Lying with man as with woman: rethinking the impact of religious discourse on gay community strength

The impact of hostile and neutral or favorable religious discourse on gay community strength, as quantified by the efficiency of six types of gay colonization of public space, was examined in 200 American cities. Baptist and Holiness-Pentecostal membership was negatively correlated with most types of colonization, pro-gay Protestant and Catholic membership was mostly irrelevant, and Jewish membership was positively correlated at significant levels. In a logistic regression on dichotomized strength, only Jewish membership was a significant covariate. Results are discussed in the context of cultural studies and queer theory.     

Beyond Self‐Reports: Changes in Biomarkers as Predictors of Mortality

The proliferation of biosocial surveys has increased the importance of weighing the costs and benefits of adding biomarker collection to population‐based surveys. A crucial question is whether biomarkers offer incremental value beyond self‐reported measures, which are easier to collect and impose less respondent burden. We use longitudinal data from a nationally representative sample of older Taiwanese (aged 54+ in 2000, examined in 2000 and 2006 with mortality follow‐up through 2011) to address that question with respect to predicting all‐cause mortality. A summary measure of biomarkers improves mortality prediction (as measured by the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve) compared with self‐reports alone, but individual biomarkers perform better than the summary score. We find that incorporating change in biomarkers over a six‐year period yields a small improvement in mortality prediction compared with one‐time measurement. But, is the incremental value worth the costs?     

'Western Union daddies' and their quest for authenticity: an ethnographic study of the Dominican gay sex tourism industry

This article draws on ethnographic research among two categories of male sex workers in the Dominican Republic in order to describe the relationships between gay male tourists and the Dominican men they hire on their trips to the Caribbean. Drawing on both qualitative interview data and quantitative surveys, the discussion examines the usefulness of theories of 'authenticity,' as they have been applied in the analysis of tourist practices more generally, in accounting for the behaviors and practices of male sex workers and their foreign gay clients. While the flow of international remittances from 'Western Union daddies' to their Dominican 'boys' creates a continuous reminder of the utilitarian nature of the exchange, both sex workers and clients are motivated to camouflage this instrumentality in their construction of a more 'authentic,' fulfilling relationship. The article examines the consequences of this ambivalent negotiation for the emotional and economic organization of gay male sex tourism in the Caribbean.     

农民养老意识变迁的影响因素研究——以对288位农民的调研为例

家庭养老意识、自我养老意识和机构养老意识是三种主要的农民养老意识。在农民养老意识变迁过程中,农村劳动力转移、家庭权力转移、养老文化、农民需求层次和社会舆论等是其中主要的影响因素。     

大城市流动人口特征及管理:以广州为例兼与北京、上海比较

本文根据广州 2 0 0 0年对暂住人口和出租屋的全面登记资料 ,已发表文章中可获得的北京、上海的流动人口资料 ,比较分析三大城市流动人口的特点。广州具有流动人口增长速度快、平均滞留期短、聚集在城乡结合部和居住出租屋的比例高、女性所占比例高、以务工为主的就业人口及相当于本地劳动力的比例高等特点 ,增加了对广州流动人口管理、特别是城乡结合部流动人口管理的难度。本文认为 ,改变城市产业结构 ,可以减少低素质外来工的比例和总量 ,但无法杜绝他们进入城市。因而将对外来工聘用单位和对流动人口居住地的管理相结合 ,将对流动人口和出租屋的管理与改变城乡结合部常住人口户籍和用地的二元管理体制相结合 ,是加强对流动人口管理的关键     

对甘肃失地农民社会保障问题的再思考

在深入分析甘肃省在失地农民社会保障方面的制度安排和主要实践方式的基础上。提出完善失地农民社会保障制度的对策建议——构建发展型的失地农民社会保障制度、建立公平合理的征地补偿制度、完善社会保险制度、完善最低生活保障制度、完善再就业保障机制、促进村级集体经济可持续发展。     

The adaptive significance of leaf-mining pattern as an anti-parasitoid strategy: A theoretical study

Summary An adaptive significance of linear leaf mining patterns as the anti-parasitoid strategy is theoretically analysed. In the model, a leaf-miner is allowed to move in one of four ways; mining ahead in unexploited area of a leaf, backtracking, branching off from the backtracking mine, and crossing the previous mine. The model parasitoid searches for the leaf-miner by tracing the mine by the tactile cue of mine surface after detecting the mine. The average duration from detecting the mine to finding the leaf-miner host is calculated for various patterns of mining, changing numbers of branches and of crosses. This average duration becomes longer when the leaf-miner stays near either end of the mine compared with when staying near its center. It is also prolonged as the numbers of branches and of crosses increase.     

兼具自组织性与保障性的助残服务供给模式探析——以深圳市为例

供给模式的选择和优化关系到助残等社会服务的效率、保障度及受众满意度.国内外助残服务供给模式可大致归类为"政府主导型"和"市场主导型".我国目前基本上采用前者,但效果不尽如人意.主要原因在于该模式的"他组织性"及其带来的不可持续问题.为此可探索构建兼具自组织性与保障性的新型助残服务供给系统.深圳市在这方面已做出初步尝试,证明为一个正确的方向.     

基于人才集聚载体的人才吸引力研究——以辽西北地区为例

突破辽西北战略需要人才集聚支持。本文建立了由主体载体、服务载体、保障载体组成的人才集聚载体体系,总结人才吸引力影响因素,借助系统动力学建立人才集聚载体与人才吸引力的互动关系模型,并结合辽西北地区进行模拟分析,从建设人才集聚载体的角度提出增加辽西北地区人才吸引力的措施。     

西北少数民族地区汉族村落财婚的调查与分析——以张家川恭门镇崖低村为例

财婚是婚姻的一种形式,其核心是聘礼作为缔结婚姻的必要条件。基于西北少数民族地区村落的人类学调查,文章阐述了当前西北农村财婚的现状、存在原因、影响以及与和谐社会构建的关系。     

农民视角下新农合保障能力及影响因素评估——基于宝鸡市421户参合农民的调研

本文使用对陕西省宝鸡市11个乡镇421户参合农民的调研资料,分析了新农合运行现状及保障能力状况,并运用Ordered Logit模型从农民视角对新农合保障能力及其影响因素进行了分析。研究结果显示,参合农户对新农合保障能力评价为"很强"和"较强"的占62.2%,"较差"及"很差"的占8.84%,评价为"一般"的占29.3%。新农合的贯彻执行力度、政府的资金支持力度、医疗机构的设备保障状况、药品的价格质量、基金管理的合理程度以及定点医疗机构对常见病的医治能力,是显著影响农民对新农合保障能力作出不同评价的因素。     

区域经济一体化中区域人口管理机制构建与创新——以关中—天水经济区为例

人口问题是统筹区域经济社会协调发展面临的主要问题之一,作为国家《西部大开发"十二五"规划》确定的十一个重点经济区之一,关中—天水经济区的人口分布,以沿河流域、交通干线和主要城镇呈现出明显的带状特征,具有集中、均匀与差异并存的多样性特点;区域人口的快速增长对于资源与环境形成巨大压力。随着区域经济—体化的推进和城市化水平的不断提高,区域人口流动加快,人口计生工作面临新问题;区域人口管理体制创新不够,组织协调区域人口发展面临诸多限制。适应区域经济一体化的需要,地方政府应组建区域人口协调机构,构建区域人口信息共享机制、政策协调机制、生态环境补偿机制和流动人口管理协作机制。     

Relative humidity as an environmental factor determining the microhabitat of the nymphs of the rice brown planthopper,Nilaparvata lugens (St?l) (Homoptera: Delphacidae)

Summary Microhabitat of the nymphs and the adults of the rice brown, planthopper,Nilaparvata lugens is known to be the lower parts of rice plants. In this study, possible environmental factors determining the range of the microhabitat were experimentally analyzed by using the nymphs under laboratory conditions. Thirty individuals of the 1st or the 3rd instar nymphs were released to a potted rice plant covered with a transparent acrylic cylinder. When the top of the cylinder was kept opening (open condition), the temperatures in the cylinder were almost constant, and relative humidities in the cylinder decreased with the increase of the height from the water surface of the pot. In the open condition, most nymphs and all exuviae were found on the basal parts of rice plants where the humidity was more than ca. 90% r.h. When the top of the cylinder was kept closing with parafilm (closed condition), the temperatures in the cylinder were almost constant, and relative humidities in the cylinder were more than 95% r.h. In the closed condition, the nymphs and the exuviae were distributed sparsely to the whole parts of rice plants. In both of the open and the closed conditions, patterns of nymphal distributions on rice plants during the dark regime were the same as those during the light regime under 25±2°C and 16L∶8D. Four different temperatures ranging from 20°C to 35°C did not influence on the microhabitat in the open condition. It was concluded from the results that relative humidity is the important environmental factor to determine the microhabitat of the nymphs ofN. lugens which showed to prefer very humid condition more than ca. 90% r.h.