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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.     

馆员绩效考核困境的成因及其破解对策探析

文章对图书馆在实施馆员绩效考核过程中面临的诸多困境进行了分析,认为这主要是由思想观念出现偏差、图书馆作为不完全行为能力主体的尴尬地位、馆员素质层次不齐、考核实践模式不健全等原因造成的,进而从绩效考核的准备、实施、监控等阶段论述了破解困境的策略。     

土地利用总体规划对生态系统服务价值的影响——以淳安县为例

以淳安县土地利用规划为研究对象,采用Costanza的生态系统服务价值计算方法,参照谢高地中国陆地生态系统单位服务价值系数,结合敏感度分析,探讨了淳安县土地利用总体规划对生态系统服务价值的影响。研究结果表明,在土地利用总体规划期间(2006-2020年),淳安县生态服务价值总体呈下降趋势,生态系统服务价值将净减少68.91×10~6元;生态系统服务价值下降的主导因素是规划建设占用和耕地补充。规划实施过程应该加强对生态环境的保护。     

金融资本赋能科技创新建立良性循环机制思考与研究

从科技型中小企业的融资现状和融资需求出发,研究科技金融结合推动科技成果转化机制.聚焦新时期科技成果转化对金、产、研融合提出新要求,基于不同类型的金融资本促进金产研结合、推动科技成果转化进展与成效的研究,以及西方发达国家的有关经验,阐述金、产、研融合良性循环机制的形成原理及现行机制存在的问题,最后提出促进构建金产研良性循环机制的着力点与有关政策建议.     

On Rest-from-Deliberate-Learning as a Mechanism for the Spacing Effect: Commentary on Chen et al. (2021)

Educational Psychology Review - In their recent paper, Chen et al. (Educational Psychology Review, 2021) propose that rest periods between deliberate learning characterize the spacing effect and...     

基础英语与职业英语相融合的高职英语课程研究

高职英语教学应突显职业教育的特点,注重教育的应用性、实践性和实用性。而高职英语课程一直沿袭传统的基础英语教学模式,主要以英语基础知识讲授为主,脱离学生职业发展的需求。通过分析高职英语课程现状,指出构建基础英语与职业英语相融合的高职英语课程的有效途径,旨在探索新的高职英语教学模式,完善高职英语课程,培养出符合社会和用人单位需求的高技能高职人才。     

ZNF533、DOCK4和IMMP2L基因多态性与中国东北汉族孤独症的关联研究(英文)

研究目的:ZNF533、DOCK4和IMMP2L在大脑发育过程中起到非常重要的作用,是孤独症研究的候选基因。高加索人群的研究结果发现,ZNF533、DOCK4和IMMP2L基因的5个单核苷酸多态性(SNP)位点与孤独症高度相关。为了探讨上述位点是否与中国孤独症发生相关,我们开展了东北汉族孤独症的核心家系研究。创新要点:孤独症候选基因多态位点的研究结果通常很难得到重复。本研究首次在中国东北汉族人群中验证了与高加索人群孤独症密切相关的候选位点。这一结果对孤独症的研究具有重要指导意义。研究方法:利用SNaPshot的方法,检测了中国东北汉族370个核心家系中ZNF533(rs11885327、rs1964081)、DOCK4(rs2217262)和IMMP2L(rs12537269、rs1528039)的分布情况,利用传递不平衡检验(TDT)分析了这些多态位点与孤独症发生的相关性。重要结论:ZNF533和DOCK4基因多态性与中国北方汉族孤独症发生存在显著关联。     

Family-based association study of ZNF533, DOCK4 and IMMP2L gene polymorphisms linked to autism in a northeastern Chinese Han population简

Objective

A study in a Caucasian population has identified two single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in ZNF533, one in DOCK4, and two in IMMP2L, which were all significantly associated with autism. They are located in AUTS1 and AUTS5, which have been identified as autism susceptibility loci in several genome-wide screens. The present study aimed to investigate whether ZNF533, DOCK4, and IMMP2L genes are also associated with autism in a northeastern Chinese Han population.

Methods

We performed a similar association study using families with three individuals (one autistic child and two unaffected parents). A family-based transmission disequilibrium test (TDT) was used to analyze the results.

Results

There were significant associations between autism and the two SNPs of ZNF533 gene (rs11885327: χ ²=4.5200, P=0.0335; rs1964081: χ ²=4.2610, P=0.0390) and the SNP of DOCK4 gene (rs2217262: χ ²=5.3430, P=0.0208).

Conclusions

Our data suggest that ZNF533 and DOCK4 genes are linked to a predisposition to autism in the northeastern Chinese Han population.