Index for 2004

Monographic:Several Basic Theoretical Issues Concerning the Chinese constitution ReformXiaYong (1 · 3)A Quantitative Analysis of Crime and Penalty BaiJianjun (1·18)WTO Competition Policy and Its Influence in China     

Index for 2005

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Index for 2006

Monographs:A Study on Stratum Conflict Consciousness in Urban China Zhang Yi (1·3)     

Index for 2007

Monographs A Legal Analysis of Leadership Account- ability: An Approach from the Director's Duty of Care in Corporate Law Deng Feng (1·3) "Credit Human Rights": A Non-Western Theory of Universal Human Rights Zhao Tingyang (1·14) Protection of the Person…     

E-Nose for News?

ABSTRACT

Many journalists claim to have a “nose for news.” This metaphor, where a body part is used in a transferred sense for metaphorical change has occupied a central place in journalists' discourses. It appears to express something essential about their identity, profession, practice, and how they “see” and experience the world. This article uses the figure/ground approach of Marshall McLuhan to inform an exploration of the “nose for news” metaphor. By studying the “nose for news” we can understand how and why electronic noses and the Internet have made this once vital and living metaphor obsolete. We can also discover ways to reanimate this metaphor in order to: (a) help recover something of the essence of journalism expressed by journalists' claims to possess a “nose for news,” and (b) re-conceptualize the current “crisis” in journalism.     

Eclogue for New Countryside

People in Liaoyang countryside live the same life as citizen now in the aspects of communication, road, housing, water supply, energy, commerce, educational level, technological training for employment and medicare.     

“Feeling for Beauty”

ABSTRACT

May Morris (1862–1938), renowned craftswoman and daughter of William Morris, had an unconventional Victorian childhood in a home where all the members of the family were engaged in various forms of aesthetic labor, either as amateurs or professionals, and shared an aesthetic philosophy that blended the artisanal and the experimental from which would develop the Arts and Crafts movement. This article will examine the fragmentary recollections of her childhood recorded by May Morris in the introductions she wrote for the twenty-four-volume edition of The Collected Works of William Morris as a rich resource for Victorian sensory history because of the emphasis she places on the development of the child's sensorium, especially in relation to touch as the vital sense that linked family intimacy with creative activity. Employing the term “tactile aesthetics,” I show how, in the Morris household, the pleasurable sensual apprehension of the objects or materials worked by the hands of the craftsperson was inseparable from the complex feelings of connection with others. In such an environment, a feeling for beauty comprised a vital component of habitus, the embodied knowledges and aptitudes that, according to Pierre Bourdieu, are acquired from earliest childhood through the practices of everyday life within a specific social setting.     

Where Should We Look for Mental Representations? On the Need for Epistemic Ethics

Recent scientific studies of consciousness reveal the challenges involved in striking the proper balance between concrete fact and abstract theory. Christof Koch believes he is on the road to a scientific understanding of consciousness because he has a research paradigm which appears to create solvable puzzles. Unfortunately, work in other areas of neuroscience reveal that these puzzles rely too heavily on Aristotelian common sense to account for the unique nature of connectionist processing. William Ramsey claims that biological versions of traditional theories of representation, of the sort embraced by Koch, Fodor, and others, are so inadequate that we should give up all attempts to create high level abstract theories about human cognition. I argue, however, that what is needed is more abstract theorizing, not less. The intelligible entities described by Dynamic Systems Theory should be seen as embodiments of mental representations. These embodiments are physical in the sense that they are comprehensible in terms of modern physics, even if they are not material items that can be directly perceived.     

Telling the other what one knows? Strategic lying in a modified acquiring-a-company experiment with two-sided private information

Theory and Decision - Lying for a strategic advantage is to be expected in commercial interactions. But would this be more or less obvious when lying could come from either party and question...     

Introducing Talents for Rejuvenation of Liaoning

The 2004 High-Tech Exhibition and Symposium of Introduction of Foreign Experts and Projects of Liaoning China, held in the Shenyang Science Palace from May 18-19, was a success. Liaoning has been making efforts to introduce talents for ten years running. For this purpose, it has held two symposiums/ exhibitions. The one held this year, however, is geared to introduce talents from all over the world.     

Index for 2002 Monographic Papers:

On the Negative Background of Modern Chinese Literature and Its InfluenceZhu Shoutong (1-3) Party-government Relationship: The Functioning of KMT's Rule by Party at Local Levels (1927-1937)WangQisheng (1-15) Chinese and American Decision-making in the Korean War: A Comparative StudyNiu Jun (1 ?29)On the Politics and Participation in theDevelopment of Urban Communities inChina Wang Sibin (2 ?3)The Dynamics from the Ideal to the Reality?The Rule of Law in ChinaZhan…     

Express yourself? Ease to express one’s identity mediates the relationship between national belonging and mental health

ABSTRACT

A number of studies have reported a positive relationship between levels of national identification and well-being. Although this link is clear, the relationship is likely influenced by a number of other variables. In the current study, we examine two such variables: age and the ease with which people feel they can express their identity in the national context. Participants were drawn from three waves (2008–12) of the biannual New Zealand General Social Survey (NZGSS). The NZGSS consists of a number of questions related to well-being. The current study utilised the questions related to one’s sense of belonging to New Zealand, ease to express one’s identity in New Zealand, and mental health. When controlling for physical health, standard of living, and several demographic control variables, there was a clear relationship between one’s sense of belonging to New Zealand and mental health. Further, this relationship was stronger for older than younger participants. Finally, the ease with which participants felt they could express their identity in New Zealand partially mediated the relationship. Future research should elucidate which specific aspects of their identity people feel is constrained in the national context.     

The future for Meals on Wheels? Reviewing innovative approaches to meal provision for ageing populations

Winterton R, Warburton J, Oppenheimer M. The future for Meals on Wheels? Reviewing innovative approaches to meal provision for ageing populations The global phenomenon of population ageing is impacting on how community care is delivered, and a key component of health and social care services for the frail elderly is Meals on Wheels (MOW), a service that has traditionally encompassed delivering meals to older people in their homes. However, aspects of this conceptualisation of MOW are being redefined in order to address challenges posed by tightening global financial contexts, a reliance on volunteers and increasing social isolation among ageing populations. Through a review of the literature and websites from selected countries (UK, USA, Canada, Australia), this article explores and critically evaluates models of MOW delivery addressing these challenges. Findings suggest that MOW services are utilising a marketised approach, moving outside of the home and incorporating diverse volunteer roles. These findings demonstrate how services such as MOW can develop sustainable approaches to service delivery in a contemporary context. Key Practitioner Message: ?A review of innovative MOW highlights service models of broader applicability;?Varied delivery models and more diverse volunteer roles appeal to new sources of volunteers;?Research into the development of sustainable models with positive client social outcomes is now required.     

The Relational Probability Semantics for Belief Revision

主体的认知活动总在某种状态中进行,获得的知识通常不都是完全可靠的,所以由此形成的知识库是概率型的,即主体根据证据命题对假设命题的可靠程度给出一个相信度。这样的知识库可以看作是主体的相信集。合乎理性的主体的相信集可以抽象为一种二元概率映射。主体随着认知状态的转换要对相信集进行合理的修正,由此产生概率映射之间的一种相信修正关系。为了把握认知命题,主体有一个期望范围,即主体预设的潜在认知空间。在这样的空间中,主体根据他的当前相信集和相信修正关系,得到一个现实认知空间。根据这样的现实认知空间,我们可以定义认知算子“知”的语义,从而描述主体根据证据命题在多大程度上相信他自己已知一个命题。由此我们从认识论的角度提出一种关系概率语义。这种语义可以描述主体的主观知识以及由此产生的认知规律。相信修正关系的不同性质描述不同的认知规律,从而对应不同的认知系统。通过比较相信修正关系的性质,我们知道哪个认知系统是恰当的。     

Academic Dispute or Struggle for Survival?

The dispute between traditional andWestern medicines in modern China foundits main form of expression in the oppres-sion of the former by practitioners of West-ern medicine, which holds the dominantposition. Nominally, this is termed a contro-versy between the schools of traditional andWestern medicines, but in practice, it involvesthe issue of the survival of traditional Chi-nese medicine confronted by the impact ofthe trend of scientism. In the course ofconfrontation, opposition and confli…     

The Politics for Chinas Reform and Development

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