A Framework for Healing from Loss

ABSTRACT

Many behavioral problems of youth may be viewed as complications with their grieving. This study investigates defenses which emerge in the face of repeated losses and trauma early in life and proposes a framework for understanding what is happening intra-psychically with youth who have such defenses. Inter-subjective and relational theory, early trauma theory, and social constructionist theory each inform this integrated framework for social work practice. Included is an extended cross-cultural case study of therapeutic work with a Latino youth in a community-based setting. Also included are clinical considerations for working with protective defenses emanating from early loss and trauma.     

“Female Virginity Complex” Untied: Young Chinese Women's Experience of Virginity Loss and Sexual Coercion

This article selects the critical moment of virginity loss in young Beijing women's lives to look at the meaning of sexual coercion in dating relationships. The authors observed that many young Chinese women presented their first experience of sex as containing some elements of sexual coercion that were being described as “minor,” do not involve obvious physical force, but are unpleasant and regretful experiences of virginity loss. This article contributes to a new understanding of virginity loss and sexual coercion in China and sheds light on the social transformation of sexuality from the Maoist era to the postsocialist era. Implications for social work practice and research in China are also discussed.     

《红楼梦》亲属语译出中文化内涵的缺失

《红楼梦》中人物繁多,称谓复杂,在众多的中国古典文学名著中最能反映中国传统文化对称谓语的影响。本文以杨宪益夫妇所译之《红楼梦》为例,通过其亲属称谓词的翻译比较,来看其译出过程中造成的文化内涵的缺失,并试着探讨其在一定范围内的弥合策略。     

相关多质量特性的优化设计

针对小样本情形下的相关多质量特性优化设计问题,在运用田口(Taguchi)质量损失函数度量多质量特性的稳健性基础上,本文提出了使用多变量偏最小二乘(Partial Least-Squares,PLS)回归模型处理此类问题的新方法,并结合实际的工业案例进行了分析.结果表明,本文所提出的新方法能够有效地处理相关多质量特性的优化设计问题.     

论儒家敬身之道

儒家敬身之道的原则是“以身训礼”,“身礼合一”,“德身一如”,不是仅仅为“身体而身体”。它至少包括两个方面的内涵：一是不亏其体,二是不辱其身。在社会主义和谐社会建设中,反思儒家敬身之道对个体身心健康建设具有重要的意义和价值。     

二次损失下可估函数在非齐次估计类中的条件Minimax可容许性

在二次损失下,关于任意矩阵V讨论了一般Gauss-Markov模型在非齐次线性估计类中可估函数的条件Mimimax可容许性。得出带约束的一般Gauss-Markov模型的可估函数在非齐次估计类中Minimax可容许的充分必要条件。     

关于应收账款的管理

随着改革开放的发展和社会主义市场经济的建立,市场竞争越来越激烈,企业在相互竞争中,越来越注重促销手段,赊销成为企业扩大销售,促进利润增加的重要手段之一。但应收账款的拖欠也成为很多企业被拖垮的重要原因之一。本文从应收账款形成的原因出发,阐述了应收账款对企业的影响,并提出了加强应收账款管理的措施。     

损失规避与公平偏好对房地产征收补偿策略的影响

地方政府对土地财政依赖度高,土地征收与出让仍是市县级政府干预地方经济发展的最主要手段,现行房地产征收补偿制度设计忽略了主体策略互动与信念互动对征收补偿的影响。本文在行为博弈分析框架下,通过构建房地产征收主体的收益理论模型及蕴含损失规避和公平偏好的效用模型,研究损失规避与公平偏好对房地产征收补偿策略的影响。理论推演与数值模拟结果表明：一是征收补偿与被征收人的损失规避和公平偏好正相关,与征收人的损失规避负相关,与征收人的公平偏好正相关;二是被征收人接受征收的意愿越强,征收补偿越高。鉴于此,本文认为在房地产征收补偿制度设计上应充分考虑对人性的尊重,对现行房地产征收补偿价格进行行为偏好系数修正,降低征收人损失规避偏好、强化公平偏好、让被征收人公平共享土地增值收益,提高信息透明度推动被征收人对征收补偿的合理预期。     

Sample size calculation for logrank test and prediction of number of events over time

We review and compare existing methods for sample size calculation based on the logrank statistic and recommend the method of Lakatos for its accuracy and flexibility in allowing time-dependent rates of event, loss to follow-up, and noncompliance. We extend the Lakatos method to allow a general follow-up scheme, to handle non-inferiority tests, and to predict the number of events over calendar time. We apply the Lakatos method to the simple nonproportional hazard situation of delayed treatment effect to facilitate the comparison of different weighting methods and to evaluate the performance of the maximum combination tests. We use simulation studies to confirm the validity of the Lakatos method and its extensions.     

Logistic retainment interval dose exploration design for Phase I clinical trials of cytotoxic agents

Phase I studies of a cytotoxic agent often aim to identify the dose that provides an investigator specified target dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) probability. In practice, an initial cohort receives a dose with a putative low DLT probability, and subsequent dosing follows by consecutively deciding whether to retain the current dose, escalate to the adjacent higher dose, or de-escalate to the adjacent lower dose. This article proposes a Phase I design derived using a Bayesian decision-theoretic approach to this sequential decision-making process. The design consecutively chooses the action that minimizes posterior expected loss where the loss reflects the distance on the log-odds scale between the target and the DLT probability of the dose that would be given to the next cohort under the corresponding action. A logistic model is assumed for the log odds of a DLT at the current dose with a weakly informative t-distribution prior centered at the target. The key design parameters are the pre-specified odds ratios for the DLT probabilities at the adjacent higher and lower doses. Dosing rules may be pre-tabulated, as these only depend on the outcomes at the current dose, which greatly facilitates implementation. The recommended default version of the proposed design improves dose selection relative to many established designs across a variety of scenarios.