埃及高等教育走向国际化

20世纪80年代以来,埃及的高等教育不断加大开放力度,具体表现为:1.吸引外国政府和大学到埃及办学。十月六日城大学已成为埃及规模最大的国际化私立大学:2002～2003学年,该校14个系共有注册学生1.67万人(来自亚、非、欧、美四大洲的不同国家)。埃及科技大学实行三学期制,可授予文理学士、文理硕士和哲学博士学位,2002～2003学年,注册学生达9700多人。开罗德国大学作为德国创建的第一所境外大学,校园按照乌尔姆大学校园的风格模式建造;课程安排则与斯图加特大学和乌尔姆大学合作设置。2005年4月24日,中国与埃及有关创建埃及中国大学的合作协议…     

Are Monetary Unions Inevitable?

With the rapid growth of cross-border competition among currencies, informed observers predict that the new monetary unions are virtually inevitable in many parts of the world. In fact, predictions of such alliances are misleading and almost certainly wrong. Monetary unions necessarily imply a measure of collective action in the issue and management of money. An alliance requires allies—other states with similar preferences and a disposition to act cooperatively. A survey of proposed monetary unions shows that willing partners among sovereign states are just not all that plentiful. Conceivably some governments could be attracted to less demanding forms of monetary alliance, depending on bargaining context. But prospects for many full new monetary unions are dim at best.     

Microbial Sampling and Data Interpretation for Problematic Buildings: Considerations for Construction Related Environmental Claims

Bioaerosol data is often used in cases of building mold infestation alleging damage or adverse health effects upon occupants, despite the lack of consistent sampling and analytical protocols and numerical health-based standards. The most fundamental problem in these scenarios is defining a “significant” difference between a suspect indoor environment and the reference environment, regardless of the type of sampling and analysis utilized. Data interpretation focused upon differences in absolute numerical concentrations of fungi is subject to wide differences in expert opinion. On the other hand, an objective quantification of differences can be expressed in terms of probability and better meets criteria established in evidentiary rules.     

罪犯权利的救济制度分析

一、引言长期以来,我们对监狱的解读是“国家的专政机关”,“暴力机器”,对罪犯的认识是“被专政的对象”,罪犯几乎没有权利可言,因而侵犯罪犯权利的现象时常发生。随着人类文明进程的加快,现代法治理念逐步确立,基本人权保障观念逐渐深入人心。罪犯也是人,也有“人之所以为人的权利”,保障罪犯权利已成为人民的自觉选择,越来越多的人认识到保障罪犯的权利,就是为了保障所有人的权利。罪犯“权利主体”、“特殊弱势群体”的观念得到普遍认同,并逐渐成为行刑活动的基本人权理念。在法治理论的框架里,救济是权利的应有之意。没有救济就没有权…     

试论中共七大的历史地位与作用

中共七大是中国革命历史上一次十分重要的会议,它的意义和影响已远远超过这次会议本身。中共七大是马克思主义中国化艰辛探索的新阶段,是中国共产党探索中国革命规律的里程碑,是新民主主义革命向社会主义革命和建设转变的分水岭。     

Sudden and unexpected death of a 6-month-old baby with silent heart failure due to anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery.

A 6-month-old girl died suddenly without any previous symptoms of heart failure. Autopsy examination showed cardiomegaly (97 g) with a severely fibrotized myocardium. The left coronary artery was originating from the pulmonary artery. Histologically, the myocardium showed myocardial infarcts of different ages, as well as grossly thickened arterial branches due to increased flow in left-right shunt. We suggest that rare anomalies of the coronary arteries should be considered in the autopsies of suspected sudden infant death syndrome cases.     

Impact of tropical conditions on thin layer chromatography in analytical toxicology: high temperatures and moderate humidities.

The impact of high temperatures (24 to 39 degrees C) and low to moderately high humidities (20 to 70%) on the applicability of TLC systems for drug identification was studied during a 6 month climatologic cycle in Burkina Faso (West Africa). In general, the Rf values as observed on the plates were found to be substantially affected as compared with values obtained at temperate climates. Some TLC systems were more affected than others and the largest deviations of up to 30 Rf units were at low humidities. Tropical conditions also had a negative effect on the reproducibility of Rf values. However, when an Rf-correction procedure was applied, using reference mixtures of known drugs on each plate, accuracy as well as reproducibility of the resulting Rfc values were drastically improved and data thus corrected were found to be compatible with existing TLC data bases developed under moderate climatological conditions. The impact of high to extremely high humidities (70 to 100%) remains to be investigated.     

Who Owns Your Body? A Patient''s Perspective on Washington University v. Catalona

Washington University v. Catalona revolves around ownership of tissue samples provided by patients for research purposes, raising significant ethical and legal questions concerning patient rights, current human research practices, and the treatment of samples as capital resources by the research institution.