构建我国开放式科技中介信息服务体系

我国科技中介业发展的主要现状及问题是:区域结构不平衡,区域之间的开放与合作刚刚起步;主体结构不平衡,功能定位模糊;行业结构层次偏低,缺少有竞争实力的旗舰;科技中介服务业发展的软环境薄弱等。为了加快构建我国开放式科技中介信息服务体系,应从三个层次入手:一是构建联系我国区域之间的科技中介信息服务网络;二是构建联系我国各类创新主体在境内、外之间的科技中介信息服务网络;三是构建联系我国本土企业与跨国公司之间科技中介信息服务网络。     

中小城市科技中介服务平台建设的思考——以瑞安市为例

本文以瑞安市为例,介绍该市科技中介服务的框架与运行机制.从政府行为、市场需求及企业期望的角度来分析存在的主要问题.笔者认为,应把技术市场、创业服务、科技成果转化服务、面向中小企业技术创新服务这四个方面平台的建设,作为中小城市科技中介服务平台建设的重点.     

地市级科技信息服务网络建设与发展浅析

阐述了地市级科技信息服务网络建设现状,分析了信息服务网络建设中存在的问题,结合新时期信息服务网络建设要求,提出相应的发展思路。     

黑龙江省科技信息服务网络建设现状及发展对策

本文通过分析黑龙江省科技信息服务网络建设的发展现状,指出目前我省科技信息服务网络建设中存在的具体问题,结合新时期信息服务网络建设的要求,提出相应的发展对策。     

论我国科技中介服务业的功能定位与发展策略

科技中介服务业作为现代服务业的重要分支,是国家创新体系的重要组成部分。要实现科技中介服务的专业化和规范化发展,需要突出市场机制在科技中介服务业发展中的主导性作用,加强体制和机制创新,同时注重发挥政府的政策导向,完善科技中介服务发展的相关政策支持体系,加快构建科技中介服务网络体系,不断提高中介服务的水平和效率。     

广东省科技中介服务业发展战略探讨——基于“加快转型升级”的视角

分析广东省经济结构和科技中介服务业的现状及存在的问题,认为长期制约广东省科技中介服务业发展的主要因素是:科技中介服务业的人才队伍建设滞后、服务意识不强,科技中介服务机构区域分布不均。从"加快转型升级"的角度,发展科技中介服务业的必要性在于:一是完善科技创新体系的需要;二是构建现代产业体系的重点内容之一。最后,提出广东省科技中介服务业的发展战略。     

深化科技合作推进粤桂琼区域创新体系建设

粤桂琼区域创新体系建设存在原始创新能力不强,科技资源配置尚显滞后;企业创新动力不足,创新组织机制不完善;科技中介服务未适应产业发展需求等问题。粤桂琼在已有的合作基础上深化科技合作对策措施包括:三地政府建构协调机制、强化制度创新;企业加大研发投入、建立行业联盟;科研机构加强产学研、培养创新人才;科技中介服务机构搭建信息平台、建设服务体系等。     

政产学研用协同创新的德国模式与中国借鉴

德国科技能长期保持世界领先水平,是因为它有一套政产学研用协同创新的科技创新体系.德国成熟的科技创新模式为我国创新型国家建设提供了许多有益的启示.建设创新型国家,我们要发挥政府的主导作用,增强企业的创新能力,改革高等教育体制,发展非营利性研究机构,为科技成果的转化打造中介服务网络,并且加强创新主体间的联系和互动,形成协同创新的合力.     

[2015年第1期] 中国科学院工程研究中心建设的思考和建议

工程研究中心是科研成果验证与工程化的平台和基地, 是下一代技术 的发源地, 是科研文化和产业文化的融合界面, 是科研成果与市场沟通的桥梁。 在中科院启动的“率先行动”计划中, 明确提出了建设科技服务网络、打造国际一 流国家科技资源公共平台 、提升服务支撑科技创新的能力。 文章从国外工程中心 的发展历程出发, 详细回顾和总结了中科院工程研究中心工作经验, 分析了现状 以及存在的问题,并从提升中科院工程化能力、加快科技成果转移转化、服务和支 撑经济社会发展出发,提出了今后中科院工程研究中心的发展建议。     

提升工程化能力 服务和支撑经济社会发展——中国科学院工程研究中心建设的思考和建议

工程研究中心是科研成果验证与工程化的平台和基地,是下一代技术的发源地,是科研文化和产业文化的融合界面,是科研成果与市场沟通的桥梁。在中科院启动的"率先行动"计划中,明确提出了建设科技服务网络、打造国际一流国家科技资源公共平台、提升服务支撑科技创新的能力。文章从国外工程中心的发展历程出发,详细回顾和总结了中科院工程研究中心工作经验,分析了现状以及存在的问题,并从提升中科院工程化能力、加快科技成果转移转化、服务和支撑经济社会发展出发,提出了今后中科院工程研究中心的发展建议。     

Students' Reactions to the Introduction of Videoconferencing for Classroom Instruction

This study examined how students who had no prior experience with videoconferencing would react to the use of videoconferencing as an instructional medium. Students enrolled in seven different courses completed a questionnaire at the beginning of the semester and again at the end of the semester. Students at the origination and remote sites did not differ in their reactions toward videoconferencing but there was a significant difference for gender. Women reacted less favorably to videoconferencing. Compared to the beginning of the semester, students reported significantly less positive attitudes toward taking a course through videoconferencing at the end of the semester. There were no significant differences in students' attitudes toward videoconferencing across courses at the beginning of the semester but there were significant differences across the courses at the end of the semester. The results suggest the need for better preparation for both students and instructors.     

Cooler temperatures inductive to locust outbreaks

Ajoint study by Prof. ZHANG Zhibin from the CAS Institute of Zoology and his co-workers from Norway, US and Swiss have indicated that historical outbreaks of migratory locusts in China were associated with cold spells, suggesting that China＇s projected climate warming could decrease the pest＇s numbers. The study was published in Proceedings of theNational Academy of Sciences on 17 September, 2007.     

Exploring Multiplexity: Social Network Structures in a Computer-Supported Distance Learning Class

A computer-mediated group is a complex entity whose members exchange many types of information via multiple means of communication in pursuit of goals specific to their environment. Over time, they coordinate technical features of media with locally enacted use to achieve a viable working arrangement. To explore this complex interaction, a case study is presented of the social networks of interactions and media use among members of a class of computer-supported distance learners. Results show how group structures associated with project teams dominated who communicated with whom, about what, and via which media over the term, and how media came to occupy their own communication niches: Webboard for diffuse class-wide communication; Internet Relay Chat more to named others but still for general communication across the class; and e-mail primarily for intrateam communication. Face-to-face interaction, occurring only during a short on-campus session, appears to have had a catalytic effect on social and emotional exchanges. Results suggest the need to structure exchanges to balance class-wide sharing of ideas with subgroup interactions that facilitate project completion, and to provide media that support these two modes of interaction.     

The Role of Intermediating Institutions in the Diffusion of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI): How Industry Associations Intervened in Denmark, Finland, and Hong Kong

Electronic data interchange (EDI) provides means for interorganizational communication, creates network externalities, requires an advanced information technology (IT) infrastructure, and relies on standards. In the diffusion of such innovations, institutional involvement is imperative. Such institutions contain governmental agencies, national and global standardization organizations, local government, and nonprofit private organizations like industry associations. The last type of organizations we call intermediating institutions. They intermediate or coordinate ("inscribe") the activities of a group of would-be adopters. Unfortunately, little is known of how these organizations shape the EDI diffusion trajectory. In this article we examine one specific type of intermediating organizations?industry associations?and how they advanced the EDI diffusion process in the grocery sectors of Hong Kong, Denmark and Finland. We identify six institutional measures, placed into a matrix formed by the mode of involvement (influence vs. regulation) and the type of diffusion force (supply push vs. demand pull), that can be mobilized to further the EDI diffusion. Industry associations were found to be active users of all these measures to varying degrees. Their role was critical especially in knowledge building, knowledge deployment, and standard setting. Furthermore, institutional involvement varied due to policy and cultural contingencies and power dependencies.     

How Electronic Publishers are Protecting Against Piracy: Doubts About Technical Systems of Protection

The increasing prospects of digital piracy has prompted the perceived need by electronic publishers to adopt technical systems of protection, and governments to reform their copyright laws. This article is a preliminary study of the management of intellectual property by electronic publishers, defined as those involved in the production of online databases, and CD-ROMs. It focuses on three main issues: (1) how electronic publishers view the increasing threat of piracy; (2) the methods of protection employed to protect intellectual property in digital format; and (3) the importance of technological protection of intellectual property in electronic publications. The analysis is based on a sample of 23 UK electronic publishers. The interviews revealed an interesting assortment of protection methods and did not show that technological protection was a preferred way. Instead, the means of protection, in addition to copyright law, comprised niche markets, pricing, trust, bad publicity, and nontechnical and technical means.     

Rough Justice: A Statistical Assessment of ICANN's Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy

Long-standing conflict between domain name registrants and trademark holders prompted the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to create a global, mandatory arbitration procedure known as the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). The UDRP has been used in 2166 cases involving 3938 domain names as of 1 November 2000. The policy gives the initiator of a complaint, generally a trademark holder, the right to choose which ICANN-accredited dispute resolution service provider (RSP) will handle the case. During the preparation of the UDRP,some feared that complainant selection would lead to "forum shopping" that might bias the results. This article performs a statistical assessment of the forum-shopping thesis and finds support for it. There are statistically significant differences in the various RSPs' propensity to take away names from defendants; there are also major differences in the number of cases brought to each RSP. RSPs who take away names have the larger share of cases. The study examines other variables that might explain differences in market share, such as price, the plaintiff's nationality, or the time taken to decide a case. It finds that nationality and time also are correlated with market share. The study concludes that shopping for a favorable outcome is an important factor in the UDRP.     

Prevalence of soft neurological signs in Chinese people

Prof. Raymond C.K. Chen, a neuropsychologist with the CAS Institute of Psychology, has made novel progress in his studies of schizophrenia. His work has been reported by a recent issue of Behavioural Neurology.     

Monoculture Rubber Plantations Have Negative Ef ects on Controlling Splash Erosion

<正>In Xishuangbanna,one of China’s most biodiverse regions,landscape has changed dramatically during the past three decades due to the conversion of tropical rainforest to rubber plantations.In steep areas,terraces are often constructed before planting rubber trees,which causes two important changes in the soil:the destabilization of soil in the bench terraces and the increased vulnerability of unvegetated riser faces to erosion.Few studies have documented the nature and intensity of erosion on bench terraces.Prof.LIU Wenjie and his colleagues from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden(XTBG)conducted a study in Menglun County(21°5′39″N,101°15′55″E),Xishuangbanna to evaluate the influence     

Chinese Scientists Use Earth Observation Technologies to Study and Protect Wild Camels

<正>Chinese scientists plan to apply Earth Observation technologies to protect the critically endangered wild camels(Camelus ferus).With the help of remote sensing,satellite positioning,geographical information system and wireless sensors networks,they will be able to access the distribution and population of the wild camels and protect their habitats.The project will be carried out by the International Research Center for Wild Camel Conservation,which was jointly established earlier this year by the Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth(RADI)of the Chinese     

More than Skin Deep – Understand Skin Biology by Means of Dermatogenomics

<正>The Paul Gerson Unna Research Group on Dermatogenomics was founded in October 2012 at the Partner Institute for Computational Biology.The ultimate goal of the group is to understand the biology of skin and skin appendages.