Let's stay close: An examination of the effects of imagined contact on behavior toward children with disability

In line with current developments in indirect intergroup contact literature, we conducted a field study using the imagined contact paradigm among high-status (Italian children) and low-status (children with foreign origins) group members (N = 122; 53 females, mean age = 7.52 years). The experiment aimed to improve attitudes and behavior toward a different low-status group, children with disability. To assess behavior, we focused on an objective measure that captures the physical distance between participants and a child with disability over the course of a five-minute interaction (i.e., while playing together). Results from a 3-week intervention revealed that in the case of high-status children imagined contact, relative to a no-intervention control condition, improved outgroup attitudes and behavior, and strengthened helping and contact intentions. These effects however did not emerge among low-status children. The results are discussed in the context of intergroup contact literature, with emphasis on the implications of imagined contact for educational settings.     

Looked after children's right to contact with birth parents: An Australian study

In Australia, there are more than 46 000 children in out-of-home care (OOHC). Most of these children have been in OOHC for more than 2 years. Similarly, there are more than 407 000 children in the United States and over 80 800 in England who are ‘looked after’ with approximately one third of these children being in OOHC for more than 2 years. This paper concerns ‘looked after’ children's rights to contact with their birth parents. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) requires child protection systems to recognize the rights of children to maintain contact with their families except where this is not in the child's ‘best interests’. In this paper, we report on a qualitative study conducted in Australia exploring legal and family support practitioners' perceptions of barriers to contact between children in OOHC and their birth parents. The thematic analysis identified four themes: These were as follows: a focus on systems driven responses; lack of cultural recognition and responsiveness; carers' disconnection from birth parents; and parents' exclusion. We discuss the implications of these findings for understanding and recognizing children's right to contact with birth parents.     

长江经济带城市功能联系网络及其协调发展空间效应研究

城市功能联系网络的空间外部性对解释区际互联互助、推进区域经济协调发展具有重要意义。文章以长江经济带110个地级及以上城市为研究对象，探究产业联系下的城市功能网络结构及其协调发展空间效应：首先，根据城市产业分类及功能特性构建了城市功能结构体系；其次，基于产业联系角度，运用修正引力模型测算城市功能网络联系强度，并借助重尾分级法确定网络层级结构；再次，运用社会网络分析法从网络空间分布结构、网络密度效率和网络边界效应三个层面剖析各类功能网络结构特征；最后，构建空间计量模型检验城市功能联系网络对区域经济协调发展的空间效应。研究发现：全域内各类城市功能网络结构形态存在差异，流通和公共服务功能网络呈跳跃式交织联结分布，其余三类功能网络均呈“东密西疏”梯度化递减的网状分布；全域内各类功能联系网络具有相似的空间分异性，上游以成渝双核引擎式联动发展，中游形成以省会城市为核心的“三足鼎立式”轮轴辐射结构，下游呈“一核多中心式”扁平化结构；城市综合功能网络对区域经济协调存在正向空间溢出效应，且这种空间效应存在区域异质性；产业联系的分功能网络对区域经济协调的作用程度存在差异，生产功能溢出效应最大，流通和公共服务...     

用闭环可控恒流源供电测量线束接头接触电阻

针对线束接头接触电阻测量的特点，提出了一种采用闭环可控恒流源系统供电的测量线束接头接触电阻的方法，此法具有精度高、自动检测、自动定标等特点，整个测量系统的精度可达０．５％。     

Former Athletes' Illness Stories of Brain Injuries: Suspected Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and the Entanglement of Never-Aging Masculinities

Examining former athletes' health-related beliefs and behaviors on the long-term effects of concussions and potentially developing chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) offers a domain to understand how men renegotiate their masculinities. In this paper, we explore how the cultural production of the concussion crisis shapes the ways in which men athletes make sense of self and their masculinity in the face of declining health. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 27 male, former athletes, this article examines the multiple ways in which gender shapes their experience and treatment of traumatic brain injuries or suspected CTE. We show how men are re-negotiating their aging masculinities through illness narratives and how the cultural production of the concussion crisis in sports shapes these narratives. We break down our analysis into three sections: (1) reflections of chaos narratives and stories of never-aging masculinities, (2) the ways the concussion crisis shapes their restitution narratives, and (3) quest narratives combining never-aging and aging masculinities. Whether or not these athletes have or are treated for CTE, we argue that they reformulate their masculinity to regain control over their manhood and to feel a sense of relief.     

纵古观今,雅俗共赏——评史有为先生《外来词——异文化的使者》

外来词作为一种语言现象，是社会和文化交流的产物。史有为先生的《外来词——异文化的使者》是一部兼顾实用性和科学性的探讨外来词问题的著作。该书从文化语言学的角度对外来词进行研究，从历时和专题相结合的角度为人们构建了一个清晰的框架，使人们从纷繁中找到头绪，从总体上审视汉语外来词。     

Positive and negative intergroup contact in school and out-of-school contexts: A longitudinal approach to spillover effects

This study aims to tackle positive and negative intergroup contact in school and out-of-school contexts to test whether a spillover effect (i.e., the extent to which experiences that individuals have in one context spill over into another) applies to intergroup contact. Participants were 984 adolescents (M_age = 14.66; 62.7% female; 24.8% ethnic minority). Results indicated that positive contact in school was related over time to higher positive contact in out-of-school contexts and vice versa (i.e., valence consistent spillover effect). Positive contact in school was linked over time to lower negative contact in out-of-school contexts (i.e., valence inconsistent spillover effect). Overall, this study provides novel insights into the transmission of adolescents' intergroup contact across socialization contexts by emphasizing the leading role of positive contact in schools.