Pubertal Timing and Adolescent Alcohol Use: The Mediating Role of Parental and Peer Influences

Using intergenerational, prospective data at ages 9 months, 7, 11, and 14 years from the nationally representative United Kingdom Millennium Cohort Study, this interdisciplinary study unpacks why 14-year-old adolescents with early perceived pubertal timing (PT) were more likely to drink alcohol (ever, frequent, and binge drinking) compared to those whose PT was on-time or late (5,757 girls, 5,799 boys; 80% White, 10% Asian, 3% Black, and 7% Other British). Parents allowed drinking among 22% (18%) of early PT girls (boys) compared to 11% of late PT adolescents; formal mediation models showed differences by PT in parent permissiveness and gains in alcohol-using friends primarily explained age 14 PT-drinking associations. Parental alcohol permissiveness should be a key prevention target for early PT adolescents.     

2007年国内经济形势回顾与2008年展望——访国家税务总局政策法规司司长丛明

本刊记者:丛司长,您好!首先请您对2007年我国经济发展形势作一简要回顾。丛明:好的。继党的十七大胜利召开之后,中央经济工作会议于2007年12月3日至5日在北京召开。会议认真回顾了2007年的经济形势,分析     

扎扎实实地落实好高校思想政治理论课课程新方案--访教育部副部长袁贵仁同志

本刊记者:近期中宣部、教育部为贯彻落实《中共中央国务院关于进一步加强和改进大学生思想政治教育的意见》精神,下发了《关于进一步加强和改进高等学校思想政治理论课的意见》(以下简称《意见》)。据了解,这一文件是在以胡锦涛同志为总书记的党中央的高度重视、亲切关怀和直接指导下,在广泛调研和反复论证的基础上产生的。我们应如何认识和理解中央对高校思想政治理论课提出的新要求? 贵仁同志:目前我国的大学生整体上是积极、健康、向上的,这一点中央是充分肯定的。高校的思想政治理论教育工作,这些年也是取得了巨大成绩的,因此可以说当前…     

首批香港居民狱得中国专利代理人执业证书

2004年CEPA（内地与香港关于建立更紧密经营关系的安排）实施后，对知识产权代理行业的服务也开始向香港居民开放，其中允许香港特别行政区永久居民中的中国公民参加中国专利代理人资格考试，在考取“专利代理人资格证书”后，需要在内地批准设立的专利代理机构实习一年。     

运用元极学寻求人与自然的和谐统一

世界环境污染和生态破坏问题严重，使人类生存环境日益恶化，元极学在探究天地人和，实现人与协调发展方面具有不可低估的应用价值。     

Cultural Exchange Promotes Common Development

Apress conference on ＂African Cultures in Focus 2010＂was recently held in Beijing.This cultural event isjointly sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, the State Administration of Radio Film and TV, the General Administration of Press and Publication, the General Administration of Sport and the State Administration of Cultural Heritage.     

‘Teacher leadership’: values and voice

This article focuses on teacher leadership, an important dimension of the work of the Leadership for Learning network which is the focus of this special issue. More specifically, the article focuses on the launch of a journal – Teacher Leadership – as a strategy for promoting key values: shared leadership, teachers’ leadership of development work, teachers’ knowledge building and teachers’ voice. Material published in the first two issues of this new journal is used to illustrate how these values are realised in action enabling teachers to lead innovation and contribute to the development of professional knowledge. The article begins with an exploration of the place of teacher leadership within the wider context of shared or distributed leadership.     

Book Reviews

This article is a presentation and analysis of the 2012 budget narrative of the King County (Washington) Library System, the winner of LJ/Cengage's 2011 Library of the Year Award. The author's narrative analyzes both the language and character of this important budget document, demonstrating its place in the appropriate library function of building its relationship with its various constituencies.