Spatial Pattern of Tourist Flows Among the Asia-Pacific Countries: An Examination over a Decade

The spatial dimension of tourism provides insights about travel demands and travel flows and helps destinations in planning, development and management. The last decade has witnessed a steady and rapid growth in the Asia-Pacific region's tourism industry, in terms of both inbound and outbound travel. This particular study aimed to: (a) provide information and explore the changes on the nature of travel flows as measured by the tourist arrivals among the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) member countries for the years of 1995 and 2004; (b) assess general propensity to travel among PATA countries using the concepts of Country Potential Generation Index and Gross Travel Propensity; and (c) examine the shift in the past decade in terms of the relative tourism generation power of PATA countries by comparing and contrasting the 1995 and 2004 indices. The results of the study provide an overview of the spatial patterns of travel flows and travel propensity in Pacific Asia region over a 10-year period. The study demonstrates that the functions of travel flows and indices are complementary and provide an informative picture of spatial travel behavior and demand.     

Sustainability practices of family firms: the interplay between family ownership and long-term orientation

Sustainability practices are critical for family firms, as they relate directly to the continuity of the business and relationships with important stakeholders, such as members of the local community. Nevertheless, not all family firms wish to adopt sustainability practices. To examine this, we draw upon the socioemotional wealth perspective in order to develop a theoretical model of the direct negative effects of family ownership on the adoption of sustainability practices. We also suggest moderating effects of long-term orientation (LTO) on this link. Our model is tested on a sample of 195 family firms in the tourism and hospitality sector. The results support our hypothesis that family ownership negatively influences the adoption of sustainability practices. Additionally, LTO moderates the relationship between family ownership and the adoption of sustainability practices, such that family owners with a high LTO are more likely to adopt this particular practice compared to those with a low LTO.     

Climate change and tourism: a scientometric analysis using CiteSpace

The interaction between climate change and tourism has been one of the most critical and dynamic research areas in the field of sustainable tourism in recent years. In this paper, a scientometric analysis of 976 academic publications between 1990 and 2015 related to climate change and tourism is presented to characterize the intellectual landscape by identifying and visualizing the evolution of the collaboration network, the co-citation network, and emerging trends. The results show that the number of publications in this field has increased rapidly and it has become an increasingly interdisciplinary research subject. The most productive authors and institutions in this subject area are in Australia, USA, Canada, New Zealand, and European countries. In this paper, we identify the most pressing topics of climate change and tourism research, as represented in the existing literature, which include the consequences of climate change for tourism, necessary adaptations, the vulnerability of the tourism industry, tourist behaviour and demand in response to climate change, and emission reductions in the tourism sector. The paper presents an in-depth analysis of climate change and tourism research to better understand global trends and directions in this field that have emerged over the past 25 years.     

基于PIC16F1823的磷酸铁锂电池管理系统设计

近年来,新能源汽车越来越受到人们的关注,磷酸铁锂作为动力电池新型正极材料的使用在近几年有升温的趋势。研究磷酸铁锂电池管理系统显得极其重要,文章以PIC16F1823为核心,根据磷酸铁锂电池的特性,开发出实用、低成本的管理系统。     

互动教学在原子核物理中的运用

原子核物理课程是核技术专业的一门极其重要的专业基础课程.原子核物理作为一门理论课程,学生普遍反映枯燥无味.为改变现状将采用多种形式的互动教学方式,来提高学生对原子核物理理论的理解和掌握.实践证明该方法可以培养学生的学习兴趣,充分调动学生的积极性,在实际教学中,获得了良好的教学效果.     

气相色谱-质谱-负化学电离源法测定茶叶中氟乐灵、三唑酮和溴丙磷的残留

采用有机溶剂液液萃取的方式,以气相色谱-质谱联用仪负化学电离源法同时检测茶叶中氟乐灵、三唑酮和溴丙磷的残留量。茶叶加水浸泡后用丙酮：正己烷=1：1（V/V）的混合溶液高速均质提取,TPT柱净化后,用气相色谱-质谱联用仪进行测定和确认,外标法定量。该方法对茶叶中氟乐灵、三唑酮、溴丙磷的定量限均为0.01 mg/kg,方法在0.01-0.2mg/kg质量浓度范围内具有良好的线性关系。     

2，4-二叔戊基苯酚合成工艺的研究

采用大孔强酸性阳离子树脂（A -35）催化剂进行了2,4-二叔戊基苯酚的合成工艺研究,考察了反应温度、进料空速、烯酚比以及反应压力对苯酚烷基化的影响。研究确定了适宜的工艺条件：进料的质量空速为0.6 h -1,反应温度为115℃,反应压力为0.6 MPa,在质量分数为30％的甲基叔戊基醚溶剂存在下,异戊烯和苯酚的物质的量比为1.5,在此条件下苯酚的单程转化率可维持在95％以上,总的选择性在95％以上。     

When hubs forget,lie, and play favorites: Interpersonal network structure,information distortion,and organizational learning

The interpersonal network structure of an organization directly influences the diffusion and recombination of ideas and can thus facilitate or impede organizational learning. Most interpersonal networks have ‘hubs’—individuals who have significantly more connections than does the average member. This raises important questions about how hubs influence organizational learning outcomes. Does the presence of hubs improve or impair performance? What happens if hubs forget or misrepresent information that is transmitted through the network? Using simulation models, we find that moderately hubby networks outperform both very hubby and democratic networks. We also find that moderate amounts of information omission or misrepresentation can be surprisingly beneficial to performance, though the patterns of their effects are strikingly different. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

When bad news is sugarcoated: Information distortion,organizational search and the behavioral theory of the firm

Most work in strategy and organization theory assumes that performance feedback is straightforward to interpret and truthfully reported. We raise the following question: How might the systematic distortion of negative performance information affect organizational learning and future performance? We formulate a model where (1) members do not always report the truth about what they know about their performance level, especially when performance is below aspiration and (2) their propensity to distort information is subject to social influence. We find that organizations that are characterized by a high level of information distortion tend to perform more poorly but that the effect of a low rate of sugarcoating may, in some conditions, be more benign than the literatures seem to suggest. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.