The Social Conditions for Nanomedicine: Disruption, Systems, and Lock-in

Here we consider two ways that nanomedicine might be disruptive. First, low-end disruptions that are intrinsically unpredictable but limited in scope, and second, high end disruptions that involve broader societal issues but can be anticipated, allowing opportunity for ethical reflection.     

论大学生民族精神的培育

弘扬和培育大学生民族精神是高等学校一项重要任务。要坚持以爱国主义教育为核心,开展国情教育、历史文化教育、艰苦奋斗教育、全球意识教育。通过课堂教学、典型引导、校园文化等形式多样的方式,把弘扬和培育民族精神纳入学校教育教学全过程,实现社会主义办学目标。     

Risk and the Outsourcing of Risk Management Services: The Case of Claims Management

Outsourcing of risk management activities is a well-established practice, involving a range of services from actuarial audits to loss control training to risk financing management to claims administration services. Surprisingly, little work has been done to examine the risks associated with outsourcing risk management activities. This article examines the outsourcing of claims management services by reviewing the research on outsourcing risks and by interviewing leading practitioners. In doing so, the authors draw some provisional observations about risks and risk costs associated with outsourcing claims management services—observations that seem generalizable to all risk management outsourcing.