Promoting university–industry collaboration in Malaysia: stakeholders’ perspectives on expectations and impediments

University–Industry Collaboration (UIC) has been identified as an essential item on Malaysia’s agenda for transforming itself into knowledge and innovation-based economy. However, despite the efforts, most initiatives have had limited results. This paper reports on an explorative study that sought to understand the contemporary realities of UIC in the Malaysian context. In particular, the study identified the expectations and impediments to UIC, from the perspectives of three groups of stakeholders – the academics, the industry players and policymakers. The findings reveal a number of barriers, including cultural differences, perceived lack of academic expertise and reputation, an inadequacy of institutional policies and regulations, lack of trust, issues of intellectual property rights, and the lack of an appropriate reward system. This paper concludes by proposing policy recommendations and strategies that could be used by the government, university, and the industry to promote further and foster university-industry collaborative opportunities and initiatives.     

Increasing on‐task behavior in the classroom: Extension of self‐monitoring strategies

We examined the effectiveness of a tactile self‐monitoring prompt to increase on‐task behaviors among 3 elementary‐aged students in a special education classroom. Students were taught to self‐monitor their attention by using the MotivAider (MotivAider, 2000), an electronic beeper that vibrates to provide a tactile cue to self‐monitor. An ABAB reversal design was used for each participant. Results indicated that upon implementation of the self‐monitoring intervention, students increased on‐task behavior from a mean of 55% to more than 90% of the intervals observed. Additionally, teachers and students provided high ratings of treatment acceptability of this self‐monitoring intervention. Limitations, implications, and future directions of these findings are discussed. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Psychol Schs 43: 211–221, 2006.     

女子水球运动员踩水支撑跳跃的技术和训练

女子水球运动员跳跃技术训练要根据女子运动员自身的特点。在跳跃技术动作运用、训练的安排、强度、方法上应区别于男子运动员。     

论大众跆拳道特征及道馆教学方法

根据体育教学的客观规律,教学组织结构分三个部分即准备部分、基本部分、结束部分,文章采用运动训练学理论与方法对跆拳道馆教学提出了新的问题,探讨了跆拳道道馆教学方法。旨在提高大众对跆拳道的学习兴趣、技术水平,变被动学习为主动学习,创造充满激情的道馆教学氛围,有技巧地进行教学训练,有效地提高会员的练习兴趣,从而增加道馆生源。     

对我国体育院校现行通用教材《田径运动教程》的研究

田径运动是体育院校体育教育专业开设的主干课程之一,其教材的先进性、科学性对田径教学质量的提高和田径运动的发展起着重要的作用。以文献资料、数量统计及对比分析等研究方法,对我国体育院校现行通用教材2007年版《田径运动教程》的结构、章节设置、内容选取及表达方式等进行研究,找出其优点及不足,并提出完善建议,为体育院校田径通用教材建设提供参考。     

会展经济中的竞争情报优势分析

会展经济是新世纪的朝阳产业之一 ,能产生巨大的经济效益和社会效益。本文从企业获取竞争情报的角度 ,分析了会展经济给企业发展带来的优势 ,指出企业应该积极利用和参与会展活动。     

Career paths of Swedish top-level women soccer players

This study explores seven Swedish top-level women’s soccer players’ career development experiences. Data were produced through semi-structured interviews and a biographical mapping grid. The theoretical framework of ‘careership’ was employed to understand the data. The results showed homogenous career paths. Moreover, the data show that the players decided at a young age to pursue a career in soccer; experienced the transition from junior to senior level soccer as difficult because of a lack of physical preparedness; soccer over school commitments. We recommend that soccer stakeholders (e.g. federations, clubs, coaches) give the transition from junior to senior level soccer special attention to prevent intense demands that may cause dropout. We further propose that if athletes should give sport and education equal priority, the Swedish dual career concept of high school education and sport needs further reflection and adjustment.     

Explaining Media Choice: The Role of Issue-Specific Engagement in Predicting Interest-Based and Partisan Selectivity

This study analyzes the predictors of 2 types of media selectivity: interest-based (i.e., choice of entertainment over politics) and partisan (i.e., choice of pro-attitudinal over counter-attitudinal or balanced news). Relying on a large survey-based experiment, we find that issue-specific engagement variables, including perceived issue understanding, issue importance, and issue attitude strength, predict interest-based and partisan selectivity above and beyond the influence of general political knowledge, news interest, and strength of political leanings. These results show that the drivers of selectivity are more complex than general political attributes; rather, they are contextual and reflect people’s engagement with particular issues.     

现代男子标枪技术分类及发展趋势的数学分析

自从国际田联对男子标枪的规格作出新规定以来,该项比赛成绩发生了巨大的变化,世界各国均对探索新标枪技术的特征和发展趋势极为重视。本文根据第二届世界田径锦标赛、第二十四届奥运会和第五届世界杯田径赛的男子标枪比赛前16名运动员的11项主要技术特征,应用多因素非线性映射方法,建立了男子标枪投掷技术分类的数学模型并探索了其发展趋热。     

Altmetrics的形成与演进:理论假说、发展阶段及学科关系

[目的/意义] Altmetrics诞生十周年之际，对其前期发展情况进行总结，有助于推动其往积极方向发展。[方法/过程] 利用文献计量方法进行量化研究以展现Altmetrics领域的总体研究和发展情况；从术语变迁、定义等方面揭示其内涵；提出三种理论假说寻求Altmetrics存在合理性的理论支撑；划分不同阶段梳理其发展程度；分析它与其他学科的关系以明确学科属性及价值。[结果/结论] Altmetrics为计量学提供了一种新思维、新方法；开放科学假说、数字学术假说和学术传承假说符合新环境Altmetrics发展的新特点，有效支撑了Altmetrics的存在与发展；Altmetrics发展迅速，但现阶段处于发展初期，且国内外发展程度存在差异；在辨析与其密切相关学科之间关系的基础上，认为需推动Altmetrics自身学科纵深发展以及加强跨学科的合作研究。