Bifocal Perspective

It’s a typical Friday:I leave work,get on the subway and check WeChat to figure out where to meet my friends for dinner.My friend’s not in the mood to type,though,so I get a phone call a couple minutes later."Hello?"I answer,trying to make myself heard over the background noise,a     

Ratnakīrti and Dharmottara on the Object of Activity

This article examines two Buddhist explanations of how a conceptual cognition, whose object is a universal, can give rise to activity that leads to a particular. In both theories, that of Dharmottara and that of Ratnakīrti, this activity is due to a kind of error. A detailed investigation of how this error happens shows that there were big differences in the two underlying epistemological models.     

The governance of human genetic research databases in mental health research

The field of mental health offers a valuable context in which to examine new challenges presented by human genetic research databases to the legal, ethical and regulatory frameworks for human genetic research. Longitudinal prospective genetic research of psychiatric disorders often involves access to human genetic research databases and to stored tissue for future uses that cannot be specified at the time the patient consents to their collection. The potential of such research to contribute to an improved understanding and treatment of complex genetic diseases such as schizophrenia presupposes sound ethical, legal and regulatory frameworks to ensure public trust and preparedness to participate in such research. This article provides a brief overview of some of the ethical and legal challenges posed by human genetic research databases and their implications for how genetic research should be conducted in the field of mental health.     

Bowl Away From Home

<正>Darkness still covered Beijing as I woke up at 6 a.m.on a Monday and walked half an hour through minus 10-degree weather and moderately polluted air.My journey may have been perilous,but I was determined because across the Pacific Ocean,kickoff for     

Fresh on the Screen

<正>American comedy Fresh Off the Boat tells a relatable Asianimmigrant story that rings trueFor the first time since 1994’s Al-American Girl,American television has a primetime show starring an Asian American family.Fresh Off the Boat,based on Chef Eddie Huang’s real-life memoirs about growing up