Invisible children? The need for support groups for siblings of disabled children

Previous research and first-hand experience suggest that a child with a disability can have a profound effect on family life. Although the need for sibling support has been acknowledged in legislation, the implications for non-disabled siblings remain unclear. In this article, Angie Naylor, lecturer in psychology, and Phil Prescott, senior lecturer in childhood and youth studies, both based at Edge Hill, review a number of key themes emerging from the literature on sibling support. They go on to report the findings from an in-depth study of one sibling support group. The work was carried out in partnership with Barnardo's in the north-west of England and involved setting up a sibling support group, in response to an analysis of local need, and evaluating its impact. This research indicates a clear need for further service provision to meet the needs of the siblings of disabled children who attended the scheme. Angie Naylor and Phil Prescott argue for a reinvigorated debate about the needs of such children and champion the importance of listening to children and valuing what they have to say. The results of this small-scale evaluation project have clear implications for future research and, potentially, for policy and practice.     

An Evaluation of Testing for English Majors Level 8 in China

The paper mainly presents the evaluation of a test named Testing for English Majors (TEM8) undertaken in China’s higher education institution concerning the following aspects:test purpose, test specifi...     

SCIE，Scopus与SciFinder的对比分析

目的：比较SCIE、Scopus与SciFinder的收录范围、检索结果与引证关系。方法：对3个数据库的基本信息、引证分析功能,以及从关键词、机构与期刊名称3个字段进行实例检索得到的结果进行对比分析。结果：SCIE入选期刊最严格,Scopus收录期刊最多,SciFinder文献类型最全面。结论：SciFinder作为专业检索数据库,检索课题更全面,对检索结果的处理功能更强大。SCIE和Scopus更侧重期刊评价和引文分析,方便特定课题的溯源与追踪,也是写作和投稿很好的参考工具。     

信息——知识关系及其对图书馆深化服务的意义

信息与知识的关系是图书馆员须掌握的一个基础概念。它奠定了由信息向知识转化的认识基础,对于图书馆加速从文献服务向信息服务到知识服务的提升,具有重要的意义。笔者对此发表了自己的看法。     

浅谈土木工程信息化

中国加入WTO之后,持续稳定的经济增长,加剧了城市化进程的发展,信息化的发展同时也给土木工程带来了新的挑战和机遇。本文阐述了土木工程信息化建设的内涵,发展土木工程信息化建设的关键所在,土木工程信息化的发展和前景。     

基于CSF和DM的企业战略信息提取与分析

阐述了战略信息的相关概念,说明了战略信息对于企业取得竞争优势以及实现其他战略目标的重要意义,在此基础上构建了基于关键成功因素(CSF)和数据挖掘(DM)的企业战略信息分析与提取模型,对模型的结构及其各主要组成部分进行了说明,并着重阐述了如何应用CSF和DM技术来分析和提取企业的战略信息、辅助企业进行战略决策。     

网络信息搜集工具分析之CNKI与重庆维普的比较

作为网络信息搜集工具,CNKI与重庆维普是高校使用率最高的两大文献信息检索数据库,在文献收录范围、文献来源、检索界面、目标用户、检索方式等方面有诸多特点。本文旨在分析对比两大数据库的异同与各自优劣,并为用户使用数据库及检索行为提供一些建议。     

Balancing the Local and the Global in Infrastructural Information Systems

A considerable body of literature has demonstrated-- empirically as well as analytically--that information systems need to be situated to the local context of use. Yet for infrastructural information systems that span numerous contexts spread out globally, this is literally prohibitive. For these systems to work, it is necessary to strike a balance between sensitiveness to local contexts and a need to standardize across contexts. We analyze a key element in this, namely, spelling out the (largely invisible) "costs" that the different actors pay to achieve working solutions. Empirically, we draw from an ongoing case study. We analyze the attempts of a maritime classification company with 5500 employees located in 300 sites in 100 countries to develop an infrastructural information system to support the surveying of ships globally. We elaborate design implications and concepts relevant to developing information infrastructures that also apply to the context of developing countries.     

信息化中的区域问题:对苏南的实证分析

信息化进程中的区域问题是信息经济学研究中不可忽视的重要课题。中国的信息化建设既要整体推进,又要区域重点突破。根据这一设想,本文对全国经济发达地区之一的苏南信息化问题进行了较全面的分析。文章总结论述了苏南在全国率先实现信息化的优势条件、苏南率先实现信息化的外在压力与内在动力,并对苏南实现信息化的指导思想、战略模式等问题进行了深入的分析。文章最后研究了苏南信息产业布局中的相关问题。