scholarly journals Research on the Effectiveness of Chinese Graduate Funding Policy Based on Degree Type

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cui Shiyu
Keyword(s):  
Funding Policy ◽  
Degree Type

Clinical governance in Australia

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allan D Spigelman ◽  
Shane Rendalls
Keyword(s):  
Web Sites ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Service Level ◽  
Clinical Governance ◽  
Success Factor ◽  
Quality And Safety ◽  
Funding Policy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Health Service Providers ◽  
Governance Systems

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to overview, background and context to clinical governance in Australia, areas for further development and potential learnings for other jurisdictions. Design/methodology/approach – Commentary; non-systematic review of clinical governance literature; review of web sites for national, state and territory health departments, quality and safety organisations, and clinical colleges in Australia. Findings – Clinical governance in Australia shows variation across jurisdictions, reflective of a fragmented health system with responsibility for funding, policy and service provision being divided between levels of government and across service streams. The mechanisms in place to protect and engage with consumers thus varies according to where one lives. Information on quality and safety outcomes also varies; is difficult to find and often does not drill down to a service level useful for informing consumer treatment decisions. Organisational stability was identified as a key success factor in realising and maintaining the cultural shift to deliver ongoing quality. Research limitations/implications – Comparison of quality indicators with clinical governance systems and processes at a hospital level will provide a more detailed understanding of components most influencing quality outcomes. Practical implications – The information reported will assist health service providers to improve information and processes to engage with consumers and build further transparency and accountability. Originality/value – In this paper the authors have included an in depth profile of the background and context for the current state of clinical governance in Australia. The authors expect the detail provided will be of use to the international reader unfamiliar with the nuances of the Australian Healthcare System. Other studies (e.g. Russell and Dawda, 2013; Phillips et al., n.d.) have been based on deep professional understanding of clinical governance in appraising and reporting on initaitives and structures. This review has utilised resources available to an informed consumer seeking to understand the quality and safety of health services.

scholarly journals Effects of Funding Policy Changes and Health Warnings on the Use of Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew A. Weir ◽  
Tara Gomes ◽  
Eric Winquist ◽  
David N. Juurlink ◽  
Meaghan S. Cuerden ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Effective Means ◽  
Funding Policy ◽  
Health Warnings ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Erythropoiesis Stimulating Agents ◽  
Patients With Cancer

Formulary access and safety warnings had significant impacts on the new use of ESAs in patients with cancer, suggesting that both are effective means of influencing the use of these drugs.

Whose money matters in public education: A “public” good that parents purchase

2021 ◽  
pp. 147821032110343
Author(s):  
Eunju Kang
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Public Education ◽  
School Districts ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
New York State ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Education Funding ◽  
Funding Policy ◽  
State And Local

Instead of asking whether money matters, this paper questions whose money matters in public education. Previous literature on education funding uses an aggregate expenditure per pupil to measure the relationship between education funding and academic performance. Federalism creates mainly three levels of funding sources: federal, state, and local governments. Examining New York State school districts, most equitably funded across school districts among the 50 states, this paper shows that neither federal nor state funds are positively correlated with graduation rates. Only local revenues for school districts indicate a strong positive impact. Parents’ money matters. This finding contributes to a contentious discourse on education funding policy in the governments, courts, and academia with respect to education funding and inequality in American public schools.

scholarly journals A multiscale approach to balance trade-offs among dam infrastructure, river restoration, and cost

2018 ◽  
Vol 115 (47) ◽  
pp. 12069-12074 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel G. Roy ◽  
Emi Uchida ◽  
Simone P. de Souza ◽  
Ben Blachly ◽  
Emma Fox ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New England ◽  
River Restoration ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Dam Removal ◽  
The United States ◽  
Multiscale Approach ◽  
Funding Policy ◽  
Net Benefit ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Aging Infrastructure

Aging infrastructure and growing interests in river restoration have led to a substantial rise in dam removals in the United States. However, the decision to remove a dam involves many complex trade-offs. The benefits of dam removal for hazard reduction and ecological restoration are potentially offset by the loss of hydroelectricity production, water supply, and other important services. We use a multiobjective approach to examine a wide array of trade-offs and synergies involved with strategic dam removal at three spatial scales in New England. We find that increasing the scale of decision-making improves the efficiency of trade-offs among ecosystem services, river safety, and economic costs resulting from dam removal, but this may lead to heterogeneous and less equitable local-scale outcomes. Our model may help facilitate multilateral funding, policy, and stakeholder agreements by analyzing the trade-offs of coordinated dam decisions, including net benefit alternatives to dam removal, at scales that satisfy these agreements.

A Proposed Experiment Using a Sphere with an Eccentric Cavity for Hypothetical Long-Range Interactions

1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (08) ◽  
pp. 1465-1482 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. L. Klimchitskaya ◽  
V. M. Mostepanenko ◽  
C. Romero ◽  
Ye. P. Krivtsov ◽  
A. Ye. Sinelnikov
Keyword(s):  
Long Range ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Experimental Setup ◽  
Interaction Range ◽  
Steel Sphere ◽  
Long Range Interactions ◽  
Torsional Pendulum ◽  
Additional Interaction ◽  
Homogeneous Gravitational Field ◽  
Degree Type

The constraints are examined which may be obtained for the parameters of long-range hypothetical interactions by the use of the precise experimental setup created originally for the calibration of accelerometers. This setup includes the large rotating steel sphere with a nonconcentric spherical cavity in which the strictly homogeneous gravitational field arises. The field of additional interaction produced by the atoms of the sphere, however, is not homogeneous. The essential features required of the detector of additional interaction which is the torsional pendulum of high sensitivity are discussed. Both the cases of the Yukawa-type and degree-type hypothetical interactions are investigated. It is shown that the known-to-date constraints for Yukawa-type interactions may be strengthened by a factor of 400 in the appropriate interaction range. For the degree-type hypothetical forces decreasing with distance as r-3, r-4 and r-5 correspondingly the known constraints may be strengthened by the factors of 90, 35 and 20. The conclusion is made that with the use of the specially created related setup it will be conceivable to strengthen the constraints for Yukawa-type interactions up to 4500 times over a wide interaction range.

Scientific advice seen from the perspective of a minister of science

1993 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-9
Author(s):  
Heinz Riesenhuber
Keyword(s):  
Final Outcome ◽  
Scientific Advice ◽  
Funding Policy ◽  
Science Funding ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Way

Thea purpose of science funding policy is to pave the way into new territory without knowing the final outcome to be expected. This needs the input of a wide range of scientific advice in response to well defined questions. There must be a serious intention to listen and if possible act on such advice.

scholarly journals Creating World-Class Universities in Japan: Policy and Initiatives

2008 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 629-640 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Oba
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Reform ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Higher Education Reform ◽  
Develop World ◽  
Funding Policy ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
World Class ◽  
The Government ◽  
World Class Universities

For a very long time the Japanese government concentrated its higher education investment on a handful of national institutions, until the policy came to be called into question in the late 1980s in the face of globalisation and other factors. Higher education reform was significantly accelerated in the 1990s: the government has continuously deregulated the higher education system including the incorporation of national universities, and has brought more and more competition through diverse competitive funding schemes. Some policies – not only higher education policies but also science and technology ones – were explicitly designed to develop ‘world-class’ education and research centres, such as the 21st COE programme. This article suggests that although a funding policy based on competition, with a strict evaluation, seems to be a move in the right direction, a right balance of budget allocation between competitive funds and basic education-research funds should be sought. Furthermore, the programmes of the government have to be offered in a more consistent manner, and more concerted and integrated efforts will be required, to address the critical problem of building world-class universities.

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