Clinicians Play with Mud,and It's the Best Thing for Us: An Interview With Alistair Campbell

Alistair Campbell is Research Editor for the ANZJFT. He is a Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology and Director of the Psychology Clinic at James Cook University in Townsville. He speaks provocatively with Ben Hansen about research and training in family therapy, about accountability to our clients, and about practice.     

中德跨文化商务谈判行为分析

作者在德国组织了 110组的中德商务模拟谈判,收集了相关的数据,并对该数据进行了量化分析。分析结果表明,在中德跨文化商务谈判中,谈判者的个人特征影响谈判者的策略选择,而谈判者所采取的策略又对谈判结果起着至关重要的作用。同时,保持良好的谈判气氛和高度忍耐力对于取得好的谈判结果也很重要。最后给出了中德跨文化商务谈判行为的一些基本特征,并提供了相应的现实操作建议。     

我国高校财务治理中的财权配置现状与优化

财务治理的效率关系到我国高校的办学绩效和健康发展，合理的财权配置是实现高校财务治理的基石和重要内容。随着高校收支规模的扩大和来源、支出结构的复杂化，优化财权配置对改进和提升教育产出的意义愈加重要。当前，我国高校财权配置存在相关制度规范和管理架构不完善以及共同治理乏力等问题，成因涉及历史、政策和治理等诸多方面。高校应当采取强化预算过程、推进网络治理和落实责任中心管理等改进措施。这些措施对优化高校财权配置、完善财务治理、提升资金管理效率，进而促进事权落实、改进办学质量并提高教育产出具有重要作用。     

中日刑法理论中不能犯之比较

在各国刑法理论及司法实践中，不能犯都是一个十分重要的问题。不能犯的理论丰富复杂，在实践中认定又十分困难。而各国刑法理论中不能犯的含义又有所区别，尤以中日之间的区别为典型。文章拟就中日刑法理论中不能犯的概念、类型、法律后果及根据进行比较研究，以便更好地界定理解我国刑法中的不能犯，为我国的刑事立法和司法提供参考。     

Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Treatment Outcome Research

Few studies have evaluated the comparative efficacy, effectiveness and mode of action of specific treatment interventions, or developed evidence-based best-practice management guidelines for the treatment of problem gambling. While individual and multi-modal programmes demonstrate positive results, systematic well-designed randomised controlled studies incorporating follow-up blind assessments and standardised diagnostic and outcome measures are needed to establish long-term outcomes.     

The effect of compliance-improving interventions on the cognitive-behavioural treatment of pathological gambling

This exploratory study investigated the effect of interventions designed to improve compliance and reduce dropout rates during the outpatient treatment of pathological gambling at a University-based gambling treatment clinic. Forty subjects (29 males, 11 females, mean age = 37.6) meeting DSM-IV criteria (APA, 1994) for pathological gambling were randomly assigned to either a cognitive-behavioural treatment or a cognitive-behavioural treatment combined with interventions designed to improve treatment compliance. Compliance was indicated by the completion of all treatment sessions. Outcome measures were DSM-IV criteria assessed by structured clinical interview, South Oaks Gambling Screen scores, and percentage of income gambled. Logistic regression analyses identified pretreatment characteristics predicting compliance and outcome. Compliance-improving interventions significantly reduced dropout rates, resulting in superior outcomes at posttreatment compared to the cognitive behavioural treatment alone. At 9-month follow-up, there was no difference in outcome between treatments, although both produced clinically significant change. Comorbid problem drinking, drug use, and problem gambling duration predicted poor compliance. Poor outcome was predicted by comorbid problem drinking. The clinical implications of these results are discussed in light of the exploratory nature of the study and the need for future research to address compliance, outcome, and comorbidity issues.     

On Bayesian sample size determination

Three Bayesian methods are considered for the determination of sample sizes for sampling from the Laplace distribution – the distribution of time between rare events – with a normal prior. These methods are applied to the sizing of aircraft mid-air collisions in a navigation system or large flight path deviations of aircraft in air traffic management scenarios. A computer program handles all computations and gives a good insight about the best suggested method.     

Comparison between Bayesian approach and frequentist methods for estimating relative risk in randomized controlled trials: a simulation study

Relative risks (RRs) are often considered as preferred measures of association in randomized controlled trials especially when the binary outcome of interest is common. To directly estimate RRs, log-binomial regression has been recommended. Although log-binomial regression is a special case of generalized linear models, it does not respect the natural parameter constraints, and maximum likelihood estimation is often subject to numerical instability that leads to convergence problems. Alternative methods for solving log-binomial regression convergence problems have been proposed. A Bayesian approach also was introduced, but the comparison between this method and frequentist methods has not been fully explored. We compared five frequentist and one Bayesian methods for estimating RRs under a variety of scenario. Based on our simulation study, there is not a method that can perform well based on different statistical properties, but COPY 1000 and modified log-Poisson regression can be considered in practice.     

Awareness of Listeriosis and Methylmercury toxicity public health recommendations and diet during pregnancy

Background

Awareness of Listeriosis and Methylmercury toxicity recommendations are associated with decreased intake of high-risk foods. Whether awareness of the recommendations affect dietary quality of pregnant women in Australian is unknown.