芪黄健脾滋肾颗粒治疗系统性红斑狼疮的疗效观察

目的 观察芪黄健脾滋肾颗粒治疗系统性红斑狼疮（systemic lupus erythematosus,SLE）的临床疗效及对患者生活质量的影响。方法 将60例SLE患者随机分成对照组和观察组,每组30例,对照组予以醋酸泼尼松片联合硫酸羟氯喹片口服,观察组在对照组治疗的基础上加芪黄健脾滋肾颗粒口服,疗程均为12周;观察两组患者治疗前后狼疮生活质量（lupus quality of life,Lupus QOL）量表评分、SLE疾病活动指数（SLE disease activity index,SLEDAI）和中医症状评分的变化,检测治疗前后中性粒细胞与淋巴细胞比值（neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio,NLR）、24 h尿蛋白（24 hour urine protein,24hUP）、免疫球蛋白（immunoglobulin,Ig）G、IgM、IgA及血清补体（complement,C）3、C4水平。结果 观察组疗效优于对照组（P＜0.05）。治疗后两组患者SLEDAI、中医症状评分较治疗前均显著减少（P＜0.05）,NLR、24hUP、IgG、IgM、IgA水平较治疗前均显著降低（P＜0.05）,且观察组减少或降低程度均较对照组更为显著（P＜0.05）;Lupus QOL量表各项评分较治疗前均显著增加（P＜0.05）,C3、C4水平均较治疗前显著升高（P＜0.05）,且观察组增加或升高程度均较对照组更为显著（P＜0.05）。结论 芪黄健脾滋肾颗粒治疗SLE临床疗效显著,具有免疫调节和抗炎作用,能显著改善患者生活质量。     

网络伦理构建何以合理可行

网络虚拟社会伦理生活不同于现实实存社会伦理生活。因此,对由网络虚拟生活所引发的诸如自主自由与责任淡化、价值多元与道德冲突、非人性化与道德冷漠等基本伦理问题的解决以及网络伦理的合理构建,也就不能只停留于对个体德性的要求,而应从网络虚拟社会自身特点与内在矛盾,以及网络生活的基本伦理问题的生成、运行和实现机制入手,以制度同意为着眼点,方可使网络伦理构建具有现实的合理性和实践的可行性。     

Social Context Matters: Predictors of Quality of Life among Recently Arrived Refugee Women-at-Risk Living in Australia

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Little is known about the predictors of quality of life among refugee women. 104 refugee women-at-risk were recruited within 6 months of arriving in Australia. A structured questionnaire was administered using standardized tools to assess pre-migration trauma, post-migration living difficulties, social capital, social networks, and quality of life. Hierarchical multiple and logistic regressions assessed factors predicting quality of life. Post-migration factors such as low trust in the community, and lack of support from individuals in their social networks predicted poorer quality of life. These findings have implications for community and social programs for refugee women-at-risk.     

绿色消费文化助力城市隐形贫困人口“脱贫摘帽”

近年来,"隐形贫困人口"一词成为网络流行语并受到部分城市青年群体的认同,该部分青年群体将其作为自己的身份标签以自嘲消费与收入之间巨大落差。这一现象引发了社会的广泛关注。有学者将其产生的原因归结为非理性消费,事实上,我们更应深刻地认识到我国城市隐形贫困人口是我国社会发展过程中的历史性、阶段性现象,其在动机、方式、心态方面均表现出双重属性,这折射出当前中国社会在现代化发展过程中面临着消费文化价值观缺陷,也反映我国社会优化整合功能不充分的消费困境。因此,解决城市隐形贫困人口的"脱贫"问题,需要积极倡导并践行绿色消费文化,实现人自身、人与自然、人与社会的共荣共生。     

沿海经济发达地区城镇空巢老人精神生活状况探析——基于广东城镇1253位空巢老人的调查

＂空巢化＂已成为我国人口老龄化的一个突出特征和不容忽视的社会问题。据调查,广东城镇＂空巢老人＂已达52%。空巢老人的精神生活状况如何？他们在养老生活中面临一些什么样的心理问题和困境？如何采取切实可行的有力措施,有效解决空巢老人面临的心理问题,适应其多样的心理精神需求,提高其生活质量,是需要社会各方面高度关注并亟待解决的问题。     

Labour market regulation and subjective well-being in low-income countries

A growing literature suggests social democratic policies, as exemplified by the welfare state and active labour market policies, promote higher levels of life satisfaction compared to the neoliberal agenda of austerity, smaller government and more ‘flexible’ labour markets. In this article, this inquiry is extended to low-income countries. A theoretical argument is developed for why labour market regulation (LMR) (rather than social welfare spending or the general size of government) is a more appropriate locus of attention outside of the industrial democracies. The relationship between LMR and several measures of well-being is then empirically evaluated, finding robust evidence that people live more satisfying lives in countries that more stringently regulate their labour market. Moreover, it is found that positive benefits of LMR on well-being are the largest among individuals with lower incomes. The implications for public policy and the study of human well-being are discussed.     

Determinants of Personal Income Taxes for Barbados

The purpose of this study was to identify determinants of personal income taxes in Barbados and, using the Engle-Granger two-step procedures with annual data from 1976 to 2008, ascertain how these variables would impact on the dependent variable in the long and short run. The study showed that in the long run, the variables that would impact upon personal income tax receipts were marginal tax rate, real per capita income, and the rate of unemployment, while in the short run, personal income taxes were affected by current real per capita income in addition to lagged values of real per capita income, the marginal tax rate, and the rate of unemployment, respectively.     

A Life-Course Perspective on Incarcerated Women’s Views on Adulthood

Drawing on 35 in-depth interviews with incarcerated women, supplemented by mail correspondence with a sub-sample of these women, I explore how the participants interpret their early life-course experiences when reflecting on their transition to adulthood and, subsequently, their views on adult roles and responsibilities. The women’s narratives indicate that early experiences with trauma, along with premature entries into adult roles, result in a disorganized transition to adulthood. The findings also suggest that the women’s accelerated transitions to adulthood shape their views on adult roles, pointing to a need to incorporate discussions of age-normative timetables in efforts to assist at-risk and incarcerated women.     

Immigration in the Life Histories of Women Living in the United States-Mexico Border Region

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This paper focuses on the role that immigration plays in the lives of very low-income women living along the United States-Mexico border. Life here is distinct from that in any other part of the United States, due to the international, social, political, and economic interdependence that characterizes this region. Thus, from the perspective of migration as a social process, this “contact zone” can provide insight on migration issues that occur within a transborder context. Based on life history interviews and focus groups with women living in two adjoining border cities, Brownsville, Texas and Matamoros, Tamaulipas, we observed the trajectories of women at two points of the migration course: (a) migration from the interior of Mexico to the northern border and (b) emigration across the international boundary to the United States. The study shows that although these women held expectations that migration would improve their lives and the lives of their families, their social and economic integration in the border region met with limited success.     

‘The new Europeans’: the image of the African refugee in European literature

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This essay examines the representation of African refugees and asylum seekers in European literature in general, as well recent life writings and literature for young adults in particular. Examples will be drawn from writers as diverse as Benjamin Zephaniah and Senait G. Mehari. It is argued that the selected refugee stories invest in narrating an imagined community of ‘the new Europeans’ and thus invite readers to a plural reading of history. Following this train of thought, I am particularly interested in the interplay between images and motifs that evoke and shape various nation-states while illuminating an imagined European community. I therefore seek to excavate a transcultural imagery that characterizes refugee and asylum seekers as the ‘new Europeans’ by utilizing narrative strategies which reflect Paul Ricoeur's ideas about a new ethos for Europe.