Religious affiliation and Hispanic health in Utah

Two research hypotheses are addressed in this study. (1) Do health trajectories of Hispanics in Utah differ from what has been documented in states with longstanding large Hispanic populations? (2) Do non-Mormon groups in Utah have less favorable health status than Mormons in Utah? This study employs three health outcome measures: activity limitations caused by emotional problems, activity limitations caused by physical problems, and self-rated health status using the 2001 Utah Health Status Survey. Comparisons of Hispanics in their traditional settings within the U.S. generally show more favorable health status for Hispanics than for whites. We find little difference in health status between Hispanics in Utah and their Anglo counterparts. Hispanics were more likely than Anglos to have “a little” activity limitation due to physical problems, but were not more likely to report “a little” or “considerable” activity limitations due to emotional or physical problems. Hispanics and Anglos were statistically equal in probability of self-reported fair to poor health. Important in relation to studies outside of Utah, we find little support for the epidemiologic paradox, the usual finding of more favorable health for Hispanics than for whites. As with ethnicity, we find little difference between non-Mormon and Mormons with respect to health. The most notable exception is that Mormon Hispanics are at a significantly greater risk of emotional problems than Catholic Hispanics in Utah.     

工科院校社会工作专业教育存在的困境与办学特色探讨

社会工作专业教育自20世纪80年代末期在我国设立以来,在经历了前十几年缓慢发展以后,最近几年进入了一个快速扩张时期,国内高校尤其工科院校开办社会工作专业的数量成倍增加。社会工作注重应用性、实践性和操作性的特点与很多工科院校或以有工科背景的综合性大学的办学方针不谋而合。社会工作专业教育在取得了一定的成绩和研究成果的同时,也不难发现在其发展过程中存在不少的问题。把社会工作专业办成工科院校的亮点和特色,就要在办学过程中充分体现工科院校的应用型定位。     

学术注释千古事,循规尊贤始有成——对李大钊论著中四个外国人名注释及相关问题的再探讨

李大钊论著中包含大量当代读者所不熟悉的外国人名,如何把这些外国人物注释出来,帮助读者读懂李大钊的文章,是一个难度很大的课题,稍有不慎或想当然,就会造成误注,从而误导读者。《新版〈李大钊全集〉注释疏证》中对鲍德荫、司铁特、古里天森等外国人物的注释错误很典型的反映了这方面的问题。要避免类似的错误,准确注释李大钊,就必须谨守规范,辨清史实,探析研究。     

从认知视角分析英、法、汉语的通感现象

通感不能简单地理解为语言系统中的词义特征,它不仅是一种修辞手段,一种生理或者心理现象,而与隐喻一样是人类认知世界的一种方式。本文从视、听、嗅、味、触五大感官分类对英、法、汉三语中若干相互对应的词汇和短句通感现象进行了分析,以证明通感是人类普遍的认知方式,并在分析对比中进一步深化了对语言通感现象的研究。     

19世纪末20世纪初中国商人阶层的崛起

在漫长的中国封建社会中,商业被贬之日末务,商人也位于四民之末,士农工商的地位归序似乎成了中国封建社会亘古不变的模式.然而到了19世纪末20世纪初,随着民族危机日益加深,商战呼之欲出,商人团体相继成立,商会诞生,商人政治意识提高并且对政治广泛参与,使商人的社会地位发生了根本性的变化.商人阶层坚持不懈地努力终于迎来了清政府自上而下的重商措施的出台.清延设立商部以指导商人组织,制定商律以规范商人行动,颁行一系列工商的法规以奖商恤商,一系列新经济政策的实施使社会舆论开始从抑商转为誉商,商人在社会上广受赞扬,官员也开始纷纷投资经商.所有这些,促进了中国新的绅商阶层的形成,并进而带动了整个商人阶层随之崛起.     

中国哲学共同体的“诗词作业”与“心灵审美”

<正>有些习焉不察的现象,一旦深究起来,结论往往令人吃惊。譬如,本文写作之际,原本以为我们这个共同体就自身素质问题早已积累了相当数量的研究文献,可谷歌搜寻中国哲学从业者素质,     

政府消费与私人消费的期内替代和跨期替代——来自亚洲国家的面板协整分析

一、引言私人消费是一个国家总需求的重要的组成部分,对国民经济的发展有着举足轻重的作用,而政府消费支出是宏观调控的重要工具,它在需求管理中的运用,是否能达到预期的效果,常常成为各国政策当局关注的问题,正因如此,政府的消费支出对私人消费的效应一直是宏观经济学主要研究的问题之一,当政府消费与个人消费成互补关系时,则意味着政府消费的增加促进了个人消费,而当两者成替代关系时,则意味着政府消费的增加在一定程度上减少了个人消费,从而降低了财政支出的乘数效应,因此,对政府与私人消费之间的互补(替代或无关)关系进行检验显得十分重…     

国际经济信息需求与供给分析研究

在全球经济一体化及中国加入世界贸易组织的国际大环境下,党政领导和社会各界对国际经济信息的需求量增大。如何搜集、加工、整理国际经济信息,并及时准确地提供,以满足不同层次用户国际经济信息需求,充分发挥信息对社会经济发展的推动作用是摆在我们面前的一项重要任务。本文从影响国际经济信息供给和需求的因素出发,结合国家统计局国际统计信息中心(以下简称国际中心)国际经济信息工作现状,阐述了国际经济信息供给与需求状况和特征,分析信息供需差距,提出了满足党政领导和社会各界国际经济信息需求的对策和建议。本研究是从事国际经济、统…     

Nonparametric Tests for Stratum Effects in the Cox Model

Thispaper considers the stratified proportional hazards model witha focus on the assessment of stratum effects. The assessmentof such effects is often of interest, for example, in clinicaltrials. In this case, two relevant tests are the test of stratuminteraction with covariates and the test of stratum interactionwith baseline hazard functions. For the test of stratum interactionwith covariates, one can use the partial likelihood method (Kalbfleischand Prentice, 1980; Lin, 1994). For the test of stratum interactionwith baseline hazard functions, however, there seems to be noformal test available. We consider this problem and propose aclass of nonparametric tests. The asymptotic distributions ofthe tests are derived using the martingale theory. The proposedtests can also be used for survival comparisons which need tobe adjusted for covariate effects. The method is illustratedwith data from a lung cancer clinical trial.