西班牙移民新闻语篇的评价性分析

本文以VanDijk对新闻语篇中的种族主义研究为理论依据,总结了西班牙新闻媒体对待移民的立场和反语言种族主义的尝试。通过对西班牙主流新闻报纸中移民主题语篇的语言特征分析和主题数据统计,阐明新闻语篇中移民主题报道的评价机制。     

IT人员业务能力与技术能力的互补性对企业竞争优势的影响

以资源基础观为理论指导,研究IT人员的技术能力与业务能力以及二者的协同效应对企业竞争优势的影响。在已有研究成果的基础上,构建了企业IT人员能力及其互补性与企业经营绩效关联的概念模型,通过对国内300家大中型企业的问卷调查和统计检验,验证企业IT人员的技术能力和业务能力与企业绩效都有着显著的正相关关系,而且这2种能力之间也存在较强的互补性。研究结论显示,技术能力是IT部门人员区别于其他部门的根本,业务能力使IT人员能够更好地理解企业业务,进而充分发挥IT系统的战略作用,产生的协同效应能够进一步提升企业的经营绩效。     

On the Relation between Edge and Vertex Modelling in Shape Analysis

Objects in the plane with no obvious landmarks can be described by either vertex transformation vectors or edge transformation vectors. In this paper we provide the relation between the two transformation vectors. Grenander & Miller (1994 ) use a multivariate normal distribution with a block circulant covariance matrix to model the edge transformation vector. This type of model is also feasible for the vertex transformation vector and in certain cases the free parameters of the two models match up in a simple way. A vertex model and an edge model are applied to a data set of sand particles to explore shape variability.     

Which Children are Registered at Case Conferences?

Correspondence to Terry Fisher, Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of York, Heslington, York YO1 5DD. Summary A postal questionnaire to social workers was used to describethe characteristics of situations where children were the subjectsof child protection case conferences, to identify factors distinguishingthose registered from those not registered and to describe theaccounts given by social workers of the reasons for registration.The paper reports and analyses this information and raises somebasic issues about the relative importance in registration decisionsof evidence of physical or sexual abuse, characteristics ofthe adults involved, and a child's feelings and emotional state.     

闽台农业合作发展的新战略定位

通过分析指出,资源禀赋的差异性是闽台农业合作的经济基础,27年来基于资源互补的合作模式实现了闽台农业双赢。通过对闽台农业发展现状的考察,指出高科技现代农业是发展闽台农业的共同路径选择。提出努力构建全方位高层次融合的战略合作模式,通过合作战略的转变来促进闽台农业合作向纵深方向发展,进而充分适应闽台农业现代化发展的时代要求。     

Un-charted Territory? Experiences of the Purchaser/Provider Split in Local Authority Children's Services

¹Ian Kirkpatrick Public Services Research Unit. Cardiff Business School, Aberconway Building, Colum Road, Cardiff CF1 3EU, UK. Summary A primary goal of Conservative government policy, expressedin the 1990 National Health Service and Community Care Act,was to encourage the development of market mechanisms throughthe separation of purchaser and provider roles. The main targetfor reform was to be adult services although, in the absenceof specific guidance, a number of local authorities also implementedpurchaser/provider structures in services for children and families.To date, little attention has been given in the literature eitherto describing what purchaser/provider structures involve inthis context or to assessing their impact. Drawing on case studydata from seven local authorities, this article seeks to addressthese deficiencies. It is argued that many changes have beencosmetic and that, while it is not possible to evaluate thelong-term effectiveness of the model, there is evidence thatit can have some negative consequences for the co-ordinationand delivery of services.     

Factors Predicting Admission of Elderly People to Local Authority Residential Care

Correspondence to Dr Ian Sinclair, Director of Research, National Institute for Social Work. Mary Ward House, 5–7 Tavistock Place, London WCIH 955 Summary Successful community care may partly depend on identifying thoseat risk of entering residential homes and targeting servicesto them. This article is concerned with how this identificationcan be achieved. It considers a sample of old people livingalone. in touch with home helps or social workers and followedup for between two and four years. The research examined thefactors likely to produce admission, and used discriminant analysisto predict it.     

SETTING OBJECTIVES AND MEASURING ACHIEVEMENT IN SOCIAL CARE

Correspondence to Tony Bovaird, Public Sector Management Research Centre, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7EJ Summary This paper examines a systematic approach to formulating andevaluating policies for social work practice in social care.A hierarchy of aims and objectives is advocated, based on theassumption that a clear statement of desired outcomes in socialwork practice with groups of service users is required, togetherwith the establishment of indicators by which their achievementmay be measured. The purpose of the hierarchy is to generatean integrated policy for change and to give a full sense ofdirection to all staff involved, both in policy making and insocial work practice.     

First light, a review of five Canadian Introductory Sociology texts

J. PAUL GRAYSON (ed.)/ Introduction to Sociology: An Alternate Approach
ROBERT HAGEDORN (ed.), Sociology
M. MICHAEL ROSENBERG, WILLIAM B. SHAFFIR, ALLEN TUROWETZ, MORTON WEINFELD (eds.), An Introduction to Sociology
METTA SPENCER, Foundations of Modern Sociology
JAMES J. TEEVAN (ed.), Introduction to Sociology: A Canadian Focus     

Incidence of Drug and Solvent Abuse in 'Normal' Fourth and Fifth Year Comprehensive School Children--Some Socio-behavioural Characteristics

Summary A sample of 807 fourth and fifth formers completed a self-reportstudy that yielded levels of solvent and drug misuse. Nineteenper cent were involved with some type of misuse, 4% with solventabuse only, 4% with serious (hard) drug abuse and 15% drug abusemainly involving cannabis. Significant social characteristicsfound amongest the abusers were higher levels of father unemployement(28%), absent parent (32%) and belonging to a larger family.Abuse was significantly asociated with under-age drinking, vandalism,truancy, fighting and smoking. The majority of the sample (95%),however, considered abuse to be a serious matter.