Risk Factors and Drivers of Financial Sustainability in Local Government: An Empirical Study

The current international crisis in public finances has made financial sustainability a key issue for governments. Although the European Union (EU) and other international organisations have recommended governments to monitor demographic and economic variables, few studies have considered the influence of these variables on financial sustainability. This paper seeks to identify and analyse the drivers and risk factors that influence the financial sustainability of local government. The findings identify both risk factors (unemployment and population aged under 16 years) and drivers (budgetary outcome) of financial sustainability, which may constitute a useful basis for decision-taking by managers and policy-makers.     

Concurrent and Prospective Analyses of Peer, Television and Social Media Influences on Body Dissatisfaction, Eating Disorder Symptoms and Life Satisfaction in Adolescent Girls

The degree to which media contributes to body dissatisfaction, life satisfaction and eating disorder symptoms in teenage girls continues to be debated. The current study examines television, social media and peer competition influences on body dissatisfaction, eating disorder symptoms and life satisfaction in a sample of 237 mostly Hispanic girls. 101 of these girls were reassessed in a later 6-month follow-up. Neither television exposure to thin ideal media nor social media predicted negative outcomes either concurrently nor prospectively with the exception of a small concurrent correlation between social media use and life satisfaction. Social media use was found to contribute to later peer competition in prospective analysis, however, suggesting potential indirect but not direct effects on body related outcomes. Peer competition proved to be a moderate strong predictor of negative outcomes both concurrently and prospectively. It is concluded that the negative influences of social comparison are focused on peers rather than television or social media exposure.     

宪政意义上的民事诉权

以宪政理论及其正当程序理念为基础考察和解释民事诉权的内涵,既是对传统诉权理论的一种反动,也是对＂新诉权理论＂的一种借鉴。这种解释有助于营造出民事诉讼法与民法的和谐与统一,从而科学合理地设计民事诉讼体制。     

中美印三边关系——形成中的动态平衡体系

美国在前苏联解体后成为唯一的超级大国.中国则通过改革开放,经济快速增长,综合国力迅速提升.而印度继中国之后,经过上世纪90年代的快速发展,也成为世界经济新的亮点,发展潜力令世人刮目相看.     

The Geography of Repression and Opposition to Autocracy

State repression is a prominent feature of nondemocracies, but its effectiveness in quieting dissent and fostering regime survival remains unclear. We exploit the location of military bases before the coup that brought Augusto Pinochet to power in Chile in 1973, which is uncorrelated to precoup electoral outcomes, and show that counties near these bases experienced more killings and forced disappearances at the hands of the government during the dictatorship. Our main result is that residents of counties close to military bases both registered to vote and voted “No” to Pinochet's continuation in power at higher rates in the crucial 1988 plebiscite that bolstered the democratic transition. Potential mechanisms include informational frictions on the intensity of repression in counties far from bases and shifts in preferences caused by increased proximity to the events. Election outcomes after democratization show no lasting change in political preferences.     

Development and validation of a liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry assay for hair analysis of methylphenidate

Examination of various SIM cards and smart card devices indicates that data may be retained in SIM card memory structures even after heating to temperatures up to 450 degrees C, which the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has determined to be approximately the maximum average sustained temperature at desk height in a house fire. However, in many cases, and certainly for temperatures greater than 450 degrees C, the SIM card chip has suffered structural or mechanical damage that renders simple probing or rewiring ineffective. Nevertheless, this has not necessarily affected the data, which is stored as charge in floating gates, and alternative methods for directly accessing the stored charge may be applicable.     

新视野下法律与道德互动关系新探

法律和道德的形成、发展，既遵循着共同的根本客观规律，又表现出不同的性质和特点，所以，法律和道德是相互作用、相互补充、相互渗透、相互包含的，法律是最低限度的道德，道德是不成文的法律。法律中包含道德，是道德的外在表现，道德又是法律的源泉。法律通过直接或间接的作用，教育和启迪公民的道德建设，加强道德社会作用的力度，同时，道德的教育和舆论作用，又有助于提高法律的功效和作用。     

考评激励机制在公安队伍管理实践中的运用与探索

考核激励机制是公安队伍管理长效机制建设中的一个重要组成部分,在整个长效机制中起到为其他制度建设产生的功效把关、调整、质检、验收的重要作用。沧州市公安局运河分局,把考评激励机制逐步引入公安队伍管理的实践,对建立和完善队伍管理长效机制进行了一系列有益的探索。对当前在考评激励机制建设上存在的问题,分析了原因并提出了对策。     

Determination of phosphoglucomutase (PGM1), acid phosphatase (ACP), and esterase D (ESD) in human bloodstains by hybrid isoelectric focusing (HIEF)

PGM1, ESD, and ACP were determined in bloodstain extracts by isoelectric focusing (IEF) with carrier ampholytes (CA) and HIEF. HIEF yields superior results in PGM typing from bloodstain extracts, whereas for ESD and ACP typing isoelectric focusing with carrier ampholytes seems to be the method of choice.     

生态伦理观与可持续发展

促进可持续发展需要确立生态伦理道德观。可持续发展的生态伦理观有三个重要方面,即生态观、生态价值观和生态消费观。生态观是实现人类生态可持续发展的思想源泉,生态价值观是有效保护和科学利用生态资源的价值基础,生态消费观是维护生态和保持生态平衡的必要条件。