Progressively Type-II censored conditionally N-ordered statistics from a unified elliptically contoured copula

Progressively Type-II censored conditionally N-ordered statistics (PCCOS-N) arising from iid random vectors X_i = (X¹_i, X²_i, …, X_i^p), i = 1, 2…, n, were investigated by Bairamov (2006 Bairamov, I. (2006). Progressive Type II censored order statistics for multivariate observations. J. Mult. Anal. 97:797–809.[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]), with respect to the magnitudes of N(X_i), i = 1, 2, …, n, where N( · ) is a p-variate measurable function defined on the support set of X₁ satisfying certain regularity conditions and N(X_i) denotes the lifetime of the random vector X_i, i = 1, …, n. Under the PCCOS-N sampling scheme, n independent units are placed on a life-test and after the ith failure, R_i (i = 1, …, m) of the surviving units are removed at random from the remaining observations. In this article, we consider PCCOS-N arising from a vector with identical as well as non identical dependent components, jointly distributed according to a unified elliptically contoured copula (PCCOSDUECC-N). Results established here contain the previous results as particular cases. Illustrative examples and simulation studies show that PCCOSDUECC-N enables us to analyze the lifetime of several systems, including repairable systems and systems with standby components, more efficiently than PCCOS-N.     

Restoring Meaning to Supervision Through a Peer Consultation Group in Rural Australia

The establishment of a cross-discipline peer consultation group in regional Australia is described. A research project, which explored the impact of the peer consultation on participants, using pre-group and post-group evaluation surveys along with data from an externally facilitated group evaluation session is discussed. Key findings reveal the value of access to varied modes of supervision; the importance of supervision not feeling like being subjected to surveillance; and the contribution that positive experiences of peer consultation have for our participants' well-being. The potential for improved connection and mutual benefits for practice and academia in sponsorship of professional peer consultation by regional universities also emerges from this research. The effectiveness of contemporary workplace counselling supervision arrangements, and of what, precisely, the enjoyment of engaging in case discussions in peer consultation groups is constituted are areas for more exploration.     

资源型城市转型中的市矿协同发展机理研究——以淮南市为例

资源型城市转型,城市与矿业企业统筹协同发展,是矿业城市可持续发展的必由之路,市矿协同发展系统四大子系统的运行、涨落、控制、协同,决定着城市的经济发展、城乡环境变化、社会生活改变,淮南市的实证分析,为市矿协同发展提供了有力的佐证。     

酌定不起诉制度的不足探析

我国<刑事诉讼法>中酌定不起诉制度存在明显不足,表现为它未赋予被不起诉人公正审判权,不符合是诉讼主体的内在要求;它违背了解决公正与效率矛盾关系原理的必然要求;它不符合控辩对等原则的需要;它有悖"无罪推定"原则的意旨;它也难以使被不起诉人堂堂正正地返还社会;它也背离刑事诉讼的两大任务.因此,应该完善被不起诉人的公正审判权制定.     

民族地区农村社会保障制度的实证分析

作者在分析民族地区农村社会保障制度建立的政策及经济发展背景和群众意愿的基础上,通过实证分析,提出农民的保障在一定时期内将是多元化的保障模式,民族地区农村社会保障制度建设主要应建立养老保险制度、最低生活保障制度、医疗保障制度和救济制度等四个方面的制度,同时,要发挥土地保障的主导作用,并继续挖掘各民族灿烂的历史文化资源,使其在新时期继续发挥作用。     

论魏晋南北朝的同题共作赋

同题共作属于集体性的创作活动,赋的同题共作以魏晋南北朝为盛,这与当时文学集团的兴盛有直接关系。同一命题、相同环境下的创作,及其所固有的切磋品评的创作目的,使同题共作赋呈现出相反相成的两种倾向:一是题材范围和艺术风格上的趋同,二是同中求异的竞胜争高。这种方式的创作对于赋体文学表现领域的拓展和艺术技巧的提高都产生了重要作用。魏晋南北朝同题共作赋的文学史意义,则主要表现在促进了短赋的发展,并加快了多诗少赋的文学进程。     

论民族自治地方税收管理法律制度的改革

我国宪法和法律赋予了民族自治地方税收管理自治权。从建立公共财政体制和发展民族经济出发,民族自治地方税收法律制度亟待改革。要着重从中央与民族自治地方税收权限的划分、民族自治地方税收体系的设计这两方面来创新和完善民族自治地方税收管理法律制度。     

侗族社会地方性制度对森林资源的保护

在人类社会的一切生产活动中,都要求人们在生产过程中必须进行广泛的合作,而有效的合作就需要有制度的保障。贵州清水江下游侗族人工营林业的形成与发展就是在侗族社会地方性制度（主要表现为“侗款”习惯法）的保护下得以实现的。由于侗族地区的森林资源在侗族社会地方性制度的保护下获得了有效的利用,从而最大限度地降低了这种经济活动方式的风险性和不确定性。     

Using GIS in community design charrettes: Lessons from a Japan–U.S. collaboration in earthquake recovery and mitigation planning for Kobe

Charrettes have become popular in the urban design field, especially for use among multidisciplinary teams of professionals and non-professional community stakeholders seeking to incorporate a rich array of expertise in short visioning activities. Geographic Information Systems are among the technologies with potential to provide sophisticated spatial information to charrette participants efficiently. This article reports on a charrette carried out jointly by teams from Kobe University and the University of Washington, Seattle, USA, using GIS to inform urban design in three neighborhoods affected by the Great Hanshin–Awaji Earthquake of 1995 in Kobe, Japan. The article describes the charrette itself, and discusses the utility of GIS, given the challenges of disaster recovery in a context of undeveloped institutions for public participation, and with participants of different linguistic and educational backgrounds. In combination with electronically storable drawing technology, GIS proved useful in enlarging the multidisciplinary and cross-cultural reach of urban design; in incorporating new layers of pre-prepared expert data, and in combining such data with dynamically-generated “advice maps” and design ideas. For GIS-based charrettes to become more widely useful in community-scale design in Japan, however, additional property-scale data need to be available.