Full-time, part-time employment and life satisfaction of the elderly

There is continued interest in employment and subjective well-being among the elderly because of the increasing proportion of elderly population in the labor force. This study investigates the association between part-time and full-time employment and life satisfaction of the elderly in Taiwan. We also examine how these associations may differ across socio-demographic groups. An ordinal treatment effect model is developed to accommodate the discrete feature of the employment decision and the potential endogeneity of these two outcomes. Using a unique sample of the elderly in Taiwan, in contrast to findings for the general population of the previous studies, we find that part-time employment is significant and positively associated with life satisfaction, while elderly with full-time employment have lower life satisfaction. These results are robust across socio-demographic groups.     

《易传》“性命”思想论

《易传》继承和发扬了孔孟和《中庸》的性命思想,构建起了一套较为完备的道德形而上学理论体系.一方面,《易传》把乾道上升到宇宙本体论的高度,以阴阳论的方式来说明乾道如何下贯于人的生命中,成为人生命主体之本性;另一方面,《易传》又强调人要凭借此本性积极努力地做道德修养工夫,以把人之德性生命向上提升,进而参赞天地之化育,并使人与天地三才鼎立,达到“天人合德”的理想境界.     

Logistic retainment interval dose exploration design for Phase I clinical trials of cytotoxic agents

Phase I studies of a cytotoxic agent often aim to identify the dose that provides an investigator specified target dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) probability. In practice, an initial cohort receives a dose with a putative low DLT probability, and subsequent dosing follows by consecutively deciding whether to retain the current dose, escalate to the adjacent higher dose, or de-escalate to the adjacent lower dose. This article proposes a Phase I design derived using a Bayesian decision-theoretic approach to this sequential decision-making process. The design consecutively chooses the action that minimizes posterior expected loss where the loss reflects the distance on the log-odds scale between the target and the DLT probability of the dose that would be given to the next cohort under the corresponding action. A logistic model is assumed for the log odds of a DLT at the current dose with a weakly informative t-distribution prior centered at the target. The key design parameters are the pre-specified odds ratios for the DLT probabilities at the adjacent higher and lower doses. Dosing rules may be pre-tabulated, as these only depend on the outcomes at the current dose, which greatly facilitates implementation. The recommended default version of the proposed design improves dose selection relative to many established designs across a variety of scenarios.     

Replication: Emotional well-being and unemployment – Evidence from the American time-use survey

We use data from the well-being module of the American Time-Use Survey (ATUS) 2010–2013 to reexamine the relationship between unemployment and emotional well-being. We replicate two previous studies (Krueger & Mueller, 2012; Dolan, Kudrna, & Stone, 2017) which have produced differing findings on this relationship, and analyze what factors cause the differences in their outcomes. We find that the results critically depend on the definition of employment statuses and the choice of well-being measure. The unemployed appear sadder and more in pain than the employed, but no other emotion queried in the ATUS has worse values for the unemployed than for the employed. Aggregate emotional well-being measures suggest that unemployment is not negatively related to emotional well-being. Applying a wider instead of narrow definition of unemployment tends to result in better emotional well-being scores for the unemployed, mainly because job leavers and new or re-entrants into the labor market report better emotions than the group of people who are unemployed due to an involuntary job loss.     

西方丑化阿莱克修斯一世形象原因探析

拉丁人丑化阿莱克修斯一世,主要是因为野心家波希蒙德的宣传.第一次十字军东征使得十字军首领与拜占廷皇帝直接接触,双方不可避免出现误解和偏见;阿莱克修斯与十字军的目标和利益不同,阿莱克修斯阻碍了十字军首领的利益追求,引起不满;野心家波希蒙德利用十字军首领对阿莱克修斯的不满和误解,利用拜占廷与西方的宗教分歧,大肆进行反阿莱克修斯宣传、反拜占廷宣传,结果阿莱克修斯形象被丑化.     

“我”的变奏

作为一种以主观抒情为基本手段的文体 ,诗歌 (尤其是抒情诗 )中的“我”便具有了举足轻重的中心地位。通过对“我”在 2 0世纪中国诗歌中变化历程的考察可以看出 ,政治文化干预和影响了本世纪中国文学的发展 ;另一方面 ,“我”在诗歌中的变迁 ,也反映了 2 0世纪中国诗歌自我完善的艰难历程。     

I~2C总线与PC机接口设计

介绍一种简单、成本低的 I2 C总线与 PC机的接口卡 ,普通微机便可以与 I2 C系列的外接设备数据传输 ,构成一个工业自动化生产过程的监控系统     

严复佚文十五篇考释

本文对 1917年发表在北京《公言报》上的一组署名“地雷”的论文进行了考释 ,确认“地雷”就是严复的笔名 ,署名“地雷”的这组论文就是严复在晚年通信中所提到、但却一直未被研究者发现的文字。这组佚文的发现具有重要价值 ,它们不仅说明严复晚年并未脱离政治 ,仍在时刻关心着政局的发展并努力将自己的思考公开发表出来以影响当局和社会 ,而且从更深的层次上反映出近代中国人对世界的认识的变化及外交思想的成熟。     

论《周易》对中国古代数学思维模式的影响

人人《周易》蕴含的思维特征和数学思想方法出发,论述了《周易》对中国古代数学思维方式的影响。从积极的方面讲,《周易》对中国古代数学特殊的思维方式的形成产生了巨大的影响,使古代数学研究者习惯于从整体性和辩证性等角度来思考问题,使中国古代数学取得了辉煌的成就。另一方面,由于《周易》思维方式的特殊性及其神秘主义色彩,导引着中国古代数学走上了与西方传统数学不同的发展道路。     

回归“人间”的词话——被误读的《人间词话》

人们对王国维“无我之境”的阐释往往脱离《人间词话》这一文本语境,以中国古代传统的思想观念或是西方理论资源为指引灯甚至为目标,断章取义地进行生发,而忽视了王国维《人间词话》的原文表述和总体审美取向。笔者认为解释文本不能完全以解释者的“先见”来代替或歪曲文本语境以及作者本人的思想和生存境域,对《人间词话》还原式解读可以帮助我们切实地理解王国维的“无我之境”和“有我之境”说。回到文本本身才是文艺美学研究的正确方法。