‘Nothing comes without its world’: thinking with care

What is the significance of caring for thinking and knowing? Thinking and knowing are essentially relational processes. Grounded on a relational conception of ontology the essay argues that ‘thinking with care’ is a vital requisite of collective thinking in interdependent worlds, but also one that necessitates a thick vision of caring. A speculative exploration of forms of thinking with care unfolds through a rereading of Donna Haraway's work, specifically of its take on feminist discussions on the situated character of knowledge. The notion of thinking with care is articulated through a series of concrete moves: thinking‐with, dissenting‐within and thinking‐for. While weaving Haraway's thinking and writing practices with the trope of care offers a particular understanding of this author's knowledge politics, the task of caring also appears in a different light.     

Study about upper limb on highly repetitive work in maquila operations

Industrial work is a very active sector in the economy of countries; an important part of people's work is done using the upper extremities. The purpose of this project is to characterize the effect of upper extremity work, analyze its relationship with the hand strength and the presence of fatigue and develop a model with the ability to estimate recovery times for the shoulder using variables different from the biomechanical variables.     

Performance of asymmetric links and correction methods for imbalanced data in binary regression

In binary regression, imbalanced data result from the presence of values equal to zero (or one) in a proportion that is significantly greater than the corresponding real values of one (or zero). In this work, we evaluate two methods developed to deal with imbalanced data and compare them to the use of asymmetric links. The results based on simulation study show, that correction methods do not adequately correct bias in the estimation of regression coefficients and that the models with power links and reverse power considered produce better results for certain types of imbalanced data. Additionally, we present an application for imbalanced data, identifying the best model among the various ones proposed. The parameters are estimated using a Bayesian approach, considering the Hamiltonian Monte-Carlo method, utilizing the No-U-Turn Sampler algorithm and the comparisons of models were developed using different criteria for model comparison, predictive evaluation and quantile residuals.     

Why is Collective Violence Collective?

A theory of collective violence must explain both why it is collective and why it is violent. Whereas my earlier work addresses the question of why collective violence is violent, here I apply and extend Donald Black's theory of partisanship to the question of why violence collectivizes. I propose in general that the collectivization of violence is a direct function of strong partisanship. Strong partisanship arises when third parties (1) support one side against the other and (2) are solidary among themselves. Such support occurs when third parties are socially close to one side and remote from the other and when one side has more social status than the other. Third parties are solidary when they are intimate, culturally homogeneous, and interdependent. I focus in particular on lynching: Lynching is a joint function of strong partisanship toward the alleged victim and weak partisanship toward the alleged offender. Unequal strong partisanship appears in both classic lynchings (of outsiders) and communal ynchings (of insiders) across societies and history. Where partisanship is weak or strong on both sides, lynching is unlikely to occur. Evidence includes patterns of lynching in various tribal societies, the American South, imperial China, and medieval Europe.     

Research in economics and management in France: A bibliometric study using the h-index

This paper presents an application of new measures of research excellence, namely Hirsch's index (2005) and derived indexes. It gives a ranking of French departments of Economics, departments of Management and Business schools based on the quality of the academic environment offered by these institutions using these measures. It argues that, since the bulk of the research is done by a very small number of researchers, a greater concentration of the best researchers seems necessary for France to achieve international visibility in Economics and Management.     

Are children in foster care in better psychological health than children in institutions? What factors influence the outcome?

The aim of this study was to compare the psychological health of children in foster care with that of children in institutional care. Social workers were asked to assess the psychological health of the children as well as several other criteria on the basis of an analysis grid. Our sample consisted of 568 children placed in foster care and 661 children placed in institutions. Our results show that children in care who lived longer with their birth parents have a lower psychological health. Furthermore, the psychological health of children in residential care is lower than children placed in foster families. As children in institution are placed later than children in foster families, this may partially explain the lower psychological health of children in residential care. As a result, children in residential care have experienced more abuse and neglect and witnessed more domestic violence than children in foster care. In addition, children in residential care have more poor-quality contacts with their birth parents than children in foster family. These contacts negatively influence their psychological health. Finally, the factor that most influences the psychological health of children in care is the quality of the relationship with the people who care for them on a daily basis. Again, children placed in foster families have better-quality relationships with their foster families than children placed in institutions.     

日本“战后派”文学的社会性与实验性——兼论战后派的形成及其意义

日本战后派文学是日本当代文学史上的一个重要流派。他们自觉地接受《近代文学》的理论指导,在创作实践中坚持文学的社会性和实验性。社会性,使战后派文学对罪恶的侵略战争的“反思”更为深刻;实验性,使战后派文学走上了与当代欧美文学同步发展的道路     

论敦煌本《涉道诗》的作者问题

敦煌写本p386 6所记李翔《涉道诗》二十八首 ,曾引起不少中外学者的热情注意 ,但对其作者之推论迄今未有明确说法。本文在弄清唐代佛道思想传播趣向的基础上 ,依据作品描述的具体地理环境 ,考以《宋高僧传》、《景德传灯录》及《佛祖统记》等史料 ,认为所谓“李翔”者当属“李翱”之讹写 ,这些诗歌的作者最有可能即是韩愈的门人李翱。     

词的动态色彩意义与句法结构、语义结构和语用结构

语句中词的色彩意义的相互影响和制约与句子的句法结构、语义结构和语用结构之间有着某种深层的对应关系。揭示这种对应关系对于多层次、多角度研究色彩意义的动态组合方式、原理和机制具有重要的意义。     

哥梯尔的"协议道德"理论评析

哥梯尔在<协议道德>一书中,试图完全从个人利益出发推导出道德的原则.具体地讲,哥梯尔极力想证明第一,有理性的个人在相互交往中,遇到类似"囚徒悖论"情景中的次佳化问题时,愿意接受公正的、不偏不倚的限制性条款(即道德的原则),用以限制个人无止境地追求个人利益,从而避免次佳化问题,并实现共同的利益;第二,一旦达成限制性条款或协议,各方遵守条款或协议是符合理性的,即符合各方的个人利益的.以上两点在"重复性的囚徒悖论"情景中得到了很好的证明,但哥梯尔的"协议道德"理论仍然有其局限性.