Does the Role of Student Factors with Adolescent Substance Use Vary by Geography?

This study assesses the association of 12th-grade student factors (e.g., grades, classroom misbehaviors) with substance use (i.e., binge drinking, cigarette smoking, marijuana) across large, medium-sized, and nonmetropolitan areas. Based on a sample of 2,189 students from the 2013 Monitoring the Future data set, logistic regression analyses showed that poor student academic and behavioral factors were associated with higher substance use after controlling for gender, race, and socioeconomic status. Interaction analyses further showed no significant differences in the influence of student factors on substance use across locales. Results suggest that prevention efforts against substance use should target student factors regardless of area of residency.     

A state of limbo: the politics of waiting in neo‐liberal Latvia

This article presents an ethnographic study of politics of waiting in a post‐Soviet context. While activation has been explored in sociological and anthropological literature as a neo‐liberal governmental technology and its application in post‐socialist context has also been compellingly documented, waiting as a political artefact has only recently been receiving increased scholarly attention. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork at a state‐run unemployment office in Riga, this article shows how, alongside activation, state welfare policies also produce passivity and waiting. Engaging with the small but developing field of sociological literature on the politics of waiting, I argue that, rather than interpreting it as a clash between ‘neo‐liberal’ and ‘Soviet’ regimes, we should understand the double‐move of activation and imposition of waiting as a key mechanism of neo‐liberal biopolitics. This article thus extends the existing theorizations of the temporal politics of neo‐liberalism.     

Poly-victimization and resilience portfolios: Trends in violence research that can enhance the understanding and prevention of elder abuse

ABSTRACT

This literature review assesses the current state of knowledge about elder abuse and mistreatment, focusing on the lack of incorporation of all forms of elder victimization and the benefits of a poly-victimization framework. This review also includes existing knowledge on risk factors and calls for a greater focus on protective factors and a greater inclusion on family and community factors. Future research, prevention, and intervention would benefit from considering the true burden of elder victimization and a greater implementation of strengths-based approaches to programs.     

Association between long-term erectile dysfunction and biochemical recurrence after permanent seed I125 implant brachytherapy for prostate cancer. A longitudinal study of a single-institution

We aimed to investigate the predictive factor of erectile dysfunction (ED) in prostate cancer (PCa) patients who underwent low-dose permanent I¹²⁵ seed implant brachytherapy and to investigate if ED could represent a patient’s reported outcome measures (PROMs) of efficacy of BT and indirectly associated with biochemical recurrence free survival (BRFS). From 2000 to 2012, 176 consecutive patients with low-risk PCa underwent BT. ED was evaluated with the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF-5). Cox regression analysis was performed to assess significant predictors of mild-to-severe ED and BRFS after BT, including covariates. The 10-year actuarial rate of ED was 66%. Subjects with severe ED had higher values of D90 (183.0 versus 177.0; p?p?p?p?=?0.20), while D90?≤?180?Gy independently predicted BCR (HR: 4.65; [95%CI: 1.25–17.34]; p?125 implant, but it is not associated with better BRFS.     

论影响科技成果转化的非技术因素

科技已成为推进社会、经济发展的果转化中最为根本的影响因素.但随着经济、社会的发展,其他要素如风险投资、管理、知识产权、资金等对科技成果转化都会产生不同程度的影响.文章主要分析影响科技成果转化的非技术因素.     

高校学生主题党日活动教育模式的构成要素研究

新时期学生主题党日活动已经成为高校学生党建工作的一个重要载体,研究其典型案例教育模式的构成要素具有重大的理论与实践价值。本文主要从决策形式的开展、切入点的把握、主题活动的表现和主题精神的升华四个方面深入研究高校学生主题党日活动成功案例教育模式的构成要素及其存在的必然性。     

西柏坡精神与中国特色社会主义

"新中国从这里走来"这句话,确立了西柏坡在中国革命和社会发展中的历史地位。邓小平、江泽民、胡锦涛都与西柏坡革命圣地有着密切联系,从西柏坡向全党和全国人民发出了"牢记两个务必,建设有中国特色的社会主义"的伟大号召,宣示了西柏坡精神与建设中国特色社会主义这一当代中国社会发展的主题的紧密关系,揭示了西柏坡精神的深层精髓,提升了西柏坡精神在改革开放中建设中国特色社会主义所具有的当代价值和历史作用。胡锦涛总书记在中共十七大提出,完成党的伟大历史使命必须坚持"四个一定",是深刻而全面地体现出具有中国社会主义核心价值体系精髓的西柏坡精神,是对西柏坡精神和西柏坡革命传统的再现和丰富,从而表明在中共七届二中全会期间产生的西柏坡精神是建设中国特色社会主义的活水源头。     

明清两代的公罪与私罪制度

中国古代将官吏犯罪区分为公罪和私罪,其目的是为了维护吏治的清明。明清两代的律、例、令、会典等条文中就有对公罪和私罪的相应规定。本文从明清两代的公罪与私罪的基本概念、具体规定、实际运行和影响因素四个方面对这一制度进行深入分析,以期对之有更加全面的认识。     

对译入译出的文化思考

从理论上说中国人可以进行中译英,但事实表明对外译出并不成功。此外,什么人适合译出、译什么、以什么方式译出值得思考。因此,就目前情况看,中国应以译入为主,要成为真正意义上的翻译输出国尚需时日。     

浅议新时期学生创造性思维的培养

新时期教育的着力点在于培养学生的创造力,而创造力的核心是创造性思维。但是,我国的传统教育却在某种程度上阻碍了学生创造性思维的发展。因此,我们必须引导学生敢于质疑、大胆提问,激发他们的好奇心和求知欲,注重发散性思维的培养,使他们学会学习、学会思考、学会创造。