Joining the Transformation of Nature—The Post-Natural and Confucian Perspective on Earth Stewardship in the Anthropocene

The emergence of the Anthropocene creates a new set of conditions for understanding the relationship between human power and the natural world. These conditions include an increasingly humanized and de-natured natural world, and greater responsibilities of stewardship for human beings. In current literature, there are diverse views on the meaning of the Anthropocene and the role of modern technology in future earth stewardship. Post-natural thought regards the Anthropocene as representing the end of nature, and thus appeals to disenchantment with respect to the idea that nature is an external moral norm. Although this approach correctly addresses the significance of locality and the mutuality between humans and the environment, it fails to provide us with adequate normative boundaries for preventing the endless artificialization of nature. Alternatively, this article defends the position that Confucianism is a more plausible philosophical ground for earth stewardship in the context of the Anthropocene. The Confucian approach is an inclusive humanism which is established on the cosmological ideal of realising the virtue of shengsheng 生生 (life generation) in all beings. Moreover, Confucian ethics draw much attention to the self-regulation of human beings as virtuous persons. This is indeed what is needed in the age of the Anthropocene.     

卵子库及其生命伦理问题思考

人类卵子库的建立主要用于解决不孕不育问题,促进了辅助生殖技术的发展,具有重要的医学与社会意义.回顾卵子库及其相关技术的发展历程,讨论卵子库存在的价值,分析卵子库存在的对捐献者的伤害、商品化、人性尊严等主要伦理问题,最后指出应为卵子库的建立和发展制定相应的生命伦理原则加以规范.     

论转化医学发展的机制与平台

转化医学被人们认为是穿越死亡峡谷的重要途径,但需要有相应的机制和平台支撑,在机制方面主要需建立转化医学的教育体系、转化医学的管理体系、转化医学发展的科研业绩评价体系和转化医学的协同创新文化体系,并有转化医学中心、临床研究机构、医学伦理委员会、生物样本库、社区中心、成果转化服务平台等条件的支撑.     

A SAS/IML program using the Kalman filter for estimating state space models

To help disseminate the knowledge and software implementation of a state space model (SSM), this article provides a SAS/IML (SAS Institute, 2010) program for estimating the parameters of general linear Gaussian SSMs using the Kalman filter algorithm. In order to use this program, the user should have SAS installed on a computer and have a valid license for SAS/IML. Since the code is completely open, it is expected that this program can be used not only by applied researchers, but also by quantitative methodologists who are interested in improving their methods and promoting SSM as a research instrument.     

人格相似性与关系质量的关系：单向视角

温州两所大学的199个大学生在人际形容词量表上对自己的人际特质进行评定,并对自己选定的一个关系对象进行评定,感知与选定对象的人格相似性,同时评定与该对象的关系质量。根据自我报告和评定对象计算出假定相似性。对关系质量的分层回归分析得到人际特质两个维度的交互效应均为正,即表现出假定相似相吸的效应趋势,亲和性维度显著;相关显示假定的相似性和感知的相似性与关系质量均呈中等程度相关;路径分析表明感知的相似性中介假定相似性与关系质量的关系。     

Young children's use of statistical sampling evidence to infer the subjectivity of preferences

A crucial task in social interaction involves understanding subjective mental states. Here we report two experiments with toddlers exploring whether they can use statistical evidence to infer the subjective nature of preferences. We found that 2-year-olds were likely to interpret another person’s nonrandom sampling behavior as a cue for a preference different from their own. When there was no alternative in the population or if the sampling was random, 2-year-olds did not ascribe a preference and persisted in their initial beliefs that the person would share their own preference. We found similar but weaker patterns of responses in 16-month-olds. These results suggest that the ability to infer the subjectivity of preferences based on sampling information begins to emerge between 16 months and 2 years. Our findings provide some of the first evidence that from early in development, young children can use statistical evidence to make rational inferences about the social world.     

论医学人文教育视野中的美学教育

基于医学人文教育的视野,阐述了对医学生进行美学教育的重大意义.探讨了对医学生进行美学教育的若干重要原则,医学人文教育视野中的美学教育应引导医学生树立生命意识、反省意识、首创意识、认识论意义上的自由意识和本体论意义上的自由意识,从而实现医学生自由而全面的发展.     

糖尿病周围神经病变临床研究进展

糖尿病周围神经病变(DPN)患者可无临床症状,通常结合症状、体症、10g单尼龙丝、128HZ音叉检查、神经电生理学、定量感觉检查、温度阈值、足底压力测定等检查判断。10g单尼龙丝、128HZ音叉检查、神经电生理学检查是最常用的临床检查。临床上经常应用一些简单的筛查性问卷调查来描述症状的严重性。近年来神经活检有创性检查,MRI、角膜共聚显微镜等无创性检查,以及对自主神经病变的早期诊断进展较快。由于流行病学研究中多不同程度采用上述检查方法,对于研究结果的一致性值得关注。