ABSTRACT
This study examined cultural differences in the expression and meaning of physical closeness. Findings indicated that immigrant-Chinese parents, as compared with Euro-American parents, sleep in closer proximity with their children; more often view independence as children growing with the family; are more likely to emphasize the family unit; and place greater importance on inhibition of expression, adherence to correct values, and hierarchy of relations. Euro-Americans, by contrast, are more accepting of nudity; place more emphasis on psychological benefits of physical closeness and on the child's expression of wants and feelings; more often view independence as celebrating the child's distinctiveness; and place greater importance on intimacy, pleasure, and spousal exclusiveness. The authors suggest that closeness is characterized by an overarching theme of harmony in immigrant-Chinese families and by an overarching theme of romance in Euro-American families.
Subject(s)
Asian/psychology , Cultural Diversity , Emigration and Immigration , Parent-Child Relations , White People/psychology , Child , Child, Preschool , Cross-Cultural Comparison , Female , Humans , Male , SocializationABSTRACT
Specific Ig.E fixed on basophilic leucocytes and mastocytes give way to a release of cytoplasmic granulations when antigen is present. This is the base of a clinical laboratory test easy to perform and consequently of great value in tropical areas. Report of first results in Republic of Djibouti.
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Basophils/immunology , Respiratory Hypersensitivity/diagnosis , Allergens/immunology , Asthma/immunology , Conjunctivitis/immunology , Humans , Respiratory Hypersensitivity/immunology , Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial/immunologyABSTRACT
16,7 P. 100 OF RESPIRATORY ALLERGIC DISEASES IN Djibouti are caused by years, as demonstrated by the utilization of M. and M2 compounds prepared by Institut Pasteur. The role of air-conditionners appears important. Cultures of dust collected from filters reveale a much greater number of positive yeast cultures than front air.