Using a computer simulation game to teach family time use concepts

A computer simulation game designed to give students insights into family time use concepts has been used in an introductory family resource management class at Ohio State University and other universities. The game allows for planning for time use changes over the family life cycle. The game can give students insights into economic and sociological models of time use. It is possible that future versions of the game could be used in family counseling.His research interests include derivation of optimal decision-making rules for families and family financial management.Her research interests include financial management over the life course including financial ratios, baby boomers, and retirement. She received her Ph.D. in 1993 from The Ohio State University in Family Resource Management.His research interests include the time trade-offs made between couples, financial planning over the life cycle, and the interaction of time and money between families and their home-based businesses. He received his Ph.D. in 1993 from The Ohio State University in Family Resource Management.     

Curved Chaotic Map Time Series Models and Their Stochastic Reversals

This paper considers two types of chaotic map time series models, including the well-known tent, logistic and binary-shift maps as special cases; these are called curved tent and curved binary families. Deterministic behaviour is investigated by invariant distributions, Lyapunov exponents, and by serial dependency. Stochastic time reversal of the families is shown to produce models which have a broader range of stochastic and chaotic properties than their deterministic counterparts. The marginal distributions may have concentrations and restricted supports and are shown to be a non-standard class of invariant distribution. Dependenc y is generally weaker with the reversed stochastic models. The work gives a broad statistical account of deterministic and stochastically reversed map models, such as are emerging in random number generation, communica tion systems and cryptography     

北宋皇帝葬礼探考(上)

自汉迄唐,皇帝死后葬期长短不一,北宋一改旧观,恢复了“天子七月而葬”的儒家礼制;山陵役夫情况,正史中讳莫如深,作者从《金石萃编》等书中找出了有力证据;对山陵耗费,文章特别注意到“间接花费”和“山陵维护”等为常人所忽略的问题;嗣君为什么大建山陵?本文亦有自己的见解。     

马克思《历史学笔记》研究综述

虽然在《历史学笔记》中,马克思论述性的文字很少,但他以大量详实的材料和具体的实证的历史事实,记述了许多重要问题。马克思晚年以严谨的治学方法和不懈的追求精神为我们留下了180万字的《历史学笔记》这一思想丰富的伟大著述,这驳斥了一些人所谓的马克思晚年“慢性死亡说”。虽然内容庞杂,读起来相对费劲,但是这部著作价值很大。因此,笔者对近年来《历史学笔记》的研究情况作一个综述。这里以红旗出版社1992年版的《马克思历史学笔记》为文本依据。     

A class of weighted dependence measures for bivariate failure time data

This paper considers a class of summary measures of the dependence between a pair of failure time variables over a finite follow-up region. The class consists of measures that are weighted averages of local dependence measures, and includes the cross-ratio-measure and finite region version of Kendall's τ; recently proposed by the authors. Two new special cases are identified that can avoid the need to estimate the bivariate survivor function and that admit explicit variance estimators. Nonparametric estimators of such dependence measures are proposed and are shown to be consistent and asymptotically normal with variances that can be consistently estimated. Properties of selected estimators are evaluated in a simulation study, and the method is illustrated through an analysis of Australian Twin Study data.     

程序优位:遏制违反法定期限行为之关键

司法机关案件无期限拖结,虽属程序违法,但却使当事人合法的人身自由权、财产权受到严重侵犯。我国已有的三大诉讼法就期限问题了详尽的规定,仍无法杜绝。要依法规制,首先从观念上应加强执法者程序优位观念,其次,从制度上在程序规则中引入法律后果、法律责任规定,从程序法治整体上进行救济性立法设计,把违反法定期限行为纳入司法审查制度中国家赔偿的范畴,通过救济途径对该行为予以必要制约。     

东晋南朝出土墓志若干问题探析

东晋南朝墓志的渊源、摆放位置、纪时格式及"一志多方"现象等若干问题,是前人相关研究中有所涉及,却仍有待深入的重要方面。东晋墓志出现的内在原因,是受西晋已经形成的使用墓志的风习的影响,源自西晋;而其所呈现出的外在特征,却又受到南方使用志墓砖铭的丧葬习俗,以及东晋时期特殊的政治环境与社会背景等多种因素的影响。与东晋至南朝墓志发展、定型的过程相吻合的是,墓志的摆放位置、纪时格式也同样经历了从不稳定到稳定的变化过程。东晋、南朝墓志中的"一志多方"现象,虽然比较特殊,但大多具有很强的随意性与偶然性,且出现的时间也不稳定。     

关于巨额财产来源不明罪中与司法实践相关的两个问题

巨额财产来源不明罪作为我国刑法分则中一个较为特殊的罪名,无论是在刑法理论方面,还是在司法实践中,均存在诸多具有争议性的问题。本文主要探讨巨额财产来源不明罪中与司法实践相关的两个问题:即本罪中“责令说明”的有权机关的范围;本罪中“说明时间”应否予以限制这两个问题。     

内在与超越——孔子中庸思想阐微

孔子思想中存在诸多二律背反式的冲突模式,比较突出的如天人冲突、礼仪冲突、德刑冲突、仕隐冲突。这些冲突关系中实含有相互依存、彼此互动的内涵。孔子通过“命”来调谐天与人的冲突,通过“诚”来达致礼与仪的统一,通过“仁”来实现德与刑的互补,通过“时”来决定仕与隐的抉择。孔子解决其思想中内心冲突的原则归根到底是他的中庸思想,“命”、“诚”、“仁”、“时”都只是中庸原则应用于不同类型的冲突模式所选取的具体超越路径。