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This study explores the relationship between school organizational climate and teachers job satisfaction among primary school teachers in northern Jiangsu, China. The theoretical underpinning of this study is Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory and Halpin, as well as Croft's School Organizational Climate Theory. This is a descriptive correlation study, conducted in northern Jiangsu, China, covering the districts of Huaian, Yangzhou, and Xuzhou. The instrument used for data collection was a survey in the form of a structured questionnaire. The responses of 234 participants were recorded, which contain information on gender, age, level of education, teacher experience, and school location. This data was then analysed quantitatively. The results indicated that a democratic and people-oriented climate in schools can improve teachers' job satisfaction. Adequate support for teachers, sufficient school resources, harmonious interpersonal relationships, and a moderate workload can boost and maintain teachers' job satisfaction at a high level. This would in turn improve teachers' teaching ability and effectively promote the development of schools psychologically. This study then proposes several recommendations to school administrations and teachers on how to improve the level of teachers job satisfaction through the creation and maintenance of a positive school organizational climate.

This study explores the relationship between school organizational climate and teachers job satisfaction among primary school teachers in northern Jiangsu, China. The theoretical underpinning of this study is Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory and Halpin, as well as Croft's School Organizational Climate Theory. This is a descriptive correlation study, conducted in northern Jiangsu, China, covering the districts of Huaian, Yangzhou, and Xuzhou. The instrument used for data collection was a survey in the form of a structured questionnaire. The responses of 234 participants were recorded, which contain information on gender, age, level of education, teacher experience, and school location. This data was then analysed quantitatively. The results indicated that a democratic and people-oriented climate in schools can improve teachers' job satisfaction. Adequate support for teachers, sufficient school resources, harmonious interpersonal relationships, and a moderate workload can boost and maintain teachers' job satisfaction at a high level. This would in turn improve teachers' teaching ability and effectively promote the development of schools psychologically. This study then proposes several recommendations to school administrations and teachers on how to improve the level of teachers job satisfaction through the creation and maintenance of a positive school organizational climate.

In recent years, fog-haze weather has frequently occurred in urban ecosystem, with accompanied dew condensation in the surface layer. Dew formation plays an important role in air purification, which takes fine aerosols in the atmosphere as the condensation nuclei. However, the influence of fog-haze on dew condensation remains unclear. Thus, this study aims to evaluate the influences of fog-haze days on the frequency, intensity, and duration of dew condensation, to reveal the factors relevant to dew condensation during weather pollution, and to improve the air quality in fog-haze days. The monitor-based direct weighing method was employed in this study to observe the vapour condensation in urban greenbelt under fog-haze and normal weather conditions during the frost-free season (April-October 2017) in Changchun, China. The differences in dew condensation intensity and frequency were discriminated under different weather conditions. Then, the influences of fog-haze days on the vapour condensation were analyzed by monitoring the velocity and duration of dew condensation in polluted weather. Finally, a program for improving air quality was proposed based on the analysis of major meteorological factors that affect the dew condensation during the fog-haze days. Results show that the dew condensation velocity decreases significantly (P < 0.01) from 0.0067 mm/h in normal weather to 0.0026 mm/h in a fog-haze day, whereas the condensation duration is prolonged. The dew condensation intensities are 0.064, 0.045, and 0.051 mm/d under fog, haze, and normal weather conditions, respectively, and the fog-haze weather has no significant effect on the frequency or intensity of dew condensation (P > 0.05). The particulate matter concentration, wind speed, air pressure, relative humidity, and solar radiation are the main factors that affect the vapour transport during the fog-haze days. Artificial increase of surface layer vapours can promote the particulates to absorb vapours fully an

As a novel oral drug delivery system, proliposome was applied to improve the solubility of active components of Ginkgo biloba extract (GbE). There are currently few reports focusing on the pharmacokinetic characteristics of proliposome of GbE (GbP). A rapid and sensitive ultra performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) method for the simultaneous quantification of active components of GbP and a commercial tablet product (Ginaton) in rat plasma was developed and successfully validated. The method was applied to the comparative pharmacokinetic evaluation of GbP and Ginaton in rat plasma. The results indicated that GbP has a significant effect on absorption, elimination and bioavailability of flavonoids and terpenoid lactones in comparison with Ginaton. The obtained results would be helpful for evaluating the absorption mechanism in the gastrointestinal tract in pharmacokinetic level and guiding the development of the novel oral drug delivery system.

As a novel oral drug delivery system, proliposome was applied to improve the solubility of active components of Ginkgo biloba extract (GbE). There are currently few reports focusing on the pharmacokinetic characteristics of proliposome of GbE (GbP). A rapid and sensitive ultra performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) method for the simultaneous quantification of active components of GbP and a commercial tablet product (Ginaton) in rat plasma was developed and successfully validated. The method was applied to the comparative pharmacokinetic evaluation of GbP and Ginaton in rat plasma. The results indicated that GbP has a significant effect on absorption, elimination and bioavailability of flavonoids and terpenoid lactones in comparison with Ginaton. The obtained results would be helpful for evaluating the absorption mechanism in the gastrointestinal tract in pharmacokinetic level and guiding the development of the novel oral drug delivery system.