HPV knowledge and behaviors of black college students at a historically black university

College students are at high risk for human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, yet their knowledge and self-protective behaviors appear inadequate. Researchers who have measured HPV-related knowledge and behaviors in evaluating college intervention efforts pay secondary attention to black college students because this group generally represents only a small subset of samples of the broader college population. OBJECTIVE AND PARTICIPANTS: The authors' purpose in this study was to examine HPV-related knowledge and behaviors in 351 black undergraduates attending a historically black southeastern university in the spring of 2003. METHODS: Voluntary and anonymous student participation was solicited in randomly selected undergraduate classes. RESULTS: Results indicated that most students lacked HPV awareness (64%), became aware of HPV largely after infection, and gained their HPV knowledge from a health-care provider or college class. The authors performed an analysis by gender and found that women were more knowledgeable about HPV than were men. Observed HPV-related knowledge and behaviors were similar to samples of the broader US college population. CONCLUSIONS: Findings suggest a greater need for HPV intervention efforts for all college students, including those at black colleges.     

The gallon-jug shelf-transfer test: an instrument to evaluate deteriorating function in older adults

This study examined the validity, reliability, and discriminatory capacity of the gallon-jug shelf-transfer (GJST) test. Six hundred fifty-three independent-living older adults (463 women age 72.9 +/- 7.0 years, 190 men age 74.3 +/- 6.7 years) participated. Participants moved five 1-gallon jugs (approximately 3.9 kg) from a knee-high to a shoulder-high shelf as quickly as possible. The GJST showed an exponential performance decline with age, and there were significant correlations between the GJST and common functional tests (p<.001). High within-day and between-days reliability was detected. The test also detected differences resulting from training status (p<.01) and training protocols (p<.05). The GJST is a valid, reliable, inexpensive, safe, and easily administered clinical test for identifying physically vulnerable elders who could benefit from interventions such as exercise to improve their physical capacities and maintain independence.     

西夏监察制度探析

西夏立国之后,已备一代典章制度,就监察法制而言,在吸收和继承汉民族监察法律制度的同时,又有大量结合自身实际进行调整的内容和保留了浓厚的民族法特征,在中国监察制度发展史上占有独特的地位。     

关于高等院校教学督导工作的几点思考

实施教育督导,旨在确保教学质量,促进教学水平提高.课堂教学是学生荻取知识掌握理论的主渠道和主阵地.因而教师课堂教学的内容、方法和规范则是教学督导的关键所在.教学督导方式方法多样,最为重要的是搞好课堂教学评估,以评促改、以评促建,不断推进教学质量的持续提高.     

采取有效措施发展成人教育

成人教育面临着非常好的形势,积极发展成人教育有着重要的意义,为此,提出了积极发展成人教育的三项有效措施:深化成人教育改革,促进成人教育向终身教育发展;积极推进现代远程教育,实现教育资源共享;大力发展继续教育特别是高层次的继续教育。     

浅议集团客户财务管理模式与商业银行信贷风险

当前银行大型集团客户信贷资产占比较高,仍然是主要的盈利来源,集团客户的特殊性也对银行的信贷经营提出了更高的要求。银行要认真研究集团客户的经营管理模式,充分认识集团客户的信贷风险,提高风险预警和控制能力,实现收益与风险的匹配。     

Spatial Dispersion as a Dynamic Coordination Problem

Following Schelling (1960), coordination problems have mainly been considered in a context where agents can achieve a common goal (e.g., rendezvous) only by taking common actions. Dynamic versions of this problem have been studied by Crawford and Haller (1990), Ponssard (1994), and Kramarz (1996). This paper considers an alternative dynamic formulation in which the common goal (dispersion) can only be achieved by agents taking distinct actions. The goal of spatial dispersion has been studied in static models of habitat selection, location or congestion games, and network analysis. Our results show how this goal can be achieved gradually, by indistinguishable non-communicating agents, in a dynamic setting.     

The Future of Serials Cataloging,CONSER and the ISSN: Conversations from the Field

What does the future hold for the shape of serials to come and for cataloging these and other continuing resources? How should cataloging change to cope with still-unknown types of continuing resources? Will there still be a need for cataloging? For CONSER? For ISSN? How can libraries position themselves to partner with nonlibrary metadata creators in a future linked data environment? Four serials experts discuss these and other questions in a free-ranging conversation about the future of serials cataloging.     

The Extensively Corrected Score for Measurement Error Models

In measurement error problems, two major and consistent estimation methods are the conditional score and the corrected score. They are functional methods that require no parametric assumptions on mismeasured covariates. The conditional score requires that a suitable sufficient statistic for the mismeasured covariate can be found, while the corrected score requires that the object score function can be estimated without bias. These assumptions limit their ranges of applications. The extensively corrected score proposed here is an extension of the corrected score. It yields consistent estimations in many cases when neither the conditional score nor the corrected score is feasible. We demonstrate its constructions in generalized linear models and the Cox proportional hazards model, assess its performances by simulation studies and illustrate its implementations by two real examples.     

基于状态转换动态Copula模型的外汇套期保值研究

汇改以来,人民币汇率波动的不确定性增大,外汇风险加剧,在此形势下加强外汇风险管理势在必行。考虑到利用外汇期货合约进行套期保值是管理外汇风险的一个重要方法,因此可建立一个状态转换动态 Gaussian Copula套期保值模型来对外汇风险进行管理。首先采用GJR-t模型描述欧元、日元、英镑、澳元和加元的现货和期货收益率的边际分布;然后引入状态转换动态 Copula 函数描述上述五种货币的现货和期货收益率之间的相关性;最后将状态转换动态Gaussian Copula模型与OLS,DCC GARCH,DCC Gaussian Copula等模型的套期保值效率进行比较。实证结果表明,所构建的模型优于其他模型,利用该策略模型能有效规避外汇风险。