A new general way for researching the Hawking effect in the spheri-cally symmetric or the plane-symmetric non-static space-times is proposed.The theoreticalfoundation of this way is laid.The Klein-Gordon equation must...A new general way for researching the Hawking effect in the spheri-cally symmetric or the plane-symmetric non-static space-times is proposed.The theoreticalfoundation of this way is laid.The Klein-Gordon equation must be reduced to the stand-ard form of wave equation near an event horizon when a generalized tortoise coordinateis adopted.Then,both the Hawking radiation temperature and the equation determining thelocation of the event horizon are obtained automatically.When the radiation is weak,thefirst approximation of our result is the same as the approximate result obtained with theradiation back-reaction method.展开更多
The charter that created the African Union came into effect in 2002. It is now 12 years in place but most Africans would not be sure whether they know the rationale and ultimate role of the AU in promoting good govern...The charter that created the African Union came into effect in 2002. It is now 12 years in place but most Africans would not be sure whether they know the rationale and ultimate role of the AU in promoting good governance, peace, security and progress on the continent. Annual summits take place in Addis Ababa, and several resolutions are taken, but it is though the respective heads of states just return to their colonially engineered states to resume business as usual. As a result, poverty, conflicts (both internal and regional), bad governance continue to plague the majority of the African countries with a few exceptions. Of late emerging economies such as China and India deal with Africa as if it were a one country--this could be the time for Africans to begin envisioning a new continental political architecture, with an African citizenship. The provisions of the African Union Charter are enshrined in the Constitutive Act, are summaries in Articles 3 and 4, that deal with objectives and principles. The objectives are (Desta, 2013, pp. 160-161): (1) Achieve greater unity and solidarity between the African countries and peoples of Africa; (2) Defend the sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of its member states; (3) Accelerate the political and social-economic integration of the continent; (4) Promote and defend African common positions on issues of interest to the continent and its peoples; (5) Encourage intemational cooperation, taking due account of the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; (6) Promote, peace, security and stability of the continent; (7) Promote democratic principles and institutions, popular participation and good governance; (8) Promote and protect human and people's rights in accordance with the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights and other relevant human rights instruments; (9) Establish the necessary conditions which enable the continent to play its rightful role in the global economy and in international negotiations; (10) Promote sustainable development at the economic. Social and cultural levels as well as the integration of African economies; (11) Promote co-operation in all fields of human activity to raise the living standards of African peoples; (12) Coordinate and harmonize the policies between the existing and future Regional Economic Communities for the gradual attainment of the objectives of the Union; (13) Advance the development of the continent by promoting research in all fields, in particular in science and technology; (14) Work with relevant international partners in the eradication of preventable diseases and the promotion of good health on the continent. The principles of the AU Constitutive Act are (Ibid. 162-163): (1) Sovereign equality and interdependence among Member Sates of the Union; (2) Respect for borders existing on achievement of independence; (3) Participation of the African peoples in the activities of the Union; (4) Establishment of a common defense policy for the African Continent; (5) Peaceful resolution of conflicts among Member States of the Union through such appropriate means as may be decided upon by the Assembly; (6) Prohibition of the use of force or threat to use force among Member States of the Union; (7) Non-interference by any Member State in the internal affairs of another; (8) The right of the Union to intervene in aMember State pursuant to a decision of the Assembly in respect of grave circumstances, namely: war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity; (9) Peaceful co-existence of Member States and their right to live in peace and security; (10) The right of Member States to request intervention from the Union in order to restore peace and security; (11) Promotion of self-reliance within the framework of the Union; (12) Promotion of gender equality; m. Respect for democratic principles, human rights, rule of law and good governance; (13) Promotion of social justice to ensure balanced economic development; (14) Respect for the sanctity of human life, condemnation and rejection of impunity and political assassination, acts of terrorism and subversive activities; (15) Condemnation and rejection of unconstitutional changes of governments. While there is mention of participation of African peoples in the activities of the Union as principle (c) and objective (g), there is no explicit mention of civil society organizations (media, faith-based organizations, and NGOs) as principle actors in implementing the objectives of the Union. I want to argue that the failure of the respective African states to eradicate poverty, end armed conflicts, and address governance issues is caused by lack of a common regional integration model that takes an African Union citizenship seriously, but at the same time respecting the role of civil society and faith-based organizations, that predate the state in Africa. It is evident that Afi'ican Unity (AU) and sub-regional integration groups such as East African Community (EAC), Southern African Development Community (SADC), Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS), as well the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), are designed and operationalized from a statist political philosophical framework. Moreover, since the African states are largely contested as a colonial creation, the AU cannot successfully implement the institution of an African citizenship without acknowledging the role of and giving space to non-state actors in AU and other regional integration models and initiatives. This paradigm shift will require rethinking the relationship between the state and non-state actors in Africa.展开更多
Background:Delivering Reproductive Health Results(DRHR)programme used social franchising(SF)and social marketing(SM)approaches to increase the supply of high quality family planning services in underserved areas of Pa...Background:Delivering Reproductive Health Results(DRHR)programme used social franchising(SF)and social marketing(SM)approaches to increase the supply of high quality family planning services in underserved areas of Pakistan.We assessed the costs,cost-efficiency and cost-effectiveness of DRHR to understand the value for money of these approaches.Methods:Financial and economic programme costs were calculated.Costs to individual users were captured in a pre-post survey.The cost per couple years of protection(CYP)and cost per new user were estimated as indicators of cost efficiency.For the cost-effectiveness analysis we estimated the cost per clinical outcome averted and the cost per disability-adjusted life year(DALY)averted.Results:Approximately£20 million were spent through the DRHR programme between July 2012 and September 2015 on commodities and services representing nearly four million CYPs.Based on programme data,the cumulative cost-efficiency of the entire DRHR programme was£4.8 per CYP.DRHR activities would avert one DALY at the cost of£20.Financial access indicators generally improved in programme areas,but the magnitude of progress varies across indicators.Conclusions:The SF and SM approaches adopted in DRHR appear to be cost effective relative to comparable reproductive health programmes.This paper adds to the limited evidence on the cost-effectiveness of different models of reproductive health care provision in low-and middle-income settings.Further studies are needed to nuance the understanding of the determinants of impact and value for money of SF and SM.展开更多
This paper endeavours to elucidate the intricacies of Palestinian Paradiplomacy,focusing in the political impetus pioneered by its principle actors,namely the Palestine Liberation Organisation(PLO)and subsequently,the...This paper endeavours to elucidate the intricacies of Palestinian Paradiplomacy,focusing in the political impetus pioneered by its principle actors,namely the Palestine Liberation Organisation(PLO)and subsequently,the establishment of the Palestinian National Authority(PNA).Additionally,attention will be directed towards the creation of the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs(PMOFA)and its subsidiary,the Palestinian International Cooperation Agency(PICA),albeit briefly discussed.Drawing inspiration from Alexander S.Kuznetsov’s seminal work“Theory and Practice of Paradiplomacy:Subnational Governments in International Affairs”(2015),this paper tries to scrutinize the trajectory of Palestinian paradiplomacy and its evolutionary course over time.When it comes to activity and growth,Palestinian paradiplomacy has a unique profile.The way in which topics pertaining to nations are not yet recognized has a great deal of bearing on current discussions and academic research about urgent political concerns like the right to self-determination and human rights.The analysis of de facto states via the prism of paradiplomacy naturally arises from the dominant state recognition procedures in international politics.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
文摘A new general way for researching the Hawking effect in the spheri-cally symmetric or the plane-symmetric non-static space-times is proposed.The theoreticalfoundation of this way is laid.The Klein-Gordon equation must be reduced to the stand-ard form of wave equation near an event horizon when a generalized tortoise coordinateis adopted.Then,both the Hawking radiation temperature and the equation determining thelocation of the event horizon are obtained automatically.When the radiation is weak,thefirst approximation of our result is the same as the approximate result obtained with theradiation back-reaction method.
文摘The charter that created the African Union came into effect in 2002. It is now 12 years in place but most Africans would not be sure whether they know the rationale and ultimate role of the AU in promoting good governance, peace, security and progress on the continent. Annual summits take place in Addis Ababa, and several resolutions are taken, but it is though the respective heads of states just return to their colonially engineered states to resume business as usual. As a result, poverty, conflicts (both internal and regional), bad governance continue to plague the majority of the African countries with a few exceptions. Of late emerging economies such as China and India deal with Africa as if it were a one country--this could be the time for Africans to begin envisioning a new continental political architecture, with an African citizenship. The provisions of the African Union Charter are enshrined in the Constitutive Act, are summaries in Articles 3 and 4, that deal with objectives and principles. The objectives are (Desta, 2013, pp. 160-161): (1) Achieve greater unity and solidarity between the African countries and peoples of Africa; (2) Defend the sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of its member states; (3) Accelerate the political and social-economic integration of the continent; (4) Promote and defend African common positions on issues of interest to the continent and its peoples; (5) Encourage intemational cooperation, taking due account of the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; (6) Promote, peace, security and stability of the continent; (7) Promote democratic principles and institutions, popular participation and good governance; (8) Promote and protect human and people's rights in accordance with the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights and other relevant human rights instruments; (9) Establish the necessary conditions which enable the continent to play its rightful role in the global economy and in international negotiations; (10) Promote sustainable development at the economic. Social and cultural levels as well as the integration of African economies; (11) Promote co-operation in all fields of human activity to raise the living standards of African peoples; (12) Coordinate and harmonize the policies between the existing and future Regional Economic Communities for the gradual attainment of the objectives of the Union; (13) Advance the development of the continent by promoting research in all fields, in particular in science and technology; (14) Work with relevant international partners in the eradication of preventable diseases and the promotion of good health on the continent. The principles of the AU Constitutive Act are (Ibid. 162-163): (1) Sovereign equality and interdependence among Member Sates of the Union; (2) Respect for borders existing on achievement of independence; (3) Participation of the African peoples in the activities of the Union; (4) Establishment of a common defense policy for the African Continent; (5) Peaceful resolution of conflicts among Member States of the Union through such appropriate means as may be decided upon by the Assembly; (6) Prohibition of the use of force or threat to use force among Member States of the Union; (7) Non-interference by any Member State in the internal affairs of another; (8) The right of the Union to intervene in aMember State pursuant to a decision of the Assembly in respect of grave circumstances, namely: war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity; (9) Peaceful co-existence of Member States and their right to live in peace and security; (10) The right of Member States to request intervention from the Union in order to restore peace and security; (11) Promotion of self-reliance within the framework of the Union; (12) Promotion of gender equality; m. Respect for democratic principles, human rights, rule of law and good governance; (13) Promotion of social justice to ensure balanced economic development; (14) Respect for the sanctity of human life, condemnation and rejection of impunity and political assassination, acts of terrorism and subversive activities; (15) Condemnation and rejection of unconstitutional changes of governments. While there is mention of participation of African peoples in the activities of the Union as principle (c) and objective (g), there is no explicit mention of civil society organizations (media, faith-based organizations, and NGOs) as principle actors in implementing the objectives of the Union. I want to argue that the failure of the respective African states to eradicate poverty, end armed conflicts, and address governance issues is caused by lack of a common regional integration model that takes an African Union citizenship seriously, but at the same time respecting the role of civil society and faith-based organizations, that predate the state in Africa. It is evident that Afi'ican Unity (AU) and sub-regional integration groups such as East African Community (EAC), Southern African Development Community (SADC), Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS), as well the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), are designed and operationalized from a statist political philosophical framework. Moreover, since the African states are largely contested as a colonial creation, the AU cannot successfully implement the institution of an African citizenship without acknowledging the role of and giving space to non-state actors in AU and other regional integration models and initiatives. This paradigm shift will require rethinking the relationship between the state and non-state actors in Africa.
文摘Background:Delivering Reproductive Health Results(DRHR)programme used social franchising(SF)and social marketing(SM)approaches to increase the supply of high quality family planning services in underserved areas of Pakistan.We assessed the costs,cost-efficiency and cost-effectiveness of DRHR to understand the value for money of these approaches.Methods:Financial and economic programme costs were calculated.Costs to individual users were captured in a pre-post survey.The cost per couple years of protection(CYP)and cost per new user were estimated as indicators of cost efficiency.For the cost-effectiveness analysis we estimated the cost per clinical outcome averted and the cost per disability-adjusted life year(DALY)averted.Results:Approximately£20 million were spent through the DRHR programme between July 2012 and September 2015 on commodities and services representing nearly four million CYPs.Based on programme data,the cumulative cost-efficiency of the entire DRHR programme was£4.8 per CYP.DRHR activities would avert one DALY at the cost of£20.Financial access indicators generally improved in programme areas,but the magnitude of progress varies across indicators.Conclusions:The SF and SM approaches adopted in DRHR appear to be cost effective relative to comparable reproductive health programmes.This paper adds to the limited evidence on the cost-effectiveness of different models of reproductive health care provision in low-and middle-income settings.Further studies are needed to nuance the understanding of the determinants of impact and value for money of SF and SM.
文摘This paper endeavours to elucidate the intricacies of Palestinian Paradiplomacy,focusing in the political impetus pioneered by its principle actors,namely the Palestine Liberation Organisation(PLO)and subsequently,the establishment of the Palestinian National Authority(PNA).Additionally,attention will be directed towards the creation of the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs(PMOFA)and its subsidiary,the Palestinian International Cooperation Agency(PICA),albeit briefly discussed.Drawing inspiration from Alexander S.Kuznetsov’s seminal work“Theory and Practice of Paradiplomacy:Subnational Governments in International Affairs”(2015),this paper tries to scrutinize the trajectory of Palestinian paradiplomacy and its evolutionary course over time.When it comes to activity and growth,Palestinian paradiplomacy has a unique profile.The way in which topics pertaining to nations are not yet recognized has a great deal of bearing on current discussions and academic research about urgent political concerns like the right to self-determination and human rights.The analysis of de facto states via the prism of paradiplomacy naturally arises from the dominant state recognition procedures in international politics.