Program of the 1962 convention of the central states speech association

This investigation explored the use of generalized semantic differential scales for measuring organizational credibility. Findings revealed that this use is questionable, but that such findings may be the product of factors such as ego‐involvement and knowledge of a specific organization.     

近代体育思想对留美幼童人格影响

19世纪70年代,清政府派出旨在学习西方科技的幼童留美。幼童出国前缺乏体育运动,在美国,由于生理、心理及教育方式等原因,他们迅速接受了包括近代体育在内的美国文化,近代体育精神蕴涵的进取、竞争、自由等思想意识对他们近代人格的养成产生了积极的影响。     

办学理念是形成办学特色的基础——兼论长江大学办学特色的凝炼与培育

中国的许多大学缺乏特色这是不争的事实。同样，中国的许多大学正在努力培育自己的特色也是不争的事实。一所学校要形成鲜明的办学特色，要有明确的办学指导思想，要准确把握办学特色的内涵，要结合学校办学实际凝炼和培育，更要靠校长鲜明的办学理念。     

一类高阶中立型时滞微分方程的振动性

用不同于已有文献的方法研究了一类高阶中立型微分方程,本文不需要条件f∞t0Q(s)ds=∞,获得了这类方程振动性的几个新的结果.     

FACR：一种快速且准确的车辆识别器

现存的细粒度车辆识别器在多个数据集上取得了良好的性能。但这些方法通常运行效率低;而且当图像中存在多辆车时,易受背景干扰,不能准确地定位注意力区域。提出一种快速且准确的车辆识别器FACR,与现存方法相比有如下3个特点：1)其注意力区域定位组件,对图像中背景车辆有很高的鲁棒性;2)网络结构相对简单,在保持准确度相当的情况下,计算效率更高;3)首次使用层次分类的方法对车辆进行细粒度分类,使得单一网络能同时用于识别汽车类型、生产商、汽车型号和生产年份。在Compcars和Stanford Cars标准数据集上进行实验。结果表明,与现存方法相比,FACR在计算效率和分类精度方面具有良好性能。     

我国区域公共图书馆文化服务效率评价及差异分析

[目的/意义]旨在提高我国公共图书馆文化服务效率,为公共图书馆文化服务发展提供参考。[方法/过程]以我国31个省份公共图书馆为数据,运用DEA-BCC模型和K-means聚类分析我国各区域文化服务的效率及差异。[结果/结论]我国公共图书馆文化服务效率整体较低,呈非均衡性,存在不同程度投入冗余和产出不足,最后针对我国公共图书馆文化服务提出相应的改进建议。     

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This study found that the auditors with initially extreme attitudes were affected differently by a speaker's evidence than were those with initially neutral attitudes and suggests that the role which evidence plays in persuasion may be related to the particular “game” a communicator plays with his audience.     

A New Two-Step Approach for Hands-On Teaching of Gene Technology: Effects on Students’ Activities During Experimentation in an Outreach Gene Technology Lab

Emphasis on improving higher level biology education continues. A new two-step approach to the experimental phases within an outreach gene technology lab, derived from cognitive load theory, is presented. We compared our approach using a quasi-experimental design with the conventional one-step mode. The difference consisted of additional focused discussions combined with students writing down their ideas (step one) prior to starting any experimental procedure (step two). We monitored students’ activities during the experimental phases by continuously videotaping 20 work groups within each approach (N = 131). Subsequent classification of students’ activities yielded 10 categories (with well-fitting intra- and inter-observer scores with respect to reliability). Based on the students’ individual time budgets, we evaluated students’ roles during experimentation from their prevalent activities (by independently using two cluster analysis methods). Independently of the approach, two common clusters emerged, which we labeled as ‘all-rounders’ and as ‘passive students’, and two clusters specific to each approach: ‘observers’ as well as ‘high-experimenters’ were identified only within the one-step approach whereas under the two-step conditions ‘managers’ and ‘scribes’ were identified. Potential changes in group-leadership style during experimentation are discussed, and conclusions for optimizing science teaching are drawn.