Preparing for ICT enhanced practice learning opportunities in 2010—a speculative view

This paper presents a speculative view of the roles that a practice teacher, student and university may undertake during a practice learning opportunity in the year 2010, based upon predicted advances in information and communication technology (ICT). The article explores the likelihood of such a scenario becoming a reality by examining very briefly current developments in the area of wireless mobile devices and infrastructure. The paper presents an argument drawing on the author’s own experiences that passive acceptance or ignorance through apprehension of ICT developments should not prevent the examination and planning of how this medium may be utilised in the arena of social work in the future. This paper acts as a scenario‐planning device, presenting for discussion some of the issues that may need to be explored if ICT is to become positively integrated into the field of social work education.     

金融产业集聚与区域经济增长

金融产业集聚对区域经济增长起着不容忽视的作用,本文在金融产业集聚对经济增长影响机理分析的基础上,选取我国生产性服务业的典型代表——北京市为案例,描述其金融产业集聚与经济增长状况,并基于6大主城区的数据,利用扩展的C-D函数及混合面板模型对金融产业集聚对区域经济增长的影响进行了实证检验.研究发现：北京市金融业已形成良好的金融集聚态势;金融业集聚对区域经济增长有着明显的正向促进作用.在此基础上,提出了进一步加强金融集聚及其对区域经济增长作用的政策建议.     

The Model Development Dissertation

ABSTRACT

Asset-building programs, such as Individual Development Account (IDA) programs within social service agencies, assist low-income employed clients in building credit, purchasing affordable assets, and gaining wealth. This longitudinal exploratory study examines the credit outcomes of IDA programs to add to the knowledge concerning the effects of IDAs as an asset-building tool. Data were analyzed using a convenience sample of IDA participants and nonparticipants (N = 164), and the results indicated that initial credit score and history are associated with program participation. However, results also suggested that initial credit score is not a meaningful indicator of program completion, time to completion, or type of asset purchased for participants. Those who completed the IDA program within 2 years experienced the highest credit gains. Future research with larger samples is needed to further assess the impact of credit on program participation and completion and on whether credit gains are sustained.     

Lessons from a project to create performance measures for public health

This paper uses a specific example to illustrate complications that arise in formulating and implementing performance measures. The context of this demonstration is a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-funded project to explore the feasibility of performance measures developed at the national level for local sexually transmitted disease (STD) prevention and control programs. Grantees provided local data and reported on their experience in eliciting the data and using the results for program development. The experience of this project suggests that measures can be made operationally feasible and programmatically useful only if terminologies are subjected to extensive definition and clarification activities. These activities must include development of common language, mapping of workflows, and clarification of spheres of influence. Finally, performance measures must be used with some caution, as they often unintentionally capture extraneous program elements.     

Consumer Debt Repayment Behavior as a Precursor to Bankruptcy

The passage of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (BAPCPA) of 2005 culminated years of debate over the escalating number of bankruptcy filings and whether or not consumers were abusing the bankruptcy system. Our study focuses on the extent to which households seek bankruptcy protection without first attempting to restructure their debt or experiencing indicators of financial distress. Through multivariate regression analyses of longitudinal data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), we find a significant relationship between having prior financial problems and filing for bankruptcy. Our results also indicate that households that obtained consolidation loans were equally likely to file for bankruptcy as those that did not. We conclude that early interventions with financially distressed consumers may provide opportunities to reduce bankruptcy filings.

The Impact of Nonagility on Service Level and Project Duration*

“Why projects are late” is a fundamental issue in theory and in practice. One well‐established explanation is that a project's network structure can be a significant factor—the “fatter” or more parallel the project, the later the project completion. Herein we show that a lack of agility, which may frequently arise in projects when there are external resources, can also be a significant factor in project delays—both in more serial‐like projects as well as more parallel ones. Specifically, this article formally characterizes the concept of agility in projects, shows how a lack of agility can have a significant impact on a project, and gives some general properties on agility with respect to a project's structure.     

关于地方性流动人口计划生育管理法规的几点探讨

论文简要回顾了地方性流动人口计划生育法规的建设与发展 ,指出了在法规建设中各地方法规之间存在的一些需要协调的问题 ,还指出了地方性法规在可操作性上存在的问题 ,最后论文对流动人口计划生育管理工作和相关法规建设提出若干建议 :一是给流动人口给出一个比较合理的定义 ;二是注意与当前的户籍管理体制改革相配套 ;三是实行以居住地计划生育政策为主要标准的管理模式。     

外来人口聚集地区户籍制度改革过程中的计划生育工作对策

论文根据外来人口的基本特征,提出这一人口群体在户籍制度改革进程中可能产生的一些问题,及这些问题对计划生育工作可能的影响,建议有关职能部门对一些可能发生的情况要有足够的准备与对策。     

流动妇女计划生育与生殖健康权益保障情况调查

当前女性流动人口研究主要侧重于生殖健康和计划生育与生殖健康管理服务两个方面 ,甚少从她们的计划生育与生殖健康权益保障角度进行研究。本文通过文献研究与实证研究的方法对流动妇女的计划生育与生殖健康权益保障情况进行调查研究 ,旨在全面了解当前这些权益实现的程度和实现的障碍 ,从而为有效保障流动妇女计划生育与生殖健康的权益提供有益的探索。     

20世纪80年代以来我国区域人口发展的不平衡态势及其对策

改革开放以来,由于地区经济发展的差异性、就业制度和户籍制度的改革,原本人口密度较小的中西部地区出现了大量人才和劳动力大军"挥师南下"的现象。这虽然有利于满足经济发达地区对人才和劳动力的需求,有利于提高人民的收入和生活水平,但从长远来讲,不利于落后地区经济的长远发展和国家经济发展的整体战略。为了实现全面建设小康社会的战略目标,就必须解决落后地区的人口问题,坚持区域人口的适度增长和科学有效的管理,促进我国区域人口的合理布局,使各个地区实现人口与经济、社会、资源、环境的协调发展。