Social work professionals are an indispensable force for building a harmonious socialist society as well as strengthening and innovating social management.This article analyzed the salary,job satisfaction,and knowledg...Social work professionals are an indispensable force for building a harmonious socialist society as well as strengthening and innovating social management.This article analyzed the salary,job satisfaction,and knowledge application of social work professionals in Nanjing(NJ)by means of a survey questionnaire and found that although most professional social workers are relatively satisfied with their jobs in addition to the effective application of their knowledge,a certain percentage of the respondents reported that the knowledge that they had learned at school were not consistent with the actual needs of work,which affected their income levels and job satisfactions.For this reason,it is suggested that a variety of measures should be taken to improve the quality of professional education of social work and enhance the competitiveness as well as the recognition of the social work profession.展开更多
Shifting demographics—that is, the growing number of older adults in Canada and internationally—and intersecting climatic risks create a complex landscape of aging in place in disaster contexts. Some older adults ar...Shifting demographics—that is, the growing number of older adults in Canada and internationally—and intersecting climatic risks create a complex landscape of aging in place in disaster contexts. Some older adults are vulnerable due to their underlying health conditions and limited physical mobility. Yet they also exhibit resilience in a distinct manner, owing to their wealth of knowledge, wisdom, and ability to navigate adversities. This article elucidates potential avenues for promoting the involvement of older adults in disaster recovery efforts. Our intention is to recognize and foster older adult resilience and mitigate vulnerability by drawing upon insights from the study titled “In the Aftermath of the 2016 Alberta Wildfires: The Role of Social Work Practitioners and Human Service Professionals in Long-Term Disaster Recovery.” Employing a qualitative research approach, that study recruited 51 participants for semistructured interviews and focus groups. A thematic analysis of the collected data unveiled the pivotal roles played by social workers and human service practitioners in facilitating recovery from the 2016 wildfires in the research. Notably, three overarching themes emerged concerning the promotion of older adults' involvement in disaster recovery: fostering supportive relationships, building partnerships and enhancing collaboration, and addressing ongoing challenges. These findings offer valuable insights into how social work practitioners and human service professionals can effectively facilitate the engagement of older adults in disaster recovery initiatives. This article emphasizes the significance of actively promoting the participation of older adults in disaster mitigation efforts, thereby fostering greater resilience within communities.展开更多
The study was conducted among college students in Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. The objective of the study was to understand whether social networks influence students to make decisions on sexual practices. A tota...The study was conducted among college students in Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. The objective of the study was to understand whether social networks influence students to make decisions on sexual practices. A total of 130 female students between 18-24 years participated in the study. Among them, 122 participated in the survey and eight in the case studies. The study revealed female students joined various types of social networks, which influence the decision making processes and outcomes of their sexual practices. The study has implications for women empowerment activities.展开更多
Background: Designing a need-based social protection intervention for children comes as comprehensive tool for addressing the overall quality of life of HIV positive children. Not much has been examined on what consti...Background: Designing a need-based social protection intervention for children comes as comprehensive tool for addressing the overall quality of life of HIV positive children. Not much has been examined on what constitute the desired social protection framework for HIV positive children. Methods: This study was informed by a qualitative descriptive exploratory design approach. The study drew insights from the shared perspectives of 27 participants sampled from positive HIV status disclosed children—10 - 17 years, healthcare workers, Social and Development worker, HIV positive caregivers and parents from 7 ART clinics in rural and urban Brong Ahafo and Ashanti regions of Ghana. Data was collected through interviews and two focus group discussions with study participants. Drawing on the emerged themes from the transcripts, thematic content analysis was used to analyze the data using comparative thematic framework approach. Findings: The eclectic perspectives on the type of social protection policy/intervention preferred demonstrated the need for an interrelated and integrated social protection policy. This should not be designed in isolation towards addressing the child vulnerability. The study found that social protection policies aimed at addressing vulnerability levels of children should consider the dual vulnerability situation within which HIV positive children and adolescents are located. A set of unique specific tailored approach and package reflecting minimum combination social protection package to HIV positive children was considered essential for inclusion. The themes that emerged covered social policy/intervention package inclusive of a disease ending/eradication intervention package, cash transfer for children and their caregivers, free comprehensive health insurance integrating all consultancy and laboratory services charges, direct food supplements supply and nutritional support, research, target specified with evidenced-based monitoring. Counseling support and preferential treatment for children visiting ART for treatment were to be included. Conclusion: Combination social protection intervention packages remain the pathway to yielding maximum dividends on any social intervention that seeks to address the vulnerability levels of HIV positive children in Ghana. This should be designed taking into consideration the preference of the main target beneficiaries (HIV positive children) while accounting for the inclusion of the technical expertise of implementing stakeholders in the policy design from conceptualization to evaluation.展开更多
Image inpainting refers to synthesizing missing content in an image based on known information to restore occluded or damaged regions,which is a typical manifestation of this trend.With the increasing complexity of im...Image inpainting refers to synthesizing missing content in an image based on known information to restore occluded or damaged regions,which is a typical manifestation of this trend.With the increasing complexity of image in tasks and the growth of data scale,existing deep learning methods still have some limitations.For example,they lack the ability to capture long-range dependencies and their performance in handling multi-scale image structures is suboptimal.To solve this problem,the paper proposes an image inpainting method based on the parallel dual-branch learnable Transformer network.The encoder of the proposed model generator consists of a dual-branch parallel structure with stacked CNN blocks and Transformer blocks,aiming to extract global and local feature information from images.Furthermore,a dual-branch fusion module is adopted to combine the features obtained from both branches.Additionally,a gated full-scale skip connection module is proposed to further enhance the coherence of the inpainting results and alleviate information loss.Finally,experimental results from the three public datasets demonstrate the superior performance of the proposed method.展开更多
This study examined the mediating role of job satisfaction in explaining the relationship between work-family conflict and life satisfaction among Turkish academicians.Employing a cross-sectional study design 645 acad...This study examined the mediating role of job satisfaction in explaining the relationship between work-family conflict and life satisfaction among Turkish academicians.Employing a cross-sectional study design 645 academicians aged between 24 and 65(male=45.1%,female=54.9%;professors=12.1%,associate professors=17.7%,assistant professors=28.2%,lecturers=17.8%,research assistants=24.2%;mean age and SD=39.72±8.94)completed the Job Satisfaction Scale,Life Satisfaction Scale,and the Work-Family Conflict Scale.They also self-reported their demographics.The findings from PROCESS MACRO analysis indicated work-family conflict to predict lower job satisfaction among academicians.Those with higher job satisfaction were also self-reported with higher life satisfaction.Lob satisfaction mediated the relationship between the academician’s work family conflict and life satisfaction for higher life satisfaction.The findings of this study indicate a need to implement work-family and life satisfaction measures to enhance job satisfaction among academics.展开更多
文摘Social work professionals are an indispensable force for building a harmonious socialist society as well as strengthening and innovating social management.This article analyzed the salary,job satisfaction,and knowledge application of social work professionals in Nanjing(NJ)by means of a survey questionnaire and found that although most professional social workers are relatively satisfied with their jobs in addition to the effective application of their knowledge,a certain percentage of the respondents reported that the knowledge that they had learned at school were not consistent with the actual needs of work,which affected their income levels and job satisfactions.For this reason,it is suggested that a variety of measures should be taken to improve the quality of professional education of social work and enhance the competitiveness as well as the recognition of the social work profession.
基金supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)。
文摘Shifting demographics—that is, the growing number of older adults in Canada and internationally—and intersecting climatic risks create a complex landscape of aging in place in disaster contexts. Some older adults are vulnerable due to their underlying health conditions and limited physical mobility. Yet they also exhibit resilience in a distinct manner, owing to their wealth of knowledge, wisdom, and ability to navigate adversities. This article elucidates potential avenues for promoting the involvement of older adults in disaster recovery efforts. Our intention is to recognize and foster older adult resilience and mitigate vulnerability by drawing upon insights from the study titled “In the Aftermath of the 2016 Alberta Wildfires: The Role of Social Work Practitioners and Human Service Professionals in Long-Term Disaster Recovery.” Employing a qualitative research approach, that study recruited 51 participants for semistructured interviews and focus groups. A thematic analysis of the collected data unveiled the pivotal roles played by social workers and human service practitioners in facilitating recovery from the 2016 wildfires in the research. Notably, three overarching themes emerged concerning the promotion of older adults' involvement in disaster recovery: fostering supportive relationships, building partnerships and enhancing collaboration, and addressing ongoing challenges. These findings offer valuable insights into how social work practitioners and human service professionals can effectively facilitate the engagement of older adults in disaster recovery initiatives. This article emphasizes the significance of actively promoting the participation of older adults in disaster mitigation efforts, thereby fostering greater resilience within communities.
文摘The study was conducted among college students in Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. The objective of the study was to understand whether social networks influence students to make decisions on sexual practices. A total of 130 female students between 18-24 years participated in the study. Among them, 122 participated in the survey and eight in the case studies. The study revealed female students joined various types of social networks, which influence the decision making processes and outcomes of their sexual practices. The study has implications for women empowerment activities.
文摘Background: Designing a need-based social protection intervention for children comes as comprehensive tool for addressing the overall quality of life of HIV positive children. Not much has been examined on what constitute the desired social protection framework for HIV positive children. Methods: This study was informed by a qualitative descriptive exploratory design approach. The study drew insights from the shared perspectives of 27 participants sampled from positive HIV status disclosed children—10 - 17 years, healthcare workers, Social and Development worker, HIV positive caregivers and parents from 7 ART clinics in rural and urban Brong Ahafo and Ashanti regions of Ghana. Data was collected through interviews and two focus group discussions with study participants. Drawing on the emerged themes from the transcripts, thematic content analysis was used to analyze the data using comparative thematic framework approach. Findings: The eclectic perspectives on the type of social protection policy/intervention preferred demonstrated the need for an interrelated and integrated social protection policy. This should not be designed in isolation towards addressing the child vulnerability. The study found that social protection policies aimed at addressing vulnerability levels of children should consider the dual vulnerability situation within which HIV positive children and adolescents are located. A set of unique specific tailored approach and package reflecting minimum combination social protection package to HIV positive children was considered essential for inclusion. The themes that emerged covered social policy/intervention package inclusive of a disease ending/eradication intervention package, cash transfer for children and their caregivers, free comprehensive health insurance integrating all consultancy and laboratory services charges, direct food supplements supply and nutritional support, research, target specified with evidenced-based monitoring. Counseling support and preferential treatment for children visiting ART for treatment were to be included. Conclusion: Combination social protection intervention packages remain the pathway to yielding maximum dividends on any social intervention that seeks to address the vulnerability levels of HIV positive children in Ghana. This should be designed taking into consideration the preference of the main target beneficiaries (HIV positive children) while accounting for the inclusion of the technical expertise of implementing stakeholders in the policy design from conceptualization to evaluation.
基金supported by Scientific Research Fund of Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation under Grant 20231J60257Hunan Provincial Engineering Research Center for Intelligent Rehabilitation Robotics and Assistive Equipment under Grant 2025SH501Inha University and Design of a Conflict Detection and Validation Tool under Grant HX2024123.
文摘Image inpainting refers to synthesizing missing content in an image based on known information to restore occluded or damaged regions,which is a typical manifestation of this trend.With the increasing complexity of image in tasks and the growth of data scale,existing deep learning methods still have some limitations.For example,they lack the ability to capture long-range dependencies and their performance in handling multi-scale image structures is suboptimal.To solve this problem,the paper proposes an image inpainting method based on the parallel dual-branch learnable Transformer network.The encoder of the proposed model generator consists of a dual-branch parallel structure with stacked CNN blocks and Transformer blocks,aiming to extract global and local feature information from images.Furthermore,a dual-branch fusion module is adopted to combine the features obtained from both branches.Additionally,a gated full-scale skip connection module is proposed to further enhance the coherence of the inpainting results and alleviate information loss.Finally,experimental results from the three public datasets demonstrate the superior performance of the proposed method.
文摘This study examined the mediating role of job satisfaction in explaining the relationship between work-family conflict and life satisfaction among Turkish academicians.Employing a cross-sectional study design 645 academicians aged between 24 and 65(male=45.1%,female=54.9%;professors=12.1%,associate professors=17.7%,assistant professors=28.2%,lecturers=17.8%,research assistants=24.2%;mean age and SD=39.72±8.94)completed the Job Satisfaction Scale,Life Satisfaction Scale,and the Work-Family Conflict Scale.They also self-reported their demographics.The findings from PROCESS MACRO analysis indicated work-family conflict to predict lower job satisfaction among academicians.Those with higher job satisfaction were also self-reported with higher life satisfaction.Lob satisfaction mediated the relationship between the academician’s work family conflict and life satisfaction for higher life satisfaction.The findings of this study indicate a need to implement work-family and life satisfaction measures to enhance job satisfaction among academics.
