Transitional socioeconomic and political environments of public relations in Mexico

This qualitative research on the socioeconomic and political environments of public relations in Mexico documents how national context influences the practice of the profession. The evolution of public relations in Mexico has accelerated since the establishment of the North America Free Trade Agreement with the United States and Canada. This advancement is attributed to the practices of transnational corporations and the democratization process that motivates openness, greater professionalism and the expansion of public relations across diverse organizations.     

North-South relations: Alternative policy simulations for the world economy in the 1980s

This article makes projections of the world economy in the North-South context for the period 1981–1990 using a latest global version of a macroeconomic model named FUGI-GNEM type IV 011–62. The model classifies the world into 62 countries/regions, where the North-South interdependence is incorporated into an integral part of the world economy through international economic linkages. Based on alternative simulations, the author presents future images of the North-South interdependent world economy through changes in economic growth rates, employment, wages, prices, money supply, interest rates, public finance, trade, capital movement, international balance of payments, foreign exchange rates, etc., in each country or region. The model forecasts that the real economic growth of the developing countries as a whole in the 1980s will likely be around 4%–7% annual rate according to alternative policy scenarios.     

Computational schema on ridge analysis

The purpose of this paper is to revisit the response surface technique ridge analysis within the context of the “trust region” problem in numerical analysis. It is found that these two approaches inherently solve the same problem. We introduce the computational difficulty, termed the “hard case”, which originates in the trust region methods, also exists in ridge analysis but has never been formally discussed in response surface methodology (RSM). The dual response global optimization algorithm (DRSALG) based on the trust region method is applied (with a certain modification) to solving the ridge analysis problem. Some numerical comparisons against a general-purpose nonlinear optimization algorithm are illustrated in terms of examples appearing in the literature     

跨界融合,全面提升中国传媒的国际传播力

中国传媒在国际传播格局中处于弱势,为了全面提升中国传媒的国际传播力,要制定国家文化发展战略,树立文化传播的主体意识;争夺有效话语权;提升对外翻译的影响力;借鉴国外媒体的经验、现成的国际传播渠道,提高与境外媒体打交道的能力;构建合理的现代传播体系,打造国际一流媒体。     

美元的霸权性及其对全球利益博弈的影响

国际利益博弈源于国家之间需求的碰撞,自1970年代起,全球发展进入后工业社会阶段,美元作为世界货币,其表面的"美金→石油美元"转换后面,是美元信用来源的"实际财富抵押→暴力抵押"的转换;该转换带来了一个全新的世界格局,即"美元/全球资源资产"与"美元/美国国债"的双跷跷板结构。美元成为世界利益博弈的核心。2012年,美元进入第三个"17年大周期升浪"和临近"5年升值小周期",世界由此进入"美元升/全球资源资产贬"的格局之中。     

审视经济全球化

由于各国经济发展的不平衡,经济全球化的当代特征表现为三角化、区域一体化和跨国公司的迅速崛起。经济全球化正在改变现有政治格局,推动世界政治朝全球性方向演进并形成全球性的治理机构或协调治理形式。在以发达国家为主导、跨国公司为主要动力的经济全球化过程中,中国作为发展中国家在国际竞争方面处于弱势,这要靠全党全民运用自己的智慧和力量,利用自己已经具备的各种有利条件去应对全球化的挑战。从人类社会经济形态演进的自然历史过程看,经济全球化不过是资本主义的社会化生产和市场全球性扩张的新的历史阶段。从马克思的立场看,全球化将会是资本主义时代的终结,并为社会主义社会的到来做好准备,随全球化而来的将是一个更加美好的新世界。     

健康与环境：人类未来的共同点——全球健康理事会第30届年会综述

全球健康理事会第30届年会侧重讨论了人类健康与生态环境的关系,尤其关注人口与城市化、妇女与儿童保健、生殖健康与艾滋病、卫生体制改革与资源整合等方面的国际研究新动向.     

重置交往理性:哈贝马斯人类 解放思想的逻辑主线

围绕现代资本主义社会的形态转变及其所凸显的社会危机,哈贝马斯从经济、政治、文化、人性等层面入手,全面地分析和反思了现代社会的“多重隐忧”,建构了其社会批判理论的基本内涵,奠定了自身理论体系的逻辑起点;而后通过倒置工具理性与交往理性的关系,哈贝马斯将对“工具理性”的批判与对“交往理性”的重置结合起来,提炼了其整个理论体系的逻辑主线;最终则以针对时代困境所设计的“世界公民社会”为其理论体系的逻辑终点,探索了实现人类解放的另一种路径,丰富了马克思主义的人类解放思想.     

On algorithmic construction of maximin distance designs

Maximin distance designs are useful for conducting expensive computer experiments. In this article, we compare some global optimization algorithms for constructing such designs. We also introduce several related space-filling designs, including nested maximin distance designs, sliced maximin distance designs, and general maximin distance designs with better projection properties. These designs possess more flexible structures than their analogs in the literature. Examples of these designs constructed by the algorithms are presented.     

融入全球价值链对中国制造业国际分工地位的影响

本文基于附加值贸易框架,测度了中国制造业各行业的国际分工地位,并探讨了融入全球价值链分工对中国制造业国际分工地位的影响。结果表明,我国制造业的国际分工地位经历了先下降后上升的“V”型发展轨迹。融入全球价值链的模式不同,导致参与全球价值链分工对我国不同技术层次行业国际分工地位的影响存在差异。中国低技术制造业在融入全球价值链的同时实现了国际分工地位的提升;而对于中高技术行业,参与全球价值链分工的 “锁定”效应十分明显。