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The “online + offline” blended teaching mode capitalizes on the Internet environment to seamlessly integrate traditional classroom instruction with online learning, representing a progressive trend in educational development. This study, grounded in Java Web technology, proposes a hybrid model for teaching professional English structured around three core components: preparation, instruction, and assessment. The model’s efficacy was assessed by devising a set of factors and rubrics to evaluate teaching quality, utilizing a fuzzy logic approach. Empirical validation was conducted using English majors from S colleges as participants. The overall teaching quality score was 87 points, meeting the established rubric standards, thus confirming the model’s applicability to professional English instruction. A controlled experimental analysis of students’ scores—pre-test, mid-test, and post-test—revealed a consistent improvement, with mid-test scores surpassing pre-test and post-test scores exceeding mid-test scores. This progression underscores the effectiveness of the Java Web-based online blended teaching model in enhancing students’ proficiency in English.

The secondary refrigerant is an intermediate medium for transferring cold capacity, which can improved refrigeration efficiency. In this paper, the classification and characteristics of secondary refrigerants are introduced, and discusses the flow characteristics of secondary refrigerants and the apparent viscosity changes and flow resistance characteristics during the flow of secondary refrigerants. In addition, the application of different types of secondary refrigerants in aquatic product preservation and storage system is also discussed, among which non-phase change secondary refrigerant is mainly used in food impregnation and freezing. The phase change material refrigerant is mainly used in cold storage and refrigerating truck of aquatic product storage and transportation, and the future development direction of secondary refrigerant is prospected.

The spherulitic morphology of isotactic polypropylene can be transformed into the oriented fibrillar morphology through hot stretching processes with varying temperature (Ts) or altering strain (εt). The effects of Ts and εt on the structural characteristics of fibrillar crystals are comprehensively investigated with respect to crystal orientation, long periodic spacing, lamellar thickness (Lc), crystallinity (Xc), melting point, and chain relaxation behavior. Small‐angle X‐ray scattering patterns illustrate that the fibrillar crystals consist of alternated stacks of crystalline lamellae and amorphous layers. High Ts leads to a low orientation degree of lamellae, whereas large εt facilitates a high orientation level. The Xc and mean Lc are improved continuously with the increasing of Ts or εt, indicating a stretching‐enhanced crystallization behavior driven by the two factors. The endothermic profiles reveal that new chain‐folded lamellae with relatively thinner thickness form during the hot stretching process. The formation of thinner lamellae is dominated by the melting–recrystallization mechanism. This work would provide guidance for optimizing process conditions to manipulate the microstructure of hot‐stretched semicrystalline polymers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The formation of information security behavioural intention (ISBI) can be complex and dynamic in different contexts. This paper aims to examine and compare different users' ISBI formalisation mechanisms when dealing with their personal affairs (non-work users) and organisational affairs (work users). Drawing on two principles of Conservation of Resources (COR) theory (i.e. resource loss principle, and resource gain principle), we developed two models to examine how situational support affects ISBI formation. The results of a study of 432 non-worker users and 261 work users indicate a curvilinear relationship between situational support and ISBI through subjective norms and risk perception for non-worker users, whilst a linear relationship via subjective norms is found for worker users. This is the first time that COR has been applied to explain the formation of ISBI. The findings broaden the research scope of individuals' ISBI by revealing how situational support affects the formalisation mechanism for different users in cross-contexts. The theoretical and practical implications of the findings and the future study are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We show the relevance of strategic human resource management (SHRM) to addressing the challenges the COVID-19 pandemic has posed to the workplace in the context of Mainland China. In particular, we discuss the insights of prevalent areas of SHRM for navigating the pandemic at the organizational and individual levels. We explore the contextual factors that have affected the relationship between human resource (HR) practices and work outcomes in organizations and the development of HR practices during the pandemic. Looking forward to a future with uncertainties and other possible crises, we discuss research directions for SHRM in the post-pandemic reality. These include resilience-oriented high-performance work systems (HPWSs), contextualized SHRM, and the horizontal fit of SHRM in the 'new normal'. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]