国外生物安全立法及对中国立法的思考

随着现代生物技术的迅速发展,生物安全立法越来越引起国际社会的重视。中国作为《卡塔赫纳生物安全议定书》的缔约国,不仅负有保护生物安全的国际义务,而且也有为本国生物安全利益而进行生物安全管理的现实必要性。中国目前虽然制定了一些生物安全立法,但就整体而言,这些立法无法适应生物安全管理的需要。参考和借鉴国际和国外生物安全立法,建立与国际接轨而又适合中国国情的生物安全立法体系,对于保护中国的生物安全,维护国家和全人类的利益,具有十分重要的意义。一、生物安全国际法的沿革和主要渊源(一)生物安全国际法的沿革国际生物安全…     

试析保护和发展文化产业对欧盟的重要意义

文化产业从属于文化发展的大范畴,为社会提供文化产品生产和服务.欧盟把文化产业视为一个特殊的经济部门.欧盟委员会认为,文化产品既是能够创造财富和就业机会的经济产品和服务,同时也是体现其文化认同和文化多样性的载体.在保护文化产业的同时,欧盟实施了一系列的援助和合作计划来鼓励和扶植文化产业,尤其是视听业的发展.文化产业对欧盟的重要性在于:文化产业是影响欧洲一体化发展的一个重要因素;保护和发展文化产业是欧盟应对全球化挑战的需要;文化产业已成为欧盟收入和就业的重要来源.     

中国民间组织的现状和发展对策

中国民间组织的自身机制,如民间组织的章程、决策机构、管理水平、人力资源状况、资金状况、合法性和公信度等等,成为民间组织发展的严重制约因素。     

Spatial variation of refractive index in a pane of float glass.

In the statistical interpretation of forensic glass evidence it is standard practice to make the assumption of homogeneity of the refractive index (RI) of the source glass, or of localized homogeneity. However, the work of Locke and Hayes showed that, for toughened windscreen glass, this assumption might not be true. This work is well cited, but there appears to have been little follow-on published research. Furthermore, the toughening process is something known to affect the refractive index, and is a process that float glass does not undergo. Float glass is a major component of casework in New Zealand and for that reason it would be interesting to know whether the findings of Locke and Hayes apply when dealing with float glass. In this paper we describe an experiment similar to that of Locke and Hayes, systematically examining the variation of RI in a pane of float window glass. It was found that, although there were no systematic differences in refractive index, there were observable differences across the pane.     

亚太发展中地区经济的两次衰退与复苏

在短短的五年期间(1997年7月—2002年初)里,亚太发展中地区的经济经历了两次的衰退和两次的复苏。本文论述与分析这两次经济衰退与复苏的国际经济背景,并比较分析这两次经济衰退与经济复苏的不同特点。     

System Change through Collaboration…Eight Steps for Getting from There to Here

Family courts and child welfare agencies across the country are charged with protecting the safety of our children. That mission has become more challenging with increasing federal legislation and decreasing funding. In Buffalo, N.Y., the Family Court and the Department of Social Services have teamed up to respond to this challenge. With minimal additional staffing and resources, they have led a collaboration of agencies and service providers to change the way business is done in child welfare. By engaging each other in an interagency system change effort, the amount of time children spend in foster care has been reduced. The collaboration has been able to accomplish in a relatively short time what no agency had previously been able to accomplish on its own. The beneficiaries have been the children and families of Erie County.     

陈赓热心为赵唯刚解决党籍历史遗留问题

五十年代初,陈赓离开了硝烟战场,开始负责筹建中国第一所高等军事工程学校———中国人民解放军军事工程学院。院长陈赓的革命生涯,充满了许许多多惊心动魄的故事。在哈尔滨军事工程学院朗朗书声的校园里,陈赓院长与赵唯刚的一段佳话,同样具有几分传奇色彩。哈军工初建时的五个系主任,有三位是苏联回国的。其中赵唯刚因赴苏前后的一段历史有待证明,中共党籍的党龄计算问题尚未落实。赵唯刚是哈军工炮兵工程系的第一任主任,早年留学日本陆军士官学校,1927年夏在日本加入中国共产党。三十年代初赴苏联工作和学习,后来回到延安。在这期间,他因…     

Driving less for better air: Impacts of a public information campaign

In the wake of the 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act, localities across the United States initiated public information campaigns both to raise awareness of threats to air quality and to change behavior related to air pollution by recommending specific behavioral changes in the campaign messages. These campaigns are designed to reduce the health hazards associated with poor air quality and to avoid federal sanctions resulting from the failure to meet air quality standards. As in many other communities across the country, a coalition of government agencies and businesses initiated a public information campaign in the Atlanta metropolitan region to reduce certain targeted behaviors, mainly driving. A two‐stage model used to analyze data from a rolling sample survey shows that the centerpiece of the information campaign—air quality alerts—was effective in raising awareness and reducing driving in a segment of the population. When the overall information campaign was moderated by employers' participation in programs to improve air quality, drivers significantly reduced the number of miles they drove and the number of trips they took by car on days when air quality alerts were sounded. Public information campaigns can be successful in increasing awareness, but changing well‐established behaviors, such as driving, is likely to require institutional mediation to provide social contexts that support the behavioral change, as well. © 2003 by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.