The Politics of Ritual in an Aboriginal Settlement: Kinship, Gender, and the Currency of Knowledge

The Politics of Ritual in an Aboriginal Settlement: Kinship, Gender, and the Currency of Knowledge. Françoise Dussart. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2000. 269 pp.     

After Revolution: Mapping Gender and Cultural Politics in Neoliberal Nicaragua.; Reproducing Gender: Politics, Publics and Everyday Life after Socialism.

After Revolution: Mapping Gender and Cultural Politics in Neoliberal Nicaragua. Florence E. Babb. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2001. 304 pp.
Reproducing Gender: Politics, Publics and Everyday Life after Socialism. Susan Gal and Gail Kligman. eds. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000. 443 pp.     

Infertility and Patriarchy: The Cultural Politics of Gender and Family Life in Egypt

Infertility and Patriarchy: The Cultural Politics of Gender and Family Life in Egypt. Marcia C. Inhorn. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996(paper). xi. 296pp.     

香港瓮缸群岛野生植物资源调查研究

香港瓮缸群岛共有维管植物166种,隶属于69个科138个属,其中蕨类植物7科8属10种,裸子植物2科2属2种,被子植物60科128属154种。瓮缸群岛为香港著名离岛,植被生境无人为干扰,野生植物资源利用度较低,本文通过对瓮缸群岛的植被类型和野生植物资源进行统计分析,结果表明,该群岛可供利用的植物资源共10类,分别为：药用植物103种、观赏植物107种、食用植物21种、牧草及饲用植物23种、材用植物17种、油脂植物22种、芳香精油植物25种、纤维植物13种、鞣料植物11种、有毒植物26种等,都有很高的开发利用潜力,在此基础上提出相应的保育及开发利用建议,旨在更好地保护和合理利用该群岛的野生植物资源。     

The Sociodrama of Presidential Politics: Rhetoric, Ritual, and Power in the Era of Teledemocracy

In this paper I examine the American presidential campaign cycle as a series of ritualized sociodramas. Examples are used from the campaigns of 1988, 1992, and 1996 to illustrate the role of ritual, rhetoric, symbol, and media in the process of presidential power acquisition. These political processes are analyzed utilizing the concepts of sociodrama and rituals of rebellion extant in the literature of political anthropology. Specific cases such as the bus tours of the Clinton campaign, the Willie Horton commercials of the Bush campaign, and the case of Murphy Brown are examined in detail. The goal of the paper is to render an anthropological perspective on the process of choosing the American President in the era of teledemocracy. [American presidential campaign, ritual, rhetoric, symbol, media]     

Life cycle, production, microdistribution and diet of the damselfly Euphaea decorata (Odonata: Euphaeidae) in a Hong Kong forest stream

Euphaea decorata in Tai Po Kau Forest Stream (Hong Kong) was univoltine. Most recruitment took place in summer, and larval growth proceeded throughout the year. Life-cycles recorded in 1977–78 and 1978–79 were similar. Annual production estimates, using the removal-summation, instantaneous growth and size-frequency methods, were more similar for the 1978–79 generation (ranging from 158.7–174.7; mean 1671 mg dry wt m^-2) than for the 1977–78 generation (93.9-173-6; mean 131.7 mg dry wt m^-2). Mean biomass was similar for both generations (ranging from 33.5–33.9 mg dry wt m^-2), and mean P/B ratios were 3.9 1977–78) and 5.0 (1978–79). These are the first estimates of annual production by an Oriental stream insect.
Larvae were most abundant at microsites in the middle of the stream. Multiple regression analysis indicated that substratum characteristics were a major determinant of microdistribution. Euphaea decorata apparently favoured poorly-sorted sediments with highly peaked grain size-frequency distributions, containing few fine particles.
The carnivorous larvae showed ontogenetic changes in diet. Small individuals consumed mainly chironomid (Diptera) larvae; the diet expanded to include (successively) larvae of Ephemeroptera and Trichoptera as E. decorata grew. Seasonal changes in diet were also apparent, although larval diets during spring and summer were similar. There was also considerable overlap between autumn and winter diets. Ontogenetic influences upon prey consumed were not sufficient to account for the observed seasonal differences.     

中国香港外来入侵植物

该文于2015—2016年通过野外实地调查并结合整理、查阅相关的文献资料,研究了中国香港特别行政区外来入侵植物的种类组成、原产地、生活型、入侵途径和危害状况等。结果表明:(1)中国香港有外来入侵植物共101种,隶属于36科77属,其中菊科(Asteraceae)植物的种类最多,有17种。(2)来源于美洲的外来入侵植物种类最多,占入侵植物总数的77.2%。(3)外来种类中草本植物占了绝大多数,占总种数的80.2%。(4)恶意入侵与严重入侵植物共42种,占总种数的41.6%。同时,通过与邻近的珠海、深圳、澳门、广州四个地区的外来入侵植物进行比较,提出了珠三角区域共防共治外来植物入侵、保障环境生态安全的建议。     

中国香港细蜉属三新种记述(蜉蝣目:细蜉科)

记述了采自中国香港的细蜉科Caenidae,细蜉属Caenis3新种：点刻细蜉Caenis aspera sp.nov.、双突细蜉Caenis bicornis sp.nov.和光滑细蜉Caenis lubrica sp.nov.。模式标本均保存在中国广州华南农业大学昆虫学系昆虫标本室。     

Plain Women: Gender and Ritual in the Old Order River Brethren.

Plain Women: Gender and Ritual in the Old Order River Brethren. Margaret C. Reynolds. with. foreword by Simon J. Bronner, ed. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2001. 192 pp.     

Weather,season, and daily stroke admissions in Hong Kong

Previous studies examining daily temperature and stroke incidence have given conflicting results. We undertook this retrospective study of all stroke admissions in those aged 35 years old and above to Hong Kong public hospitals from 1999 through 2006 in order to better understand the effects of meteorological conditions on stroke risk in a subtropical setting. We used Poisson Generalized Additive Models with daily hemorrhagic (HS) and ischemic stroke (IS) counts separately as outcomes, and daily mean temperature, humidity, solar radiation, rainfall, air pressure, pollutants, flu consultation rates, day of week, holidays, time trend and seasonality as predictors. Lagged effects of temperature, humidity and pollutants were also considered. A total of 23,457 HS and 107,505 IS admissions were analyzed. Mean daily temperature had a strong, consistent, negative linear association with HS admissions over the range (8.2-31.8°C) observed. A 1°C lower average temperature over the same day and previous 4 days (lags 0-4) being associated with a 2.7% (95% CI: 2.0-3.4%, P < .0.0001) higher admission rate after controlling for other variables. This association was stronger among older subjects and females. Higher lag 0-4 average change in air pressure from previous day was modestly associated with higher HS risk. The association between IS and temperature was weaker and apparent only below 22°C, with a 1°C lower average temperature (lags 0-13) below this threshold being associated with a 1.6% (95% CI:1.0-2.2%, P < 0.0001) higher IS admission rate. Pollutant levels were not associated with HS or IS. Future studies should examine HS and IS risk separately.     

香港茜草科植物新记录

查阅馆藏植物标本,有3种茜草科植物：丹草（Hedyotis herbacea）、小耳草（H.pumila）和蕴璋耳草（Scleromitrion koanum）为香港新记录。这些资料为香港的生物多样性工作提供了基础数据。     

Population, Gender and Politics: Demographic Change in Rural North India

Population, Gender and Politics: Demographic Change in Rural North India. Roger Jeffery and Patricia Jeffery. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997. 278 pp.     

中国香港植物新记录

报道了香港6种本土维管植物新记录以及2个归化物种新记录,其中包含两个新记录属。6个新记录本土种分别是山楝Aphanamixis polystachya (Wall.) R. Parker、求米草Oplismenus undulatifolius (Ard.) Roemer & Schuit.、椭果雀梅藤Sageretia ellipsoidea Yi Yang, H. Sun & H. Peng、钩刺雀梅藤Sageretia hamosa (Wall.) Brongn.、短柱络石Trachelospermum brevistylum Hand.-Mazz.、海南姜Zingiber hainanense Y. S. Ye, L. Bai & N. H. Xia;两个归化种是卵叶链荚豆Alysicarpus ovalifolius (Schum.) J. Léonard和美洲马瓟儿Melothria pendula L.;两个新记录属是山楝属Aphanamixis Blume和番马瓟属Melothria L.。本文描述了每个种的分布、生境、物候、主要识别特征以及与相似种的区别。