Adolescent Depressed Mood in a Multiethnic Sample

This research assessed whether there is an impact of race-ethnicity on depressed mood among adolescents, independent of socioeconomic status, whether gender differences in depressed mood are apparent within all race-ethnicity subgroups, and whether pubertal development influences depressed mood in a similar manner within gender and race-ethnicity subgroups. A three-stage, area probability sampling frame was utilized to select adolescents, ages 12–17 years, for an in-person interview. Depressed mood was assessed by the Children's Depression Inventory. Compared to Whites, African Americans, or Asian Americans, Latinos reported more symptoms of depressed mood, a finding that was independent of socioeconomic status. Advancing puberty was associated with depressed mood only among females, but the timing of pubertal changes, relative to ones peers, was related to depressed mood among both males and females, and among Latinos.     

Bonding in a High-Risk and a General Sample of Children:Comparison of Measures of Attachment and Their Relationship to Smoking and Drinking

Bonding in parent, peer, and school domains were compared in a general sample of children and a sample of children of methadone-treated parents. Bivariate comparisons revealed that children of methadone-treated parents had lower SES, and were significantly more likely to smoke cigarettes but not more likely to drink alcohol. Several measures of attachment were significantly different between the two samples across parent, peer, and school domains. Multivariate analyses indicated that the children of methadone-treated parents were more likely to smoke, even after accounting for the effects of demographic and attachment variables. For drinking, sample membership was not found to be significant. Attachment to school decreased the odds of both smoking and drinking in both samples. Peer attachment had no effect on the odds of smoking initiation; however,loyalty to best friend did predict increased odds of drinking initiation.     

A re‐examination of Lardy‐Donnithorne debate in the provincial context of Guangdong, 1949–1992

This paper re‐examines the Lardy—Donnithorne debate in the provincial context of Guangdong. The study period is from 1949 to 1992. In the first place, the adequacy of provincial capital investment is evaluated against its population and national income shares. Secondly, it examines the capital construction investment from the administrative perspective with capital construction projects classified into central, ministry‐supported and local projects. Thirdly, it looks at the relationship from the financial perspective through a breakdown of capital construction investment by sources of investment funds, that is, state appropriation, domestic loans, foreign investment and self‐raised funds and others. Fourthly, the central‐local relationship is scrutinized through the fiscal relationship between the central and Guangdong governments. Lastly, extra‐budgetary funds data, whenever available, are also analyzed. The paper finds that the centripetal and centrifugal forces in Guangdong have always been in dynamic and precarious balance both before and after the Open Policy.     

Budget Redirection in Georgia State Government

Budget redirection in Georgia state government represents a change from the expectation of continuous budget growth to an expectation that budget expansion will be accompanied by compensating budget reductions through an ongoing process of priority assessment. Its essential features are: the requirement that state agencies identify a minimum of 5 percent of their current year's budget which becomes the primary means for funding new programs and services in the coming fiscal year; and a limit, based upon revenue projections, on the amount an agency may request above the current year's budget. Like budget reforms in any era, it emanated from a combination of fiscal, managerial, and political objectives.     

美国青少年法制教育的特点及其启示

美国是一个十分重视青少年法制教育的国家,“培养美国公民,面向社会、实现价值认同”一直是其在青少年法制教育中坚持的基本理念。同时,美国在法制教育的内容、方法和途径上都独具特色。     

中国循环经济立法初探

循环型经济是一种新型经济发展模式,随着环境问题日益突出,一些发达国家开始重视改革现有不合理的经济发展模式,促使本国经济朝着循环型经济发展.本文通过介绍循环经济的概念和基本特点,总结国外循环经济法的立法经验,对比德日两国与美国的循环经济立法,透视我国相关立法现状及存在的问题,对我国循环经济法的建立健全与配套制度的完善提出建议.     

灵活运用SPSS进行税收预测

本文分析了利用SPSS进行税收预测要注意的问题,并就如何灵活利用SPSS进行预测举出两个实际例子.通过实例证明:在预测过程中,同时利用纵向数据及横向数据进行预测,有利于预测精度的提高.     

浅议图书馆员的职业道德建设

在当今时代,作为向读者传输知识和提供信息服务的重要阵地,图书馆在推动社会进步方面发挥着越来越重要的作用.因此,图书馆必须加强对图书馆员的职业道德建设,规范其职业道德行为,以充分发挥图书馆的社会文化职能,充分履行图书馆的社会责任,促进图书馆的现代化建设.     

不当得利行为能否构成侵占罪

不当得利构成民法上的债的侵权,是一种具有非法性的民事行为.当不当得利行为人占有他人财物且数额较大拒不返还时,能否按照侵占罪追究行为人的刑事责任,这是自1997年刑法修订以来一直困扰我国司法界和法学界的一个复杂问题.实践中因不当得利而发生"侵占"的情况多种多样,拒不返还不当得利财物的现象已构成了对社会的严重危害,迫切需要对此进行刑事化剖析.本文结合民法原理和犯罪构成对不当得利行为的非法性、罪责性及学者的不同观点进行具体分析,以客观、合理地认定不当得利与侵占罪的关系.     

基于会计师事务所关键资源的收益分配模式探讨

事务所内部治理的核心问题是收益分配问题 ,借鉴进入权理论通过分析会计师事务所的特征 ,提出会计师事务所的关键资源是关键人力资源 ,而关键人力资源应作会计师事务所收益分配的基础。针对关键人力资源的计量和监督方法 ,构建以财产股、岗位股、贡献股为收益分配基础的“三位一体”的分配模式。