Latin American convergence and divergence towards the mortality profiles of developed countries

It is uncertain whether Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) countries are approaching a single mortality regime. Over the last three decades, LAC has experienced major public health interventions and the highest number of homicides in the world. However, these interventions and homicide rates are not evenly shared across countries. This study documents trends in life expectancy and lifespan variability for 20 LAC countries, 2000–14. By extending a previous method, we decompose differences in lifespan variability between LAC and a developed world benchmark into cause-specific effects. For both sexes, dispersion of amenable diseases through the age span makes the largest contribution to the gap between LAC and the benchmark. Additionally, for males, the concentration of homicides, accidents, and suicides in mid-life further impedes mortality convergence. Great disparity exists in the region: while some countries are rapidly approaching the developed regime, others remain far behind and suffer a clear disadvantage in population health.     

Acculturative stress in the adjustment of immigrant families

This study reviews the issue of acculturative stress in immigrant families. Acculturative stress includes behaviors experienced by immigrants that are a direct consequence of the process of acculturation and adaptation to a new society. A number of stressors impacting on the acculturation of immigrant families is discussed. These stressors include lack of English language skills, employment and economic status, educational background, family life, and sociopolitical and immigration status.     

经络黑箱方法研究及意义

经络的特异实质结构至今尚未探明 ,但已初步研究掌握了经络现象的规律性。古代和现代对于经络的研究常有黑箱方法的一些最基本特征。现代系统科学的黑箱方法 ,不是直接考察经络的内部结构 ,而是利用外部观察和试验来考察经络系统的输入输出及其动态过程 ,研究经络的功能和特性 ,探索其结构和机理的科学方法。现代经络黑箱方法的研究 ,也为经络诊断和治疗提高了精确性和有效性 ,并为经络的实质结构研究奠定理论和技术基础     

认同 反抗 超越——《秀拉》中黑人女性寻找自我的历程

非裔美国女作家托妮·莫里森在小说《秀拉》中描写了三位探寻自我的黑人女性形象夏娃、秀拉和奈尔 ,揭示了黑人女性寻找自我的历程 :从认同男性主体意识到反抗男权社会再到超越女性传统命运     

走出种族、阶级与性别歧视的樊篱——评爱丽丝·沃克的《紫颜色》

美国黑人女作家爱丽丝·沃克的作品主要以美国黑人女性的生活,特别是黑人女性的觉醒为主题.本文通过对爱丽丝·沃克的<紫颜色>来解读黑人女性走出种族、阶级和性别歧视的樊篱的成长过程.     

Racial differences in urban neighboring

Despite mixed expectations generated by existing theories and evidence, this analysis documents clear racial differences in urban neighboring behavior. Using data from a survey of Nashville, Tennessee, residents, we show that blacks interact with their neighbors more often than whites do, and in a greater variety of ways. The only noteworthy similarity between the two groups is the positive impact of neighboring on feelings of community affect. Overall, our results support the view that neighbor relations — like other kinds of informal participation — have helped blacks cope with constrained social opportunities and provided them with access to resources unavailable through formal institutional channels.Revised version of a paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, August 1989.     

从尤瑟夫·海勒的“黑色幽默”文学透析美国社会

海勒的《第二十二条军规》运用讽刺暴露等手法，无情地揭露和鞭挞了战争的荒谬和不道德以及美国社会的黑暗和罪恶。     

廪君巴人“武落钟离山”新考

廪君巴人最早居住的武落钟离山,又名难留山。有些学者认为湖北长阳佷山即巴人发源地武落钟离山。本文从山名、方位、难留山、赤黑二穴、阴阳石、文化遗址、出土文物多方面论证了此观点不能成立。然后,从地名、地貌、民俗、姓氏、县志、古文献、古地图、考古发现等,论证了长阳西部今柳山为武落钟离山所在地。     

The epidemiology of schizophrenia among Caribbean-born and first- and second-generation migrants in Britain

The study of migrants in their new environments is often a useful means of investigating environmental influences on health. Migrants have been found to develop higher rates of mental illness compared to their counterparts who remain at home. These deleterious effects of migration have been attributed to selection factors and stressful life experiences. Migration from an agricultural and traditional society to an urban industrial society where value systems can be demanding, often leads to role strain and role conflict. These kinds of incongruities are the beginning of a series of stressful experiences that contribute to poor health/mental health status. The extent to which one experiences stress is dependent on a number of factors. First, it depends on the perceived difference between home and the new environment. Second, it depends on the cultural homogeneity of the new environment, that is, the extent to which the migrant is readily assimilated into the new culture or is able to maintain a traditional lifestyle by living in an ethnic enclave, and the psychological resources available to successfully access services in the new environment. This paper examines the rates, incidence, and prevalence of schizophrenia found in Caribbean-born immigrants to Britain, and first- and second-generation people of Caribbean background born in Britain. It is argued that Afro-Caribbean people in England are overrepresented in the diagnosis of schizophrenia. Factors that may contribute to this finding range from unemployment, social disadvantage status, social adversity, racism in the health and criminal justice systems, and misdiagnosis.This paper was completed when the author served as Distinguished Visiting Professor-William Patterson College, Wayne, New Jersey.     

浅谈实行建设工程无标底招标利弊及建议

本文分析了无标底招标的特点和利弊,在肯定无标底招标的同时,建议不可盲目实行,提出加强法律、法规建设,规范建筑市场和参与各方的行为是解决问题的关键。