法律近代化与济弱功能的弱化

中国法律近代化基本上是西方法系移植的结果,在公平、自由的形式下,把底层劳动者置于弱势地位,因社会转型政府集中力量致力于自强与独立使其付出的代价,无法得到补偿和救济;而传统的社会救济体系已被打破,下层民众得不到政府的关照,处于生存危机状态。     

服务创新：电信企业转型的选择

面对技术、竞争、供求、全球化等市场变革,电信企业受到了前所未有的挑战和冲击。为了在新的形势下继续生存和发展,国外电信运营商率先进行了转型实践,与此同时,我国的电信企业也在积极探索转型的道路。在技术很难再成为电信企业主导优势的情况下,个性化、差异化的服务将成为企业赢得市场的法宝,因此电信企业应该在转型的过程中,打破现有的服务模式,实现服务的创新,从而增强企业的核心竞争力。     

正确理解隐喻引起的词汇变化

本文首先分析了隐喻对词汇的变化所产生的影响,包括:一词多义、词性转换、复合造词和成语,然后提出了提高隐喻认知能力的有效对策:扩大基本词汇量、掌握隐喻产生的基础以及重视语境对隐喻理解的作用。     

Regression analysis of informative current status data with the semiparametric linear transformation model

Many methods have been developed in the literature for regression analysis of current status data with noninformative censoring and also some approaches have been proposed for semiparametric regression analysis of current status data with informative censoring. However, the existing approaches for the latter situation are mainly on specific models such as the proportional hazards model and the additive hazard model. Corresponding to this, in this paper, we consider a general class of semiparametric linear transformation models and develop a sieve maximum likelihood estimation approach for the inference. In the method, the copula model is employed to describe the informative censoring or relationship between the failure time of interest and the censoring time, and Bernstein polynomials are used to approximate the nonparametric functions involved. The asymptotic consistency and normality of the proposed estimators are established, and an extensive simulation study is conducted and indicates that the proposed approach works well for practical situations. In addition, an illustrative example is provided.     

Exponentiated generalized Pareto distribution: Properties and applications towards extreme value theory

The GPD is a central distribution in modelling heavy tails in many applications. Applying the GPD to actual datasets however is not trivial. In this paper we propose the Exponentiated GPD (exGPD), created via log-transform of the GPD variable, which has less sample variability. Various distributional quantities of the exGPD are derived analytically. As an application we also propose a new plot based on the exGPD as an alternative to the Hill plot to identify the tail index of heavy tailed datasets, and carry out simulation studies to compare the two.     

Deconvolution boundary kernel method in nonparametric density estimation

This paper considers the nonparametric deconvolution problem when the true density function is left (or right) truncated. We propose to remove the boundary effect of the conventional deconvolution density estimator by using a special class of kernels: the deconvolution boundary kernels. Methods for constructing such kernels are provided. The mean squared error properties, including the rates of convergence, are investigated for supersmooth and ordinary smooth errors. Numerical simulations show that the deconvolution boundary kernel estimator successfully removes the boundary effects of the conventional deconvolution density estimator.     

Transforming wealth: Using the inverse hyperbolic sine (IHS) and splines to predict youth’s math achievement

The natural log and categorical transformations commonly applied to wealth for meeting the statistical assumptions of research may not always be appropriate for adjusting for skewness given wealth’s unique properties. Finding and applying appropriate transformations is becoming increasingly important as researchers consider wealth as a predictor of well-being. We present an alternative transformation—the inverse hyperbolic sine (IHS)—for simultaneously dealing with skewness and accounting for wealth’s unique properties. Using the relationship between household wealth and youth’s math achievement as an example, we apply the IHS transformation to wealth data from US and Ghanaian households. We also explore non-linearity and accumulation thresholds by combining IHS transformed wealth with splines. IHS transformed wealth relates to youth’s math achievement similarly when compared to categorical and natural log transformations, indicating that it is a viable alternative to other transformations commonly used in research. Non-linear relationships and accumulation thresholds emerge that predict youth’s math achievement when splines are incorporated. In US households, accumulating debt relates to decreases in math achievement whereas accumulating assets relates to increases in math achievement. In Ghanaian households, accumulating assets between the 25th and 50th percentiles relates to increases in youth’s math achievement.     

The downside of marketization: A multilevel analysis of housing tenure and types in reform-era urban China

Based on data from the 2005 National Population Sample Survey and compiled covariates of 205 prefectures, this research adopted principal-component and multilevel-logistic analyses to study homeownership in urban China. Although the housing reform has severed the link between work units and residence, working in state sectors (government, state-owned enterprises and collective firms) remained significant in determining a household’s entitlement to reform-era housing with heavy subsidies or better qualities. While the prefecture-level index of marketization reduced local homeownership of self-built housing, affordable housing and privatized housing, its effect is moderated by cross-level interactions with income, education and working in state sectors across different types of housing. Meanwhile, the index of political and market connections promoted all types of homeownership except for self-built housing. By situating the downside of marketization within a context of urban transformation, this research not only challenges the teleological premise of the neoliberal market transition theory but calls for research on institutional dynamics and social consequences of urban transformation in China.     

转型期的社会风险及防范机制

通过对 "风险共生"这一转型期社会风险特征及主要风险因素的分析,指出处于转型期的中国社会,防范社会风险具有重要的现实意义,并在对典型社会风险理论进行阐述的基础上,提出有关社会风险防范的若干机制,对构建社会主义和谐社会具有社会价值.     

论英国哲学的现代转型

西方哲学从近代到现代的转型最早发生在英国.19世纪中期到20世纪初英国哲学的发展大致可以划分为前后两个阶段.前一阶段的哲学主要是在古典经济学、功利主义伦理学和进化论等科学思潮的直接影响下形成并与之融为一体的实证主义运动,它极大地促进了现代哲学的反形而上学倾向.后一阶段的哲学主要表现为浪漫主义文学运动输入的德国唯心主义,以及由此进一步发展起来的绝对唯心主义运动.这两个阶段的哲学发展都处于从近代到现代转化的过程.