东方不是东方——《北迁季节》后殖民解读

苏丹著名作家塔依卜·萨利赫的代表作《北迁季节》描述了独立后的新兴国家苏丹所面临的困境与挑战。本文以后殖民理论为视角,分析小说中男女主角和叙述者对东西方固有模式的颠覆,旨在进一步解读该小说的深层蕴意,并阐释独立后新兴国家有识之士们的颠覆精神。     

基于XML的社保数据迁移系统的设计与实现

针对在异构数据库迁移过程中的格式转换问题,探讨了数据迁移系统的设计思想和关键技术;同时根据社保系统的实际需求,在改进原有的方法和流程的基础上,使用XML技术完成数据迁移工作。实际运行结果表明,可以正确、快速地实现社保业务新旧系统的数据迁移,保证数据的完整性。     

苗族人民生活中的民主、自由现象研究

在苗族文化中 ,民主、自由现象较为突出 ,此文对这一现象进行了简要的描述 ,并着重探讨形成此现象的主要原因 :长期、频繁的迁徙和经济的落后 ,指出了苗族文化在我国传统文化现代转化中的重要价值和意义。     

温州唐末五代移民的社会背景述略

温州唐末五代出现人口大量内迁的100年(878-978),其原因是:黄巢义军在南方的活动导致周边被扰掠地区(特别是闽东)向温州移民;朱褒割据的温州与周边州县相比维持了20多年的相对稳定;吴越钱氏与闽越王氏的不同政局构成福建大规模向浙南移民;钱氏军政地方长官的良好政绩更促进了温州的开发。     

数字迁移的技术可行性分析

本文在介绍数字迁移基本概念的基础上，从技术可行性角度着重分析了数字迁移实施的各方面因素，分析了数字迁移技术实施过程中需要解决的几方面问题，如转换软件、开放统一格式、文件格式登记、数据完整性保障和安全管理，并进一步提出了数字迁移实施的技术局限性。     

The personal relationship between the kindergarten teacher and the parents as a mediator between cultures

The purpose of the study is to describe the teacher's personal connection with parents as an intermediary factor between cultures and to examine the implications for the future of the migrant group in the receiving society. The study is a qualitative study based on the phenomenological approach and involved five teachers working with African children. The findings show three categories: (1) social and cultural, (2) language, (3) behaviour and education. The contribution focuses on the importance of developing intercultural competence among the teachers and the importance of having a joint-personal dialogue in order to cope with migration challenges.     

The role of ethnic school segregation for adolescents’ religious salience

Public concerns over the possible effects of school segregation on immigrant and ethnic majority religiosity have been on the rise over the last few years. In this paper we focus on (1) the association between ethnic school composition and religious salience, (2) intergenerational differences in religious salience and (3) the role of ethnic school composition for intergenerational differences in religious salience. We perform analyses on religious salience, one five-point Likert scale item measuring religious salience among 3,612 16-year-old pupils in Belgian secondary schools. National origin was used as a proxy for ethnicity. Ethnic minority pupils in schools with a higher share of ethnic minorities tend to be more religious. This relation holds for Muslim as well as other religious and ethnic minorities. Ethnic school composition also moderates the relationship between migrant generation and religious salience: second generation migrants tend to be more religious in ethnic minority dominated schools. For ethnic Belgians the association is moderated by their religious affiliation: Catholics tend to be more religious, while non-affiliated ethnic Belgians are less religious in schools with a higher share of ethnic minority pupils.     

Revisiting the integration hypothesis again: High heterogeneity complicates the interpretation of cross-sectional evidence

A recent meta-analytical paper (Bierwiaczonek & Kunst, 2021) sparked a controversy by demonstrating that cross-sectional associations between acculturation preferences and adaptation are weak and heterogenous, and approach zero when assessed over time. Some responses criticized the paper by arguing that small but robust effects can make a real-life difference if applied to millions of migrants. In this paper, we present additional analyses to illustrate how the heterogeneity of correlational integration effects complicates and potentially undermines this notion. We estimate that true effects of integration and heritage culture orientation are negative almost 30 % of the time, and only true effects of mainstream culture orientation seem to be relatively homogenous. We conclude that the combination of a weak effect with high heterogeneity makes integration effects largely unpredictable, meaning that for some migrant groups, adopting the integration strategy will be associated with positive outcomes, and for others with negative outcomes, with no evidence that any of those outcomes are caused by integration.     

Does current behaviour predict the course of children's physical fitness?

Abstract

The secular trend of reduced physical fitness (PF) leads to increased health risks. The aim of the present paper is to analyse various current factors that affect health behaviour with respect to the course of PF over 2 years. A path analysis combined with a latent growth curve analysis was based on a study that was conducted between June 2008 and June 2010 with 145 primary German school children (52.1% male, average age at baseline 7.95 years ± 0.95). PF was tested with the German Motor Test 6–18. For the mean PF and the course of PF, direct and indirect influences were shown over three levels, including migration background on the first level and physical activity (PA) on the second level. Body mass index (BMI) impacted the mean PF but not the course of PF. The influence of sedentary behaviour on the mean PF was diminished (compared to bivariate analysis) due to its common variance mainly with BMI. PA affected not only current PF in children but also the course of PF (a_intercept = .28, P = .001; a_slope = .27, P = .21). Consequently, preventive measures should focus on early adoption and maintenance of PA.     

The impact of elite labour migration on the identification,selection and development of European soccer players

In this study, we examined sociocultural aspects of the identification, selection and development of elite soccer players as part of wider processes of globalization, particularly worker migration. Patterns of migration were identified among the 704 players who comprised the national squads of the 32 nations contesting the finalsof the 1998 World Cup in France.An analysis of the migration patterns within and between the six Confederations into which member nations of FIFA are grouped established the European Federation (UEFA) as soccer's core economy. The study is subsequently focused on Europe and, in particular, upon the import strategies of clubs in the four most popular destination countries - England, Germany, Italy and Spain. It is argued that, in light of European Union deregulation of worker migration between member states and, in particular, the Bosman judgement, European soccer is being reshaped. The identification and selection of elite players are producing migrant patterns that are seen increasingly to impact upon indigenous player development and, potentially, the viability and success of national teams. We argue that, although these developments are contoured in part by global economic factors, economic accounts alone do not provide an adequate understanding of them. A series of interrelated economic, political, cultural and social factors is at work. We conclude with a brief outline of the policy implications of the analysis.