Genetics Home Reference: A Review

Genetics Home Reference is a free, online resource created and maintained by the National Library of Medicine. It is designed to provide genetic information to a wide variety of audiences, particularly the general public. The site consists of original information and links to other curated resources.     

Home: A Feeling Rooted in the Heart

Culturally diverse as they are, Asian-American children and youth share quite a few features among themselves. Most of them are children of foreign-born parents who came to America during the post-1965 immigration waves. As they grow up in culturally isolated environment, they are often faced with identity crisis. The society’s racial exclusion makes them feel like “forever foreigners,” while at home or community their American frame of reference is often in conflict with parents’ traditional values. As a result, they develop a flexible concept of identification. In fact, they are a part of but also apart from the American mainstream culture.     

回归“家园意识”——试论曾繁仁的城市生态建设观

随着工业化进程的加速,工具理性的泛滥,当下的城市建设日益缺失了"家园意识"。对此,曾繁仁认为,城市的生态建设中应贯彻三个人本化原则:其一,将城市建设中被排挤出去的自然重新请回到城市中来,并赋予自然以应有的地位;其二,强化"场所意识",努力营造各种有利于人与人交流的场所;其三,保留城市的人文景观,让城市成为每个人的精神依归与栖息之所。     

Maternal mediation in book reading, home literacy environment, and children’s emergent literacy: a comparison between two social groups

The researchers addressed two questions: (1) Does maternal reading mediation and family home literacy environment (HLE) relate to children’s emergent literacy (EL) level? and (2) Do the relationships among these variables differ as a function of socioeconomic strata (SES) level. A total of 94 5–6-year-old children, 47 from low SES (LSES) and 47 from high (HSES) families, and their mothers participated. Mother–child interactions while reading an unfamiliar book were videotaped and their verbal expressions were coded for extracting maternal mediation level. Children’s independent EL level was assessed prior to the interaction. Compared with the LSES group, HSES children showed higher EL levels and their homes had a richer literacy environment. Maternal mediation level differed by SES: LSES mothers paraphrased text more often; HSES mothers’ higher mediation level included a discussion of the written system and making connections beyond the text. In the HSES group, maternal mediation level and HLE related to children’s EL; no such relationships appeared in the LSES group. Results are discussed in terms of children’s socio-economic background and their reading experiences. Implications for researchers and educational practices about the relationships between children’s literacy development, SES, HLE, and parental mediation are discussed.     

《岁暮归南山》暑作权当属孟郊考

《岁暮归南山》素来被认为由孟浩然所作。唯韦庄《又玄集》署名孟郊。从《又玄集》成书年代与坊间孟郊已知刻本年代之比较、唐人诗互窜、“南山”争论、“不才明主弃”之辨看,此诗著作权当属孟郊。     

浅析云南乡村旅游开展的前景

乡村游是2006年中国旅游宣传主题。云南有25个特有少数民族，其文化独具特色，保存也比较完好，具有发展高端乡村旅游产品的良好条件。我们可以在传统文化的保护与发展、实施反贫困战略、乡村旅游的标准化等方面进行积极探索，以寻求本土化、中国化的乡村旅游发展之路。     

Briefing Illustrators: Revisiting the Value of Sketch Images

In 1990 Steve Garner produced a school text book titled Design Topics: The Human Factors of Design. He briefed the various graphic artists engaged by the publishers, Oxford University Press, via nearly 140 thumbnail sketches. A comparison of these sketches with the final illustrations reveals important values of drawing. Not only do the comparisons enable the viewer to see something of the intent of the sender, they reveal processes of interpretation, selection, rejection and development, which are normally not available to examination. The paper seeks to contribute to substantiating the value of sketches to these processes of design team working. Since the author is also the originator of the sketches an additional level of insight and commentary is made available to the reader via a process of reflection.     

海明威《士兵之家》的文体风格

《士兵之家》是美国作家海明威以战争为背景创作的一篇短篇小说,该小说寓深刻的道理于简朴的描述以及平淡中追求变化的语言特色反映了作者一贯的艺术风格。     

科研人员流动中的性别差异研究

[目的/意义]科研人员已成为知识经济时代重要的人才要素,其在全球范围内的流动关乎各国人才战略。分析科研人员流动的性别差异,有助于更好地了解流动模式,同时有利于国家人才引进机制的完善。[研究设计/方法]在分析流动频次、回流倾向、流动时期选择的性别差异基础上,提出三个研究假设,根据假设提取并分析了ORCID数据库中截止2017年底的有跨国流动经历的26,315位科研人员简历。[结论/发现]①科研人员在流动频次上具有显著的性别差异,女性科研人员的流动频次少于男性;当流动次数增加时,对应人员比例降低;②在回流倾向上,女性与男性并无显著差异,英国的男性和西班牙的女性最倾向于回流;③科研人员在流动时期的选择上无显著的性别差异,男女均在职业生涯早期流动更多。[创新/价值]揭示了男女科研人员在流动中的不同倾向,为进一步探讨不同背景和条件下的差异现象及本质并寻求解决方法奠定了基础。