Regionalism as You Like It? Armenia and the Eurasian Integration Process

Though the creation of the Eurasian Economic Union was expected to translate into deeper integration, uncertainties and flaws in the rule-making process create loopholes that are then exploited by domestic actors with a view to pursuing their own goals. Thus, processes of rule development and adoption entail a variety of subtle differences also involving translation, adjustment and adaptation. This brings strong nuances into the prevailing picture of ‘hard regionalism’, and instead suggests the development of a malleable integration process.     

Managing the Re‐Entry Process of Returnee Government Scholars in an Emerging Transition Economy – An Embeddedness Perspective

This paper reports the findings of a study that investigates the factors affecting the re‐entry and readjustment process of returnee government scholars in Vietnam. These returnee scholars were originally sent overseas to study as part of changes introduced by the Vietnamese government to develop its domestic talent pool. Using the perspective of home country embeddedness, we find that career and community embeddedness factors, together with readjustment factors, have an effect on returnee scholars’ career and life satisfaction in their home country. These factors subsequently affected their intention to stay or re‐expatriate. The study contributes to public sector change management theory by examining factors affecting the re‐entry process of returnees within an emerging transition economy. It also adds to the limited studies on understanding and managing the re‐entry processes and state‐led diaspora strategies among returnee government scholars from emerging transition economies and their effectiveness.     

Building something beautiful with stones: How regions adapt to,shape and transform the EU opportunity structure

The literature on the relationship between regions and the European Union (EU) has generated three important insights. First, research has found that the EU empowers as well as disempowers regions. Second, studies have demonstrated that regions adapt to the EU opportunity structure. Third, scholars have discovered that regions also change the EU opportunity structure. However, the three dimensions are rarely brought together. To examine the mutual influence and constant interaction between the three, the article applies a strategic-relational approach to regional action within the EU. Using the empirical example of the EU macro-regional strategy for the Alpine region, the article shows how regional motivations, differential opportunities and constraints and strategies of adaptation and transformation interact. The conclusions imply that both opportunity structures and regional strategies together produce the mosaic of rules, resources, relationships and ideas that makes up the EU.     

Science and Technology for Economic Growth. New Insights from when the Data Contradicts Desktop Models1

Science and technology policy initiatives in the early 1980s have focused in both the United States and Western Europe on improving capacity to apply a good science base in practice, expecting increases in technological advancement, improved market presence and enhanced economic growth. Results varied broadly in the United States and Europe. Even more puzzling, Japan charged ahead in technological advancement without that strong of a science base of its own. Some industrialized economies do not conform to the expected science–technology relationship, whereby strong performance in science shall lead to strong technological performance. The puzzling science–technology relationship in advanced countries has plausible explanations. (1) Science–technology relationship is much interdependent or symbiotic. Its strength and primary direction at a given time varies largely by field of science or technological innovation and across long periods of time. (2) Science–technology link in a country may depend on the overall scientific and technological level of development in that country. The strength and interdependent nature of this link evolves historically and varies across fields of science and technology. The strength of the link is affected by scientific and technological specialization in a country. Different technological fields have different scientific intensities, or degrees of building upon the science base. (3) Specialization of countries across scientific and technological fields varies. Hence, the strength of science–technology link differs between countries. High technological specialization of a country may impact its technological performance more than its immediately current scientific performance does. History, tradition and knowledge transfers may affect more returns on R&D expenditures than the actual value of R&D funds spent in science or technology. Explanations of puzzling behavior of science–technology link may become policy recommendations.     

刑事缺席审判制度研究

在诉讼效率日益凸显的现代刑事诉讼制度中,迫切需要解决由于犯罪嫌疑人、被告人逃逸而给刑事诉讼顺利进行带来的难题,为此世界许多国家建立了缺席审判制度。我国随着经济的发展和对外交往的增多,犯罪嫌疑人、被告人逃避侦查、审判的现象日益突出,特别是贪官外逃事件愈演愈烈,引起了全社会的广泛关注。为了及时有效打击犯罪,解决涉案财产和有关赔偿问题,防止犯罪嫌疑人、被告人逃避诉讼,避免因中止诉讼而导致的诉讼拖延等问题,我国有必要借鉴国外的有益做法,建立符合国情的刑事缺席审判制度。     

死刑复核程序中法律监督之构建

死刑复核程序的性质是审判程序,因此有必要将其纳入检察机关法律监督的视野,这是检察机关法律监督职能的必然要求.构建对死刑复核程序的法律监督制度应当包括如下几个方面:对死刑复核案件附条件开庭审理.赋予最高人民检察院对死刑复核案件开庭审理的提起权,明确死刑复核程序的审限,建立复核程序裁判文书送达和审查机制,检察长列席死刑复核案件审判委员会会议,加强检察机关内部工作联系机制,对统一法律适用的监督.     

公司自治与国家强制的对立与融合——司法裁判角度的解读

由于公司自治的基础是意思自治,强调的是主体的自由、自主和独立,追求的是个体利益的满足;国家强制的基础是在市场失灵情况下的国家干预,体现的是国家对公共利益的保护,两者具有不同的价值诉求,从司法裁判的角度来讲,惟有将两者的平衡作为指导思想,恰当运用司法自由裁量权、防止司法权的滥用,才能协调两者的冲突,在个案中实现公司自治与国家强制之间的有机平衡.     

枳术宽中胶囊治疗功能性消化不良的系统评价和Meta分析

目的 评价枳术宽中胶囊治疗功能性消化不良（functional dyspepsia, FD）的临床疗效和安全性。方法 筛选枳术宽中胶囊治疗FD的随机对照试验（randomized controlled tests, RCTs）,提取数据并采用Cochrane偏倚风险评估工具进行方法学质量评价,采用Revman 5.0进行Meta分析。结果 共纳入21篇RCTs,共包括2 399例患者,文献质量较低。Meta分析结果显示,总有效率方面,枳术宽中胶囊治疗FD优于促消化药物（RR=1.15,95% CI为1.04～1.26,Z=2.72,P=0.007）,枳术宽中胶囊结合促消化药物治疗FD优于单纯促消化药物（RR=1.28, 95% CI为1.18～1.39,Z=5.81, P=0.000）,枳术宽中胶囊结合抗抑郁药物治疗FD优于单纯抗抑郁药物（RR=1.38, 95% CI为1.21～1.56,Z=4.98,P=0.000）,枳术宽中胶囊结合抑酸药治疗FD优于单纯抑酸药（RR=1.25, 95% CI为1.09～1.43,Z=3.16, P=0.002）。另外,枳术宽中胶囊对比促消化药物在改善FD患者腹胀、胃痛方面优于促消化药物（腹胀积分：MD=-0.75, 95% CI为-1.20～-0.31,Z=3.30,P=0.001;胃痛积分：MD=-0.60, 95% CI为-0.91～-0.30,Z=3.88,P=0.000）。结论 枳术宽中胶囊单用或联用西药治疗FD可提高临床疗效,改善患者的腹胀、胃痛等消化系统症状,但尚需高质量临床试验进一步验证其疗效。     

谈我国的刑事附带民事诉讼制度

设立刑事附带民事诉讼制度旨在程序上方便当事人诉讼,使其免遭讼累,同时在实体上及时弥补刑事被害人因不法侵害所遭受的损失。但是,目前我国刑事附带民事诉讼制度在司法实践中存在着许多不容忽视的问题,应该从刑事诉讼优先、符合民事诉讼的基本原则,有利于提高诉讼效率等方面加以完善。从长远考虑,我国可以借鉴英美法系国家的模式,取消刑事附带民事诉讼制度。     

建立具有中国特色的沉默权制度

“米兰达规则”的确立 ,标志着西方国家的沉默权制度发展到“峰巅” ,但后来又出现了“回潮”。沉默权制度可以分为默示沉默权制度和明示沉默权制度 ,还可以分为审判沉默权制度和审讯沉默权制度。中国现在需要完善的是默示的审判沉默权制度 ,但是不应采用明示的审讯沉默权制度。一个国家对沉默权的态度 ,在一定程度上反映了其刑事司法的价值取向。