International and intercultural issues in English teaching textbooks: the case of Spain

The sociocultural content of foreign language textbooks has become a concern of scholars and practitioners owing to the fact that the traditional emphasis on purely linguistic issues has been expanded to embrace a language in context approach. This paper studies the English‐speaking communities that are described in English language teaching textbooks marketed in Spain. It examines to what extent an international and/or intercultural approach is a constituent element in their design.     

Seymour Martin Lipset: The social uses of anomaly

Let me preface my remarks by saying that we are here to honor a living, breathing colleague. My great concern, and in this I am sure that I speak for my colleagues as well, is that any imputation of a postmortem be avoided. Indeed, I would like to believe that Marty will review these various contributions and make his own assessments-critical or approvingly. The fact that he is not present in this conference hall should not deter us from speaking frankly and forthrightly. Marty merits nothing less. What binds us all is the sure knowledge that the work of Lipset speaks to us in personal as well as professional ways. That he has touched so many of us in both the private and public realms is itself a testimonial of the magnitude of his contribution to the field of political sociology. So it is in that spirit of a collégial dialogue that I offer these remarks. Let us hope that a year from now a session of one person can be held, at which S. M. Lipset will provide rebuttals and responses to those of us herein gathered. His most recent work in the field is Behemoth: Main Currents in the History and Theory of Political Sociology. The two major sources for traching the written works of Seymour Lipset are contained in Reexamining Democracy: Essays in Honor of Seymour Martin Lipset, edited by Gary Marx and Martin Diamond. Newberry Park, California: Sage Publishers. 1992, especially pp. 332–355. For work done by Lipset after 1991; as embodied in his later work, see Lipset's essay on “Steady Work: An Academic Memoir,” Annual Review of Socialogy: Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1996, pp. 1–27. My reference to works mentioned in the narrative can be found in either of these bibliography sources.     

Erroneous perceptions and arousal among regular and occasional video poker players

This study investigated the relationship between the level of arousal (Heart Rate) and the number of erroneous perceptions among video poker players. Twelve regular and twelve occasional gamblers participated in a gambling session conducted in a natural environment. It was hypothesised that 1) a significant positive correlation would be observed between arousal and the number of erroneous verbalizations, 2) regular players would show a higher level of arousal than occasional players, and 3) they would emit more erroneous verbalizations. Results showed that hypotheses one and three were confirmed. Theoretical and practical implications of these results for the psychology of gambling are discussed.This study was supported by a grant from Loto-Québec.     

Detection and correction of artificial shifts in climate series

Summary.  Many long instrumental climate records are available and might provide useful information in climate research. These series are usually affected by artificial shifts, due to changes in the conditions of measurement and various kinds of spurious data. A comparison with surrounding weather-stations by means of a suitable two-factor model allows us to check the reliability of the series. An adapted penalized log-likelihood procedure is used to detect an unknown number of breaks and outliers. An example concerning temperature series from France confirms that a systematic comparison of the series together is valuable and allows us to correct the data even when no reliable series can be taken as a reference.     

关于丢番图方程x2+by=cz

设s,t满足gcd(s,t)=1,s>t的正整数,a=2st,b=s~2-t~2,c=s~2+t~2。证明了:若c为素数幂且满足下列条件之一:(1)b有因子b_1≡±5(mod8),(2)b≡-1(mod8),(3)5|c。则不定方程x~2+b~y=c~z仅有一组正整数解(x,y,z)=a,2,2。     

关于丢番图逼近中的一个猜想(I)

证明了Cusich提出的猜想 (I) .对于任给的n个正整数a1,a2 ,… ,an 总存在一个实数x ,使得‖aix‖ 1n+ 1,i=1,2 ,…n成立 .其中‖x‖表示x到其最近整数的距离     

古代埃及面具文化刍论

古代埃及面具因年代久远、遗存丰富、内涵深厚、制作精美而享誉世界。文章从宗教思想、死亡观、丧葬礼仪等方面 ,剖析了古代埃及面具文化的生长条件 ,并对一些具有代表性的面具作了详细论述     

情与理的困惑选择--论时事小说的创作特色

时事小说是中国小说史上不可忽略的历史存在 ,由于与现实过分密切的关系 ,时事小说家们虽以史家自居 ,却不能很好地控制自己的情感 ,因此形成了时事小说情感与理智两相悖反的独特现象。本文从对明君中兴的企盼、对农民起义的态度、对神鬼迷信的描写三个方面来探讨时事小说中情感与理智的矛盾