A Graphical Tool for Interpreting Regression Coefficients of Trinomial Logit Models

Multinomial logit (also termed multi-logit) models permit the analysis of the statistical relation between a categorical response variable and a set of explicative variables (called covariates or regressors). Although multinomial logit is widely used in both the social and economic sciences, the interpretation of regression coefficients may be tricky, as the effect of covariates on the probability distribution of the response variable is nonconstant and difficult to quantify. The ternary plots illustrated in this article aim at facilitating the interpretation of regression coefficients and permit the effect of covariates (either singularly or jointly considered) on the probability distribution of the dependent variable to be quantified. Ternary plots can be drawn both for ordered and for unordered categorical dependent variables, when the number of possible outcomes equals three (trinomial response variable); these plots allow not only to represent the covariate effects over the whole parameter space of the dependent variable but also to compare the covariate effects of any given individual profile. The method is illustrated and discussed through analysis of a dataset concerning the transition of master’s graduates of the University of Trento (Italy) from university to employment.     

The context of employment discrimination: interpreting the findings of a field experiment

Although field experiments have documented the contemporary relevance of discrimination in employment, theories developed to explain the dynamics of differential treatment cannot account for differences across organizational and institutional contexts. In this article, I address this shortcoming by presenting the main empirical findings from a multi‐method research project, in which a field experiment of ethnic discrimination in the Norwegian labour market was complemented with forty‐two in‐depth interviews with employers who were observed in the first stage of the study. While the experimental data support earlier findings in documenting that ethnic discrimination indeed takes place, the qualitative material suggests that theorizing in the field experiment literature have been too concerned with individual and intra‐psychic explanations. Discriminatory outcomes in employment processes seems to be more dependent on contextual factors such as the number of applications received, whether requirements are specified, and the degree to which recruitment procedures are formalized. I argue that different contexts of employment provide different opportunity structures for discrimination, a finding with important theoretical and methodological implications.     

对马尔可夫测度的研究

给出了马尔可夫测度定义，讨论了马尔可夫测度的一部分性质     

美国、日本等国教育资助体制及方式

弱势群体不仅存在于经济落后的国家,而且存在于经济发达国家,不仅存在于计划经济体制国家,而且存在于市场经济体制国家。各国政府基于公平和效率的考虑,都把经济困难群体的教育资助视为其基本职责之一。本文对美国、日本、巴西等国政府对弱势群体的教育资助制度和方式进行分析。     

阅读与语篇理解的相关理论分析

阅读是外语教学和学习中的重要环节。阅读不仅是读者知识积累和经验积淀的反映,而且可以构架起作者和读者之间沟通的桥梁。掌握了语篇生成的理论基础和技巧,读者就能在阅读中驾轻就熟地理解作者的意图和观点,从而达到理解语篇的目的。     

A sociolinguistic application of Bakhtin's authoritative and internally persuasive discourse

Through the use of two central Bakhtinian concepts, authoritative and internally persuasive discourse (word), this paper examines the tension between the ideology of linguistic hegemony as a source of power in the Greek public sphere and the condition of language shift faced by the Albanian‐speaking communities of modern Greece. I argue here that a cautious application of these two notions, which are relevant to linguistic ideology, can reveal crucial aspects of two processes: that of subordination to and that of questioning of the dominant linguistic ideology by local Albanian‐speaking communities. Thus, in language shift contexts, it is possible that no simple relations obtain that place social agents in unquestionable and easily predictable positions. Such an approach proves useful for the sociolinguistic study of threatened language communities.     

高速SDRAM控制器设计的FPGA实现

同步动态存储器(SDRAM)控制器通常用有限状态机实现,对于一般的设计方法,由于状态数量多,状态转换通常伴随大的组合逻辑而影响运行速度,因此,SDRAM控制器的速度限制了SDRAM存储器的访问速度。该文从结构优化入手来优化方法,利用状态机分解的思想将大型SDRAM控制状态机用若干小的子状态机实现,达到简化逻辑的目的,不仅提高了速度还节省了资源,对该类大型SDRAM控制器的实现有一定参考意义。     

三螺旋创新模式的理论探讨

基于非线性网状创新模型提出的“三螺旋场”和“三螺旋循环”概念进一步推进了三螺旋创新模式的理论研究。三螺旋场概念旨在解释在大学、产业和政府三股螺旋之间存在的相对独立和彼此作用的本质，说明三螺旋的生成原理、静态表现和动态演化特征。三螺旋的生成原理在于创新过程的非线性本质和多主体特征，静态表现为“内核外场模型”，而动态演化过程则在于纵向进化和横向循环。发生在三股螺旋之间的三螺旋循环揭示了在大学、产业和政府之间以人员、信息和产品流动为特征的相互作用和运行机制。     

Cu-Ce(La)OX变换催化剂的制备和性能考察

本文对采用共沉淀法制备的Cu-Ce(La)Ox高温变换催化剂进行了研究．首先研究了中和pH值、中和温度、焙烧温度和方式对催化剂性能的影响，其次研究了CuO、CeO2和LaOx含量对催化剂性能的影响．5％CuO-CeO2-La(10％)Ox高温变换催化剂的最佳制备工艺条件为pH=11，中和温度为54℃，400C焙烧4h．催化剂的最佳配比组成为：CuO为20％、CeO2 70％、LaOx 10％．XRD晶相分析表明，5％Cu-Ce-La(10％)Ox催化剂中除了主相CeO2以外，还出现了Cu与La形成的钙钛矿型复合氧化物CuLaO2，且CuLaO2高度均匀地分散在主相CeOx中．还原态中除了CeO2、CuLaO2外，还出现了Cu单质，因此这类催化剂的活性中心不可能是简单的CuLaO2或Cu，从而使催化剂无论氧化态还是还原态都具有基本相同的活性，其活性位形态结构需要进一步研究．     

实数域及四元数除环上有平方根的方阵

给出了实数域及实四元数除环上方阵有平方根的充分必要条件．