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Who is more intelligent, man or woman?
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date: 2020-04-20T23:15:00+08:00
description: When it comes to comparing men and women in terms of potential, ability, capacity, prospects, intelligence and some other considerations, oftentimes, there is no consensus, and there is usually equal support on both sides of the divide.In many parts of the world, men are seen to be on the upper rung of the ladder when it comes to gender comparison, while women are (often) treated as being second in line, and in certain places, relegated to the background. This is further strengthened by certain religious, cultural and societal beliefs.But beyond these, there are reports by some experts that women are more intelligent than men, lending some support to the popular saying that what a man can do, a woman can do better.Some of the reasons why women are considered to be more intelligent include women having better memory than men, smarter, being able to handle stress better than men, having the ability to multi-task more, being better leaders, more careful drivers, better students by being more focused and being more frugal.In a study published in the British Medical Association’s Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry and reviewed on Mail Online, researchers found that women were more intelligent than men. In their examination of 600 Netherlanders through a standard intelligence quotient test, which is a measure of a person’s reasoning ability, they found that the female participants were quicker and smarter than the men.The study adds that the reason for the difference in their intelligence is not social but biological, noting that this could be the reason why girls now do better at school than boys.Apart from these, it was also gathered that 33 per cent of women, compared to 28 per cent of men, had good speed in their replies in the test, while four in ten women had a good memory compared to three in ten men.According to an American expert in intelligence research, Prof. James Flynn, women score higher than men when it comes to intelligence quotient. He note…

大学英语精读第二册Reading-Aloud-and-Memorizing原文摘录整理-密码tramsmart
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date: 2020-02-16T01:05:10+08:00
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大学英语精读第二册课文中英文对照学习 Intensive Reading Book 2
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date: 2020-02-15T01:28:36+08:00
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Nurses embark on journey to the West
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date: 2020-01-03T16:27:00+08:00
description: Song Xi, a 24-year-old nurse, is planning her trip to Germany, but the preparations have been far from easy. She has only been abroad once before, to Vietnam, and this time her journey will not be a short sightseeing trip, but a working visit for three to five years. When it comes to hiring nurses, turning to Chinese recruits is nothing new. As many countries face the problem of an aging society and difficulties in hiring nurses - due to work stress and low wages - employing Chinese workers has become popular in some Asian countries including Singapore, Japan and South Korea. However, working in Western countries, including Britain and Canada, is an emerging trend. In Germany, the European Union's richest country, such an opportunity for nurses has been allowed only since July. Song is among the first group of nurses to benefit from the new policy in Germany. Under an agreement signed by China and Germany at the end of 2012, some 150 Chinese nurses will work in the European country from 2013, with the first 25 leaving in October. Traveling to Europe has been a dream for Song since childhood, as she views the continent as a place of fairy tales, ancient castles and a different culture. However, studying abroad is too expensive for her family of four from Jingzhou, a city in Hubei province. Although she couldn't afford to study overseas, Song never abandoned her dream. After studying foreign nursing care at Hubei University of Chinese Medicine for five years, she worked as an intern at a local hospital in 2012. "But it was hard to practice what I learned in college. For example, health education was not highly valued," she said. During this time, she heard of the nursing program between China and Germany, feeling the time was right to make a move. "I believe this working experience will give me a chance to be a real nurse," she said. The shortage of nurses has become a problem in Germany, which has had an aging society for decades. In July, 4,393 nurses in Germany wer…

Moving overseas a job remedy for nurses
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date: 2020-01-03T16:24:00+08:00
description: Many give up their careers in China because of low pay and few benefits Nurse Song Yan would have sought a job in another country if not for her family and child. "I work at least nine hours a day and overtime from time to time, and get meager pay," said the veteran nurse who has practiced the profession for at least 20 years. "The working environment here is noisy, crowded and sometimes even chaotic," said Song, a senior nurse at the chest surgery department of Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University in Beijing. For young nurses, the work is even tougher. "They usually have to work extra to gain patients' trust," she noted. Many simply give up. In some big departments with about 100 nurses, about 10 quit each year because the job is so physically and mentally demanding. Some, usually younger ones, who have good command of a foreign language, have begun to go abroad for a decently paid nursing job, she said. "I have a family and a child to take care of, otherwise I'd also like to go." Countries like Singapore, Japan and Saudi Arabia have begun to tap other countries for competent nurses because they cannot produce enough of their own to meet needs. Singapore's healthcare system is expected to recruit about 1,000 to 2,000 foreign nurses annually to meet rising demand for healthcare prompted by a rapidly ageing population and China has become an outsourcing site of rising importance. According to Lou Qinghong, manager of the Sino-US International Nurse Training Company, Chinese nurses are "newcomers" compared with nurses from English speaking countries such as the Philippines, Malaysia and India, which have been the first choices for international employers. The agency based in Beijing helps train Chinese nurses for employers in other countries. "Finding jobs abroad is becoming popular among Chinese nurses. Many nursing schools have opened English nursing courses, and many training agencies like us are promoting programs for Chinese nurses to work abroad," he said.…

Helping to heal abroad
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date: 2020-01-03T16:19:38+08:00
description: Program taps Chinese nurses to plug staffing shortages in the West A young Chinese nurse boarded a flight on Aug 3 to start living her dream. The 25-year-old, who specializes in foreign nursing care, flew with seven other Chinese nurses to Stuttgart, Germany, to work at a residential care center for at least three years. Xie Yanxi is one of the nurses benefiting from a program signed by China and Germany at the end of 2012. The program aimed to recruit 150 Chinese nurses in the following three years to work in Germany. Faced with an aging society and a shortage of nurses, countries including Australia, Japan, Canada, Singapore and New Zealand have turned to Chinese healthcare professionals to help plug the gap. The program marked the first time Germany recruited Chinese nurses, providing precious opportunities and possibly opening more of these for Chinese healthcare professionals who want to work in Europe. "It has always been my dream to work as a nurse in the West. I'm finally realizing it," says Xie, who worked at a hospital in Guangdong province for two years after earning a bachelor's degree from Nanchang University. Xie received the job offer last August. She then took an eight-month German-language course at the International Nurse Training Center run by Weihai International Economic and Technological Cooperative Co. Xie paid 8,800 yuan ($1,408) for the language course, which will be reimbursed by the German organization she works for. She also paid the Weihai company 25,000 yuan to help with employment matters such as arranging interview opportunities with German organizations and applying for visas. Chinese nurses have to pass the German B1 level examination before applying for the relevant visas. That is also why Wang Hao, a 24-year-old male nurse, is spending eight hours a day studying German at the Weihai training center. Wang received an offer to work at a care center in Stuttgart in January. He started the language course in February. "I value this op…

China to open more TCM classes overseas
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date: 2020-01-03T16:15:33+08:00
description: China is planning to open more Confucius Institutes to teach traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) overseas in order to promote this age-old medical science, deemed the essence of Chinese culture, said Vice Minister of Health Wang Guoqiang. Wang, who is also director of the State Administration of TCM, said Monday: "We are working closely with the Ministry of Education and the Confucius Institute headquarters to open more TCM Confucius Institutes and add TCM courses to the syllabus of existing Confucius Institutes," "TCM is very well received abroad, regardless of nationality or ideology," Wang said. However, he added, China lacks talented practitioners who have both a good command of TCM and speak a foreign language. The Confucius Institutes, named after the ancient Chinese philosopher, are non-profit public institutions for promoting Chinese language and culture in foreign countries. To date, there are more than 350 Confucius Institutes and 500 Confucius Classrooms in 101 countries and regions. Two are TCM Confucius Institutes based respectively in Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Melbourne, Australia, and in London South Bank University (LSBU). Source: China Daily, 2019 新形态2020 扫码分享本页内容！

Philippines hails China's Belt and Road Initiative
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date: 2020-01-03T16:08:29+08:00
description: The Philippines welcomes China's Belt and Road Initiative policy, an ambitious effort to link Asia, Europe and Africa through the construction of massive infrastructure such as railways and ports, government officials and analysts have said. Philippine Trade Undersecretary Ceferino Rodolfo said on Tuesday that the Belt and Road Initiative would help in advancing the socioeconomic programs of the administration of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. "We welcome all international initiatives that would be consistent with (Duterte's) socio-economic agenda," Rodolfo told a news conference after the 28th Philippines-Chinese Joint Commission on Economic and Trade Cooperation. "Big parts of what we have been discussing here are in terms of how do we align the socio-economic strategies of (the Philippines and China)," Rodolfo said. The "belt" roughly with the historic Silk Road crossing Eurasia, while the "road" refers to the "maritime silk road" -- the sea routes along which Southeast Asia, South Asia, Arabia and Africa traded with ancient China. Over the next 10 years, China aspires to achieve 2.5 trillion U.S. dollars in annual trade with the nations involved in the two areas. Not wanting to be left out, the Philippines said it intends to hit the road with China in pursuing this economic strategy that is hoped to re-establish the so-called "Silk Road Economic Belt" and "21st Century Maritime Silk Road" which Chinese President Xi Jinping first introduced in the fall of 2013. The initiatives are part of China's 13th Five-Year Plan, which will run from 2016 to 2020 and guide national investment strategy throughout that period. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has reportedly agreed to attend the Belt and Road Summit scheduled in China in May. A spokesman for the Philippine Department of Finance, Paula Alvarez, has told Xinhua in a written interview that the Philippines looks forward to the May summit, voicing hope that the Philippines and China could identify mutual ar…

Health Volunteers Overseas
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date: 2020-01-03T15:50:13+08:00
description: - Member profile Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO) is a private non-profit organization based in Washington D.C. committed to improving healthcare in developing countries through training and education. By emphasizing teaching, HVO aims to create an indigenous group of trained health workers who can teach others. This builds an ongoing capability that will benefit the population long after the volunteer has departed. It has projects in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and the Caribbean. Currently, HVO supports over 60 projects in more than 25 countries. Each project is different depending on the technological capacity of the country. - Main activities HVO is a teaching and training organization. Volunteers lecture, conduct ward rounds and demonstrate various techniques in classrooms, clinics, and operating rooms. They may be involved in teacher training, curriculum development, and mentoring of students. These providers can be in the following specialties: anesthesia, dermatology, internal medicine, oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthopaedics, pediatrics, hand surgeons. These highly skilled and experienced volunteers come from both private practice and university settings, with a significant number of retirees as well. - Links to the health workforce crisis HVO develops and implements clinical training programs in various developing countries. These training programs are staffed by highly-skilled health care professionals in the US and Canada who volunteer their time and expertise to provide training and education to local health care providers to make a difference in their communities. HVO's overall mission is to improve the availability and quality of health care in developing countries through training and education. Source: WHO, 2019 新形态2020 扫码分享本页内容！

My Life as a Doctor in the World Health Organization
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date: 2020-01-03T15:14:00+08:00
description: Editor's Note: Over the course of time, I have come to see how easy it is to believe that what we believe and what we do medically in the United States must generally be the way medicine is viewed and practiced in most countries. We hope, therefore, that the readers of The Permanente Journal will be interested every so often to hear physicians around the world describe their medical practices, so that we all may better understand the wide range of what physicians do. This issue's contribution is from Einer Helander, MD, PhD, a distinguished Swedish physician, trained as a cardiologist and biochemist, who has spent much of his professional life as Chief Physician for the World Health Organization, visiting countries most of us would not consider going to, and spending his time there among the destitute and the disabled. Dr Helander is the author of The World of the Defenseless a soon-to-be-published medical book about disability and abuse around the world, including some eye-opening stories from the United States. — Vincent J Felitti, MD At the end of one's life, one often reviews one's life decisions. At the age of determination, when I had finished my specialty training, I had three choices: I could remain at the fabulous and well-equipped National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD to continue working with one of the most fascinating basic problems of physiology and biochemistry—the molecular mechanisms of muscle contraction; or I could return to Sweden with an academic career in rehabilitation and social medicine, as the government's consultant. But, I also had an offer to work at the World Health Organization (WHO); I accepted it and I have had no regrets. I was to work in developing countries … I was totally unprepared for such field work. I am a Swede and my initial background is totally academic: biochemistry in the laboratory of Arne Tiselius, internal medicine, and medical rehabilitation. My life changed after becoming involved in 1967 with a cardiac reha…