阶级斗争和唯物史观

阶级斗争是唯物史观的一个基本观点,必须重视,同时又不能把唯物史观归结为阶级斗争史观。唯物史观在本质上是以生产力和生产关系发展为基础的社会文明进步的历史观。文章认为,在阶级社会中阶级斗争并不始终是社会发展的主要的直接的动力;剥削阶级和被剥削阶级之间并非始终是不可调和的对抗关系;一个作为社会主要矛盾的阶级矛盾解决后并非立即出现另一个阶级矛盾成为社会主要矛盾。     

民族传统文化在当今的意义、命运与前景

民族传统文化是民族向心力、凝聚力的基础与核心,是国际竞争中起决定性作用的软实力所在,是实现中华民族伟大复兴的根基与动力,我们须予以切实保护、大力弘扬、锐意创新。     

Contextual Effects on Individual Voting Behavior: The Case of Taiwan

This study investigates the voting behavior of the Taiwanese electorate in two different levels of election by taking into account two aggregate-level effects, namely the political and economic contextual effects. Using both individual-level and aggregate-level data to study the 2008 legislative election and the 2012 presidential election in Taiwan, this paper not only confirms that the valence politics explanation outperforms other individual-level voting models in the legislative election and in other elections in Taiwan, but also demonstrates how the two contextual effects influence individual voting behavior. Specifically, the political contextual effect had influence on the individual electoral choice in both the 2008 legislative election and the 2012 presidential election, whereas economic contexts only affect voters’ decision when choosing a president. The multilevel analysis reveals that different individual-level voting models could provide partial explanation for voting behavior; however, the findings also show that we may overlook how contextual effects may affect the electoral choice.     

Histopathology mapping of biochemical changes in myocardial infarction by Fourier transform infrared spectral imaging

Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) imaging and microspectroscopy have been extensively applied in the identification and investigation of both healthy and diseased tissues. FTIR imaging can be used to determine the biodistribution of several molecules of interest (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins) for tissue analysis, without the need for prior staining of these tissues. Molecular structure data, such as protein secondary structure and collagen triple helix exhibits, can also be obtained from the same analysis. Thus, several histopathological lesions, for example myocardial infarction, can be identified from FTIR-analyzed tissue images, the latter which can allow for more accurate discrimination between healthy tissues and pathological lesions. Accordingly, we propose FTIR imaging as a new tool integrating both molecular and histopathological assessment to investigate the degree of pathological changes in tissues. In this study, myocardial infarction is presented as an illustrative example of the wide potential of FTIR imaging for biomedical applications.