The distribution of Web citations

A substantial amount of research has focused on the persistence or availability of Web citations. The present study analyzes Web citation distributions. Web citations are defined as the mentions of the URLs of Web pages (Web resources) as references in academic papers. The present paper primarily focuses on the analysis of the URLs of Web citations and uses three sets of data, namely, Set 1 from the Humanities and Social Science Index in China (CSSCI, 1998–2009), Set 2 from the publications of two international computer science societies, Communications of the ACM and IEEE Computer (1995–1999), and Set 3 from the medical science database, MEDLINE, of the National Library of Medicine (1994–2006). Web citation distributions are investigated based on Web site types, Web page types, URL frequencies, URL depths, URL lengths, and year of article publication. Results show significant differences in the Web citation distributions among the three data sets. However, when the URLs of Web citations with the same hostnames are aggregated, the distributions in the three data sets are consistent with the power law (the Lotka function).     

Power,Rules of the Game and the Limits to Knowledge Management: Lessons from Japan and Anglo-Saxon Alarms

Much of the Knowledge Management (KM) literature assumes that all relevant knowledge can be represented as information and 'managed'. But the meaning of information is always context-specific and open to subsequent reinterpretation. Moving over time or between contexts affords scope for new meanings to emerge. Making sense of information signals (speech, body language, tone-of-voice or whatever)--Aand the absence of such signals--Ainvolves dimensions of individual and collective tacit knowledge that are frequently misrepresented or ignored in mainstream KM. By relating power and knowledge to 'rules of the game', it is possible to consider how the contexts in which information is rendered meaningful are bounded, as well as crucially related in the stretch between macro-level processes and micro-level practices. In the knowledge debate, Japan stands as a counterfactual to Anglo-Saxon expectations about formal rules, liberal individualism and market-rational entrepreneurship. While seminal accounts of knowledge creation in Japanese companies impelled the West towards KM, there has been no corresponding KM-boom in Japan. Our interpretation of the processes by which Japanese and Anglo-Saxon practices are situated suggests that KM is limited by the separation of knowledge from power and information from meaning.     

Globalization of Japanese culture: Economic power vs. cultural power, 1989-2002

This article examines the reasons why Japanese cultural products have not penetrated other countries. It also explicates the recent trends in Japan's expansion of its cultural products and Japan's direct investment in the global cultural market to ascertain whether this new development is a sign that Japan is attempting to gain an important role in global communication. It concludes that Japan was not able to successfully build its communication power to a degree comparable to its status as the second largest economic power and its second largest media consumption market.     

印第安民族的声音——后殖民视阈下《权力》的解读

在小说《权力》中,当代印第安作家霍根将殖民话语的颠覆与印第安话语的重建通过阿玛的故事有机结合起来,一方面以后殖民的反话语策略讲述了阿玛对白人基督教文化的抵抗,另一方面则表现了印第安土著部落对自身话语权的重建,试图书写被殖民话语歪曲、抹杀的印第安文化,寻找印第安身份,恢复印第安民族应当拥有的地位和话语权。     

九华地藏信仰起源之佛典“钩锁骨鸣”

九华山金地藏信仰中,费冠卿所说"经云:菩萨钩锁、百骸呜矣"其实有着深厚的经典依据,但长期以来未深入探考。实际上佛典中对从凡夫到至诸象狮及十住菩萨与佛的骨骸结构与力量大小有一套说法,亦说骨骸声鸣能反映其五趣六道所在。这些经典说法对灵验故事僧俗传记都产生了影响,在金地藏信仰中也起到重要作用。     

沧源佤族自治县勐省镇回珠村劳务输出状况调查

劳务输出的大潮已经席卷祖国西南边陲的佤族地区,佤族农村的劳务输出有诸多不同于汉族农村的方面。经调查,临沧市沧源佤族自治县勐省镇回珠村劳务输出的规模、质量、经济效益、起步时间、组织化程度等多个层面上都相对滞后于我省汉族农村,呈现出一定的边疆佤族特点。     

论记者的职业素质及权力控制

文章以食品安全事件中的媒体行为作为背景,论证了记者的职业素质问题。由于记者的无知和无能,从而导致媒介信任危机。而记者失职的背后则是深层的权力控制,媒介工具主义思想将记者与公众之间的关系作了不恰当的定位。     

The cultural correlates of learning poverty: The roles of long-term orientation and power distance

Learning poverty, defined as being unable to read and understand a simple text by the end of primary school, is a critical social problem. Past studies on learning poverty have mostly focused on the role of economic and demographic factors but have seldom explored the role of culture. To address this gap, we examined whether national cultural values (i.e., power distance, individualism, masculinity, uncertainty avoidance, long-term orientation, and indulgence) were associated with learning poverty in 45 countries. Ecological analyses indicated that among the different cultural values, long-term orientation was negatively associated with learning poverty, but power distance was positively associated with it. These associations remained robust after accounting for the roles of economic and demographic factors. These findings extend the literature on learning poverty by emphasizing the cultural correlates of learning poverty. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.     

幂半群与正规列

讨论群G上的幂半群Г,即以G的非空子集为元素,在G的集的乘法运算下所成的幂半群。给出了Г是G的一个正规子群列的正规子群的陪集的集合的条件。     

专科英语教学改革的探索和实践(续前)

介绍了强化外语能力的教学方法。