合格评定程序壁垒研究

合格评定程序并不当然构成技术性贸易壁垒,合格评定程序本身具有积极的意义,有利于提高生产效率和推动国际贸易,《TBT协议》也对其进行了规制。但是,一些发达国家过于严格而又繁多的合格评定程序已对我国出口产生重大影响,并将成为21世纪国际贸易的重大壁垒,因此需要研究应对合格评定程序壁垒的策略。     

构建我国检察机关未成年人暂缓起诉制度

随着未成年人犯罪逐年增加,规制未成年人违法与犯罪的刑事司法制度已成为各国法律制度发展关注的焦点。我国有关未成年人的刑事司法制度发展相对不足,而暂缓起诉制度,有利于符合条件的触犯刑法的未成年人的教育、改造和回归社会。     

刑事二审发回重审制度的反思与重构——以“事实不清、证据不足”为视角

针对我国刑事二审因"事实不清、证据不足"而发回重审的制度而言,通过反思现行制度存在的问题,应树立无罪推定原则为中心,以取消"证据不足"发回重审的规定,直接改判"事实不清"的案件和限制发回重审的次数为策略,构建我国的刑事二审因"事实不清、证据不足"发回重审制度。     

读殷墟花园庄甲骨卜辞

本文就最近刊布的殷墟花园庄出土卜辞,讨论了下述三个问题：1.卜辞书刻省略例证;2.一种先祖祭祀的特殊祭序;3.进献割裂的牺牲是商代宗庙祭礼的主要仪法。     

我国民事诉讼程序转换制度的缺陷及其完善

民事诉讼程序转换制度的确立体现了立法对当事人程序利益的尊重和保护,是对诉讼公正和诉讼效率两大价值平衡追求的结果,也是对当事人诉权及法院审判权行使的制约与平衡.但是现行立法仍在诸多方面存在不足和亟待完善之处,实践中民事诉讼程序转换制度亦呈现随意性和虚无性.完善我国民事诉讼程序转换制度,充分发挥程序转换制度的功能与效用,需要进一步规范程序转换的条件、当事人程序选择权行使的时间、方式和效力,进一步规范程序转换的具体程序,规范法院依职权转换制度、法院对程序转换审查的方式及其处理.     

美国高校互动课堂教学模式及启示——以俄亥俄州立大学“普通物理学”课程为例

为了防止学生在"普通物理学"课堂上出现"习惯性学习""思维止步"的恶性循环，提出互动课堂教学模式，并以美国俄亥俄州立大学（OSU）"普通物理学"课程为例，阐述了美国高校互动课堂教学模式的内涵、实施现状、实施程序以及师生对该教学模式的评价。借鉴美国高校互动课堂教学模式，我国高校的相关公共课程可通过进一步革新教学模式、转换师生角色、强化教学反思，实现真正意义上的互动课堂教学。     

Simultaneous confidence bands for nonlinear regression models

The maximization and minimization procedure for constructing confidence bands about general regression models is explained. Then, using an existing confidence region about the parameters of a nonlinear regression model and the maximization and minimization procedure, a generally conservative simultaneous confidence band is constructed about the model. Two examples are given, and some problems with the procedure are discussed     

A Monte Carlo study of traditional and rank-based picked-points analyses

In analysis of covariance with heteroscedastic slopes a picked-points analysis is often performed. Least-squares based picked-points analyses often lose efficiency (at times substantial) for nonnormal error distributions. Robust rank-based picked-points analyses are developed which are optimizable for heavy-tailed and/or skewed error distributions. The results of a Monte Carlo investigation of these analyses are presented. The situations include the normal model and models which violate it in one or several ways. Empirically the rank-based analyses appear to be valid over all these situations and more powerful than the least squares analysis for all the nonnormal models, while losing little efficiency at the normal model.     

Further Evaluation of Prompting Tactics for Establishing Intraverbal Responding in Children With Autism

We compared prompting tactics to establish intraverbal responding (question answering) in four boys with autism. Based on the results of intraverbal, textual, echoic, and tact pretests, we compared vocal and picture prompts with three participants, and textual, vocal, and picture prompts with one participant. We also evaluated repeated acquisition with different question sets, and included a concurrent-chains arrangement, in which initial link selections determined which prompting procedure occurred in the terminal link. All the prompting procedures were effective in establishing intraverbal responding, but vocal prompts resulted in the fewest trials to criterion for all four participants during the initial prompt comparison. However, the results were less consistent for the second comparison. The concurrent chains arrangement revealed a clear preference for picture prompts for one participant, but the results for the others were inconclusive.     

Non-Surgical Cosmetic Procedures: Older Women's Perceptions and Experiences

ABSTRACT

This paper analyzes findings from in-depth interviews with 44 women aged 50–70 regarding their perceptions of and experiences with non-surgical cosmetic procedures such as Botox injections, laser hair removal, chemical peels, microdermabrasion, and injectable fillers. While 21 of the women had used a range of non-surgical cosmetic procedures, 23 women had not. The data are discussed in light of feminist theorizing on cosmetic surgery which has tended to ignore the experiences of older women and has been divided in terms of the portrayal of cosmetic surgery as either oppressive or liberating. We found that some of the women used the procedures to increase their physical attractiveness and self-esteem, others viewed the procedures as excessively risky, and still others argued that the procedures stemmed from the social devaluation of later life. Treatments that involved the alteration of the surface of the body tended to be viewed as less risky than the injection of foreign substances into the body.