论魏晋南朝的忠孝实践——以阳翟褚氏为例

忠孝取舍孰先孰后在魏晋南朝时期有一个演变的过程,弃忠从孝是当时社会的趋势和需要。阳翟褚氏在这一时期屡屡背信弃义违背＂忠＂的道德却又信守家族＂孝＂的传统,是当时忠孝实践观的集中代表。     

简论语料库与教师角色之转变

现代电子语料库已有了近50年的发展,但语料库应用于课堂教学才刚刚起步。通过近年语料库辅助课堂教学诸多实践研究,教师们不仅可以获得教学中的例句,还可引导学生们学习更地道、更准确的表达方式。     

一个概念与当代文学研究——《国家文学的想象和实践》简评

《国家文学的想象和实践》一书以“国家文学”的视角和概念,深入复杂的文学格局并揭示其中的权力关系。偏重个案分析．填补了一直以来相关研究中的学术空白。书中体现的“田野调查”与“口述史料”本身既是文学研究的资料发现,同时也拓展了研究视野。最值得关注的是本书给当代文学研究提供了新的思路与可能性。     

佛经故事与历代笑话

佛教东渐,佛经故事随佛典汉译等途径流播中土,产生了大量具有中国特色的笑话。这些深受佛经故事濡染刻烙的笑话,印证了梵汉交融给民间文学带来的深层影响。     

悲剧的现代体验——徐志摩小说创作论

徐志摩区分出了不同层次种类的情,其中朝向大自然的热情最为显明。其小说呈现了人类遭遇现代后的搏斗的体验,反映了日常生活的残酷性和非人性,意在维护情爱的理想,为感情张目;志在揭示平凡生活中的摩擦,不厌其烦地制造习常和平中的悲剧,展现生活中的压抑和痛苦。     

论童话《小红帽》在动漫中的运用

《小红帽》是童话的代表作之一。动漫作品对《小红帽》的改编方式有忠实、添加、取意、非改编和后现代几种,其主题有原作基础和女权主义思想的指导。以《小红帽》为代表的儿童文学,体现着人类的一种生存状态,对其恰当的改编,能推动当前动漫作品的繁荣。     

The empirical Bayes estimators of the parameter of the Poisson distribution with a conjugate gamma prior under Stein's loss function

For the hierarchical Poisson and gamma model, we calculate the Bayes posterior estimator of the parameter of the Poisson distribution under Stein's loss function which penalizes gross overestimation and gross underestimation equally and the corresponding Posterior Expected Stein's Loss (PESL). We also obtain the Bayes posterior estimator of the parameter under the squared error loss and the corresponding PESL. Moreover, we obtain the empirical Bayes estimators of the parameter of the Poisson distribution with a conjugate gamma prior by two methods. In numerical simulations, we have illustrated: The two inequalities of the Bayes posterior estimators and the PESLs; the moment estimators and the Maximum Likelihood Estimators (MLEs) are consistent estimators of the hyperparameters; the goodness-of-fit of the model to the simulated data. The numerical results indicate that the MLEs are better than the moment estimators when estimating the hyperparameters. Finally, we exploit the attendance data on 314 high school juniors from two urban high schools to illustrate our theoretical studies.     

Fitting competing risks data to bivariate Pareto models

This paper revisits two bivariate Pareto models for fitting competing risks data. The first model is the Frank copula model, and the second one is a bivariate Pareto model introduced by Sankaran and Nair (1993 Sankaran, P. G., and N. U. Nair. 1993. A bivariate Pareto model and its applications to reliability. Naval Research Logistics 40 (7):1013–1020. doi:10.1002/1520-6750(199312)40:7%3c1013::AID-NAV3220400711%3e3.0.CO;2-7.[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]). We discuss the identifiability issues of these models and develop the maximum likelihood estimation procedures including their computational algorithms and model-diagnostic procedures. Simulations are conducted to examine the performance of the maximum likelihood estimation. Real data are analyzed for illustration.     

Sofiia Andrukhovych’s Felix Austria: the postcolonial neo-Gothic and Ukraine’s search for itself

ABSTRACT

Sofiia Andrukhovych’s 2014 novel Felix Austria (Feliks Avstriia) became Ukraine’s most critically acclaimed and commercially successful work of literature published in the immediate aftermath of the Euromaidan revolution of 2013–14. It combined an ambitious historical reconstruction of daily life in the year 1900 in a mid-size city in the Habsburg-ruled part of Ukraine and an engaging plot skilfully employing multiple devices associated with the Gothic tradition, especially in its latter-day and postmodernist reinterpretations. The novel’s success is especially telling in the context of the rising interest in the Gothic in Ukrainian culture. Told by an unreliable narrator, the novel prompts readers to interrogate their assumptions. In the context of Ukraine, it is particularly subversive in its engagement with the nostalgic myth of the Habsburg Empire as a multi-ethnic utopia of tolerance, and by implication it challenges all imperial myths. The novel’s emphasis on the quest for (self-)discovery strongly resonated with readers in the context of a socio-political crisis, which highlighted the relevance of the distinct postcolonial overtones in its message.     

A qualitative study on participants’ perceptions of child development accounts in Korea

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In 2007, Korea implemented Child Development Accounts (CDAs) for institutionalised children in child welfare systems. Since then, the target group and a matching cap of CDAs in Korea have evolved. The target group expanded to include poor children receiving welfare, whereas the matching cap increased from KRW 30,000 (US$26.53) to KRW 40,000 (US$35.38), which is matched at a 1:1 rate. Despite the expansion, there is little empirical evidence examining the extent to which CDAs have influenced the life of participants. Using a content analysis method with a sample (N = 22), this study examines how CDAs have changed children’s mindsets, saving habits, education, future planning and sponsorship. The findings suggest that CDAs have multiple positive influences on children. This study concludes with policy implications for the inclusive and progressive development of CDAs in Korea.