从审美体验角度看旅游资源的美学价值评价

对于旅游资源的美学价值评价是旅游资源评价的重要组成部分,然而目前对旅游资源的美学评价却往往只重视旅游资源的形式美学价值,使得旅游资源美感质量评价有欠全面.针对这种情况,从旅游资源活动中旅游者的审美体验以及审美体验所达到的境界角度出发,详细分析不同类型的旅游活动中其审美体验与审美境界的差异,以及由此引起的对旅游资源美学价值评价的差别.在此基础上进一步提出了针对不同的旅游活动类型对旅游资源美学价值的要求,对旅游资源的美学价值,用整体综合和局部比较两种方法进行全面、准确地评价.     

基于经济视野下的生态文明建设立法思考

生态文明既是现实的目标,又是理想的境界。生态文明建设既是现实的任务,又是未来的事业。生态文明建设的立法既要规范经济层面的问题,要让经济活动符合人与自然和谐的要求,做到绿色化、无害化;又要规范社会层面的问题,加强社会事业建设,推动人们生活方式的变革,形成以生态文明意识为主的社会潮流,构建文明、健康、科学、和谐的生活方式,以落实生态文明建设,逐步实现人与自然的和谐发展。     

农村居民的旅游消费行为研究

随着国家对“三农”问题的关注,农村居民的旅游活动作为提高农民生活质量的一种方式越来越受到重视。农村居民的旅游消费是一个潜力巨大的市场,文章从农村居民的旅游流向、出游率、花费分配等方面分析了我国农村居民旅游消费行为的特点,进而得出了刺激我国农村居民旅游消费需求的几点启示。     

经济园区核心竞争力的形成机制研究

本文在分析园区核心竞争能力来源、组成要素及其支撑体系的基础上,论述了园区建立核心竞争能力过程中园区要素的选择机制,探讨了支持园区核心竞争能力建立的园区普通要素向优势要素转变的途径。     

乌鲁木齐市社区居民体育锻炼认知与行为调查研究

通过问卷调查法、文献资料法、数据分析法对乌鲁木齐市16岁以上的社区居民参加体育锻炼的意识与行为进行了研究分析,从中发现了潜在的体育锻炼认知、体育锻炼能力、体育锻炼行为及体育锻炼环境等各个方面均存在着一定的问题。同时,对更好地贯彻落实《全民健身计划纲要》做了对策思考。     

论内部审计在上市公司管理中的作用

文章通过分析我国上市公司常见的违规和粉饰行为,阐述了内部审计在上市公司管理中的作用,表明只有加强上市公司的内部监管,才能促使上市公司不断提高经济运行质量,保证其整体发展目标的实现。     

Work productivity loss due to flares in patients with chronic gout refractory to conventional therapy

Abstract

Objective:

Joint pain and swelling during gout flares may lead to considerable morbidity and disability, having an impact on patient work productivity and social participation. The objective of this study was to assess how gout flares affect these activities in patients with chronic gout refractory to conventional therapy.

Methods:

A 1-year prospective observational study was conducted among patients with symptomatic disease in the United States in 2001. Inclusion criteria required patients (1) to be age 18 years or older, (2) to have documented, crystal-proven gout, (3) to have symptomatic gout, and (4) to be intolerant or unresponsive to conventional therapy, reflected by SUA?≥?6.0?mg/dL. Patients were evaluated every 2 months. At each visit, patients completed a gout diary, which included number of flares experienced, duration and severity of each flare, and whether the flare caused: (1) work loss, (2) missed appointments or social events, or (3) impairment of self-care activities. The Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) was also completed each visit.

Results:

Analyses were restricted to those who completed the first 6 months of the study (n?=?81). Mean number of flares per patient per year was 8.8. Of the patients who were <65 years, 78% reported at least 1 work day lost due to a gout attack during the year. Mean annual work day loss for those <65 years was 25.1 days. A total of 545 of patients reported at least one flare per year that impaired social activities, with a mean of 17.1 social days lost and 52% reported at least one flare per year that compromised normal self-care activities, with a mean of 16.9 days impairment. Correlations between the diary reports and activity-related questions from the SF-36 were significantly positive.

Limitations:

The study is limited by small sample size, lack of reference group, and inability to explicitly collect employment information. Age under 65 years was used as a proxy for employment eligibility.

Conclusion:

Flares in patients with chronic gout refractory to conventional therapy significantly affect patient work productivity and social activities.     

Activity Engagement as Escape from Self: The Role of Self-Suppression and Self-Expansion

A two-dimensional model on escape motives in activity engagement was developed in three studies. We suggested that motivation to escape the self through engagement in an activity partly derives from intentions to either prevent negative affect or to promote positive affect. A scale for measuring these intentional mindsets was developed consisting of the subcategories self-suppression and self-expansion. Results showed that the dimensions were differently related to psychological predictors, outcomes, and experiences in the activity engagement. We argue that the present research introduces escapism as a relevant theoretical and empirical concept applicable to several types of activity engagements.