Evaluating the effectiveness of the first breast cancer awareness campaign in the United Arab Emirates: Lessons learned and next steps

Following an innovative breast cancer awareness campaign in the United Arab Emirates, a dual language survey of 500 women and in-depth interviews were conducted. The study found television advertising to be the most optimal awareness communication method, particularly among Emirati and other Arab women respondents. The research also found strong support for a year-long awareness campaign.     

文化误译与翻译教学中跨文化意识的培养

文化误译是学生在翻译实践中经常出现的失误，它反映了学生处理文化信息能力的不足，同时也凸显了传统翻译教学忽视文化教学的弊端。因此，翻译教学中加强文化教学和跨文化意识的培养具有极为重要的意义。     

Evidence-based treatments for trauma among culturally diverse foster care youth: Treatment retention and outcomes

This study describes the implementation of three evidence-based treatments addressing traumatic stress symptoms within a wraparound foster care program in Illinois. Child–Parent Psychotherapy (CPP), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), and Structured Psychotherapy for Adolescents Responding to Chronic Stress (SPARCS) were implemented with a racially diverse sample of youth ages 3–18 at six agencies. Culturally sensitive adaptations were made to treatment approaches to improve client retention and outcomes. Data analyses revealed no racial differences in retention in the program and no differences in outcomes between minority youth exposed to the intervention and other participants. All three evidence-based treatments were effective in reducing symptoms and improving functioning among minority youth. Implementation issues, including challenges and culturally competent accommodations, are discussed.     

The fusion of culture and science: Challenges and controversies of cultural competency and evidence-based practice with an African American family advocacy network

This paper identifies interrelationships between evidence-based practice (EBP), radical structuralism, and culture, arguing that culturally-specific beliefs and norms should be integrated into evidence-based, cross-cultural partnerships within child and family service systems. A single case study of family advocate training in evidence-based practice is provided as an illustration of, and impetus for, the development of a format for use with community-based and ethnically-diverse parent/family advocates. The lessons learned from teaching evidence-based practice to a parent advocate in a particular child welfare service system are highlighted. The use of enhanced roles for social workers and indigenous social capital and resources, such as family advocates as allies, is recommended to help achieve a greater degree of accountability, cooperation, and core understanding in the use of EBP. By training racially-diverse foster parents as mental health advocates to work collaboratively with policymakers, community groups, and family participants, proponents of EBP will reach and benefit more diverse populations.     

论毛泽东对"文化大革命"的评价

毛泽东对“文革”的评价实际上包括相互矛盾的两个方面 :一是对“文革”的尖锐批评 ,一是总体上对“文革”的维护和肯定。这两个方面的评价都各有其复杂的主客观原因 ,它们反映出毛泽东晚年陷入了主观与客观、理论与现实的巨大矛盾之中     

Uncertainties in Pharmacokinetic Modeling for Perchloroethylene: II. Comparison of Model Predictions with Data for a Variety of Different Parameters

In this paper we compare expectations derived from 10 different human physiologically based pharmacokinetic models for perchloroethylene with data on absorption via inhalation, and concentrations in alveolar air and venous blood. Our most interesting finding is that essentially all of the models show a time pattern of departures of predictions of air and blood levels relative to experimental data that might be corrected by more sophisticated model structures incorporating either (a) heterogeneity of the fat compartment (with respect to either perfusion or partition coefficients or both) or (b) intertissue diffusion of perchloroethylene between the fat and muscle/VRG groups. Similar types of corrections have recently been proposed to reduce analogous anomalies in the fits of pharmacokinetic models to the data for several volatile anesthetics.^(17-20) A second finding is that models incorporating resting values for alveolar ventilation in the region of 5.4 L/min seemed to be most compatible with the most reliable set of perchloroethylene uptake data.     

“侗族文化圈”中心区旅游黄金线开发

本文从整个侗族地区出发,以"侗族文化圈"为研究对象,对"侗族文化圈"中心区旅游黄金线开发丰富的旅游资源进行了全面的探讨,设计了贯穿全区的七条主要旅游线路,并提出了发展"侗族文化圈"旅游业的主要措施.     

动物和植物的“长寿”意象

在中国传统文化和外国文化中,有些动物和植物常常被赋予"长寿"的象征意义,如龟、鹤、凤凰、菊、松、桂、桃等就是常见的例子.这种奇特的文化现象反映了不同民族深刻的文化内涵.但由于在价值观念、审美情趣、思维方式、生活习俗、宗教信仰、意识形态等方面存在差异,动、植物的长寿意象在不同文化中也有不同之处.     

赛珍珠:一位文化边缘人

历时地看,作为美国第一位获得诺贝尔文学奖的女作家,赛珍珠显然没有受到学术界应有的重视。站在全球化语境下去认识赛珍珠,通过引入"文化边缘人"的概念去解读赛珍珠,我们可以找到赛珍珠及其作品被排斥在经典之外的原因。作为文化边缘人,赛珍珠站在了时代的前列,这也是在当今多元文化的语境下她被学术界"重新发现"的主要原因。从这个视角切入,我们可以更好地认识赛珍珠在当代世界文坛的文学地位。     

Voice and Identity in a Bicultural/Bilingual Environment

Researchers have noted that with the onset of adolescence, girls' voices become muted and school achievement drops. Girls learn that the expression of strong feelings leads to distance from others, and that full use of their bodies and minds cause others discomfort. Self-esteem suffers and girls become at risk for destructive behaviors. Most studies have been done with middle class Caucasian girls. Those few studies done with young girls of color speak of girls on the margin who seem to resist losing their voices and their self-esteem. This article describes a study involving 5th–8th grade girls participating in an Advisory group program at a grammar school in a predominantly Mexican community of a large city. Group sessions were taped and analyzed for common themes including voice and self-esteem. Focus was directed to the influence of the bicultural/bilingual environment in analysis of group content. Implications for practice are included.