Life satisfaction and family structure among adolescents in Hong Kong

Relationships between family structure and perceived life satisfaction in overall life and five domains of the Brief Multidimensional Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale, family life, friendships, school experience, myself, and where I live were examined among 4,502 Chinese adolescent secondary school students in Hong Kong. Bivariate analyses showed that economic status was not a significant risk factor, but gender, level of study, and migrant status had to be controlled to examine the life satisfaction-family structure relations. Logistic regression analyses found that in overall life, with adolescents living with two parents as standard for comparisons, adolescents living with mother had similar life satisfaction, but those living with father only, and those with no parents, or single parent with other adults had very much higher risk of life dissatisfaction. Specifically, the risks associated with the adverse family structures were most excessive in the domain of ‘family life’.     

Women–Family in Quality Perspective

Bringing together women and family in quality perspective bring about interesting discussions in this paper. By integrating previous studies and considering expert opinions, we determinate the variables and dimensions with respect to women’s existence regarding their roles both in the family and at work. Many activities carried out by women represent the consumer aspects of their role. Women undertake these activities to fulfill their needs, which can be classified in the order of preference using Maslow’s Hierarchy of Need. Women success can be measured based on their ability to perform their roles successfully. We identify women’s performance by using quality approach of Personal Quality Maintenance (PQM), which is widely applied in many organizations in order to maintain the service delivery, which meets the customer satisfaction. The effort to enhance women’s satisfaction for their success in playing the multirole in the family and at work is our main consideration. This study may contribute a new point of view regarding for the women’s welfare and existence.     

Unemployment and consumption near and far away from the Mediterranean

We study the insurance mechanisms employed by households to absorb unemployment shocks using comparable data for four countries: Italy, Spain, Great Britain, and the US. Results on family transfers when the male household head becomes unemployed suggest that family networks are the weakest in Britain, while unemployment benefits there are instead the most generous across the four countries. Despite these differences, food consumption losses induced by unemployment of the male household head are similar across countries. These findings are consistent with the view that family support and the Welfare State substitute each other in mitigating the consequences of unemployment shocks. The first author is also affiliated with CEPR and CESifo, the second author with EUI, CEPR, CESifo, and IZA.     

内蒙古东部早熟高产型春小麦新品种选育技术与理论初探

本文从小麦育种的技术与理论两个方面进行了探索,并提出了在内蒙古东部早熟区的生态条件下,选育高产类型品种的限制因素及再提高产量的途径,即在保持原基本穗数600万穗／hm2不变的基础上,通过改变株型穗形,增加单穗粒重来达到高产之目的。增加穗粒重的主要途径是从遗传上改变穗顶部及基部的结实性,最终增加单穗有效粒数来完成的。增加单穗粒数比提高粒重更为可靠,因粒重在一定程度上易受环境条件影响。     

鲇鱼(Silurus asotus)产卵类型的研究

本文侧重研究了站鱼个体生殖力及产卵类型。结果表明：雌性个体1冬龄达性成熟,性腺一次成熟,卵子分批产出,产卵期是6—8月份,性成熟系数在7月份达高峰,8月份是产卵盛期,在产卵前的卵巢切片只发现有第4时相和第5时相卵母细胞,确定产卵类型为一次产卵。     

Examining cross-state variation in the increase in father-only families

Each state has the power to establish its own policy and laws relating to child custody determination. The number of single-parent families with children that are headed by fathers has been growing in the United States. This paper explores the extent of cross-state variation in the prevalence in father-only families in 1990, and the extent to which there was cross-state variation in the increase in father-only families in the 1980s. The 1980 and 1990 Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS) drawn from the US decennial censuses are used. Decomposition analyses of growth indicate that increases in the number of father-only families occurred across all states during this period, but at varying rates. The primary reason for the increase in most states is an increase in the proportion of ever-married single-parent families that are headed by a father. It is for these families that are headed by divorced or separated parents that state policy relating to child custody determination is most relevant.     

形而上学：生存境界的彰显——关于形而上学合法性的思考

在传统形而上学陷入困境的背景下,形而上学的合法性问题既是现代学术界关注的重要理论问题,也是解决现代人价值迷失的中心课题。文章以历史和逻辑相统一的方法力图从“生存境界”的角度来挽救“形而上学的合法性”,在揭示传统形而上学的困境的基础上,区分了形而上学的理想和形而上学的理论。形而上学的现实的合法性在于人的类生命和历史性,形而上学的鲜活的生命在于人类价值的寻求和生存境界的彰显。     

论社会转型期官场小说存在的主要问题及其兴盛原因

20世纪90年代中后期兴起的官场小说已经成为目前文学创作中的独特现象,它对急剧转型社会中政治领域的基本状况和政治伦理变迁作了生动真实的反映,并且对当代政治权力建构的正当性和权力基础的合法性进行了深入的探讨,给政治伦理的现代性重建提供了有益的参考,也以其独特的时代性和深刻性受到媒体和读者的青睐,但其反映社会生活的纵深度仍不够,不少作品失之简单化、表面化,作家创作观念滞后,艺术表现手法单一,人文主义匮乏,创作模式化。为此,本文结合转型期官场小说的特点,分析了当前官场小说的存在问题及其兴盛原因。     

权利主张问题分析

权利主张不同于权利,它是一种尚未法定化的利益诉求。近些年来,社会上出现了名目繁多的权利诉求,这些以权利为名的诉求是没有上升为法定权利的权利主张,对这些权利主张进行实证分析,包括它的含义、特征、类型以及在现代社会的存在状况,在此基础上分析它上升为法定权利要考虑的因素对我国社会转型时期的法治建设具有重要意义。     

纽马克的交际翻译理论视角下的公示语研究

公示语是一张城市名片,它不仅代表一个城市的形象,体现其文明程度,而且还直接影响到外商的投资决心。本文以纽马克的交际翻译理论为指导,通过对南宁市公示语翻译现状进行考察,探讨公示语翻译的策略。