The Impact of the Implementation of Technology Education on In-Service Teacher Education in South Africa (Impact of Technology Education in the RSA)

In this article the impact of technology education, as a new learning area (subject) in the curriculum, on in-service teacher education in South Africa is described in order to ascertain the extent of the impact. The research on which this article is based draws on a variety of experiences and observations in the field at grassroots level (in particular an outreach project in rural communities). The envisaged impact of technology education on South African schools, communities, teacher educators and teachers, the range of in-service teacher education that is required, and the impacts in urban and rural areas are discussed. Finally a number of concluding remarks are made about the extent of the impact of the inclusion of technology education in the new National Curriculum Statement and whether the situation has changed since the implementation of a pilot technology education project in 1998. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

由联想改制看高层长期激励

联想是较早在我国实施股票期权制度的企业,也是运用最成功的范例之一。联想董事长柳传志曾多次说过“如果没有实施股权激励,联想的接班就不会这么顺利”。这句话的确意义深刻,因为受益的不仅是企业及企业高层,当然也包括柳传志本人。从褚时建到李经纬再到柳传志,任何人都无法否认柳传志是最幸运的退居二线的企业家。因为他有联想1000万股股票,足以使他在退下来后,潇洒自如地或挥杆高尔夫绿茵场上;或闲情逸致漫步异国他乡。而前两位却不幸成为了“59现象”的代表。“股票期权”与联想模式在我国实施股票期权的确障碍多多,因为很多制度、法律…     

Sybase数据库的磁盘镜像及故障恢复机制

数据库的可靠性是权衡数据库系统安全性的重要指标 ,数据库容错技术和有关故障 (包括系统故障、存储介质故障 )恢复决定了信息系统设计的规模和性能 ,特别是随着系统大型化 ,对数据库系统的联机处理性能提出了较高的要求 ,在故障恢复期间仍需具备一定的在线恢复 ( Non-Stop Recovery)能力。本文从故障恢复、磁盘镜像等方面讨论了Sybase数据库的有关机制     

Intraday Lead-Lag Relationships Between the Futures-, Options and Stock Market

In rational, efficiently functioning and complete markets, returns on derivative and underlying securities should be perfectly contemporaneously correlated. Due to market imperfections, one of these markets may reflect information faster. The use of high-frequency data and the choice for a small unit time interval to measure these lead-lag relations comes at the cost of some or many missing observations, causing traditional estimators to either under- or overestimate covariances and correlations. We use a new estimator to estimate lead-lag relationships between the cash AEX index, options and futures. We find that futures returns lead both options and cash index returns by approximately 10 minutes. The relationship between options and the cash market is not completely unidirectional.     

Negotiation support using the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution

The Graph Model for Conflict Resolution is a flexible methodology for systematically studying strategic conflicts in the real world, and is therefore a natural tool for negotiation support. The basic definitions underlying the graph model are reviewed, and the techniques for analysis and interpretation are discussed. The modeling and analysis of a case study, an international trade negotiation concerning the export of Canadian softwood lumber to the United States, are used to demonstrate the practical application of the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution as a negotiation support tool. The modeling and analysis is carried out using the GMCR software system. The ability of the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution to provide insights and advice to negotiators is emphasized.     

International trade in a differentiated good: Trade elasticities in the world rice market

In many previous rice trade models, the commodity has been regarded as a homogeneous product. However, homogeneity is not an appropriate assumption, given the various types of rice that are traded and consumed. Parameters estimated from these models, therefore, do not reflect the real world market for rice and, hence, may mislead decision makers who use the results for policy evaluation purposes. This study uses an Armington approach to model the world rice trade as a differential good market and to derive trade elasticity parameters.     

传播技术塑造文化形态--一种传播学的视野

语言是人类最早的技术发明,由于作为一种传播媒介的文字可以分为象形文字和拼音文字,它们在处理音、形、意三者关系时的不同策略使它们拥有各自的独特品质,使得它们在打破人在口语时代所形成的感官平衡的同时,形成了不同的感官比率,由此内在地定制了两种不同文化的特征.