scholarly journals Study on the Status Quo and Influencing Factors of Service Quality of Public Pension Agencies in Five Counties and Cities in Xinjiang Province

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingjing Fan ◽  
Xinhui Li
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Public Pension ◽  
The Status

Regulating Proxy Advisors Through Transparency: Pros and Cons of the EU Approach

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gaia Balp
Keyword(s):  
Status Quo ◽  
Legislative Process ◽  
European Regulation ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Status ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Proxy Advisors ◽  
Legal Constraints ◽  
The Eu

This article outlines potential pros and cons of a future European regulation of proxy advisory firms, as set forth in the Commission’s Proposal for a Directive amending Directive 2007/36/EC. After summarizing criticisms concerning the proxy advisory industry, and findings regarding its de facto influence on investors’ voting conduct both in the US and in the European context, the article adverts to why the power of proxy advisors appears to be overestimated. Uncertainty on the status quo of the industry’s actual impact on key decisions in listed companies, as well as costs associated with a regulation, need to be considered for assessing the suitability of the rules drafted to ensure adequate levels of independence and quality of voting recommendations. While transparency rules may be preferred to stricter legal constraints or requirements in a first stage, possible shortcomings of the Draft Directive exist that may undermine its effectiveness. Analyzing the amendments to the Proposal adopted by the European Parliament, and the Council’s Presidency compromise text, may suggest a preferable approach as regards single rules still making their way through the European legislative process.

Bioethics, Adaptive Preferences, and Judging the Quality of a Life with Disability

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 199-220
Author(s):  
Joseph A. Stramondo ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Health Policy ◽  
Clinical Ethics ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
The Self ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Adaptive Preferences ◽  
The Status

Both mainstream and disability bioethics sometimes contend that the self-assessment of disabled people about their own well-being is distorted by adaptive preferences that are only held because other, better options are unavailable. I will argue that both of the most common ways of understanding adaptive preferences—the autonomy-based account and the well-being account—would reject blanket claims that disabled people’s QOL self-assessment has been distorted, whether those claims come from mainstream bioethicists or from disability bioethicists. However, rejecting these generalizations for a more nuanced view still has dramatic implications for the status quo in both health policy and clinical ethics.

Research on innovation and entrepreneurship competency evaluation of teachers in industry-oriented higher vocational colleges

2021 ◽  
pp. 002072092199659
Author(s):  
Xingfeng Liu ◽  
Hongmei Lin
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Scientific Evaluation ◽  
Technology Competency ◽  
The Status ◽  
Innovation Ability ◽  
Vocational Colleges ◽  
Competency Evaluation ◽  
Innovation And Entrepreneurship

In order to make a scientific evaluation of the innovation and entrepreneurship competencies of teachers in industry-oriented higher vocational colleges, against the background of the “industry-education integration”, on the theoretical basis of competency and iceberg model, and combined with the inherent characteristics of industry-oriented higher vocational colleges and the status quo of teachers’ innovation and entrepreneurship competencies, this paper establishes an index system from two aspects of innovation ability and entrepreneurship ability respectively, including feature competency, technology competency, practice competency and society competency and constructs matrix positioning model for the innovation and entrepreneurship competency evaluation of teachers in industry-oriented higher vocational colleges, so as to provide a reference for solving the shortcomings of teachers in innovation and entrepreneurship and improving the quality of innovation and entrepreneurship education.

مدى توافر متطلبات التعليم التقني في تلبية احتياجات سوق العمل الفلسطيني (دراسة تطبيقية على كلية فلسطين التقنية- دير البلح)

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 237-264
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Technical College ◽  
Technical Education ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Academic Programs ◽  
Administrative Staff ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
The Status ◽  
Education Requirements

ملخص: هدفت الدراسة إلى معرفة مدى توافر متطلبات التعليم التقني لتلبية احتياجات سوق العمل الفلسطيني بالتطبيق على كلية فلسطين التقنية دير البلح، واتبعت الدراسة المنهج الوصفي التحليلي، وتكون مجتمع الدراسة من العاملين الأكاديميين والإداريين في الكلية، واستخدم الباحثان أسلوب العينة الطبقية العشوائية، حيث تم توزيع (60) استبانة استرد منها (56) استبانة صالحة للتحليل، وأظهرت نتائج الدراسة أن متطلبات التعليم التقني المتمثلة في: “سياسات الكلية الداعمة للتعليم التقني “تتوفر بنسبة(65.66%)، بينما تتوافر “جودة مخرجات الكلية” بنسبة (61.82%)، أما “سياسات وزارة التربية والتعليم العالي” تتوفر بنسبة (59.82%)، وأوصت الدراسة بضرورة زيادة الجهود المبذولة من قبل الكلية لتعزيز التشبيك والشراكات مع مؤسسات التعليم التقني والجامعي والقطاع الخاص في استحداث وتطوير البرامج والتخصصات في الكلية بما يلبي الاحتياجات الفعلية لسوق العمل ويضمن توفير خريجين مهرة يساهمون في تطوير هذا السوق لتحسين مستوى الإنتاج الفلسطيني، والعمل على اعتماد وتطبيق معايير واضحة لتقييم جودة البرامج الأكاديمية، وفتح برامج وتخصصات نوعية تلبي حاجة سوق العمل تتميز بالمرونة والحداثة. الكلمات المفتاحية: التعليم التقني، سوق العمل الفلسطيني، كلية فلسطين التقنية Abstract The study aimed to examine the status quo of technical education requirements at Technical College of Palestine, which are necessary to serve the needs of the Palestinian labor market, Deir Al-Balah. The study used the descriptive analytical method. The population consisted of all the academic and administrative staff at the college. Random stratified sampling was utilized to select the study sample which consisted of (60) employees. The results of the study showed that the technical education requirements pertaining to the “College policies supporting technical education” are available with a percentage of (65.66%), those pertaining to the quality of the college outputs were available with a percentage of ” (61.82%), and the requirements related to the policies of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education were available with a percentage of (59.82%). The study recommended that the college should exert more efforts to enhance networking with technical institutions, universities, and the private sector to develop academic programs that meet the real needs of the labor market and to ensure the provision of skilled graduates who are capable of contributing to the improvement of the labor market. The college has also to adopt clear, flexible, and modern criteria for evaluating the quality of academic programs, opening new programs that serve the needs of the labor market. Keywords: Technical Education, Palestinian Labor Market, Palestine Technical College

scholarly journals Assessing Citizens’ Demands for Improving the Urban Environment

2018 ◽  
Vol 06 (01) ◽  
pp. 1850002
Author(s):  
Seyedeh-Samira SHAFIEE-MASULEH ◽  
Seyed Reza SHAFIEE MASOULEH
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
The Other ◽  
Convincing Argument ◽  
The Status ◽  
Development Plans ◽  
Convenience Sampling ◽  
Descriptive Survey

The main purpose of the research is to provide a better basis for programs seeking to promote responsible citizen participation in urban development plans and projects. The research is based on a survey of 400 citizens in Anzali, a city with a population of approximately 116,000. In the spring of 2014, data collection was carried out in seven streets functioning as geographical clusters. Survey respondents were selected using convenience sampling. This study is an applied and descriptive survey research. However, the researchers are not satisfied with mere expression of the opinions, demands and suggestions of citizens. They go further to interpret the data and explain and justify them. In order to do that, they provide a convincing argument through searching among the literature and theoretical discussions and make conclusions. The research reveals that if users are properly consulted about municipal decisions, plans and activities, they can make specific and meaningful suggestions for improving the quality of the spaces. On the other hand, the status quo must be changed in order to provide opportunities for place management. In this regard, people should be trained to nurture a sense of responsibility towards the place so that they can become managers of the place.

scholarly journals Ukrainian Issues in Geopolitical Thought of the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-39
Author(s):  
Jacek Reginia-Zacharski
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Relative Power ◽  
Late Autumn ◽  
Windows Of Opportunity ◽  
Russian State ◽  
The Status ◽  
History Of ◽  
First Time

Ukrainian lands in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries have been in proximity of great geopolitical changes several times. During that time the Ukrainian nation – due to various factors – encountered a number of “windows of opportunity” for achieving the realization of dreams about independence and national sovereignty. The author identified in the period considered four “general moments,” of which two have been completed successfully. The first of these occurred in 1990–1991, when for the first time in modern history, Ukrainians managed to achieve a lasting and relatively stable independence. The second of the “moments” – still unresolved – are events that began in the late autumn of 2013. The process, called “Revolution of Dignity”, represents a new quality in the history of the Ukrainian nation, therefore, that the Ukrainians have to defend the status quo (independence, territorial integrity, sovereignty, etc.) but not to seek to achieve an independent being. The analysis leads to the conclusion that the ability of Ukrainians to achieve and maintain independence is largely a function of the relative power of the Russian state as measured with respect to the shape and quality of international relations.

scholarly journals Analysis of the Status Quo of the Elderly’s Demands of medical and elderly care Combination in the Underdeveloped Regions of Western China and Its Influencing Factors: A Case Study of Lanzhou

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiancheng Wang ◽  
Yunhua Wang ◽  
Hui Cai ◽  
Juxia Zhang ◽  
Bei Pan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Medical Insurance ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Care Services ◽  
The Status ◽  
Demand Rate

Abstract Background: This study aims to analyze the current demand of senior citizen in Lanzhou, China for the combination of medical and elderly care services and identify the factors influencing their needs. Methods: 7500 participants aged 60 or above living in Lanzhou, China were recruited, a unified questionnaire concerning the elderly's demand of the service combining medical and elderly care has been adopted to conduct a survey on these subjects. The status quo of the demand of the service combining medical and elderly care and its influencing factors were analyzed with the single-factor Chi-square test and multi-factor binomial logistic regression method. Results: 3,772 of 7,320 seniors have the demand of the service combining medical and elderly care, accounting for 53.15%. Different genders, marital status, degree of education, occupation before retirement, number of children, monthly income, health self-assessment status, endowment insurance type, medical insurance type, current way of elderly nursing, old-age demands, self-care ability, and the knowledge of combining medical and elderly care, the willingness to pay for the combination of medical and elderly care have statistical significance (P＜0.05) with the elderly's needs of combination of medical and elderly care in Lanzhou, whereas different ages, living styles, and the prevalence rate of chronic diseases, have no statistical significance (P＞0.05) with the elderly's needs of combination of medical and elderly care in Lanzhou. The number of children, types of medical insurance, and willingness to pay for the combination of medical treatment and nursing are major influencing factors among complex factors influencing the elderly's demand of the service combining medical and elderly care in Lanzhou.Conclusions: The low knowledge rate and demand rate, the number of children, the type of medical insurance, and the willingness to pay the medical-nursing combination service for the elderly in Lanzhou have a great impact on the elderly's demand rate of combining medical and elderly care. Meanwhile, relevant government departments should focus more on the promotion of the endowment model of combining medical and elderly care and provide integrated medical care services by integrating multiple resources, and improving social security.

The status quo of China's contemporary college students' affective diathesis and its influencing factors

2017 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Jiamei LU ◽  
Wei LIU ◽  
Wen HE ◽  
Junshan WANG ◽  
Nianqu CHEN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
The Status

Social Media, who Cares? A Dialogue between a Millennial and a Curmudgeon

2019 ◽  
Vol 121 (14) ◽  
pp. 1-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth A. Frank ◽  
Kaitlin T. Torphy
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Group Meeting ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Status ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Data Artifact ◽  
Broad Understanding

This is a dialogue between a curmudgeon and a millennial regarding the import of social media for education and for educational research. The dialogue emerged out of conversations the authors have had with policy makers, researchers, and practitioners over the last three years regarding the impact of social media on education (see teachersinsocialmedia.org). It was presented in the context of Kenneth Frank's research group meeting January 4, 2018. The topics covered include a broad understanding about what social media are and how they relate to teaching and curriculum; understanding about social media as a data artifact; a discussion about how social media platforms shape the interactions of participants; the quality of resources available on social media; why teachers engage in using social media; the lack of research on social media; and how social media may give teachers more power relative to the status quo. We invite you to follow along as these topics emerge in the authentic flow of a conversation. There are opportunities for reader participation on Twitter.

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