The historiography of Ch'uan Tsu-Wang

The scope and breadth of this thesis are designed to give the reader a general understanding of the life and thought of the Ch'ing historian Ch'üan Tsu-wang (1705-1755). An analysis of his contribution in the field of literature and history constitutes a significant portion of this paper, not because the author wishes to place inordinate emphasis on this aspect of Ch'üan's life, but rather because he wished to allow Ch'iian to reveal himself naturally, through his own prose and poetry, onto the pages of this work. The numerous poems and essays of Ch'üan's friends add dimension to almost every aspect of our study. They praise, tease, and record unvarnished facts about a complex personality. To these friends, students, and admirers we offer our thanks, for without their assistance verification of dates, places, and events would be an insurmountable problem

Why has the health promoting prison concept failed to translate to the US?

Two decades since the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe published a report on health promotion in prison that stimulated further debate on the concept of the “health-promoting prison,” this article discusses the extent to which the concept has translated to the United States. One predicted indicator of success for the health-promoting prison movement was the expansion of activity beyond European borders; yet 2 decades since the European model was put forward, there has been very limited activity in the United States. This “Critical Issues and Trends” article suggests reasons why this translation has failed to occur

Unemployment: The Silent Epidemic

This paper examines two key aspects of unemployment-its propagation mechanism and socioeconomic costs. It identifies a key feature of this macroeconomic phenomenon: it behaves like a disease. A detailed assessment of the transmission mechanism and the existing pecuniary and nonpecuniary costs of unemployment suggests a fundamental shift in the policy responses to tackling joblessness. To stem the contagion effect and its outsized social and economic impact, fiscal policy can be designed around two criteria for successful disease intervention-preparedness and prevention. The paper examines how a job guarantee proposal uniquely meets those two requirements. It is a policy response whose merits include much more than its macroeconomic stabilization features, as discussed in the literature. It is, in a sense, a method of inoculation against the vile effects of unemployment. The paper discusses several preventative features of the program

Common trends in the US state-level crime. What do panel data say?

This paper aims to investigate the long-run relationship between crime, inequality, unemployment and deterrence using state-level data for the US over the period 1978- 2013. The novelty of the paper is to use non-stationary panels with factor structures. The results show that: i) a simple crime model well fits the long run relationship; ii) income inequality and unemployment have a positive impact on crime, whereas deterrence displays a negative sign; iii) the effect of income inequality on crime is large in magnitude; iv) property crime is generally highly sensitive to deterrence measures based upon police activities

Liver Transplantation in a Boy with Acute Porphyria Due to Aminolaevulinate Dehydratase Deficiency

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