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ethod. Different flaws have different sensitivity to different type, position and stance of probes, and data fusion techniques can make the full use of the information. Local decisions of each group of transducers can be made     

Change in prevalence or preference? Trends in educational homogamy in six European countries in a time of educational expansion

This paper analyzes trends in educational homogamy in six European countries (Sweden, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, and Italy). We use vital statistics on all marriages contracted between 1990 and 2016. Absolute educational homogamy increases in all countries (very moderately in the Czech Republic and Italy), it changes its structure, and the absolute educational hypogamy of women increases. The trends over time and among countries in relative educational homogamy are tested using log-linear and log-multiplicative models. We expand a regression-type layer effect model (the Goodman-Hout model) into a four-way table. The results indicate differing assortative mating by educational categories. Relative homogamy decreases in tertiary education. In lower educational categories, relative homogamy increases. We present the hypothesis that a decrease in relative homogamy in tertiary education is a consequence of the rise of social homogamy. We conceptualize this homogamy balance as a “complementary maintained homogamy.” Because changes in relative educational homogamies are the same in all countries, the cross-country differences remain constant over time. We conceptualize this as a “maintained flux.” The European countries are not in convergence, even though the relative homogamies delineated by educational categories change.     

UG in Imitation

UG and imitation are two parallel hypotheses trying to answer how childrens language acquisition is realized. Imitation fails to explain how children acquire language; however, it helps a lot in childrens language acquisition.     

Issues in Learner Strategy

IntroductionWhyaresomepeoplemoreeffectiveatlanguagelearningthanothers ?Whatmakessomelearnerssuccess fulatlearningaforeign/secondlanguagethanothers ?Inordertoanswerthesequestions ,itseemsnotenoughonlytotalkaboutindividualdifferencesintermsofaptitude ,age ,learningstyles ,motivationandpersonality .“ResearchsupportstheeffectivenessofusingL2strategiesandhasshownthatsuccessfullanguagelearnersoftenusestrate gies ”ThisexplainswhynumerousresearcherslikeWilliams&Burden ,Cook ,Brown ,Wenden&Rubin …     

On Fuzzy Expressions in English

In this paper I attempt to explain my general understanding of fuzzy expressions in language, and I take English as an example. Fuzziness is one of the basic characteristics of language. It differs from generality, ambiguity and vagueness. There are many examples of fuzzy expressions in English. I supply examples of color words, some adjectives and linguistic hedges. Finally I attempt to explain fuzziness from pragmatic point of view.     

Problems and Possible Solutions in Teaching English to Chinese Middle School Students in Baotou

包头市中学英语教学存在的问题有外籍教师匮乏;英汉语法差异造成教学困难;应试教学与语言交际特点的冲突等.解决办法有定期培训中国教师以取代外教;变传统语法讲述为反复句型结构操练;对交际与应试要求的矛盾则可采取折衷办法.     

Meaning Guessing Strategies in English Reading

In the course of reading we can guess or infer the meaning of some new words, difficult words or keywords through the information, logic, background knowledge and language structure, etc. and it is a very useful reading skill. When obtaining this kind of skill, the readers can quickly infer the meaning of new words from the clue offered by the context or the structure characteristic of new words, therefore, to improve the reading speed and reading ability.     

Who loses in direct democracy?

We examine the success of California’s black, Latino, and Asian voters in ballot proposition elections, showing that minority voters lose more often than whites across all ballot propositions, and that this disadvantage is not limited to a small subset of racially-targeted propositions. Minority voters are 2-5 percentage points less likely than otherwise-similar white voters to be on the winning side of ballot propositions. These differences persist after excluding racially-targeted propositions because minority voters are more likely to lose on several issues including elections, the environment, health, housing, taxes, and transportation. We demonstrate that race is more important than class in describing which voters lose.     

E-mail Interaction in Foreign Language Learning

Ⅰ.E-mail and its application in SLAComputer technology is probably the fastest growingeducation phenomenon in the world history.Many educa-tors are endeavored to make computer networks a part oftheir teaching and their students’learning experi-ence.[1](P335)Among a number of the uses of computertechnology that are at disposal of foreign language teach-ers,electronic mail,especially its use in writing,israpidly gaining popularity.Email is a way of sending a message from one com-puter to one…     

Whither the virtuous cycle? Past and future trends in black-white inequality in educational attainment

The inequality in the relative years of education between blacks and whites has diminished dramatically over the 20th century. One possible explanation for this convergence is a virtuous cycle of parents passing on educational advantage, from one generation to the next, leading to an overall educational upgrading. In this paper we test the virtuous cycle hypothesis by estimating the three way interaction of cohort, race, and family background. We find that the convergence in educational attainment between blacks and whites over the past century was driven by processes unrelated to family background.     

On Symbolism in Winesburg, Ohio

As a writing technique, symbolism has a great tradition in American literature, and it plays an important role in Wines-burg, Ohio. The author in this thesis attempts to analyze Winesburg, Ohio by exploring its symbolism through an analysis of the major symbols.     

Symbolic Values in Steinbeck''''s Short Stories

The essay will analyze the symbols created by Steinbeck and disclose the meaning of the most widely used symbols John Steinbeck resorted to in some of his short stories. These interpretations of the symbols may reveal to readers an utterly different system of values. The author will explore those stories that are relevant from this point of view. This paper will highlight,emphasize and interpret different symbols presented in his stories too.And the author will give a possible way of tackling of Steinbeck short stories.     

Some Advantageous Uses of Video in English Teaching

Video in language teaching has been serving as a very important part fro a period of time. While with the progress of the society, more and more technology of multimedia was adopted in English teaching. Video and these new technologies offers greatly increase the efficiency of training on students' communicative competence. This paper is about to discuss some useful characteristics in Video classes and some other multimedia supplement in English Teaching.     

Groundstate Transitions of Coupled Quantum Dots in Magnetic Fields

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Assessment:Reconsider its Role in Teaching and Learning

ImperialChinaiswidelyregardedintheworldashav ingintroducedthefirstsystematicassessmentsystemforcivilserviceappointment.Theresultofscholasticachieve menttestswasusedtoselectthecivilservants.Candidateswhopassedtheacademicpublicexaminationcouldbegivenapost,thereforeexaminationbecamethemostimportantchannelforenhancingtheirsocialstatus.Nowadaysassess mentisuseduniversally,particularlyineducation,asoneofthewaysofevaluatingpupil’slearningthroughtestsorob servationinordertoknowhowbesttohelpandencoura…     

目的论视角下Moment in Peking中的文化翻译

对林语堂的Moment in Peking中的文化传输运用目的论进行个案研究。功能学派的核心理论目的论认为,翻译的目的是翻译中最重要的制约因素并决定翻译方法。林语堂的代表作Moment in Peking涉及中国文化的方方面面,如传统称谓、风俗习惯、食物服饰、道家思想等。将目的论与Moment in Peking及其中译本中的文化实例相结合,探讨翻译策略的选择及目的论在文化翻译中的指导作用,希望借此能够给中国文化翻译些许启示。     

Variation in trajectories of women’s marital quality

I examine variation in trajectories of women’s marital quality across the life course. The analysis improves upon earlier research in three ways: (1) the analysis uses a sequential cohort design and data from the first 35 years of marriage; (2) I analyze rich data from a national sample; (3) I examine multiple dimensions of marital quality. Latent class growth analyses estimated on data from women in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-1979 (N = 2604) suggest multiple trajectories for each of three dimensions of marital quality, including two trajectories of marital happiness, two trajectories of marital communication, and three trajectories of marital conflict. Socioeconomic and demographic covariates are then used to illustrate how factors such as income, cohabitation, and race-ethnicity set individuals at risk of poor marital quality throughout the life course by differentiating between high and low trajectories of marital quality. Women on low marital quality trajectories are, as expected, at much greater risk of divorce. Taken together, these findings show how fundamental socioeconomic and demographic characteristics contribute to subsequent marital outcomes via their influence on trajectories of marital quality as well as providing a better picture of the complexity in contemporary patterns of marital quality.     

Girls’ self-efficacy in the context of neighborhood gender stratification

Scholars have linked neighborhood characteristics to self-efficacy, but few have considered how gender factors into this association. We integrate literature on neighborhoods, gender stratification, and self-efficacy to examine the association between women's relative resources among neighborhood residents and adolescents' self-efficacy. We hypothesize that girls report more self-efficacy when they reside in neighborhoods where women have more socioeconomic resources relative to men. We test this hypothesis using data from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods and the 1990 Census. Results from multilevel regression models with gender-interacted effects indicate the neighborhood level of women's relative resources was not associated with boys' self-efficacy. However, girls reported higher self-efficacy when women's relative resources in their neighborhoods were greater. This association persisted after including potential individual- and neighborhood-level confounding variables. Our study underscores the importance of attending to gendered processes when understanding how neighborhoods impact youth.