Research on Teleconsultation service quality based on multi-granularity linguistic information: the perspective of regional doctors.

BACKGROUND: Due to the increasing complexity in socioeconomic environments and the ambiguity in human cognition, decision makers prefer to give linguistic cognitive information with different granularities according to their own preferences. Consequently, to consider the uncertainty and preferences in the evaluation process, a method based on Multi-Granularity Linguistic Information (MGLI) for evaluating teleconsultation service quality is proposed, which provides a new research direction for scientific evaluation and improvement of teleconsultation service quality. METHODS: Firstly, this paper explored a service quality evaluation system from the perspective of regional doctors. And then considering the uncertainty and preferences of decision makers, MGLI was used to optimize the index system according to the similarity degree between the linguistic evaluation information and a given linguistic term set. Finally, the empirical research was conducted using Henan Province Telemedicine Center of China (HTCC) as an example to identify the direction for improving the service quality in teleconsultation. RESULTS: This study found that the number of consulting rooms, attitude of operators, consultation duration, charges, and attitude of experts are the key factors affecting the quality of teleconsultation service. CONCLUSIONS: Suggestions for improving the quality of teleconsultation service are put forward in terms of optimizing the allocation of consulting rooms, improving regional doctors' experience and standardizing charging standards, which provides a new direction for improving the quality of teleconsultation service.

Two new species of Yunnanomonticola Telnov (Coleoptera, Anthicidae) from China.

Two new species of the genus Yunnanomonticola Telnov, 2002 are described based on the specimens collected in China. Yunnanomonticolalatissima sp. n. is collected from Yunnan and Y.tenuipenis sp. n. is from Guizhou. Photographes of the new species are provided, with a key to the three species of Yunnanomonticola.

[Darkling beetle community structure and its relations with environmental factors in Sidunzi of Yanchi, Ningxia, China].

From March to October 2009, a field survey was conducted on the darkling beetle community structure and related environmental factors in the desert grasslands with different vegetation cover and human disturbance intensity in Sidunzi of Yanchi, Ningxia, China. By using diversity index and canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) , the relationships between the beetle community structure and related environmental factors were analyzed. A total of 5431 individuals were collected, belonging to 20 species and 10 genera. Blaps femoralis femoralis, Microdera kraatzi kraatzi, and Platyope mongolica were the dominant species, accounting for 47.30%, 39.90%, and 3.59% of the total, respectively. CCA explained 100% of the correlations between the beetle species and related environmental factors, suggesting that the occurrence of the beetle species had close relations to the changes of related environmental factors. Among the environmental factors, the Shannon diversity index of plant community (HP), plant biomass (BP), and soil water content (SW) affected the beetle species occurrence most. The occurrence frequency of Mantichorula semenowi, Anatolica amoenula, A. sternalis, and A. gravidula was negatively correlated with BP and plant coverage (CP), and that of B. gobiensis, Cyphogenia chinensis, Gonocephalum reticuluatum, and Crypticus rufipes was positively correlated with plant density (DP) and SW. The distribution of P. mongolica, M. kraatzi kraatzi, Scytosoma pygmaeum, and B. kiritshenkoi showed a positive correlation to HP, and that of Eumylada oberbergeri, B. femoralis femoralis, and B. davidea showed a positive correlation to BP and CP. There was a significant positive correlation (r = 0.943, P = 0.005) between the beetle activity density and SW. The CCA ordination showed that the darkling beetles had different demands for multidimensional ecological resources in desert and semi-desert ecosystems.

[Application of NIR spectroscopy technology in the field of insect pests detection].

Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is the most rapidly developing and the most noticeable spectrographic technique in the 80's (the last century). Its principle in detection of insect pests was introduced. The applications of NIRS to the field of insect pests detection were mainly summarized. The applications of near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) in detection of insect pests in stored-products, seed and forage or in leaves of plants are more active due to its rapid, timely, less expensive, non-destructive, and straightforward analytic characteristics. The applications of NIRS to the field of detection of insect pests in our country are rare and only on the beginning. So, there are still some further applications of NIRS in detection of insect pests in future, such as analyzing trace elements in fruit and biosecurity inspection. In the present paper, the authors analyzed the NIRS applications status home and abroad, and discussed the applied prospects to promote its applications to the field of research and practice of detection of insect pests in our country.