新加坡:新的地区影响,新的世界观?

在80年代末以前,新加坡的外交政策显得很谨慎、敏感,甚至有点愤世嫉俗。它主要是切身利益的体现:在不安全的地区中寻求安全和通过向世界开放来发展经济。因此,它形成了一种旨在避免直接冲突和同大国保持良好关系的“软弱外交”。然而在最近,新加坡的总体观点正在发生变化,它已变得更加面向全球、更加多方位,而且更加     

Hair as a specimen to document tetramethylene disulfotetramine exposure

Tetramethylene disulfotetramine (tetramine) is a rodenticide that has been banned for many years in China. Since 2005, inhabitants of a village in the Henan Province have been suffering from grand mal seizures. To investigate the possibility of tetramine as the cause, we developed a method to determine tetramine in human hair. Sample preparation involved external decontamination, frozen pulverization, and ultrasonication in 2 mL ethyl acetate in the presence of cocaine-d3 as an internal standard. The method exhibited good linearity; calibration curve was linear over a range of 0.1-20 ng/mg hair. The limit of detection for the assay was 0.05 ng/mg hair. Except for one subject (No. 4), all head and pubic hair samples were positive for tetramine. The concentrations of tetramine in pubic hair were significantly higher than those in the same subjects' head hair samples. Because of a long retention in body, segmental head hair analysis cannot provide an accurate exposure history of tetramine in the body.     

实施有效监督 改进公共行政

我首先代表亚洲监察专员协会并以我个人的名义，向“亚监协”的第七次会议举办国——中华人民共和国表示感谢，并为中国政府在促进政府廉政勤政方面所作的努力和取得的成果表示钦佩。同时，我也对会议的组织者所选定的主题“实施有效监督，促进廉政勤政”及四个专题表示赞赏。“良政”问题是我们亚洲所有国家面临的突出问题。解决这一问题的关键，取决于这一地区的政治和社会经济的发展，并在此基础上建立一个公正和平等的社会。行政监察在促进“良政”方面所发挥的作用已经广为人知，监察机构以有效的和探索的方式，治理公共行政部门在履行…     

论人权的哲学基础

文章解读了当代人权理念并考察了哲学家为这些人权理念提供系统的合法性证明所作出的努力。首先,文章从何谓人权出发,探讨人权是否需要一种特殊的合法性证明,同时追溯了解释人权基础的不同路径。接着,文章详细探讨了三位重要哲学家阿兰·葛维茨(Alan Gewirth)、詹姆斯·格里芬(James Griffin)和约翰·罗尔斯(John Rawls)提出的人权学说。     

指向互利的目标

作为貿易对手,馬來亚与西德,对于两个国家如何以互利的目标来合作,做出了一个很好的榜样。过去几年来双方貿易的增加簡直是一个奇跡。今天西德在馬来亚的主顧名册里居第四位。西德与馬来亚的貿易发展指出,两国之間貿易量的大量增加,其可能性仍然很大。不仅西德从馬来亚的进口     

Spatially offset Raman spectroscopy (SORS) for the analysis and detection of packaged pharmaceuticals and concealed drugs

Spatially offset Raman spectroscopy (SORS) is a powerful new technique for the non-invasive detection and identification of concealed substances and drugs. Here, we demonstrate the SORS technique in several scenarios that are relevant to customs screening, postal screening, drug detection and forensics applications. The examples include analysis of a multi-layered postal package to identify a concealed substance; identification of an antibiotic capsule inside its plastic blister pack; analysis of an envelope containing a powder; and identification of a drug dissolved in a clear solvent, contained in a non-transparent plastic bottle. As well as providing practical examples of SORS, the results highlight several considerations regarding the use of SORS in the field, including the advantages of different analysis geometries and the ability to tailor instrument parameters and optics to suit different types of packages and samples. We also discuss the features and benefits of SORS in relation to existing Raman techniques, including confocal microscopy, wide area illumination and the conventional backscattered Raman spectroscopy. The results will contribute to the recognition of SORS as a promising method for the rapid, chemically specific analysis and detection of drugs and pharmaceuticals.     

A line already drawn: the case for voluntary euthanasia after the withdrawal of life-sustaining hydration and nutrition

When life-sustaining hydration and nutrition is withheld from an incompetent and immobile patient like Terri Schiavo, death comes to the patient by dehydration within about two weeks. Americans should be permitted to arrange for euthanasia at that point, as opposed to merely dehydrating to death, and should be able to incorporate their desire for euthanasia into an advance directive. A state constitutional right of privacy could provide the legal avenue permitting effectuation of such a choice.     

《拉美危机面临的经济政策选择》

拉美决策者长期以来面临着以下争论:1.通货膨胀政策。拉美的通货膨胀率始终高于世界其他地区。在制定反通货膨胀政策的过程中,决策者面临着两种选择:正统的金融控制或非正统的休克疗法。有效的政策应该是合二为一。2.财政政策。这方面争论的核心是:利率应保持在什么水平上。换言之,实际利率(即名义利率减去通货膨胀率)应该是正还是负?低利率能鼓励投资,从而促进经济增长;     

走向九十年代——世界经济的挑战与东盟国家的反应

东南亚国家的经济成绩尽管原有的社会主义集团已经发生了变化,但是在东南亚地区仍然能够从市场导向型经济地区(包括东盟国家、即:文莱、印度尼西亚、马来西亚、菲律宾、新加坡和泰国)区分出非市场经济地区,即:缅甸、柬埔寨老挝、越南。第一表列示自1981年以来东南亚各国的经济增长率。     

新加坡贸易的新形势

英国现在加入欧洲经济共同体,人们的意见一致认为新加坡将不会遭到这个新经济组织的严重打击