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This study aims to understand the life circumstances and social exclusion experienced by disabled older adults in urban Shanghai and Hong Kong. It also explores the relationship between social exclusion and quality of life. The researcher collected questionnaire data in one Shanghai and one comparable Hong Kong community. The survey included 460 older adults from a community in Shanghai and 250 older adults from a community in Hong Kong. The Shanghai sampling was stratified while the Hong Kong sampling was multi-step random sampling. Both processes are representative. Functional capacity and disability had a significant relationship with the quality of life of older adults. This implies that the social environment is not inclusive for disabled older adults in many ways. Neighborhood exclusion stood out as the most significant form of social exclusion. Although disability is more and more commonly understood as an element of human diversity, the disabled are still not fully functional in society. There are still many environmental barriers and social conditions that need to be improved to achieve community inclusion. Suggestions for how to achieve an inclusive society for all and especially for the disabled elderly are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a study which determines the result of early feeding on the growth performance and immune organs of broilers. It explores the method of the study which uses 200 chickens that were divided into two groups in which the first group was given an early feeding treatment. It explores the outcome of the study which shows that the mortality rate of early feeding broilers was six percent less than that of early fasting.

Ecological thoughts are the rational reflection on the harmony between human and nature in the practice of human beings. The ecological thoughts in Selected Works of Jiang Zemin are rooted in the practice of construction and revolution of Chinese modernization and are the crystal of the deep thoughts of the relationship between human and nature. The ecological thoughts are the guidelines for the continual development strategy of Chinese, and are the important part of modern Chinese ecological philosophy. Therefore, it is significant to study the ecological thoughts of Selected Works of Jiang Zemin in the construction of socialist harmonious society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To understand the effects of the change of climate, vegetation, flooding led by the construction of Three Gorges Project to the growth of Oncomelania snail., Methods: The spatial analysis function of ArcGIS combined with meteorological data, 1:50 000 and the 1:10 000 digital elevation model were employed to analyzed the climate, flooding and other conditions of the reservoir area, and the field survey was used to investigated the vegetation in this area., Results: The flood time, climate precipitation, sunshine duration, vegetation types and coverage of Three Gorges reservior area can meet the growth needs of Oncomelania snail. However, the characteristic of water impounding winter and disembogueing in summer were not agreed with the life circle of Oncomelania snail., Conclusions: The environment of flooding in winter and drought in summer in the Three Gorges reservior areas is not suitable for the growth of Oncomelania snail. If the transfusion of snais from other endemic areas can be prevented, the area can be avoid to become snail area.

Purpose: To investigate the clinical significance and management of ASCUS/LSIL., Methods: 254 patients who were examined with cervical cytology in the Cancer Institute and Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences were ASCUS/LSIL, of whom 136 cases underwent colposcopy, Data were analyzed retrospectively according to the golden criterion of pathology outcome., Results: 140 cases were ASCUS, and 114 cases were LSIL. Cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia (CIN) were diagnosed in 51.5% of patients with ASCUS, compared with 59.6% of patients with LSIL (P>0.05). High-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia were diagnosed in 22.9% of patients with ASCUS, compared with 30.7% of patients with LSIL (P >0.05). In the 136 patients examined with colposcopy, inflammation was found in 47 cases, low-grade intraepithelial lesion in 53 cases, High-grade intraepithelial lesion in 36 cases. The pathological results show inflammation in 55 cases, low-grade intraepithelial lesion in 41 cases, High-grade intraepithelial lesion in 40 cases (Kappa=0.314, U=0.064, P less than 0.05). CIN were diagnosed in 79% (67/84) of HPV-positive patients identified by pathology, compared with 43.5% (74/170) of HPV-negative patients (chi2=29.88 P less than 0.05). 83.5% of 254 patients were between 35 to 55 years old, and that was consistent with HPV-positive women age peak., Conclusion: Patients with ASCUS should be paid the same attention with LSIL patients and colposcopy examination should be done immediately to avoid missed diagnosis and missed follow-up examination, especially for HPV positive patients between 35 to 55 years old.