Longitudinal study of veterinary students and veterinarians: effects of growing up on a farm with animals

OBJECTIVE: To compare the career paths of veterinarians who had grown up on farms with animals with those of veterinarians from other backgrounds, during the first 15 years after they graduated. PROCEDURE: Questionnaires were completed by veterinary students in their first and fifth year, and after 1, 5, 10 and 15 years after they graduated. The most recent questionnaires were returned by 134 of 137 graduates, 20% of whom had grown up, or lived for at least two years, on farms where animals were a primary source of income. This paper includes findings from that questionnaire but also contains comparisons with previous ones. RESULTS: Fifteen years after they graduated, veterinarians who had grown up on farms with animals were more likely than those of other backgrounds to be living in centres with < 10,000 people (58% farm, 20% other), irrespective of the type of work they were doing. Although they were more likely to be doing no veterinary work (42% farm, 21% other), they were also more likely to be working in mixed practice (15% farm, 9% other) and with cattle and sheep generally (11% full time equivalent farm, 5% full time equivalent other). However, > 80% of those who had started their careers in mixed practice were no longer in mixed practice after 15 years. Veterinarians of farm origin who were in private practice were more likely to be sole or part owners (93% farm, 46% other) and less likely to be employees (7% farm, 54% other). CONCLUSIONS: In this study, veterinarians who had grown up on farms with animals seemed slightly more likely than those from other backgrounds to continue working in mixed practice and to work with cattle or sheep, although the numbers were small and the differences not significant. Whatever their background, the majority who started their careers in mixed practice left over the next few years, and by 15 years only 15% remained.     

黎榆A繁殖母本有效穗和结实率与产量的关系

繁殖田母本有效穗和结实率是影响产量的主要因素。通过对10个不同父母本栽插行比的分析结果表明：黎榆A繁殖产量以父母本栽插行比为2：18最高，达292．09kg/667m^2。增加有效穗对于增产的效应要比增加结实率大；有效穗与产量，结实率与产量的偏相关系数均呈正相关，且有效穗与产量的相关达显著水平，多元回归方程为：y-155.6283 4.8660x 0.2342x2.     

高校图书馆批量退证系统的设计与实现

针对高校图书馆在毕业生退证高峰期所面临的问题,介绍了惠州学院图书馆批量退证系统的设计目标及思路,并对批量退证系统实现过程中对相关表的解读、数据库的连接方法和功能的实现过程进行了详细的论述。     

主动互动：提升医学院校图书馆的服务质量

 

从提升医学院图书馆服务质量的角度，分析了医学院图书馆的互动活动从被动转向主动的必要性，提出了开展主动互动的准则，并对主动互动的方式进行了探讨。

     

林科类专业大学生人文素质基本情况的问卷调查

文章调查和分析了林科类专业大学生人文素质的现状,从家庭背景和生活环境、教育观念、人文素质教育质量三个方面分析了学生人文素质较弱的原因,总结了其主要特征,建议高校转变教育观念,重视人文素质教育,加快林业与人文教育的有机结合,加强人文素质教育硬件和软件建设,提高学生人文素质。     

浅谈网络环境下高校图书馆馆员的信息素质教育

阐述了信息素质教育的涵义,探讨了图书馆馆员信息素质教育的重要性及现状,指出了图书馆馆员信息素质教育的构成、主要内容和实现图书馆馆员信息素质教育的途径。     

校院两级管理模式下地方农业高校教科研指标体系构建探索与对策研究

校院两级管理是高等院校内部管理体制改革创新的必然趋势,对高等院校盘活存量、激活增量具有重要作用.文章系统梳理了国内外高等院校内部管理体制改革和校院两级管理模式以及教科研指标体系的差异和特征,着重聚焦当前地方农业高校教科研指标体系构建中存在的问题,探析地方农业高校校院两级管理教科研指标体系构建的关键因素和环节,提出了"核...     

Life-history variation in relation to nest site abundance in males of the freshwater goby Tridentiger brevispinis

Abstract –  Age at maturity in males of the freshwater goby Tridentiger brevispinis , a species with exclusive paternal care, was investigated in two populations in Lake Biwa, Japan, that differed markedly in nest site abundance. At Ohmi-maiko, where nest sites were scarce, most males matured at age 3, and mean body size of males guarding eggs in nests was larger than that of males sampled randomly (including both guarding and nonguarding males) in the population. Conversely, at Minamihama, where nest sites were abundant, many males matured at age 1, and there was no difference in body size between guarding males and males collected randomly. The slope of regression lines between body size of the guarding male and the number of eggs in his nest was greater in Ohmi-maiko than in Minamihama. These results suggest that the shortage of nest sites enhances reproductive success in larger males, probably through male–male competition for nest sites and female mate choice for larger males. I conclude that in nest spawners, the availability of nest sites should strongly affect life-history traits of males through sexual selection.     

有中国特色的高校学科评估体系构建研究

[目的/意义]建立科学的学科评估指标体系,是开展高校学科评估的关键。根据国情,重新构建一套有中国特色的、全面科学的学科评估体系,从而对一定时期和一定范围内的学科建设水平给出客观、科学的评价。[方法/过程]在比较分析国内外常用的几种学科评估体系的基础上,围绕高校不同层次人才培养的中心任务,兼顾不同学科之间的差异,推行分类评价,首先按高校类型、再按不同学科门类,分别构建多个学科评估体系。[结果/结论]以教学研究型大学中的工学为例,建立一个全面、科学、有中国特色的学科评估指标体系。该指标体系由5项一级指标、16项二级指标、40项三级指标构成。指标权重向“人才培养”倾斜,突出“思想政治教育成效”“师德师风建设”等中国特色。