Turn-taking patterns in deaf conversation

This paper will focus on the turn-taking patterns of Deaf signers and will compare them with turn-taking patterns found in spoken interaction. Turn-taking in the conversation of hearing people has been the subject of considerable attention, but the way conversation is organised by Deaf conversationalists has received less attention. This paper reports on a small project involving conversational data obtained from two Deaf friendship groups, one all-female and one all-male. Our main aim was to establish whether Deaf interactants orient to a one-at-a-time model of turn-taking, or whether there was any evidence to suggest they can also orient to a more collaborative model. It has been assumed by researchers in the field of Deaf Studies that Deaf interactants orient to a one-at-a-time model since, where the medium of communication is visual rather than sound based, participants can attend to only those sources of talk that they can see. The paper also examines the data to see if there are any gender differences in the way Deaf interactants organise conversation.     

A hierarchy of lorenz curves based on the generalized tukey's lambda distribution

A hierarchy of Lorenz curves based on the generalized Tukey's Lambda distribution is proposed. Representations of the corresponding distribution and density function are also provided, together with popular inequality measures. Estimation methods are suggested. Finally, a comparison with other parametric families of Lorenz curves is established.     

Leerstände: A Photo Project

ABSTRACT

Contrary to previous belief, there are now known to be substantial numbers of household inventories for nineteenth-century England and Wales. This article discusses what, and how, this “new” source can add to our understanding of the domestic cultures of the period. It describes how these inventories, read through the lens of a material-culture approach in both aggregate and interpretive analysis, not only offer unprecedented grounded evidence for how a sample of “unremarkable” Victorians laid out and equipped the spaces of their homes but also bring to light stories of intention, choice, and change in the furnishing, equipment, use, and meaning of domestic spaces.     

Improved attribute acceptance sampling plans based on maxima nomination sampling

This paper demonstrates the use of maxima nomination sampling (MNS) technique in design and evaluation of single AQL, LTPD, and EQL acceptance sampling plans for attributes. We exploit the effect of sample size and acceptance number on the performance of our proposed MNS plans using operating characteristic (OC) curve. Among other results, we show that MNS acceptance sampling plans with smaller sample size and bigger acceptance number perform better than commonly used acceptance sampling plans for attributes based on simple random sampling (SRS) technique. Indeed, MNS acceptance sampling plans result in OC curves which, compared to their SRS counterparts, are much closer to the ideal OC curve. A computer program is designed which can be used to specify the optimum MNS acceptance sampling plan and to show, visually, how the shape of the OC curve changes when parameters of the acceptance sampling plan vary. Theoretical results and numerical evaluations are given.     

Parental Work Schedules and Children's Cognitive Trajectories

Previous work has shown an association between mothers' nonstandard work schedules and children's well-being. We built on this research by examining the relationship between parental shift work and children's reading and math trajectories from age 5/6 to 13/14. Using data (N=7,105) from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth and growth curve modeling, we found that children's math and reading trajectories were related to parents' type of nonstandard shifts (i.e., evening, night, or variable). We found that having a mother who worked more years at a night shift was associated with lower reading scores, having a mother work more years at evening or night shifts was associated with reduced math trajectories, and having a father work more years at an evening shift was associated with reduced math scores. Mediation tests suggest that eating meals together, parental knowledge about children's whereabouts, and certain after-school activities might help explain these results.     

科技英语疑问句的信息功能探析

句子的功能所实现的交际任务是传递信息。根据话语信息传递和语言交际功能理论原则,通过甄选科技英语相关例证作为分析语料,从英语的科技文体视角探析了疑问句在科技英语信息推进中的五大作用,同时指出了解这些相关作用的必要性。     

职业背景对老年人生活的影响及养老模式的选择再分析

根据1998年和2005年对广州市城乡两次老年人口调查数据,文章描述了原来职业不同的老人在收入、再就业、储蓄、养老方式、社会支持等方面选择的差异,指出在相隔7年后,这种差距的基本格局没有改变,因此关注社会底层老人的生活是政府与整个社会要认真对待的事情。     

国有企业经营者监督约束机制

对国有企业经营者进行有效的监督是现代企业制度的客观要求。目前 ,国有企业经营者约束机制还不健全 ,公司法人治理结构不合理 ,国有资产管理体制存在不足 ,资本市场不完善 ,内外监督机制不配套。建立健全国有企业经营者监督约束机制 ,必须深化国有资产管理体制改革 ,完善公司法人治理结构 ,建立健全市场约束机制 ,实行各种监管方式的有效结合 ,形成监管合力     

关于改进上市公司控制模式的探索

当前解决国民经济与证券市场的深层次矛盾的关键是:将上市公司的国有股表决权证券化为类似于股票一样的国有股表决权证,并在沪深股市竞价发行后流通交易,与原有流通股一起共同构成统一的公司控制权市场。以经济管理中的核心思想———权力制衡思想为指针,改进国家对公司的控制模式,制定《国有股被动表决权行使法》,分离主动表决权与被动表决权,政府只以否决权方式行使有关政治、产业政策方面的权利;而将有关资源配置方面的权利授予流通股公众,由流通股股东控制公司经营权,充分调动流通股东促进资源配置的积极性,形成国家依法监管与企业自主经营相结合的新型政企关系,找到公有制在市场经济中的微观实现形式。