Between meaning culture and presence effects: contemporary biomedical objects as a challenge to museums

The acquisition and display of material artefacts is the raison d’être of museums. But what constitutes a museum artefact? Contemporary medicine (biomedicine) is increasingly producing artefacts that do not fit the traditional museological understanding of what constitutes a material, tangible artefact. Museums today are therefore caught in a paradox. On the one hand, medical science and technologies are having an increasing pervasive impact on the way contemporary life is lived and understood and is therefore a central part of the contemporary world. On the other hand, the objects involved in medical diagnostics and therapies are becoming increasingly invisible and intangible and therefore seem to have no role to play as artefacts in a museum context. Consequently, museums are at risk of becoming alienated from an increasingly important part of contemporary society. This essay elaborates the paradox by employing Gumbrecht’s (2004) distinction between ‘presence’ and ‘meaning’.     

Causes as proximate events: Thomas Brown and the Positivist interpretation of Hume on causality

A neglected episode in the intellectual history of the Scottish Enlightenment, Thomas Brown’s philosophy has been recently reassessed and reconnected with the emergence of the Positivist interpretation of David Hume. In fact, aiming to defend Hume’s philosophy from the common charges of atheism and scepticism, Brown popularised an interpretation of Humean texts which was later to become the standard view on Hume. In this essay, I aim to identify Brown’s historical sources and connect his reading of Hume with the medical discussion on causality.     

峨眉地幔热柱活动与贵州西部二叠系煤的形成环境研究

晚二叠世乐平期,最为强烈、规模最大的一次峨眉地幔热柱强烈活动在贵州西部形成西北高、东南低的古地理格局.沉积相带由早二叠世的近东西向变为晚二叠世北东向排布.沉积相带由西向东,由陆相渐变为海陆交替相,最后变为海相环境.在贵州西北部的威宁一带形成陆相沉积环境.遵义至安顺一线以西的黔西和黔西南地区,属于海陆交替的陆地边缘相区,...     

养生文化在景观设计中的应用——以北京地坛中医药养生文化园环境景观设计为例

以"针对大众,神形兼备,通俗易懂,知行统一"为指导思想,突出和谐养生主题,设计了一个集养生知识宣传、养生习操、互动体验与休闲娱乐于一体的主题公园.把中医药养生文化应用到园林环境中,成为北京地坛中医药养生文化园的最大特点.     

Sea surface temperature east of Australia： A predictor of tropical cyclone frequency over the western North Pacific？

The relationship between sea surface temperature (SST) east of Australia and tropical cyclone frequency over the western North Pacific (WNPTCF) is analyzed by use of observation data.The WNPTCF from June to October is correlated negatively to spring SST east of Australia.When the spring SST is in the positive phase,a cyclonic circulation anomaly in the upper troposphere and an anticyclonic circulation anomaly in the lower troposphere prevail over the western North Pacific from June to October,concurrent with an anomalous atmospheric subsidence and an enlarged vertical zonal wind shear.These conditions are unfavorable for tropical cyclone genesis,and thus WNPTCF decreases.The negative phase of the spring SST east of Australia leads to more tropical cyclones over the western North Pacific.The spring SST east of Australia may give rise to simultaneous change in tropical atmospheric circulation via the teleconnection wave train,and then subsequently affect atmospheric circulation variation over the western North Pacific.     

贵州医药制造业竞争力评价

医药制造业正在成长为贵州经济发展的重要力量。但是通过竞争力评估模型的评价,贵州医药制造业竞争力在全国还处于一般位置。在成长发展力、地区影响力方面,贵州医药制造业处于中上水平;在行业影响力、生产经营力方面处于中下水平。这一方面说明,贵州医药制造业的后发优势明显,具有较好的成长空间与环境,另一方面也反映贵州医药制造业竞争力还需要加强。     

我国鸡球虫耐药性现状及其对策(综述)

对我国田间球虫耐药性现状的分析表明,球虫耐药性十分严重。认为制定合理用药程序、开发中草药制剂、营养调控以及免疫预防是减少球虫耐药性产生和控制鸡球虫病的主要措施,其中研制高效、低毒抗球虫中药制剂及基因工程疫苗为今后的主攻方向。     

根茎类中药粉碎理论有效功耗的研究

在根茎类中药材力学性能实验研究的基础上,设计了刀片剪切实验;建立了根茎类中药粉碎理论有效功耗的数学模型.在实验的基础上求得甘草纵向和横向平均单位面积上的有效功耗分别为4.42×10-3J/mm2和11.16×10-3J/mm2.为根茎类中药粉碎工艺和设备的设计提供了理论参考.     

微波消解-石墨炉原子吸收光谱法分析中药中微量元素

采用石墨炉原子吸收光谱法(GFAAS)测定了中药中铜、 铁和锌的含量. 以磷酸二氢铵作为基体改进剂, 对基体改进剂的用量、 灰化温度、 原子化温度等实验参数进行了选择和优化. 实验结果表明, 加入基体改进剂后不仅能提高测定的灵敏度, 还能有效地消除共存离子的干扰. 在选定的实验条件下, 利用标准加入法分析测定了中药当归(Ra dix angelicae sinensis)、 槐花(Flos sophorae)、 桑寄生(Herba taxilli)、 罗布麻叶 (Folium apocyni veneti)和黄芩(Radix scutellarae)等中药中的铜、 铁和锌的含 量, 回收率为90%~110%, 方法的相对标准偏差小于5%. 该法快速、 可靠, 为中药中微量元素的测定提供了一种简便的方法.     

论晚清诸子学研究中"以西释子"的学术特色

在晚清诸子学研究中,由于西学的广泛传播、"西学中源"说的再次兴起和研究方法的内在需要,出现了"以西释子"的学术特色。其发展在晚清大致经历了从通过西学对诸子的再注解来发掘诸子中的自然科技,到阐发诸子中的现代价值观念两个阶段,出现了一系列"以西释子"的学术专著。由于这一学术特色的出现,为中国近代学术研究提供了新的研究方法,推动了西学的中国化和传统文化的现代化,也促进了儒学独尊地位的瓦解。