Supreme auditing institutions: A politico-economic analysis

While the beneficial aspects of a public accounting office's activity are not disputed here, it is argued in this article that four major distortions are produced: the concern with administrative rationality overlooks costs elsewhere (Section 2); budgetary aspects are overvalued compared to other issues (Section 3); incentives-oriented behavior is suppressed (Section 4); and the evaluation is biased by concentrating on minor, instead of major, aspects of inefficiency (Section 5). Section 6 considers alternatives to public accounting offices and makes some suggestions for new institutional arrangements particularly for constitutional rules.     

Preadolescent peer friendships: A critical contribution to adult social relatedness?

The primary aim of this paper is to review the literature on preadolescent friendships in order to examine the relationship between preadolescent friendships and social support in adulthood. Social supports are important to health, both directly and as a stress buffer. Few studies, however, have specifically examined adult social supports from the perspective of their developmental precursors and critical developmental periods. Some data indicate that the preadolescent period may be of particular importance to the development of adult social skills and ties. Observational and empirical studies of preadolescent peer relationships, and in particular best friendships, suggest unique and critical contributions to adult social relatedness. Present research is suggestive but is insufficient to validate preadolescence as a critical period in adult social relatedness. Our review has implications for better understanding the mechanisms by which preadolescent friendships effect adult social support—an important mediator of the effects of stress on health. Further longitudinal study is needed.Received Ph.D. from University of Maryland. Research interests are social supports and psychological responses to trauma and disaster.Received M.D. from Yale University. Research interests are social supports and traumatic stress.     

The use of either the nose or outer ear as a means of determining the postmortem period of a human corpse.

Presented in this paper are the initial results involving the use of the nose or outer ear as temperature measurement sites to determine the postmortem period of the human corpse. Simple mathematical models for both sites are developed based on cooling curves of five corpses. Analysis of errors between actual and calculated postmortem intervals suggest that in its present form, the described methods would not be suitable for use in accurately determining the time since death of human corpses.     

论唐代司法效率及其现代价值

唐代法制是中华法制文明史上极其辉煌的一页 ,唐律中关于司法效率的规定已相当完备。唐律明确规定了官吏判案的期限和超期判案所应承担的法律责任 ,同时为了保障有关判案期限的法律规定得到落实又建立了勾检制度。这一系列规定严密、有效 ,对于我国目前进行司法改革、提高司法效率仍有可借鉴的价值     

高看一眼动真情，厚爱一层送亲情

抚顺矿业集团是一个有百余年开采历史的老矿,有离退休干部8300余名。这个公司各级党组织,积极为老干部办好事、办实事,向广大老干部送去了各级党政组织的关怀和温暖,受到广大离退休干部的一致赞扬。近年来,集团公司认真落实老干部政治、生活待遇,为老干部办了大量的好事、实事。特别是2004年以来,集团公司经济形势有所好转,他们没有忘记历史上曾为矿区做出贡献的老干部。公司总经理尹亮说:“吃水不忘打井人,集团公司经济形势的好转,离不开广大离退休老干部的支持和帮助,他们是煤炭企业的奠基人和创业者,没有老一辈昨天的付出、辛勤劳作和艰…     

Dissecting intramural haematoma of the coronary artery with intimal tears.

A dissecting intramural haematoma of the coronary artery is an infrequent cause of sudden and unexpected death. Most cases are women and in a significant number of these women, the haematoma occurred at term to 80 days postpartum. Because the intimal rupture and communication with the lumen were not found in most of the cases, the site of rupture has been considered to be a vasa vasorum. The authors report on a case of one woman who was at a later postpartum period (106 days). The microscopic finding of the dissected coronary artery revealed two intimal tears in a section. The case showed that the dissecting intramural haematoma of the coronary artery is caused not only by the rupture of the vasa vasorum but also by the rupture of the intima.     

浅论《左传》的外交辞令

《左传》的外交辞令很有特色。无论是在敌强我弱,还是在敌胜我败,甚至是在订立城下之盟,身为俘虏之时,外交官都能巧妙地使自己的说辞入情入理,起到折冲樽俎、消弭战祸的作用,充分显示先人对政治、军事、道德、人心诸方面错综复杂关系的深入认识。     

论六盘水市新一轮民族贫困地区中小学教师综合素质培训的必要性及措施

民族地区中小学教师队伍数量不足、质量不高、结构不合理的问题依然突出,六盘水市民族中小学教育和教师队伍现状提出了实施新一轮民族贫困地区中小学教师综合素质培训的要求。只有认真按照教育部的要求,以校本培训、研修和教研为途径,争取外部力量的支持,才能实现六盘水市民族中小学教育的健康和可持续性发展。     

THE MPA CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE: FHE ESSENCE OF ANALYSIS IS SURPRISE

A final course, or project is a standard requirement in Master of Public Administration (MPA) programs. This requirement is intended to permit the student to demonstrate advanced ability in the discipline. This article examines one such course at Florida State University. The course included readings, exercises, oral presentations, and a written report. This author assesses the merits and drawbacks of the course as well as notes the unintended consequences that resulted. In concluding the article, the author makes several recommendations for future courses based on the experiences gained in the Florida state model.