Comparative analysis of breast and lung cancer survival rates and clinical trial enrollments among rural and urban patients in Georgia

Objectives:Rural patients have poor cancer outcomes and clinical trial(CT)enrollment compared to urban patients due to attitudinal,awareness,and healthcare access differential.Knowledge of cancer survival disparities and CT enrollment is important for designing interventions and innovative approaches to address the stated barriers.The study explores the potential disparities in cancer survival rates and clinical trial enrollments in rural and urban breast and lung cancer patients.Our hypotheses are that for both cancer types,urban cancer patients will have longer 5-year survival rates and higher enrollment rates in clinical trials than those in rural counties.Methods:We compared breast and lung cancer patients’survival rates and enrollment ratios in clinical trials between rural(RUCC 4-9)and urban counties in Georgia at a Comprehensive Cancer Center(CCC).To assess these differences,we carried out a series of independent samples t-tests and Chi-Square tests.Results:The outcomes indicate comparable 5-year survival rates across rural and urban counties for breast and lung cancer patients,failing to substantiate our hypothesis.While clinical trial enrollment rates demonstrated a significant difference between breast and lung cancer patients at CCC,no significant variation was observed based on rural or urban classification.Conclusion:These findings underscore the need for further research into the representation of rural patients with diverse cancer types at CCC and other cancer centers.Further,the findings have considerable implications for the initiation of positive social change to improve CT participation and reduce cancer survival disparities.

The Impact of Demographics and Cultural Tourism on University Enrollments in Calabria, Italy

The decline in the birth rate,which has been uninterrupted in Italy since the mid-1960s,has had a significant impact on many aspects of society.As far as the educational system is concerned,this phenomenon has acted like a wave,first causing a decline in the population of the first school age groups,then in the other groups,until recently affecting the 19-25 age group,which includes the majority of university students.As a result,the majority of Italian universities have seen a decline over time in both enrollments(matriculations)and student numbers(enrollments),although the situation varies from one area to another.In the Mezzogiorno,this trend is even more pronounced,since an increasing number of resident students tend to favor universities in the Centre-North,creating a South-Centre-North movement,which could be compared to a particular form of cultural tourism,without a similar flow in the opposite direction.Finally,the study highlights the probable consequences of the recent demographic depopulation on the future trend of university enrollment of residents aged 19-25 in the Calabria region,using the most recent demographic projections of Istat and constructing two evolutionary scenarios.In the first scenario,we have assumed that in the near future university enrollment rates remain constant throughout the period considered;in the second scenario,these rates instead experience a gradual and continuous increase.These results could be useful if further forecasts of university enrollments were to be made at the level of individual Calabrian universities.

Exploration and Reflection on Promoting Graduate Enrollment under the New Situation

Graduate enrollment is crucial for improving the quality of graduate education and building a high-quality education system.The current enrollment situation in some universities is severe,with problems such as insufficient attention to enrollment promotion and a single mode.To solve these problems,this article proposes measures such as leveraging the joint efforts of schools,formulating enrollment promotion plans at different levels,strengthening the construction of enrollment teams at both the school and college levels,enriching enrollment promotion forms,strengthening the construction of high-quality student sources,and building a quality evaluation system for student sources to attract more students to apply and continuously improve the quality of student sources.

Factors Influencing Students Decisions to Enrollment in Sudanese Higher Education Institutions

There is a growing body of literature that recognizes the importance of data mining in educational systems. This recognition makes educational data mining a new growing research community. One way to achieve the highest level of quality in a higher education system is by discovering knowledge from educational data such as students’ enrollment data. Many mining tools that aim to discover exciting correlations, frequent patterns, associations, or casual structures among sets of items in educational data sets have been proposed. One of the widely used tools is association rules. In this paper, the Apriori algorithm is used to generate association rules to discover the importance and correlation between factors that influence student’s decision to enroll in higher education institutions in Sudan. The algorithm is applied using a student’s enrollment data set that was created using a questionnaire and 800 students enrolled in governmental and private sector universities as a sample. This paper classifies factors that influence enrollment into: student’s demographic factors and four categories of enrollment related factors (Student and Society, Educational Institution, Admission, and Employment related factors), and determines the most influential factors in determining student’s decision to enroll in Sudanese universities. The analysis result shows that the Educational Institution related factors (50%) and Admission related factors (40%) are strongly influencing students’ enrollment decision, while the Employment related factors (10%) and Student and Society related factors (0%) have weak influence. The factors out of the 14 Educational Institution related factors that have a high impact are: reputation, diversity of study, quality of education, education facilities, and feasibility.

Research on Quality Assurance System of Talent Cultivation in Higher Vocational Colleges from the Background of Enrollment Expansion

The enrollment expansion of higher vocational education is not only a strategic measure to alleviate the structural contradiction of employment,but also an important support for economic transformation and upgrading.How to deal with the expansion of enrollment and ensure the quality of training is an important task of higher vocational colleges at this stage.Based on the development requirements of the new era,it is of great practical significance to build a perfect quality assurance system of talent training.

Feasibility Study of Enforcing Immunization Certificate Check Before Primary School or Kindergarten Enrollment in Guizhou Province, China

Objective To study the feasibility of enforcing immunization certificate check before children enroll in primary schools or kindergartens in Guizhou Province. Methods Quantitative and qualitative studies were conducted. The multi-stage and cluster sampling approach was adopted for the quantitative part of the study. A questionnaire was designed and 996 children and their keepers were interviewed. Principals, doctors or teachers of the primary schools, directors and child care nurses of kindergarten, and staff of immunization agencies were invited to take part in 12 focus group discussions; meanwhile, face-to-face individual in-depth interviews with 16 officials of the Health, Education and Governmental Departments at various levels were conducted. Results The total number of subjects was 996. 16.7% of the children in the study completed all the procedures of the National Immunization Programme. 34.3% of them had immunization certificates while the remainder 44.7% registered in immunization agencies. Factors, including the migrant children, doubt about vaccine efficiency, mother’s occupation and educational background, knowledge of the National Immunization Programme on targeted vaccines, played an important role in obtaining or not immunization certificates. 95% of the keepers interviewed thought the immunization certificates were useful; 94.8% of them considered the check was critical while only 3.6% of them thought it unnecessary. The first reason from those who found it unnecessary was that they feared that repeated immunization might affect their children’s health. The second reason was the cost of immunization, which some of them could not afford to pay. However, the Health Department expressed a favorable attitude to the checking scheme. Though the Education Department agreed that the scheme was essential, they worried that it would affect the enrollment rate.Conclusion In spite of the difficulty in administering immunization certificate check, the effort would be rewarding for raising the immunization coverage rate among the children in Guizhou Province.

Research on Application of Self-media Platform in College Enrollment Publicity in the New Period

Since the arrival of the media era,colleges and universities have undergone many new changes in enrollment,especially in the recruitment publicity work,self-media platform plays an important role.But for now,there are some problems in the application of self-media in college enrollment propaganda,for example,the promotion and management level of the platform needs to be improved,and the low quality of platform push content seriously affects the application effect of self-media.This paper aims at the problems existing in the application of self-media platform in the college enrollment propaganda,and formulates the effective solution strategy of the department,constantly improve the application effect of self-media platform in college enrollment propaganda.

Certification and Conversion Mode of Learning Achievement Based on Credit Bank under the Background of Higher Vocational Enrollment Expansion

Credit bank system is a very important management mode in current higher vocational education,and it is also an important means for the Ministry of Education to promote China's modern education reform.This paper combines the specific background of higher vocational enrollment expansion,expounds the practical significance of the credit bank system in the training of the expanded enrollment talents,and explores the methods and rules of the authentication and transformation of the learning achievement of the expanded enrollment students under the system.In order to achieve convergence of different types of learning results,smooth talent growth channel,a useful exploration is carried out.

The plight and Countermeasures brought to the constructions of library literature by effect of college enrollment

This text introduces the concept of local literature and collection range, explains the significance of literature collection and explores building programs of local university library. Currently, university library generally put a strong emphasis on collection of academic literature, but has less attention on literature collections which reflect the situation of university location, or even worse, simply don＇ t launch business in this field. For the university library, it is a great loss of literature information resources, as well as a great regret of library work. First, what is the local literature？ It is literature data which document a region＇ s past and present issues like politics, economy, culture, education, history, geography and other aspects like important characters and events, customs, folklore etc.

Informed consent process: ethical and practical challenges in clinical trials regarding subject enrollment, protection, and informed consent in developing countries (India, Pakistan & Iran)

In this study,we are discussing the rationale behind informed consent in clinical trials in developing countries.It elaborates how informed consent has remained an ethical and practical issue.Poverty,endemic diseases,and a lack of investment in healthcare systems influence the ease of conducting and selecting trials that can benefit the people of developing countries.Differences in cultural perspectives,religious beliefs,a lack of formal training for clinical staff,children,time zone difference,literacy,vulnerable population,and language barriers for subject enrollment,protection,and informed are also challenges.This report doesn’t only highlight the right the wrongs of the past or reiterate cases where clinical trials have hurt subjects in developing countries.The current study investigates the conditions of human research in developing countries to make them more ethically sound.The extends proposals to investigators,scientists,governments,sponsors,and other groups who are interested where appropriate.

Realistic Dilemma and Solution of “Vocational Skill Test” under the Background of Enrollment Reform of Classified Examination in Higher Vocational Colleges in Jilin Province

In the process of Higher Vocational classified examination enrollment reform,Jilin Province has adopted a diversified examination enrollment model and“cultural quality test+vocational skill test”evaluation method,and established the“vocational education college entrance examination”system.This paper analyzes the important role and practical difficulties of“vocational skill test”in Higher Vocational classified examination,studies the existing problems,and puts forward to reasonably divide the proportion of“cultural quality test”and“vocational skill test”,sets diversified admission standards,scientifically sets up the assessment methods and contents of“vocational skill test”,further improves the“cultural quality test+vocational skill test”evaluation method and builds a classified examination and enrollment system more in line with the characteristics of vocational education.

Should Parents Escort Their Children to First-Year University Enrollment?

Colleges and universities across China usually find crowds of first-year students swarming through their gates in late August and early September. part of this process is for parents to escort their children, a phenomenon that is an annual topic of debate across China. Many people think that parents escorting their children to colleges and

共同富裕目标下高等教育获得对慈善捐赠行为的影响研究

通过慈善事业优化收入分配,进而实现共同富裕的目标是当代中国的重要议题之一。作为社会进步的基石,高等教育不仅为个体人力资本的积累提供了机会,也在培养公民的社会责任感方面扮演着关键角色。基于中国家庭追踪调查(CFPS)2018年数据,采用高校扩招提供的准实验设计,识别高等教育获得对个体慈善捐赠行为的影响效应,并分析其中的作用机制和异质性特征。研究发现:(1)高等教育获得对个体的慈善捐赠行为具有显著的正向影响,通过一系列稳健性检验以及引入工具变量缓解内生性问题后,该结论仍旧成立;(2)高等教育获得对慈善捐赠行为的影响机制从收入水平、数字能力和社会信任3个维度得到证明,个体的收入水平为捐赠提供了经济基础,数字能力拓展了捐赠渠道,社会信任增强了捐赠意愿,这些机制综合作用于高学历群体,使其在慈善领域呈现更大的活跃度和贡献度;(3)高等教育获得对慈善捐赠行为的促进效应在分性别与早期户口的子样本中均较为显著,该效应在女性群体与男性群体之间不存在显著差异,但在拥有农村出身与成长经历的群体中更为突出。基于上述发现,建议协同推进高等教育规模扩张与优质高等教育资源扩容,针对弱势群体优化教育资源配置格局和资助政策体系,并在人才培养中强化道德教育和慈善教育,以充分发挥高等教育对共同富裕建设的赋能作用。

独立学院转设对生源质量的影响研究--基于大学声誉与多期DID的实证分析

大学声誉是高等学校在长期办学中给社会公众留下的综合印象,良好的大学声誉能够吸引更多优质生源。多年来,推进独立学院转设的工作进展并不顺利,学界对独立学院在与母体大学脱钩后导致的声誉损失,尤其转设是否会影响生源质量方面尚未有一致意见。基于此,借助独立学院转设这一“准自然实验”,以2009—2018年306所独立学院高考录取平均分的面板数据为基础,采用多期双重差分法,实证分析独立学院转设对生源质量的影响。研究发现:独立学院转设后录取平均分数显著降低,转设与录取平均分数的降低存在因果关系。机制分析表明,转设学校失去母体大学的“名校光环”,声誉受到损失进而导致生源质量下降。异质性分析表明,转设对文科录取平均分的降低影响强于理科;相较于母体大学为“一流学科”和“双非”高校的转设学校,转设对母体大学为“一流大学”的独立学院录取平均分的降低影响更大;所在地为“一线城市”的转设学校,其录取平均分下降幅度比在“二线城市”和“三线城市”的转设学校更大。在推动独立学院全面转设的政策背景下,转设学校应当把握时机,实现高质量发展,以重塑和提升大学声誉。在声誉管理方面,应加强校园文化建设和舆论引导,在转设过程中要与母体大学继续保持良好合作关系。在类型定位方面,应明晰学校发展目标定位,及时调整学科专业结构和人才培养结构,走高质量发展和特色发展道路。在区域布局方面,应制定详细的转设方案,权衡各种影响因素。同时,为优化办学成本和促进区域均衡发展,相关学校在转设时可考虑迁址办学。

我国专业硕士招生考试改革的动因、举措与政策建议

专业硕士教育是培养实践创新型人才的重要途径,与学术硕士教育的地位同等重要。我国专业硕士招生考试改革的动因与社会对高层次应用型人才的需求、研究生教育制度的完善以及专业硕士招生规模的扩大等密切相关。专业硕士招生考试从多样化尝试到联考再到全国统考,符合研究生招生考试发展规律。面对研究生教育分类发展的新形势,专业硕士招生考试改革需要以《中华人民共和国学位法》的出台为契机,在笔试和复试环节加强产教融合,发挥专业硕士“双导师”制的优势,加强高校导师与行业专家的合作交流,针对全日制和非全日制专业硕士的差异,调整复试内容的侧重点。

人力资本扩张如何影响企业生产效率——基于工资扭曲异质性视角的实证研究

在经济发展方式转变以及世界经济形势发生深刻变革的现实背景下,重新审视人力资本扩张对企业生产效率的影响,对于促进中国经济高质量发展具有重要现实意义。基于中国劳动力市场普遍存在劳动力工资负向扭曲事实,借助高校扩招这一外生政策冲击构造准自然实验,以中国工业企业作为研究样本,系统考察工资扭曲异质性情形下人力资本扩张对企业生产效率的影响。研究结果表明,随着工资负向扭曲程度的增加,高校扩招引致的人力资本对企业生产效率的影响逐渐变小。针对工资扭曲程度较大企业的机制研究表明,人力资本扩张加剧了企业的劳动密集度和生产率偏度,抑制了企业的创新动力。研究结论为中国在高质量发展阶段深入实施人才强国战略提供了新的视角和经验证据。

构建高质量发展下的高职院校招生、培养与就业一体化联动机制

高校高质量发展的关键在于构建招生、培养与就业一体化紧密联动机制。基于此,对5所院校进行深度访谈、问卷调查和统计分析,精准透析三者在一体化联动方面存在联动不够、产教融合深度不够等问题,探究三者联动关系模型和一体化实施路径,优化产学合作教育模式,调整专业设置,建立联动机制服务体系。

深化中英教育合作:人才培养——探索中英合作办学之路(二)

中英合作办学作为高校深度探索和实践“在地国际化”培养模式的主要形式,已成为培养国际化人才的重要途径。从生源情况、培养过程、毕业生质量、学生评价四个层面,即“入口—过程—出口—反馈”,系统分析中英合作办学的人才培养特点与成效具有重要意义。研究发现,中英合作办学在优质教育资源融合、国际化视野拓展、实践能力培养及高水平人才供给等方面具有显著优势。新时期,中英合作办学应继续加强师资队伍建设、优化课程设置、建立现代大学治理体系,以全面实现更高质量的发展。

民国时期河北女师音乐体育系发展考证

民国时期,河北女师音乐体育系致力于女子体育人才培养,为我国女子体育教育事业作出了巨大贡献。运用文献资料法和多重互证法,从办学沿革、招生情况、课程设置等方面对该机构的发展进行考证。表明:该机构创设于1931年,历经音乐体育系、体育系、体育专修科等多次迭名,1949年与中央国体专校合并为河北师范学院体育系后停办。张汇兰、杜隆元、罗爱华曾任该机构负责人;其培养目标经历了从具备音乐技能和体育素养的综合人才,到体育指导及社会体育干部,再到中小学体育指导人才的演变;修业年限主要为4年,间有3年或5年;采用统一校考与推免相结合的方式进行招生,先后招收新生约110名;不同时期均采用学分制与学年制相结合的方式进行教学管理;课程设置按系别、性质、内容分类,课程数量“先下降、后平稳”,课程比重呈现“重学科、轻术科”特征。

Mobilization Initiatives for Enhancing Secondary School Students’ Enrolment into Vocational and Technical Education Program of Universities for Self Reliance in South East, Nigeria

This study focused on identification of mobilization initiatives for enhancing student’s enrolment into Vocational and Technical Education (VTE) programs in Nigerian Universities. Three research questions guided the study while three hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study was carried out in South East, Nigeria. Population for the study was 1340. Sample for the study was 753 obtained through proportionate (30%) stratified random sampling technique. A 38 item questionnaire was developed and used to collect data. Data obtained were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer research questions while t-test statistic was used to test hypotheses at probability of 0.05 level. It was found out by the study that 38 mobilization initiatives could be used to enhance students’ enrolment into Vocational and Technical Education Programs in Nigerian Universities. It was therefore recommended that the identified mobilization initiatives be implemented by relevant stakeholders to enhance secondary school students’ enrollment into VTE programs in Nigerian Universities.