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This paper focuses on the formation flight control problem of multiple-missile in the thin flow zone. In order to satisfy the optimal space configuration constraints and achieve the accurate target location, a cooperative formation strategy is proposed based on the attitude and orbit control technology of the reaction control system (RCS). The cooperative guidance scheme is fulfilled considering all constraints. Then, to achieve the flight attitude tracking and stable controlling for missiles, the attitude control scheme is designed by using the classical proportion integration differentiation (PID) technology. At the same time, the pulse width pulse frequency (PWPF) modulator is used to convert continuous control variables into equivalent nozzle control instructions, which can reduce the engine fuel consumption effectively under the premise of maintaining attitude stability control. The simulation results indicate that the cooperative guidance and control strategy can ensure the attitude stability for missiles in the flight process, and make the space configuration approximate to the foptimum. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: The Ministries of Justice and Education have implemented adolescent substance abuse prevention programs for many years. Rates of substance abuse among high school students continue to rise in spite of such programs. Purpose: This study investigates adolescents' substance abuse-related knowledge and attitudes and self-confidence to resist substance use in order to identify predictive factors of poor adolescent resistance to substance use. Methods: A cross-sectional study survey gathered data on substance abuse-related knowledge and attitudes and self-confidence to resist substance use from 243 second-year senior high school students studying at two schools in northern Taiwan. Results: Participants were most knowledgeable about tobacco (80.2%), followed by alcohol (72.0%), ecstasy (56.0%), and marijuana (30.0%). Only 19.3% demonstrated an understanding of the harmful effects of using Ketamine. A 10-point Likert scale measured participant substance use attitudes. Alcohol was the substance participants were most willing to use (2.18 ± 3.27), followed by tobacco (0.66 ± 2.19), ecstasy (0.45 ± 1.88), Ketamine (0.43 ± 1.93), and marijuana (0.38 ± 1.83). Participants had higher awareness of the harmful effects of Ketamine (t = -2.37, p = .018), marijuana (t = -2.33, p = .021), and tobacco (t = -2.02, p = .044), with participants reporting greater self-confidence to resist using these three substances. Multiple regression analysis found the three most important factors affecting participant self-confidence to resist substance use to be gender (ß = .26, p < .001), knowledge about the substance (ß = .15, p = .028), and attitude toward substance use (ß = -.20, p < .001). Conclusions / Implications for Practice: Level of harmful effects knowledge and attitudes toward use varied among the various substances considered in this paper. Being female, having strong knowledge about the substance, and negative attitude toward substance use correlated with higher levels of self-confidence to resist substance use. Study results will be used in ongoing research designed to establish an empirical basis for adolescent substance use prevention and research, the results of which may be used directly by school nurses and military training education nurses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Through summarizing relevant study literature regarding residents' perceptions and attitude toward tourism impact in tourist destinations both at home and abroad, the paper makes systematic comparison between domestic and foreign studies in the following three aspects: factors that affect residents' perceptions and attitude in tourist destinations; relevant theoretical support and application of quantitative approach and development of perceptions and attitude measurement scale. The findings are: theoretically, although there exists theoretical guidance of multi-disciplines, we still lack sufficient understanding about the advantages and limitation of our major theories in domestic studies, paying less attention to the development and construction of theories; practically, so far as the effect of factors that affect perceptions and attitude is concerned, even in the same country, due to the differences existing in residents' perceptions and attitude scale and application of different quantitative analytic approach, the study results are bound to show differences. Based on this, the paper puts forward several aspects that need to be concerned about in future studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper focuses on Peking Opera records, specifically on the attitudes that opera performers exhibited when material and non-material cultures encountered each other. After the introduction of the phonograph disk into China, despite its far-reaching power that helped to establish Peking Opera paradigms, there arose skepticism among opera masters as to whether records were a trustworthy means of promoting their art. Some early artists actually published under the name of more famous opera masters. Here, I use the expression lou yezi (摟葉子) to describe the performers’ “two of a trade can never agree” mentality, which explains why replicate records flooded the market. The second half of this paper focuses on the recordings of Tan Xin-pei and Yu Shu-yan. Comparing selected arias from different stages of Yu’s career, one can see his changing attitude toward transmitting Tan’s style: initially, he chose different arias from the same work because he was unwilling to compete with his master, while later on, he deliberately picked the same selections to signal the establishment of his own style. The subtle yet complicated relationship between master and apprentice in the world of Peking Opera can be found in these recordings. The role of recordings in the establishment of paragons cannot be overlooked. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article shows unmarried women have much more positive attitudes toward buying housing before marriage than men. The factors influencing the attitudes of men and women are different in terms of the degree and direction. Marriage resources are important resources for women to exchange, particularly for younger women, and significantly affect their attitudes, while men's attitudes are noticeably affected by their family's financial ability to purchase housing. The higher the degree to which unmarried men and women agree on the division of gender roles and feel uncertain about overall socioeconomic conditions, the more they will prefer buying housing before marriage. Agreement on the division of gender roles has a significant impact on men's attitudes toward buying housing before marriage. However, uncertainty of overall economic conditions considerably influences women's attitudes. The uncertainty of the housing market has a significant impact on men's attitudes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Survival analysis is a method suitable for study on event duration and its influencing factors. In this paper, second-hand housing bargain duration and its influence factors are studied with Weibull model and Cox model of survival analysis and with housing transactions micro data collected by conducting experiments designed according to experimental economics. Advises of reducing bargain duration are given with regard to research results. Our study shows that second-hand housing bargain duration is inversely related to seller experience, broker experience, price bias degree, seller's motivation and time pressure; bargain duration is proportional to the buyer experience and has no significant relationship with buyer's motivation and transaction price. Experimental economics method is used to collect data, which improves the accuracy and relevance of data; meanwhile the method of survival analysis is introduced to the study, providing new perspective of second-hand housing bargain duration study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Family is the most important environmental background that forms travel attitude and has always been an important organized unit of travel activities. Exploring the correlation between family life circle and travel attitude is of great significance. Based on existing study results, the paper builds up family life circle model and formulates travel attitude scales, obtains basic data by investigating residents in Changsha. After adopting factor analysis, we extract five principal components of travel attitude: pursuing enjoyment, emphasizing on sanitation, valuing facilities, yearning for experiences and concerning about health in mind and body. After confirmatory factor analysis, correlation analysis and multiple factor regression analysis are used to explore the relationship between family life circle and the five components of travel attitude. The results indicate that with the evolution of family life circle, people tend to focus more on pursuing enjoyment, emphasizing on facilities and concerning about physical and mental health. People without nests pay less attention to facilities and physical and mental health than people in other stages. People in empty-nest stage and widowers concern more about their physical and mental health than people in other stages. People in full nests long for experiences more than people in other stages. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Purpose: This study aimed to explore dementia-specialized education and the training needs of employees from various dementia-related institutions in South Korea and propose directions for future development of the standard curriculum. Methods: Qualitative data were generated from four round-table meetings with 44 participants recruited from the metropolitan centers for dementia (N=12), regional dementia-relief centers (N=15), long-term care settings (N=7), and public long-term care hospitals (N=10). Each meeting was held for about 120 minutes, and participants discussed the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for their job, satisfactory and non-satisfactory experiences of education programs they had participated in, and what should improve. All contents discussed in each meeting were recorded and transcribed verbatim. Data were analyzed using a conventional content-analysis method. Results: Eight categories and 19 subcategories emerged under the three themes of (a) educational contents recognized as necessary, (b) advantages and disadvantages of completed dementia education, and (c) directions for improving educational programs for employees of dementia-related institutions. Conclusion: Dementia-specialized education and training should be standardized and structured systematically and differently depending on the job characteristics, type, and required level of expertise. Communication with and attitudes toward patients with dementia is re-emphasized as a common content regardless of occupation and institution; thus, sufficient training time should be secured. Qualified instructors and various platforms are also necessary to effectively deliver quality education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Influenza vaccinations may decrease the risk of contracting influenza and its complications significantly in pregnant women and effectively help infants less than six months of age avoid hospitalization. Based on scientific evidence supporting the safety and benefits of the influenza vaccination for pregnant women and fetuses, the epidemic prevention policy of both the World Health Organization and Taiwan's Ministry of Health and Welfare recommend that pregnant women receive the influenza vaccination. However, low acceptance of the influenza vaccine among pregnant women is an ongoing concern in Taiwan. Nursing staffs play a key role in implementing the influenza vaccination program for pregnant women. Therefore, strengthening the professional competency and service effectiveness of nursing staffs may be expected to significantly improve the vaccination coverage rate. This article offers practical methods for achieving this, including promoting nursing staffs' professional knowledge and positive attitudes regarding influenza vaccinations for pregnant women, improving nursing staffs' related education and skills in communication with pregnant women and their families, and improving the implementation of the notification mechanism for disseminating accurate information regarding the vaccine and vaccine adverse events. Our ultimate goal is to enhance the confidence and willingness of pregnant women with regard to receiving influenza vaccinations in order to promote the health of mothers and their fetuses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Many technology developments hold the potential to improve the quality of life of people and make life easier and more comfortable. New technologies have been well accepted by most people. Information sharing in particular is a major catalyst of change in our current technology-based society. Technology has widely innovated life and drastically changed lifestyles. The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), a model developed to address the rapid advances in computer technology, is used to explain and predict user acceptance of new information technology. In the past, businesses have used the TAM as an assessment tool to predict user acceptance when introducing new technology products. They have also used external factors in the model to inluence user perceptions and beliefs and to ensure the successful spread of new technologies. Informatization plays a critical role in healthcare services. Due to the rapid aging of populations and upward trends in the incidence of chronic illness, requirements for long-term care have increased in both quality and quantity. Therefore, there has been an increased emphasis on integrating healthcare and information technology. However, most elderly are signiicantly less adept at technology use than the general population. Therefore, we reexamined the effect that the essential concepts in a TAM exerted on technology acceptance. In the present study, the technology acceptance experience with regard to telehealth of the elderly was used as an example to explain how the revised technology acceptance model (TAM 2) may be effectively applied to enhance the understanding of technology care among nurses. The results may serve as a reference for future research on healthcare-technology use in long-term care or in elderly populations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]