Do Chinese readers follow the national standard rules for word segmentation during reading?

We conducted a preliminary study to examine whether Chinese readers' spontaneous word segmentation processing is consistent with the national standard rules of word segmentation based on the Contemporary Chinese language word segmentation specification for information processing (CCLWSSIP). Participants were asked to segment Chinese sentences into individual words according to their prior knowledge of words. The results showed that Chinese readers did not follow the segmentation rules of the CCLWSSIP, and their word segmentation processing was influenced by the syntactic categories of consecutive words.

[Quantitative approach for calculation of pharmacodynamic interactions and simulation of combined response].

Objective: An approach is set up to calculate pharmacodynamic interaction and simulate the combined response.

Method: An orthogonal design with 1-level = high dose and 2-level = low dose was adopted. An example of the compound with four components was applied to evaluate this quantitative approach.