Do changes in organizational status affect financial performance?

In recent years there has been worldwide interest in ‘privatization’ and transferring government department functions to quasi-autonomous agencies. This paper presents the results of a study of 10 organizations in the U.K. which underwent changes in their organizational status within government or which crossed the public-private boundary. The focus of the study is the impact of these organizational status changes on financial performance measured using a set of standard financial ratios. These ratios did not provide a consistent set of statistically significant results. Organizational status changes in the direction of privatization do not appear to guarantee improved performance.     

湖南省专科学校科技产业现状探析

文章对湖南省具有代表性的8所专科学校所兴办的11家科技产业进行了调查,分析并阐述了湖南省专科学校科技产业的现状、优势和特点。     

讽世者的灰姑娘情结--简·奥斯丁的理性主义与理想主义

在鲜有人注意的18世纪妇女的地位上,在人类的情感流露方面,在令人不齿的性道德等方面,简·奥斯丁的小说无不表现出迥异于时代的敏锐的理性主义观念,然而,在触及婚姻时,女性的理想主义天性仍不自觉地流露.     

湘江流域枯水期饮用水水质状况分析与对策

文章分析了湖南省湘江流域枯水期饮用水水质状况以及存在的问题,从保护生态环境、控制水资源污染、节约用水、调整水价4个方面对保护饮用水进行了对策探讨。     

关于水泥制造企业培育核心竞争力的探讨

对上市公司财务状况恶化进行预警分析 ,不仅是各界人士关注的焦点 ,也将对上市公司今后的发展具有重要的指导意义。文章将沪深两地证券市场的ST公司界定为财务状况恶化企业 ,在借鉴奥特曼多元Z值判定模型的基础上 ,采用主成分分析方法 ,利用上市公司公布的 2 0 0 1年中期财务     

非营利组织的经济学探析

通过对非营利组织兴起的经济背景分析和经济原因分析,找出了非营利组织存在和发展的经济层面的逻辑和意义,为经济组织存在的普遍性找到了经济学的支撑和帮助,指出了我国非营利组织非政府性、非营利性、志愿参与性和多元性的现状。     

Food consumption patterns,dietary quality and health status of expectant mothers: case studies in suburban and rural communities in Ghana

The study was conducted to determine the food consumption patterns, dietary quality and health status of expectant women and also to assess their level of awareness of nutritional requirements during pregnancy. Food beliefs, taboos and superstitions held by the women were also investigated. Using the purposive sampling technique, 30 pregnant women attending the Maternal and Child Health Clinic at Dodowa (rural) and University Hospital, Legon (suburban), were selected for the study. A structured questionnaire was used to collect information on the respondents’ nutritional knowledge, beliefs, taboos and superstitions and health status. A food frequency questionnaire and the 24‐h dietary recall method were used to obtain information on food consumption patterns and dietary quality. The study revealed that, although the majority of the respondents (83.3%) had some knowledge of nutrition, not all were applying it in their feeding practices because of financial constraints. With regard to consumption patterns, most of the women (83.3%) were having three meals a day, while the rest either ate twice a day or anytime they were hungry. Seventy‐three per cent of the respondents also increased their food intake during pregnancy. Foods eaten were based mainly on starchy roots and tubers, cereals and vegetables. Legumes, oilseeds and fruits were often lacking in the main meals of respondents. Although animal products were consumed daily, the quantities taken were very small to provide for adequate protein, especially in the rural area. Various types of food were avoided by some of the expectant mothers for reasons such as nausea, loss of appetite, taboos and superstition. With regard to dietary quality, respondents from the rural area had diets of poorer quality in terms of nutrient intake compared with those from the suburban area. In both communities, iron contents of diets were quite low. Forty‐seven per cent of the women interviewed were anaemic, with a higher prevalence of anaemia being observed in the rural community. Common ailments reported by the women were dizziness, headache, waist pains and malaria. Based on the results of the study, it was recommended that nutrition education for pregnant women should be stepped up at antenatal clinics especially in rural areas.     

上海居住区景观绿化的现状及发展趋势探讨

上海居住区景观绿化不仅要考虑美的要素,更重要应考虑居住区的主体——人的需要。本文通过对上海居住区绿化规划与设计的分析,提出居住区绿化规划与设计应遵循的基本原则和模式,以期在目前房地产业迅速发展情况下,对居住区景观绿化建设起到一定的参考和借鉴作用。     

咸阳市商业布局的现状分析及建议

本文针对咸阳市商业布局的现状进行总结,提出研究咸阳市商业布局的意义,然后分析咸阳商业布局存在的主要问题以及产生这些问题的原因,最后提出在咸阳商业布局的未来发展中的一些建议。     

贵州农村人口健康问题及对策

健康是社会发展的基石,对国民的健康投资能促进经济增长,减少贫困,促进国家整体经济发展.贵州省的农民身体健康总体形势堪忧,且政府对农村卫生资源的投入不够.加大扶贫力度;发展农村医疗保健事业;增加政府卫生投入;加强健康教育等一系列措施是解决农民健康的关键.