知识经济与中国高等教育

知识经济的到来将引起教育观念和思想的重大变革,所以,应该大力提倡和开展创新教育和交叉学科教育。     

肥胖基因

肥胖症已经逐渐成为了一个严重的健康问题和社会问题 ,对肥胖症的研究已深入到分子水平。自肥胖基因被克隆以来 ,针对肥胖基因的结构、突变、表达及其产物的生物学作用已进行了大量的研究。本文就肥胖基因的发现和定位、结构和突变及其产物———瘦素的相关研究进行了综述 ,并指出了对肥胖基因进行深入研究的相关领域     

论室外雕塑艺术

室外雕塑已开始成为城市园林绿化、市政建设、旅游休闲的新亮点,室外雕塑与社会时代、与环境、与人的关系越来越紧密。室外雕塑以其特有的艺术语言,通过视觉形象移情于现众,极大地满足了观众的审美要求。     

世界贸易组织争端解决机制评析

从世界贸易组织（WTO）成立后的实践来看，它的争端解决机制为各成员方解决贸易争端、为帮助世界贸易秩序的稳定和发展发挥了重要作用。但是从对WTO争端解决机制的几个方面的具体的分析、评价中可以得知它也并非尽善尽美，还有待进一步的发展和完善。     

Acknowledgment of outside reviewers for 1994

Acknowledgment of outside reviewers for 1994     

In Whose Backyard?: Concern About Siting a Nuclear Waste Facility*

Proponents of hazardous and nuclear waste depositories label opponents to local siting of such facilities “NIMBYs” (Not In My Backyard). This study assesses the extent to which the NIMBY label and the strategies of industry proponents to reduce opposition function on a reasonable set of assumptions. Using survey data and multiple regression techniques, the levels of concern of residents living in the county selected as the site of a low level radioactive waste disposal facility (imminent threat condition) are compared with a statewide sample (hypothetical threat condition). Consistent with proponents' theoretical assumptions, the levels of concern are greater for respondents under conditions of imminent threat than of hypothetical threat. However, within the host county, levels of concern are lowest, albeit most polarized, in the community closest to the proposed site. A conflict theory approach enhances an understanding of these findings by suggesting that within the most proximate community levels of concern are lowest for citizens who stand to gain the most economic benefits from the facility but highest for those citizens who are least likely to derive tangible gains.     

Aid, Relief, and Containment: The First Asylum Country and Beyond

A fundamental problem that confronts the European Union today is how it can maintain its commitment to the institution of asylum while checking irregular migration and the abuse of its asylum system. In order to explore a response to this dilemma the paper addresses the following questions: what role can relief and aid policies play in influencing migration patterns? What should be the appropriate approach to the granting of relief and aid to developing countries of first asylum? Should it be viewed as a part of the larger problem of development or be treated as a distinct issue? What kind of a relief/aid model will help refugees return to post–conflict societies and stop the conflict from reproducing itself? The paper examines two different approaches to address these questions: the alliance–containment approach and the distributive–developmental approach. It also looks at some empirical evidence, which reveals that at present it is a conservative alliance–containment approach that informs EU relief and aid practices. This approach, however, does not help achieve the stated objective of checking abuse of asylum and migration procedures while sustaining a commitment to a liberal asylum regime. The paper goes on to identify the gaps in EU policy and the lessons that can be drawn. It concludes by looking at different policy alternatives and suggesting the adoption of a reformist distributive–developmental model. The implementation of this model holds out the hope of reverting to a more liberal asylum regime while controlling irregular migration and “bogus” asylum seekers, for the reformist distributive developmental model takes a more long–term view of migration trends and also seeks to address the growing North–South divide.     

Marital Conflict,Ineffective Parenting,and Children's and Adolescents' Maladjustment

Data from the 1988 National Survey on Families and Households were analyzed to examine the associations among marital conflict, ineffective parenting, and children's and adolescents' maladjustment. Parents' use of harsh discipline and low parental involvement helped explain the connection between marital conflict and children's maladjustment in children aged 2 through 11. Parent‐child conflict was measured only in families with a target teenager and also was a significant mediator. Although ineffective parenting explained part of the association between marital conflict and children's maladjustment, independent effects of marital conflict remained in families with target children aged 2 through 11 (but not for families with a teenager). With a few exceptions, this pattern of findings was consistent for mothers' and fathers' reports, for daughters and sons, for families with various ethnic backgrounds, and for families living in and out of poverty.