The distinction between affect and cognition

The distinction between affect and cognition was studied in a sample of early breast cancer patients. As assumed by Mckennell (1978) the change experienced led to a level of affect that was lower than the level of cognition and an increased discrepancy between these two components of quality of life within the first year after surgery. Cognition was stable over time, whereas affect improved (p<0.05). The relation between concommitants of disease and treatment and the types of affect-cognition combination were explored.     

Career Planning in Spain: Do Fixed-term Contracts Delay Marriage and Parenthood?

The aim of this paper is to find an empirical connection between the striking increase in the use of fixed-term contracts in Spain and the observed delay in the age at marriage and maternity. Using the eight waves of individual information from the European Household Panel for Spain, we find that for men, the decision whether to get married is strongly negatively affected by holding unstable contracts or not working, relative to when an indefinite contract is held. However, for women, results suggest that holding fixed-term contracts is not a deterrent for the decision whether to get married. With respect to the decision of whether to enter into parenthood, results indicate that for all childless women, either with no partner, holding fixed-term contracts delays entry into motherhood relative to the holding of indefinite contracts. The discouragement effect is stronger for women with no partner, though.JEL classification: D1, J1     

土族“神箭”崇拜初探

文章对土族"神箭"崇拜习俗作了介绍,并分析了其中的文化蕴含.认为土族的"神箭"崇拜尽管受到多种文化的影响,但仍可从中找到一些属于自己的特征,为土族历史文化的研究提供重要线索.     

重庆市城镇居民消费结构实证分析

消费结构是产业结构演进的根本动因,消费结构的合理化关系到国民经济的持续、稳定、快速和协调发展。文章采用扩展线性支出系统模型,通过消费倾向、消费弹性和基本消费支出等参数定量地考察了重庆市居民消费结构。可以看出重庆市城镇居民边际消费倾向较大,食品和居住在居民支出构成中占较重要的地位。     

新论土家语的判断句

土家语的判断句,归纳起来只有肯定判断和否定判断两大类,其中又有隐性判断和显性判断的区别,判断形式多种多样,判断词也极为丰富。说土家语“无判断词”和“判断动词是从汉语里吸收的”是以偏概全,应予纠正。     

Non parametric portmanteau tests for detecting non linearities in high dimensions

ABSTRACT

We propose two non parametric portmanteau test statistics for serial dependence in high dimensions using the correlation integral. One test depends on a cutoff threshold value, while the other test is freed of this dependence. Although these tests may each be viewed as variants of the classical Brock, Dechert, and Scheinkman (BDS) test statistic, they avoid some of the major weaknesses of this test. We establish consistency and asymptotic normality of both portmanteau tests. Using Monte Carlo simulations, we investigate the small sample properties of the tests for a variety of data generating processes with normally and uniformly distributed innovations. We show that asymptotic theory provides accurate inference in finite samples and for relatively high dimensions. This is followed by a power comparison with the BDS test, and with several rank-based extensions of the BDS tests that have recently been proposed in the literature. Two real data examples are provided to illustrate the use of the test procedure.     

Clustering large number of extragalactic spectra of galaxies and quasars through canopies

Abstract

Cluster analysis is the distribution of objects into different groups or more precisely the partitioning of a data set into subsets (clusters) so that the data in subsets share some common trait according to some distance measure. Unlike classification, in clustering one has to first decide the optimum number of clusters and then assign the objects into different clusters. Solution of such problems for a large number of high dimensional data points is quite complicated and most of the existing algorithms will not perform properly. In the present work a new clustering technique applicable to large data set has been used to cluster the spectra of 702248 galaxies and quasars having 1,540 points in wavelength range imposed by the instrument. The proposed technique has successfully discovered five clusters from this 702,248X1,540 data matrix.