Schools as Communities: Purveyors of Democratic Values and the Cornerstones of a Public Philosophy

Establishing interdependency and community among people may be the solution to reestablishing or creating a tighter fabric of support for childrens' development, for building cultural democracy and a democratic state. This paper attempts to create a bridge between education and the construction of sustainable democratic communities in education, as a basis for building a public philosophy. Ultimately, sustainable democratic educational communities may address the concerns of today and tomorrow and build sustainable democratic communities in the larger global society.     

The Pragmatics of Educational Systems Design: A Critical Examination

The author critically examines educational systems design (ESD) through the lens of pragmatism. Examining ESD through a lens of pragmatism draws to the foreground issues related to Banathy's (1991, 1996, 2001) idealized systems design for social and societal systems. The author addresses the complex and dynamic nature of systems design, focusing on the systemic processes in which user-designers are continually challenged to inquire, communicate, and consider choices, and make design decisions concerning the nature of the system being designed. The power of social systems design (SSD) lies in the ability to consider the ideal image of a social and/or societal system, critically and pragmatically in relation to creating a new system that will contribute to the evolutionary betterment of society and a sustainable future for humankind. Following an introduction, the author examines pragmatism. Then the author applies a lens of pragmatism, critically, to examine educational systems design in relation to generating change and creating the ideal educational system. The author then argues the pragmatics of educational systems design, concluding the paper with final reflections on ESD as a process.     

从差异协同看和谐社会的运行机制

公民自由权利平等是和谐社会差异协同秩序的制度基础。差异协同是和谐社会的主要运行机制：差异就是发展公民多样化的个性，多元包容、合作互助是协同的基本原则，差异协同培育社会活力，民主法治是和谐社会差异协同的稳定机制，诚信、友爱是和谐社会的道德氛围。     

基于虚拟现实的“网络民主”

"网络民主"生成于网络社会,作为虚拟现实的政治形式,为"公民政治参与有序扩大"提供了新途径,即为国家、官员、社会与公民之间的互动、政治参与的要求与实践、政治文明的建设提供平台;为发展我国社会主义民主提供新动力。     

Holism and Understanding Sustainability

In work undertaken in both Malta and Lebanon we have been reflecting on the current means by which the international community apply concepts intended to achieve what is called “sustainable development.” In an attempt to make means and ends conform to each other we have developed a holistic approach to what is essentially a timeless need for understanding, systemic planning, and compassionate stewardship. This essay indicates that we may be closer to holistic means with which to realize these goals than we know. It describes how some planning and analysis methods have their origins in ancient traditions. However, the milieu in which sustainability occurs is often unsympathetic to and sometimes incompatible with the ideals of holism. The essay assesses the current understanding of sustainability and points to the need for a wider and more inclusive base to contemporary sustainability as practiced in the community.     

基于超网络的线上线下舆情演化模型研究

舆情交互存在于现实空间与虚拟空间,为具体研究两空间中舆情的演化,首先分析了舆情在不同空间中传播演化的特点及演化过程中相互间的联系.随后,结合改进的有界信任机制构建基于超网络的线上线下舆情演化模型,并针对该模型提出了包括模型初始化模块、信息传播与交互影响模块与双空间同步模块三部分的仿真系统框架.根据同步方向,提出"现实空间-虚拟空间"和"虚拟空间-现实空间"两种同步率,并通过对比仿真实验研究了同步率与空间速度比对舆情演化的影响.     

基于空间划分的疏散仿真方法

现代社会对于公共安全的要求越来越高,人员密集场合的安全越来越引起关注.面对结构复杂的建筑环境,有效分析和预测人员疏散的性能和后果成为建筑设计和公共管理等领域需要认真面对的重大课题.考虑到疏散仿真作为复杂系统仿真的特点,在以往国内外疏散仿真研究的成果基础上,针对复杂的疏散环境,采用基于空间划分的环境建模方法,利用基于感知的划分准则将疏散环境划分成不同的区域或三维空间,结合人员仿真方法和交互的结构框架构成基于空间划分的疏散仿真原型系统.     

一种虚拟实景空间的自动生成系统

虚拟实景空间是以实景图像为素材构造出的虚拟空间,它由多视点空间按一定的组织策略构成。视点空间是某一视点处,用户所观察到的全局场景。首先介绍了虚拟实景空间的概念和模型,然后探讨了由多视点空间构造虚拟实景空间的方法,最后设计并实现了一种虚拟实景空间的自动生成系统。     

A posteriori error analysis of nonconforming methods for the eigenvalue problem

This paper extends the unifying theory for a posteriori error analysis of the nonconforming finite element methods to the second order elliptic eigenvalue problem. In particular, the author proposes the a posteriori error estimator for nonconforming methods of the eigenvalue problems and prove its reliability and efficiency based on two assumptions concerning both the weak continuity and the weak orthogonality of the nonconforming finite element spaces, respectively. In addition, the author examines these two assumptions for those nonconforming methods checked in literature for the Laplace, Stokes, and the linear elasticity problems.     

两型社会市民生活满意度评价指数模型实证研究

建设资源节约型、环境友好型社会是长株潭城市圈生态文明建设的集中体现,也是实现社会文明、和谐发展的必由之路.然而从目前来看,国内对于"两型社会"建设水平的评价,较少从市民生活满意度的角度进行研究.基于此,论文将顾客满意度引入到两型社会建设水平的测评中.论文在分析SCSB(瑞典顾客满意指数),ACSI(美国顾客满意指数)和ECSI(欧洲顾客满意指数)的基础上,建立了两型社会市民生活满意度指数模型.并运用结构方程模型(SEM)估计技术中的偏最小二乘(PLS)路径分析方法对指数模型中潜在变量之间以及潜在变量与可测变量之间的关系进行了检验.最后通过实证研究表明本文所建立的两型社会市民生活满意度指数模型拟合得较好,并根据各变量之间的相关系数为政府提出了相关政策建议.     

Parametric equation solving and quantifier elimination in finite fields with the characteristic set method

For a parametric algebraic system in finite fields,this paper presents a method for computing the cover and the refined cover based on the characteristic set method.From the cover,the author knows for what parametric values the system has solutions and at the same time presents the solutions in the form of proper chains.By the refined cover,the author gives a complete classification of the number of solutions for this system,that is,the author divides the parameter space into several disjoint components,and on every component the system has a fix number of solutions.Moreover,the author develops a method of quantifier elimination for first order formulas in finite fields.     

The Researcher as Change Agent

This paper examines the challenges facing researchers working on projects with industry. There has been considerable previous investigation into the need for academic research to have more impact, particularly for industry. Community action research (CAR) examines how practitioners, consultants, and researchers can work together to create new knowledge. However, research has shown that CAR is difficult due to fragmentation within the knowledge creating system. This paper examines how fragmentation can occur from the experience of a researcher working on a large-scale longitudinal change project over three and a half years. The results identify ten lessons learned and five recommendations for improving the capacity of researchers to have impact as change agents within a CAR group.     

Interdisciplinary Practice as Reflexivity

This article considers ways in which interdisciplinarity may be practiced. The suggestion is that interdisciplinarity as a practice can be understood as embracing a reflexive orientation on the part of inquirers. It is this orientation which enables them to entertain possibilities for taking on board ideas/interpretations exceeding the boundary of some source discipline. It is part of the responsibility of inquirers to consider whether single discipline-based research might be unduly restrictive in its way of seeing issues of concern and hence of constructing options for action. Interdisciplinary processes imply that effort is expended to create fresh opportunities for understanding-and-action through working with the juxtaposition and interplay of different vantage points on inquiry. Possibilities for discursive accountability on the part of all concerned are hereby extended. It is also suggested that calls for more interdisciplinary inquiries are part of a larger project toward the increased democratization of discussion about research practices in society. Discussions about the value and validity of interdisciplinary inquiries may be seen as linked up with the pursuance of such democratisation.     

改进的紧前工序分类法

本文在“箭线网络图的紧前工序分类法”［３］的基础上，引入了最小组合的概念，给出了改进的绘图步骤．     

Civil partnerships five years on

The Civil Partnership Act 2004, which came into force in December 2005 allowing same-sex couples in the UK to register their relationship for the first time, celebrated its fifth anniversary in December 2010. This article examines civil partnership in England and Wales, five years on from its introduction. The characteristics of those forming civil partnerships between 2005 and 2010 including age, sex and previous marital/civil partnership status are examined. These are then compared with the characteristics of those marrying over the same period. Further comparisons are also made between civil partnership dissolutions and divorce. The article presents estimates of the number of people currently in civil partnerships and children of civil partners. Finally the article examines attitudes towards same-sex and civil partner couples both in the UK and in other countries across Europe.     

Petri网共享P型子网合成及其在系统设计中的应用

针对柔性制造系统的设计问题。提出了经由Petri网共享P-型子网构成合成网的解决方案；研究了共享P-型子网合成的动态性质保持问题。提出了合成网保持活性和有界性的一组充分条件或充要条件；主要动机是对[7]的P-组合网系统的有关结果进行推广，将共享库所合成直接椎广到共享P-型子网合成。对一个柔性制造系统进行了设计和分析。结果可为Petri网系统合成的静态和动态性质的考察提供有效途径，对系统设计和分析具有重要的指导意义。     

Editorial: Constructing Citizenship and Transnational Identity

The landscape of democracy and governance spans local and national boundaries. People are enmeshed in multiple contexts (Held et al. 1999; Held 2004; Held et al. 2005) and their associations (past and current) shape their identity. Some of the contributors to the journal have dual citizenship; they live and work in different places with family spanning continents. Some have experienced being non citizens in their place of birth or citizens without rights. The most vulnerable include the outsiders (immigrants and refugees, for example).     

基于科学发展观的能源系统协调优化配置理论与应用

我国能源系统单一化发展模式成为2003年能源全面紧缺的根本性原因,以科学发展观为指导思想的能源系统协调发展模式是解决这种紧张状况的必须途径.以此模式为出发点,经过泛函优化配置理论的计算,确定了到2020年实现全面小康社会的能源目标,并进行了高效、持续、洁净、经济、民本五个方面的验证,取得了较好的结论.在此优化目标的基础上,最后给出了七个方面的能源系统协调发展战略建议.     

社会主义和谐社会系统的层面观

社会主义和谐社会是一个复杂的动态的机制系统,对社会主义和谐社会的研究,往往是从实现民主政治、经济与生态、人与社会等纵向方面加以论述,是一种用正确设想来设计发展过程的方法。基于逻辑上完善性和科学性,我们应把社会主义和谐社会系统横向分解成发展层面,并在实施过程中加以考查。从构建社会主义和谐社会的过程看,层面系统包括理论层、机制层和实践层三个层面,理论层是社会主义和谐社会的先导,机制层是社会主义和谐社会实现的制度设计,实践层是社会主义和谐社会顺利进行的保障。