A face-to-face qualitative interview study was conducted to examine the perceived gender roles and gender identities among 10 to 12 years old girls in Hong Kong. Sixteen girls aged 10 to 12 were asked to take pictures...A face-to-face qualitative interview study was conducted to examine the perceived gender roles and gender identities among 10 to 12 years old girls in Hong Kong. Sixteen girls aged 10 to 12 were asked to take pictures from the media they consumed that illustrated ＂What girls or women should or should not be; and what girls or women should or should not do＂. Analysis of interviews and images captured found that celebrities and characters in popular media play a significant role in socializing preadolescent girls on gender roles and gender identity formation. Celebrities and media characters that caught the interviewees＇ attention were mainly female adult entertainers and media characters. Girls showed admiration of specific talents and personalities of the celebrities and media characters. They paid much attention to the private lives of the celebrities. They learned from celebrities and media characters that certain behaviors were not acceptable in the social arena.展开更多
Many problems in applied mathematics lead to ordinary differential equation. In this paper, a considerable refinement and improvement of the Euler＇s method obtained using PSO （particle swarm optimization） was prese...Many problems in applied mathematics lead to ordinary differential equation. In this paper, a considerable refinement and improvement of the Euler＇s method obtained using PSO （particle swarm optimization） was presented. PSO is a technique based on the cooperation between particles. The exchange of information between these particles allows to resolve difficult problems. This approach is carefully handled and tested with an illustrated example.展开更多
文摘A face-to-face qualitative interview study was conducted to examine the perceived gender roles and gender identities among 10 to 12 years old girls in Hong Kong. Sixteen girls aged 10 to 12 were asked to take pictures from the media they consumed that illustrated ＂What girls or women should or should not be; and what girls or women should or should not do＂. Analysis of interviews and images captured found that celebrities and characters in popular media play a significant role in socializing preadolescent girls on gender roles and gender identity formation. Celebrities and media characters that caught the interviewees＇ attention were mainly female adult entertainers and media characters. Girls showed admiration of specific talents and personalities of the celebrities and media characters. They paid much attention to the private lives of the celebrities. They learned from celebrities and media characters that certain behaviors were not acceptable in the social arena.
文摘Many problems in applied mathematics lead to ordinary differential equation. In this paper, a considerable refinement and improvement of the Euler＇s method obtained using PSO （particle swarm optimization） was presented. PSO is a technique based on the cooperation between particles. The exchange of information between these particles allows to resolve difficult problems. This approach is carefully handled and tested with an illustrated example.
