The Prognosis in Drug Addiction

1962 ◽  
Vol 108 (455) ◽  
pp. 411-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
John A. Clark
Keyword(s):  
Drug Addiction ◽  
Direct Result ◽  
Considerable Proportion ◽  
Fort Worth ◽  
The Public ◽  
Psychological Mechanisms ◽  
The Past ◽  
Limited Degree ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Legislative Measures

The problem of drug addiction is numerically a relatively minor one in this country at the present time, although the effects on the patients concerned, particularly as a considerable proportion belong to the medical and allied professions, are profound. The Interdepartmental Committee on Drug Addiction in its Report (1961) attributed our relative freedom from the problem largely to the present attitude of the public towards drugs and to the systematic enforcement of the current Dangerous Drugs legislation. In the U.S.A., on the other hand, drug addiction is a matter of national concern and there the hand of the physician treating drug addiction is controlled by Federal legislation. Tremendous efforts have been made, with only a limited degree of success, to diminish its incidence particularly during the past twenty years. Legislative measures, notably the Harrison Act of 1914, have been introduced; national committees have been set up to discuss the problem; and two hospitals (Lexington, in Kentucky, and Fort Worth) both entirely devoted to the treatment of drug addiction, have been established. As a direct result of these efforts a considerable amount of valuable information concerning drug addiction has become available, particularly as a result of the work of Isbell and his colleagues at Lexington Hospital. The addictive properties of new preparations have been assessed; the metabolic, pharmacological and biochemical aspects of drug addiction have been investigated, and research into the psychological mechanisms underlying drug addiction has been carried out.

scholarly journals Selected facets of the fishing industry (early 1963)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Ewen Bruce Macpherson McCann
Keyword(s):  
Economic Research ◽  
Export Trade ◽  
Commercial Fishery ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
Intervention Price ◽  
Optimum Scale ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Cost

<p>Consumer demand, retail distribution and the export trade are important aspects of the New Zealand Commercial Fishery which are outside the specific boundaries of this enquiry. It is a study in government intervention, price negotiation and supply. In analysing these three facets of the industry it was impossible to ignore the other three so they have been treated incidentally where a discussion of them was necessary to understand the central theme. There is scope for additional research into each of the above topics, perhaps more especially into administrative decision making when non economic objectives are involved and also into the optimum scale of plant given the cost conditions that apply to the industry. However, it is hoped that this essay goes part of the way towards meeting the need for fundamental economic research into an industry which periodically attracts the attention of the public, policy makers and Government. Parliament has set up three committees in the past twenty-six years to examine the industry.</p>

scholarly journals Public-Private Partnership: Toward More Effective International Development Cooperation

2019 ◽  
Vol 05 (04) ◽  
pp. 533-555
Author(s):  
Jiang Lu ◽  
Wu Zetao
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Public Private Partnership ◽  
Development Cooperation ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
Set Up ◽  
International Development Cooperation

In the 21st century, the traditional model of official development assistance (ODA) promoted by developed countries is faced with many challenges. One of them is the emergence of the “public-private partnership (PPP)” model for international development cooperation (IDC), which has become increasingly popular among developed countries and international organizations over the past decade. This article explores the origin, meaning, and mechanism of the PPP model, and discusses the major obstacles it encounters in practice. The article also compares PPP with China’s “development package” model, and puts forward some policy recommendations on China’s participation in IDC. Although China is a pioneer in carrying out public-private cooperation in international development, it needs to fully reflect on its experience, so as to formulate clearer guiding principles and management rules on public-private cooperation. It is also imperative for the country to set up relevant institutions and mechanisms to promote PPP practices.

scholarly journals Selected facets of the fishing industry (early 1963)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Ewen Bruce Macpherson McCann
Keyword(s):  
Economic Research ◽  
Export Trade ◽  
Commercial Fishery ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
Intervention Price ◽  
Optimum Scale ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Cost

<p>Consumer demand, retail distribution and the export trade are important aspects of the New Zealand Commercial Fishery which are outside the specific boundaries of this enquiry. It is a study in government intervention, price negotiation and supply. In analysing these three facets of the industry it was impossible to ignore the other three so they have been treated incidentally where a discussion of them was necessary to understand the central theme. There is scope for additional research into each of the above topics, perhaps more especially into administrative decision making when non economic objectives are involved and also into the optimum scale of plant given the cost conditions that apply to the industry. However, it is hoped that this essay goes part of the way towards meeting the need for fundamental economic research into an industry which periodically attracts the attention of the public, policy makers and Government. Parliament has set up three committees in the past twenty-six years to examine the industry.</p>

scholarly journals The CRTC’s Market-driven De-regulation of Canadian television

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-11
Author(s):  
Zoe Druick
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
The United States ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Direct Result ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
The North ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Market Driven ◽  
The Impact

Over the past twenty years, the Canadian television landscape has come to increasingly resemble the market-driven television of the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia, to name only the other major English-language industries. Sports, reality TV, and sci-fi drama dominate, and the public elements of the system are increasingly under siege. How did this happen? A look back over the decisions of the past two decades makes it apparent that Canada’s regulatory agency the CRTC has repeatedly enabled the system we now see. These changes are the direct result of NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Deal, signed in 1994), which drastically altered the cultural industries in Canada and led to an entrepreneurial approach to television. Since then, there has been a concerted shift toward an export-oriented industry, provoking a new emphasis on the global trade of cultural products (Edwardson 2008). In effect, even before the impact of the Internet, as the cable dial expanded, and sponsorship was diluted, production costs were pushed down and new, cheaper formats were created. At the same time, ownership became more consolidated and the telecommunication industry merged with the broadcast industry hoping to cash in on the promises of digital and wireless technologies. The CRTC enabled these shifts with the stated intention of increasing Canadian television’s competitiveness at an international level (CRTC 1999).

How biotechnology companies respond to bioethical issues

10.5912/jcb22 ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Makina Kato ◽  
Darryl Macer
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Ethics Committees ◽  
International Organisations ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
Bioethical Issues ◽  
Biotechnology Companies ◽  
The Media ◽  
Set Up

This paper presents the main findings of a research project that investigated how biotechnology companies in different countries address bioethical issues. The study comprised a questionnaire survey and a series of interviews with international organisations and academics in Japan, Europe and North America. While the research clearly indicated that a number of companies expected to have to address bioethical issues in the future, the results also demonstrated that there was a hesitance to admit that bioethical issues had caused problems in the past. The findings also established that companies responded to bioethical issues in different ways and some of the larger organisations were found to set up ethics committees and educate their employees more effectively on bioethical issues. The respondents were also concerned by the biased or distorted view provided by the media and felt it was important that objective information on this area was provided to the public.

scholarly journals Digitalization of the Awarding Process in Bulgaria During a Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-23
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Legislative Measures

The spread of COVID-19 in the past year has posed a serious challenge to state economies. The pandemic had an impact on the management and economy of developing countries and transition countries, which required the reorganization of management methods and increased use of information and communication technologies in everyday life. This complex and unexpected environment has altered the way the public administration works, which reflects on the business as well. Bulgaria was not isolated from the effect and took measures, including legislative measures to deal with the situation. In parallel with these processes, a serious reform in the “Public Procurement” sector was carried out in Bulgaria related to the digitalization of the awarding process. Digitalization has led to streamlining the process of conducting public procurement procedures and has enabled its effectiveness to be improved.

The Suffering of the Perpetrators: The Ethics of Traumatic German Historicity in Karen Bass's Young Adult World War II Novels

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-77
Author(s):  
Doris Wolf
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Childhood Studies ◽  
Historical Narratives ◽  
World War ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
Adult World ◽  
The Public Sphere

This paper examines two young adult novels, Run Like Jäger (2008) and Summer of Fire (2009), by Canadian writer Karen Bass, which centre on the experiences of so-called ordinary German teenagers in World War II. Although guilt and perpetration are themes addressed in these books, their focus is primarily on the ways in which Germans suffered at the hands of the Allied forces. These books thus participate in the increasingly widespread but still controversial subject of the suffering of the perpetrators. Bringing work in childhood studies to bear on contemporary representations of German wartime suffering in the public sphere, I explore how Bass's novels, through the liminal figure of the adolescent, participate in a culture of self-victimisation that downplays guilt rather than more ethically contextualises suffering within guilt. These historical narratives are framed by contemporary narratives which centre on troubled teen protagonists who need the stories of the past for their own individualisation in the present. In their evacuation of crucial historical contexts, both Run Like Jäger and Summer of Fire support optimistic and gendered narratives of individualism that ultimately refuse complicated understandings of adolescent agency in the past or present.

The End of History Museums: What's Plan B??

2008 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 9-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cary Carson
Keyword(s):  
Historic Sites ◽  
The Public ◽  
End Of History ◽  
House Museums ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Museums ◽  
Plan B ◽  
The End Of History ◽  
The Way

Abstract Are historic sites and house museums destined to go the way of Oldsmobiles and floppy disks?? Visitation has trended downwards for thirty years. Theories abound, but no one really knows why. To launch a discussion of the problem in the pages of The Public Historian, Cary Carson cautions against the pessimistic view that the past is simply passéé. Instead he offers a ““Plan B”” that takes account of the new way that learners today organize information to make history meaningful.

E-Projects Challenges in India – Role of Human Resource Management and Technology

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. 263
Author(s):  
Ramnik Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Government Services ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Government ◽  
Traditional Approaches

E-governance is a paradigm shift over the traditional approaches in Public Administration which means rendering of government services and information to the public by using electronic means. In the past decades, service quality and responsiveness of the government towards the citizens were least important but with the approach of E-Government the government activities are now well dealt. This paper withdraws experiences from various studies from different countries and projects facing similar challenges which need to be consigned for the successful implementation of e-governance projects. Developing countries like India face poverty and illiteracy as a major obstacle in any form of development which makes it difficult for its government to provide e-services to its people conveniently and fast. It also suggests few suggestions to cope up with the challenges faced while implementing e-projects in India.

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