Improving the contributions of technology assessment to the health care system of the U.S.A.

Summary Based on 14 case studies of highly effective therapies and the reasons they succeeded less frequently than they could, we propose a variety of steps to improve the health care system of the U.S.A. Whatever proposal emerges from current national debates until innovations are shown to be safe and effective, they should not be supported; when slightly better technologies are much more expensive than other good ones we need to consider appropriate choices carefully; simplified billing and bookkeping would reduce our costs; when a technology is rapidly introduced cautionnary measures may be needed; tracking immunization and repairing their omissions requires a new system; educational programs such as seen effective in hypertension should be applied in other areas such as vaccination; in organ transplantation the nation should consider “presumed consent”; our payment system sometimes creates perverse incentives and therefore needs review; and the preferences of the public in allocation of health resources need to be discovered once the public is informed about the issues. Research supported by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.     

Cognitive and interpersonal abilities related to the primary activities of R&D managers

This study attempted to identify the primary activities performed by R&D managers at different supervisory levels, and the cognitive and interpersonal ability requirements that underlie these activities. A task inventory containing 244 managerial tasks was completed by 117 R&D managers in nine organizations. The 48 tasks which managers rated as having spent the most time were factor analyzed, resulting in the identification of three primary activities: project management, personnel supervision, and strategic planning. Furthermore, these activities varied with supervisory level, with R&D managers performing a wider range of these activities with the progression from first-line to upper-level management.Thirty R&D managers later rated the degree to which 19 cognitive and interpersonal abilities were required for performing these primary activities. Strategic planning was rated as requiring significantly higher levels of oral expression, logical reasoning, originality, fluency of ideas, oral defense, and resistance to premature judgement than was required for the other two primary activities. Personnel supervision required a higher level of social sensitivity than was required for the other two activities. Project management required high levels of information ordering, oral fact- finding ability, problem sensitivity, and oral and written comprehension. Implications of the findings for understanding R&D managerial performance and personnel staffing functions are discussed.     

市场经济中商品流通结构三大问题浅析

商品流通结构是商品流通系统各要素在相互联系、相互作用中推动商品运动的结合方式与比例关系。它具有并列与层次性、多重交错性、耗散性、不稳定性等特性。它的几种基本结构是:流通所有制结构、流通规模结构、流通环节结构、流通渠道结构、流通网点结构等。它的涵义、特性、基本结构等各个侧面的问题,为我们研究商品流通结构提供了许多研究课题。     

从分粥规则的确立谈道德规范的基本属性

该文从分粥规则的确立论述了社会道德规范的两对基本属性 ,以及道德规范的必需性与内源性、合理性与智慧性之间的关系。     

舆论监督:党风廉政建设和反腐败斗争的重要支点

完善民主监督制度,需要发挥舆论监督的作用。舆论是一定的社会集团对社会上某些重要问题重大事件所公开表露的带有倾向性的意见和言论,有自在型与自为型两种形态。舆论监督的主要形式有:新闻监督、群众监督、党内监督;舆论监督有及时、公开、广泛、特效、权威的特点;舆论监督的注意事项:服从、服务大局;舆论监督的作用:廉政建设的重要支点。     

提高认识发挥功效——关于提高金工实习效率的实践与思考

从金工实习的最终教学目标角度 ,进一步强调了金工实习在新的形势下的功能作用 ,论述了使金工实习能够发挥最佳功能作用的有效途径。明确提出金工实习要以社会广泛认同的统一的专业技能培训标准及验收形式进行培训 ,同时要与专业课程紧密结合并能体现一定的工程背景     

计算结构力学课程的改革与学科发展

文章介绍了计算结构力学教学改革的目的和意义,进一步确立了适应21世纪人才培养的学科教学内容与体系,在课程教学的改革中特别就结构分析的技术应用和创新能力培养等方面进行了探索。     

核准制IPO定价实证分析

本文用信息经济学的理论和计量经济学的实证分析方法研究了我国核准制下的新股定价问题 ,指出市场主体决策时的信息差异是造成新股发行价和上市价相背离的主要原因 ,并构建多元回归模型对这一假设进行了检验。     

转轨期间财政转移支付制度的区域均衡效应

政府实行财政转移支付制度有多重目标:实现纵向平衡和横向平衡、矫正外溢性及其他经济政治目标。规范的转移支付制度的终极目标追求的是区域间财政能力或公共服务水平均等化。我国现行政府间转移支付制度虽然在实现纵向平衡方面有明显成就,过渡期转移支付办法在一定程度上也有利于区域间财政能力的均衡,但总体而言,从设计到实施,在矫正区域间的横向均衡方面缺乏成效,没能有效地控制区域间财政能力差距的进一步扩大。要进一步发挥其区域均衡效应,必须进行转移支付制度的调整和创新。     

村民自治的公共选择研究

选举制度是民主制度的核心 ,选举的得失直接关系到民主的真实性。选举过程是选民和候选人的互动过程 ,他们为了各自的利益而进行角逐。必须以选举理论指导村民选举的实践