The stigma associated with the disease may be as subtle as avoidance,or dramatic as physical aggression.COVID-19 has begun to cause social disruption by growing disease-related stigma and xenophobia against some cultu...The stigma associated with the disease may be as subtle as avoidance,or dramatic as physical aggression.COVID-19 has begun to cause social disruption by growing disease-related stigma and xenophobia against some cultural,national,racial or religious groups worldwide.1 People of East Asian origin and those with facial features like them,or those with a travel history to areas affected by the outbreak,are especially being subjected to xenophobia in personal contact and online threats.COVID-19 has arisen as an unknown and newly emerged highly contagious infection that has spread rapidly across the globe and is associated with high mortality,leading to fear of encountering those infected.2 Leaders across the world have taken strict measures such as lockdowns and shutdown of various vital services that have caused chaos in people’s lives and increased concerns about the disease.3 Box 1 lists the factors leading to stigmatisation towards those infected with COVID-19.展开更多
A method of dealing with two-target problem in terms of coordinate transformation and differential game is presented in this paper. It has analysed the capture region, escape region and danger region. This approach is...A method of dealing with two-target problem in terms of coordinate transformation and differential game is presented in this paper. It has analysed the capture region, escape region and danger region. This approach is helpful to a pilot to possess the favourable position in an air-to-air combat in plane.展开更多
A new method is presented for dealing with asymmetrical Abel inversion in this paper.We separate the integrated quantity into odd and even parts using Yasutomo's method. The asymmetric local value is expressed as ...A new method is presented for dealing with asymmetrical Abel inversion in this paper.We separate the integrated quantity into odd and even parts using Yasutomo's method. The asymmetric local value is expressed as the product of a weight function and a symmetric local value. The symmetric distribution is expanded into Fourier-Bessel series. The coefficients of the series are determined by the use of a least-square-fitting method.展开更多
Protecting the rights and interests of workers and staff members constitutes an important aspect of China＇s human rights protection. At the time when the country is dealing with impacts of the global financial crisis...Protecting the rights and interests of workers and staff members constitutes an important aspect of China＇s human rights protection. At the time when the country is dealing with impacts of the global financial crisis, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions has been working fruitfully and effectively to accelerate economic and social development and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of workers, therefore making contributions to the protection of the rights and interests of Chinese workers. Now I would like to make a brief introduction on this subject.展开更多
Without cooperative behaviors, our society or organization falls into social dilemma situations where every member selects uncooperative （defective） behaviors, and the situation gets worse and worse. Such a situatio...Without cooperative behaviors, our society or organization falls into social dilemma situations where every member selects uncooperative （defective） behaviors, and the situation gets worse and worse. Such a situation in a society or an organization leads to violation of social or organizational rules, and at the worst case it suffers from serious accidents or scandals. Therefore, it is important for us to make efforts and take measures to elicit cooperative behaviors. It was demonstrated theoretically that altruism strategy and adaptive prediction and ascertainment strategy are in some cases better than rational strategy under the situation of social dilemma. We built up a mathematical model in order to examine how the probability of correctly predicting and ascertaining the behavior （cooperation or defection） of opponents and the mixture of （a） altruism （all cooperation） strategy, （b） individualism （all defection） strategy, and （c） adaptive prediction and ascertainment strategy affected the expected profit. Simulation results showed that the tit-for-tat strategy was better than the rational （individualism） strategy when the probability of correctly predicting and ascertaining defection of the opponent was considerably higher. As an application of the basic study above, it was explored, using a simulation method, how such a system as opening reputation or peer review in public could work satisfactorily to prevent defective behaviors in auction dealing. The result showed that the information on the handle name and the reputation effectively worked to prevent defective behaviors.展开更多
Resale price maintenance(RPM) exerts both positive and negative influences on the market competition.Such duality and the consequent difficulties in presenting evidence have often become highly controversial issues in...Resale price maintenance(RPM) exerts both positive and negative influences on the market competition.Such duality and the consequent difficulties in presenting evidence have often become highly controversial issues in anti-monopoly law enforcement.We found that in reality,effects of jump-dealing and RPM can offset each other.This paper systematically proposed the offsetting theory of jump-dealing and RPM,and analyzed their policy implications for anti price monopoly,thus providing some simple principles and methods to the law enforcement against vertical price monopoly.This will not only reduce the possible "superfluous actions " in current law enforcement,but also help avoid compounded mistakes due to difficulties of enforcement.展开更多
Kenya withers as water shortage leaves millions affected by Alphonce Shiundu WHEN NTV Journalist Robert Nagila went to Baringo County in central Kenya for the station’s weekend program,the County Edition,nothing had ...Kenya withers as water shortage leaves millions affected by Alphonce Shiundu WHEN NTV Journalist Robert Nagila went to Baringo County in central Kenya for the station’s weekend program,the County Edition,nothing had prepared him for the kind of suffering before his eyes. Kenya’s crippling drought was now up close and personal.展开更多
Objective To summarize the experiences of ligating left subclavian artery ( LSA ) in total arch peplacement and stented elephant trunk implantation for Stanford type A aortic dissection patients with difficulty in exp...Objective To summarize the experiences of ligating left subclavian artery ( LSA ) in total arch peplacement and stented elephant trunk implantation for Stanford type A aortic dissection patients with difficulty in exposing the LSA. Methods Total arch replacement and stented elephant trunk implantation were performed on 79 consecutive展开更多
Now the world has entered into an era of cross-cultural communication. Cultures influence and infiltrate one another. Willing or not, people must first encounter culture shock when they migrate from a familiar cultura...Now the world has entered into an era of cross-cultural communication. Cultures influence and infiltrate one another. Willing or not, people must first encounter culture shock when they migrate from a familiar cultural background to a strange one. This thesis analyzes what causes culture shock and puts forward some suggestions to deal with it. Those who are about to go into a new culture environment may have some mental preparation.展开更多
This study aimed to clarify the characteristics of Japanese male family caregivers in terms of their sense of care burden, their capacity to deal with stress, and their subjective sense of well-being. A survey consist...This study aimed to clarify the characteristics of Japanese male family caregivers in terms of their sense of care burden, their capacity to deal with stress, and their subjective sense of well-being. A survey consisting of questionnaires and interviews was conducted from March to May 2014 in the subjects’ homes. Subjects were 27 Japanese males (the age range: 54 - 85) who provided home care for their family member. Caregivers who were good at relieving stress or who had a subjective sense of well-being were found to have a low care burden. The types and seriousness of diseases of the care recipients were not related to the caregivers’ sense of burden, capacity to deal with stress, or subjective sense of well-being. Based on the interview results, caregivers were found to have the following characteristics: they were particular about methods of care;they learned how to provide home care by themselves;they used their social intelligence in home care;they always provided home care while keeping the future in mind;and most notably, they considered home care to be their primary occupation. On the whole, male caregivers were found to alleviate the burdens of home care by making use of the nursing-care service systems that enabled them to relieve stress and enjoy their leisure time. Caregivers considered home care to be their occupation and used their past social experiences. The workforce helped them deal with the care recipients’ health conditions or day-to-day changes so that they could overcome the care burden.展开更多
China National Offshore Oil Co. (CNOOC) and two other companies had jointly signed two new production-sharing contracts to explore offshore oil and natural gas fields in Myanmar. CNOOCs Myanmar Ltd., China Huanqiu ...China National Offshore Oil Co. (CNOOC) and two other companies had jointly signed two new production-sharing contracts to explore offshore oil and natural gas fields in Myanmar. CNOOCs Myanmar Ltd., China Huanqiu Contracting and Engineering Corp. and Golden Aaron Pte. Ltd. of Singapore had signed contracts with展开更多
The annual meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co- operation (APEC) forum in Hawaii will have something more concrete to focus on than the usual bromides about extending free trade in the region. Barack Obama, the ho...The annual meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co- operation (APEC) forum in Hawaii will have something more concrete to focus on than the usual bromides about extending free trade in the region. Barack Obama, the host, will use the occasion to laud progress展开更多
President Barack Obama travels to Honolulu to meet with the 21-nation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation bloc. The president hopes to advance a trade deal few know about but that could shape the future of U.S. commerci...President Barack Obama travels to Honolulu to meet with the 21-nation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation bloc. The president hopes to advance a trade deal few know about but that could shape the future of U.S. commercial relations overall, and with fast-growing展开更多
文摘The stigma associated with the disease may be as subtle as avoidance,or dramatic as physical aggression.COVID-19 has begun to cause social disruption by growing disease-related stigma and xenophobia against some cultural,national,racial or religious groups worldwide.1 People of East Asian origin and those with facial features like them,or those with a travel history to areas affected by the outbreak,are especially being subjected to xenophobia in personal contact and online threats.COVID-19 has arisen as an unknown and newly emerged highly contagious infection that has spread rapidly across the globe and is associated with high mortality,leading to fear of encountering those infected.2 Leaders across the world have taken strict measures such as lockdowns and shutdown of various vital services that have caused chaos in people’s lives and increased concerns about the disease.3 Box 1 lists the factors leading to stigmatisation towards those infected with COVID-19.
文摘A method of dealing with two-target problem in terms of coordinate transformation and differential game is presented in this paper. It has analysed the capture region, escape region and danger region. This approach is helpful to a pilot to possess the favourable position in an air-to-air combat in plane.
文摘A new method is presented for dealing with asymmetrical Abel inversion in this paper.We separate the integrated quantity into odd and even parts using Yasutomo's method. The asymmetric local value is expressed as the product of a weight function and a symmetric local value. The symmetric distribution is expanded into Fourier-Bessel series. The coefficients of the series are determined by the use of a least-square-fitting method.
文摘Protecting the rights and interests of workers and staff members constitutes an important aspect of China＇s human rights protection. At the time when the country is dealing with impacts of the global financial crisis, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions has been working fruitfully and effectively to accelerate economic and social development and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of workers, therefore making contributions to the protection of the rights and interests of Chinese workers. Now I would like to make a brief introduction on this subject.
文摘Without cooperative behaviors, our society or organization falls into social dilemma situations where every member selects uncooperative （defective） behaviors, and the situation gets worse and worse. Such a situation in a society or an organization leads to violation of social or organizational rules, and at the worst case it suffers from serious accidents or scandals. Therefore, it is important for us to make efforts and take measures to elicit cooperative behaviors. It was demonstrated theoretically that altruism strategy and adaptive prediction and ascertainment strategy are in some cases better than rational strategy under the situation of social dilemma. We built up a mathematical model in order to examine how the probability of correctly predicting and ascertaining the behavior （cooperation or defection） of opponents and the mixture of （a） altruism （all cooperation） strategy, （b） individualism （all defection） strategy, and （c） adaptive prediction and ascertainment strategy affected the expected profit. Simulation results showed that the tit-for-tat strategy was better than the rational （individualism） strategy when the probability of correctly predicting and ascertaining defection of the opponent was considerably higher. As an application of the basic study above, it was explored, using a simulation method, how such a system as opening reputation or peer review in public could work satisfactorily to prevent defective behaviors in auction dealing. The result showed that the information on the handle name and the reputation effectively worked to prevent defective behaviors.
基金phase-wise achievement of the project B-T-C Paradigm and Application of "Jump-dealing"(Project No.:71272190)funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,headed by Professor Yu Li,vice president of Tianjin University of Finance and Economics,director of Center for Economic Analysis of Law and Policy Evaluation and member of Expert Advisory Board of the State Council Anti-monopoly Commission of China
文摘Resale price maintenance(RPM) exerts both positive and negative influences on the market competition.Such duality and the consequent difficulties in presenting evidence have often become highly controversial issues in anti-monopoly law enforcement.We found that in reality,effects of jump-dealing and RPM can offset each other.This paper systematically proposed the offsetting theory of jump-dealing and RPM,and analyzed their policy implications for anti price monopoly,thus providing some simple principles and methods to the law enforcement against vertical price monopoly.This will not only reduce the possible "superfluous actions " in current law enforcement,but also help avoid compounded mistakes due to difficulties of enforcement.
文摘Kenya withers as water shortage leaves millions affected by Alphonce Shiundu WHEN NTV Journalist Robert Nagila went to Baringo County in central Kenya for the station’s weekend program,the County Edition,nothing had prepared him for the kind of suffering before his eyes. Kenya’s crippling drought was now up close and personal.
文摘Objective To summarize the experiences of ligating left subclavian artery ( LSA ) in total arch peplacement and stented elephant trunk implantation for Stanford type A aortic dissection patients with difficulty in exposing the LSA. Methods Total arch replacement and stented elephant trunk implantation were performed on 79 consecutive
文摘Now the world has entered into an era of cross-cultural communication. Cultures influence and infiltrate one another. Willing or not, people must first encounter culture shock when they migrate from a familiar cultural background to a strange one. This thesis analyzes what causes culture shock and puts forward some suggestions to deal with it. Those who are about to go into a new culture environment may have some mental preparation.
文摘This study aimed to clarify the characteristics of Japanese male family caregivers in terms of their sense of care burden, their capacity to deal with stress, and their subjective sense of well-being. A survey consisting of questionnaires and interviews was conducted from March to May 2014 in the subjects’ homes. Subjects were 27 Japanese males (the age range: 54 - 85) who provided home care for their family member. Caregivers who were good at relieving stress or who had a subjective sense of well-being were found to have a low care burden. The types and seriousness of diseases of the care recipients were not related to the caregivers’ sense of burden, capacity to deal with stress, or subjective sense of well-being. Based on the interview results, caregivers were found to have the following characteristics: they were particular about methods of care;they learned how to provide home care by themselves;they used their social intelligence in home care;they always provided home care while keeping the future in mind;and most notably, they considered home care to be their primary occupation. On the whole, male caregivers were found to alleviate the burdens of home care by making use of the nursing-care service systems that enabled them to relieve stress and enjoy their leisure time. Caregivers considered home care to be their occupation and used their past social experiences. The workforce helped them deal with the care recipients’ health conditions or day-to-day changes so that they could overcome the care burden.
文摘China National Offshore Oil Co. (CNOOC) and two other companies had jointly signed two new production-sharing contracts to explore offshore oil and natural gas fields in Myanmar. CNOOCs Myanmar Ltd., China Huanqiu Contracting and Engineering Corp. and Golden Aaron Pte. Ltd. of Singapore had signed contracts with
文摘The annual meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co- operation (APEC) forum in Hawaii will have something more concrete to focus on than the usual bromides about extending free trade in the region. Barack Obama, the host, will use the occasion to laud progress
文摘President Barack Obama travels to Honolulu to meet with the 21-nation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation bloc. The president hopes to advance a trade deal few know about but that could shape the future of U.S. commercial relations overall, and with fast-growing
