Strength in Numbers: Encouraging Every Staff Member to Work to Capacity

Libraries play a critical role in enhancing the learning landscape of the schools they support. In order for any library to become a powerhouse and a community meeting place, all library team members need to align with the library's vision, own it and begin to add their own strengths and talents purposefully. This article explores practical strategies for developing a visionary team, including supportive leadership, daily stand-up meetings, weekly staff meetings, special-focus teams, rostering and the “five conversations” approach. These effective strategies can be implemented across a broad range of library workforce contexts in order to ensure the most effective workforce teams are built.     

高校团体学习型党组织建设探讨

中国特色社会主义实践在深入,不断学习、善于学习,努力掌握和运用一切科学的新思想、新知识、新经验,是党始终走在时代前列引领中国发展进步的决定性因素。在全党营造崇尚学习的浓厚氛围,积极向书本学习、向实践学习、向群众学习,优化知识结构,提高综合素质,增强创新能力,使各级党组织成为学习型党组织、各级领导班子成为学习型领导班子。     

The effect of smartphones and playing video games on decision-making in soccer players: A crossover and randomised study

ABSTRACT

The objective of this study was to analyse the effect of the use of social networks in smartphones or playing video games on the passing decision-making performance in professional soccer athletes. Participants were 25 male professional soccer athletes (mean ± SD: age 23.4 ± 2.8 years). The participants performed three randomised conditions divided into three groups: control (CON), smartphone (SMA), and video game (VID). Before and after each experimental condition, the Stroop Task assessed the level of induced mental fatigue. Then, the athletes performed a simulated soccer match. A CANON® camera recorded the matches for further analysis on passing decision-making performance. A group effect was identified (p < .01) with impairment on passing decision-making performance for the SMA (p = .01, ES = 0.5) and VID (p = .01, ES = 0.5) conditions. We concluded that the use of social networks on smartphones and/or playing video games right before official soccer matches might impair the passing decision-making performance in professional soccer athletes.     

Body composition differences by age and playing standard in male rugby union and rugby league: A systematic review and meta-analysis

ABSTRACT

This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to determine differences in body compositionn between playing standard and age in male rugby union and rugby league athletes. The MOOSE (Meta-analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology) guidelines for design, implementation, and reporting were followed. Studies were required to be in male rugby union or league and have body composition as the primary or secondary outcome. Data was required to be presented separately for positional groups and body composition presented as whole-body. A systematic search was performed in PubMed, Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, SPORTDiscus, and CINHAHL via EBSCOhost. 57 studies were included for meta-analysis. Results highlighted significantly higher fat-free mass in senior elite than senior sub-elite or junior elite athletes for all RU and RL forwards. Small and non-significant differences were found in fat mass between rugby union playing standards and age categories. Rugby league senior elite forwards had less fat mass than junior elite forwards. Practitioners should prioritise training and nutritional strategies that maximise fat-free mass development, especially in junior elite cohorts.     

我国青年阶段篮球竞赛体系现状分析及发展研究

随着高校篮球赛事的发展与繁荣,原有的青年联赛受到了冲击,我国青少年篮球人才的培养模式处在了一个转型期,并伴随着诸多问题与困惑。如何协调各联赛间的关系,加速培养目标的实现,是现阶段我国青年篮球人才培养面临的一大课题。本文在大量文献资料分析及走访专家的基础上,提出了我国青年阶段篮球竞赛体系今后发展的思路和构想。     

"合作式学习、督促式参与和小组化评分"的教学探索

"合作式学习、督促式参与和小组化评分"正是在坚持传统理论教学基础上对教学活动量化的探索和模式创新,主要由"合作式学习"、"督促式参与"和"小组化评分"三个相互联系的教学环节结合而成,而学生的课程最终成绩将由"小组总成绩"、"个人表现成绩",以及通过学期考试所得到的"卷面成绩"三部分组成。     

高职文科毕业生就业竞争力培养初探

高职文科毕业生的就业竞争越来越激烈.通过及早开展职业规划,增长补短,转变就业观念,形成自身核心竞争力,从而突破高职文科毕业生的就业瓶颈.     

关于市场定位策略的思考

当前,市场竞争激烈,企业没有定位,就没有竞争优势,没有竞争优势,就必然会淘汰。企业可以通过多种策略来体现自己独特的定位。只有定位准确,才能在竞争中取胜。     

努力培养适应现代化建设和国际竞争的高素质劳动者

由我国高等教育的发展态势、国家建设和国际竞争的形势,强调高等教育要努力培养适应现代化建设和国际竞争的高素质劳动者。提出把大学本科教育主要定位为高素质劳动者的培养,而不是高级研究人才的培养,避免高等教育脱离国家人才需求的现实,浪费大量教育资源。     

Discriminating talent-identified junior Australian football players using a video decision-making task

This study examined if a video decision-making task could discriminate talent-identified junior Australian football players from their non-talent-identified counterparts. Participants were recruited from the 2013 under 18 (U18) West Australian Football League competition and classified into two groups: talent-identified (State U18 Academy representatives; n = 25; 17.8 ± 0.5 years) and non-talent-identified (non-State U18 Academy selection; n = 25; 17.3 ± 0.6 years). Participants completed a video decision-making task consisting of 26 clips sourced from the Australian Football League game-day footage, recording responses on a sheet provided. A score of “1” was given for correct and “0” for incorrect responses, with the participants total score used as the criterion value. One-way analysis of variance tested the main effect of “status” on the task criterion, whilst a bootstrapped receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve assessed the discriminant ability of the task. An area under the curve (AUC) of 1 (100%) represented perfect discrimination. Between-group differences were evident (P < 0.05) and the ROC curve was maximised with a score of 15.5/26 (60%) (AUC = 89.0%), correctly classifying 92% and 76% of the talent-identified and non-talent-identified participants, respectively. Future research should investigate the mechanisms leading to the superior decision-making observed in the talent-identified group.