Vocabulary is a fundamental element of a language. It undertakes the task of conveying semantic meanings. And it guarantees the implement of language communication. Thus, accumulation of a certain amount of vocabulary...Vocabulary is a fundamental element of a language. It undertakes the task of conveying semantic meanings. And it guarantees the implement of language communication. Thus, accumulation of a certain amount of vocabulary and the master of proper use of them is the essential condition of skillful employment of a language. The current lexical teaching in College English is far from satisfaction. Based on the findings of psycholinguistic research, this paper intends to explore an effective way to help the students enlarge their vocabulary and use them correctly with the help of various psychological associations with English vocabulary through analysis of some lexical mistakes committed in students' daily writing exercises.展开更多
As a recurring pattern of sensory-motor-affective experience, image schema is not only a concept discussed in linguistics and psychology, but also a significant one in the study of embodied cognition. Through analyzi...As a recurring pattern of sensory-motor-affective experience, image schema is not only a concept discussed in linguistics and psychology, but also a significant one in the study of embodied cognition. Through analyzing the features of image schema considered by the authors as embodiment, recessiveness, sedimentation, logicality, scientificity, and dependency to cognitive metaphors and reviewing the definition of embodied cognition, the paper argues that image schema is an integration of bodily property and mental property, and accordingly a core and inseparable concept of embodied cognition by bridging body and mind. Image schema can help to explain how abstraction and inference generate from body-environment interactions, thus making the theory of embodied cognition more persuasive and reliable.展开更多
Aim To explore the reason that the antiarrhythmic effect of the extract oftraditional Chinese medicinal herb, matrine, is weaker than quinidine and verapamil by comparison ofthe effect and efficacy of matrine on vario...Aim To explore the reason that the antiarrhythmic effect of the extract oftraditional Chinese medicinal herb, matrine, is weaker than quinidine and verapamil by comparison ofthe effect and efficacy of matrine on various kinds of transmembrane ionic currents with those ofquinidine and verapamil; and to demonstrate the best targets for antiarrhythmic drugs. MethodsWhole-cell patch-clamp techniques were used to record the action potential and ionic currents insingle cells of rat ventricular myocytes. Aconitine was used to induce the changes of ioniccurrents, then study the effects of matrine and quinidine, verapamil on aconitine-induced unbalancedchannel currents and action potential. Results Aconitine 1 μmol·L^(-1) induced significantchanges in transmembrane currents and action potential in single cells of rat ventricular myocytes.APD was significantly prolonged by aconitine. Simultaneously, aconitine increased sodium, L-typecalcium and inward rectifier potassium currents. Matrine 100 μmol· L^(-1) reversed theaconitine-induced changes of sodium current (I_(Na)) from (-70.2+- 10.5) pA/pF to ( - 39.6+-4.0)pA/pF(n = 5, P < 0.05 vs aconitine); L-type calcium current (I_(Ca-L)) from (20.4+- 3.8) pA/pF to (- 12.9+- 2.9) pA/pF ( n = 6, P < 0.01); the inward rectifier potassium current (I_(k1) ) from (-32.2+- 1.08) pA/pF to ( -24.0+-3.4) pA/pF (n = 6, P < 0.01), and action potential duration. Thereversal effects of quinidine and verapamil on aconitine-induced changes of APD and ionic currentswere more marked than matrine. Conclusion Aco-nitine significantly disturbs the normal equilibriumof ion channels in ventricular myocytes. It induces changes of I_(Na), I_(Ca-L), I_(K1) andprolongation of action potential duration. Matrine at concentration 50 or 100 μmol·L^(-1)statistically significantly suppresses aconitine-induced changes of APD and ionic currents. Thepotency and efficacy of inhibitory effect of matrine are markedly weaker than those of commonly usedverapamil and quinidine.展开更多
With the continuous advance education reform and improvement of the quality of English teaching reform, it has become an important content to meet the needs of social development, and promote the comprehensive develop...With the continuous advance education reform and improvement of the quality of English teaching reform, it has become an important content to meet the needs of social development, and promote the comprehensive development of students' comprehensive quality and ability. In English teaching, learning English requires a lot of reading, and English reading effects and improve students' English scores are closely linked the relationship between the development of future good student. In this paper, the mental model of pragmatic reasoning and English reading give an overview of the psychological impact of the model, they were analyzed using the language to English reading brings reasoning, mental models proposed Pragmatic Inference in English reading, and it can effectively improve English reading efficiency, and promote English Reading level rise.展开更多
The main objective of this study was to determine the consolidation behaviour of clay slurries.A finegrained clay with high consistency limits(W_L = 180%,w_P= 120%) was investigated using conventional oedometer and be...The main objective of this study was to determine the consolidation behaviour of clay slurries.A finegrained clay with high consistency limits(W_L = 180%,w_P= 120%) was investigated using conventional oedometer and bench-top centrifuge tests.Results indicated that the slurry had an apparent preconsolidation(due to initial conditions,electrochemical interactions,tortuous drainage,and thixotropic strength) from e = 5.7 to e = 5.5 followed by virgin compression.Likewise,the low hydraulic conductivity(10^(-10)-10^(-12) m/s) was due to low porosity(small pore throats) and high tortuosity(long flow paths).Unlike consolidation of soils,the c_v and m_v decreased with increasing σ' but increased with increasing e and k.The data from the two tests correlated well in the range of σ' = 10-65 kPa,e = 5.5-3.86,k= 1.7 × 10^(-10)-5×10^(-11) m/s,F_c = 1-40 MN.New equations were developed to correlate the consolidation parameters(e,σ',k) with F_c.The deviation of k beyond 40 MN(e = 4.65) was due to deviation from the initial straight line portion of the settlement curve in the centrifuge test.展开更多
Background: Recent data suggest that beta-blockers can be beneficial in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). Atrial fibrillation (AF) is present in a significant number of patients with CHF and is associateing w...Background: Recent data suggest that beta-blockers can be beneficial in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). Atrial fibrillation (AF) is present in a significant number of patients with CHF and is associateing with significant morbidity and increasing mortality rates. Thus it is necessary to establish therapy to improve the poor prognosis in this high-risk population, but a specific benefit of beta-blockers to the subset with concomitant AF and CHF has been little demonstrated. Objective: To examine the effects of Bisoprolol (6 months treatment) on the ventricular function and hemodynamics in patients with AF and CHF. Methods: 84 patients with stable CHF (NYHA≤Ⅲ class) and AF were assigned to Treated Group( n = 37) or Control group Ⅰ ( n = 22, 24-hour heart mean rate < 70/min) or Control Group Ⅱ ( n = 25, 24-hour heart mean rate ≥ 70/min) . All patients were given the basic therapy for CHF, and Treated Group received Bisopolol. Clinical and echocardiographic variables were measured in 3 groups at baseline and after 6 months, and the results were compared . Results: After 6 months of treatment with Bisoprolol, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and NYHA class had significandy improved (P < 0.05), and a trend towards a reduction in combined end point of death or CHF hospitalization was also observed (P < 0.20) in Treated Group; The increase of LVEF in Treated Group were associated with a reduction in mitral regurgitation degree and left atrial volume; The heart rate in mean 24-hour and at peak exercise decreased in Treated Group, but were similar to that in Control Group Ⅰ. Conclusion: 6 months of Bisoprolol therapy resulted in an improvement in the NYHA class and LVEF, and also showed a trend towards a reduction in hospitalization or death. The beneficial effects of Bisoprolol on patients with AF and CHF may be partly mediated by improvement of ventricular diastolic function.展开更多
Accompanying the arrival of new technological and network ear, SACs (self-access centers) become the most widely adopted mode spreading in China with a large quantity of universities joining to follow the fashion. B...Accompanying the arrival of new technological and network ear, SACs (self-access centers) become the most widely adopted mode spreading in China with a large quantity of universities joining to follow the fashion. But whether the SACs in China can fully fulfill the purpose, to what extend can learners gain benefits to develop autonomy, and what are the possible ways for improvement are quite necessary to investigate since there starts to emerge various problems during the implementation of SACs. This paper aims to analyze the prevalent establishment of SACs in China in order to find out the reasons for prevalence, the current implementing mode, the degree of effectiveness on developing learner autonomy, especially potential problems and causes, and finally put forward some suggestions pedagogical implications for improving.展开更多
Social media has become an inevitable part of our lives in the age of network society. People establish multiple identities for themselves, with or without references to the real world, and behave according to those i...Social media has become an inevitable part of our lives in the age of network society. People establish multiple identities for themselves, with or without references to the real world, and behave according to those identities. Self-made components of virtual presence are not limited to identities only; many users also create hyper-personalities for themselves with the help of new technologies. Then, the fundamental question becomes: Why do people create self-made identities and hyper-personalities to portray or hide themselves in social media environments? The answer to this question has certain connections and implications for behaviors of social media users. Therefore, researchers have investigated why some people find social media attractive and attend whenever possible, while others are afraid of social media and hesitate to attend. Positive and negative behaviors of social media users can be classified as braggadocian and preventative. Braggadocian behaviors are related to courageously taking advantage of social media, whereas preventative behaviors are concerned with avoidance of social media. The dominant behavioral pattern of a user depends on what one can achieve through attending or preventing social media. This paper first discusses basic elements of human behavior that drive social media such as altruism, hedonism, connectionism, homophily, multiple identities, memetics, narcissism, and tribalism. Then, it focuses on precautionary elements of human behavior such as avoidance, escape, blocking, fear, hiding, removal, and protectionism. Whether they are attentive or not, one thing is clear: People refrain or enrich their own lives in social media rather than being abused or watching others in industrial media.展开更多
The systemic view on industry and on production and consumption pattern is an essential feature of the industrial ecology (IE) concept. One consequence of this view is to investigate industrial flows and consumer ac...The systemic view on industry and on production and consumption pattern is an essential feature of the industrial ecology (IE) concept. One consequence of this view is to investigate industrial flows and consumer activities, and their effects on the environment in order to evaluate and eventually optimize these flows with the help of a systems methodology. Industrial ecology has been developed by engineers and natural scientists and its ethical core canon often manifests in anthropocentric assertions such as harmonizing the contradiction between nature and culture with scientific expertise, appropriate technology and socio-economic management. This paper argues however for a biocentric inspired, normative reading of some characteristics of industrial ecology's systems methodology. The presumption for the value of this endeavor is that industrial ecology's systems methodology has a potential for developing directions for the design of a possible sustainable world.展开更多
Determinants analysis is a pretty recent approach in social research and policy reviews, so that one cannot speak about generally/largely agreed definition of concepts yet. The paper endeavors to propose a framework f...Determinants analysis is a pretty recent approach in social research and policy reviews, so that one cannot speak about generally/largely agreed definition of concepts yet. The paper endeavors to propose a framework for analyzing the factors that, at structural, proximity, and individual levels, impede the realization of adolescents' rights to education, health, and protection. This framework was first conceived for the purpose of being used within a study on the state of adolescents in Romania, commissioned by the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Romania and carried out by the Centre for Urban and Regional Sociology and Institute for Educational Sciences, which fmally used a slightly different approach, in a view to observe the determinants' framework already in use by UNICEF. The proposed framework is based on the structure-agency approach embraced by several international youth researches, which argue that individual actions and behaviors are in most cases the results of an interplay between structural constraints (institutional settings and rules) and individual agency. This approach is important for a determinants' analysis because it requires due consideration of individual features as well while discussing the role of social determinants in setting choice constraints and shaping pathways for adolescents' achievement of their rights. It is also important when approaching vulnerable adolescents, since vulnerability is often associated not only with structural and/or proximity determinants, but also with individual features.展开更多
Objective: To observe the clinical efficacy of combined acupuncture and psychological desensitization therapy for anxiety in those with heroin addiction. Methods: All 90 cases were randomly allocated into a treatmen...Objective: To observe the clinical efficacy of combined acupuncture and psychological desensitization therapy for anxiety in those with heroin addiction. Methods: All 90 cases were randomly allocated into a treatment group (45 cases) and a control group (45 cases). Cases in the treatment group received 30 min of combined acupuncture and psychological desensitization therapy for each treatment, twice a week and 8 weeks in total, whereas cases in the control group received no treatment. After that, the anxiety score and state were observed. In addition, the mental state prior to and after cue-elicited heroin craving was evaluated. Results: The total and standard scores of anxiety in the treatment group were significantly reduced compared to the control group (P〈0.05), coupled with a significant reduction of heroin craving (P〈0.01). Conclusion: Combined acupuncture and psychological desensitization can alleviate anxiety and inhibit the short-term heroin craving.展开更多
Fuzi(aconite,Radix Aconiti praeparata),a widely used Chinese herb,plays a significant role in the cardiovascular system.This is mainly reflected by Fuzi's cardiotonic effect,its protective effect on myocardial cel...Fuzi(aconite,Radix Aconiti praeparata),a widely used Chinese herb,plays a significant role in the cardiovascular system.This is mainly reflected by Fuzi's cardiotonic effect,its protective effect on myocardial cells,and its effect on heart rate and rhythm,blood pressure,and hemodynamics.In this article,the pharmacological effects and the corresponding mechanisms of Fuzi(aconite) and its active components on cardiovascular system are reviewed.展开更多
Flowers are multisensory displays used by plants to influence the behavior of pollinators. Although we know a great deal about how individual signal components are produced by plants and detected or learned by pollina...Flowers are multisensory displays used by plants to influence the behavior of pollinators. Although we know a great deal about how individual signal components are produced by plants and detected or learned by pollinators, very few experiments directly address the function of floral signal complexity, i.e. how the multicomponent nature of these signals benefits plant or pollinator. Yet, experimental psychology suggests that increasing complexity can enhance subjects' ability to detect, learn and remember stimuli, and the plant's reproductive success depends upon ensuring that pollinators learn their signals and so transport pollen to other similar (conspecific) flowers. Here we explore functional hypotheses for why plants invest in complex floral displays, focusing on hypotheses in which floral signals interact to promote pollinator learning and memory. Specifically, we discuss how an attention-altering or context-providing function of one signal may promote acquisition or recall of a second signal. Although we focus on communication between plants and pollinators, these process-based hypotheses should apply to any situation where a sender benefits from enhancing a receiver's acquisition or recall of information .展开更多
The interaction radius of a resonance is an important physical quantity to describe the structure of a resonance. But, for a long time, physicists do not find a reliable way to measure the magnitude of the interaction...The interaction radius of a resonance is an important physical quantity to describe the structure of a resonance. But, for a long time, physicists do not find a reliable way to measure the magnitude of the interaction radius of a resonance. In this paper, a method is proposed to measure the interaction radius in physics analysis. It is found that the centrifugal barrier effects have great influence to physical results obtained in the PWA fit, and the interaction radius of some resonances can be well measured in the fit.展开更多
We perform numerical simulations to investigate tidal evolution of two single-planet systems, that is, WASP-50 and GJ 1214 and a two-planet system CoRoT-7. The results of orbital evolution show that tidal decay and ci...We perform numerical simulations to investigate tidal evolution of two single-planet systems, that is, WASP-50 and GJ 1214 and a two-planet system CoRoT-7. The results of orbital evolution show that tidal decay and circularization may play a significant role in shaping their final orbits, which is related to the initial orbital data in the simulations. For GJ 1214 system, different cases of initial eccentricity are also considered as only an upper limit of its eccentricity (0.27) is shown, and the outcome suggests a possible maximum initial eccentricity (0.4) in the adopted dynamical model. Moreover, additional runs with alternative values of dissipation factor Q'I are carried out to explore tidal evolution for GJ 1214b, and these results further indicate that the real Q'1 of GJ 1214b may be much larger than its typical value, which may reasonably suggest that GJ 1214b bears a present-day larger eccentricity, undergoing tidal circularization at a slow rate. For the CoRoT-7 system, tidal forces make two planets migrating towards their host star as well as producing tidal circularization, and in this process tidal effects and mutual gravitational interactions are coupled with each other. Various scenarios of the initial eccentricity of the outer planet have also been done to investigate final planetary configuration. Tidal decay arising from stellar tides may still work for each system as the eccentricity decreases to zero, and this is in association with the remaining lifetime of each planet used to predict its future.展开更多
文摘Vocabulary is a fundamental element of a language. It undertakes the task of conveying semantic meanings. And it guarantees the implement of language communication. Thus, accumulation of a certain amount of vocabulary and the master of proper use of them is the essential condition of skillful employment of a language. The current lexical teaching in College English is far from satisfaction. Based on the findings of psycholinguistic research, this paper intends to explore an effective way to help the students enlarge their vocabulary and use them correctly with the help of various psychological associations with English vocabulary through analysis of some lexical mistakes committed in students' daily writing exercises.
文摘As a recurring pattern of sensory-motor-affective experience, image schema is not only a concept discussed in linguistics and psychology, but also a significant one in the study of embodied cognition. Through analyzing the features of image schema considered by the authors as embodiment, recessiveness, sedimentation, logicality, scientificity, and dependency to cognitive metaphors and reviewing the definition of embodied cognition, the paper argues that image schema is an integration of bodily property and mental property, and accordingly a core and inseparable concept of embodied cognition by bridging body and mind. Image schema can help to explain how abstraction and inference generate from body-environment interactions, thus making the theory of embodied cognition more persuasive and reliable.
文摘Aim To explore the reason that the antiarrhythmic effect of the extract oftraditional Chinese medicinal herb, matrine, is weaker than quinidine and verapamil by comparison ofthe effect and efficacy of matrine on various kinds of transmembrane ionic currents with those ofquinidine and verapamil; and to demonstrate the best targets for antiarrhythmic drugs. MethodsWhole-cell patch-clamp techniques were used to record the action potential and ionic currents insingle cells of rat ventricular myocytes. Aconitine was used to induce the changes of ioniccurrents, then study the effects of matrine and quinidine, verapamil on aconitine-induced unbalancedchannel currents and action potential. Results Aconitine 1 μmol·L^(-1) induced significantchanges in transmembrane currents and action potential in single cells of rat ventricular myocytes.APD was significantly prolonged by aconitine. Simultaneously, aconitine increased sodium, L-typecalcium and inward rectifier potassium currents. Matrine 100 μmol· L^(-1) reversed theaconitine-induced changes of sodium current (I_(Na)) from (-70.2+- 10.5) pA/pF to ( - 39.6+-4.0)pA/pF(n = 5, P < 0.05 vs aconitine); L-type calcium current (I_(Ca-L)) from (20.4+- 3.8) pA/pF to (- 12.9+- 2.9) pA/pF ( n = 6, P < 0.01); the inward rectifier potassium current (I_(k1) ) from (-32.2+- 1.08) pA/pF to ( -24.0+-3.4) pA/pF (n = 6, P < 0.01), and action potential duration. Thereversal effects of quinidine and verapamil on aconitine-induced changes of APD and ionic currentswere more marked than matrine. Conclusion Aco-nitine significantly disturbs the normal equilibriumof ion channels in ventricular myocytes. It induces changes of I_(Na), I_(Ca-L), I_(K1) andprolongation of action potential duration. Matrine at concentration 50 or 100 μmol·L^(-1)statistically significantly suppresses aconitine-induced changes of APD and ionic currents. Thepotency and efficacy of inhibitory effect of matrine are markedly weaker than those of commonly usedverapamil and quinidine.
文摘With the continuous advance education reform and improvement of the quality of English teaching reform, it has become an important content to meet the needs of social development, and promote the comprehensive development of students' comprehensive quality and ability. In English teaching, learning English requires a lot of reading, and English reading effects and improve students' English scores are closely linked the relationship between the development of future good student. In this paper, the mental model of pragmatic reasoning and English reading give an overview of the psychological impact of the model, they were analyzed using the language to English reading brings reasoning, mental models proposed Pragmatic Inference in English reading, and it can effectively improve English reading efficiency, and promote English Reading level rise.
基金the University of Regina for providing laboratory space and the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada for financial assistance
文摘The main objective of this study was to determine the consolidation behaviour of clay slurries.A finegrained clay with high consistency limits(W_L = 180%,w_P= 120%) was investigated using conventional oedometer and bench-top centrifuge tests.Results indicated that the slurry had an apparent preconsolidation(due to initial conditions,electrochemical interactions,tortuous drainage,and thixotropic strength) from e = 5.7 to e = 5.5 followed by virgin compression.Likewise,the low hydraulic conductivity(10^(-10)-10^(-12) m/s) was due to low porosity(small pore throats) and high tortuosity(long flow paths).Unlike consolidation of soils,the c_v and m_v decreased with increasing σ' but increased with increasing e and k.The data from the two tests correlated well in the range of σ' = 10-65 kPa,e = 5.5-3.86,k= 1.7 × 10^(-10)-5×10^(-11) m/s,F_c = 1-40 MN.New equations were developed to correlate the consolidation parameters(e,σ',k) with F_c.The deviation of k beyond 40 MN(e = 4.65) was due to deviation from the initial straight line portion of the settlement curve in the centrifuge test.
文摘Background: Recent data suggest that beta-blockers can be beneficial in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). Atrial fibrillation (AF) is present in a significant number of patients with CHF and is associateing with significant morbidity and increasing mortality rates. Thus it is necessary to establish therapy to improve the poor prognosis in this high-risk population, but a specific benefit of beta-blockers to the subset with concomitant AF and CHF has been little demonstrated. Objective: To examine the effects of Bisoprolol (6 months treatment) on the ventricular function and hemodynamics in patients with AF and CHF. Methods: 84 patients with stable CHF (NYHA≤Ⅲ class) and AF were assigned to Treated Group( n = 37) or Control group Ⅰ ( n = 22, 24-hour heart mean rate < 70/min) or Control Group Ⅱ ( n = 25, 24-hour heart mean rate ≥ 70/min) . All patients were given the basic therapy for CHF, and Treated Group received Bisopolol. Clinical and echocardiographic variables were measured in 3 groups at baseline and after 6 months, and the results were compared . Results: After 6 months of treatment with Bisoprolol, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and NYHA class had significandy improved (P < 0.05), and a trend towards a reduction in combined end point of death or CHF hospitalization was also observed (P < 0.20) in Treated Group; The increase of LVEF in Treated Group were associated with a reduction in mitral regurgitation degree and left atrial volume; The heart rate in mean 24-hour and at peak exercise decreased in Treated Group, but were similar to that in Control Group Ⅰ. Conclusion: 6 months of Bisoprolol therapy resulted in an improvement in the NYHA class and LVEF, and also showed a trend towards a reduction in hospitalization or death. The beneficial effects of Bisoprolol on patients with AF and CHF may be partly mediated by improvement of ventricular diastolic function.
文摘Accompanying the arrival of new technological and network ear, SACs (self-access centers) become the most widely adopted mode spreading in China with a large quantity of universities joining to follow the fashion. But whether the SACs in China can fully fulfill the purpose, to what extend can learners gain benefits to develop autonomy, and what are the possible ways for improvement are quite necessary to investigate since there starts to emerge various problems during the implementation of SACs. This paper aims to analyze the prevalent establishment of SACs in China in order to find out the reasons for prevalence, the current implementing mode, the degree of effectiveness on developing learner autonomy, especially potential problems and causes, and finally put forward some suggestions pedagogical implications for improving.
文摘Social media has become an inevitable part of our lives in the age of network society. People establish multiple identities for themselves, with or without references to the real world, and behave according to those identities. Self-made components of virtual presence are not limited to identities only; many users also create hyper-personalities for themselves with the help of new technologies. Then, the fundamental question becomes: Why do people create self-made identities and hyper-personalities to portray or hide themselves in social media environments? The answer to this question has certain connections and implications for behaviors of social media users. Therefore, researchers have investigated why some people find social media attractive and attend whenever possible, while others are afraid of social media and hesitate to attend. Positive and negative behaviors of social media users can be classified as braggadocian and preventative. Braggadocian behaviors are related to courageously taking advantage of social media, whereas preventative behaviors are concerned with avoidance of social media. The dominant behavioral pattern of a user depends on what one can achieve through attending or preventing social media. This paper first discusses basic elements of human behavior that drive social media such as altruism, hedonism, connectionism, homophily, multiple identities, memetics, narcissism, and tribalism. Then, it focuses on precautionary elements of human behavior such as avoidance, escape, blocking, fear, hiding, removal, and protectionism. Whether they are attentive or not, one thing is clear: People refrain or enrich their own lives in social media rather than being abused or watching others in industrial media.
文摘The systemic view on industry and on production and consumption pattern is an essential feature of the industrial ecology (IE) concept. One consequence of this view is to investigate industrial flows and consumer activities, and their effects on the environment in order to evaluate and eventually optimize these flows with the help of a systems methodology. Industrial ecology has been developed by engineers and natural scientists and its ethical core canon often manifests in anthropocentric assertions such as harmonizing the contradiction between nature and culture with scientific expertise, appropriate technology and socio-economic management. This paper argues however for a biocentric inspired, normative reading of some characteristics of industrial ecology's systems methodology. The presumption for the value of this endeavor is that industrial ecology's systems methodology has a potential for developing directions for the design of a possible sustainable world.
文摘Determinants analysis is a pretty recent approach in social research and policy reviews, so that one cannot speak about generally/largely agreed definition of concepts yet. The paper endeavors to propose a framework for analyzing the factors that, at structural, proximity, and individual levels, impede the realization of adolescents' rights to education, health, and protection. This framework was first conceived for the purpose of being used within a study on the state of adolescents in Romania, commissioned by the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Romania and carried out by the Centre for Urban and Regional Sociology and Institute for Educational Sciences, which fmally used a slightly different approach, in a view to observe the determinants' framework already in use by UNICEF. The proposed framework is based on the structure-agency approach embraced by several international youth researches, which argue that individual actions and behaviors are in most cases the results of an interplay between structural constraints (institutional settings and rules) and individual agency. This approach is important for a determinants' analysis because it requires due consideration of individual features as well while discussing the role of social determinants in setting choice constraints and shaping pathways for adolescents' achievement of their rights. It is also important when approaching vulnerable adolescents, since vulnerability is often associated not only with structural and/or proximity determinants, but also with individual features.
文摘Objective: To observe the clinical efficacy of combined acupuncture and psychological desensitization therapy for anxiety in those with heroin addiction. Methods: All 90 cases were randomly allocated into a treatment group (45 cases) and a control group (45 cases). Cases in the treatment group received 30 min of combined acupuncture and psychological desensitization therapy for each treatment, twice a week and 8 weeks in total, whereas cases in the control group received no treatment. After that, the anxiety score and state were observed. In addition, the mental state prior to and after cue-elicited heroin craving was evaluated. Results: The total and standard scores of anxiety in the treatment group were significantly reduced compared to the control group (P〈0.05), coupled with a significant reduction of heroin craving (P〈0.01). Conclusion: Combined acupuncture and psychological desensitization can alleviate anxiety and inhibit the short-term heroin craving.
基金Supported by the Capital Medical Science and Technology Development Program(No.SF-2007-I-04)
文摘Fuzi(aconite,Radix Aconiti praeparata),a widely used Chinese herb,plays a significant role in the cardiovascular system.This is mainly reflected by Fuzi's cardiotonic effect,its protective effect on myocardial cells,and its effect on heart rate and rhythm,blood pressure,and hemodynamics.In this article,the pharmacological effects and the corresponding mechanisms of Fuzi(aconite) and its active components on cardiovascular system are reviewed.
文摘Flowers are multisensory displays used by plants to influence the behavior of pollinators. Although we know a great deal about how individual signal components are produced by plants and detected or learned by pollinators, very few experiments directly address the function of floral signal complexity, i.e. how the multicomponent nature of these signals benefits plant or pollinator. Yet, experimental psychology suggests that increasing complexity can enhance subjects' ability to detect, learn and remember stimuli, and the plant's reproductive success depends upon ensuring that pollinators learn their signals and so transport pollen to other similar (conspecific) flowers. Here we explore functional hypotheses for why plants invest in complex floral displays, focusing on hypotheses in which floral signals interact to promote pollinator learning and memory. Specifically, we discuss how an attention-altering or context-providing function of one signal may promote acquisition or recall of a second signal. Although we focus on communication between plants and pollinators, these process-based hypotheses should apply to any situation where a sender benefits from enhancing a receiver's acquisition or recall of information .
文摘The interaction radius of a resonance is an important physical quantity to describe the structure of a resonance. But, for a long time, physicists do not find a reliable way to measure the magnitude of the interaction radius of a resonance. In this paper, a method is proposed to measure the interaction radius in physics analysis. It is found that the centrifugal barrier effects have great influence to physical results obtained in the PWA fit, and the interaction radius of some resonances can be well measured in the fit.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.10973044,10833001)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(Grant No.BK20093411)the Foundation of Minor Planets of the Purple Mountain Observatory
文摘We perform numerical simulations to investigate tidal evolution of two single-planet systems, that is, WASP-50 and GJ 1214 and a two-planet system CoRoT-7. The results of orbital evolution show that tidal decay and circularization may play a significant role in shaping their final orbits, which is related to the initial orbital data in the simulations. For GJ 1214 system, different cases of initial eccentricity are also considered as only an upper limit of its eccentricity (0.27) is shown, and the outcome suggests a possible maximum initial eccentricity (0.4) in the adopted dynamical model. Moreover, additional runs with alternative values of dissipation factor Q'I are carried out to explore tidal evolution for GJ 1214b, and these results further indicate that the real Q'1 of GJ 1214b may be much larger than its typical value, which may reasonably suggest that GJ 1214b bears a present-day larger eccentricity, undergoing tidal circularization at a slow rate. For the CoRoT-7 system, tidal forces make two planets migrating towards their host star as well as producing tidal circularization, and in this process tidal effects and mutual gravitational interactions are coupled with each other. Various scenarios of the initial eccentricity of the outer planet have also been done to investigate final planetary configuration. Tidal decay arising from stellar tides may still work for each system as the eccentricity decreases to zero, and this is in association with the remaining lifetime of each planet used to predict its future.