Sensemaking and crisis revisited: the failure of sensemaking during the Flint water crisis     

William D. Nowling  Matthew W. Seeger 《Journal of Applied Communication Research》2020,48(2):270-289

ABSTRACT

This study operationalized Weick’s [(1988). Enacted sensemaking in crisis situations. Journal of Management Studies 25(4), 305–317 and (1993). The collapse of sensemaking in organizations: The Mann Gulch disaster. Administrative Science Quarterly, 38, 628–652] theory of enacted sensemaking to examine the communication processes associated with the Flint Water Crisis of 2014–2015. A content analysis of 389 emails and attachments from a total population of N?=?37,376 pages of publicly released e-mails and documents pertaining to Flint’s water issues, identified examples of failed sensemaking by government officials. These failures hastened and intensified a growing crisis of lead contamination and an outbreak of Legionnaires disease associated with Flint’s municipal water system. Analysis of email messages suggests that strong commitments by top leaders and limited capacity were important factors as were efforts to create and maintain consensus among officials. The Flint Water Crisis offers an important application of sensemaking theory and its utility for both organizational and risk communication scholars and for practical application. The authors emphasize the importance of questioning previous assumptions and commitments, insuring that communication practitioners are involved in decisions, and avoiding over reliance on image repair as a strategic response.  相似文献   

生态文明：城市休闲体育发展的必然选择     

单凤霞  郭修金 《南京体育学院学报(社会科学版)》2019,2(1):60-68

“美丽中国”战略目标的实现离不开“美丽城市”的建设。生态文明是实现美丽城市更新建设的保证者，而美丽城市的建设是落实生态文明的重要举措，两者互动发展、共同促进。城市休闲体育的蓬勃开展离不开生态文明的推动与滋养，生态文明建设是休闲体育发展的至高境界，为城市休闲体育发展提供了外在环境和内部动力。城市休闲体育通过亲近自然、绿色消费、健身怡情、协调“三生”等实际行动，起到了推动人居环境改善、拉动低碳经济增长、实现生命价值延展和促进城市休闲功能提升的作用，是生态文明建设的最佳践行手段。  相似文献   

肉桂粉实病发生发展规律的研究     

陈汉章  陈惠敏  宋漳  黄天章  刘志中  张蔚勇 《闽西职业技术学院学报》2004,6(4):105-108

肉桂是我国名贵中药材和芳香原料,它的应用历史相当悠久,但对肉桂粉实病的系统研究,在国内外尚为首次。通过调查研究,查明该病的发生规律和病原菌花生油盘孢菌(Elaeodemafloricola)的特性。  相似文献   

CRISPR/Cas: a Nobel Prize award-winning precise genome editing technology for gene therapy and crop improvement     

Li  Chao  Brant  Eleanor  Budak  Hikmet  Zhang  Baohong 《Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B》2021,22(4):253-284

Since it was first recognized in bacteria and archaea as a mechanism for innate viral immunity in the early 2010 s,clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats(CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein(Cas) has rapidly been developed into a robust, multifunctional genome editing tool with many uses. Following the discovery of the initial CRISPR/Cas-based system, the technology has been advanced to facilitate a multitude of different functions. These include development as a base editor, prime editor, epigenetic editor, and CRISPR interference(CRISPRi) and CRISPR activator(CRISPRa) gene regulators. It can also be used for chromatin and RNA targeting and imaging. Its applications have proved revolutionary across numerous biological fields, especially in biomedical and agricultural improvement. As a diagnostic tool, CRISPR has been developed to aid the detection and screening of both human and plant diseases, and has even been applied during the current coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19) pandemic. CRISPR/Cas is also being trialed as a new form of gene therapy for treating various human diseases, including cancers, and has aided drug development. In terms of agricultural breeding, precise targeting of biological pathways via CRISPR/Cas has been key to regulating molecular biosynthesis and allowing modification of proteins, starch, oil, and other functional components for crop improvement. Adding to this, CRISPR/Cas has been shown capable of significantly enhancing both plant tolerance to environmental stresses and overall crop yield via the targeting of various agronomically important gene regulators. Looking to the future, increasing the efficiency and precision of CRISPR/Cas delivery systems and limiting off-target activity are two major challenges for wider application of the technology. This review provides an in-depth overview of current CRISPR development, including the advantages and disadvantages of the technology,recent applications, and future considerations.  相似文献   

稀土直接分离PLC控制系统     

刘晖  可雪杰 《科技广场》2006,(5):121-122

在稀土直接分离过程中采用PLC,可以确保稀土分离生产过程中产品品位,提高金属的回收率,减少原料的消耗,降低生产成本,使稀土产品具有较强的国际竞争力。  相似文献   

非人灵长类模型          下载免费PDF全文

胡新天  仇子龙  顾勇  龚能  孙强 《中国科学院院刊》2016,31(7):773-782

全球有近10亿脑疾病患者,每年约带来经济负担1万亿美元。目前,绝大部分脑疾病尚无有效治疗方法。因此,脑疾病机理研究和新药开发十分迫切。由于进化上相近,非人灵长类的脑在结构、功能活动等多方面与人类高度相似。因此,相对于其他实验动物,非人灵长类具有解决人类问题,特别是脑相关问题的独特优势。它们除了是研究人类正常脑高级功能的关键实验动物外,还是最好的研究脑疾病机理和治疗方法的模型动物。中国不但有丰富的非人灵长类资源,而且在猕猴建模方面有很好的积累,尤其在转基因疾病猕猴模型创建方面,目前处于世界领先的地位。文章分析了脑疾病领域的国家战略需求,总结了国内外非人灵长类的应用情况,以及国内非人灵长类模型现状。在此基础上,对我国非人灵长类模型领域下一步发展的重点提出了建议。  相似文献   

血浆纤维蛋白原含量升高与冠心病     

朱建中  葛炜 《科技通报》1997,13(2):133-134

用盐析－双缩脲法对９７例健康人和７９例冠心病患者进行了血浆纤维蛋白原含量的测定，结果表明：冠心病患者血浆纤维蛋白原含量显著高于健康人（Ｐ＜０．０１），提示纤维蛋白原含量升高是冠心病、中风、血栓形成的一种重要的危险因素．对血浆纤维蛋白原进行检测，将为冠心病的临床诊断及预防提供依据  相似文献   

象山地区中国对虾白斑综合征病毒超微结构观察     

邓岳松  许梓荣  夏枚生  鲁兴萌 《科技通报》2003,19(4):327-329

从患病的中国对虾(Penaeus chinensis)头胸部分离提纯出一种杆状病毒,负染观察发现,病毒粒子的核衣壳呈杆状,大小约为(250～290) nm × (65～80) nm,每圈螺旋宽约20 nm,核衣壳的两个末端之间一般有13～15圈衣壳螺旋.个别病毒有较长的核衣壳,螺旋数达30圈,长度达到600 nm.有部分病毒核衣壳的一端有30～65 nm的凹陷.还有部分病毒核衣壳一端有30～60 nm的突出部分.  相似文献   

血浆纤维蛋白原水平升高同高血压,冠心病及卒中的联系     

袁德高  薄治仁 《科技通报》1993,9(2):108-111

选择46岁以上的高血压(HBP)、冠心病(CHD)、卒中及其它内科住院病人共140名进行了血浆纤维蛋白原(FG)、血压、甘油三酯(TG)和吸烟等因素的观察.结果表明高血压、冠心病和车中患者FG值升高,逐步回归分析看出吸烟,HBP和TG水平升高明显影响FG的含量,提示FG水平升高同HBP,CHD和年中存在着紧密的联系。  相似文献   

Myeloperoxidase in Chronic Kidney Disease     

Madhusudhana Rao A  Anand U  Anand CV 《Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB》2011,26(1):28-31

Numerous lines of evidence implicate a role of myeloperoxidase (MPO) in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease (CVD). It is a well accepted fact that patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at an increased risk for CVD. MPO is a pro-oxidant enzyme which could be involved in the increased susceptibility of these patients to CVD. Hence, the levels of plasma MPO was determined in healthy controls as well as in patients with CKD [stratified with the level of their kidney failure as CKD stages II–V (end stage renal disease)]. Plasma MPO was assayed by a spectrophotometric method. Serum urea and creatinine were estimated on a clinical chemistry analyzer using standard laboratory procedures. The mean plasma MPO levels were significantly lower with advancing stages of renal failure (P < 0.001). There was a positive correlation between MPO and GFR (r = +0.89, P < 0.001) and a negative correlation with urea (r = −0.85, P < 0.001) and creatinine (r = −0.82, P < 0.001). While an inverse association was observed between plasma MPO and urea in CKD patients, such an association was not observed in control subjects (P = 0.43). In conclusion, the decline in plasma MPO levels may be due to the inhibitory effect of uraemic toxins on the enzyme.  相似文献