Usury laws and private credit in Lima,Peru. Evidence from notarized records

I examine the impact of usury laws on the Peruvian credit market between 1825 and 1852. Using a new data set of nearly 2,000 loans from archival sources, I show that the repeal of colonial anti-usury laws in early 1833 had an important effect on the allocation of credit in Lima. It increased interest rates and promoted access to credit. Furthermore, lenders made loans with greater maturities after the repeal of usury laws.     

小议Access在Office各组件中的交流

Access 是微软公司推出的基于Windows的桌面关系数据库管理系统,是Office系列应用软件之一.它提供了表、查询、窗体、报表、页、宏、模块7种用来建立数据库系统的对象;提供了多种向导、生成器、模板,把数据存储、数据查询、界面设计、报表生成等操作规范化;为建立功能完善的数据库管理系统提供了方便,也使得普通用户不必编写代码,就可以完成大部分数据管理的任务.如果我们能够实现Access与Office组件其他成员之间进行数据交流,就能达到取长补短、提高工作效率的目的.本文就针对Access在word、Excel中的交叉应用进行了探讨.     

基于数据库的多媒体网络学习系统的建立与应用

随着当代信息技术和因特网的蓬勃发展,网络学习凭借其数字化、多媒体化、信息量大、交互性强、覆盖面广等特点,成为现代远程教育中具发展前途的教育模式。该文根据网络技术、数据库技术的特点分析并提出了基于数据库的多媒体网络学习系统设计思路和实现方法。该系统充分发挥了网络的通讯作用;同时吸取了传统学习的优势,克服了传统学习的不足,并通过计算机文化基础课实例进行了有效验证。     

一款基于JAVA的航空售票系统设计

信息技术的飞速发展不仅使航空售票工作者逐渐摆脱了繁重的手工劳动、提高了工作效率,而且推着航空事业向现代化管理迈进。数据库是数据管理的最新技术,是计算机科学的重要分支。今天,信息资源已成为各个部门的重要财富,建立一个满足航空售票信息处理要求的行之有效的信息系统也成为一个航空公司发展的重要条件。     

Self-targeted food subsidies and voice: Evidence from the Philippines

This paper studies the targeting outcomes of a self-targeted rice subsidy program in the Philippines. We find modest within-community targeting outcomes, but weak between-community targeting. This appears to be because, controlling for the direct influence of household characteristics, participation was lower in poorer communities. These inter-community differentials are strongly correlated with several proxies for citizen “voice”, including education, income, and access to other public services. This suggests that self-targeting outcomes are not simply a function of the good selected for subsidy, but are also influenced by variations in communities’ access to usable services; that these variations favor richer communities; and that efforts to enhance consumer voice in disenfranchised communities would facilitate targeting improvements.     

Evolution and determinants of digital divide in Brazil (2005–2013)

During the last decades, the widespread growth of information and communication technologies (ICT) has posed incentives to broaden the participation of individuals in social, political and economic dimensions of life. However, utilization of ICT also involves access to technology and infrastructure, and acquisition of skills to deal with innovations and, thus, digital literacy is, primarily, a complementary good. The digital divide expresses inequalities in access and utilization of ICT among individuals and populations in different countries. The study adopts inequalities indexes of Internet access and mobile phone ownership to measure use of ICT goods, accounting for the digital divide in Brazil. The inequality indexes are also split according to main determinants using four nationally representative survey data from 2005 to 2013. Results indicate that the digital divide among individuals is decreasing quite fast among Brazilians over time. However, there is room for policies of mass access to ICT goods based on mobile Internet broadband access. In addition, digital illiteracy, evaluated by lack of education, is one of the main determinants of the digital divide in the country, especially among elderly individuals.     

Planes,trains and wheelchairs in the bush: Attitudes of people with mobility-disabilities to enhanced motorised access in remote natural settings

Managers of remote and wilderness environments have been among the last to accommodate the needs of tourists with mobility-disabilities – partly because of the physical difficulties and expense of doing so, but also due to a wider desire and mandate to preserve the natural and wilderness character of such areas. This research explores the extent to which those with mobility-disabilities desire enhanced access to natural areas. Do they share the same desires and values with respect to wilderness and access as the able-bodied? This paper reports upon a survey of over 400 residents and tourists, some with mobility-disabilities and some able-bodied, and compares their attitudes with respect to the development of various forms of motorised access to wilderness environments. Significant differences were found between the two groups in terms of their desire for greater access and also in how they view the impacts of such development. The group with mobility-impairments expressed a stronger desire for enhanced access in such environments. The environmental values of both groups were also examined using the revised New Ecological Paradigm scale, however no significant differences were found between the groups. The implications for tourism providers and wilderness managers are discussed.     

基于RBAC模型的网络信息系统权限管理的设计和实现

本文提出了基于RBAC模型的权限管理的设计和实现方案,讨论了权限管理为核心的面向对象设计模型,以及权限访问和权限控制等技术。     

浅析Access数据库在高校招生管理系统中的应用

随着计算机技术的突飞猛进,Access数据库的进步,全国高校应该充分地将Access数据库应用于招生管理系统当中。本文就将针对Access数据库在高校招生管理系统中的应用进行简要的分析和研究。