“亲爱的读者”和“无聊的作者”——乔伊斯在《为芬尼根守灵》中对读者的直呼

自中世纪以来没有一部重要文学作品象乔伊斯的《为芬尼根守灵》(以下简称《守灵》译者注)那样令读者望而却步.意识到理解该书文本的难度,乔伊斯希望并真诚期待苦于理想失眠症的理想读者愿意拿出足够的时间来欣赏本书关大脑在夜间的活动情况(正如《尤里西斯》把注意力放在白大的意识流上一样).与十八世纪小说家如出一辙,乔伊斯在《守灵》中频频直呼其读者——建议、哄骗、嘲弄这些忙忙碌碌的失眠者.这是该书获得较少注意的重要方面.从整体上看,乔伊斯与读者的对话象是一本有趣的善意的阅读指南,对《守     

如何避免审稿人的大斧

本文是发表在IEEE／ASME J MEMS的一篇关于如何撰写科技论文的文章。作者Stephen D．Senturia(MIT电子系教授)从自己作为论文作者和审稿人双重角色的经验出发,对如何撰写科技论文发表了一些非常中肯也非常重要的建议。     

键级和化合价的分子轨道理论

本文译自美国《Journal of chemical Education》1988年第8期.作者简介了密立根布居数分析法,并以此为基础讨论了键级和化合价,应用了别致的原子轨道线性组合分子轨道理论(LCAO—MO)的矩阵公式.最后给出了一些简单分子的计算结果,以说明这个理论的应用.     

史努比

~~史努比@查尔斯·M·舒尔茨(charles M.Schulz)     

心路历程--单词

Welcome to our eleventh column. It is said that when Confucius was asked what his first deed would be if he were to be made Emperor of China, he replied, "I would re-establish the precise meaning of words."Our lives are filled with words. These are the wordswe read, the words we speak, and the words we listen to or try not tolisten to.Words govern our lives.     

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Two men,both seriously ill,occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour a day to drain the fluids from his lungs. His bed was next to the room's only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families,their homes,their jobs,their involvement in the military service,where they had been     

A Modern Royal Family

1 In certain countries of the world,the king or queen is still considered to be a demi-god.The UK is not one of those countries.It’s true that up until the 17th century,the British king or queen was believed to rule by"divine right",which was the idea that God chose the king or queen to rule and that he or she was therefore above the law.The idea that the monarch was above the     

The effect of services on the recurrence of child maltreatment

OBJECTIVE: Building on a previous model of recurrence, this study examined the relationship of services on the hazard of child maltreatment recurrence during CPS intervention for families who were provided continuing intervention following a confirmed index report of physical abuse or neglect. METHOD: This nonconcurrent prospective study selected 434 subject families who met study eligibility requirements from 1181 families randomly selected from the 2902 families who had experienced a substantiated report of child abuse or neglect during the sampling year. Data were collected and coded from archival sources for 5 years following the index report. Each record was coded by two research analysts to increase inter-rater reliability. Data were analyzed with the Cox Proportional Regression Model. RESULTS: Case characteristics that predicted recurrence were: child vulnerability, family stress, partner abuse, and social support deficits. After examining the potential effect of nine service-related variables only attendance at services predicted recurrence while controlling for other variables in the model. Families who were noted to attend the services identified in their service plans were 33% less likely to experience a recurrence of child maltreatment while their case was active with CPS. CONCLUSIONS: Implications of this and other research suggests that actively engaging families in a helping alliance and helping them accept and receive services may reduce the likelihood of future maltreatment.