总统的拥抱

2005年11月20日,那是一个不平常的礼拜天,初冬的严寒已光临北京的大街小巷,清晨街道行人稀少,但在北京缸瓦市基督教堂门前却已人涌如潮,虔诚的信徒井然有序地来参加第一堂礼拜, 向主感恩崇拜。7:30时出现一阵骚动,远远望去,美国现任总统布什携夫人劳拉和国务卿赖斯等一行准时进入教堂,信徒们报以注视的目光。布什被安排在大堂中间的第一排坐位,他的夫人和国务卿赖斯等人顺着他右侧位置落坐,斜对着讲台右边我们坐的位置,布什和我们的距离很近。布什很安详。当唱赞美诗时,布什和劳拉都在吟唱,我却一直用女低声     

“让床”的巨大收获

美国现任总统小布什，对其前任总统克林顿颇为嫉妒。其中的缘由，除了老百姓更喜欢克林顿之外，还因为小布什的父亲——老布什夫妇也非常喜欢克林顿。弄得小布什只得自我解嘲：“我父母现在最喜欢两个人，一个是我，另一个是克林顿。”     

布什:我期待你再来

布什：我期待你再来●阚学卿“今天有美国新任总统布什和夫人借访问中国机会来参加我们的晨祷会，我代表北京教会向他们表示欢迎与感谢。布什总统和夫人是我们的老朋友，在他任美国驻中国联络处主任的年代即经常到我们教会参加礼拜，他们的小女儿是在我们教会接受洗礼的，...     

国际动态

布什邀宗教人士举行会谈强调美反恐无宗教偏见美国总统布什10月28日重申,美国领导的反恐战争不带有任何宗教偏见。布什说:“博伊金的言论并不反映我的观点或者美国政府的观点。”当天,他还邀请宗教界人士到白宫举行会谈。据当地媒体披露,美国国防部负责情报和作战支援的副部长帮办、陆军中将博伊金本月早些时候将反恐战争称做“基督教与穆斯林世界的战争”,并说恐怖分子袭击美国目标是“因为我们是一个基督教国家”。博伊金的这一言论招致世界和美国各界的强烈批评。一些舆论还要求他引咎辞职。伊斯兰教科文组织20日发表声明强烈谴责博伊金…     

唤醒我们的良知吧!——宗教界祈祷和平活动纪实

北京时间3月20日上午11时15分，布什在白宫发表电视讲话宣告美国及其盟国正式对伊拉克开战。一场没有经过联合国授权的、缺乏合法性的、被称为“预先张扬的谋杀案”的美英伊拉克战争终于打响了。 这时伊拉克总统萨达姆的长子乌代也在……     

美国总统大选的选民心理透析

自苏联解体以来,世界的发展趋势逐渐变为一超多强的格局。美国作为世界上惟一的超级大国,其经济政治各方面的政策对本国及至全世界都会产生重要影响。而美国的两党制一直以来就是全美的核心政治问题。在2004年11月2日到3日的美国总统大选中,共和党候选人布什最终以286票对252票的微小优势战胜了民主党候选人克里,连任美国总统。我们依然在以大象和驴子玩跷跷板的游戏来概括美国的两党选举。至于美国的民主是否真实,选举的过程是否公平,投票的程序是否有暗箱操作的嫌疑,我们且不去关注。至于看似可爱的布什先生为何胜过看似仁慈的克里先生,各大媒体也有一些深切入理的看法。笔者现仅就美国大选过程中选民的心理作一些粗浅分析,以期对美国及选举制度有更清晰的认识。     

“让床”的巨大收获

美国现任总统小布什,对其前任总统克林顿颇为嫉妒。其中的缘由,除了老百姓更喜欢克林顿之外,还因为小布什的父亲——老布什夫妇也非常喜欢克林顿。弄得小布什只得自我解嘲：“我父母现在最喜欢两个人,一个是我,另一个是克林顿。”     

英国天主教主说基督信爷价值观在英国几乎消失

中国日报网站消息：美国总统布什8月18日表示,他将说服国会通过一个关于宗教慈善活动的法案,加强政府和宗教团体之间的合作,以使政府更好地为人民提供服务。据美联社报道,布什在每周的广播讲话中说：“一个慈善的政府应该寻找途径支持出色的工作,但不幸的是,美国政府经常将慈善机构和团体看作是竞争对手,而不是伙伴。”布什一直在努力劝说国会通过一个法案,能够命政府向教堂、犹太教会堂和其它一些“以信仰为基准的组织”敞开大门,加强合作,共同为人民服务。上周公布的一份报告称,一些联邦官员对宗教团体有歧视态度。对此,布什…     

国际动态

纽约大主教不邀布什、克里赴慈善晚宴 9月18日,纽约大主教管区已经决定不邀请总 统布什和民主党总统候选人克里参加今年的阿尔 弗雷德·E·史密斯纪念基金慈善晚宴。 这一传统晚宴旨在为天主教会募捐医疗服务 经费,今年的晚宴定于10月21日举行。此次布什 与克里未受邀请,将是自1960年以来,民主党和 共和党两党总统候选人第二次未被邀请参加这个 一年一度的慈善晚宴。 据纽约大主教管区发言人约瑟夫·茨韦林称,“史密斯晚宴的传统是要让大家走到一起来”,“但 今年大选中的一些问题可能会造成分歧与不和, 这与晚宴的传统精神不符,所以最…     

美国民众对宗教虔诚度降低

据美国《华盛顿观察》周刊报道,一份美国人宗教信仰调查显示,自称与任何宗教毫无联系的美国人自1990年来已翻倍,从当时的8％上升至15％;现在还认为美国是基督教国家的被访者只占被调查人数的62％,比2008年布什任总统时的69％还要低;68％的被访公众认为宗教正在失去对美国社会的影响。     

Conflicts of interest in science in Armenia

The author describes problems facing Armenia in reorganization of the structure of science in the post-socialist era with the aim of utilizing limited state resources more efficiently by reducing the number of separate scientific institutes, concentrating on essential core subjects required by the nation and encouraging all other projects to compete in the international arena for grant sponsorship. An earlier version of this paper was presented at an International Conference on “Conflict of Interest and its Significance in Science and Medicine” held in Warsaw, Poland on 5–6 April, 2002.     

PTSD在中国的研究进展

PTSD是近十年来在中国精神病学界逐渐引起重视的一种反应性精神障碍。随着国外对PTSD的深入研究以及中国心理卫生事业的发展,相关领域的学者开始从事这一方面的研究并取得了不少成就。文章对中国PTSD的流行病学、神经生物学基础、病因学以及诊断和治疗等各个方面的研究作了初步总结和探讨。     

工程中利益冲突问题研究

首先在详细分析工程中利益冲突已有定义的基础上,本文从不同角度提出了一种不同的定义。然后,分析了利益冲突的构成,并列举了利益冲突的情形。接着,分析了利益冲突的伦理问题,并提出解决方法。最后介绍了美国工程社团以及大型企业有关利益冲突的伦理章程和行为规范。     

A review of methods in the study of attention in autism

Atypical attention, while not a diagnostic feature, is common in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The study of these atypicalities has recently gained in both quantity and quality, due in part to an increased focus on attentional atypicalities as one of the earliest signs of ASD in infancy. A range of attentional processes and components have been investigated, and the methods used are varied, from Posner-type paradigms, to the more recent use of eye-movement recording and change-detection techniques. This methodological complexity is one factor in the production of conflicting evidence on the topic of attention in ASD. This review uses a focus on methodology to clarify the literature to date and provide a resource for researchers wishing to study attention in ASD. Other factors that have contributed to the current discrepancies in findings are discussed, particularly the role of individual and group differences within the population of people with ASD.     

Visual impressions of penetration in the perception of objects in motion

Observers viewed visual stimuli in which one object moved to a position of partial occlusion by another. The objects were presented as two-dimensional profiles moving in an undefined space, so the partial occlusion supports several different physical interpretations. In fact some stimuli reliably gave rise to a perceptual impression that the moving object penetrated or pierced the stationary one. This kind of interaction impression has not previously been reported. The impression was maximized by rapid deceleration to a halt with minimal occlusion. If the object decelerated more slowly, so that it was completely occluded or projected from the far side of the stationary object, it was perceived as moving behind the stationary object. The shape of the moving object and its speed prior to occlusion had significant but small effects.     

Components of aggression in chickens and conceptualizations of aggression in general

A refined analysis of the peck order in chickens was offered as a test of the notion that for this species, different responses such as leaping and various types of pecking need not be interchangeable indexes of aggression. Indeed, tests showed that particular response types of the birds were differentially mediated by organismic or environmental factors. In large cages pecking at the body was most frequent by birds that had a home-cage advantage. Contrarily, rates of aggressive leaping were independent of this environmental influence, with males having an advantage over females. Males showed more head pecking than females, but the profile for this sex difference did not resemble the profile for leaping. Correlational analyses revealed that whereas head pecking between testmates was not matched in frequency, leaping was positively related. Finally, the behavior of birds tested in small cages differed from that of the large-cage subjects. Although there was more head pecking in the small cages, males did not have an edge, and leaping was infrequent. Such results indicate that these responses cannot be viewed as interchangeable indicators of aggression in fowl.