The importance of ecological research for ecosystem management: The case of browsing by swamp wallabies (Wallabia bicolor) in commercially harvested native forests

Summary Ecosystem management often proceeds within the context of sub‐optimal relationships between ecologists and ecosystem managers, and management outcomes could be improved with greater collaboration between members of these disciplines. This paper identifies an ecosystem management problem resulting from the interaction between timber harvesting and browsing wallabies, and this case study is used to exemplify how ecological data and expertise can contribute to the process of ecosystem management. It is argued that appropriate use of existing ecological data, establishment of strategic new research and the implementation of management actions as experimental hypothesis tests can facilitate achievement of management objectives, but greater collaboration between ecologists and managers is required before this can occur. Reasons for sub‐optimal relationships are outlined, and the potential for structural change within large State‐run ecosystem management agencies to improve interactions between managers and ecologists is discussed.     

The cost to government of maintaining a commercially unviable fishery: The case of newfoundland 1981/82 to 1990/91

The commercial fishery for northern cod off Newfoundland has been closed since 1992. Since then, the recreational “food fishery”; has also been closed, as have the fisheries for many additional cod and other groundfish stocks. The Newfoundland fisheries had been commercially unviable for many years before the closures. This article records the federal and provincial governments’ financial outlays (expenditures, transfer payments to individuals, subsidies, net equity purchases, and net loans) on the fishery during the decade following 1981. Special emphasis is placed on the cost of the financial restructuring of the industry in the mid‐1980s, net unemployment insurance payments, and social overhead capital expenditures.     

营利性医院医疗服务自主定价政府监管的思考

营利性医院医疗服务自主定价是践行十八届三中全会“市场在资源配置中起决定性作用”在医疗服务领域的举措。对营利性医院医疗服务自主定价进行阐述,并通过分析营利性医院医疗服务自主定价出现的问题,提出完善其政府监管的具体途径：完善政府对营利性医院自主定价的引导措施,完善营利性医院自主定价信息公示,畅通政府监管的信息传输渠道以及政府监管部门加大对违规自主定价的处罚。     

Governmental policies on HIV infection in China

EVOLUTION OF THE GOVERNMENT POLI- CIES Looking back 20 and more years, one could have hardly imagined that such great changes would have happened to the governmental policies on HIV/AIDS in China. In the earlier phase of the epidemic, laws and regulations were drafted based on the practices and experiences of preven- tion and control of other infectious diseases, such as isolation, quarantine and compulsory testing and examina- tions etc. When the HIV/AIDS epidemic was firstl…     

The Wilderness Act and Fish Stocking: An Overview of Legislation, Judicial Interpretation, and Agency Implementation

Many high-elevation lakes in designated wilderness are stocked with native and nonnative fish by state fish and game agencies to provide recreational fishing opportunities. In several areas, this practice has become controversial with state wildlife managers who support historical recreational use of wilderness, federal wilderness managers who assert that stocking compromises some of the ecological and social values of wilderness, and different public groups that support one or the other position. Herein we examine this controversy from the perspective of the 1964 Wilderness Act, its judicial interpretation, the policies of the federal agencies, and formal agreements between federal and state agencies. Although some state stocking programs restore native fish populations, other programs may compromise some of the ecological and social values of wilderness areas. Further, although current federal regulations recognize state authority for fish stocking, judicial interpretation gives federal agencies the authority for direct involvement in decisions regarding fish stocking in wilderness. Where there are differences of opinion between state and federal managers, this judicial interpretation strongly points to the need for improved cooperation, communication, and coordination between state wildlife managers and federal wilderness managers to balance recreational fishing opportunities and other wildlife management activities with wilderness values. Received 28 March 2000; Accepted 16 August 2000.     

Dance education in Singapore: Policy,discourse, and practice

This article provides an overview of dance education in schools in Singapore with regard to physical education, co-curricular activity, initiatives by the National Arts Council's Arts Education unit, and pre-tertiary and tertiary dance programs. In an effort to gain a better understanding of how well the official discourse and the reality of schooling in dance interconnect, a meta-analysis of published articles, conference papers, committee reports, and curricula was conducted. Situated within the larger sociocultural, political, and historical contexts, Singapore presents a curious case for probing the merits and limitations of research, policy initiatives, and policy implementation. In the conclusion, the author argues that the development of a coherent dance education in Singapore requires “fixing” three dilemmas—meritocratic schooling in dance, the ill-defined and exhaustive use of the term “talent,” and the uneven research that has not kept pace with the policy initiatives.     

北京大学肿瘤医院公派留学人员动态数列分析

目的 回顾并分析北京大学肿瘤医院2007—2016年间公派留学人员动态数列的变化趋势及特点,提出医院公派留学工作改进措施。方法 运用动态数列分析法中的绝对数、相对数,分析医院公派留学人员人数、性别、年龄、学历、职称等特征指标。结果 留学出国人员男女比例相近,31~35岁（37.19%）、博士研究生学历(87.60%)、副高级职称(47.93%),医师岗位出国人员（85.95%）、单位公派（95.04%）、出访国家美国（76.03%）、派出时间7~12个月（71.90%）构成比最高。留学人员特征指标增长速度呈现不同的变化趋势。结论 医院将从拓宽留学人员公派出国渠道;鼓励药、护、技岗位人员留学,缩短留学人员平台期;科学选拔派出人员,加强公派留学人员的精细化管理三个方面加强留学人员管理工作。