Applicability of a Neuroprobabilistic Integral Risk Index for the Environmental Management of Polluted Areas: A Case Study

Recently, we developed a GIS-Integrated Integral Risk Index (IRI) to assess human health risks in areas with presence of environmental pollutants. Contaminants were previously ranked by applying a self-organizing map (SOM) to their characteristics of persistence, bioaccumulation, and toxicity in order to obtain the Hazard Index (HI). In the present study, the original IRI was substantially improved by allowing the entrance of probabilistic data. A neuroprobabilistic HI was developed by combining SOM and Monte Carlo analysis. In general terms, the deterministic and probabilistic HIs followed a similar pattern: polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and light polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were the pollutants showing the highest and lowest values of HI, respectively. However, the bioaccumulation value of heavy metals notably increased after considering a probability density function to explain the bioaccumulation factor. To check its applicability, a case study was investigated. The probabilistic integral risk was calculated in the chemical/petrochemical industrial area of Tarragona (Catalonia, Spain), where an environmental program has been carried out since 2002. The risk change between 2002 and 2005 was evaluated on the basis of probabilistic data of the levels of various pollutants in soils. The results indicated that the risk of the chemicals under study did not follow a homogeneous tendency. However, the current levels of pollution do not mean a relevant source of health risks for the local population. Moreover, the neuroprobabilistic HI seems to be an adequate tool to be taken into account in risk assessment processes.     

湖南省科技人力资源现状与使用分析

对湖南科技人力资源的分析 ;分为三个基本层次进行 :一是全省专业技术人员总量 ;二是科技活动人员情况 ;三是R&D人才资源。分别从人员的分布、结构、密度、质量以及人才使用效益等方面进行分析。     

Making ends meet: perceptions of poverty in Sweden

During the era after the Second World War, Sweden has built a welfare system based on labor market participation and income maintenance. Low unemployment and decent wages are supposed to guarantee people a labor market income or income maintenance, which in turn should provide a proper standard for everyone. However, a rapid increase in unemployment and economic problems have made the future of the Swedish welfare state more uncertain than ever. These circumstances have, among other things, led to the suggestion that Sweden should abandon the income maintenance policy and create a social policy system with the more limited ambition of guaranteeing everyone a minimum income. In that case, one central question must be answered: what constitutes a decent minimum income in today's Sweden? Where should we draw the poverty line under which people will not be forced to live? These questions are central in the current debate. The consensual poverty line method is used in this article to derive a poverty line relevant for today's Sweden. The results shows that more than every fifth household has an income below the consensual poverty line. That is, they have an income that most Swedes would argue is too low to make ends meet. The level of the consensual poverty line was compared with the National Board of Health and Welfare's guidelines for social assistance. The consensual poverty line was shown to be more generous to small households and the norm for social assistance was more generous to larger households. Finally, the expenditure for guaranteeing all Swedish household a minimum income equal to the consensual poverty line was estimated: more than SEK 25 billion per year. The results in the article casts serious doubt on the ability of the Swedish welfare state to secure a decent income to all citizens.     

我国研究型教师队伍建设的对策研究

建设研究型教师队伍在实施“科教兴国”战略方面具有基础性的重要作用。我国应当采取切实的措施，建设好数量充足的高素质科研师资队伍，为实施素质教育，培育创造型人才奠定师资基础。     

分歧共识展望--10余年来国内全球化理论研究述评

由于主客观方面的多种原因，我国学者对全球化若干问题和理论观点的认识存在诸多分歧：全球化是客观的自然过程，还是主观的意识形态；全球化是单一的经济全球化，还是政治、文化、社会等整体的全球化；全球化是趋同化、一体化、单质化，还是多样化、民族化、异质化；全球化是物的全球化，还是人的全球化；等等。不同思想、观点相互碰撞、交锋，在争议中逐渐达成了一些基本共识：全球化至少经济全球化是一种客观存在；全球化是一种动态的过程；经济全球化不可避免地对世界政治、文化和社会生活产生影响；全球化具有主客观性：全球化过程内在地充满着矛盾；全球化是机遇与挑战并存，利益与弊端同在；现实的全球化是不公平的；等等。正确认识我国全球化理论研究中存在的问题，有利于明确下一阶段的努力方向。     

近十年来国内关于中国妇女参政研究综述

自1995年中国举办第四次世界妇女大会以来,妇女参政问题成为研究妇女解放与发展的热点问题之一,涌现了一批有价值的研究成果.     

清初治滇述论

清朝初年,特别是平定“三藩之乱”后的二三十年间,是云南实现由乱到治的关键时期。清朝统治者在总结和借鉴历代治滇思想和治策的基础上,经过不断调整、充实,逐步形成了一套相对完整的治滇治策体系,其治策涉及云南的政治、经济、文化等领域,较为切合当时社会发展的实际,成为其后清朝统治云南的治边思想和治策。     

论太平天国时期的周庄枪匪集团

:以费秀元、费金绶父子为首的周庄枪匪集团 ,是清末太湖地区众多枪匪中势力较大的一支。费氏通过捐输取得官衔、功名 ,约束土匪劣性 ,获地主士绅和清政府的支持。太平军攻占苏州后 ,该集团负隅顽抗 ,继而被迫假意受抚 ,最终公开投降清军。在李鸿章率淮军攻占太平天国苏福省的战斗中 ,周庄枪匪绘呈地图、担任向导、随军作战 ,出力颇巨 ,后为李鸿章收编。     

Poor Mothers and Habits of Hiding: Participatory Methods in Poverty Research

Poor mothers have long‐standing habits of hiding their lives in response to punitive authorities and stigma. We identify practices of hiding daily life, and we describe participatory research approaches for and ethical concerns in learning more about poor women's critical insights and survival strategies.     

秦汉开发西部的政策及其得失

秦汉经营西部的过程,是我国统一多民族国家开发西部历史长河中的第一个大的浪潮。秦汉根据西部地区特殊的地理环境、复杂的民族关系、经济生活以及文化习俗等多方面的差异而制定的西部开发政策,经历了一个从单一到逐步深入、综合的过程,政治统一与经济开发同行,军事威慑与抚绥相伴,具有里程碑的性质,在历史上具有开创性的意义,为后代开发西部提供了有益探索。秦汉在西部开发过程中的种植粮谷、开垦荒地等活动,在促进农业发展、带动当时当地社会经济、文化进步的同时,对西部地区尤其是西北地区脆弱的生态环境也造成了一定破坏。