Understanding institutional change: Fiscal management in Local China

As China's economy continues to grow, it wants to expand its markets and secure reliable supplies of resources in support of its economic development. Resource diplomacy therefore becomes a prominent feature of its modernisation diplomacy. In turn, many African governments perceive political and economic ties with China to be an important asset, which strengthens their international bargaining power, especially vis-à-vis Western governments. African countries are also depicted as China's reliable political and economic partners, though one can hardly afford to be optimistic regarding Africa's peace and development in the future. Many small African governments have been switching diplomatic recognition between Taipei and Beijing for economic assistance too. Chinese leaders have no intention of engaging in diplomatic and strategic competition with the USA and the European Union in Africa, but they certainly will not co-operate with Western governments in helping Africa because they want to push for multipolarity.     

Determinants and Benefits of Household Level Participation in Rural Drinking Water Projects in India

Abstract

Using data from households in 45 villages in rural India, this paper finds that wealth, literacy, household and village size are often determinants of two measures of participation in community-based development projects: meeting attendance and capital cost contributions. Using propensity score matching, this study concludes that participation leads to benefits for the households that participate although these benefits are strongest in regions with higher levels of overall participation. This study finds no evidence of elite capture with both poor and wealthy households benefiting from their participation.     

Multiple Trajectories and “Good Governance” in Asia: An Introduction

Conventional wisdom in the international aid community has been that governance systems and practices in developing countries require reform in order for aid catering to economic development or poverty alleviation to be successful. Despite criticisms, the good governance agenda has remained unscathed in international development policy until the recent economic crisis in the advanced economies. This feature section of this issue provides in-depth analysis of the nuances at the critical linkage between institutional reforms and development, based on empirical case studies of the logic of governance reforms in the Asian context. This introductory essay surveys the intellectual background of discussion over the concepts of governance, good governance and development, and the linkage between governance reforms as process and development as outcome. It highlights the significance of discussing Asian reform experiences for the ongoing reflection over the global institutional agenda. The message is not that we do not need governance reforms, or that international learning is impossible or counterproductive. Reform efforts in developing and advanced economies will benefit, however, from a better understanding of the linkage between reforms and the diverse historical conditions they are embedded in.     

Letters in exile: An introductory reader on the history of Filipinos in America,by J. Quinsaat et al.

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Letters in Exile is a real breakthrough in the history of Filipinos in the United States. General Editor Jesse Quinsaat and a number of his colleagues at the UCLA Asian' American Studies Center deserve congratulations for completing an excellent introductory anthology of previously printed materials. There has been a tremendous need for literature on this topic and this first effort is remarkably well done.     

猪巨细胞病毒gB优势抗原表位区的原核表达及其多克隆抗体的制备

为制备猪巨细胞病毒(PCMV)gB优势抗原表位区重组蛋白的多克隆抗体,进一步分析PCMV gB蛋白的生物学特性,建立PCMV抗体血清学检测方法。对PCMV gB基因优势抗原表位区进行了PCR扩增,将回收的目的片段连接入pET32a(+)表达载体,转化入E.coli Rosetta(DE3),构建了重组表达菌E.coli Rosetta-pET32a(+)-gB,经IPTG诱导表达了gB优势抗原表位区重组蛋白。对重组蛋白进行纯化后,通过Western-blot试验验证了重组蛋白的反应原性,并免疫家兔制备了多克隆抗体。结果表明,该重组蛋白大量可溶性表达,且具有良好的反应原性。琼脂扩散试验及Western-blot检测表明,多克隆抗体效价达到1∶8,且能与gB优势抗原表位区重组蛋白特异性结合。证实,成功制备了PCMV gB优势抗原表位区重组蛋白多克隆抗体。     

丰富厚重的小说史创新之作——简评《英国小说发展史》

在英国文学发展史上,小说虽后出于诗歌和戏剧,但自文艺复兴以来,其迅速的发展与创作,在短短的五六百年中,获得了其他文学形式所不能比拟的巨大成就。就小说而言,思潮流派纷呈,名家辈出,名著浩瀚,为英国文学带来了世界性声誉。随着十九世纪英国小说达到创作成熟和高潮,对英国小说发展演变的历史研究,成为了英国文学和英国小说研究的重点。近十年中,随着我国对国外国别文学研究的深入展开,学界对英国小说也有了不同程度、不同层面学术研究成果,为我国的英国小说领域研究打下了坚实的基础。由蒋承勇教授主持撰写、浙江大学出版社出版的64万字专著《英国小说发展史》（2006年第一版,2010年第二版,以下简称《发展史》）,无论是从英国小说史实的丰富性、体例的完整性,还是从论述的系统性、理论思辨的创新性来看,都是一部国内英国小说史研究的集大成之作。根据最新发布的《中国人文社会科学图书学术影响力报告》消息,《英国小说发展史》入选“外国文学”类“国内最具学术影响力”的54种图书之一。这54种图书中有鲁迅、朱光潜、钱钟书、伍蠡甫、蒋孔阳、杨周翰等名家著作。     

中小企业战略转型风险免疫机理研究

本文以一家中小企业为研究对象,基于其战略转型风险因素的识别结果,从组织免疫的视角出发,深入剖析了其系统免疫、功能免疫和辅助免疫对其战略转型风险的应对机理,并尝试构建出中小企业战略转型风险免疫机理的理论模型。     

论我国刑事强制医疗程序之建构与完善

2012年《刑事诉讼法》增设专章规定了“对实施暴力行为的精神病人的强制医疗程序”,初步构建起了刑事强制医疗程序,但还存在适用对象过窄、适用条件模糊、鉴定启动垄断、权利救济不力等问题。应当借鉴域外有益的经验,秉持保卫社会与保障权利并重的精神,对我国刑事强制医疗程序的适用对象、适用条件、启动程序、决定程序、救济程序等方面予以进一步完善。     

提取CO Ⅰ基因片段鉴定嗜尸性蝇类

目的通过扩增蝇类COⅠ基因片段,结合形态学特征鉴定嗜尸性蝇类的种类。方法运用改良平衡酚—tris饱和酚法提取蝇类DNA,进行COⅠ序列扩增和测序,与数据库序列进行比对和分析。结果改良平衡酚—tris饱和酚提取DNA方法可获得有效的蝇类DNA,并可应用于COⅠ基因片段扩增,进而进行蝇类种类的鉴定。结论平衡酚—Tris饱和酚法提取的噬尸性蝇类虫体DNA作为模板,用于COⅠ序列扩增,测序后与数据库目的序列分析比对,可准确鉴定嗜尸性蝇类的种类;和传统的昆虫形态学特征鉴定方法比较,该体系更准确,应用范围更广。     

脑钠尿肽的表达调控机制及其法医学应用

脑钠尿肽是主要由心肌细胞分泌的钠尿肽类激素,通常在心肌细胞受到牵拉时产生,具有利钠、利尿、舒张血管、调节血压等功能。临床上BNP是反映心功能的重要指标之一,近年的研究表明,BNP在法医学中对心源性猝死的诊断也具有十分重要的价值。本文综述了BNP的分子结构、表达调控及法医学应用的进展。