Special Characteristics of China's Interprovincial Migration

This paper examines interprovincial migration in the People's Republic of China (PRC) during 1982–87 when China was going through economic restructuring. Chinese migration patterns bear some resemblances as well as dissimilarities with those generally observed in Western societies. In China, the age-specific migration rate does not vary much until the preretirement stage. Return to places of origin is obviously the most plausible explanation of Chinese migration patterns. In addition, a clear-cut gender gap exists, higher than that imagined in Western societies. Chinese women appear far behind Chinese men in their propensity to migrate, and the determinants of migration are quite different for Chinese women and Chinese men.     

Iron Age Landscapes of the Benue River Valley,Cameroon

The Iron Age settlements of northern Cameroon were dispersed across the landscape, taking advantage of different eco-climatic zones to exploit a variety of natural resources. Situated at the interface of the upper and lower terraces of the Benue River, mound sites in the area around Garoua have occupation histories spanning multiple centuries. The site of Langui-Tchéboua displays evidence for rapid accumulation of sediments approximately 700 years ago, which may have been a deliberate construction strategy that would have allowed the site’s inhabitants to exploit resources in both floodplain and dryland contexts. The combined use of multiple dating methods and micromorphology provide novel insights into both the mechanisms of anthropogenic landscape change and possible motivations governing those choices.     

An Analytical Study on the Seismic Vulnerability of Masonry Buildings in India

Two analytical models for unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings are proposed with the aim to simulate their seismic response and to estimate corresponding vulnerability functions. The proposed models are implemented in SAP 2000 nonlinear software to obtain capacity curve parameters for representative Indian URM buildings, based on a field survey and statistical analysis. Vulnerability functions are estimated using the obtained capacity curves. Damage Probability Matrices (DPMs) are obtained using the approximate PGA-intensity correlation relationship as per Indian seismic building code and are compared with the commonly used intensity scales and empirical damage data observed after the 2001 Bhuj earthquake.     

Lord Avebury on Marriage,Totemism, and Religion

The Purpose of Education. An Examination of Educational Problems in the Light of Recent Scientific Research. By St. George Lane Fox Pitt. (New cheap edit.) Cambridge: Univ. Press, 1924. 715/16" x 5½. Pp. xxxi + 192. 4s.

Origins of Education Among Primitive Peoples. A Comparative Study in Racial Development. By W.D. Hambly. With a Pref. by Dr. C. Hose. Macmillan &; Co., 1926. 8¾" x 5 11/16". Pp. xx + 432. 112 ill. 25s.     

Concepts of illness and disease: Two‐way communication

Helman, Cecil. Culture, Health and Illness: An Introduction for Health Professionals. Bristol, London, Boston: Wright‐PSG, 1984. xi + 242 pp. including figures, appendix, references, index. $33.00 cloth, $16.50 paper.

Hudson, Robert P. Disease and Its Control: The Shaping of Modern Thought. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1983. xvii + 259 pp. including abbreviations of journals, appendix, bibliographic notes, index. $29.95 cloth.     

Metaphors and fault lines: Case studies of HIV/AIDS in Haiti and Uganda

Farmer, Paul. AIDS and Accusation: Haiti and the Geography of Blame. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992. xiv + 338 pp. including notes, bibliography, and index. $35.00 cloth. Barnett, Tony and Piers Blaikie. AIDS in Africa: Its Present and Future Impact. New York: Guilford Press, 1992. ix + 193 pp. including references and index. $18.95 paper.     

四川广元、绵阳出土汉代画像砖掌印纹的痕检学分析

1999—2003年,巴蜀汉陶艺术博物馆陆续征集和收藏了一批汉代画像砖,其大小尺寸和画像题材与四川地区过去所出者大同小异。值得注意的是,在这批画像砖中,有一部分捺印有人手掌印痕纹。类似的材料,过去有发现,但大量成批集中出土,还是第一次。     

《墨子》“施则助之胥车”句“施”字探释

本文在列举了孙诒让、王力、王焕镳诸家对"施"字的不同释义后,对与此相关的词"揜、函、胥"的意义进行了探讨,然后批驳了两种错误观点,澄清了一种不确切认识,最后得出"施"释为 "斜行"太笼统,应释为"落在后面"或"落在后面的人".