On the Current Situation and Problems of High Education Institutes Digital Libraries Development

The paper discusses the necessity and objective of digital library system, and analyzes the current situation of the high education institute digital libraries in China as well as some potential problems. Development plan is proposed for the digital library system for universities.     

The quality of cooking oil used in informal food processing in Malawi: a preliminary study

A survey was conducted in Lilongwe city urban markets in Malawi, to assess the quality of cooking oil used for frying potato chips. Purposive sampling was performed to come up with respondents who were using vegetable oils. A stratified random sampling was used to select the 32 informal food processors who were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. Oil samples were collected from the most commonly used brand of oil. Fifteen respondents were selected and these were divided into three categories of five: those who were not reusing the oil, those who were reusing the oil and those who were preparing potato chips and chicken in the same oil, for chemical analysis. The preliminary results showed that while the majority (59.4%) of the informal food processors discarded the oil after 1 day, 3.1% discarded it after 4 days and another 12.5% after 3 days. A larger proportion of the respondents (40.6%) used the leftover oils at home, 37.5% kept it in oil bottles, 3.1% kept it in plastic papers for reuse the following day. Also, most respondents (57%) indicated dark colour as the sign of oil deterioration, 29% discarded the oil after noticing foam formation while 8.2% and 6.1% said they discarded the oil after noticing a bad smell and food absorbing the oils respectively. A physical observation of the various oils showed that for most of the respondents (34%), the oils were dark brown in colour, in 22%, the oils were slightly dark brown and 16%, the oils were brown. Foam formation was noticed in 13% of the respondents. It was also noted that 91% of the respondents had not been trained or briefed of food quality and safety issues. A chemical analysis of the oils showed high values of free fatty acids (range, 0.84–1.4112 compared with 0.42 in the fresh oil) and peroxide values (range 14.7–16.6 compared with 9.0 in the fresh oil). It may be concluded that the oils being used by the informal food processors in Malawi are of poor quality and so the foods cooked in them may be a health hazard to the consumers and the processors themselves. Although this work in ongoing, it may be recommended at the outset that the health department of the city assemblies should inspect these oils for the good health of the consumers.     

Domestic Support and Border Measures for Processed Horticultural Products

In horticultural markets, trade barriers often apply to the processed products whereas domestic support applies to farm-produced raw commodities. Here we assess the effects of such trade barriers and domestic support by simulating the effects of policy reform on global processing tomato markets, which are faced with modest processed product tariffs and high domestic support in the European Union (EU). Both protection and EU subsidy drive down world welfare, but we find that reducing import tariffs for tomato products would yield greater effects on markets and larger welfare impacts outside Europe than would reductions in EU domestic support.     

构建高职计算机专业实践教学的信息化平台

构建实践教学信息化平台是解决高职实践教学中存在问题、提高教学质量和效率的有效方法。该文以一个信息化平台设计实例说明了信息化平台的设计过程。     

数字图书馆建设中的问题与对策

简述了数字图书馆的概念及特征，分析了我国数字图书馆建设面临的主要问题，提出了加快数字图书馆建设的对策。     

The market’s view on the probability of banking sector failure: cross-country comparisons

Hall and Miles (1990) suggest an approach of estimating default probabilities of banks using stock market information, and in this paper we apply an aggregated version of their approach to banking sectors around the world in both developed and emerging economies. We study the market’s assessment of the probability of systemic banking crises world wide over the last decade, including the Asian crisis 1997–1998. In addition, we investigate whether there is a relationship between the failure probability and institutional features of the actual banking sector. The quality of governance and the degree of law and order in a country is found to be significantly negatively related to the market based failure probabilities as is an explicit deposit insurance during periods of crisis.     

美国电子支付安全与防范对中国的启示

商务信息、资金支付和商品配送构成了一个完整的电子商务活动，其中网上支付服务是电子商务中最为关键的要素和最高层次．起着连接买卖双方桥梁的作用.采用网上支付业务，可以减少银行成本，加快业务处理的速度，方便客户，同时有利于银行开拓业务．增加中间业务的收入。但是电子支付的安全性问题成为阻碍人们选择电子支付的主要原因。如何化解人们对电子支付安全性的担忧．是开拓电子支付业务的瓶颈之所在。美国电子支付比我国的发展要早，要更加的成熟，他们的成功做法对于我国来讲具有一定的借鉴意义。     

合并后高校图书馆的改革与发展

本文介绍了合并后高校图书馆在业务工作、服务工作、管理工作的改革和网络化建设，探讨了合并后高校图书馆发展的新道路。     

多功能信号发生器的设计

以MAX038集成芯片为核心,采用MCU微处理器控制程控继电器和数字电位器,设计了多功能信号发生器。能够输出方波、正弦波、三角波和AM信号,并能实现频段选择和频段内频率微调。     

数字证书撤销方法的研究现状

证书撤销一直是公钥基础设施(PKI)研究和应用中的一个难点问题.文章对目前应用和研究中的证书撤销机制进行了介绍,详细描述了各种机制的实现原理,并对其优缺点进行了剖析,最后对证书撤销机制的研究作了展望.