新的一天

Is it morning already?I rub my eyes and get up to ready myself for just another day.It's just another day….I look out my window to see the sun beaming down,caressing(爱抚)the Earth with its golden rays.Above,white clouds float in the brilliant blue sky.I hear a cardinalsinging to his mate as he perches upon my back fence.And a bed of crocus open their purpleheads to the heavens in joyful thankfulness.     

Standing on the Shoulders of Libraries: A Holistic and Rhetorical Approach to Teaching Google Scholar

ABSTRACT

In order to understand better and explain the practices of Google Scholar, this essay takes a rhetorical and holistic look at the search technology, language, and sociopolitical implications of the Google Scholar interface as well as the connection between Google Scholar and the actions of the Google Corporation. The relationship between Google Scholar and the academic library is also explored. In addition, the essay offers ways to encourage students to undertake this kind of critique in the information literacy classroom.     

慢性丙型肝炎患者的血清维生素D与严重肝纤维化相关性研究:系统性的荟萃分析(英文)

研究目的:利用meta分析方法来探索慢性丙型肝炎患者低血清维生素D水平与严重肝纤维化相关性。创新要点:丙型病毒性肝炎病人的低血清维生素D水平与严重肝纤维化并不一定有相关性。研究方法:结合已发表的临床研究数据,采用荟萃分析方法,定量分析低血清维生素D水平与慢性丙型肝炎患者严重肝纤维化相关性(图2;表2)。重要结论:此荟萃分析对于认识丙型肝炎病人低血清维生素D水平与肝纤维化严重程度的相关性有重要意义,对未来相关临床研究具有指导意义。     

Association between serum vitamin D and severity of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C patients: a systematic meta-analysis

To conduct a systematic review of group studies assessing the association of serum vitamin D status with the severity of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C patients using meta-analysis. The relevant research literatures were identified by searching PubMed and EMBASE databases prior to October 2013 with no restrictions. We included group studies that reported odds ratio (OR) estimates with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) or a mean with standard deviation (SD) for the association between serum vitamin D status and the severity of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C patients. Approximately 8321 participants from several countries were included in this analysis. Six studies on serum vitamin D status and the severity of liver fibrosis were included in this meta-analysis. ORs with 95% CIs were extracted from four studies and the pooled ORs were 0.866 (95% CI, 0.649 to 1.157). The means with SDs were extracted from three studies and the pooled means were −0.487 (95% CI, −0.659 to −0.315). There was statistically significant heterogeneity among the mean data extracted studies (P=0.029; I ²=71.8%) but not among the OR data extracted studies (P=0.061; I ²=55.6%). Finally, results from the mean data extracted studies suggest that lower serum vitamin D is a risk factor for the severity of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C patients. However, there is no conclusive evidence on this association because of inconsistencies between the OR data extracted studies and the mean data extracted studies.     

Faculty Collaboration to Improve Equity,Access, and Inclusion in Higher Education

This article documents the Critical Friends Group (CFG) process five university colleagues used to blend the theoretical frameworks of Universal Design for Learning (Rose & Meyer, 2002 Rose, D. and Meyer, A. 2002. Teaching every student in the digital age: Universal design for learning, Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.  [Google Scholar]) and Interactive Phase Theory (McIntosh, 1990 McIntosh, P. 1990. Interactive phases of curricular and personal re-vision with regard to race, Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College Center for Research on Women. (Paper # 219) [Google Scholar]) as tools to increase equity and access in our classrooms. Using the CFG reflective approach, the faculty collaboratively reviewed their syllabi and implemented innovations in their classroom practice. This article presents a theory of action that emerged as well as nine tensions related to teaching and participation in a learning community. Implications for equity and access in higher education and future inquiry are presented.     

有缺憾方显珍贵

你是否花费时间为"自我完善"而忙碌、而忧虑?如果是这样,可要注意,不要为了随处可见的"完美"而扼杀了自己的个性.用下面这个故事证明我的观点. 　　……     

缅甸的海运科技教育

缅甸海地区具有东南亚典型的渔业资源,若开和德林达依海岸是珍珠文化发展理想场所,沿岸区域盛产出口石油和天然气．如果具备相应的专家技术与管理,从海运范围划分出去的渔业资源将会在未来扮演很重要的角色．缅甸海运科学与技术教育发展的主要目的是：充分利用资源,改进海运交通网络结构和达到海运安全、海运环境保护和安全方面的全球化标准．描述不同部门的不同机构处理的海事事务及其责任．2002年8月1日建校的缅甸海事大学是专门为海事交通部门培训胜任的造船师与工程师的学校．缅甸海事大学为了建设高效的海事团体将进行更广泛的国际合作．