Open Road or Blind Alley? Welfare Reform, Mothers, and Children with Disabilities

Welfare reform was examined for 39 Michigan families whose children have significant health or intellectual and behavioral disabilities. As a group, these families received little specialized assistance or services to address their unique needs. Family-cited barriers to self-sufficiency included poorly trained welfare caseworkers, limited public transportation, and inadequate child care. Having an older child was the only discriminating variable between working and non-working mothers. However, working mothers only had temporary positions with no benefits and low pay. All families, whether employed or not, lived below the poverty line.     

面向素质教育的发展性学生评价

我国现行的学生评价制度与素质教育的要求还存在着一定的距离。为了促进素质教育取得突破性进展 ,我们必须倡导发展性评价观 ,建立起促进学生全面发展的学生评价体系。面向素质教育的发展性学生评价 ,其改革发展方向具体表现为 :评价功能全面化、评价标准多元化、评价过程动态化、评价方法多样化和评价主体互动化等方面     

安陆市旅游资源特色分析及开发构想

本文从深入分析安陆市旅游资源数量、等级及特色等基本特征出发,在对安陆市旅游资源开发条件和旅游业发展状况评价的基础上,提出了符合当地实际和旅游业发展趋势的开发构想及相应对策。     

丹东民营经济发展实证分析

本文从丹东民营经济现状出发,在深入实际调查研究基础上,对相关数据进行筛选、分类、加工、整理,系统分析丹东民营经济的运行过程,从中找出丹东民营经济发展中存在的问题及形成原因。同时,通过对丹东地区经济发展的内外环境变化趋势的预测,并结合地方社会、经济、文化等方面的实际,制定丹东民营经济在今后一段时间内的发展目标,提出具有较强针对性和可操作性的对策建议,以期使丹东民营经济再上一个新的台阶。     

外语教学法研究的历史及其当前意义

外语教学有着悠久的历史 ,在漫长的过程中 ,外语教学经历了很大的发展。本文简要地叙述了外语教学法研究的历史 ,分析和论述了外语教学法的历史演变 ,以及当前外语教学的发展趋向 ,这对改革我们当前的外语教学 ,推动外语教学研究的深入 ,都有着十分重要的意义     

Summary of the Workshop on Issues in Risk Assessment: Quantitative Methods for Developmental Toxicology

This report summarizes the proceedings of a conference on quantitative methods for assessing the risks of developmental toxicants. The conference was planned by a subcommittee of the National Research Council's Committee on Risk Assessment Methodology ⁴ in conjunction with staff from several federal agencies, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission, and Health and Welfare Canada. Issues discussed at the workshop included computerized techniques for hazard identification, use of human and animal data for defining risks in a clinical setting, relationships between end points in developmental toxicity testing, reference dose calculations for developmental toxicology, analysis of quantitative dose-response data, mechanisms of developmental toxicity, physiologically based pharmacokinetic models, and structure-activity relationships. Although a formal consensus was not sought, many participants favored the evolution of quantitative techniques for developmental toxicology risk assessment, including the replacement of lowest observed adverse effect levels (LOAELs) and no observed adverse effect levels (NOAELs) with the benchmark dose methodology.     

新疆区域市场发育状况分析

市场发育状况是经济发展的最为重要的条件。文章通过对新疆五大区域的市场发育规模、市场容量与质量和市场主体成熟度三个方面的实证研究,认为:新疆的市场化程度极大的落后于全国平均水平,因此,缩小新疆与发达地区经济差距的当务之急是加速市场化进程,并且使区域市场主体尽快成熟起来又是急中之急。     

基于ROS平台的机械臂精确控制研究

基于我国东部农民工城市创业数据的分析,考察农民工城市创业历程（包括初次创业和调查时点的此次创业）是否受其人力资本的影响。结果表明：人力资本对于农民工进入初次创业与进入此次创业转折点均有显著影响。由此,应尽快制定与完善相关政策（包括加强学历教育、职业教育与创业教育等）,帮助农民工开启城市创业,并促使创业者尽快实现由生存型创业向发展型创业的转化。     

Exploring gaps in the online economic inclusion of persons with disabilities in Korea

ABSTRACT

This paper explores the difference in the online economic activities of people with and without disabilities in Korea. We conducted a multiple regression analysis to investigate the impact of socioeconomic characteristics, internet access, and internet skills on online economic activities. Our sample, based on a 2016 dataset that included 1554 people with disabilities and 6004 people without disabilities, was developed using quota sampling based on gender, age, and residence. We determined that individuals with disabilities were more likely to engage in online economic activities if they had higher levels of education, lived in urban areas, were employed, or had greater internet skills. Individuals without disabilities were more likely to engage in online economic activities if they were women, had higher levels of education, were employed, lived in a two-generation or more household, or had greater internet skills. For both people with and without disabilities, the level of education, employment status, and internet skills positively contribute to online economic activites. We also determined that education level, participation in economic activity, living in a two-generation or more household, and internet skills had a statistically significant influence on online economic activity for people both with and without disabilities. These results highlight the importance of education and internet training for people with disabilities, as well as social support systems that help them learn to use the internet in diverse ways through both formal and informal networks. The study also underscores the importance of information and communications technology that adequately addresses people’s needs.     

Are some disabilities more equal than others? Conceptualising fluctuating or recurring impairments within contemporary legislation and practice

In recent years, the concept of fluctuating or recurring impairments has grown both in the public consciousness as well as in frequency of note within policy documentation and legislation. However, contention still surrounds the perceived legitimacy of such impairments, including chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis, epilepsy and diabetes, which have the potential to vary in intensity over time, versus more ‘traditional’ and accepted forms of disability. By drawing on current conceptual discussion and research activities in Canada around what have been termed episodic disabilities, as well as legislative developments in the United Kingdom, this paper will provide an overview of how fluctuating or recurring impairments have to date been conceptualised, contested, and the central issue of competing definitions within this context