Gambling and Alcohol Use: Trends in the State of New Mexico from 1996–1998

Alcohol consumption and its relationship to gambling was examined in a statewide New Mexico survey in 1996 and 1998. Data regarding both drinking habits and gambling behavior were obtained from a stratified random sample of the adult population (N = 2674) across the entire State of New Mexico via phone survey. These surveys were carried out shortly after a period when New Mexico experienced an initial surge in the legalized gaming industry. Fifty-seven percent of survey respondents reported drinking in the past month, while 43.1% reported no drinking in the past 30 days. Results show that while the number of days in the past 30 that a person drinks is significantly correlated with some types of gambling behavior (e.g., in 1998, drinking more days was associated with more card gambling and sports gambling), it is the amount of alcohol consumed per occasion that is associated with more gambling behavior. For example, in both 1996 and 1998, drinking more per occasion was associated with more sports betting, dice gambling, number/lottery gambling, gambling using machines, and paper game gambling (e.g., pull tabs, punchboard). These results suggest that problem gambling behavior is not affected as much by the number of occasions on which one consumes alcohol, as by the amount of alcohol consumed per occasion.     

论《玉台新咏》中的女性美及其审美价值

《玉台新咏》是南朝徐陵编纂的一部以女性为主题选诗结集的诗歌总集,其中表现的女性美越来越被人们重视和欣赏。这种美包括容貌、姿态、服饰的外在美和人情、人格的内在美,具有体现古代女性的创造力和纯洁人们道德、美化人们心灵的作用。     

建设社会主义新农村诸问题的思考

建设社会主义新农村,是我们党立足农村实际作出的重大选择,是全面落实科学发展观、统筹城乡经济发展、构建和谐社会的必然要求,充分体现了党和政府对“三农”问题的高度重视。建设社会主义新农村是一个艰巨而长期的任务,必须科学规划,充分认识其重大意义,遵循其基本原则,正确处理好相关关系,提供有效保障,才能扎实稳步地推进。     

中国食用农产品安全生产面临的新挑战及其对策

中国食用农产品安全生产面临的新挑战,既包括农业生产环境的恶化趋势、高产与优质的不可兼得、农业生产体系的先天病态化、现行标准的模糊执行等仍较严重的内忧,又包括农业发展的对外依赖性风险、农业体系的世界边缘化风险、国外转基因产品的持续流入、外来生物的不断入侵等日益突出的外患,必须有的放矢地采取坚持实施可持续发展战略,切实搞好农村环境保护,精心搞好综合促动,认真落实农业清洁生产,扎实推进农业标准化升级,积极构筑农业创新体系,尽快健全重大疫病、虫害快速扑灭机制,加紧完善全程监测预警系统等行之有效的应对方略。     

列宁对马克思东方社会理论的继承和发展

列宁在领导俄国人民进行社会主义革命和建设,指导东方民族民主革命的过程中,从多个侧面和不同的角度继承与发展了马克思的东方社会理论。这种继承和发展集中体现在列宁关于“非资本主义发展”、“一国首先胜利”、“未来社会发展阶段”以及新经济政策的思想理论中。     

湖湘文化与刘少奇关于新四军发展的韬略思想

抗日战争进入到相持阶段后,刘少奇赴华中任华中局书记、华中部队总指挥部政治委员、新四军政治委员,对建立巩固的华中根据地和发展壮大华中军事力量卓有建树。他建立巩固的华中根据地和发展壮大新四军的韬略思想与湖湘文化的集大成者王船山的战争战略指导艺术有明显的学脉相承之处。     

A new tool for urban governance or just rhetoric? The case of participatory budgeting in Taipei City

Increasing interest in participatory budgeting has been observed in local governments around the world. This paper stresses direct citizen participation in the budgeting process leads to good governance, deepens democracy and improves social justice, while also highlighting some challenges in its efficiency and effectiveness. Unlike participatory budgeting, the Sub-borough Chiefs Forum is a community-based representative democratic mechanism; it could be regarded as a form of participatory budgeting in a broad sense. If so, then did the Taipei programme simply duplicate the goals of the Forum or lead to a better governance by making up for the inadequacies of the Chiefs Forum? To find out whether the Taipei participatory budgeting programme made a difference, we carried out qualitative and quantitative comparisons of projects passed under the participatory budgeting process and at the Forum. We also interviewed several participatory budgeting participants and sub-borough chiefs. The findings suggested that participatory budgeting and the Forum generated different proposals and budget requests, and the Taipei programme supplemented the shortcomings of the Forum and therefore led to deeper civic engagement and better urban governance.     

华文夏令营对华裔新生代中华文化认同的影响及思考

华文夏令营通过提供文化知识和中国阅历来影响和增强华裔新生代的中华文化认识、认知、认同,从而增强其与中国的向心力和凝聚力,并能够在世界舆论场中对所在国受众更好地讲述中国故事。华文夏令营在实际运作中的确起到了增强华裔新生代中华文化认同的作用。因此,应该正视夏令营举办中的不足,总结经验,改进创办模式,通过运用新媒体和新技术手段保持与华裔新生代的长期联系,巩固华裔新生代对中华文化的认同。     

深化习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想研究需要注意的若干问题

深入研究习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想是中国学界的重要使命。当前学界关于习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的研究已经形成了诸多优秀成果,但同时也存在一些问题,主要体现在问题意识、研究主题和对象、逻辑话语、方法范式、研究内容等层面。站在社会主义现代化建设的新的历史起点上,深化习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想研究,应立足中国大地和中国实践,不断提升现实洞察力,在把握历史规律的基础上丰富研究的思想性,创造出更多引人入胜、令人澎湃、引发深思、充满启迪的经典作品。     

从《文心雕龙》不提《世说新语》看刘勰的文学观

体大虑周的《文心雕龙》广泛论及了魏晋以来的作家、作品,而唯独对六朝文学中地位甚高、影响至远的《世说新语》只字未提,究其原因,我想主要还是刘勰的文学观造成的:原道、征圣、宗经而崇尚雅正,不满谐隐、杂说;崇儒为主,兼修佛道,反对玄谈;萧统文学集团的参照;重古略今,不论近世。