Public Awareness and Practice of Responsible Gambling in Macao

Responsible gambling (RG) is a relatively new concept to the Macao gambling industry. Although recent studies reported a heightened public awareness of RG, the prevalence of disordered gambling is still high. This discrepancy may suggest an existing gap between RG awareness and gambling practices, pinpointing aspects that need to be improved by different RG stakeholders. The gap may be attributable to people’s limited knowledge toward practices favoring RG. To explore means for enhancing the RG campaign, we studied Macao residents’ interpretation and adoption of RG practices. In Study 1, a random community sample was collected to assess the extent to which common RG practices were adopted. Results suggested that there was a fair proportion of gamblers not adhering to them and gambling disorder tendency was related to the adoption of RG practices. It implied a successful promotion of RG practices may reduce gambling problems. In Study 2, focus group discussions were conducted to explore how RG was conceptualized. Twenty-five participants (including 11 casino employees) took part in four focus group interviews. All participants were aware of RG but their knowledge of RG practices was limited. Very few of them were able to identify major practices such as putting constraints on gambling amount and time and the application for self-exclusion. We argue that future RG promotion needs to be more specific and behavior-oriented and it should also address various procedural concerns on how RG practices can be implemented.     

Semiparametric analysis of panel count data with correlated observation and follow-up times

This paper discusses regression analysis of panel count data that often arise in longitudinal studies concerning occurrence rates of certain recurrent events. Panel count data mean that each study subject is observed only at discrete time points rather than under continuous observation. Furthermore, both observation and follow-up times can vary from subject to subject and may be correlated with the recurrent events. For inference, we propose some shared frailty models and estimating equations are developed for estimation of regression parameters. The proposed estimates are consistent and have asymptotically a normal distribution. The finite sample properties of the proposed estimates are investigated through simulation and an illustrative example from a cancer study is provided.     

试论新闻传播以人为本的"人"

科学发展观的核心是以人为本,中国新闻宣传、新闻传播的职业道德核心同样是以人为本.离开了以人为本,新闻宣传、新闻传播就失去了存在的根基.基于此,我们一切新闻宣传、新闻传播活动都应以人为本,着眼于人,作用于人.而深入理解新闻传播以人为本的"人"的含义,是在新闻传播中践行以人为本根本要求的基础.从社会政治和新闻传播两个层面来看,新闻传播以人为本的"人"既是指"人民",又是指受者与传者的"合而为一".     

新疆贫困地区农村人力资本教育投入整合探析

立足县、乡开放的中等职业教育是农村人力资本教育投入整合的平台,是增加贫困地区人力资本存量的着力点.加强新疆贫困地区农村人力资本教育投入整合平台实践:高度重视引入农村人力资本教育投入问题;强化贫困地区县级政府在农村职业教育中的职能;搞好九年制义务教育与中等职业教育的衔接.     

论英语教学中的素质教育

随着世界市场的日益扩大及我国加入 WTO(世界贸易组织 )脚步的临近 ,社会对具有英语综合能力的专业人才的需求更加迫切 ,本文分析了英语教育的特点 ,并对如何在英语教学中推行素质教育进行了探讨     

浅论现代风险导向审计在风险管理中的发展与应用

本文对风险导向审计的起源和基本原理进行简要介绍,通过对现代风险导向审计和制度导向审计基本程序比较,分析风险导向审计与风险管理的基本关系,探索如何利用风险导向审计工具进行内部审计、促进风险管理的基本方法.     

伊利汗国法尔斯地区"宝"字钱币考释

本文就伊利汗国时期伊朗法尔斯地区发行的"宝"字钱币的铭文进行释读,并结合相关的史料记载,同时与新疆发现的"宝"字钱币作对比,试图探究其发行带有汉字"宝"字钱币的缘由及其文化意义。     

污名化:对突发事件后果的一种深度解析

在各类突发风险事件的后果中,污名化现象应该引起研究者的高度重视.受到污名的对象会产生正面形象的损害,进而导致大规模的社会排斥和群体抗议等社会性后果.污名化的形成机制与整个社会的风险意识和风险经历密切相关.对于此类风险后果的处置和管理,应当采取及时的风险沟通和更为开放的参与式风险治理模式.     

对“行政”概念的历史考察

"行政"一词有着悠久的历史,经历了一个漫长的历史演化过程,在不同的时期以及不同的地区,有着不同的用法与含义.在古代希腊和罗马,人们谈论行政问题时,所关注的是公职或行政官职.到了中世纪,马西利乌斯开始关注到"行政职能"的问题.从而引发人们对法律与行政关系的思考,并促成了"立法与执行"的二分.沿着"立法与执行"二分的传统前行,就走到了孟德斯鸠的三权分立.在三权分立的理论确立起来之后;行政权虽然被作为一项单列出来的权力而加以认识,但是,它依然属于政治权力的范畴.威尔逊的贡献则是把抽象意义上的"executive power"与具体行动层面上的"administration"加以区分,形成了"政治一行政二分"原则,并建立了行政学.     

文学理论的活力在于时代的选择——童庆炳先生学术访谈录

马慧娜:童老师,您好!我受<甘肃社会科学>编辑部赵国军先生的委托,与您作一学术交流,很高兴您能接受我的采访.首先,我想请教的是从上世纪80年代以来,您的理论研究重心一直在不断变化发展,您的一些研究在当时的学术界产生了不小的影响,这些研究对文学理论的发展起到了积极的推动作用,对中国当代文学理论的建设做出了很大的贡献.今天我想就您这段时期的学术思想提几个问题.