从喻体和喻义看英汉比喻的文化差异

比喻性习语在英汉语言中大量存在,但由于两种语言反映的文化不同,使得英汉习语在比喻形象的运用上存在明显差异。文章介绍和比较了三种喻体在各自习语中的使用情况,并提出只有了解和掌握英汉比喻中的这种文化差异,才能在跨文化交际时准确无误地传递隐含在语言里的文化信息。     

A modified random-effect procedure for combining risk difference in sets of 2×2 tables from clinical trials

Summary Meta-analyses of sets of clinical trials often combine risk differences from several 2×2 tables according to a random-effects model. The DerSimonian-Laird random-effects procedure, widely used for estimating the populaton mean risk difference, weights the risk difference from each primary study inversely proportional to an estimate of its variance (the sum of the between-study variance and the conditional within-study variance). Because those weights are not independent of the risk differences, however, the procedure sometimes exhibits bias and unnatural behavior. The present paper proposes a modified weighting scheme that uses the unconditional within-study variance to avoid this source of bias. The modified procedure has variance closer to that available from weighting by ideal weights when such weights are known. We studied the modified procedure in extensive simulation experiments using situations whose parameters resemble those of actual studies in medical research. For comparison we also included two unbiased procedures, the unweighted mean and a sample-size-weighted mean; their relative variability depends on the extent of heterogeneity among the primary studies. An example illustrates the application of the procedures to actual data and the differences among the results. This research was supported by Grant HS 05936 from the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research to Harvard University.     

论高校“思想道德修养”课教学方法的创新——以德育课内容为主体，将音乐融入课堂教学

"思想道德修养"作为高校"两课"中的思想品德课,要提高它的教学实效,其中最重要的一个环节就是在教学方法上创新.文章从"思想道德修养"课教学的现状、音乐的辅德优势、将音乐融入"思想道德修养"课的具体方法与优势等方面探讨了提高"思想道德修养"课教学实效的新方法,即在坚持德育课主体内容的同时,以音乐为辅助手段,将德育课内容与音乐作品有机结合.这种教学方法可以在很大程度上提高教学质量.     

教育心理学研究方法体系的发展历程与新取向

教育心理学在其独立成为一门学科时,就借鉴自然学科的研究方法初步建立起了包括研究方法论、研究方式、具体方法和技术三层次的研究方法体系。经过学科建立20世纪到50年代的发展和60年代后的完善,逐渐形成了较为完善的教育心理学研究方法体系。在新的历史条件下,其研究方法论、方式和方法表现出综合化、生态化、科学化、本土化等发展取向。     

构建以人为本的英语教学模式

传统的英语教育模式忽视了学生的个性意识、个性特点和个性需要,违背了人本主义的教育教学理念。如何提高教学效率一直是外语教师主要探讨的问题。文章运用人本主义的教学理念,结合实际探讨了如何构建以人为本的新型教学模式以改进英语教学,提高教学效率。以人为本的新型教学模式包括:创立民主愉悦的课堂教学环境、构建个性化的学习空间、设计师生共同探索的教学活动、建立协作性的教学模式。     

商标权保护与平行进口问题研究

文章从国际货物贸易中的专利平行进口问题的含义,重点在于对“权利穷竭”原则与“地域性”原则两种理论依据进行相关内容分析。通过分析世界各国对待商标平行进口的态度,对当前中国知识产权领域商标平行进口立法方向做出自己的判断。     

EXCEL的广泛应用

EXCEL电子表格处理数据的功能强大,应用简单且广泛,本文用两个例子具体阐述了EXCEL两个方面的功能。     

斜腿刚构桥几何布局的优化设计

采用数学规划的方法从静力和动力两方面对斜腿刚构桥的几何布局进行优化设计。静力优化设计的优化目标是截面截面应力平方均值最小，动力优化设计的优化目标是结构自振周期平方和最小。采用了直接搜索法寻优。通过算例可知，这两种优化设计方法均可行，且均为刚性设计。     

意象是心灵上的图画

探讨了意象的渊源及其互为影响、超越时空的意象差异、不同语境的理解与阐释以及意象作为文艺作品生命的细胞,并分析了它们在跨文化交流中所起的作用。     

Statistics for weighing benefits and harms in a proposed genetic substudy of a randomized cancer prevention trial

Summary.  When evaluating potential interventions for cancer prevention, it is necessary to compare benefits and harms. With new study designs, new statistical approaches may be needed to facilitate this comparison. A case in point arose in a proposed genetic substudy of a randomized trial of tamoxifen versus placebo in asymptomatic women who were at high risk for breast cancer. Although the randomized trial showed that tamoxifen substantially reduced the risk of breast cancer, the harms from tamoxifen were serious and some were life threaten-ing. In hopes of finding a subset of women with inherited risk genes who derive greater bene-fits from tamoxifen, we proposed a nested case–control study to test some trial subjects for various genes and new statistical methods to extrapolate benefits and harms to the general population. An important design question is whether or not the study should target common low penetrance genes. Our calculations show that useful results are only likely with rare high penetrance genes.