皖籍实业家周学熙与近代华北社会

周学熙是我国近代华北工业的开创者,主持直隶工艺总局,促进了华北近代工业的崛起;创办周学熙资本集团,奠定了华北近代工业的基干;引导北洋军阀官僚投资近代工业,使天津迅速发展成为中国第二大工业城市。周学熙对近代华北社会的发展起到了重大促进作用。     

Type-2 diabetes related intermediate phenotypic traits in north Indian diabetics

Asian Indians are known to be at a higher risk of developing T2DM, but the underlying genetic factor in this population is still not well understood. T2DM is a complex genetic trait and assessment of disease related intermediate phenotypic traits is an important initial step towards any systematic genomic study. Therefore, in the present study we have assessed diabetes related intermediate phenotypic traits of insulin secretion and insulin resistance in the patients belonging to this population. The study included 157 T2DM patients of either sex ranging in age from 45–80 years and 84 non-diabetic subjects with no family history of diabetes, ranging in age from 45 to 75 years served as controls. Intermediate phenotypic traits studied were BMI, W: H ratio, fasting free fatty acid level and Insulin resistance and secretion. Diabetics were found to have significantly higher W: H ratio (p<0.001), FFA (p<0.001) and HOMA-R (p<0.001) as compared to non-diabetics. However, there was no significant difference in their BMI and HOMA-β. There was a positive correlation between FFA level and HOMA-R among diabetics, but not among controls. These findings suggest that in abdominal obesity FFA mediated insulin resistance is an important causative factor underlying T2DM in this population. Moreover, comparable HOMA-β in diabetics reflects compensatory insulin hyper secretion in these subjects. There is a need to examine relative contribution and precise nature of genetic factor in their tendency for central obesity, free fatty acidemia and insulin resistance.     

HISTORICAL REFLECTIONS ON THE ASCENDANCY OF ADHD IN NORTH AMERICA, c. 1980 – c. 2005

ABSTRACT:  An ecological niche framework ( Hacking, 1998 ) is utilised to examine the growth of ADHD in North America. The analysis suggests ADHD flourishes, at least in part, due to a complex and historically situated interaction of factors that created a niche within which a particular kind of explanation and treatment for the troubling behaviours of children can and does thrive.     

北路壮剧的社会功能探析

北路壮剧是壮族特有的民间戏剧形式之一,产生于广西田林县旧州镇一带。长期以来,北路壮剧在流传和传播过程中对地区间的文化交流、民众的文化传承和民间教育、日常生活和休闲娱乐都发挥了重要作用。     

北部湾经济开发区环境保护行政管理问题探析

北部湾经济开发区在抓住机遇快速发展的同时,由于企业集中与大量外来人口涌入,不可避免地面临一系列环境问题。由于环境保护的外部不经济性,政府便自然成为负担起保护环境与公众利益的责任的最重要的主体。现阶段区内环境保护的行政管理体制主要面临机构权限不清晰导致行政重叠与资源浪费、行政资金有限、属地管辖使各级环境保护行政主管部门弱化等问题,参考外国的先进制度,结合中国国情,探析改善的措施与途径。