Some Simple Analytics of Access and Revenue Targets

If a museum faces a price inelastic demand and twin targets of a minimum number of visits and a minimum revenue, those targets need not be compatible. This paper explores the implications of such targets and shows that their compatibility depends critically on the admission price-elasticity. If the targets are incompatible it may be possible to engineer compatibility by shifting the demand curve. However, if the demand shift (eg resulting from advertising or improving the quality of the visitor experience) requires resourcing and is to be self-financing, it may or may not be possible to bring about compatibility.     

The Development of Teacher Appraisal: A Recent History

The Conservative government made appraisal compulsory to monitor teaching more effectively. Unable to elicit the type of data required, the process became marginalised. Labour is now turning to appraisal to raise standards. Though appearing more conciliatory, it is argued that the end result will be to achieve the Conservatives' original aim of controlling teachers     

College Students’ Views on Drug Policy in the United States: The Impact of Reading Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow

Using a quasi-experimental research design to test the “Marshall Hypothesis,” we investigated the effects of reading Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration and the Age of Colorblindness on college students’ views of drug policy in the United States. One hundred and twenty-eight undergraduate students at a predominantly white Midwest university took part in this study. Test subjects read the text and took both a pre- and posttest questionnaire, while a control group of students, who did not read the book, was also surveyed concerning their views on drug policies. Additionally, reflective essays written by the test population were also analyzed. Findings offer limited support for the Marshall Hypothesis, which asserts that a properly informed constituency would conclude that certain policies in the U.S. are unjust. Students, in general, showed significant changes in their perceptions of drug policies after reading the text. However, disaggregating students by gender showed that female students, more than male students, are more convinced by Alexander’s arguments that current drug policy unfairly target communities of color.     

高职教育实施分层次教学探讨

对知识基础、学习能力和水平参差不齐的学生,实行分层次教学是必要的。实行分层次教学首先是教学目标的分层,其次教学方法的分层,最后是考核方式的分层。这三方面相互影响,同时建设,才能取得实效。     

音乐教学如何实现从双基、三维到核心素养的转型

基于核心素养的普通高中音乐课程改革对基础音乐教育提出了新的要求,如何回应本次改革已成为当下迫切需要回答的问题。本文提出了以下应对措施:围绕核心素养,提炼教材中对学生而言具有持久价值的学习目标;转变评价维度,让评价引领教学设计;优化音乐学习材料,引领学生从浅层次思维走向高阶思维;关注材料呈现方式,音乐情境、任务、主题的设置等应尽可能接近真实;转变教学模式,从"信"的教学模式转向"思"的教学模式。最后指出了教学实践过程中可能出现的问题,澄清了一些认识上的误区。     

影响男子三级跳远成绩主要训练指标体系的模型研究

三级跳远是一项技术复杂的运动项目。我们用多元回归方法对影响三级跳远运动成绩的训练指标进行了系统研究，建立了多元回归模型，并验证了模型的实用性，为三级跳远教练员进行训练提供了较为可靠的参考依据。     

宽严相济刑事政策在处理特殊妇女人群贩毒中的运用——以临沧市为视角

近年来,我国特殊妇女人群贩毒问题日益突出。运用宽严相济刑事政策研究特殊妇女人群贩毒问题,预防、控制和打击、处理特殊妇女人群犯罪,是司法实践中亟待解决的问题。文章结合云南省临沧市边境缉毒工作的实际情况,从运用宽严相济刑事政策的视角,通过对临沧市一段时期特殊妇女人群贩毒问题的特点及原因的分析,提出处理特殊妇女人群贩毒问题的对策与建议。     

Regulatory policy, value of knowledge assets and innovation strategy: The case of the Orphan Drug Act

The U.S. Orphan Drug Act provides R&D incentives to drug-makers that go beyond statutory patent protection. The study explores the act's effect on financial returns to innovation and on the strategy of orphan drug development. Results indicate that the financial return to orphan drug development is positive. The findings suggest that when market size is small and cumulative innovation is an important phenomenon the policy that extends effective patent duration or subsidizes R&D activity improves incentives to innovate.     

关于将新建本科院校纳入现代职业教育体系构建的探讨——兼论职业教育的边界

新建本科院校作为我国高等教育的新生事物,正处在发展路径抉择的关键时期,是走职业教育抑或普通高等教育的办学道路,成为每所院校最为关切之事。通过对其发展历史的梳理、学理论证及经济社会发展的现实需求,发现这一特定高校群体具有职业教育属性,可以将其纳入现代职业教育体系的构建,引领职业教育尤其是高等职业教育的发展。这样不仅可以调整优化我国高等教育不平衡的类型结构和人才供给结构,而且能更好地服务于经济发展和社会进步。     

Value of a new post-procedural intravascular ultrasound score in predicting target vessel revascularization after coronary drug-eluting stents implantation

Objective: There is no simple or feasible post-procedural intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) score to predict major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in patients undergoing drug-eluting stents (DES) implantation. The aim of this study is to validate a new IVUS score for predicting MACE. Methods: A total of 295 patients (with 322 lesions) were enrolled. IVUS score was calculated in each lesion based on five IVUS morphological characteristics: inflow/outflow disease, malapposition, underexpansion, tissue protrusion, and edge dissection (iMUTE score). We assigned two points to an underexpansion and one point for each presence of other factors. Patients were divided into low score (iMUTE score<2, n=137) and high score (iMUTE score≥2, n=158) groups. Results: At one year follow-up, a trend was seen in favor of the low iMUTE score group in MACE (3.65% vs. 10.10%; P=0.052), and there was more target vessel revascularization (TVR) in the high iMUTE score group compared with low score group (6.96% vs. 1.46%; P=0.044). Low iMUTE score was an independent predictor of freedom from TVR at one year (adjusted hazard ratio (HR) 0.5, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.1–0.8; P=0.02). Conclusions: Post-procedural IVUS iMUTE scoring was simple and feasible in clinical practice, and can provide independent prognostic value for TVR in patients undergoing DES implantation.