The Difficult History of Ancillary Units: The Obstacles and Potential Opportunities to Increase the Heterogeneity of Neighborhoods and the Flexibility of Households in the United States

ABSTRACT

Most aging Americans express the desire to stay in their current home for the rest of their lives. However, as literature and practice indicate, aging in place cannot be successfully achieved in all places, especially in those places where zoning regulations and building codes act as barriers to the flexible adaptation of environments. One possible solution could come from the legalization of what is commonly known as granny flats, or more technically as Ancillary Dwelling Units. This article is divided into three parts. The first part is a brief history of Ancillary Dwelling Units. The second part focuses on the critical role played by local and state urban planning policies in the future of Ancillary Dwelling Units. California is used as a noteworthy example. The third part discusses how positive outcomes for senior residents who have Ancillary Dwelling Units legally present in their neighborhoods are linked to the appropriateness of their design.     

论《管子·水地》篇水本原思想与古希腊水本原思想的区别

《管子·水地》篇提出了＂水是万物的本原和生命之源＂的观点,又把水道德化,主张以水施行教化。古希腊哲学家泰勒斯也有＂水是万物本原＂的主张,认为一切事物都是由水产出来的。两种水本原哲学思想在不同的时代以及不同的地区产生,它们之间有相同的地方,但更多的却是结合各自时代与地理因素而形成的不同之处。     

论地理气候因素对庆阳古代文明的影响

地理、气候环境是人类赖以生存和创造文明成果的重要条件,对人类和人类社会生活有着深刻的影响。不同的地理、气候环境对于人类文明生成的类型和发展趋势有着重大的作用。历史时期地理气候因素的频繁变化,对于古代庆阳文明曾经产生了极其深刻的影响。既是古代庆阳农业和畜牧并举的环境前提,又培养了古人安土守业的眷乡恋土情怀,导致了在文明发展进程中开放与封闭并存的历史特征,形成了庆阳先民勇敢尚武与俭朴勤劳的民风民俗。     

An Evaluation of Behavioral Health Compliance and Microbial Risk Factors on Student Populations Within a High-Density Campus

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this Canadian study was to assess student behavioral response to disease transmission risk, while identifying high microbial deposition/transmission sites. Participants: A student survey was conducted during October 2009. Methods: The methods included a survey of students to assess use of health services, vaccination compliance, and hygiene along with a microbial analysis of potential transmission sites targeting specific residence buildings on campus. Results: Results indicated that most students maintained that they were worried about H1N1 and reported making changes in hygienic behavior, with the majority not planning to be vaccinated. The microbial analysis indicated contamination of fomites in co-ed residences to be higher than either male or female student residences. Conclusions: A consideration of physical space along with behavioral factors is required in order to properly assess risk pathways in the establishment of an evidence-based infection control plan for universities and their contiguous communities.     

Developing a Personal Program for Continuing Education

Abstract

The increasing number of field expeditions studying or working abroad each year is currently unparalleled by medical research efforts or data from which health professionals can make meaningful recommendations about how to keep personnel in the field healthy. The medical planning, organizing, and data are presented from a geology expedition to Guatemala involving 25 persons. Only minor medical problems were encountered, and less than 1% of the total person days at risk were lost due to illness. Eight guidelines are presented as a tool to assist any health professional in the planning and preparing of a team for the field.     

试论大学生的主体地位

大学生主体地位是指在高等学校教育、教学和管理等各项活动中突出大学生的主体性,并赋予其相应的地位。确立大学生主体地位是马克思主义人本观念在高等教育中的具体体现,是社会主义市场经济的基本要求。要真正确立大学生主体地位,高等学校必须更新办学理念,增强两种意识,实现三个转变,从培养和完善大学生的主体意识、主体能力、主体人格等方面开展扎实有效的工作。     

试论李升平乡土杂文理论

“乡土杂文”的诞生，是我国当代杂文创作史上的一次革命性的事件，它是对杂文创作宗旨、杂文的性质以及对杂文文体分类的重新定位。乡土杂文命题，是李升平先生的杰作，是他对杂文事业的一大贡献。     

论台湾原住民作家的抗日小说

台湾原住民作家的抗日小说以本民族精神及本民族体验的真实性而与其他的抗日小说有明显不同的风格,特别是把原住民的原始英雄主义与抗日精神结合来写的作品,一方面显示了原始英雄主义在新的历史时期新的意义体现,另一方面这样的作品既显示了原住民作家创作的独特性,也显示了这样的题材也许只能是原住民作家才可拥有的专利和特长。     

老子县籍考实

老子是先“相县人” ,而后“苦县人”。“相县”、“苦县” ,其县籍称名虽有变化 ,而实际指一地 ,即今河南省周口市鹿邑县辖地。所谓“老子为沛人”、“老子为涡阳人”是根本站不住脚的     

朦胧诗：中国当代现代主义文学思潮的先驱

朦胧诗作为我国当代现代主义文学思潮的先声,在20世纪70年代末80年代初给诗坛乃至当代文学带来了一次深刻的思想变革,它使诗歌打破了建国以来的种种文学禁锢,承接了五四以来的新诗传统。不仅把朦胧诗看作一个新诗流派,只从艺术创新方面来判断其意义和价值。而是把它纳入到整个文学思潮的运动发展中,把握它在文学史中的地位和作用。