Trust and Reciprocity in the Aftermath of Natural Disasters

Abstract

Beyond all the material and economic losses that natural disasters produce, post-disaster environments can alter the social capital of a community by affecting social norms, attitudes, and people’s behaviour. To analyse this issue, we empirically investigate the effect that the aftermath of a disaster can have on trust and reciprocity of people within communities. We do this by comparing outcomes of trust games conducted in earthquake-affected and non-affected rural villages one year after the 2010 Chilean earthquake. Our findings show that while trust levels do not differ across cases, reciprocity is lower in earthquake-affected areas.     

(Re)defining the Gendered Body in Cyberspace: The Virtual Reality Film

The contemporary interaction of the body with information, computing, and communication technologies in Western societies has contributed to a change in our understanding of the concept of the human being, while implying that old ideas surrounding corporeality need to be rethought. It is contended here that the virtual reality film, with its focus on cyberspace, offers opportunities for understanding the complex relationship between gender and information technologies and creates spaces in which the gendered body can be reconsidered. Films like The 13^th Floor, The Matrix, and Johnny Mnemonic display digital media and virtual subjects that mirror our complex relationship with technology. The present paper proposes three different ways of representing the interaction between humans and technology: “the penetrated body”, “the cyber-body”, and “the simulated body”. This distinction responds to a hierarchy in which some categorizations are more transcendent than others, and confer different degrees of flexibility regarding the redefinition of the gendered body in the texts involved.     

企业经营中的品牌战略

:随着市场经济的发展 ,品牌战略在企业经营管理中的地位逐渐凸现出来。品牌战略取得成功的关键 ,在于提高企业的营销水平和产品本身的素质 ,进行科学的品牌定位 ,并不断推动牌品的升级成长     

初级阶段越南留学生汉字学习策略运用情况考察

一、引言第二语言教学的目的,是使学生掌握运用该语言进行交际的能力,包括口头交际能力(听说)和书面交际能力(读写)。其中,文字是和书面交际能力直接相关的。汉字作为汉语的书写符号是获得     

审查起诉中犯罪嫌疑人权益的保护

审查起诉中倒签期日与预借期间侵犯犯罪嫌疑人期限利益,讯问形式化侵犯犯罪嫌疑人诉前申辩权利,滥用延长审查起诉期限及退回补充侦查的规定变相延长羁押期限,限制律师与犯罪嫌疑人会见侵犯犯罪嫌疑人的辩护权。解决这些问题,需要强化人权保障的立法工作,为犯罪嫌疑人合法权益提供规范保障;强化司法者现代法治理念教育,为犯罪嫌疑人权益的保护提供主体保障;强化部门监督机制的建立与健全,做好犯罪嫌疑人权益保护的制度保障。     

A simplified procedure for simultaneous detection of salivary proteins and its application in paternity testing

An alternative simplified procedure for the genetic analysis of salivary protein complex (SPC) which eliminates the need for a specific concentrated parotid sample is proposed. After the technique is applied isoelectric focusing and protein detection is carried out by silver staining. The chance of exclusion of non-fathers for these systems in our population is 0.161711 for Pr, 0.07948 for Db, 0.07836 for Pa and 0.00995 for PIF. The total exclusion rate for these systems is 0.30042.     

Behavioural Response to a Sudden Health Risk: Dengue and Educational Outcomes in Colombia

Epidemics tend to have a debilitating influence on the lives of directly afflicted families. However, the presence of an epidemic can also change the behaviour and outcomes of those not directly affected. This paper makes use of a short, sharp, unexpected epidemic to examine the behavioural response of the public to a sudden shift in the perceived risk to one’s health and mortality. Our analysis finds that unafflicted school students change their behaviour substantially, affecting important life outcomes. In particular, we find that between 1.9 and 4.7 fewer students, out of a typical cohort of 47 pupils, sit their school leaving examination for every additional 10 cases of severe Dengue per 10 000 inhabitants in a municipality. We rule out several possible mechanisms, leaving an increase in the salience of the disease’s risks as a plausible explanation for our findings.