Biomedicine to Witness Leapfrog Development

<正>1.The global pharmaceutical market has entered a new round of adjustment The global pharmaceutical market keeps growing,but it faces problems like a decreasing ratio of RD investment to new drug output and the expiration of patented drugs.It is shifting to emerging countries with an increasing proportion of biotech drugs,and a new round of adjustment has been kicked off.Over the years,the pharmaceutical industry has been developing rapidly and persistently to become the fastest growing high-tech sector.However,the whole industry is facing a decreasing ratio of RD investment to new drug output.The RD spending of AstraZeneca,GlaxoSmithKline,Sanof i,Roche and Pf izer kept rising in the past 15 years but bore few fruits,and the output is signif icantly disproportional to the input.Besides,the expiration of a large number of     

The Lost Generation and its significance to American Culture

The Lost Generation is actually a group of American writers who were rebelling against what America had become by the 1900s.The Lost generation tendency and Lost generation writers are of great importance to the American and world literature.This article serves as a brief introduction to the Lost generation and its significant writers.     

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Tbe eXtensible Markup Language(XML)describes a document's structure and content, not the style of the elements on the page. The style can be added to a document with a style sheet. Both Cascading Style Sheet(CSS)and eXtensible Style Languange(XSL)can produce such a style sheet. The HyperText Markup Language(HTML) provides a markup that looks like < xml > , by which XML document can be easily bound to some HTML elements.     

Declaratory Judgment in the US.and Chinese Courts

The U.S.is well known throughout the world as a coun- try of lawsuits.However,it was not an easy task to bring a declaratory judgment action into the U.S.courts.A plaintiff would have to satisfy the U.S.Constitutional"Cases and Controversies"requirement before she has a standing to     

Set up national emergency-response mechanism to scientifically cope with natural disasters

＂ The establishment of a national emergency management mechanism will enable China to promptly respond to and scientifically cope with natural disasters. This is a lesson we draw from the 2008 winter storms,＂ notes a panel of the CAS Academic Divisions, China＇s top advisory body in science and technology in a recent proposal forwarded to State policy-makers.     

Establishment of Indirect/Contributory Patent Infringement in China

The act of indirect/contributory infringement of patent is relative to the act of direct infringement of patent.The con- ception of indirect/contributory infringement of patent is,to a large extent,to meet the practical need for the protection of the patent right.In practice,to avoid liability for patent in- fringement,one sometimes does not exploit all,but only some,technical features defined in a claim of a patent,or several people jointly exploit all the technical features of the claim.According to the All Elements Rule in determination of patent infringement,if an accused article does not cover all     

CAS, Max Planck Society to Enhance Cooperation

According to a briefing issued by the CAS Bureau of In ternational Cooperation on May 8, 2004, CAS and the Max Planck Society (MPS) in Germany are considering to establish a multidisciplinary institute in Shanghai to conduct research into computational biology. The move is applauded as a fresh step in promoting Sino-German S&T cooperation.     

长时间待在教室更容易近视（英文）

正The more years you spend in full-time education, the more short-sighted you are likely to be, according to a large UK study.The link appears to be that students have too little exposure to bright natural light—and the antidote suggested by the researchers is for children to spend more of the day outdoors.The study, carried out by Cardiff and Bristol university scientists, analysed information on the genetics, eyesight and educational background of68 000 participants in the UK Biobank database.     

浅议信息管理职业及专业人才培养

The arriving of information society has made information management become a specialized social occupation. Information management discipline is just the cradle to train this kind of special talent. The paper explores how to comprehend and treat information management occupation and how to position our special education and talent training in accordance with social requirement for occupation.     

＂Evervbody has a Role to Play in Curbing Carbon Emissions＂-- An Interview with Prof, Corinne Le Quere

＂The only thing I＇d like to say is that everybody has a role to play - every country and every people in the country. The role has to be fair, feasible and realistic, both in the context of the country itself and in the context of the enormous global challenge to tackle.＂-- Prof. Corinne Le Quere     

A Decade of Hard Work Leads to the Fourth Generation of Catalysts

After a decade-long arduouswork, CAS scientists suc-ceeded in developing thefourth generation of high-perfor-mance catalysts.The research breakthroughwas achieved by a research teamheaded by Prof. Liu Hanfan withthe CAS Institute of Chemistry. Thiswork includes a new method con-cerning the preparation of a nano-metallic colloid protected by poly-mers and demystification of the se-cret to raise the working efficacy ofmetal nanoclusters used as a catalyst.The success lays down a solid foun-d…     

Suggestions on Leapfrogging Development in Tibet

The realization of leapfrogging socio-economic development in the Tibet Autonomous Region remains a key issue in the current drive to develop Western China. In this connection, the CAS Academic Divisions have sponsored a task force of a dozen CAS members and nearly 30 other experts to conduct comprehensive studies on the subject, and presented a feasibility study report to the central government. Some of their main ideas are as follows:     

Global Warming May Trigger Water Crisis in Yellow River

The temperature of the upper reaches of theYellow River, the second longest river in China,is clearly related to the worldwide warmingtrend, according to a study conducted by CAS research-ers and their colleagues from Administration of Hy-drology and Water Resources of the Upper Reaches ofthe Yellow River. They warn that, due to the possibletemperature hike and drastic decline in localprecipitation, the runoff in the reaches may face a trendof continued decrease over the next decade.The p…     

Botanists rediscover a plant thought to be extinct

CAS botanists recently found the survivor of Paraisometrum mileense W. T. Wang, a domestic plant spe- cies thought to be extinct for a hun- dred years. The holotype of the plant was first brought to light by French mis- sionary E. Ducloux in the county of…     

Nobel Laureates Participate in Choosing Institute Director

Two Nobel Prize winners, Robert Huber and Hartmut Michel, were invited to sit on a panel to select the director of a newly established CAS institute. The meeting, which was chaired by CAS Vice-President Chen Zhu, was held on Oct. 24, 2003, in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province.The new Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health (GIBH) was jointly established by CAS,     

Population Status, Threats and Conservation of the Yangtze Finless Porpoise

The finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) is a small, toothed whale species living in coastal and riverine areas of Asia, with a range extending from the Persian Gulf in the west, to Pakistan, India, Indonesia, Borneo and China in the south, and up to Japan in the east [1] . The Yangtze finless porpoise (N. p. asiaeorientalis) is the sole freshwater subspecies     

大学生信息获取技能训练的理论与实践研究

Information society can't go without information.The capability of obtaining useful information is indispensable for modem people to make a living. Based on a comprehensive analysis of information resources and information obtaining capability, this article puts forward a one course, two books and one coaching training pattern for college students to obtain information. Its feasibility is also demonstrated.     

Research undertaken by CAS scientists with support of "973 Program"

The National Basic Research Program (dubbed as the " 9 73 Program" is China's on-going national keystone basic research program, which was approved by the Chinese government in June 1997 and is organized and implemented by the Ministry of Science and Technology. The strategic objectives of the Program are to strengthen the original innovations and to address the important scientific issues concerning the national economic and social development at a deeper level and in a wider scope, so as to improve China's capabilities of independent innovations and to provide scientific support for the future development of the country. The followings are some of the" 9 73 projects" initiated in 2006 under the coordination of CAS scientists.     

Innovation clusters in sound progress

The achievements of S＆T innovation clusters,a CAS drive to set up an S＆T network for sharing knowledge,information and resources in order to deal with major S＆T problems.were applauded by a high-caliber panel of S＆T experts.     

USTC Builds Graduate School in Shanghai

The University of Science andTechnology of China (USTC)has begun to construct a branch ofits graduate school in Shanghai.USTC President Zhu Qingshi madethe announcement on December 27.Located in Kangqiao of NanhuiDistrict, the school is expected to re-cruit students in September 2003.The first batch of students will havea choice of three specialties: Mod-ern Management, Software andInformation, and Life Sciences.The school plans to hire top-level scientists in the world as chairpro…