CARING ABOUT POVERTY

Entry to institutional care is being used as an ineffective and expensive response to child and family poverty in a number of countries. In this paper, the practice of using institutional care for children in poverty is examined, drawing on case studies from three countries–the Republic of Moldova, Bulgaria, and Sri Lanka. Research findings reveal that poverty is a major underlying cause of children being received into institutional care and that such reception into care is a costly, inappropriate, and often harmful response to adverse economic circumstances. We suggest that alternatives to care may be funded from resources currently committed to institutions by developing a policy of gatekeeping. However, alternative strategies must be responsive to local conditions, and all such strategies need to be developed in consultation with children, their families, and communities.     

Validation of a Multi‐Dimensional Measure of Strategy Development Processes

In this paper, we present evidence on the measurement properties of an instrument that assesses six dimensions of organizational strategy development. These dimensions are labelled planning, incrementalism, cultural, political, command and enforced choice. Using data from 5332 managers, results indicate the instrument has acceptable reliability and validity. Exploratory factor analysis confirms its underlying structure. Generally, the sub‐scales have acceptable internal reliability and inter‐rater reliability at the organizational level (n = 770 organizations). Further, using data aggregated at the organizational level, the sub‐scales are judged to have acceptable validity from the pattern of correlations amongst the six dimensions and with other variables.     

延安时期中国共产党的对外开放思想与实践

中国共产党在延安的13年里,不但领导了中国的革命战争,而且在对外开放方面也进行了有益的探索和实践。中国共产党提出了一系列关于经济、政治和文化等方面对外开放的思想并付诸于实践,取得了巨大的成就,这对于缓解边区的经济等方面的压力产生了极大的作用,从而促进了中国革命的发展。     

京津冀生态环境建设：现状、问题与应对

以一座钢管混凝土连续梁拱组合单线铁路桥为工程背景,采用先整体后局部的两步分析法,首先利用Midas/Civil软件建立全桥有限元模型,计算拱肋安装及后续施工阶段结构的受力状态,得到局部模型的力边界条件;然后利用ANSYS软件建立拱脚结点局部有限元模型,分析施工期间拱脚结点的局部应力分布规律和应力集中程度;最后将拱脚结点应力计算值与实测值进行比较。结果表明,拱肋与梁体间传力顺畅,拱脚混凝土基本处于受压状态;拱脚内侧与箱梁顶板交界处应力集中现象较明显;拱脚上部拱肋周围、拱脚前脚趾处及两拱脚之间箱梁顶板的局部区域出现较大的拉应力,建议在同类桥梁的设计中加强这些部位的构造措施和配筋。拱脚结点应力计算值与实测值比较接近,说明用实体有限元模型计算的局部应力是可靠的,可用于设计验算。     

The Association Between Gay Men's Stereotypic Beliefs About Drag Queens and Their Endorsement of Hypermasculinity

To date, few researchers have investigated gay men's stereotypic beliefs about drag queens and the association between these beliefs and individual difference variables such as hypermasculinity. To address this omission, 118 men self-identifying as non-heterosexual completed an online survey consisting of an adjective checklist about drag queens and a psychometrically sound indicant of hypermasculinity. As predicted, participants who were more likely to endorse hypermasculine belief statements tended to perceive negatively valenced attributes as more characteristic of drag queens. Possible explanations for this relationship, limitations associated with the current study, and directions for future research are delineated.     

'The Tip of the Ice Berg': Children's Complaints and Advocacy in Wales--An Insider View from Complaints Officers

This paper is based on findings of a Welsh Assembly Governmentfunded review of children’s independent advocacy servicesin Wales with reference to their involvement in complaints madeby children, or by their parents or carers on their behalf,about local authority social services. It draws, primarily,upon qualitative interviews with local authority children’scomplaints officers, whose task is to receive complaints orconcerns, field these to appropriate social services staff,maintain oversight of their progression and keep complainantsinformed of developments. The paper describes the challengesthat complaints officers perceive children encounter in movingcomplaints forward, especially in a context where independentadvocacy services are involved and where these services areviewed with some suspicion by social services staff. It suggeststhat complaints officers play a pivotal part in managing thesometimes contested and complex interface between service providerand child and may do so from a position of limited authorityand influence. The role of complaints officers in engaging withcomplainants and their advocates, and with those colleaguesimplicated in complaints, has rarely been the topic of research.This paper provides accounts from these key staff that helpilluminate the tensions and difficulties that can enter thechildren’s complaints process.     

经济承压背景下中国能源经济预测与展望

2019年中央经济工作会议强调,中国正处在转变发展方式、优化经济结构、转换增长动力的攻关期,经济下行压力不断加大。以此为背景阐述能源经济发展现状,分析重点行业发展前景,通过不同情景下的预测分析,探讨经济承压背景下中国能源经济发展的路径与趋势。根据预测结果,经济承压对各行业的能源消费量存在普遍影响,尤其是煤炭、黑色金属冶炼和汽车行业的能源消费量在未来一段时间将呈下降趋势;在基准情形下,预计到2030年,中国GDP将达到171.97万亿元（2018年不变价水平）,能源消费总量约57.09亿吨标准煤,煤炭消费占比将不断下降,清洁能源占比预计达到41.7%。根据预测结果,有针对性地在能源消费结构、能源效率和能源合作方面提出政策建议。     

藏、汉学生数学学习元认知差异的研究

识别藏、汉学生数学学习元认知差异对于改进藏族学生数学学习有良好的促进作用。通过对藏、汉高中生的调查与研究表明,藏、汉高中生在元认知知识、元认知监控和元认知体验有显著差异,汉族高中生数学元认知监控、元认知知识高于藏族学生,藏族高中生数学元认知体验高于汉族学生;藏、汉高中生数学元认知水平与数学学习成绩成正相关。     

《当代中国的“显学”》评述

《当代中国的"显学"》一书系侯且岸先生多年在史学园地辛勤耕耘的结晶,充分体现了作者的学术思想和独立品格。该书主要有三个方面的特点:一是重视对现实性比较强的问题的研究;二是重视历史人物思想的研究;三是重视学术史和学术方法论的研究。当然,该书也不可避免地存在一些疏漏,在体例与编排方面也仍有可改进之处,然瑕不掩瑜。