《淮南子·缪称》与郭店简儒家佚籍的学术关联

《淮南子·缪称》保存了大量《子思子》佚文,与子思著作有密切关系,而学界一般亦认为郭店楚简中的儒家佚籍是子思学派的作品。将《缪称》篇与郭店简《成之闻之》《穷达以时》《五行》《尊德义》《性自命出》等篇对读,二者在用词、语句乃至思想上多有相合之处,据此可以进一步确认郭店简这些篇章确为子思学派的作品。同时,通过对读亦可以帮助我们更清楚地认识《缪称》篇的成书及性质。     

道家养生之行气法门

SMI行气,呼吸也,是吐纳、闭气、存气、胎息的称谓。亦属道家真人练功行气的术语,总称调息。通过有序的吐故纳新而排除胸中、体内各大经络脏器内部的污浊,而吸进新鲜气机以达到促进新陈代谢之目的。因为人体的活力之流在于气,尤其是体内之真气。气聚则生,气散则亡,而交换气机又在于呼吸。人从有生命那一刻起,就一分钟也离不开呼吸,有生命的存在就必须有呼吸的伴随。人三五天不吃饭照样有生命的存在,若三五分钟不呼吸就没有生命的可能。气乃人身生命之本,气行则血行,气泄则血凝。息乃炼功之根蒂,气与息合而为积性存命之本源。人之呼吸,起于…     

胃癌辅助化疗的选择和应用

局部进展期胃癌手术后是否给予全身辅助化疗以及关于标准方案的临床研究,一直是临床关注的热点问题,对ⅡB期以上的进展期胃癌术后给予辅助治疗已经成为共识,但对于采用何种方案作为标准方案尚缺乏循证学依据,而且东西方医学界的意见存在较大的争议,我们一方面期待具有更高级别证据的临床研究结果,另一方面在现有证据下对胃癌术后进行最大程度规范化的辅助治疗,以提高我国胃癌整体治疗的水平.     

构建和谐社会的生态道德教育审视

生态道德作为一种新型道德,既反映着人与自然的伦理关系,也反映着人与人、人与社会的伦理关系,不仅是人类道德进化的必然产物,而且是人类社会进一步走向文明的重要标志.人类作为道德主体应当承担生态道德,构建和谐社会需要生态道德建设.生态道德建设关键在于生态道德教育,包括生态道德意识教育、生态道德规范教育、生态道德素质教育.     

Which states have the death penalty: data from 1980

A factor analysis of social characteristics of the states in 1980 showed that states with a death penalty were less socially integrated and more southern.     

Implicit learning of mappings between forms and metaphorical meanings

Previous research has shown that people can implicitly acquire mappings between word forms and literal meanings (Williams, 2004, Williams, 2005). We argue, from the metaphor-representation and embodiment perspectives, that people can unconsciously establish mappings between word forms and not only literal but also metaphorical meanings. Using Williams’ (2005) paradigm, we found that transfer of form-meaning connections from a concrete domain (space) to an abstract domain (power) was achieved in a metaphor-consistent way without awareness. Our results support the view that unconscious knowledge can be flexibly deployed in an abstract way not previously explored in the implicit learning literature.     

Identifying the Source of Misfit in Item Response Theory Models

When an item response theory model fails to fit adequately, the items for which the model provides a good fit and those for which it does not must be determined. To this end, we compare the performance of several fit statistics for item pairs with known asymptotic distributions under maximum likelihood estimation of the item parameters: (a) a mean and variance adjustment to bivariate Pearson's X², (b) a bivariate subtable analog to Reiser's (1996) overall goodness-of-fit test, (c) a z statistic for the bivariate residual cross product, and (d) Maydeu-Olivares and Joe's (2006) M₂ statistic applied to bivariate subtables. The unadjusted Pearson's X² with heuristically determined degrees of freedom is also included in the comparison. For binary and ordinal data, our simulation results suggest that the z statistic has the best Type I error and power behavior among all the statistics under investigation when the observed information matrix is used in its computation. However, if one has to use the cross-product information, the mean and variance adjusted X² is recommended. We illustrate the use of pairwise fit statistics in 2 real-data examples and discuss possible extensions of the current research in various directions.     

Big Five personality traits,job satisfaction and subjective wellbeing in China

This paper examines the effect of the Big Five personality traits on job satisfaction and subjective wellbeing (SWB). The paper also examines the mediating role of job satisfaction on the Big Five–SWB relationship. Data were collected from a sample of 818 urban employees from five Chinese cities: Harbin, Changchun, Shenyang, Dalian, and Fushun. All the study variables were measured with well‐established multi‐item scales that have been validated both in English‐speaking populations and in China. The study found only extraversion to have an effect on job satisfaction, suggesting that there could be cultural difference in the relationships between the Big Five and job satisfaction in China and in the West. The study found that three factors in the Big Five—extraversion, conscientiousness, and neuroticism—have an effect on SWB. This finding is similar to findings in the West, suggesting convergence in the relationship between the Big Five and SWB in different cultural contexts. The research found that only the relationship between extraversion and SWB is partially mediated by job satisfaction, implying that the effect of the Big Five on SWB is mainly direct, rather than indirect via job satisfaction. The study also found that extraversion was the strongest predictor of both job satisfaction and SWB. This finding implies that extraversion could be more important than other factors in the Big Five in predicting job satisfaction and SWB in a “high collectivism” and “high power distance” country such as China. The research findings are discussed in the Chinese cultural context. The study also offers suggestions on the directions for future research.