Identifying radon-prone building typologies by marginal modelling

Radon is a naturally occurring decay product of uranium known to be the main contributor to natural background radiation exposure. It has been established that the health risk related to radon exposure is lung cancer. In fact, radon is considered to be a major leading cause of lung cancer, second only to smoking. In this paper, we identified building typologies that affect the probability of detecting indoor radon concentration above reference values, using the data collected within two monitoring campaigns recently conducted in Northern Italy. This information is fundamental both in prevention, i.e. when the construction of a new building is planned and in mitigation, i.e. when a high concentration detected inside buildings has to be reduced. A spatial regression approach for binary data was adopted for this goal where some relevant covariates on the soil were retrieved by linking external spatial databases.     

论民族关系发展与和谐社会构建的切合

民族关系是多民族国家中至关重要的社会关系。在我国社会主义和谐社会的构建进程中,消除影响民族关系发展的负面因素,加强民族关系调控工作力度,全方位推进民族关系发展的“强基固本”工作,寻求民族关系发展评估和保障举措的突破,是实现民族关系发展与和谐社会构建切合的要求。     

论民族地区全面建设小康社会中的科技创新

要文章立足于民族地区社会经济发展和演变的实际,分析了民族地区全面建设小康社会中的科技创新现状,探讨了民族地区走科技创新的新路子的途径。     

构建高职院校校企合作长效机制的探究

高职院校和企业完成互利共赢、资源共享的基本途径就是校企合作。当前,国内的校企合作依旧处于摸索时期。笔者从现实情况入手,分析了我国校企合作中存在的问题,给出了相关的措施,意在以此推动我国校企合作中高职院校、企业、政府各方实现共赢。构建有效的校企合作长效机制,促进我国经济的快速健康发展。     

能力建设与关系建构:社会工作的基本目标

社会工作是什么的问题已成为社会工作界的百年历史难题与学科基本问题,该问题可以通过社会工作的目标进行解答.具体而言,社会工作的基本目标在于服务对象的能力建设和社会关系建构.能力建设是指通过充分挖掘受助者的潜力与能动性,使其获得独立面对生活困境的各项能力,实现受助者“自助”;关系建构则是通过扮演“资源链接者”的角色,帮助受助者建构足够的关系资源来助其渡过生活难关,实现受助者“他助”.能力建设与关系建构相互依赖、不可分割,受助者的能力是其社会关系运作的基础,而社会关系则是能力得以发挥的手段.只有兼顾二者,社会工作“助人自助”的总目标才能得以实现.     

鲁迅人学思想在教育视阈中的当代阐释

鲁迅“立人”思想的提出基于20世纪中国处转型时期的非常时刻,其目的在于通过国民个体素质的改造实现民族文化新质的形成。鲁迅人学思想辩证地论述了个体与群体、科学与人文的关系,新颁布的《国家语文课程标准》的基本理念形成了与鲁迅人学思想的世纪对话。重温鲁迅的人学思想对语文学科的建设和民族现代化进程的推进有着重要意义。     

面向新农民信息需求的图书馆建设

江泽民先进文化思想深刻揭示了社会主义文化发展的重大意义,让人民群众共享文化发展的成果,是社会主义文化建设的根本目的。农村基层图书馆近年来有了长足的发展,但仍存在不少问题,对新农民信息需求的知识援助尤显薄弱。文章探讨图书馆在新农村文化建设中的作用,体现和谐社会信息正义的道德风尚。     

Building Virtual Age-Friendly Communities in Minecraft

A key theme of Age-Friendly Honolulu’s initiative is intergenerational exchange. The initiative believes that youth need to be aware of aging issues, demographic change, and think critically about the potential impact on their lives. The goal of the Age-Friendly Honolulu Youth Engagement Initiative is to teach youth about the role of the built environment and community features in promoting active aging and engagement among older adults. This article describes a new program in the field that teaches youth and older adults to assess the built environment and then use design thinking and Minecraft (a popular video game in which players use 3-D blocks to create virtual lands) to develop and envision ideas to improve the livability of their neighborhood.     

An evaluation of stakeholder capacity in the implementation of millenium village primary school meal project

The paper focused on evaluation of stakeholder capacity to implement the millennium village primary school meal project in Kenya. The study which was anchored on the stakeholder theory as well as the Context Input Process Product (CIPP) model of evaluation used mixed methods research design with ex-post facto and case study as its two research elements. The mixed methods was adopted because when both qualitative and quantitative approaches are used in a single study, the strengths of both produce a research synergy in which the collective benefits are greater than what is obtained from either approach when used alone. A sample size of 186 participants was selected from seven (7) primary schools using stratified random sampling. The participants selected purposively included pupils, teachers, head teachers, parents, Area Education Officer (AEO) and project staff. Data was collected using questionnaires, face to face interview guide, Focus Group Discussion (FGD) and document analysis guide. The study findings indicated that the project was implemented with great success as indicated by stakeholders’ capacity to understand project objectives, their involvement in project planning and implementation and their positive attitude towards the project. This has contribute to poverty reduction in the community through the project and sustainable approaches for project implementation.     

美丽乡村建设中图书馆总分馆发展策略探析

在河北省委十八届十二次全会上提出了建设经济强省、美丽河北的号召。美丽乡村建设是其中的重要环节。在乡村文化建设中,图书馆能够起到助力当地公共文化服务的完善、消除城乡数字鸿沟、保存地域文化遗产的作用。而目前河北省总分馆的发展及各类乡村阅服务机构的兴起为乡村图书馆纳入总分馆体系奠定了基础。因此可以从坚持政府主导、吸引民间公益力量、建立紧密型总分馆、选择合适的总馆、提高管理人员素质五个方面努力。