Puerto Rican Food Establishments as Social Service Organizations:

Recent interest in identifying and utilizing community assets represents an important shift in paradigms concerning undervalued communities in general, and communities-of-color in particular. The Latino community in the United States serves as an excellent example of how indigenous resources (natural support systems) can be utilized in the planning and delivery of social services. This article will examine one source of resources, food establishments (grocery and restaurants), and the multiple roles they play in helping one Latino group (Puerto Rican).     

The Internet: An Essential Tool for College Health Networking

Abstract

With the advent of the Internet, college health professionals have available to them a new setting in which to network. The Internet provides opportunities for immediate communication with a large and diverse community of colleagues. Through both the Student Health Service (SHS) Discussion Group and numerous health-related databases, the Internet serves as a powerful research tool for program development and improvement. Answers to queries about practice options, solutions for local problems, and support of innovative policies can be received almost instantaneously from college health professionals from across the United States and Canada. In this article, the authors summarize the history and current use of the SHS Discussion Group, provide a brief overview of Internet basics, and identify more advanced uses of the Internet by college health professionals.     

B/S环境下CIMS安全模型设计与实现

随着网络被非法攻击的可能性增大,提出了一种B/S环境下的基于角色的访问控制双层模型。该模型将RBAC合理运用于数据库层和Web容器层。同时辅以基于角色的菜单定制形成系统安全模型,将角色融入到系统的各个应用层面,统一管理系统各个应用层面的系统资源,从多个层面来保护系统安全。利用这种安全模型,采用Oracle9i/BES6.5/j2ee技术设计,实现了一套浏览器/服务器环境下的计算机集成制造系统的安全管理子系统。     

A comparative study of the relationship between pension plans and individual savings in Asian countries from an institutional point of view

Hur MH. A comparative study of the relationship between pension plans and individual savings in Asian countries from an institutional point of view Int J Soc Welfare 2010: 19: 379–389 © 2009 The Author, Journal compilation © 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd and the International Journal of Social Welfare. This study identifies various saving plans used as alternative pension plans in Asian countries and examines the extent to which these saving plans contribute to their pension schemes. Data were collected from six Asian countries: China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan. The comparison concentrates on an examination of differences and similarities in individual countries' privately managed pension schemes and saving plans. This study suggests that a pension system does not have to be a privately managed plan to encourage individual savings. A critical point for individual savings was avoiding a defined benefit plan. On the basis of these findings, a typology of relationships between second and third pillars and provident funds and incentive systems for individual savings was developed.     

On the process of combining soft systems methodologies and other approaches in systemic interventions

Abstract

The article explores some issues related to the process of a systemic intervention using our experience in three projects in the Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) sector carried out in South Africa between 1997 and 2002. The projects served as a testing ground for exploring some theoretical and practical aspects associated with the process of facilitating the intervention. The paper presents reflections on some of the lessons learned regarding the process in each of the three cases associated with complex developmental decision-making issues.     

理想信息流逻辑的树图系统

依据巴维斯的信息通道理论,巴维斯、盖贝和哈特纳斯构造出表征完美信息流推理的信息流逻辑,但他们的信息流逻辑对信息通道理论中的相关直觉原则和信息通道之间的复合运算并没有充分体现,不能解释逻辑推理。针对巴维斯信息流逻辑的不足并根据信息流推理的特点,可以构造出表征完美信息流推理的理想信息流逻辑的树图系统并可证明它们的可靠性和完全性。     

略论英、美法官文化及其启示

在英美法系国家司法制度中，基于悠久的历史文化传统，对法官的知识结构、思维方式，甚至对充任法官者的年龄、资历、性格以及法庭仪式、法官装束等都达成了诸多共识，形成了独具一格的法官文化。这对于保证法官独立、司法公正、公众对司法判决的服从乃至对法律产生信仰都起了不可或缺的作用。     

Adult Children of Divorce

Female and male adult children of divorce (ACDs) provided retrospective ratings of their relationships with their moth- ers and fathers prior to and after parental separation, and also eva- luated their current relationships with each parent. Pre-, post-separa- tion and current relationships with mothers were more positively evaluated than those with fathers. Post-separation ratings of relation- ships with each parent were lower than those obtained on pre-separa- tion scales, with some recovery evidenced on current relationship scales. The critical importance of parental cooperation, particularly for ACDs' relationships with their fathers, was especially indicated by the present findings. A positive relationship with one parent was also found to have contributed in a negative fashion to ACDs' posi- tive evaluations of their relationshiv with their other oarent follow- ing separation. Research utilizing 'a longitudinal apl;roach is sug- gested in order to further examine the differential qualities of ACDs' ongoing relationships with each of their parents.     

Using Geographic Information System (GIS) Technology to Integrate Research into the Field Practicum

SUMMARY

This article reports on efforts to answer some basic questions arising in the introduction of technology into the social work curriculum. It involves an on-going project to integrate research into field instruction by training students to use Geographic Information System technology to identify and meet information needs of their field placement agency. Background on the project is given, with discussion of three concerns that shaped it. An explanation of how GIS works and how it can be used in the human service agency is provided, along with an account of the project's outcome. Preliminary conclusions regarding future efforts are offered.     

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