Recruiting older adults as participants in applied social research: Applying and evaluating approaches from clinical studies

While issues of recruiting older persons in clinical trials are well known, efficacious strategies in the recruitment process in applied social research are less explored. As more research becomes community-based, it is useful to see, if effective clinical-trial recruitment strategies can be applied to social and applied research studies. The goal of this article is to examine clinical recruitment strategies used with older adults (e.g. print and electronic advertising, referrals, and community-partnered approaches) in applied social research studies and to illustrate issues arising from the use of each recruitment approach with older adults in real-life settings. Experiences from four community-based, social research studies are included to show how some of the most successful clinical recruitment strategies fare in social gerontological studies. Specific guidelines are provided about how recruitment strategies can aid in future study planning and improved recruitment of older participants in social research.     

‘It's more flexible’: persistence of women engineers in the academy

The under-representation of women in engineering is an issue of concern for policy-makers. While much of the existing literature has focussed on understanding reasons for women's under-representation in engineering and related technical fields, there is a paucity of research that examines why women who are already in engineering persist. This study aims to answer the question, why do women engineers in academe persist in a discipline that is generally perceived to be inhospitable to women. Three main challenges, namely gender discrimination, lack of institutional and disciplinary support, and the rigid nature of the workplace, emerged as key impediments to women engineers in the private sector. In contrast, women engineers in the academy identified the flexibility offered by academic environments, the presence of personal support networks, and a passion for teaching and students as critical factors that influenced their decision to remain in academia.     

Creating a learner-centered teaching environment using student choice in assignments

Learner-centered teaching (LCT) has been found to be a more effective pedagogy for online students, as traditional teaching methods do not work well in online courses. Professors in an upper-level technology management class revised their online introductory course to incorporate cafeteria-style grading. This LCT approach allowed students to select assignments they wanted to complete. More assignments were offered than needed to achieve an A grade. They included traditional projects such as research papers as well as more engaged activities such as demonstrating or mastering skills. To determine whether these changes promoted active learning, course data were obtained and analyzed. Students completed a range of assignments, showed mastery on a number of skills, and were overwhelmingly positive about having flexible options. Tellingly, 36% of students completed more assignments than were needed to earn the top grade.     

我国高校接受校友捐赠差异研究

近年来,校友捐赠已成为我国高校办学经费的重要来源.目前,我国高校接受校友捐赠存在多方面差异,主要表现为区域差异、校际差异、捐赠类别差异等;而影响我国校友捐赠差异的主要有经济社会、高校自身以及校友等诸多因素;因此需要从国家支持教育捐赠、淡化高校行政级别、高校加强校友捐赠管理等方面,努力提高我国高校校友捐赠整体水平.     

The disposition of concern: an exploration into the affects of the power-knowledge dynamics uncovered during research into pupils’ perceptions of terrorism

In recent years, counter-terrorism measures have become incorporated into the UK education system, with the latest 2015 Counter-Terrorism and Security Act expanding on previous government policy by making it mandatory for schools to be actively involved with counter-terrorism measures [Clause 21, H.M. Government 2015. Counter-Terrorism and Security Act. London: Crown Copyright, 18]. However, during my research into pupils’ perceptions of terrorism, I discovered that conducting such discussions within the classroom setting were restricted from the outset. These findings are useful in demonstrating the difficulties facing those expected to deliver government policy and highlight how education researchers (and teachers) need to be aware of certain considerations prior to engaging in such sensitive subject matter with young people. This article provides an overview of my findings in this regard and demonstrates the complexities associated with discussing the topic of terrorism, in particular it’s relationship with religion, within schools. By using Foucault’s philosophical insights into power-knowledge [[1975] 1991. Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison. London: Penguin] to analyse this data, I discovered a common trait, which I categorized as ‘the disposition of concern’, that affected and restricted the scope of such discussions.     

论"流程型"产业"产"、"学"合作的模式架构

基于国内外相关理论的研究和我国客观现实的需要,在对构建产学合作制度化联合创新组织进行理论透析的基础上,提出“流程型”产业资源共享的信息化、虚拟型、制度化的联合创新组织模式架构。并就创新投入、创新资源、创新产权、创新组织的制度安排作出框架性的设计。     

国外思想库的知识管理

目前关于“知识管理”的讨论，主要集中在企业领域，即集中在企业知识管理和建立知识型企业的问题上。其实，在“知识管理”的概念产生以前，知识管理活动和知识型组织就早已出现。战后在西方发达国家产生的思想库，就是一种典型的知识型组织。本文从知识过程管理、知识成果管理、知识者管理和知识资源环境管理四个角度对国外著名思想库的知识管理活动作了一个初步的考察。     

电感耦合等离子体-原子发射光谱法测定不锈钢材料中钴、铜、钒

应用电感耦合等离子体-原子发射光谱法（ICP-AES）对测定不锈钢材料中钴、铜、钒三种元素进行了试验研究。取样量为2.0mg/mL时,测定范围在125—2000μg/g之间,相对标准偏差（RSD,n=6）在1.8%—6.7%之间。     

关于我国外汇市场主要汇率的协整分析

自1973年布雷顿森林体系崩溃以来，世界外汇市场的汇率就表现出巨幅而且频繁波动的特征。由于外汇市场风险极大，因而要捕捉到汇率运动的规律就十分困难。目前，几家中国的商业银行推出了个人外汇买卖业务。本文着重对几种汇率之间的协整关系进行实证分析，以期发现它们之间是否存在长期的稳定的关系。其结果将有助于投资者制定决策并且有效地规避风险。     

科技型中小企业技术管理能力的动态演化研究

本文从动态资源观的视角探讨了科技型中小企业(TBSMEs)在资源搜索、资源匹配以及资源整合的过程中,分析了其技术管理能力的结构性内涵及其动态演化过程。选取浙江省298家科技型中小企业为研究对象,采用探索性因子分析与验证性因子分析相结合的研究方法验证了TBSMEs技术管理能力主要分阶段体现为技术识别能力、技术迁移能力和技术加工能力等方面,且技术加工能力对TBSMEs的突破性创新绩效影响最大,技术识别能力和技术迁移能力次之。最后针对TBSMEs技术管理能力提升提出理论建议和决策参考。