Review of \u3cem\u3eChinese Americans and the Politics of Race and Culture.\u3c/em\u3e Sucheng Chan and Madeline Y Hsu (Eds). Reviewed by Julian Chun-Chung Chow.

Book review of Sucheng Chan and Madeline Y. Hsu (Eds.), Chinese Americans and the Politics of Race and Culture. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2008. $27.95 papercover

\u3cem\u3eMobilizing an Asian American Community.\u3c/em\u3e Linda Trinh Vo.

Book note for Linda Trinh Vo, Mobilizing an Asian American Community. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2004. $68.50 hardcover,$22.95 papercover

InterBoxes: A social innovation in education in rural China

Social innovation has increasingly become a hot topic in China, a process in which multiple sectors collaborate with each other, aiming to change the status quo through creative, effective, efficient and sustainable ways. InterBoxes is an innovative project in the form of a social enterprise that commits to improving physical school conditions by building libraries, classrooms, schools and dormitories with refurbished cargo shipping containers called “Boxes”. Within the scope of this project the word “Inter” signifies that each Box is equipped with an Internet connection to the outside world. Conceptually, as a social enterprise, the for-profit, business arm of InterBoxes is projected to operate within metropolitan areas, building structures such as cafés, gyms, bookstores, etc., all which will generate revenue to support the nonprofit operation in rural areas. This descriptive case study examines the implementation and use of InterBoxes as a library in a rural primary school and addresses the promises and challenges facing the project. The findings indicate that InterBoxes demonstrates much potential as a social innovation to improve physical school conditions and other rural education issues through the creative use of space and place. Recommendations for scaling up its operation in connection with a larger global network of innovation using shipping containers are discussed

Pulmonary Vein Isolation by High Intensity Focused Ultrasound

Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) using radiofrequency current (RFC) ablation is a potentially curative treatment option for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). The shortcomings of the RFC technology (technically challenging, long procedure times, complications) steadily kindle the interest in new energy sources and catheter designs. High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) has the ability to precisely focus ultrasound waves in a defined area with a high energy density. HIFU balloon catheters (BC) positioned at the PV ostia appear to be an ideal tool to transmit the ablation energy in a circumferential manner to the PV ostia and may therefore bear substantial advantage over conventional ablation catheters in PVI procedures

Informe final de servicios realizados en el cultivo de Hule hevea brasiliensis del departamento de Heveicultura en Ingenio Tululá, San Andres Villa Seca, Retalhuleu.

RESUMEN Como parte del proceso de aprendizaje la Práctica Profesional Supervisada (P.P.S.) es un requisito previo a obtener el título de Técnico en Producción Agrícola y busca a través de la ejecución de servicios poder contribuir con los procesos productivos de la unidad de práctica. Durante el desarrollo de la Práctica Profesional Supervisada se realizó un diagnostico de la situación actual de la sección de hule de Ingenio Tululá donde se detectaron algunos principales problemas, las cuales se planificó y se ejecutaron las siguientes actividades: a) Determinar el número de árboles por tarea en producción (pica) de la plantación de hule de Finca San Pablo, de Santa Cruz Mulua, Retalhuleu. b) Determinar el porcentaje de pegue de 9,231 plantas de hule recién injertados, ubicados en el almácigo de hule del Ingenio (bolsa). c) Ordenamiento de la bodega de insumos y equipo de la sección de hule en el Ingenio Tululá. El total de árboles contabilizados en 17 tareas de las 21 existentes fueron 11,741 árboles. Las otras 4 tareas estaban en proceso de tala: escombro. Se pudo determinar que de las 17 tareas inventariadas solamente 10 se estaban picando completas, las 7 restantes habían árboles sin picar por diversas razones, perdiéndose un 3.23% de la producción por falta de pica. Se realizó un censo en el almacigo en los injertos transplantados a bolsas donde se determinó el porcentaje de pegue del injerto es de 83.96%, el 1.30% brotó pero murió, el 10.56% son parches que aun pueden brotar, y el 4.18% son parches muertos. Con respecto al ordenamiento de la bodega: se hicieron dos divisiones con filas block para colocar de una manera ordenada el equipo y los insumos allí almacenados. Se instalaron dos tanques con sus respectivos chorros para almacenar el agua amoniacal (1,000 y 300 L respectivamente)

Implementing Welfare-to-Work Services: A Study of Staff Decision-Making

Copyright 2006 Alliance for Children and FamiliesIn the post-welfare reform era, increased discretion has been given to frontline staff for day-today welfare policy implementation. To determine how frontline staff address the complex needs of welfare program participants in this new policy environment, the decision-making processes of welfare staff (N = 52) in 11 San Francisco Bay Area county social service agencies were assessed through a case vignette using a Web-based survey design. We examined staff decision making in four areas: problem recognition, goal formulation, information search processes, and evaluation. The results suggest that the high level o f staff discretion apparent in the day-to-day implementation of welfare policy may have important implications for participants. Several recommendations for policy, practice, and future research are presented

Importación de té oolong de Taiwán

El presente proyecto consiste en la compra de Té de la clase OOLONG, producido y comercializado por la empresa SPRING GARDEN TEA SHOP, con sede en la ciudad de Hualien, Taiwán, para su posterior importación a España, siendo Madrid el destino final