This paper focuses on the relationship between Hakka vernacular architecture and its traditional environment knowledge. Generally speaking, many scholars and mass-media consider that Hakka vernacular architectures include codes of Central Plain’s culture such as ying-yang, tianrenheyi, fengshui affluently, because the Hakka ancestors are the Han nationality from Central Plain. However, accordin...

background: tobacco smoking is the leading cause of preventable mortality. the prevalence of smoking in adolescents in high schools ranges from 23.5% to 41%, respectively. in colombia, these figures are similar and students entering the university are exposed to initiate smoking. the purpose of this study was to establish the determinants associated with the initiation of tobacco smoking among ...

This report addresses a new case of a modular femoral neck fracture after total hip arthroplasty. A now seventy-three-year- old overweight female underwent total hip replacement of the right hip because of osteoarthritis in the year 2002. Then, years later, the head and the polyethylene were changed due to wear. In October 2014, the patient was transferred from the trauma department of her home...

A 46-year-old insured white man presented to the emergency department (ED) of his hometown community hospital with breathlessness. Physical examination in the ED indicated that he had a collapsed lung, and an x-ray film confirmed that there was an abnormality on his right lung and bronchus. He was admitted to the hospital with follow-up tests confirming non–small cell lung cancer that had sprea...

A 19-year-old white man was referred to the pulmonary clinic with a 2-month history of refractory cough, low-grade fevers, night sweats, and 30-lb weight loss. He had right-sided pleuritic pain and episodic scant hemoptysis. He denied smoking and using illicit drugs. He was single and had protected sex with two female partners over the past several years. He worked as a pipe fitter and denied a...

We consider the problem of inferring node labels in a partially labeled graph where each node in the graph has multiple label types and each label type has a large number of possible labels. Our primary example, and the focus of this paper, is the joint inference of label types such as hometown, current city, and employers for people connected by a social network; by predicting these user profi...

A 16-year-old gunslinger named "Doug," who performed nine drive-by shootings in his hometown of Omaha in 1 year, considers the films South Central and Boyz'n the Hood to be affirmations of his aspirations and lifestyle (Hull, 1993). In contrast, most viewers of these films absorbed explicit lessons about which behaviors and life choices to avoid. What are the factors that lead to these radicall...

A loss was dealt to the Notre Dame com­ m u n ity on M arch 9 when the man who helped to encourage c u ltu re d iv e rs ity in the U n ive rs ity ’s c u r­ r ic u lu m as w e ll as N o tre D am e ’s f ir s t spec ia lis t in A frica n A m erican lite ra tu re died. Erskine Peters, 49, was a professor of English and member of the Notre Dame faculty since 1987. He died o f pneumo­ nia in his home...

There’s Kareem, a 16-year-old Chicago southsider, who loves robots and movies and naturally can’t wait to see the new Transformers film, especially because they shot part of it in his hometown. He struggles in school because he does not understand how those things apply to his interests or to real life, so it’s easy to get bored and tune out. Luckily, he’s been able to develop his skills and in...

This paper examines the role played by a specific identity, defined as the attachment to a hometown, in determining occupational choice and mobility. The analysis links competition between ethnic networks in the Midwest when it was first developing, and the in-group identity that emerged endogenously to support these networks, to institutional participation and occupational choice today. Indivi...