Dementia Problem Behavior and the Production of Informal Caregiving Services

Informal caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease spend a considerable amount of time providing care. In this paper, we use Grossman's health production and Becker's time allocation models to develop a model of informal care provision to elderly dementia patients. In our model, time inputs produce caregiving services, which provides utility to the caregiver, but reduces leisure. We assume that time is less productive of services on the margin as the disease progresses. In this framework, an increase in patients' disease severity does not necessarily increase informal caregiver time input. The cost of formal care establishes a reservation price for informal caregiving. When the costs of informal caregiving rise above this reservation level, the patient is institutionalized. We test empirically the effect of deterioration in the patients' condition, proxied by both disease severity and dementia problem behavior, on informal caregiving time. We find that dementia-related problem behaviors and functional limitations significantly increase inputs of informal caregiving time. Patients' problem behavior exerts a modifying effect on functional limitations, and patients' comorbidities have no effect on informal caregiving time.     

解读“超级女声”——大众文化的社会学分析

“超女”与曾经流行的“超级模仿秀”及时下的“非常6 1”、“梦想中国”等娱乐节目,是商业精英与文化精英联手打造的“文化产品”与“时尚”。文化精英只是这种现象和理念的移植者,其产生取决于精英、大众与传媒三者相互制约、影响、建构的共同作用。     

首创全国普通高校策划学专业

西方的咨询业、策划业不断地向中国国内渗透,促使中国的策划业快速发展。面对越来越大的市场策划需求,三江学院抓住了激烈竞争的机遇,首创了策划学专业。五年来的策划学系形成了一整套的策划学的理论体系、教学体系和教学方法,特别是在理论教学和实践教学有机相结合中取得了最佳教学效果,从而培养出了一大批策划专业人才,得到了社会的认可和广泛好评。     

People and their waste in an emergency context: The case of Monrovia, Liberia

Liberia has gone through civil crisis for over a decade which has resulted in the destruction of infrastructure and disruption of basic services delivery particularly in Monrovia, the capital city. Most of the 1.3 million people living in Monrovia are without adequate environmental sanitation and waste management services which situation poses a serious health risk to the residents. The current waste management service coverage is less than 20% and disposal is by indiscriminate open dumping. In 2003, there were series of outbreaks of cholera epidemics in the city during which time a total of 26,651 cases were reported with many dying.The waste management plan was initiated as an exit strategy of UNICEF following an intervention response programme to assist the Monrovia City Corporation (MCC) whose capacity in this area had been crippled as a result of years of war, through the provision of support in solid waste collection and disposal.The objectives of the plan were to:

(a) Improve waste management services delivery in the city.

(b) Strengthen the ability of the MCC to plan and manage the waste services delivery.

(c) Enhance cooperation of service beneficiaries through comprehensive and effective health education and service promotional campaign.

(d) Enhance revenue generation and community participation through the promotion of private sector and CBOs/NGOs active involvement in the waste management service delivery.

The general methodology adopted for the assignment entailed the following:Desk study and review of existing reports on Water and Environmental Sanitation (WES) in Monrovia and other relevant literature, consultation with stakeholders, site visits and participatory planning which aimed at soliciting the opinions of the various stakeholders involved with the respective components to capture their aspirations and experiences. It also covered collection and analysis of available information and data to facilitate the plan preparation and facilities design.The three-phased strategy (short, medium and long term) covering a period of 10 years (August 2004–December 2014), recommended a combination of technical options for collection based on the pursuit of staged development to allow for the adoption of realistically attainable standards within a framework of continuous and systematic improvements as economic conditions improved and new knowledge gained through practice. The plan sought to blend the capacity within the City Corporation with that of the private sector and NGOs/CBOs to respond to the diverse service demands of the city taking into consideration housing and infrastructural conditions, service costs and cost recovery to ensure sustainability. It also identified sources of financing and allocated financing responsibilities to facilitate effective plan implementation.     

法律专业英语教学应考虑的三个问题

法律专业英语教学应考虑以下三个方面:特定的教学主体、得当的教学内容以及有效的教学模式,同时要注意三者之间的系统性,以及三者内部各部分之间的呼应,以期很好地开展法律英语教学.     

试论美术文化中的技术理性

无论从劳动产品的角度看,还是从社会的角度看,技术都是理性的表现;产品的生产过程,是一种技术展现的过程,即生产者的个性标记通过技术展现的过程,因此,技术本身也具有理性。理性的技术促进了人类社会的发展。     

冗余度机器人的运动规划碰撞算法

在考虑了操作机的关节极限、自碰撞和静态障碍物的情况下,从给定的初始位形出发,发现一条到末端效应器目标位置和姿态的相连可到达路径。方法给出了机器人操作机点到点逆运动学问题求解算法,利用碰撞算法实现了冗余度机器人运动规划,仿真验证了该方法的有效性,并表明了该方法具有较大的实用价值。     

美国与英国公益性科技管理体系研究

从国家科技管理机构、科研体系及公共科研成果转化三个方面分析美国和英国的公益性科技管理制度及其发展变化.随着经济全球化和知识自由流动的发展,科学技术在国家经济发展与社会进步方面的作用越来越大,政府在科技管理上的职能与地位也随之发生变化,总的来说是由原来的主要资助者和实施者转变为催化者和促进者.     

企业经营管理中的税收筹划

税收筹划的存在具有客观必然性,它是市场经济的必然产物,是纳税人应有的权利,是企业理财的有效途径。企业的筹资、投资和经营等诸多环节与活动都与纳税有关,因此税收筹划在企业经营管理中的运用是全方位的,它贯穿于企业整个经营管理活动的始终。企业要进行税收筹划必须要全面掌握税法,正确认识税收筹划与避税的区别,避免纸上谈兵。     

科技创新是现代化高校发展的重要标志

近年来,高校作为国家科技创新体系的重要组成部分,大力加强科学研究。北京大学让本科生提前介入科研,培养科研创新能力。高校创办的具有特色的大学科技园、高科技产业群,逐步发展成为普遍趋势,高校已经成为中国基础研究的主力军。高校现有的人才资源有效结合起来,就形成一批充满活力的科技创新集体。