Peace values in language textbooks: the case of English for Ethiopia Student Textbook

Textbooks are not only meant to deliver subject knowledge; they are also a medium to convey universal and community-specific values. Aiming to explore the social and emotional development goals of English for Ethiopia Student Textbook Grade 9, this study reviews the content and activities of the textbook by searching for embedded peace values and prejudices. Textual, contextual and sociological discourse analyses were conducted to characterise, understand and explain the nature of the textbook’s discourse. A positive self-concept; good health and compassion (inner peace); tolerance, solidarity and social responsibility (social peace); and respect for life in all its forms and care for the environment (peace with nature) were found to be recurring peace values. However, some content reflected gendered stereotyping, which goes against the peace value of equality.     

Decentralization,Government Capacity,and Environmental Policy Performance: A Cross-National Analysis

This study examines how decentralization and government capacity interactively shape national environmental policy performance. Despite the extensive literature on the policy consequences of decentralization, what remains deficient is a proper understanding of the role that government capacity may play in the process. This study advances an integrative proposition that decentralization can improve policy performance if the government is equipped with capable, efficient and trustworthy administrative apparatus. Findings from a cross-national analysis on national environmental policy performance lend strong support for the general argument by revealing that such positive effects of decentralization are significantly strengthened by the quality of government capacity.     

全球化进程中海外华文教育的含义嬗变及其历史分期——以东南亚地区为例

迄今,海外华文教育已有几百年的历史,期间经历了从华侨教育向华文教育的转变.在全球化进程不断加速发展的今天,海外华文教育的含义发生了嬗变,其内涵不断丰富,外延随之扩大.关于海外华文教育的历史,许多学者多从发展兴衰的角度进行分期,笔者认为从认同转换的角度进行分期,更能体现教育的本质特征和东南亚的地区特征.     

The Unexpected Effects of No Pass,No Drive Policies on High School Education

Since 1988, 27 states have introduced No Pass, No Drive laws, which tie a teenager's ability to receive and maintain a driver's license to various school-related outcomes—most commonly, enrollment and attendance. Enrollment-Based No Pass, No Drive policies, in 21 states, target both enrollment and attendance, and have negligible effects on dropout rates. However, these policies decrease the Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate (AFGR) by between 1 and 1.7 percentage points. This lower graduation rate stems from students delaying their dropout decision by up to two years. As a result, these students are retained in the ninth and tenth grades, increasing 9th-grade enrollment by 3.6 percent relative to 8th-grade enrollment the year prior; this causes an artificial reduction in the graduation rate, rather than a reduction in the true likelihood that a student will graduate. Truancy-Based No Pass, No Drive policies, in five states, target only attendance—teens that fail to meet a minimum attendance requirement lose their driver's license. However, these policies allow students to drop out of school without facing this penalty. These policies increase the annual dropout rate by between 23 and 34 percent (1 to 1.6 percentage points).     

Addressing avoidable vision impairment in Mozambique and the Africa region

The Mozambique Eyecare Project was an international partnership to implement and research eye health education in Mozambique and the Africa region. An optometry degree was developed at Universidade Lúrio, Mozambique. In addition, existing eye health workers were upskilled with training. Researchers from various disciplines evaluated the project and its potential for impact on eye health in the region. The body of evidence generated from the research provides useful lessons for development programmes in general, as well as specific lessons for delivering eye health education and service delivery models for low-income settings.     

Public Sector Reform in Central Asia and the Caucasus

Many developing countries are constantly seeking to reform their public services as part of a wider agenda which supports moves to a market economy and better governance arrangements. Some have embraced public management reforms as the template for their activities with limited success. This paper considers existing research on the impact of public sector reform in developing countries and offers an alternative approach, through case studies of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Kazakhstan, based on two keys elements: an agenda which attempts to shift developing countries to an outcomes based accountability approach operationalized through a “quality of life” framework; and, peer‐to‐peer learning.     

益气养阴解毒方联合化疗治疗中晚期非小细胞肺癌22例

目的 观察益气养阴解毒方联合化疗治疗中晚期非小细胞肺癌的临床疗效。方法 选择符合纳入标准的中晚期非小细胞肺癌患者22 例,采用益气养阴解毒方联合化疗治疗2个疗程,观察治疗前后临床主要症状变化情况,生存质量改变等指标。结果 治疗后部分患者神疲乏力、食欲不振、口干、心烦失眠、咳嗽、咳痰、胸痛、气促等症状改善明显（P<0.05）,治疗后KPS评分较治疗前提高（P<0.05）,毒性及不良反应发生率低。结论 对于中晚期非小细胞肺癌患者,益气养阴解毒方可有效改善临床症状,提高生活质量。     

犀黄丸对火毒血瘀型鼻咽癌放射治疗患者生活质量的影响

目的 观察犀黄丸对火毒血瘀型鼻咽癌放射治疗患者生活质量的影响。方法 将60例鼻咽癌患者随机分为实验组和对照组,每组30例。对照组仅接受放射治疗,实验组加用犀黄丸口服。观察并比较两组患者治疗前后中医证候积分,比较两组患者生活质量改善情况及不良反应。结果 两组患者治疗后中医证候积分均显著降低（P<0.05）,实验组中医证候积分下降程度大于对照组（P<0.05）;实验组患者生活质量的改善优于对照组（P<0.05）;实验组总不良反应率（50.00%）与对照组（73.33%）比较,差异无统计学意义（P>0.05）。结论 犀黄丸可改善鼻咽癌患者的临床症状,提高患者生活质量,减少放射治疗的不良反应。     

了病膏联合红外线治疗恶性肿瘤患者疼痛疗效观察

目的 观察了病膏联合红外线治疗恶性肿瘤患者疼痛的疗效及对生活质量的改善情况。〖JP〗方法 将60例恶性肿瘤患者随机分为观察组和对照组,每组30例,对照组按照“三阶梯止痛原则”给予常规西药进行治疗,观察组在对照组基础上给予了病膏外敷联合红外线患处照射。采用数字评分量表（numerical rating scale,NRS）观察疼痛程度,采用卡氏功能状态（Karnofsky performance status,KPS）量表观察生活质量,并观察疼痛缓解率。结果 与治疗前比较,两组治疗3、5、7 d后NRS评分均显著减少（P<0.05）,KPS评分仅观察组治疗7 d后显著增加（P<0.05）;两组治疗后NRS评分与同组前一时点比较,差异均有统计学意义（P<0.05）,KPS评分仅观察组治疗7 d后较治疗3、5 d差异有统计学意义（P<0.05）;治疗3、5、7 d后,观察组NRS评分均显著低于对照组（P<0.05）;两组KPS评分比较,差异均无统计学意义（P>0.05）。两组疼痛缓解率比较,差异有统计学意义（χ2=4.593,P=0.032）。结论 了病膏联合红外线治疗,能够缓解恶性肿瘤患者的疼痛和改善其生活质量。     

MOOC在高职教育应用中的前景分析

随着计算机技术和网络技术的发展,全球化大数据日新月异,学习方式和学习方法已经发生了重大的变革。MOOC的出现和推广,有助于推动高职教育创新教育模式,提高高职教育教学相长的可能性,从而全面促进我国高职教育的长足发展。