A Participant Evaluation of the U.S. Navy Parent Support Program

This study reports on the results of a program evaluation of the U.S. Navy New Parent Support Program (NPSP). NPSP is comprised of two components: center-based parenting classes and home-based visits. Data are presented on: (a) satisfaction with program quality, (b) how well the program met its primary objectives (e.g., helps reduce parenting stress), (c) how well the NPSP met its Reasons for Being (RFBs; e.g., Helps service members concentrate on their job), and (d) program impact on mission-related outcomes (i.e., quality of life (QOL), readiness, and program impact on their decision to remain in the military). Results indicate that parents who take part in both the parenting classes and home-based visits report that the program exceeded their expectations, the program improved their perceptions of their parenting and coping skills, they perceived that the program demonstrated the Navy’s concern for Sailors and their families, and the program enhanced the family’s quality of life. Implications of study findings are discussed.

The file on operation “Priboi”: A re-assessment of the mass deportations of 1949

Abstract

Using information from documents found in the Russian State Military Archives, this article discusses the organization and execution of the Soviet mass deportations from the Baltic States in March 1949 — code-named Operation “Priboi” by the USSR MVD. These findings are presented for the first time in English, in the context both of established historiographical interpretations and recent literature on the deportations. The aim is to encourage a scholarly reassessment of Operation “Priboi” as a crime against humanity perpetrated by the Soviet occupation regime, but supported by indigenous collaborators to a far greater degree than previously assumed.     

Maternal Separations During the Reentry Years for 100 Infants Raised in a Prison Nursery

Prison nurseries prevent maternal separations related to incarceration for the small subset of children whose pregnant mothers are incarcerated in states with such programs. For a cohort of 100 children accepted by corrections into one prison nursery, subsequent separation patterns are analyzed. The largest numbers are caused by corrections' removal of infants from the nursery and infants reaching a one-year age limit. Criminal recidivism and substance abuse relapse threaten continued mothering during reentry. Focused and coordinated services are needed during prison stay and reentry years to sustain mothering for women and children accepted into prison nursery programs.     

Strain,Crime, and Contingencies

Hypotheses from General Strain theory are addressed using data from a random sample of adults in Raleigh, NC. Analyses examine three issues: (1) whether strain predicts self‐projected criminal behavior; controlling for past self‐reported crime; (2) whether negative emotions mediate the relationship between strain and projected crime; and (3) whether social support and criminal peers serve as contingencies or mediators for strain in predicting criminality. Results are generally consistent with previous studies focusing on youth. Three of four measures of strain are found to predict the crime measures. However, that relationship is not mediated by negative emotion and the measures of social support and criminal peers do not act as contingencies or mediators. The results suggest that strain may not operate through negative emotions and that theoretical refinement is needed to identify which potential contingencies are likely to be operating under various circumstances.     

自崇礼到重法（下）——以先秦士阶层“得君行道”观念为视角

东周以降,礼崩乐坏,君、师分离,士阶层出现,“得君行道”观念随之产生。孔、孟认定道尊于势,不能得君,则以明道自任,道即为赋予礼以内在道德上的根据,彰显其仁心,其治道之重心在礼。战国中晚期,“势”观念勃兴,尊君思想张扬,荀子在“道”与“势”之间游移,因要尊君,遂将礼外在规范化,在治道上礼法并重。战国末期,成为思想界主流的法家,将尊君推到空前高度,因得君之切而牺牲了行道之实;因尊君而尚法,其法治沦为君主“治”臣下和人民的工具。先秦时期,士阶层从强调“行道”逐渐转向“得君”,与治道从“重礼”向“尚法”之演变大体一致。     

山西生态文明格局建设研究

阐释生态文明格局的基本内涵,明确山西生态文明格局建设的思路与实现途径,提出促进生态文明格局建设的保障措施,为资源型地区生态文明格局的构建提供参考的范例。     

Detection of Denatonium Benzoate (Bitrex) Remnants in Noncommercial Alcoholic Beverages by Raman Spectroscopy

Illegal alcoholic beverages are often introduced into market using cheap technical alcohol, which is contaminated by denatonium benzoate (Bitrex) of very small concentration. Bitrex is the most bitter chemical compound and has to be removed before alcohol consumption. The home‐made methods utilize sodium hypochlorite to disintegrate particles of denatonium benzoate in alcohol and to remove bitter taste before trading. In this experimental studies, we propose a novel method that detects in a fast way the remnants of denatonium benzoate in dubious alcohol samples by Raman spectroscopy. This method applies a portable Raman spectrometer of excitation wavelength 785 nm and utilizes the effect of surface‐enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) to recognize the suspected alcoholic beverages. High effectiveness (over 98%) of YES/NO classification of the investigated samples was observed when the nonlinear algorithm support vector machine (SVM) was exploited at carefully adjusted detection parameters. The method can identify illicit alcohol within minutes.     

专利许可中价格限制的反垄断法分析

专利许可中的价格限制是许可人对被许可人实施许可专利而制造的专利产品销售价格的限制。专利许可中的价格限制可能对竞争产生影响,多数国家的反垄断法对这一行为表现出不同形式的关注。但多数坚持合理原则,即在界定相关市场的基础上,详细分析诸多涉案因素,综合衡量限制竞争与相关效率之利弊,做出最终判断。我国在制定相应指南时,应在坚持合理原则的基础上,强化指南的可操作性,寻求立法一般规定的具体化,形成有针对性的特殊规则,对初次销售价格限制与转售价格限制做区别对待,并在宏观上恰当协调和衔接价格法、专利法与反垄断法的相关规定。     

人口年龄结构如何影响住房财富效应？——基于家庭微观视角的分析

人口年龄结构变动与高房价均为我国当前经济社会的重要特征，研究人口年龄结构对住房财富效应的影响对于房价调控、释放居民消费潜力具有较大的现实意义。基于中国家庭追踪调查(CFPS)数据，实证检验人口年龄结构对住房财富效应的影响，结果发现：老年抚养比和幼年抚养比升高显著增强了住房财富效应，且幼年抚养比升高对住房财富效应的影响更大；进一步，老年抚养比和幼年抚养比对拥有大产权房产家庭和低房价收入比家庭的住房财富效应有显著正向影响，但对拥有小产权房产家庭和高房价收入比家庭的影响不显著；并且，幼年抚养比对家庭住房财富效应的正向影响在高房价地区更为显著，老年抚养比对其的正向影响则在低房价区域更显著。     

时间价格指数和空间价格指数的比较与协调

价格指数在经济政策尤其是价格政策制定中发挥着重要作用。从时空维度上看,价格指数一般可分为时间价格指数和空间价格指数,二者都属于价格统计的范畴,在编制要素、编制流程、组织管理模式、加权处理方式、质量调整方法等方面具有一致性。但是,时间价格指数和空间价格指数也存在显著的差异性,主要体现在理论内涵、指数性质、测度目标、计算公式、规格品价格调查范围、权重数据来源、规格品选择方案和对数据的要求等方面。推动时间价格指数与空间价格指数的协调,有助于建立一致、统一的价格统计体系,形成反映地区价格水平及变动的完整图谱。为此,实践上应积极探索ICP与CPI统计体系的整合,增加二者在居民消费品基本支出分类上的直接匹配度。