An illustration to assist in comparing and remembering several multiplicity adjustment methods

There are many well‐known or new methods to adjust statistical tests for multiplicity. This article provides an illustration helping lecturers or consultants to remember the differences of three important multiplicity adjustment methods and to explain them to non‐statisticians.     

Being First in Family: motivations and metaphors

First in Family (FiF) is an under-recognised equity grouping which may encompass low-SES, mature-aged, regional and remote, and Indigenous students. FiF tertiary students are more likely to be in a position of educational disadvantage over students who have other family members available to share the experience of university life and discuss aspirations. Building on previous research, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 18 FiF university students from a range of disciplines across three South Australian institutions. We analysed the interview data based on themes derived through readings of FiF literature, adding new ones as they emerged as part of the process of analysis. In this paper, we specifically focus on the interview responses which included metaphors or analogies. Metaphors provide a conceptual framework for thinking about a particular problem and drawing comparisons between unlike situations. Our experience as educators told us that students often subtly and unintentionally utilise metaphors when articulating lived experiences. We both specifically asked the FiF students to identify a metaphor that reflected their experience of being at university and also considered their use of metaphors in response to other questions. In exploring these metaphors, we have gained insight into students’ day-to-day experience of attending university and have gained information about their motivations and their struggles. When considered by university staff and policy-makers, this information could be used to guide the development of strategies that may help future FiF students.     

Evaluation of the sustainability and clinical outcome of Alternatives for Families: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (AF-CBT) in a child protection center

This paper examines the sustainability and outcome of Alternatives for Families: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (AF-CBT) as delivered by practitioners in a community-based child protection program who had received training in the model several years earlier. Formerly described as Abuse-Focused CBT, AF-CBT is an evidence-based treatment (EBT) for child physical abuse and family aggression/conflict that was included in the National Child Traumatic Stress Network's initial EBT dissemination efforts in 2002. Seven practitioners participated in a year-long learning collaborative in AF-CBT and in similar training programs for 4 other EBTs. The agency's routine data collection system was used to document the clinical and adjustment outcomes of 52 families presenting with a physically abused child who received their services between 2 and 5 years after the AF-CBT training had ended. Measures of the use of all 5 EBTs documented their frequency, internal consistency, and intercorrelations. Controlling for the unique content of the other four EBTs, the amount of AF-CBT Abuse-specific content delivered was related to improvements on standardized parent rating scales (i.e., child externalizing behavior, anger, anxiety, social competence) and both parent and clinician ratings of the child's adjustment at discharge (i.e., child more safe, less scared/sad, more appropriate with peers). The amount of AF-CBT General content was related to a few discharge ratings (better child prognosis, helpfulness to parents). These novel data provide suggestive evidence for the sustainability and clinical benefits of AF-CBT in an existing community clinic serving physically abused children and their families, and are discussed in the context of key developments in the treatment model and dissemination literature.     

Home visitation programs: Critical Issues and Future Directions

As support for intervening early in the lives of vulnerable children has risen in the United States in recent years, so has interest in home-visitation programs. Home visitation is increasingly recognized for its potential to foster early child development and competent parenting, as well as to reduce risk for child abuse and neglect and other poor outcomes for vulnerable families.This paper provides a discussion of several aspects of home-visitation programs that warrant further development and evaluation, including the powerful role of context in determining program outcomes, as well as the impact of other factors, including service dosage, levels of family engagement, and characteristics of home visitors. The importance of more accurately understanding and measuring risk and engaging family members beyond the mother-child dyad is also discussed. Recommendations are made for making improvements in all of these areas, in order to strengthen home-visitation programs and produce better outcomes for the children and families they serve. Aspects of Nurse Family Partnership and Early Head Start, two widely replicated and rigorously evaluated programs, are highlighted to demonstrate how the issues discussed here are likely to affect service delivery and program outcomes. The multiple challenges inherent in replicating and evaluating home-visitation programs that are truly responsive to the needs of a wide array of families with young children are examined. This discussion concludes with a call to expand and improve methods for evaluating these programs, and to view home visitation as a component of a comprehensive system of child and family supports, rather than as a stand-alone model of intervention.     

后金融危机下营造中小企业发展环境对策研究

金融危机虽然已经过去三年,但是全球经济所受到的重创尚未平复。我国在金融危机初期采取了一些应急措施,虽然收到了一定的效果,但从长远来看,如何培育中小企业发展环境、大力发展中小企业成为后金融危机下各国思考的重要问题。只有中小企业发展壮大,才能打下整个国家经济的坚实基础。     

腾越郑氏及其相关历史人物——明代郑氏墓志兼及保山沈氏善正墓志的考证与研究

腾冲的汉族姓氏,多因明代军屯制度自中原、荆楚移民而来。古代的墓志是最可信、最翔实的历史＂人物传记＂,对我们了解当时的历史事件与人物具有重要的历史价值和普遍的社会意义。通过对腾冲首次出土的明代郑氏四方墓志的整理,并参照地方志书及相关文献进行考证与辨析,反映了福建籍郑氏移迁腾冲源流及历史人物世系,并对地方志书内容作了若干订正与补充,对今人了解和研究腾冲明代历史具有重要的意义。     

民营企业人力资源管理初探

在新形势下民营企业在发展中遇到了一系列的问题,其中人力资源管理不完善已经成为严重制约企业发展的重大瓶颈。如何提高人力资源管理,一个重要的环节是制订人力资源规划。要明确规划的内容、步骤及注意的问题,使规划更为科学。     

加强施工企业成本管理的若干思考

成本管理是企业实现利润最大化的主要手段之一.本文结合施工企业生产经营活动的实际,对施工企业成本核算方法做了初步探讨,有利于施工企业有的放矢地开展成本管理工作.     

和谐社会视野下的高校企业文化建设

高校企业文化是社会文化大系统中的一个小系统,它既兼容了校园文化和企业文化的共性,又具有它们所没有的特殊性.立足于构建社会主义和谐社会的时代背景,分析了高校企业文化的特殊性,并结合高校企业所依附的特殊环境提出了加强高校企业文化建设的思路和途径.     

高校开展企业竞争情报服务的探讨

在论述竞争情报研究的基础上,提出了利用高校的人才和资源优势,全面开展企业竞争情报服务的多种举措。