CAS, Shanghai, Pasteur to Jointly Set Up a New Institute

An agreement for jointly es- tablishing the CAS Institut Pasteur of Shanghai wassignedon August30 ineastChina’sShanghaiMunicipality. Representa-tivesfromthecollaborativepartners,includingShanghaiViceMayorYanJunqi, CAS Vice President ChenZhu and President of Institut Pas-teur Philippe Kourilsky witnessedthesigning ceremony. To be opened in October, theinstitute will be a non-profit orga-nization focusing on research andeducation in the field of infectiousdiseases, i…     

NCNST, IHEP Co-establish a Lab for Nanosafety

The National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) at CAS and the CAS Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) have joined hands in establishing a Laboratory for Biological Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety (NCNST- IHEP) in Beijing. Its namep…     

MPG, CAS Set Up a New Partner Group

Max Planck Society (MPG) and CAS re- cently set up a Part- ner Group on First-Principles Theory of High-pressure Oxidation Catalysis at the CAS Dalian Insti- tute of Chemical Physics (DICP). Headed by Dr. Li Weixue of DICP and in cooperation with Dr. Karsten Reuter from the Theory Department of the MPG Fritz-Haber Institute, the group will be devoted to the development of precise and predictable catalysis theories based on quantum mechanics and under real oxidation conditions.…     

Lp[a,b]空间上序列收敛性

本文研究了Lp[a,b](p＜1)空间上可测函数列的几乎处处收敛、强收敛、弱收敛以及依测度收敛性的内在联系,给出命题和反例:强收敛一定弱收敛,强收敛必依测度收敛,强收敛不一定几乎处处收敛     

Pleural,peritoneal and pericardial effusions – a biochemical approach

The pathological accumulation of serous fluids in the pleural, peritoneal and pericardial space occurs in a variety of conditions. Since patient management depends on right and timely diagnosis, biochemical analysis of extravascular body fluids is considered a valuable tool in the patient management process.The biochemical evaluation of serous fluids includes the determination of gross appearance, differentiation of transudative from exudative effusions and additional specific biochemical testing to assess the effusion etiology. This article summarized data from the most relevant literature concerning practice with special emphasis on usefulness of biochemical tests used for the investigation of pleural, peritoneal and pericardial effusions. Additionally, preanalytical issues concerning serous fluid analysis were addressed and recommendations concerning acceptable analytical practice in serous fluid analysis were presented.     

Motivation,opportunity, and ability in knowledge transfer: a social network approach

Although previous research indicates a variety of facilitators of knowledge transfer, many firms still suffer from knowledge transfer difficulties. This study explores the relational antecedents of knowledge transfer by integrating the motivation–opportunity–ability framework with a social network approach, which emphasizes the relations among people rather than their attributes. To rigorously validate causal relations among network variables, the social networks of employees in a research and development department were surveyed twice in 6 months. A regression analysis with 76 × 76 networks using a multiple regression quadratic assignment procedure showed that opportunity and motivation were the first- and second-most influential factors for knowledge transfer, respectively. There was a marginal, but statistically significant effect for ability. The creation of a working environment in which knowledge transfer can easily take place, and motivating competent employees to transfer their knowledge, are critical to successful knowledge transfer.     

CAS,ASU co-launch a joint center for urban sustainability research

The unveiling ceremony to inaugurate the Joint Center for Urban Sustainability (JCUS) under the sponsorship of CAS and Arizona State Uni- versity (ASU) was held on August 25 on the campus of the CAS Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natu- ral Resourc…     

What is a genetic test, and why does it matter?

How the term ‘genetic test’ is defined, matters for social policy. The past few years have witnessed many efforts to enact legal barriers specifically against genetic discrimination. To the extent that information derived from genetic tests receives special protection, both enthusiasts for genetic medicine and those who stress its perils have an incentive to adopt a broad interpretation of genetic testing. However, the consequences have not always been those anticpated.     

Lazy Eye Might See a Bright World, Even after Age of Eight

Amblyopi a, commonl yknown as lazy eye, is adevelopmental disorderof spatial vision in the absence ofany detectable structural or patho-logic abnormalities that cannot becorrected by refractive means.Prevalence estimates range from 1%to 5% depending on th…     

Organizational knowledge,learning and memory – a perspective of an immune system

Organizational knowledge, learning and memory have been popular topics for both academic research and practical applications over the past 20 years. But until now, these issues have been discussed independently and in a fragmented way. It is asserted that these concepts are interrelated and should be considered as a part of a system. Here, the perspective of the immune system is employed to integrate the issues of organizational knowledge, learning and memory into a framework and to explain their interrelationships. The perspective developed in this paper pioneers a micro-view to integrate and explain organizational phenomena.     

Joseph Fourier,the ‘greenhouse effect’, and the quest for a universal theory of terrestrial temperatures

The central role that the theory of terrestrial temperatures played in Fourier's mathematical physics has not received the attention it deserves from historians, although his cryptic allusions to the heating of a greenhouse, taken out of context, have been widely cited by subsequent authors.     

一阶递推数列x_n=a·x_（n-1）＋b（a,b∈R）

一阶递推数列包含有三类特殊的数列;一阶递推数列xn=a.xn-1＋b（a,b）可用构造新的等比数列法来求解。     

A question worth a million: The expert,the crowd,or myself? An investigation of problem solving

In an era of rapid technological advances, individuals have access to a plethora of open and closed forms of problem solving. We introduce and test a framework that compares different forms of problem solving and determines how individuals make choices among them. Our analyses of 4,556 problems solved by 398 individuals reveal that high problem complexity and strong implicit social norms of open exchange increase the probability that individuals will seek external solutions rather than solve the problems themselves. Our analysis also shows that they prefer individual experts (contacted directly or via open call) over aggregated crowd knowledge. We also find that strong implicit social norms of open exchange weakened the positive impact of complexity on the probability of solving problems externally. Interestingly, this effect is more subtle when the use of aggregated crowds is compared with individual experts: while strong implicit social norms strengthen the positive impact of problem complexity when experts are contacted directly, they otherwise weaken the use of open call experts. We discuss and examine the nuanced effects between problem complexity and social norms of open exchange. The study contributes to a stream of the open innovation literature that uses a problem solving perspective to better understand under what circumstances certain forms of problem solving are utilized, and it then combines it with a novel empirical setting based on real-life experimental data.     

The Cosmos in a Cabinet: Performance,Politics, and Mechanical Philosophy in Henry Bridges’ ‘Microcosm’

How did ordinary people – artisans, laborers, servants, and children – come to know the Newtonian universe? And what effects did this knowledge have on how they contextualized their place in society? When it appeared in 1733, Henry Bridges’ “Modern Microcosm” promised to give paying customers a view of the entire universe ingeniously recreated in a ten-foot-tall automaton theater. A hit with audiences, this clockwork wonder was displayed in Britain and the American colonies until disappearing mysteriously in the 1770s. This paper attempts to recover non-elite understandings of public science by examining the career of an astronomical wonder in the rowdy marketplace of ideas that was the London show scene.     

A few／few,a little／little等的非客观意义

a few与few,a little与little可表示相同的客观意义。但它们承载的假设和期待不同,从而使其非客观意义大不相同。本文基于Langacker 《认知语法基础》对意象的阐述分析和讨论了它们的非客观意义;并指出,认知语法及其意象意义的学习和研究具有重要的语言学理论和英语教学意义。