Sociocultural Variations in the Body Image Perceptions of Urban Adolescent Females

This study investigated the influences of ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and ethnic peer group composition on awareness and internalization of socially sanctioned standards of appearance using the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire (SATAQ). The researchers surveyed a convenience sample of 208 adolescent females at an ethnically diverse urban high school. Statistical analyses found that ethnicity influenced awareness of socially sanctioned standards of appearance but the effects of ethnicity varied by level of caregiver educational attainment. Ethnicity and caregiver educational attainment together accounted for variance in the internalization of these standards. Moreover, African American girls with ethnically heterogeneous peer groups had significantly higher awareness and internalization scores than those without mixed friends. These findings highlight the importance of multiple ecological factors in assessing risk for disturbed body image and eating disorders. Ethnicity remains an important predictor of disturbed body image but should be treated as a dynamic, rather than a fixed risk factor.     

广西城市民族工作调研报告

随着经济社会的发展 ,城市中定居与流动的民族成份和少数民族人口将会越来越多 ,城市民族工作将越来越复杂 ,其地位也显得越来越重要。此调研报告总结了近年来广西城市民族工作的主要成就 ,分析了新形势下城市民族工作的特点和存在的主要问题 ,探索了做好城市民族工作的新途径。     

Silent partners: archaeological insights on mobility,interaction and civilization in Central Asia’s past

ABSTRACT

Civilizations are as complex as the human relationships that engendered them, and outlining these relational qualities within open notions of mobility and interaction frames a reconceptualization of Central Asia’s past. Recent Eurasian archaeological research deconstructs deterministic political-economic or hierarchical typologies of civilization and the overly simplified narrative that roots it in urban centres perpetually juxtaposed with nomadic groups. Archaeological evidence from the Oxus Civilization, Central Asia’s earliest complex polity (ca. 2500–1400 BCE), reveals the deep roots of sedentary–mobile interactions. I argue that Oxus–steppe relationships helped maintain the long-term structural cohesion of the Oxus Civilization as a multicultural entity, with implications for subsequent Central Asian polities. As we begin to balance the lopsided conversations about the social formations of Central Asia’s past and present, the silent partnership that characterized the Oxus Civilization is given a voice that forces us to reconsider who, exactly, belongs inside our notions of civilization.     

2000-2004中国都市电影创作状况分析

2000～2004年,中国都市电影作品数量在逐年增加,这些影片关注当下普通人的现实生活,影片呈现出强烈的现实主义色彩,而且,无论是演员的表演水准还是影片视听语言的运用都是在逐步提高,可以说这五年中国都市电影的创作取得了较为丰硕的成果,个别影片堪称中国电影中精品.但是,题材的重复、情节设置缺乏新意、形式与内容的疏离等等问题不可忽视.     

城市建设拆迁中的利益冲突及其调整

人们对水库、大坝移民给予了极大的关注,而城市建设拆迁引起的移民一直被忽视。城市建设,引起大量房屋拆迁,不可避免地引发拆迁冲突。运用利益冲突原理,换位在移民的角度,对城市建设拆迁中的利益相关者进行识别和分析,在政府角色定位、市场契约机制、法律选择、项目社会评价制度等方面或许能有新的思路,提出相应的调整机制:     

城市公共交通服务质量评价神经网络模型

为了科学评价城市公共交通的服务质量,首先建立了城市公共交通服务质量评价指标体系,给出了结合AHP层次分析法和ABC分类法筛选指标的方法,最后设计了改进神经网络模型评价步骤。     

政策支农：推动城乡协调发展的有效途径——吕梁市中阳县统筹城乡发展的调查报告

“三农”问题是全面建设小康社会的重点和难点所在。中阳县委、县政府以科学发展观为指导,通过一系列政策支农措施,如大力减轻农民负担;加大对农业、农村的投入;提高农村劳动力素质等,大大推进了农村的全面进步,并取得了很多有益的启示:政策支农是推动城乡协调发展的必要措施;各级党委和政府是推动城乡协调发展的中坚力量;各级领导干部的意识自觉是推动城乡协调发展的前提;工业经济的发达是推动城乡协调发展的关键;“输血”式支农与“造血”式支农相结合是实现城乡协调发展的根本。     

城市道路交通管理单向交通系统的应用研究

单向交通是一种投资少、见效快、操作简单的交通管理措施,其在改善城市交通组织,提高道路网运行效率、充分利用现有道路资源、挖掘道路的交通潜力等方面具有明显的优势。研究探讨单向交通的原理、实施条件和原则等问题,具有重要的现实意义。     

论建构城市规划听证制度的必要性

城市规划作为对城市未来空间发展的战略布局和政策,不仅影响城市未来的居住地貌,而且对居住于城市内的公民权益亦会产生重大影响。我国现行城市规划在行政机关单一决策主体的模式下,存在剥夺城市弱势群体利益、忽视可持续发展以及反复无常等诸多问题。要将城市规划纳入科学、理性的轨迹,公民对规划的参与必不可缺,城市规划应当建立吸纳民众参与的听证机制。     

Prevalence and Processing of Child Sexual Abuse: A Multi-Data-Set Analysis of Urban and Rural Counties

This study investigated how contextual factors affect the processing of child sexual abuse cases, from reporting to sentencing. We analyzed three types of data: (a) data compiled by the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape from monthly reports by all rape crisis centers in the state; (b) data from the Pennsylvania Office of Children, Youth, and Families; and (c) sentencing data from the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing. Results indicated that aggregate rates of reporting, substantiation, and sentencing were affected by county levels of expenditure. In addition, reporting and substantiation were affected by county-level factors, such that rural counties, counties with a higher percentage of individuals living below the poverty level, counties with higher expenditures, and counties with a higher percentage of stranger assaults had higher rates of child sexual abuse reporting.