民族自治地方自治权力保障机制研究

各民族享有自治权力,是多民族国家各民族平等原则的具体体现,如果没有或不行使自治权,就无所谓民族区域自治。在市场经济条件下,民族自治地方自治机关怎样充分行使自治权的问题,在很大程度上取决于自治机关自治权力保障机制的建立和健全。本文对此进行一些初步的探讨和研究,供大家参考。一、对自治权的认识什么是自治权?自治权是民族区域自治制度的核心,自治权的充分与否会直接关系到“真正实行民族区域自治”。因此,研究自治权的行使和自治权保障机制的问题时,首先必须弄清它的概念。到目前为止,理论界对此提出了许多不同的解释,概括起来主…     

美国非洲司令部面临形象难题

美国设立非洲司令部（AFRICOM）的目标是改善安全机制、军队职业化、帮助建立负责任的政府,就阻止侵略和危机反应问题与非洲国家和地区组织协力合作。这项工作无疑是个巨大挑战。自2007年2月美国官方公布非洲司令部设想以来,由于非洲顾虑到美国的新殖民主义及其在伊拉克和阿富汗从事的政权更迭活动,对该设想普遍存在抵触情绪。一位美国国务院官员坦诚表示：“走向非洲,我们面临重大的形象问题,非洲的公众舆论反对与美国同床共枕,他们不信任美国。”美国还拟在非洲大陆建立地区总部,目前其总部管理机构暂设在美国欧洲司令部总部所在地德国斯图加特。有证据显示,美国在非洲建立司令部的雄心及其时间期限都面临着许多障碍。     

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.     

Whistleblower protection for nurses and other health care professionals

Because most employees in the United States, including health care professionals, are employed "at will" (which means their employment can be terminated for any reason or no reason, as long as the reason isn't illegal), retaliatory actions by employers toward employees who speak out (i.e., blow the whistle) are not uncommon. Additionally, the law protecting whistleblowing employees varies greatly depending on the state where the employee works or if he or she works for the federal government. This article examines when and under what conditions a nurse or other health care professional may be protected from having an adverse employment action taken against him or her for reporting such issues as patient safety violations or health care fraud. The authors offer issues a nurse or other health care professional should consider before making the decision to blow the whistle. Finally, the authors also discuss the remedies such as reinstatement, back pay, or other compensatory mechanisms that may be available to employees terminated for reporting wrongdoing.     

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。     

《凯恩斯思想小史:繁荣的钥匙》

正北京大学出版社出版定价:35.00元本书主体部分是凯恩斯经济思想客观、简明的总结,系统介绍了凯恩斯经济思想形成的历史背景和过程,从封闭经济入手,并进一步扩展到国际经济分析,通俗地展现了凯恩斯经济学分析方法,是了解凯恩斯思想的优秀入门读本。作者还分析了凯恩斯经济思想形成时代,全球经济的问题与2008年金融危机以来全球经济面临问题的相似性等,着眼全球,具有一定的现实意义。