Sex diagnosis of Chinese skulls using multiple stepwise discriminant function analysis.

Sixty Chinese skulls (30 males and 30 females) from Liaoning Province of the People's Republic of China were used in this study. Forty-one variables on each skull were measured and one group of 14 and a second group of 5 variables were selected from all the variables by applying multiple stepwise regression on a computer. Discriminant equations for the 14 and 5 variables for sex diagnosis have been obtained and these variables are highly significant. The discriminant rate for the group of 5 variables resulted in accurate sex determination in 96.7% of cases. For the group of 14 variables there was 100% success rate.     

法社会学视角下的乞讨权

乞讨行为可分为主动行乞行为和被动行乞行为。被动行乞者以乞讨为生 ,占乞讨群体中的少数 ,多是老弱病残者 ,社会应当依法对其实行救助 ;主动行乞者大多以乞讨为营利性职业 ,占乞讨群体中大多数 ,多是游手好闲、好逸恶劳的人 ,对这类人的行乞行为应予以强制性限制。我国一些城市设立禁讨区是一种合理的城市管理方式 ,并不存在着乞讨权这一所谓的宪法上的权利。     

The role of professional associations in technology transfer

This study analyzes the role of public service professional associations or professional interest groups (PIGs) in municipal government technology transfer. The purpose of the study is to examine the role of professional associations in technology transfer and to suggest a number of policy recommendations to assist these associations and the federal government in promoting innovations as potential solutions to local government problems.     

Reducing complexity in Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA): Remote and proximate factors and the consolidation of democracy

Abstract.  Comparative methods based on set theoretic relationships such as 'fuzzy set Qualitative Comparative Analysis' (fs/QCA) represent a useful tool for dealing with complex causal hypotheses in terms of necessary and sufficient conditions under the constraint of a medium-sized number of cases. However, real-world research situations might make the application of fs/QCA difficult in two respects – namely, the complexity of the results and the phenomenon of limited diversity. We suggest a two-step approach as one possibility to mitigate these problems. After introducing the difference between remote and proximate factors, the application of a two-step fs/QCA approach is demonstrated analyzing the causes of the consolidation of democracy. We find that different paths lead to consolidation, but all are characterized by a fit of the institutional mix chosen to the societal context in terms of power dispersion. Hence, we demonstrate that the application of fs/QCA in a two-step manner helps to formulate and test equifinal and conjunctural hypotheses in medium-size N comparative analyses, and thus to contribute to an enhanced understanding of social phenomena.     

经济全球化语境下的宁波对外开放

党的十一届三中全会以来，宁波对外开放取得丰硕成果和显著成绩。这是宁波人民在中国特色社会主义理论体系指引下所进行的成功探索，为浙江的改革开放和现代化建设作出了重要贡献。回顾和总结宁波对外开放经验，不仅确证坚定不移走中国特色对外开放道路的正确和中国特色社会主义理论体系的远见卓识，也为我国全方位的对外开放格局的形成提供有益借鉴。     

通胀时期湖北企业的生存压力与对策分析

国内外原材料和农副产品价格的全面上涨,使湖北企业面临人力、资金、管理等方面的成本压力日益增大,本文深入分析了种种压力产生的原因,以及湖北企业如何应对压力,通过创新增加产品附加值,有选择地承接产业转移中的产品和项目等,使企业找到生存和发展的出路。     

简论复旦学院的书院学生管理模式

复旦大学通过成立复旦学院对本科新生进行通识教育是一种培养模式选择.改革的焦点及其价值在于它不是"点"的试验,而是"面"的实施.采用这一模式需要管理体制创新,学生管理就是其中一项重要内容.复旦学院书院学生管理模式创新主要体现在组织架构、同级管理、辅导员驻楼制、导师团等方面,对改革传统学生管理模式、探索新的路径具有启示性作用;书院"通识综合教育计划"及"全方位学业指导体系"的推出、核心课程的设置、助教制和学分制的实施、讨论课等教学范式改革的探索,都对学生管理工作及新生通识教育的有效实施提供了研究平台和拓展空间.复旦学院的书院学生管理模式仍面临组织管理机构的衔接、管理部门间的合作等诸多问题.     

Comptes Rendus Book Reviews

This article follows the efforts of white settlers to impose cotton as an export crop in Natal and Zululand. Touted as a commodity capable of remaking land and life in the region in the 1850s, the 1860s, and again in the 1910s and 1920s, cotton never achieved more than marginal status in the region's agricultural economy. Its story is one of historical amnesia: although faith in the region's cotton prospects dipped following each spectacular failure, it was routinely resurrected once previous failures had been accounted for, or memories of them had faded.

Two crucial issues are at the centre of this episodic history. First, I explore the logistics of planned expansion, and the reasons for the repeated collapse of cotton-growing schemes. Second, I unravel the side effects of these difficult and disappointing efforts and argue that, despite repeated failure, cotton facilitated important structural changes to the region's agricultural, political and economic landscape.