Lipoprotein (A): Better assessor of coronary heart disease risk in south Indian population

In an attempt to search for risk factors which can explain the increasing prevalence of coronary heart disease (CHD) in Indian population, we conducted a case-control study to assess the association of Lipoprotein (a)(Lp(a)) with CHD. One hundred and fifty one consecutive patients with clinical and angiographic evidence of CHD and forty-nine healthy controls were drawn for the study. Triglycerides, very low density cholesterol (VLDL-C), total cholesterol (total-C)/high density cholesterol (HDL-C) ratio, low density cholesterol (LDL-C)/HDL cholesterol ratio and Lp(a) were found to be higher in patients than controls. In female sex and in those with family history of CHD, higher total and LDL cholesterol levels were observed to be associated with higher Lp(a) levels. Lp(a) levels were also found to be higher in triple vessel disease than other vessel disease patients. Significant difference in Lp(a) levels were observed between normal coronaries vs. single and triple vessel disease(P<0.05) and also between single vs. double and triple vessel disease (P<0.01).Lp(a) levels correlated positively with vessel severity(P<0.005). Lp(a) levels >25 mg/dl were associated with coronary heart disease (Odds ratio 1.98 P<0.05 95% CI 0.007–1.18). Our findings suggest a cut-off level of 25mg/dl for determination of risk of CHD. Studies from different areas involving larger sample size are needed to confirm the findings of the present study.     

花鼓灯起源的神话民俗与异文化视角

禹治水和涂山庙会是花鼓灯起源的神话和民俗事项;印度佛教文化是花鼓灯起源的并文化来源。“无支祁”神话传说则是禹治水和源于梵文化的关节点,也是导致错误认识的关键。结合花鼓灯艺术要素和文化内核考察其神话民俗和异文化认识,可以发现傩才是其始源。     

印第安民族的声音——后殖民视阈下《权力》的解读

在小说《权力》中,当代印第安作家霍根将殖民话语的颠覆与印第安话语的重建通过阿玛的故事有机结合起来,一方面以后殖民的反话语策略讲述了阿玛对白人基督教文化的抵抗,另一方面则表现了印第安土著部落对自身话语权的重建,试图书写被殖民话语歪曲、抹杀的印第安文化,寻找印第安身份,恢复印第安民族应当拥有的地位和话语权。     

社会体育专业"滨海体育休闲管理"方向的发展前景

对广东海洋大学在全国率先增设的社会体育专业“滨海体育休闲管理”方向的发展前景进行了思考。“滨海体育休闲管理”方向可持续发展的原因主要在于巨大的体育休闲市场,我国体育休闲经营管理人才缺乏;“滨海体育休闲管理”方向可持续发展的保障主要是依据国家政策给予体育产业的导向,生源供应充足和完善的专业筹备;“滨海体育休闲管理”方向可持续发展的优势主要体现在广东海洋大学不仅拥有优越的地理位置和自然资源,而且还拥有自己的学科优势与海洋特色。     

International student migration: a comparison of UK and Indian students’ motivations for studying abroad

ABSTRACT

This paper breaks new ground in its comparative analysis of two international student migration (ISM) streams, one from the Global South to the Global North (India to developed Anglophone countries), and the other within the Global North (UK to North America, Europe and Australia). These two ISM movements reflect different positionalities within the global system of international student movements, and hence necessitate a critical perspective on the assumptions behind such a comparison, which questions the dominance of ‘knowledge’ about ISM that derives from ‘the West’ as a theoretical template. Two methods are employed to collect data: an online questionnaire survey of UK and Indian students who are, or have recently been, studying abroad; and in-depth interviews to UK and Indian international students. Motivations for studying abroad are remarkably similar in the questionnaire results; more subtle differences emerge from the interviews.     

《百年孤独》的印第安文化透析

<百年孤独>是拉丁美洲魔幻现实主义的杰出作品之一,是马尔克斯在拉美特定的文化背景下创作完成的,体现了其文化的多元化特征.分析了这部小说所体现的印第安文化中的生命意识、宿命论、时间观等传统现念以及它们对作品创作方法的影响等,揭示了这部作品与拉美印第安文化的密切关系.     

Examining the Relationship between Social Media Analytics Practices and Business Performance in the Indian Retail and IT Industries: The Mediation Role of Customer Engagement

Social media analytics (SMA) is a dynamic field which has received considerable attention from both academics and management practitioners alike. A significant number of the scholarly research currently being conducted in SMA, however, is conceptual. Industry experts know that SMA creates new opportunities for organisations who want to more strongly engage with their customers and improve business performance. However, the relationship between social media analytic practices (SMAP), customer engagement (CE), and business performance (BP) has not yet been sufficiently investigated from an empirical perspective. In order to gain a better understanding of the relationship between SMAP and BP and the mediation role of CE in that process, a large-scale survey was conducted among senior and mid-level managers as well as consultants in the Retail and information technology (IT) industries in India. Specifically, a structured closed-ended questionnaire was administered to managers and management consultants country-wide and gathered usable responses from 281 respondents holding positions such as: Digital Marketing Executive/Digital Marketing Specialist, Management Consultant, Analytics Manager, Customer Relationship Manager, Marketing Director, Engagement Manager, etc. who were in charge of digital marketing strategies in the respondent retail and IT organisations. The questionnaire addressed issues related to the way in which SMAP contribute to an enhanced business performance through the mediation role of customer engagement. Structural Equation Modelling was employed to analyse the received empirical data. On the basis of the findings our research concludes that there is a significant positive relationship between SMAP and BP mediated by CE in the Indian retail and IT industries.     

HY-2A卫星及在海洋灾害监测中的应用潜力分析

文章在全面介绍HY-2A卫星及载荷主要技术指标的基础上对数据产品进行了评估,并分析了HY-2A在台风监测和海啸预警中的应用潜力。研究表明,HY-2A卫星的数据产品能够满足海洋应用的需要,卫星在台风和海啸的监测中可以做到准确识别,并明显提高海洋灾害预报的时效,具有巨大的应用潜力。为了充分发挥HY-2A在海洋防灾减灾中的作用,建议开发针对HY-2A遥感载荷的多源数据融合产品,提高数据的空间分辨率,形成精细网格的海洋动力环境要素数据产品,为风场、海浪、风暴潮同化模式提供可靠的数据源,有效提高海洋数值同化预报模式的精度。     

道安:印度佛教中国化的第一人

道安南下襄阳后,从管理体制上提出了“依国主立佛法”的原则;在理论上创立学派,兴起中国式般若学;在组织上建立了以道安为核心的释姓汉僧网络;在制度建设上探索了中国佛教的管理新路;在信仰上创立了一种适应中国社会各阶层的新模式.道安从各方面进行的改革,全面解决了佛教中国化的问题,使他成为印度佛教中国化的第一人.     

The Sacred Circle: A process pedagogy of healing

This paper proposes a process pedagogy based on an aboriginal approach to healing. It is founded on the Sacred Circle teachings of Canadian Plains Indians and on the educational practices undertaken at a school for aboriginal youth, the Joe Duquette High School in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Healing, is viewed here as transition toward meaning, wholeness, connectedness, and balance (Katz & St. Denis, 1991, p. 24). As aboriginal pedagogy, this approach to the practice and theory of teaching is selfconsciously founded on process symbolized in the Sacred Circle. It is presented here as part of a critical theory of education committed to human emancipation that recognizes that the appropriation of an aboriginal world view as a foundation for teaching is undertaken within the context of modern political and cultural systems and institutions that have excluded, denied, or rejected aboriginal world views. The Sacred Circle is a traditional symbolic circle that incorporates the spiritual beliefs of many Indian tribes of North America, including Dakota Nations, Blackfoot Confederacy, Cree, Saulteaux, and Assiniboine nations in Canada. It symbolizes harmony and the belief that life occurs within a series of circular movements that govern their relationship with the environment. Although the Sacred Circle has symbolized aboriginal world views for thousands of years, some schools are beginning only now to use it as a self-conscious foundation for education as healing.The paper begins with Whitehead's criticism of Western metaphysics and his notion of reality as process. These ideas and some of his views about education and teaching provide an introduction to and framework for developing the notion of healing as a process pedagogy based upon the Sacred Circle concept. The Sacred Circle is examined as the expression of an aboriginal metaphysics in which reality is conceptualized as process, the movement of life through wholeness, connectedness, and balance. Healing and teaching are viewed as the transition to meaning in that movement. Finally, process pedagogy as healing is interpreted as having the three phases of belonging, understanding, and critical reflection through an examination of practices at the Joe Duquette High School.