The Origins of Security Cooperation in the Southern Cone

Argentine-Brazilian relations have undergone a remarkable transformation over the last two decades, from enduring rivalry to cooperation. Dating back to the late 1970s, security cooperation has been a byproduct of two different sets of factors, strategic and military organizational, that propelled the two countries independently but simultaneously toward peaceful settlement. The 1979–80 settlement of disputes over hydroelectric power and nuclear technology not only ended centuries of militarized competition but established the first institutional structures of what is today one of the world's most durable security regimes.     

Strange bedfellows: Dynamics of government‐business relations between Chinese local authorities and Taiwanese investors

China poses a theoretical challenge in that corruption and rent‐seeking activities have not hindered foreign direct investment and economic development. Studies in development have documented the problems of rent‐seeking. International capital presumably hesitates to step into a Third‐World country such as China, which cannot protect private property rights with a comprehensive legal framework. However, for the last decade in China export promotion, foreign capital, and industrial development have proceeded simultaneously. This research argues that local officials helped investors overcome the problem of high transaction costs during a period of institutional uncertainty and local informal rules supplied foreigners with effective protection of property rights under corrupt circumstances. By controlling rent‐seeking activities, local officials created a wide variety of ad hoc patronage for private and foreign investments within their administrative domain. In return, local governments received extrabudgetary payments for the official patronage. This article provides an in‐depth case study of the so‐called joint venture between Taiwanese enterprises and Chinese local authorities in the Pearl River Delta, the institutional bases for their collaboration and the dynamics of the relationship under institutional change.     

浅议网络传播中著作权的保护

本文对网络传播中的各种信息是否属于著作权法保护的“作品”、著作权人在网络传播中享有哪些著作权利、应如何规范对作品的传播行为以及如何对网络传播中的著作权实行保护等问题进行了探讨     

“义乌公安经验”：市场经济条件下把握公安工作主动权的成功实践

面对复杂的社会治安形势,义乌市公安局从改革发展稳定大局出发,积极探索,努力实践,探索出了市场经济条件下公安机关把握公安工作主动权的成功经验,即以主动服务求理解支持,争创公安工作的优良环境;以积极应变创社会安宁,争取驾驭社会治安的主动权;以公心、事业心凝聚警心,赢得队伍管理工作的主动权。     

新风胶囊治疗活动期类风湿性关节炎20例

目的：观察健脾化湿通络中药新风胶囊(XFC)治疗活动期类风湿性关节炎(RA)的临床疗效，并探讨其作用机制。方法：40例活动期RA患随机分为2组，治疗组20例采用XFC，对照组20例采用雷公藤多苷片，两组均以3个月为1个疗程，均治疗1个疗程，观察临床疗效及C反应蛋白、类风湿因子、CD4^ 、CD8^ 、CD4^ /CD8^ 、细胞因子(IL-l、TNFα、IL—4、IL—10)及血管内皮生长因子(VEGF)等指标的变化。结果：XFC在总有效率、改善活动期RA关节症状及部分实验室指标方面与雷公藤多苷片作用相似，但在改善全身症状及治疗脾虚湿盛、血瘀证候，调节CD4^ ／CD8^ ，调整细胞因子平衡及降低VEGF方面显优于雷公藤多苷片；而且XFC药物不良反应(如食欲减退、腹胀、腹泻)的积分值显低于对照组。结论：XFC可综合改善活动期RA的关节及全身病变，无不良反应，其作用机制是调节T细胞免疫功能，下调致炎因子，上调抑炎因子，降低血管通透性，抑制血管增生，促进微循环和保护胃黏膜。