The Bayesian elastic net regression

A Bayesian elastic net approach is presented for variable selection and coefficient estimation in linear regression models. A simple Gibbs sampling algorithm was developed for posterior inference using a location-scale mixture representation of the Bayesian elastic net prior for the regression coefficients. The penalty parameters are chosen through an empirical method that maximizes the data marginal likelihood. Both simulated and real data examples show that the proposed method performs well in comparison to the other approaches.     

Welfare residualism: a comparative study of the Basic Livelihood Security systems in China and South Korea

Gao Q, Yoo J, Yang S‐M, Zhai F. Welfare residualism: a comparative study of the Basic Livelihood Security systems in China and South Korea Int J Soc Welfare 2011: 20: 113–124 © 2010 The Author(s), International Journal of Social Welfare © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd and International Journal of Social Welfare. In this article, the Basic Livelihood Security (BLS) systems of China and South Korea are compared. The purpose of BLS is to provide a safety net for poor families, particularly the unemployed and the retired who were hard‐hit by recent economic reforms and crises. A common characteristic of the two systems is residual welfare marked by strict eligibility rules and limited coverage. Both systems are subordinate to the primary goal of economic growth and therefore only compensate for the very disadvantaged left behind by market competition. Neither system is particularly effective in achieving its original antipoverty goals. However, South Korea's provision of self‐support programs to supplement cash transfers has helped individuals to move from welfare to work, and thus has implications for China's BLS system. Both countries need to put more emphasis on equity and social justice in their ongoing reforms and expansions of BLS.     

安徽省农民收入倍增的路径选择

安徽省提出力争到2015年城乡居民收入比2010年翻一番。在分析改革开放后安徽农民纯收入变动的总体特征后,基于收入来源的视角,剖析了安徽农民纯收入的来源构成及其增长源泉,提出了促进安徽农民纯收入倍增的有效路径建议。     

Entry into Consensual Unions and Marriages Among Finnish Women Born Between 1938 and 1967

This study, based on a survey undertaken in 1989, clearly illustrates the dramatic changes in family formation behaviour that have occurred in Finland. Whereas only about one-tenth of the first unions of women born between 1938 and 1942 began as consensual unions, after the cohort of 1962 only one-tenth were formal marriages. These changes lagged some ten years behind the corresponding ones in Sweden, but were about five years ahead of Norway. In Finland, up to the present, most consensual unions have constituted a temporary state which precedes proper family life. Most couples married in connection with the birth of the first child. Consensual union as a permanent lifestyle is generally connected with a low level of education of women.     

网络文化的表现形式及其特点

针对互联网发展形成的一种新的文化现象——网络文化,结合网络技术的发展评述了网络文化发展主要阶段的表现形式及其意义;指出了网络文化以信息技术发展为基础,以多媒体表现形式为手段,作为一种新型文化形式具有的特点。     

吉林省农村人口的收入分析

吉林省农村地区属于扩张过程中的欠发达地区,其特征为:农民的人均纯收入低于全国平均水平,但发展速度高于全国平均水平,正处于从欠发达地区向发达地区过渡的上升期。通过分析吉林省农民人均纯收入在时间上、结构上的变化,及其与全国平均水平、发达省份统计数据上的对比,进而提出增加农民收入的对策。     

女性通俗小说的历史差异与创作特色

作为社会文明的一种独立存在和文化表达,应该说真正的女性文学是以五四新文化运动为发端。尤其是作为俗文学题材之一的通俗小说,在发轫初期难以摆脱男性话语的影响,女性作家群也在不断探索由报人向小说家身份的转换,女性在通俗小说的创作上力量显得薄弱。直至20世纪八九十年代以后,随着新的女性创作主体的涌现与创作思维的膨胀,在叙述视角、文本类型、媒介传载、表现手法等各个方面都有了新的突破,这是当代消费与审美理念的提升,也是创作与出版文化的勃兴。     

农村盗窃现象何以兴起——一个社会学的社会网理论解释

改革开放以来,随着市场经济不断地向农村深入,农村社会盗窃现象日渐增加,屡治不见其效,近年来反而愈加突出.农村社会产生盗窃现象,是内外部因素共同作用的结果.从农村社会内部入手,以社会网为理论分析工具,认为农村社会变迁引起原有社会网的解体,是导致农村盗窃现象兴起的重要原因.     

湘西州农业网络信息资源调查与思考

农业网络信息资源的建设是新农村建设长效机制的根本保证。湘西州农业网络信息资源建设普遍存在网络基础设施建设薄弱、信息资源开发不足、农产品信息上网不及时全面、农村信息技术人才缺乏、以及农民网络素养较差等现象。加强基础设施建设、组织本地信息资源上网、建立网络农业信息导航系统、建立专题或专门网站、培养农村信息技术人才、加强农民网络媒介素养是目前湘西州开发农业网络信息资源的较好策略。     

辽朝建立前契丹族文化与习俗考

根据有限的文献资料、考古资料,以契丹族文化习俗为主线（包括辽朝建立前的契丹族、辽代契丹族、辽亡以后的契丹族）,比照与契丹民族有内在联系的北方民族,如匈奴、鲜卑、奚、室韦、靺鞨、女真等,就契丹族早期文化与习俗及其特点进行考证分析。早在辽朝建国前契丹人就有自己的文化与习俗,主要表现在经济文化与习俗,军事文化与习俗,社会组织文化与习俗,法律文化与习惯,交易文化与习俗,婚姻丧葬习俗,宗教、道德、信仰与礼仪,衣食住行文化与习俗。契丹早期文化与习俗具有原始性、流动性、粗犷性、融摄性、学习性、创造性的特点。