行证作为旅行证件。在一些国家 ,移民局坚持我出示母国护照 ,但我既没有更换１９４９年以前的旧护照 ,也没有申请新中国的护照。有时 ,我的入境要高级移民官员的核准 ,即使不令人尴尬 ,也总是浪费时间 ,我经常在想为什么不成为世界公民 ,尤其是身为国际文官 ,但在多国的世界里这是梦幻 ,除非某一天成立了世界政府 ,但是现在只有联合国 ,仅是国际组织。１９５０年代我按照国际文官亲属的规定…