Are people always more risk averse after disasters? Surveys after a heavy snow‐hit and a major earthquake in China in 2008

China suffered both a heavy snow‐hit and a major earthquake in 2008. To investigate the effects of disasters on risky decision making, opportunity samples were obtained by recruiting residents in both devastated and non‐devastated areas. In a survey (Study 1) conducted shortly after the heavy snow‐hit, we found that people were not always more risk averse after a disaster as previous studies had claimed and that they were inclined to approach an option with ‘low probability associated gain’ and to avoid an option with ‘low probability associated loss’. These findings were replicated in a consecutive survey (Study 2) conducted after the Wenchuan earthquake. It was further found that the popularity of both insurance and lottery, which presumably contributed to overweighing of small probabilities, was detected to have been enhanced with substantial exposure to the earthquake disaster. The implications of these findings for risk education and government policy making were discussed. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Assessing the Climate for Creativity (KEYS): Confirmatory factor analysis and psychometric examination of a Taiwan version

Understanding the feasibility of using KEYS to assess the organizational climate for creativity in non‐Western societies is essential for researchers studying cultural influences on workers' perceptions of workplace climates. This study reports on the effectiveness of translating KEYS, using data from 401 employees of 13 different companies in Taiwan. A confirmatory factor analysis was performed and its results indicated a satisfactory fit for a 10‐factor model. However, six items tackling environmental obstacles had low factor loadings (<0.3) and should either be eliminated or amended. The results raise questions regarding the role of cultural influences in international studies that assess creativity climates. Further research into the conceptualization of organizational creativity in Chinese societies is warranted.     

感染性休克患者术前应用盐酸戊乙奎醚的临床疗效

观察盐酸戊乙奎醚在感染性休克患者中作为术前药应用的临床疗效.感染性休克手术患者40例,随机分为2组:实验组术前30min肌注盐酸戊乙奎醚1mg,对照组肌注东莨菪碱0.3mg.于各时间点检测血乳酸值、血气(PaO<,2>、PaCO<,2>)及胃黏膜二氧化碳分压(PgCO<,2>).结果示实验组血乳酸下降、PaO<,2>上升,PgCO<,2>-PaCO<,2>降低幅度均高于对照组(P<0.05).盐酸戊乙奎醚术前应用对感染性休克患者手术有良好的临床疗效.     

关于晚期消化道肿瘤姑息性手术治疗的思考

晚期消化道肿瘤预后差,生存期短,容易合并某种或某些严重影响脏器功能、甚至危及生命的并发症,如果手术无法彻底根治,需要尽快处理,采取姑息性手术治疗能够缓解症状、减轻痛苦、改善生活质量,甚至达到延长生命的目的。在综合治疗过程中,外科手术能够为下一步治疗提供基础,创造条件。多年以来,对于晚期消化道肿瘤的治疗,姑息性手术取得一...     

感染性休克患者术前应用盐酸戊乙奎醚的临床疗效

观察盐酸戊乙奎醚在感染性休克患者中作为术前药应用的临床疗效。感染性休克手术患者40例,随机分为2组：实验组术前30min肌注盐酸戊乙奎醚lmg,对照组肌注东莨菪碱0．3mg。于各时间点检测血乳酸值、血气（PaO2、PaCO2）及胃黏膜二氧化碳分压（PgCO2）。结果示实验组血乳酸下降、PaO2上升,PgCO2一PaCO...     

中学生攻击性行为的注意偏向与冲动控制特征

通过注意偏向实验、BPAQ攻击问卷与Barratt冲动量表的施测,探讨中学生攻击性行为的注意偏向与冲动控制特征。研究结果发现,中学生攻击性行为及冲动控制性别差异不显著;低攻击性与高攻击性中学生表现出对攻击性刺激的注意偏向特征,在冲动控制上差异也极其显著;中学生攻击性行为与注意偏向、冲动控制总体上呈显著正相关;攻击词注意偏向与冲动控制对中学生攻击性行为具有显著预测作用。     

大道至简 快乐之源——访惠州元妙观方丈王诚廉

道教是一种尊重生命、倡导健康幸福生活的宗教。如果说修炼成仙对平常人来说是一种遥不可及的梦想,那么对于健康长寿人生的追求就显得尤为真切、可行。然而,即便是普通的日常生活也并不那么顺畅,健康、疾病;拥有、失去;欣     

陌生的邻居:东正教之于中俄相互认知上的障碍性角色

在中俄战略协作伙伴关系的框架下,双方的确没有出现如中美或中国与欧盟之间那样的纷争和冲突,但也缺乏中美、中欧之间相互深刻影响对方的社会进程、经济发展和生活方式变革等积极成果。造成这种矛盾现象的因素固然复杂,但俄罗斯东正教作为远远超出宗教领域的巨大存在,影响着后苏联社会进程的每个方面,却不能被中俄战略协作伙伴关系所考虑,这在客观上必然影响俄中关系,应该是这种战略实施后果不很理想的重要原因。本文探讨两个问题:俄罗斯东正教之于后苏联的超常重要性,以及,中国对俄国的认知绕开东正教因素和无神论政策是不可能的。     

Xunzi as a Semantic Inferentialist: Zhengmin, Bian-Shuo and Dao-Li

This essay argues that the idea of name-rectification (zheng ming 正名) in the Xunzi can be properly reconstructed as revealing a normative pragmatic semantic theme that linguistic contents embody, and are embedded in, the normative, justificatory network, or pattern, of dao li 道理 (proper routes/patterns of norm) which, in turn, is constituted and manifested by social inferential justificatory practices of bian shuo 辯說 (dialectical justification/explanation).