ENGLISH UNIVERSITIES, ADDITIONAL FEE INCOME AND ACCESS AGREEMENTS: THEIR IMPACT ON WIDENING PARTICIPATION AND FAIR ACCESS

ABSTRACT:  This paper argues that the introduction of access agreements following the establishment of the Office for Fair Access (OFFA) has consolidated how English higher education institutions (HEIs) position themselves in the marketplace in relation to widening participation. However, the absence of a national bursary scheme has led to obfuscation rather than clarification from the perspective of the consumer. This paper analyses OFFA's 2008 monitoring report and a sample of twenty HEIs' original 2006 and revised or updated access agreements (2008) to draw conclusions about the impact of these agreements on notions of 'fair access' and widening participation. The authors conclude that, unsurprisingly in an increasingly market-driven system, institutions use access agreements primarily to promote enrolment to their own programmes rather than to promote system-wide objectives. As a consequence of this marketing focus, previous differences between pre-1992 and post-1992 institutions in relation to widening participation and fair access are perpetuated, leading to both confusion for consumers and an inequitable distribution of bursary and other support mechanisms for the poorest applicants to HE.     

应用双光束干涉的原理测定二氧化硫的体积分数

本文根据双光束干涉的原理,设计物理实验来测定气样中二氧化硫的体积分数。     

图书馆著作权作品获取权的限制与保障

认为赋予图书馆著作权作品获取权是基于对公众知情权、文化教育和表达自由等权利的保障,因此,图书馆的获取权有坚实的法理基础。数字环境中,图书馆的获取权受到技术保护措施的限制。只有法律设置规避技术措施的例外条款,同时采取因应之策,才有利于著作权法合理设计图书馆的权利,有效保障图书馆的获取权。
     

掠夺性科技期刊与科技期刊中掠夺性现象的特征研究

近年来,由于开放存取(OA)出版模式的兴起,掠夺性科技期刊的出现也引起国内外学者的关注。国内科技期刊中也存在着类似的管理和学术信誉差、商业利益至上的现象,并对正常的科研成果和出版资源形成了干扰和掠夺。本文将这些存在于国内外科技期刊中的掠夺现象一并回顾和总结,认为一方面国内科技期刊从业者,应重视和适应新兴OA期刊的发展趋势,另一方面相关科研管理部门也应逐步建立措施,完善掠夺性期刊预警制度。     

欧美出版社开放存取期刊论文处理费研究

论文处理费伴随着开放存取期刊的出现而进入公众视野。20世纪末,开放存取期刊由于没有成熟的商业盈利模式,国际上知名的出版社均对这种新型数字出版方式表示过疑虑。而现今,传统出版集团相继发行各自的开放存取平台,这主要得益于论文处理费的推行。本文介绍欧美各大知名出版社旗下开放存取期刊论文处理费的相关收费情况,分析论文处理费收取的完整体系,以期为国内学术期刊开放存取平台的发展提供策略建议。     

国外开放获取期刊的同行评议方式研究

通过网络调研和文献梳理的方式,结合具体案例,如Elsevier、Nature、PLoS、F1000 Research等,对国外开放获取期刊的同行评议方式进行研究.认为结构化同行评议、发表后开放式同行评议以及第三方独立同行评议,各有利弊,应该取长补短,优化评议方式,更好地发挥科技期刊作为学术质量把关者和过滤器的作用.     

Old Problem for New Reasons

Summary

Evening staff members of the Research and Information Services Department (RISD) at the North Carolina State University (NCSU) Libraries have recently noticed an apparent increase in the use of the library by people perceived to be mentally ill. RISD staff members have found themselves in some ways unpreparedtorespond comfortably to this change. This paper, a case study, proposes reasons for this increased visibility of mentally ill people, and describes the challenges the staff members faced and how they overcame them. The RISD staff members acquired the knowledge and confidence they need to work with mentally ill people through communication among colleagues, review of the literature, and staff training.     

机构仓储工程化的研究和实践

机构仓储的建设可以分为可行性分析、规划建设目标以及建设机构仓储的各种支撑机制等几个阶段;机构仓储的支撑机制主要包括机构仓储软件、流程管理制度、知识产品的版权管理制度以及相关的激励制度等.本文从工程化的角度出发,结合机构仓储建设的实践经验,分析了机构仓储建设过程中各个阶段的关键问题,力图能够为机构仓储的建设提供一个工程化的指导.     

词汇歧义消解的认知研究:理论、方法与现状

近２０年来,在词汇歧义消解领域,研究者采用多种技术进行实验,提出了４ 种典型的模型,即多重通过模型、选择通达模型、重排序通过模型和整合模型。到目前 为止,不同的研究之间仍然存在很大分歧。今后的研究应该在考察语境作用时间点的同 时,重点探讨语境影响歧义词意义通达的机制,特别是应该重视对歧义词加工中抑制过 程的探讨     

基于符号检测辅助的MMSE与LS干扰对齐算法研究

干扰对齐（IA）是一种有效消除干扰的管理机制。为了彻底消除干扰信号对期望信号的影响,通过预编码技术处理使干扰在接收端重叠,使接收端的干扰信号与期望信号有效分开。在传统最小均方误差（Minimum Mean Square Error,MMSE）算法和最小二乘（least square,LS）算法基础上,提出基于符号检测辅助的最小均方误差（Symbol Detection Aided Minimum Mean Square Error,SDA-MMSE）算法和最小二乘（Symbol Detection Aided Least Square,SDA-LS）算法。分别基于传统算法和改进算法进行迭代计算,通过仿真可看出SDA-MMSE算法的MSE较SDA-LS算法的MSE降低约20%。理论分析与仿真结果表明,改进算法较传统算法具有更好的系统性能,且SDA-MMSE算法系统性能最优。