The current research examined differences in career decision-making profiles (CDMP) between American and Chinese university students, as well as the meditational mechanisms possibly underlying these cultural differences. The results of a survey among American (N = 929) and Chinese (N = 945) undergraduates showed that Chinese participants scored significantly higher on consulting with others, desire to please others, willingness to compromise, dependence on others, procrastination, but lower on aspiration for an ideal occupation, internal locus of control, and effort invested in career decision-making than did the American participants. Using a model based on self-construals and subjective cultural norms, we established that interdependent self-construal, independent self-construal and the The dimensions of CDMP include information gathering (IG, the degree to which individuals are thorough in collecting information), information processing (IP, the degree to which individuals analyze and process information into its components), locus of control (LC, the degree to which individuals believe their career future is controlled by external forces rather than by themselves), effort invested in the process (EI, the amount of time and effort invested in the decision-making process), procrastination (PR, the degree to which individuals delay beginning or advancing through the career decision-making process), speed of making the final decision (SP, whether individuals quickly make final decisions once the information has been collected), consulting with others (CO, the extent to which individuals consult with others during the various stages of decision process), dependence on others (DO, the degree to which individuals expect others to make the decision for them), desire to please

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand how the consistency between objective and perceived environmental uncertainty might affect supply chain flexibilities that cope with supply chain risk. Design/methodology/approach This study adopted a case study of comparative four companies in order to obtain an in-depth knowledge of the environmental conditions under which the companies implement different types of supply chain risk management (SCRM) strategies: logistics flexibility and relationship flexibility. Findings The case analysis not only distinguished the different effects of objective and perceived environmental uncertainty on supply chain flexibility, but also established the propositions about the effects of the consistency between objective and perceived environmental uncertainty on logistics flexibility and relationship flexibility in SCRM. Originality/value In principle, supply chain flexibility aims to cope with complex and turbulent environments. Yet, empirical findings about the effects of environmental uncertainty on supply chain flexibility are inconclusive. This study addressed this question by differentiating between objective and perceived environmental uncertainty as well as between logistics and relationship supply chain flexibilities.

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: : Glycyrrhiza uralensis has been used as a traditional medicine for generations. Chalcones are one of the typical chemical constituents of G. uralensis. In this paper, phytochemical research on roots of G. uralensis was performed, leading to the isolation and identification of a previously undescribed chalcone glycoside (1). Its structure was established by means of comprehensive spectral analysis and acid hydrolysis. Moreover, bioactivity assay revealed that 1 showed a promotive effect on IEC-6 cell proliferation and evidently reversed DFMO-driven IEC-6 cell growth arrest. The results indicate that 1 might be used for the maintenance of intestinal epithelial homeostasis.

Grunwald, G., & Hempelmann, B. (2010). Impacts of reputation for quality on perceptions of company responsibility and product-related dangers in times of product-recall and public complaints crises: Results from an empirical investigation. Corporate Reputation Review,