“To Disdain the Truth and Look at Others with Contempt:” Byzantines and Muslims on Latin Pride and Arrogance,ca. 1100–1300

This essay examines the fundamentals of the Byzantine and Muslim political discourses during the period of the Crusades by analyzing a common political trope, the concept of Western pride and arrogance. The principal argument is that the seemingly stable categories of Eastern political propaganda obscure a massive discursive shift. At the beginning of their encounter with the Latin Christians both Byzantines’ and Levantine Muslims’ discourses on power and their place on the international stage were hegemonical, exclusive and self-referential. Towards the end of the Crusading period and under the steady pressures of Western practices, both societies’ political discourses came to accept as legitimate principles of international politics—such as power as a claim rather than a right, relations based on contract, territoriality and legitimacy of secular rule—that have long been the staple of Western conceptualization of politics, but were initially seen as utterly alien by Byzantines and Levantine Muslims.     

"两课"教学新途径探究

目前我国高校的"两课"存在诸多问题:学生多元化的需求无法得到满足;教师一言堂式的教学方法难以改变;学校形式上的重视带来许多尴尬。文章从办学制度、教学手段等方面来探究"两课"教学的新途径。     

如何做好高职院校的政治辅导员工作

辅导员是大学生政治思想教育和日常管理工作的主要承担者,在高职教育中肩负着重要责任,他们素质的高低、力量的强弱,直接影响和决定着高职院校学生思想政治教育效果的优劣、成败。     

无限长掺杂Zn棱柱型硅纳米管的理论研究

运用密度泛函方法在(U)B3LYP/LanL2DZ水平上研究了无限长四棱柱、五棱柱和六棱柱型掺杂锌的硅纳米管的几何结构、电荷布局、能级和电偶极矩。计算结果表明,无限长四、六棱柱型Zn-Si纳米管的最低能结构均保持着基本的管状结构,五棱柱型的则畸变严重。五棱柱和六棱柱型Zn-Si纳米管的最低能结构的电子自旋多重态都为五重态,而四棱柱的为单重态。五棱柱型Zn-Si纳米管是这三种纳米管中热力学稳定性最强的。四、六棱柱型Zn-Si纳米管中电子从硅原子转向Zn原子,Zn原子充当电荷的受体,出现了电子反转现象。五棱柱型Zn-Si纳米管电子的转移方向比较复杂,Zn原子的位置不同,充当不同的电荷角色。两边的Zn原子是电荷的施体,而中间的则充当了电荷的受体。无限长掺杂Zn的五棱柱型硅纳米管的HOMO-LUMO能隙比较大,它的化学稳定性比较强。这三种纳米管呈半导体型。虽然这三种纳米管是极性的,但是五棱柱型的极性很弱。     

高校网络文化建设:强化大学生思想政治教育的新途径

网络已经成为我国年轻人尤其是当代大学生获取信息的一个主要途径,网络文化对大学生的思想成熟发挥着潜移默化的作用。只有掌握网络舆论的主导权,把高校网络建设成为传递先进文化的阵地,才能有效加强大学生思想政治教育,保证教育围绕着有持久文明价值和先进文明价值的元素展开。     

美国大选文化下的希拉里政治品牌诚信度问题研究

针对希拉里政治品牌研究的相关问题,分析并阐述了造成问题的原因,旨在更好地揭示美国大选的本质,更加清晰地向读者预测2016年美国大选的趋势。     

当代思想政治教育领域建设人本化探析

思想政治教育领域建设的单极性、残缺性、殖民性是影响现代思想政治教育领域中社会与人两者之间重要因素。通过对于思想政治教育领域社会与人思想政治教育两者之间失衡的研究有利于对思想政治教育现代发展规律的把握。在现代社会条件下,通过政府、社会与人及其相应组织的共同努力,是促进思想政治教育领域人本化建设的关键部分。     

大学生思想政治教育中开展生命教育的有效途径探析

当前,我国正处于社会发展的快速转型期,物质生活的丰富性与精神生活的复杂性使得大学生面临着一系列盲从和不适应问题。生命教育作为高校思想政治教育的新形式和新亮点,是高校思想政治教育体系的拓展和延伸,与高校思想政治教育工作具有本质上的一致性。在大学生思想政治教育中开展生命教育既是对思想政治理论课本质的回归,也是高校贯彻落实教育方针的必然需要。     

Increasing plantarflexion angle during landing reduces vertical ground reaction forces,loading rates and the hip’s contribution to support moment within participants

The ankle joint’s role in shock absorption during landing has been researched in many studies, which have found that landing with higher amounts of plantarflexion (PF) results in lower peak vertical ground reaction forces and loading rates. However, there has not yet been a study that compares drop landings within participants along a quantitative continuum of PF angles. Using a custom-written real-time feedback program, participants adjusted their ankles to an instructed PF angle and dropped onto two force platforms. For increasing PF, peak ground reaction force and peak loading rate during weight acceptance decreased significantly. The hip’s contribution to peak support moment decreased as PF at initial contact increased up to 30°. The ankle and knee contributions increased over this same continuum of PF angles. There appears to be no optimal PF angle based on peak ground reaction force and loading rate measurements, but there may be an optimum where joint contributions to peak support moment converge and the hip moment’s contribution is minimised.     

Effects of changing speed on knee and ankle joint load during walking and running

Joint moments can be used as an indicator of joint loading and have potential application for sports performance and injury prevention. The effects of changing walking and running speeds on joint moments for the different planes of motion still are debatable. Here, we compared knee and ankle moments during walking and running at different speeds. Data were collected from 11 recreational male runners to determine knee and ankle joint moments during different conditions. Conditions include walking at a comfortable speed (self-selected pacing), fast walking (fastest speed possible), slow running (speed corresponding to 30% slower than running) and running (at 4 m · s^?1 ± 10%). A different joint moment pattern was observed between walking and running. We observed a general increase in joint load for sagittal and frontal planes as speed increased, while the effects of speed were not clear in the transverse plane moments. Although differences tend to be more pronounced when gait changed from walking to running, the peak moments, in general, increased when speed increased from comfortable walking to fast walking and from slow running to running mainly in the sagittal and frontal planes. Knee flexion moment was higher in walking than in running due to larger knee extension. Results suggest caution when recommending walking over running in an attempt to reduce knee joint loading. The different effects of speed increments during walking and running should be considered with regard to the prevention of injuries and for rehabilitation purposes.