How complex is your love? The case of romantic compromises and polyamory

This article highlights a somewhat neglected aspect of love (and of emotions in general): their complexity. We suggest distinguishing between three major related types of emotional complexity: emotional diversity, emotional ambivalence, and emotional behavior. The notion of emotional complexity has far‐reaching implications for understanding emotions and our wellbeing. This is illustrated by examining the notion of emotional complexity in two common yet complex phenomena in the romantic realm: romantic compromises and polyamory.     

New Media and Social Networks: Considerations from Clients in Addictions Treatment

Web-based (2.0) media will play an increasing role in substance abuse treatment. Two focus groups identified initial barriers and potential uses within a population living below the median income. Client suggestions included using different approaches to service delivery based on a person's access to web 2.0 media. Preliminary results indicated that contrary to the staff members' opinions, the majority of clients appeared to have sufficient Internet access and the requisite social networking skills in order to participate in online interventions. Future research should focus on using games as a potential mode of online service delivery, on the potential of the various forms of social networking, and whether classism exists between client and staff perceptions.     

The Global Street: Making the Political

This article explores key vectors in the uprisings of the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region from an urban perspective. The aim is to open up a larger conceptual field to understand the complex interactions between power and powerlessness as they get shaped in urban space. I argue that the city makes visible the limits of superior military power and, most importantly, that cities enable powerlessness to become complex, not simply elementary. In this complexity lies the possibility of making history and remaking the political. The question of public space is central to giving the powerless rhetorical and operational openings. But that public space needs to be distinguished from the concept of public space in the European tradition. This leads me to the concept of The Global Street.

Este artículo explora los vectores claves en los levantamientos de la región del Medio Oriente y África del Norte (MENA, por sus siglas en inglés) desde una perspectiva urbana. El objetivo es abrir un campo conceptual mayor para entender las interacciones complejas entre el poder y la impotencia, a medida que se forman dentro de un espacio urbano. Sostengo que la ciudad expone los límites del poder militar superior y más importante aún, que las ciudades permiten que la impotencia se vuelva compleja y no simplemente elemental. En esta complejidad reside la posibilidad de hacer historia y rehacer la política. El asunto del espacio público es primordial para darle a los impotentes una apertura retórica y operacional. Pero ese espacio público necesita distinguirse del concepto del espacio público en la tradición europea. Esto me conduce al concepto de la Calle Global (The Global Street).

本文从一个城市的视角探究了中东和北非（MENA）地区起义的关键向量。文章旨在开辟一个更加广泛的概念领域,以便理解强权与无权势之间复杂的互动,正如它们在城市空间中被塑造的那样。我认为,城市使得优势军事权力的限度显现,更重要的是,城市使得无权势变得复合化,不单单是不可再分。在这种错综复杂中存在着创造历史和重塑政治的可能。公共空间问题对于为无权势者提供言辞和操作机会来说至关重要。然而,这一公共空间需要与欧洲传统中的公共空间概念区别开来。这导致我确立了“全球街”的概念。     

Container Scheduling: Complexity and Algorithms

We consider the transport of containers through a fleet of ships. Each ship has a capacity constraint limiting the total number of containers it can carry and each ship visits a given set of ports following a predetermined route. Each container has a release date at its origination port, and a due date at its destination port. A container has a size 1 or size 2; size 1 represents a 1 TEU (20‐foot equivalent unit) and size 2 represents 2 TEUs. The delivery time of a container is defined as the time when the ship that carries the container arrives at its destination port. We consider the problem of minimizing the maximum tardiness over all containers. We consider three scenarios with regard to the routes of the ships, namely, the ships having (i) identical, (ii) nested, and (iii) arbitrary routes. For each scenario, we consider different settings for origination ports, release dates, sizes of containers, and number of ports; we determine the computational complexity of various cases. We also provide a simple heuristic for some cases, with its worst case analysis. Finally, we discuss the relationship of our problems with other scheduling problems that are known to be open.     

微观复杂性探究

20世纪80年代以来,迅速兴起的以复杂性为 主要研究对象的复杂性研究理论,将人类长期争论 不休的一个古老的议题--世界的本性是简单的还 是复杂的,又重新凸显到了当代科学的前沿。显然, 要讨论简单性或复杂性之类的问题,首先必须对什 么是简单性、什么是复杂性予以明晰的界定。然而 遗憾的是,时至今日,关于简单性和复杂性这两个概 念的明确区分仍然是十分困难的。虽然如此,我们 依然可以从简单性和复杂性分别所具的对应性特征 的层面来对这两个概念及其表征的现实予以大致的 把握与区分。所谓简单性,指的是那些具有单一性、 确定性、固定性、不变性特征的事物、现象和过程;所 谓复杂性,则相应指谓的是那些具有多样性、不确定 性、随机性、可变性特征的事物、现象和过程。笔者 曾在一篇文章中指出:     

大学战略管理的创新之道:跨学科案例的启示

战略管理源起于军事领域,在复杂性理论的观照下军事与教育两种理论具有可通约性,军事上的战略创新对大学战略管理转型具有参照性意义。以"新四军"为案例,其发展历程中战略转型所彰显的"创新精神"对大学战略管理的重要借鉴价值在于:大学要因时而变,引领时代发展;要权宜应变,不断回归大学本质;要适时善变,采取个性化的治校之术。     

KMM钟控伪随机码特性分析

ＫＭＭ钟控伪随机码产生容易且具有周期长、线性复杂度高、良好的伪随机特性和相关免疫能力，码量大。对这种伪码的性质进行了系统的理论分析，还给出了这种伪码的计算机模拟和实验结果。     

《红楼梦》中的三个世界及女性意识

《红楼梦》里存在着大观园以外、大观园以及太虚幻境三个世界。这三个世界的基本特征分别是淫、情与空。这三个世界的存在与相互纠缠的种种表现暗示着贾宝玉由三个不同层面构成,表现出他在女性态度上的矛盾性与复杂性,同时也最终反映了《红楼梦》女性意识的矛盾性与复杂性。     

语句感知难度的层次分析佐证

汉语中存在许多名词修饰名词的偏正结构,如“父亲的父亲的父亲”等,这种结构潜在多种切分可能。通过语句感知难度的计算方法,可以发现这种结构的层次具有“左向切分”的普遍性。同时,语句感知难度的计算对一些传统的语句切分提出了质疑。     

现代地球科学研究方法的特点

现代地球科学的基本任务是整体性地认识地球。整体性研究已成为现代地学研究最主要的特点 ,具体表现在以下三个方面 :一是地球系统观研究 ,在全球尺度上研究地球系统的各组成 (岩石圈、水圈、气圈和生物圈 )的相互作用及其运行机制和演化 ;二是地球复杂性研究 ,研究地球系统的开放性、多层次时空结构、不稳定性、不平衡性和不均一性 ,研究地球系统相互作用的多因素和多样性以及它们之间的复杂的相互作用 ,不同组成、不同层次、不同作用的相互作用 ,以及作用过程和系统、子系统的整体行为和演化的非线性和不可逆性 ;三是跨学科综合研究 ,在地球科学研究中 ,多学科研究 ,特别是跨学科研究已经成为不可逆转的趋势 ,并成为主要研究方式。