OBJECTIVES Millions of children and adolescents in rural China are left behind as their parents move away for work. Little is known about the impact of parental migration on their smoking and self-efficacy. This study explores the associations among parental migration, self-efficacy and smoking. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted among middle school students in Liangying Township, ...

November in Goshen on its high hilltop is blustery and cold and raw. It may have its moments when Indian summer slips back for a last regretful visit, and a murky blue haze lies in the great hollow to the east, but the 20th of that month in 1769, was a day of cold skies with no sun to glint on the green ripples of Marshapogge, now Tyler Pond. There was a hint of snow in the air, and Ivy Mountai...

This paper describes the process of privatization of China’s Township Enterprises. Findings from a recent field survey by the authors show how far privatization has proceeded and how it has affected firm performance. The pervasiveness and impact of privatization are readily apparent. The privatization in the mid-1990s was deep and fundamental. More than 50% of local government-owned firms have ...

Every 24 hours a member of the United States (US) Armed Forces commits suicide, while every hour a US veteran takes his own life. These statistics illuminate a deeply-rooted social crisis which eludes experts and military leaders to this day. Billions of dollars invested in suicide prevention seem to offer little relief for active duty servicemen and veterans alike. Military suicide is framed a...

Received: April 27, 2009 Accepted for publication: September 11, 2009 From the Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tung’s Taichung MetroHarbor Wuci Branch Hospital, Taichung City, Taiwan Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Chao-Ming Shih Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tung’s Taichung MetroHarbor Wuci Branch Hospital, Taichung City, Taiwan 699 Se...

1 Department of Information Management, Chaoyang University of Technology, No. 168, Jifong E. Rd., Wufong Township Taichung County 41349, Taiwan 2 Department of Computer Science, National Tsing-Hua University, No. 101, Section 2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan 3 Department of Management Information Systems, National Chung Hsing University, 250 Kuo-kuang Road, Taichung 402, Taiwan 4 Departme...

abstract this research investigates the effect of drought on ground water table of neishabour plain. the precipitation data of nishabour synoptic station during 1990-2001, the bar climatology station during 1964-2001 and the data of hydrometric stations of kherv and bar in 1996-2001 have been used as the base of analysis. the method of herbest et all has been used to analyze the drought. using ...

The rapidly urbanizing global south has witnessed drastic changes in rural transformation which industrial dynamics have played a fundamental role. However, research on geography and its influencing factors is limited compared with urban counterpart. spatial pattern of industry an ordinary county China—Xintai—is examined by adopting multi-level approach. underlying are then explored situating i...