Politics and Image: The Conceptual Value of Branding

This article argues that the brand concept is a powerful tool for understanding political images. It challenges typical economic versions of political marketing that tend to deemphasize the significance of communication, popular culture, and personality in politics and argues that the brand as a concept can bring together the economic and the aesthetic, rational choice and cultural resonance. It proposes a model of brand distinctiveness and argues that this may be useful both in the analysis of party communication and in the normative evaluation of that communication.     

The Effect of Image Quality and Forensic Expertise in Facial Image Comparisons

Images of perpetrators in surveillance video footage are often used as evidence in court. In this study, identification accuracy was compared for forensic experts and untrained persons in facial image comparisons as well as the impact of image quality. Participants viewed thirty image pairs and were asked to rate the level of support garnered from their observations for concluding whether or not the two images showed the same person. Forensic experts reached their conclusions with significantly fewer errors than did untrained participants. They were also better than novices at determining when two high‐quality images depicted the same person. Notably, lower image quality led to more careful conclusions by experts, but not for untrained participants. In summary, the untrained participants had more false negatives and false positives than experts, which in the latter case could lead to a higher risk of an innocent person being convicted for an untrained witness.     

A legal perspective on body implants for therapy and enhancement

This paper focuses on the regulation of body and neural implants used in healthcare. The current state of these ICT body implants is outlined, and the adequacy of the relevant legal regime regulating these implants is assessed in light of the ongoing scientific and technological advances in this field. Regulatory gaps are discussed, with a particular emphasis placed on clinical investigations with brain computer interfaces and advanced prosthetics, in order to better understand whether such gaps reduce innovation and act as an institutional barrier that diminishes the opportunities for the development of valuable technologies. Finally, the divide between therapy/treatment and enhancement/augmentation is examined in order to distinguish between the various kinds of body implants, in terms of the rules they ought to comply with and the limits that ought to be set.     

“朋友·伙伴”意象下美国台海政策的局限—以美国对“入联公投”的政策态度为例

美国长期以来对台湾形成了“朋友·伙伴”的固有意象。在美国和台湾针对“入联公投”的博弈中，美国不断强渊“入联公投”不影响美台“朋友”与“伙伴”关系的性质，也没有对陈水扁当局采取有实质意义的惩罚措施，使美国的政策有不少保留的空间。美国对“朋友·伙伴”意象的盲目认知和坚持，无法阻止台湾某些政治人物和“台独”势力的挑衅行为，无法取信于中国政府和两岸人民，也不利于美国政府的决策者加深对台湾问题重要性和敏感性的认知，不利于台海地区长期的和平、稳定与发展。     

论中国古代的水仙文学

中国古代文学中的"水仙",大体有两种意指类型:一者为通过神话、传说衍生出来的水中之仙,一者为花卉植物意象.两者往往互相渗透,从而使得对水仙植物意象的歌咏产生了更加丰富灵动的意韵,以及浪漫清幽的艺术魅力.     

借助三色空间增强图像中指纹反差

如何部分地增强图像反差是刑事技术工作中最常遇到的难题之一。借助数字图像处理技术,可以根据像素值差异从原始图像提取感兴趣部分信息。本文讨论了这种基于像素值差异进行指纹背景分离的方法,可为指纹识别提供便利。     

试论《琉璃宫史》中对中国形象的认知

《琉璃宫史》是缅甸宫廷编写的一部史籍，在东南亚历史中占据十分重要的地位。笔者通过从5个方面分析文本中有关中国的描述：中国人物的描述、有关中国物品的描述、有关“整体”中国（妙香国）的描述、有关中国与缅甸战争（战斗）的描述、有关中国与缅甸和平交往的描述，认为《琉璃宫史》中有关中国的描述反映出缅甸古代王朝对中国形象“真实”和“虚幻”的认知：中国是一个强大、富有和人口众多的国家，中国与缅甸一样伟大，缅甸并不惧怕中国。     

浅析教师形象的塑造

师生关系是教师和学生在教育实践活动中形成的一种人际关系。在影响师生关系的因素中，教师居于核心地位。本文从师生关系的构建入手，探讨了教师形象的重要性及如何塑造良好的教师形象，指出塑造教师形象的过程就是扮演教师角色的过程。     

城市公共安全与现代城市形象

城市公共安全状况和防范灾害的能力是衡量其质量和文明程度的重要标志。城市公共安全是现代城市形象的前提和保障,城市形象对城市公共安全的要求体现了以人为本的理念。应完善城市应急机制,构建良好的城市形象。     

论警民关系中警察形象与正当话语权的维护

在社会转型期的今天,警察这一高危职业的压力日渐增大,职业危机也日益凸显。调整警民之间的关系,重新定位警察角色被提上议事日程。在重新定位警察角色,避免警民正当话语权的错位时,警民之间应适当换位思考,合理利用大众传媒等形式,打开一个平等的对话空间,这才是消除双方隔阂、改善关系,实现两者双赢的最佳途径。