Have a Legal Question Without the Resources to Get an Answer?

This article explores the Western New York's Library Resources Council's Ask the Lawyer Program. The program provides a timely model for local cultural heritage communities, such as archives, to collectively retain a lawyer in a non-representational capacity to answer both specific and hypothetical questions that arise as a result of their work.     

Comparison of three web-scale discovery services for health sciences research

Objective

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relative effectiveness of three web-scale discovery (WSD) tools in answering health sciences search queries.

Methods

Simple keyword searches, based on topics from six health sciences disciplines, were run at multiple real-world implementations of EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS), Ex Libris''s Primo, and ProQuest''s Summon. Each WSD tool was evaluated in its ability to retrieve relevant results and in its coverage of MEDLINE content.

Results

All WSD tools returned between 50%–60% relevant results. Primo returned a higher number of duplicate results than the other 2 WSD products. Summon results were more relevant when search terms were automatically mapped to controlled vocabulary. EDS indexed the largest number of MEDLINE citations, followed closely by Summon. Additionally, keyword searches in all 3 WSD tools retrieved relevant material that was not found with precision (Medical Subject Headings) searches in MEDLINE.

Conclusions

None of the 3 WSD products studied was overwhelmingly more effective in returning relevant results. While difficult to place the figure of 50%–60% relevance in context, it implies a strong likelihood that the average user would be able to find satisfactory sources on the first page of search results using a rudimentary keyword search. The discovery of additional relevant material beyond that retrieved from MEDLINE indicates WSD tools'' value as a supplement to traditional resources for health sciences researchers.     

Provider documentation of patient education: a lean investigation

Purpose

The study evaluates how providers give patient education materials and identifies improvements to comply with Meaningful Use (MU) requirements.

Methods

Thirty-eight patient-provider interactions in two health care outpatient clinics were observed.

Results

Providers do not uniformly know MU patient education requirements. Providers have individual preferences and find gaps in what is available. Accessing and documenting patient education varies among providers. Embedded electronic health record (EHR) materials, while available, have technical access barriers.

Conclusions

Providers'' EHR skills and knowledge levels contribute to non-standardized patient education delivery.     

Placing wireless tablets in clinical settings for patient education

Objective

The authors explored the feasibility and possible benefit of tablet-based educational materials for patients in clinic waiting areas.

Methods

We distributed eight tablets preloaded with diagnosis-relevant information in two clinic waiting areas. Patients were surveyed about satisfaction, usability, and effects on learning. Technical issues were resolved.

Results

Thirty-seven of forty patients completed the survey. On average, the patients were satisfied in all categories.

Conclusions

Placing tablet-based educational materials in clinic waiting areas is relatively easy to implement. Patients using tablets reported satisfaction across three domains: usability, education, and satisfaction.     

地方性师范院校学报办刊之路浅析

地方性师范院校学报公开发行晚,底子薄、文化积淀不厚,难望名校大刊之项背.应从地方性、专题性、形成刊物的个性特色、提高编校质量等方面入手,求生存,求发展.     

可编程控制器系统设计分析

可编程序控制器(Programmable Logic Controller简称PLC),在工业生产过程自动控制领域得到广泛的应用,而可编程序控制器的实际应用,需要符号要求的系统设计。探讨系统采用PLC控制的一般本条件和系统设计的基本原则,能很好地寻求PLC最适合的控制对象。基于系统设计内容与步骤的分析,有助于结合实际问题进行PLC控制系统的设计。     

试论农村初中辍学及其对策

目前农村初中辍学客观存在,困扰着农村的“双基”教育。本文分析了农村初中学生辍学的原因,提出了防止学生辍学的具体措施和新的办法。     

从出土材料再论《文子》及相关问题

本利用新出土的献材料,从引《老》、用《老》的角度,论证古本《子》当成书于公元前3世纪上半叶。今本《子》与《淮南子》的关系,可以用“两次抄袭”的模型来解释。一方面是《子》在引《老》、用《老》,另一方面《老子》本在流传的过程中,也因为《子》的影响而发生着改变。     

桂林抗战文化城的翻译活动

1938年冬到1944年秋在桂林抗战文化城曾开展过丰富多彩的翻译活动.此次活动的特点：从译人数众多,阵容强大,以文学翻译占主导地位的多学科翻译,译作的发表和出版前少后多,报刊成为译介的重要力量.这一活动背后具有深刻的社会文化因素,它为抗战的胜利和我国翻译事业的发展作出了贡献.     

文本歧义的理解机制及读者的选择原则

借鉴认知语言学、语用学等方面的理论研究成果,讨论文本歧义的理解机制及读者进行意义选择时所遵循的原则。