Analysis of child labour in Peru and Pakistan: A comparative study

This paper analyses child labour participation and its key determinants using data sets from Peru and Pakistan. The results include tests of the ‘Luxury’ and ‘Substitution’ hypotheses that play key roles in recent studies on child labour and child schooling. The results reject both hypotheses in the context of child labour in Pakistan and suggest that income and related variables do not have the expected negative effect on children's work input. Rising wages of adult female labour in Pakistan, and falling adult male wage in Peru lead to increased participation of children in the labour market. The results on the combined country data formally establish the presence of strong individual country effects in the estimated regressions. For example, ceteris paribus, a Peruvian child is more likely to experience schooling than a Pakistani child. However, both countries agree on the positive role that adult female education and infrastructure investment in basic amenities can play in discouraging child labour and encouraging child schooling. Received: 24 August 1998/Accepted: 10 March 1999     

元大都戏剧艺人略论

元大都辉煌的戏剧文化是杂剧家和戏剧艺人共同创造的。大都的戏剧艺人的演艺水平很高,一大批演员都具有角色行当上的专长。在大都梨园中不乏夫妻或父母子女同为艺人的,由此形成了一些艺人之家或艺人世家,元代戏剧艺人演艺水平之高,与此种现象有内在联系。此外,大都一些戏剧艺人在文学创作上也有令人瞩目的成绩。     

A general central limit theorem and a subsampling variance estimator for α‐mixing point processes

We establish a central limit theorem for multivariate summary statistics of nonstationary α‐mixing spatial point processes and a subsampling estimator of the covariance matrix of such statistics. The central limit theorem is crucial for establishing asymptotic properties of estimators in statistics for spatial point processes. The covariance matrix subsampling estimator is flexible and model free. It is needed, for example, to construct confidence intervals and ellipsoids based on asymptotic normality of estimators. We also provide a simulation study investigating an application of our results to estimating functions.     

基于股价预测的泛证券投资组合策略

本文基于期望效用最大化和L₁-中位数估计研究了在线投资组合选择问题。与EG（Exponential Gradient）策略仅利用单期价格信息估计价格趋势不同,本文将利用多期价格信息估计价格趋势,以提高在线策略的性能。首先,基于多期价格数据,利用L₁-中位数估计得到预期价格趋势。然后,通过期望效用最大化,提出一个新的具有线型时间复杂度的在线策略,EGLM（Exponential Gradient via L₁-Median）。并通过相对熵函数定义资产权重向量的距离,进而证明了EGLM策略具有泛证券投资组合性质。最后,利用国内外6个证券市场的历史数据进行实证分析,结果表明相较于UP（Universal Portfolio）策略和EG策略,EGLM策略有更好的竞争性能。     

Lurking Behavior in Online Psychosocial Discussion Forums: Theoretical Perspectives and Implications for Practice

Improving outcomes of telebehavioral psychoeducation requires rethinking program design when delivered wholly or partially for self-directed participation. Discussion forum participation often follows the “90-9-1 Rule” where 90% of participants lurk, rather than contribute content. A theoretical perspective on the behavior can help explain its adaptive functions, as well as the threats that this behavior poses to the lurker. Implications for practice require program redesign that actively links individual skills training and group-based discussion. The proposed linking design can synergize individual and group participation to support the development of mutual aid, as well as greater interaction with psychoeducation content and materials.     

青海省入境旅游市场的态势分析及预测研究

随着中国入境旅游的迅速发展,青海省的入境旅游呈现出不同的态势。本文从海外游客客源地、客源国等方面对其进行了深入的分析,在此基础上进行了预测,并提出了可行性建议。     

高校图书馆与新时期信息素质教育

信息是当今社会最重要的资源之一,人们对信息的需求正呈现出多层次、多样化的形式。在新的信息环境下,高校图书馆应与时俱进地积极转变观念,拓展教学内容,规范相关要求,在信息素质教育中作出突出的贡献。     

L2句子加工心理机制的ERPs研究及问题思考

国内外对L2句子加工的研究存在着较大区别。国外偏重于探讨句子加工的心理机制本身,而国内不仅探讨句子加工的心理机制本身,而且还注重探讨句子加工的心理机制所说明的问题,分析L2句子加工是否接近或相似于L1句子加工。目前,该领域的研究主要存在三种主要流派:模块说、交互说和平行说。多数学者认为L2句子加工是句法和语义加工交织的过程,即多数人接受了交互说。少数学者认为语义加工优先于句法加工。至于平行说,最近L2句子加工研究鲜有成果支持此理论。     

美华文学中的文化意象初探

北美新华文文学,作为具有特定时空意义和文化内蕴的文学类型,创造出了一系列相互关联、自成体系的意象。这些意象包含有文学和文化两方面的内涵,因而可称作“文学性的文化意象”,此种意象的营造应该是北美新华文文学的重要诗学特征。     

Role of Leaders as Agents of Negotiation for Counterbalancing Cultural Dissonance in the Middle East and North Africa Region

This study provides a unique perspective in the field of cross-cultural management by exploring the relationship between “cultural dissonance”—the gap between cultural values and actual practice—and effective leadership attributes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Incorporating cultural dissonance into implicit leadership theory, the study uses measurements of dissonance on nine cultural dimensions to identify particular leadership preferences in seven MENA countries. The overall findings suggest that societies prefer leaders who counterbalance cultural dissonance by allowing space for negotiations by members of society to reduce disparities between cultural values—“the way things should be”—and actual practices—“the way things are.” The greater the disparity between cultural values and practices, the greater the citizens' desire that leaders act as agents of change by creating space for negotiation.