Using Google Forms to track library space usage

This article is a response to the excellent “Using Mobile Technology to Observe Student Study Behaviors and Track Library Space Usage” by Susan Thompson. Thompson reviews the literature regarding user counts on mobile devices and describes the California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) Library's evaluation of SUMA, Counter+, and CloudOn. After trialing these mobile technologies, CSUSM selected CloudOn. At New York University Abu Dhabi, we use Google Forms to conduct user counts on an iPad and Google Sheets to evaluate these data. We find that Google Forms are easy to set up, modify as necessary, and present the data in easy-to-manipulate spreadsheets.     

关于天津市职业教育改革与发展的研究

现代职业教育发展具有基础性、终身性、创新性和社会性的基本特征。通过理论分析 ,结合实践总结 ,遵循现代职业教育发展的客观规律 ,把天津市高标准职业教育体系建设推向一个新的水平 ,除继续坚持观念创新、体制创新和运行机制创新外 ,还需要进一步提升职业教育的发展目标并强化职业教育体系建设各项政策和措施     

对土地的依恋与渴望永远不会随风而去

《飘》是在中国最受欢迎的美国小说之一。自1940年中文版首次问世以来,一直受到广大中国读者的青睐,并享有很高的声望。小说对主人公进行的细腻刻画,从一个侧面反映了人类对其赖以生存的土地的依恋与渴望。     

城市外来人口宏观调控政策研究之新视角

在外来人口宏观调控问题上,政府作用和市场作用同样不可或缺.外来人口的宏观调控不仅仅是数量上的调控,也不仅仅是人口准入制度的建立,而是一个如何让外来人口和本地社会经济协调发展的过程.我们应该正确评估城市合理人口规模对城市人口调控的指导意义,充分认识到城市合理人口规模只是一个理论概念,而不是一种操作手段.在市场经济条件下,产业结构调整、完善城市功能定位和优化城市空间结构、提高城市承载能力是实现外来人口和城市协调发展的长远措施.城市政府应该以劳动力市场干预为主要手段,合理引导劳动力流动,切实保障外来人口权益;同时以建立和完善外来人口社会福利制度和社会管理制度为抓手,消除市场经济所带来的各种负的外部性,特别是外来人口的社会不适应性及其不良社会后果.     

决策与执行的分离——推进公共政策有效执行的途径之一

政策执行是政策理想转化为政策现实的途径,但在政策执行的过程中,政策走样、政策偏离等现象比较普遍,影响了政策的实效,导致政策失败。学者、政策制定者和执行者从不同角度寻找促进政策有效执行的对策。本文拟从政策执行中存在的问题入手,阐释决策与执行分离对政策有效执行的影响。     

和谐民族地区社会保障制度建设的问题与对策

民族地区现行社会保障制度与全面建设小康社会、构建社会主义和谐社会及建设社会主义新农村的需求不相适应。健全和谐民族地区的社会保障制度，必须坚持以科学发展观为指导，坚持从各族群众迫切需要解决的领域入手。坚持农村与城市统筹建设、协调推进，确立合理的利益机制，健全社保基金保值增值长效机制，做大社保基金，积极推进制度和措施的法制化，重视提高制度的运行效率，实现保障与发展的双赢。     

青海耕地保护势在必行

针对青海耕地资源本身短缺、质量普遍不高，现实生产能力低，且面临建设用地需求和食物安全用地需求的竞争，探讨耕地保护势在必行．     

二战期间中国对犹太人的援助

二战期间,德奥制定的排犹政策迫使大批犹太人再次开始了大规模的逃亡生活,而中国大陆由于远离欧洲战火,自然成了当时犹太人逃避灾难的最佳地方,因此大批的犹太人或自发或有组织地来到中国避难。犹太人在华期间,中外各界人士对其进行了大量援助,使犹太人最终回到了他们的祖国———以色列。     

Results of an assessment to identify potential barriers to sustainable agriculture on American Indian reservations in the Western United States

Purpose: This paper reports the results of survey research conducted with tribal producers between 2011 and 2012 on 19 of the largest American Indian reservations in Idaho, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, and Washington. The purpose of the research was to identify potential barriers to sustainable agriculture on reservation lands. This article reports the results of this research in an effort to promote Extension professionals' understanding of these barriers, which may help to improve outreach programs on American Indian reservations. Understanding the obstacles to sustaining agriculture that American Indian tribes face may inform international agricultural outreach efforts to increase food security targeting indigenous and tribal peoples worldwide.

Design/Methodology/Approach: American Indian agricultural producers comprised the study group. Study objectives included: (1) identify agricultural and natural resource issues of greatest concern to a self-selected sample of tribal agricultural producers on reservation lands; (2) evaluate access to Extension and other US Department of Agriculture outreach and assistance programs; and (3) evaluate the quality of these programs in terms of their relativity to tribal needs.

Findings: Study results indicate that tribal agricultural producers surveyed ranked 29 of 39 agricultural and natural resource issues as a concern. Similarly, they rated access to and quality of outreach programs as fair. Further, tribal producers operating on reservation trust land rated issues more severely than did tribal producers operating on fee simple lands.

Practical Implications: Results of this research will help Extension and other outreach professionals to understand the barriers indigenous and tribal peoples face in sustaining agricultural operations, particularly tribal groups living on federally reserved trust lands, such as American Indians. An increased understanding can inform agricultural policy-makers and outreach professionals in improving programs designed to increase agricultural sustainability, improve food security, enhance economic well-being and improve quality of life of indigenous and tribal peoples worldwide.

Originality/Value: This research provides important information to agricultural policy-makers and Extension professionals striving to sustain agricultural productivity and enhance food security with indigenous and tribal peoples.     

健全我国社会保障制度的对策

健全我国社会保障制度可实施完善社会保障管理体制,实行资金统一管理;推行积极的就业政策,扩大就业规模;建立新的劳动力管理体制,完善就业服务体系;加强培训信息和劳动力需求信息相互沟通;对我国低收入者实行负所得税制度,提高低收入者的收入水平;完善养老保险制度,采取对策缓解养老保险基金的支付压力;完善社会保障资金筹措机制;加强和完善机构内部控制、行政监督和社会监督相结合的社会保障基金监管体系等对策。