宁波市民营企业科技人员职称评定状况调查

为贯彻落实中央关于深入细致地搞好科技工作者状况调查的指示精神,全面、客观、准确地把握民营企业科技人员在职称评定方面的状况与需求,调动民营企业科技人员促进企业自主创新、提高产业核心竞争力的积极性和创造性,宁波市科协联合宁波大学成立调研组,开展了全市民营企业科技人员职称评定状况调查,抽取了37家民营企业、20家公有单位的500位科技人员为调查样本,发放问卷500份,回收有效问卷500份,回收率为100％。同时,还在宁波欣达集团有限公司等3家民营企业召开座谈会,就民营企业科技人员高级职称评定难进行了专题座谈。调查情况如下。     

自主创新任重道远

中国科协全国科技工作者状况调查2002年启动,至今5年间先后实施了非公有制企业、民办非企业单位科技工作者状况和需求调查,全国科技工作者状况调查,西部科技工作者政策环境状况调查,科技工作者权益保障状况调查和影响科技工作者自主创新的主要因素调查等。已公布的调查结果表明     

我国科技工作者参与科普活动的现状与障碍——基于第二次全国科技工作者状况调查数据

本文利用“第二次全国科技工作者状况调查”数据,分析了我国科技工作者参与各类科普活动的现状,发现半数以上科技工作者2007年参加过某种形式的科普活动,但参与水平仍明显低于发达国家同行,其中35岁以下青年科技工作者以及低学历、低职称科技工作者的参与水平更低.分析结果还显示,参与渠道、时间精力、相关经费、科普能力和激励动力的缺乏是制约科技工作者参与科普活动的主要障碍.在此基础上,文章提出了促进科技工作者进一步参与科普活动的建议.     

广东科技工作者产出国际论文的期刊分布研究

以美国科学情报所(ISI)Web of Science数据库为数据来源,研究广东省科技工作者1978~2008年产出国际论文的期刊分布,即发表SCI论文期刊的数量、国别、影响因子和被引频次的分布,从而了解和掌握广东省科学研究的发展状况、发展态势以及国际影响力。     

宁化县老科协关于本县工业经济发展的调研报告

7月20日,宁化县老科技工作者协会组织工业组会员,在县经贸局分管领导的陪同下,前往石壁锡矿、宁化华侨经济开发区实地调研,走访了福建省东华矿业有限公司、福建长宁纺织有限公司、福建鑫鑫獭兔有限公司等企业,并和部分企业主座谈,了解民营企业生产经营状况,听取他们对发展工业经济的意见和要求。     

茂名成立第一家民营企业科协

<正> 5月21日,广东省粤西最大的民营企业——广东电白汉山锁业有限公司科学技术协会召开成立大会,宣告茂名市第一个民营企业科协诞生。这标志着茂名市科协组织渗透到民营企业,也反映出民营企业对科技工作的重视。     

全国科技工作者状况调查研究分析

中国科协于2017年下半年组织开展了第四次全国科技工作者状况调查。本文从科研活动、职业评价和流动意愿、收入待遇和生活状况,以及科技工作者对科研环境评价的角度分析全国科技工作者的状况,并提出加强和改进对科技界的思想政治引领、高度关注科技工作者利益关切、坚持以人为本的理念,进一步深化科技体制改革。     

科技工作者权益保护认知与需求现状调查研究

加强科技工作者权益保护对于激发科技工作者创新活力,提升我国科技竞争力具有十分重要的意义.为更好地维护科技工作者权益,本文在对我国典型科技工作者群体开展访谈及问卷调查的基础上,考察了科技工作者权益保护认知状况以及权益保护需求状况.调查发现,我国科技工作者对自身权益认知程度普遍较低,维权意识相对淡薄;科技工作者对不同权益的关注程度存在差异,现阶段科技工作者最关心的权益为薪酬平等权和薪酬保障权、职称考核晋升知情权和身心健康相关权益,且不同科技工作者群体的权益保护需求存在显著性差异.在此基础上,本文提出了现阶段更好维护我国科技工作者权益的政策建议.     

高校科技工作者对科技资源配置状况认知及满意度研究

在问卷调查的基础上,基于高校科技工作者的角度分析了当前我国高校科技资源配置的状况,并对比了不同特征下的高校科技工作者对科技资源状况满意度评价差异。结果表明,高校科技工作者对目前科技资源配置状况不满意,科技资源配置存在过度“行政化”、资源重复分配以及共享率低等问题。并提出了建立市场配置资源与政府推动相结合、学科特色与高校科技资源配置大局相协调、节约和共享相一致以及创新评价和人才激励相配套的高校科技资源配置方式等政策建议。     

科技资源共享法规现状分析及建议

分析国内外科技资源共享法规现状,解读及研究《广东省自主创新促进条例》在科技基础条件平台建设方面的规定,根据科技资源共享方面出现的问题,提出科技资源共享的制度体系建议方案,有利于解决科技资源条块分割、重复建设、利用效率低下状况等问题。     

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.     

Low doses of a red wine ingredient figh diabetes in mice

Aresearch group led by Prof. ZHAI Qiwei from the Institute for Nutritional Sciences under the CAS Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences has discovered that even relatively low doses of resveratrol--a chemical found in the skins of red grapes and in red wine--can improve the sensitivity of mice to the hormone insulin, according to a report in the October,2007 issue of Cell Metabolism. As insulin resistance is often characterized as the most critical factor contributing to the development of Type 2 diabetes, the findings“provide a potential new therapeutic approach for preventing or treating” both conditions, the researchers said.     

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.     

Molecular motor assembly of a biomimetic system

Active biological molecules and functional structures can be fabricated into a bio-mimetic system by using molecular assembly method. Such materials can be used for the drug delivery, disease diagnosis and therapy, and new nanodevice construction.     

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