武汉市建设中部商贸物流中心的战略思考

建设中部商贸物流中心是武汉促进现代物流业发展、推动产业结构升级的必然选择。武汉的地理位置、交通网络、物流竞争力和中心城市的辐射力都为建设中部商贸物流中心提供了良好的基础。要使武汉迅速转变为中部商贸物流中心城市,必须以科学的发展战略规划为指导,以发展多式联运为着力点,以物流金融业的发展为支撑,以人才为保障。     

建设武汉城市经济发展圈 促进“中部崛起”战略的建议

实施促进“中部崛起”战略,是党中央、国务院继西部大开发、振兴东北老工业基地之后提出的统筹区域发展、构建和谐社会的又一重大战略举措。武汉是中部地区的特大中心城市,也是全国重要的老工业基地、科教文化中心、金融服务中心和产品制造中心。将武汉城市经济发展圈作为促进“中部崛起”战略的支点,充分发挥其科技优势,重点加快发展以光电子信息业、现代制造业、现代物流业、绿色农业为支柱的产业,构建以武汉为核心、辐射和带动中部经济的发展,有利于“中部崛起”战略的实施与发展。一建设武汉城市经济发展圈,在促进“中部崛起”战略中具…     

基于武汉新港建设的武汉港口物流发展建议

武汉新港建设已经得到国家发改委的批准,建设武汉新港势在必行,为武汉地区的经济服务,提升了武汉的城市地位。建设武汉新港,关键在于发展武汉的港口物流业,建设相关的产业配套,建设综合的运输体系,完善通畅的信息交易平台,注重人才的建设等。     

中、西部长江经济带在中心节点城市带动下实现崛起——兼论武汉在湖北长江经济带中的龙头带动作用

长江经济带新一轮开放开发和长江经济带区域协调发展已上升为国家发展战略,中、西部长江经济带需要快速发展和崛起.分析了中心节点城市在流域经济发展中的作用:以武汉为例,分析其在湖北长江经济带中的能级,并指出发挥武汉龙头带动作用的四个着力点是:发挥中心城市的核心增长极功能、发挥中心城市的产业协调与带动作用、发挥中心城市的现代服务功能、发挥中心城市的对外合作功能.     

武汉建设国家中心城市的比较与思考

在简要介绍国家中心城市概况基础上,对武汉市与其他五大国家中心城市进行发展与功能比较,思考武汉建设国家中心城市发展思路并提出相关对策。     

河南省发展第三方物流的问题研究

结合《中国郑州现代物流中心“十一五”发展规划纲要》，分析了当前河南现代物流业中第三方物流业发展存在的问题，并提出了具有较强针对性的发展河南第三方物流业的对策措施与建议。     

优化旅游中心地实现城市圈旅游突破位发展——以武汉市为例

本文通过研究以武汉作为武汉城市圈区域内的旅游中心地的优势和功能,分析了目前武汉城市圈旅游发展的现状及存在问题,提出了优化旅游中心地实现武汉城市圈旅游突破性发展的策略,对其他城市的旅游发展也有着参考意义。     

物流业高质量发展对区域全要素生产率的影响研究——来自中国264个城市的证据

在准确界定核心概念、深入分析物流业高质量发展影响区域全要素生产率机理的基础上,从物流业技术创新、结构优化、绿色高效、开放合作和环境共享5个方面构建评价指标体系,测度中国264个地级及以上城市2003—2019年物流业高质量发展水平,并实证分析物流业高质量发展对区域全要素生产率的影响程度。结果显示：(1)我国264个城市的物流业高质量发展水平总体呈现逐年上升趋势,东部最高,中西部次之,东北最低且增长较慢。(2)用面板固定效应模型回归及一系列稳健性检验和内生性分析后,发现物流业高质量发展能显著提升区域全要素生产率。(3)进一步检验发现,物流业高质量发展可以通过技术进步和要素配置效率来提升区域全要素生产率。据此提出,进一步促进物流业高质量发展以提升区域全要素生产率、助力“双循环”新发展格局形成的对策建议。     

武汉建设汽车产业创新中心发展思路研究

武汉是中国汽车产业的重要承载地,中国四大汽车集团之一东风公司总部坐落于此,汇聚了东风汽车、日产、标致雪铁龙、本田、通用、雷诺等国内外著名汽车厂商。加快建设全球有影响力的产业创新中心,汽车产业是重中之重。在分析武汉汽车产业发展现状基础上,结合汽车行业的产业变革趋势,明确武汉建设汽车产业创新中心发展方向,创新性提出了武汉建设汽车产业创新中心发展思路。     

武汉市发展低碳经济的思考

低碳经济是以低能耗、低污染、低排放为基础的经济模式,全球向低碳经济转型是大势所趋。武汉作为武汉城市圈＂两型社会＂建设综合配套改革的中心城市,有优势在低碳经济发展上先行先试,将发展低碳经济作为城市经济社会发展的重大战略,积极探索,勇于实践,闯出一条低碳经济乃至低碳城市建设的新路子,实现武汉经济发展的新跨越。     

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.