Designing a neuroclinical assessment of empathy deficits in psychopathy based on the Zipper Model of Empathy.

The heterogeneity of the literature on empathy highlights its multidimensional and dynamic nature and affects unclear descriptions of empathy in the context of psychopathology. The Zipper Model of Empathy integrates current theories of empathy and proposes that empathy maturity is dependent on whether contextual and personal factors push affective and cognitive processes together or apart. This concept paper therefore proposes a comprehensive battery of physiological and behavioral measures to empirically assess empathy processing according to this model with an application for psychopathic personality.

[Identification of spatio-temporal variation in the seaside water quality along Macau Peninsula].

Cluster analysis (CA) and discriminant analysis (DA) were coupled to identify the spatial and temporal variation of the seaside water quality for 14 parameters and 22 different sites along Macau Peninsula, so as to identify the temporal and spatial variation for further optimizing the monitoring network and controlling the seaside water quality along Macau Peninsula. The results show that 12 months could be grouped into two periods, June-September and the remaining months, and the entire area was divided into two clusters, one located at western sides of Macau Peninsula, and another one is in southeast and southern sides of the Macau peninsula. Through backward stepwise DA, pH, Cl-, TSS, color and TP, Cl-, color, NH4+, DO, COD were identified as the discriminant variables of spatial and temporal variation, with 84.

Characterization of surface runoff from a subtropics urban catchment.

Characteristics of surface runoff from a 0.14-km2 urban catchment with separated sewer in Macau was investigated. Water quality measurements of surface runoff were carried out on five rainfall events during the period of August to November, 2005.

[Characterization of urban surface runoff in two urban catchments in Macau].

Characteristics of pollutants from urban surface runoff were investigated. Two catchments with a seperated system in Macau were selected for sampling on rainfall events during the period of August to November, 2005. Water quality parameters such as pH, turbidity, TSS, COD, TOC, TN, TP, Zn, Pb, and Cu were analyzed.