Endoscopic ultrasound-guided elastography in the nodal staging of oesophageal cancer

AIM： To assess quantitative endoscopic ultrasound （EUS）- guided elastography in the nodal staging of oesophago- gastric cancers.METHODS： This was a single tertiary centre study as- sessing 50 patients with established oesophago-gastric cancer undergoing EUS-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy （FNAB） of lymph nodes between July 2007 and July 2009. EUS-guided elastography of lymph nodes was performed before EUS-FNAB. Standard EUS charac- teristics were also described. Cytological determination of whether a lymph node was malignant or benign was used as the gold standard for this study. Comparisons of elastography and standard EUS characteristics were made between the cytologically benign and malignant nodes. The main outcome measure was the accuracy of elastography in differentiating between benign and malignant lymph nodes in oesophageal cancers.

Research on the Challenges for the Contemporary Higher Vocational English Education and Countermeasures under the Environment of Employment-Guided Approach

In this paper, we conduct research on the challenges for the contemporary higher vocational English education and countermeasures under the environment of employment-guided approach. Quality of higher vocational English teaching is related to the reputation of the college of vocational education and training quality, relating to cultivate advanced technology applied to adapt to the new situation requires the modern talents. Our proposed novel methodology enhances the performance of the traditional English pattern and helps optimize the teaching model as well.

The related research on the college counselors in the education and management of the college students in the new period

The college students are in the period when their outlook on life and world outlook are gradually mature, and when their intellectual culture tends to be mature, so the education and management on the university students is extremely important. As the college counselors, in the new period, how can we implement the tasks in the college education and management？ In view of this, this paper carries on the analysis in the three aspects of the positioning of the roles of the college counselors, the challenges the college counselors face in the new period, and the countermeasures to improve the status quo of education and management of the college counselors on the college students in the new era, in order to promote the development of the physical and mental health of the university students.

Study On Improving Hotel Management Curriculum Design Based on Action-Oriented Teaching Method

Hotel management of higher vocational education is a demanding specialty that often involves practice in teaching, while employing action-oriented teaching method can effectively improve students＇ comprehensive professional ability. In this paper, the author first makes an introduction of action-oriented teaching method, and then analyzes some principles of applying it to hotel management curriculum, and finally, some suggestions are put forward for the design of hotel management curriculum based on action-oriented teaching method.

Research on the New Education Mode towards Clothing Education in Colleges and Universities under the Background of Ability Guided Value

In this paper, we conduct research on the new education mode towards clothing education in colleges and universities under the background of ability guided value. Applied talent is to apply professional knowledge and professional skills in social practice of specialized personnel a line is fluent in social production and social activities of basic knowledge and basic skills. Ability evaluation index is not fixed, combining with the change of market demand for talents and the improvement of unit of choose and employ persons of evaluation standard. Our reform combines the needs of the society and the class education which will enhance the students＇ ability. In the near future, we plan to conduct more corresponding research to polish the current methodology.

Leadership Soft Skills

This paper mainly discusses leadership soft skills, which comprise of collaboration or teamwork, communication skills, initiative, leadership ability, people development or coaching, personal effectiveness or personal mastery, planning and organizing, and presentation skills. Leaders need to be masters of soft skills because leadership is determined by those who can demonstrate their ability to drive an organization toward excellence and results. The aim of this paper is to contribute to the body of knowledge and literature in leadership soft skills for educational leaders in higher education institutions. In addition, this paper also provides exposure to administrators to understand the importance of leadership soft skills besides highlighting the two relevant models. Furthermore, it also provides an advantage to administrators in developing high quality interpersonal relationships with the people who they associate with in promoting positive working environment. Leadership soft skills can be seen as providing a vital contribution for organizations and administrators in the process of developing of quality human resource.

Strengthen Educational and Teaching Reform in a Social Demand-oriented Approach

Along with the advent of higher educational popularization, the number of graduates will be on the rise with increasingly salientcontradictions between the employment of students and social demands. Therefore, before the popularization stage of higher education, it is ofprime importance to properly handle the contradiction between employment of students and social demands. From the perspective of the socialdemands, this paper offers a detailed study of seeking the correct reform approaches through the analysis of the social demands for talents andeducational and teaching reform with a view to alleviating the employment pressure of graduates.