案件管理平台设计思路及创新——基层检察院案件管理体系构建的五个基本问题

以ISO9000族标准为参照系,立足于检察执法及管理面临的现实问题,以基层检察院案件管理为视角,剖析了案件管理体系构建的五个基本问题,提出了案件管理制度体系创新及运行机制改革的基本路径,并在此基础上提出了设计、选择科学、规范、实效的基层检察院案件管理模式的新思路。     

北京市东城区（北片）2013年游泳池水质监测结果分析

目的：了解东城区（北片）游泳场馆水质卫生状况。方法：对东城区（北片）辖区内营业性游泳场所46户采集游泳池水样138件,根据《公共场所卫生标准检验方法（GB/T 18204-2000）》对水样进行卫生学指标检测。结果：本次抽检共采集游泳池水样品138件,其中合格水样96件,合格率为69.57%。pH值、浑浊度、细菌总数的合格率较高,分别为100%、100%和99.28%,尿素的合格率最低,为84.78%。结论：本区游泳场馆水质卫生状况仍有提高的空间,建议进一步加强对游泳场馆监督监测,以确保公众安全。     

技能培训对低收入农民工就业质量的影响 ——基于内生处理效应模型的分析

人力资本水平较低是农民工就业质量低的重要原因,而职业培训是提升农民工人力资本水平的重要途径。本研究在构建农民工就业质量指数的基础上,采用2016年中国劳动力动态调查数据(CLDS),通过建立培训对农民工就业质量影响的内生处理效应模型,估计技能培训对低收入农民工就业质量的处理效应。研究结果表明,存在影响农民工技能培训选择的不可观测因素,同时影响其就业质量,不考虑这些因素的影响将导致对技能培训处理效应的低估。消除培训选择内生性后研究发现,技能培训显著提高了低收入农民工的就业质量,获得技能证书在技能培训对就业质量影响中起到了部分中介的作用。研究建议,政府部门不仅应扩大技能培训的覆盖范围,使更多的农民工获得技能培训机会,而且应为农民工提供更有针对性的技能培训,通过对企业或个体给予补贴等促进技能培训的开展,进而促进农民工就业质量的提升。     

The over-citation of Daubert in forensic anthropology

The 1993 US Supreme Court decision Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. presented new guidance for the judicial assessment of expert witness evidence and testimony in the determination of admissibility. Despite the rarity of admissibility challenges to forensic anthropology evidence, Daubert is frequently cited in published forensic anthropology research. This study undertook a qualitative thematic analysis of forensic anthropology articles published in the Journal of Forensic Sciences to assess why authors continue to cite Daubert and express concerns over potential exclusion. The results show a significant increase in the number of articles that cite legal admissibility standards over time (p < 0.001). Authors frequently cite these standards to contextualize their results within the Daubert framework or to justify the need for their research. Notably, many articles present Daubert as a constraining force, misinterpreting the guidelines as rigid criteria or that they require methods to be strictly quantitative. However, Daubert was intended to be a flexible tool for judges—not a standard or instruction for scientists. While it was reasonable to reflect on the scientific rigor of methods in the wake of the Daubert decision, a new perspective is warranted in which forensic anthropologists shift their focus from trying to “satisfy” admissibility guidelines to adopting quality assurance measures that minimize error and ensure confidence in analytical results, and developing and using methods that are grounded in good science—which is important regardless of whether or not the results are ever the subject of a trial.     

EXPLAINING THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN INCARCERATION AND DIVORCE

Recent studies have suggested that incarceration dramatically increases the odds of divorce, but we know little about the mechanisms that explain the association. This study uses prospective longitudinal data from a subset of married young adults in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (N = 1,919) to examine whether incarceration is associated with divorce indirectly via low marital love, economic strain, relationship violence, and extramarital sex. The findings confirmed that incarcerations occurring during, but not before, a marriage were associated with an increased hazard of divorce. Incarcerations occurring during marriage also were associated with less marital love, more relationship violence, more economic strain, and greater odds of extramarital sex. Above‐average levels of economic strain were visible among respondents observed preincarceration, but only respondents observed postincarceration showed less marital love, more relationship violence, and higher odds of extramarital sex than did respondents who were not incarcerated during marriage. These relationship problems explained approximately 40 percent of the association between incarceration and marital dissolution. These findings are consistent with theoretical predictions that a spouse's incarceration alters the rewards and costs of the marriage and the relative attractiveness of alternative partners.     

打造华文教师培养的助推器——论东南亚国家华文教育人才库的创建

21世纪以来,随着世界政治环境的改善和东南亚各国经济社会的不断发展,东南亚国家的华文教育事业取得了长足的进步,但是历史遗留的问题和现实社会状况也给东南亚华文教育事业提出了一些难题。其中提高东南亚地区华文教师培养质量一直是影响东南亚国家华文教育事业发展的关键因素。东南亚国家华文教育人才库的建设和完善可以在华文教育管理部门、华文教师组织、华文教师个体三个层面上对提高华文教师培养质量方面提供相应帮助,促进华文教师培养活动提高效率,更具针对性。     

Quality of Work Life in the Postnationalization of Human Resources: Empirical Examination of Workforce Emiratization in the United Arab Emirates

In response to the challenge of human resource imbalance in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the government enacted a nationalization policy (Emiratization) which compelled organizations to hire national job seekers. The present study aimed at assessing the quality of working life (QWL) of 450 national employees in the public and private sectors. Univariate and multivariate analyses revealed that employees indicated an above average level of perceived QWL. Four factors were important to adding quality to the work life, namely managerial approach, prestige, pay and benefits, and professional development opportunities. These results and their implications were discussed in detail.     

Explaining Organizational Variety in Evaluation Quality Assurance: Which Conditions Matter?

The growth in evaluation practice has not always gone hand in hand with an increase in the actual quality of these evaluations. This article addresses this concern, by examining the factors that explain organizational variety in the application of evaluation quality assurance measures. We present the results of an analysis of 18 Flemish (Belgian) public sector organizations. To unravel different explanatory trajectories, we combine two comparative methods that rely on Boolean analysis: the most similar different outcome/most different similar outcome technique on the one hand, and crisp set qualitative comparative analysis on the other hand.     

Grass-Root Organisations,Intergovernmental Collaboration,and Emergency Preparedness: An Institutional Collective Action Approach

Abstract

This paper examines the importance of grass-root emergency response groups in emergency preparedness. Consistent with the Institutional Collective Action framework, we highlight key constraints associated with local government strategies of mutual resource exchange and barriers to intergovernmental collaboration. We examine local governments’ emergency preparedness using survey data collected in the North Central Texas region. We employed a simple OLS analysis to determine mutual exchange and Poisson estimations on the likelihood of local governments receiving and providing external assistance. Findings showed that the presence of grass-root organisations in a jurisdiction is associated with emergency preparedness, highlighting the importance of norms of volunteerism. Local political institutions and participation in federally funded programmes also have an effect on local government decisions.     

Covert action and congressional oversight: A deontology

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Covert action, i.e. covert operations whose main object is not the collection of intelligence, is a child of the Cold War. Almost haphazardly, it came to be conducted by the CIA, the nation's principal foreign intelligence service. Covert action, in its early years surrounded by secrecy, did not become legally subjected to congressional oversight until the Hughes‐Ryan Amendment, 14 years after the Bay of Pigs. In this legislation, and in the follow‐on Intelligence Oversight Act of 1980, covert action came under a separate oversight process than the collection of intelligence. In the Intelligence Authorization Act of 1991, in which covert action for the first time was officially admitted by name as an activity of the U.S. Government, certain loopholes were addressed which had been revealed by Iran‐Contra (the issues of timely notification of Congress, involvement of third parties, and involvement of other U.S. Government agencies). Issues still remain, including the conduct of liaison with foreign intelligence services, which is outside of the covert action oversight process—although at times such liaisons are made as much for the purpose of establishing influence as for collecting intelligence.