Model United Nations: Review for First-Time Instructors and Advisors

ABSTRACT

This review examines the Model United Nations (MUN) program at the collegiate level and provides useful information for advisors that are leading MUN for the first time.     

Drug Trafficking, the International System, and Decision-Making Constraints: A Policy-Making Simulation

The classroom simulation laid out in this article can help international relations educators to identify compelling linkages between the abstract global theories and concepts typically analyzed in an introductory international relations or international political economy course and what most students have experienced as a 'local,' even deeply personal issue—illicit drugs. By role-playing an international drug cartel intent upon advancing the global production, trafficking, and consumption of illicit drugs, students will see the world as it increasingly appears to non-state actors—as effectively borderless. By assuming the role of consultants to the U.S. drug czar, students experience for themselves the often vexing decisional constraints that hamper the ability of governments to respond effectively to transsovereign challenges. By offering a primer on constructing and running this simulation, the article contributes to a growing literature within the discipline that advocates and supports moving away from traditional lecture methods of teaching toward approaches that advance discussion-based, interactive, and participatory learning.     

Assessing engagement skills in public child welfare using OSCE: a pilot study

A two-station (scenario) Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) was developed and tested for validity and reliability for assessing social work engagement skills in public child welfare. The simulated scenario was designed to allow for demonstration of skill with an involuntary adolescent and parent presenting as resistant. Independent raters assessed participants comprised of BSW students, MSW students, and experienced public child protection social workers (n = 17, station one, n = 16 station two). Scales demonstrated high internal consistency, inter-rater reliability, and initial discriminate groups validity. Findings suggest a promising approach for directly assessing social worker skill in engagement of clients. Implications for use of OSCE in child welfare are discussed.     

随机模拟法进行单亲累积亲权指数分析

目的以随机模拟法进行大量单亲累积亲权指数(CPI)统计分析。方法针对Identifiler、PP18D、PP21、AGCU EX20、AGCU 21+1等5个试剂盒,使用自主研发软件,随机模拟100万组单亲组合并计算单亲PI,统计各试剂盒单亲极低CPI比率(R_(VLCPI))、各基因座的PI中位数(M_(PI))和39个基因座的平均单基因座单亲PI(PI_(solo)),并推导增加检测的基因座个数(N)的计算公式。结果 Identifiler、PP18D、AGCU EX20、PP21、AGCU EX20AGCU 21+1的R_(VLCPI)分别为24.9%、6.5%、1.4%、0.7%、0.000 1%。在各试剂盒的基因座存在包含关系的前提下,R_(VLCPI)和常染色体基因座数成负相关。PI_(solo)为1.843 2。M_(PI)与PE_(duo)呈显著的正相关(r=0.956,P0.001)。增加检测的基因座个数公式为N=「log_(1.843 2)(10 000/P)■。结论本文结果和公式对单亲鉴定案具有一定的应用价值。     

情境模拟在公安民警媒体素养教学中的运用

随着互联网以及微媒体的发展,媒体素养已成为公安民警必备素质之一。在公安民警媒体素养教学中,以警务工作现场警媒关系管理、危机事件舆情引导、公安网络宣传及新闻发布会为主要形式的情境模拟训练,具有参与性、针对性、实效性强的优势。公安民警媒体素养情境模拟训练的成效,取决于培训基本场景和角色设计、培训互动以及培训实施过程的安排是否合理。     

Microwave Selective Thermal Development of Latent Fingerprints on Porous Surfaces: Potentialities of the Method and Preliminary Experimental Results

The thermal development of latent fingerprints on paper surfaces is a simple, safe, and chemicals‐free method, based on the faster heating of the substrate underlying the print residue. Microwave heating is proposed for the first time for the development of latent fingerprints on cellulose‐based substrate, in order to add to the thermal development mechanism the further characteristic of being able to heat the fingerprint residues to a different extent with respect to the substrate, due to the intrinsic difference in their dielectric properties. Numerical simulation was performed to confirm and highlight the selectivity of microwaves, and preliminary experimental results point out the great potentialities of this technique, which allowed developing both latent sebaceous‐rich and latent eccrine‐rich fingerprints on different porous surfaces, in less than 30 sec time with an applied output power of 500 W. Microwaves demonstrated more effectiveness in the development of eccrine‐rich residues, aged up to 12 weeks.     

New methods for examining expertise in burglars in natural and simulated environments: preliminary findings

Expertise literature in mainstream cognitive psychology is rarely applied to criminal behaviour. Yet, if closely scrutinised, examples of the characteristics of expertise can be identified in many studies examining the cognitive processes of offenders, especially regarding residential burglary. We evaluated two new methodologies that might improve our understanding of cognitive processing in offenders through empirically observing offending behaviour and decision-making in a free-responding environment. We tested hypotheses regarding expertise in burglars in a small, exploratory study observing the behaviour of ‘expert’ offenders (ex-burglars) and novices (students) in a real and in a simulated environment. Both samples undertook a mock burglary in a real house and in a simulated house on a computer. Both environments elicited notably different behaviours between the experts and the novices with experts demonstrating superior skill. This was seen in: more time spent in high value areas; fewer and more valuable items stolen; and more systematic routes taken around the environments. The findings are encouraging and provide support for the development of these observational methods to examine offender cognitive processing and behaviour.     

The broadcast media: A persuasive institution

At present, the broadcast media (radio and television) because of their pervasive presence in society are a “taken‐for‐granted” part of the social environment, as natural as the air one breathes. The persuasive power of the media is not so readily ascertained by all who watch and listen. Looking at the growth and spread of the media in three highly industrialized countries, namely Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, each with its own particular broadcast system, one can see the variety of emphasis on commercial and public broadcasting. Since the media have more in common with interpersonal communication than they have differences, the public is constantly open to media messages, continuously processing as well as responding to information received via media sources. The persuasive effect of these broadcast media in terms of the latent function of commercial messages needs deep and careful analysis.     

《消费者行为学》情景模拟教学模式的设计与探索

作为市场营销专业的主干课程之一,消费者行为学突出的跨学科性、应用性等课程特征,对传统的教学模式提出新的挑战。情景模拟教学模式的引入,则大大提高了消费者行为学的课堂教学效果。从情景模拟教学的实践经验出发,对情景模拟教学模式的设计进行了积极探索,并提出了相关建议。     

对警察防卫控制训练中案例实战模拟教学法的研究

公安院校是培养警察的摇篮,胡锦涛总书记明确指出：＂在全部公安工作中,队伍建设是根本,也是保证。＂公安院校教育教学质量直接决定着新时期警察的基本素质,是公安队伍建设的基础性环节,而教学质量提高的关键在于教学内容和教学方法的改革和创新,这也正是当前公安院校教育教学体系改革的方向标和动力源。为此,笔者就何为案例实战模拟教学法;在警察防卫控制训练中实施案例实战模拟教学法的步骤、特点、作用、效果和意义等作以阐述,使其为提高转制后公安院校新警的警察防卫控制和警务战术服务,改变当前警察防卫控制训练中普遍存在的＂竞技化、形式化、过分军事化＂的异化现象,使警察防卫控制训练和公安实战有机结合,真正实现其功效最大化,既在法律意识和自我防卫意识的统领下,使受训学员具备过硬的警察防卫控制和警务战术水平,真正达到＂育警强警＂的目的。