爬行的野燕麦

在农村长大的孩子．不会不认识野燕麦。 麦子生长的季节．野燕麦一直以恶草的形象挤在麦田中．不请自来．农人看见它总要连根拔起。但在与麦子的空间抢夺战中．野燕麦从来没有输过。哪怕麦子有除草剂和人类这两大帮手．野燕麦也依然能够挺立在北方的麦田里．以一种侵略者的姿态。     

斯大林弥留之际……

1953年3月2日凌晨,斯大林突发脑溢血。尚未来得及完全分配好最高权力的斯大林丢下了克里姆林宫、近郊别墅、成年的子女、疲惫不堪的战友和全体苏联人民。他在尘世间的生命即将结束,他在慢慢地成为过去。     

原子弹与爱因斯坦有关系吗？

关于爱因斯坦和原子弹,有两种较为普遍的说法：第一种是爱因斯坦写下了原子弹的配方,即E=mc2,并参与了设计工作;另一种是——正如他曾对一个记者所说的那样——除了在呈给富兰克林·罗斯福总统的一封信上署过名之外,他和原子弹几乎没有任何关系。在调查过程中,我找到了一些可以解释爱因斯坦给罗斯福写那封信的理由的信件草稿和笔记,发现爱因斯坦确实与此有关。但由于某些今日看来很讽刺的原因,他并没有直接参与“曼哈顿计划”（“二战”期间美国陆军自1942年起开发核武器计划的代号）。     

两周，奥林巴斯总裁兼CEO的任期

在被任命为奥林巴斯总裁兼CEO的那一刻,迈克尔·伍德福德成为了有史以来第一位在1]本知名企业从底层登上顶峰的西方人。令人始料未及的是,传奇般的职业生涯却在上任两周后成为了一场噩梦。     

中国将迎来回国人数比出国人数多的历史拐点

正据不完全统计,2013年我国海归人数创历史新高,达30多万人。"这几年,我国留学人员呈现加速回国的态势。"人力资源和社会保障部专技司负责人说。数据显示,近6年回国发展的人数超过110万,是前30年回国人数的约3倍,年均递增36%。专家分析,加速回流的原因主要有三方面:一是我国经济社会持续健康发展,为留学人员回国施展才华提供了广阔舞台。特别是2008年国际金融危机以来,我国采取了一系列重大举措,有效应对各种风     

师恩情深——记导师谷苞

"思维的神速要快过白驹过隙。"哈萨克人常说的这句民谚绝不是凭空而来的,当思维的鸟儿张开翅膀的时候,他翱翔的空间一定是十分辽阔的。依我看来,他首先想到的应该是生他养他的民族和哺育他成长的祖国,我深爱我的祖国,同时,也深爱我的民族。     

Medicalizing reproduction: the pill and home pregnancy tests

This article explores one chapter in the history of medicalization through a focused study of oral contraceptives and home pregnancy tests. Each commercially successful in developed nations and both decades old (the Food and Drug Administration approved oral contraceptives in 1960 and home pregnancy tests in 1977), these reproductive technologies created the first pharmaceutical mega-market comprised of young, healthy, sexually active, heterosexual women. Examining the discrete, but interconnected, histories of both products, this article explores how the Pill's popularity and profitability medicalized and feminized contraception, encouraging pharmaceutical companies to invest in the development of patented variants of hormonal contraception and creating a means by which the under-used Pap smear could be introduced to a population that had previously resisted it. Home pregnancy tests, too, had unintended consequences. Designed to shield the detection of a pregnancy from a "medical gaze," the test's widespread use encouraged women to become medical patients at an earlier stage of their pregnancy.     

The unique effects of environmental strategies in health promotion campaigns: a review

Various strategies are used as tools in health promotion campaigns to increase health-related outcomes among target populations. Evaluations of these campaigns examine effects on changing people's knowledge, attitudes, and/or behaviors. Most evaluations examine the combined impact of multiple strategies. Less is known about the unique effects of particular strategies. To address this gap, we used highly systematic methods to identify and review scientifically rigorous evaluations of 18 campaigns that examined the unique effects of three sets of intervention strategies (entertainment education, law enforcement, and mass media) on changes in knowledge, attitudes, and practice with regard to various health behaviors. Results showed differences in evaluation processes based on the type of strategy used to promote campaign messages. For instance, evaluations of mass-media based campaigns were more likely to examine changes in knowledge, relative to evaluations of campaigns that used law enforcement strategies. In addition, campaign effects varied by particular strategies. Mass media-based campaigns were more likely to affect knowledge, relative to behaviors. Law enforcement and entertainment education-based campaigns showed positive effects on behaviors. The implications for planning and evaluating health promotion campaigns are described.     

Quantitative evidence for the benefits of Moving the Goalposts, a Sport for Development project in rural Kenya

Sport for Development has many reported benefits, but quantitative evidence of the impact of these interventions in Low Income Countries remains sparse. A new monitoring and evaluation toolkit was used in a cross-sectional survey at Moving the Goalposts (MTG), a football project aiming to empower young Kenyan women. We wished to determine empirically whether increased membership duration brought increased benefits. MTG selected and translated toolkit items consistent with the organisation's strategic aims. We collected 333 completed questionnaires at 15 sites. Psychometric validation revealed some reliable scales; remaining items were scored separately. Scores were sensitive to differences between members defined by sociodemographic and site characteristics. Bivariate and multiple regression analyses showed that increased membership duration brought increasing benefits across several domains (perceived lifeskills; social life; insights about HIV/AIDS; outcomes related to female empowerment). Improved leadership skills were mainly age-related. Members attending more established sites experienced greater benefits, but members at more and less accessible sites benefitted similarly. Positive thoughts and feelings were related not to membership duration, but to how long a site had been operating. This indicates the importance of creating a positive culture over time. This cross-sectional study provides quantitative evidence for the benefits of Sport for Development initiatives.     

Using agency data for evidence-based programming: a university-agency collaboration

Agencies providing residential treatment are encouraged, or even mandated, to collect outcomes data and to implement evidence based practices, yet little guidance has been provided on how to do so using agency administrative data that are collected on an ongoing basis. We examined data on Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS) scores for 1608 admissions to a residential treatment center from 2002 through 2008. CAFAS scores were measured every 90 days, providing multiple CAFAS scores for each individual. Results demonstrated that on average residents improved in functioning over time. Sensitive to the evolving needs of residents who had been entering the program, the treatment center made significant program changes in 2006 to attempt to better serve residents through a broad array of specialized programming. Compared to the overall results, the analysis suggested that residents who entered the program since October 2006 appeared to have made larger improvements in their CAFAS scores. Results were derived by employing multilevel models appropriate for estimating growth trajectories with repeated measures data. Conversations with agency staff suggested that using administrative data, and advanced statistical models, were extremely helpful for organizational decision making and evidence-based programming.