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Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability -     

400 m跑优秀运动员数学模型的建立及应用

以世界优秀田径运动员为例,分析了决定400 m短跑的各种因素以及它们所占的比重,并据此建立了数学模型,从而将以往的定性分析转化成定量分析。帮助教练和运动员准确而快捷地根据400 m优秀运动员的模式并结合自身的特点来合理分配体力和时间,以取得更好成绩。     

Impact of end-user search training on pharmacy students: a four-year follow-up study.

The Alfred Taubman Medical Library at the University of Michigan has offered instruction in online literature searching to third-year pharmacy students as a component of the course "Drug Information and Scientific Literature Evaluation" since 1983. In the spring of 1989, a follow-up study was conducted to assess the impact of instruction on four classes of graduates. Of a pool of 151 graduates, 90 (60%) responded to a mailed questionnaire on their use of information and computerized literature searching. The respondents were divided into four subgroups: end-user searchers, users of intermediaries, end users who used intermediaries, and those who did not use computerized literature search systems. Seventy-two percent of the respondents used some type of computerized literature searching, and 42% performed their own searches. The four subgroups differed in general computer use, familiarity with MEDLINE search terminology, information use, reasons for using or not using literature searching, and characteristics of searches (i.e., type, time frame, amount, and frequency). Training in end-user search systems appears to have had an impact on the continued use of computerized literature searching several years after the formal educational program.     

纸质档案绿色抑菌剂的筛选及应用研究

微生物防治是纸质档案保护的重要内容,但防治过程中对环境的污染和人体的危害一直困扰着档案保护工作者。本文选择绿色无危害抑菌剂对纸质档案进行实验,首先通过抑菌活性筛选出抑菌剂,其中接触型抑菌剂抑菌效果匹马霉素>PHMB>ε-PL>蒜氨酸,空间型抑菌剂抑菌效果香芹酚>香茅醛>2-苯乙醇;其次进行了联合抑菌实验,确定了PHMB（125mg/L）与匹马霉素（3.906mg/L）配伍的接触型抑菌剂、香芹酚（15.62mg/L）与香茅醛（31.25mg/L）配伍的空间型抑菌剂性能最好;最后对上述两组抑菌剂处理过的纸张进行安全性能检测,结果显示两种抑菌剂组合对纸张拉力无显著影响,但有显著的脱酸和抗老化效果,对处理后的纸张ΔE最大值不超过1.5。本研究为研制安全高效的纸质档案抑菌剂提供实践基础。     

Physician information seeking: improving relevance through research

Health sciences libraries have considerable potential as resources for both formal continuing professional education, as well as the informal continuing education that results from the professional's efforts to solve problems in daily practice. While there is a growing interest in making the resources of health sciences libraries more accessible to practitioners on a routine, day-to-day basis, there also needs to be more awareness of how, when, where, and why professionals look for information in the context of practical problems. This paper reviews recent research that identifies the context in which physicians seek information and advice from external sources, the information sources that physicians access, and the factors that influence which particular sources are sought. The results indicate that physicians vary in their information needs, preferences, motivations, and strategies for seeking information. This diversity suggests that health sciences libraries, in their efforts to be more accessible, should consider "market research" to determine the needs, preferences, and use patterns of the library's targeted users. Libraries may also benefit from exploring alternative methods of improving access to their resources.