Improving the Selection Model of Essential Medicines in China by Evidence-based Thinking

Objective To sort out the problems in the selection model of essential medicines in China,and to put forward some suggestions to optimize the selection model to ensure the rationality of the medicines in the essential medicines list.Methods The domestic and foreign literature on the selection of essential medicines was reviewed.Then,the opinions on the selection methods and results of essential medicines from foreign literature were investigated to make a comparison with the selection of essential medicines in China.Finally,the general and special laws of the selection process of the essential medicines were explored.Results and Conclusion It is recommended that the selection model of essential medicines in China should be further optimized,and the evidence-based thinking and methods should be utilized to enhance the scientific nature of the selection process.

Effect of Teacher Feedback, Peer Review and the Combination on EFL Writing Study Proposal

Since the result of effect comparison is important for teacher's decision making,roles teacher feedback and peer review play respectively and collaboratively in tertiary-level EFL writing context should be addressed via quantitative study as this paper proposed.Quantitative data should be collected from students'first drafts,second drafts and written comments from teachers and peers.Gains for overall scores between the first and second drafts and correlation between suggestions and gains should be examined.

A Case Study on the Development of Reflective Thinking Through Journal Writing

Reflective thinking and teachers' professional development has become a focus since the new curriculum reform.Based on a case study among English teachers in Zhangjiashan Middle School, this paper aims to find out the effectiveness to improve the reflective thinking by journal writing and the extent to which the journal writing is involved. From the result, a conclusion can be reached that journal writing can provide an opportunity for teachers to write reflectively about their teaching, and teachers differ in the extent to which they can write reflectively.

Cultivation of Reading,Writing,and Critical Thinking in the Teaching of Selected Readings in American Literature

Selected Readings in American Literature is a required course for the third year of English major,and it is also a compulsory course for the Bachelor Degree of English Language and Literature at School of Foreign Languages,Leshan Normal University.The course uses the combination of English literary reading and course paper writing to develop students’English reading and writing skills,while focusing on the cultivating critical thinking skills of English majors.

The Use of LDOCE4 on CD-ROM in EFL Students' Writing: a Case Study

This case study examines the use of LDOCE4 on CD-ROM in EFL students’writing.Four participants at different proficiency levels were invited to write a composition on a given title.They were then asked to revise their compositions twice,first using the paper dictionary,and secondly using the CD-ROM.Based on a comparison of the two versions,the following conclusions were drawn:1 The CD-ROM is generally more beneficial to EFL students’writing than the paper dictionary.2 Al though the CD-ROM is helpful,it is not a panacea.3 The CD-ROM can provide little help to lower intermediate learners.

Effects of Problem-based English Writing Instruction on Thai Upper Secondary School Students' Critical Thinking Abilities and Argumentative Writing Skills

The objective of the study is to examine the effects of Problem based English writing instruction on Thai Upper secondary school students' critical thinking abilities and argumentative writing skill.In this study,the researcher constructed 18weeks' training in a prestigious secondary school M6 level.The instruments used in this research include lesson plans,writing assignments,instructional material and topics.Critical thinking pre- test and post test were used to measure students' critical thinking development.Scoring rubric was designed to measure students' argumentative writing development.The data were analyzed using mean,t-test,correlation through SPSS system.The results of the analyses reveal that 1) students who learn through Problem based English Writing Instruction gained significantly higher average scores on the critical thinking post test than the critical thinking pre-test at the significance level of 0.05 and the mean difference is 0.5 which is referred to large effect;2) students who learn through Problem based English Writing Instruction gained significantly higher average score on their fifth argumentative writing assignment than the average score of their first argumentative writing assignment at the significance level of 0.05,with the mean of the effect size at 0.84 which referred to large effect.Problem-based English writing instruction was proved to be an effective way in improving students' Critical thinking and argumentative writing.

Ultrasound comparison of diffusion of local anesthetic solution after a peribulbar and a sub-Tenon's block: a pilot study

Dear Sir,Iam Dr.Emile Calenda,from the Department of Anesthesiology in Ophthalmology,Rouen University Hospital,Institute for Biomedical Research,Rouen,France.I write to present ultrasound visualization of local anesthetic spread after a sub-Tenon＇s anesthesia（3 patients）and after a peribulbar anesthesia（3 patients）.

The Influence of Blending Learning on Undergraduates’Critical Thinking Disposition:A Quasi Experimental Study

Objective:To explore the influence of blending learning on the critical thinking disposition among undergraduates.Methods:Two undergraduate classes majoring in Applied Psychology with similar level of critical thinking disposition were selected as the research subjects.Class A(106 students)was the experimental class,and class B(131 students)was the control class.During the research period of one semester(four months),the following measures were implemented for the two classes.The control class studied Developmental Psychology under the conventional teaching methods and procedures,while the experimental class studied Developmental Psychology according to the requirements and procedures of blending learning.The two classes were investigated with Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory-Chinese Version(CTDI-CV)at the beginning and end of the course.Results:At the beginning of the course,the total scores of CTDI-CV of the two classes were(217.33±14.90)and(218.31±16.29),respectively,with no significant difference(P>0.05).At the end of the course,the total scores of CTDI-CV of the experimental class and the control class were(237.84±17.53)and(224.22±17.52),respectively,and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.001).Conclusion:Blending learning may have a positive effect in improving the critical thinking disposition in undergraduates.

A Diary Study of the Impact of Extensive Reading on English Writing

Motivated by the continued growth of research on extensive reading and positive results from a variety of studies (e.g. Bell,2001; Nash &Yuan,1992; Nation, 1997), an investigation is conducted on the impact of extensive reading on college students’ writing per-formance over a 20-week period. Data are collected from multiple sources, mainly including teacher and learners’ diaries, together with aninterview and writing tests. The results of the study show that extensive reading can enhance learners’ writing skills and promote a positiveattitude toward writing.

The Evolving Narrative of Reminiscence: A Review on A Study of the Writing of the Memories in Philip Roth’s Fiction

Based on a detailed analysis of all the works written by contemporary American writer Philip Roth,Xin Huimin’s monograph A Study of the Writing of the Memories in Philip Roth’s Fiction divides his literary writing career of more than half a century into three phases:the Jewish writing phase,the American writing phase and the phase of“late style”writing.Drawing on related theories of memory,Xin explores how the protagonists in Roth’s seven novels use their various modes of memory to fashion and reconstruct their ethnical,national and personal identity,and further points out that these three distinct phases correspond to Roth’s shifts from a Jewish writer,an American writer,and to an aging writer.The book comprehensively manifests Roth’s ethical concerns,his political appeal and the aesthetic value of his works.

Contrastive Analysis of Chinese and English Modes of Thinking and Its Effects on Discourse Organization in EFL Writing

Based on the contrastive analysis of Chinese and English modes of thinking, this essay analyzes from two aspects the effects of their discrepancies on the discourse organization of Chinese students ' English writing, then explains the fundamental reason for these effects and proposes that teachers should impart to students knowledge about the differences between Chinese and English mode of thinking so that Chinese students can be better helped to organize their compositions on the English discourse patterns and compose idiomatic English writings.

The study of the situation of critical thinking emotional tendency of nursing teachers

评判性思维（CT）是护理教育的重要内容,也是护理教师整体素质提高的重要标志.近年来,教育界越来越重视学生CT能力的培养,已将CT与解决问题并列为思维的两大基本技能.20世纪80年代初关于评判性社会的理论被人们引入护理领域,经过了多年的发展,CT已经成为当今国际护理中的研究热点之一.大量研究证实,CT在护理教育、临床实践及护理科研中具有重要的意义.本研究通过研究了解高校护理教师评判性思维情感倾向的总体特质表现,深入分析讨论关于高校护理教师评判性思维情感倾向的相关影响因素,以简单抽样的方法对6所医学高校中的97名护理教师利用问卷调查法进行现状研究.高校护理教师的评判性思维情感倾向总体为正性表现,由于距离评判性思维情感倾向较强的特质表现还有差距则仍要努力使之进一步加强.护理教师其评判性思维情感倾向总分及其各项特质的分数在不同年龄、不同工龄、阅读能力上差异均有统计学意义（均P〈0.05）.建议高校的相关职能部门把护理教师评判性思维情感倾向的培养与提高作为工作中的重中之重,为护理教师评判性思维能力的提升创造发展空间,以更好地促进学生的评判性思维能力.

An Investigation on Writing Strategies in EFL Writing: A Case Study of Two Proficient Readers and Two Less Proficient Readers

This paper used case study to investigates the relationship between EFL Reading and EFL Writing in terms of differences in writing strategies with the goal of throwing some light into the flied that has been relatively untouched.Data were collected from think-aloud protocols of four Chinese undergraduate university students,two proficient readers and two less proficient readers.They first took an English Reading Comprehension Test and English Writing Test to evaluate their reading and writing perfor?mance.Then they were trained to think-aloud in the composing process.Subsequently,they did think aloud as they wrote another essay.The major finding of the study consists with the evidences of other studies that reading and writing are interrelated.And fur?ther revealed that reading influence application of writing strategies and writing performance,which provide pedagogical implica?tion for EFL researchers and educators.

The Empirical Research of Native Thinking in the Process of English Composition

The method of questionnaire is employed to investigate the impact of Chinese thinking in the writing processes of 80 college English majors.It reveals that the English writing process is a bilingual event(namely,English writers have both Chinese and English at their disposal when they are composing in English).And no matter whether the English proficiency of the learners is high or low,the learners have a great dependence on Chinese thinking in the process of English writing.In the categories of task reacting and content organizing,there is no great difference between the high and low English proficiency students.But in the category of linguistic form,the influence of Chinese thinking on the low level students is far greater than the high level students.

Problems of Chinese Speakers' Writing in English:A Case Study of Chinese University Students' Writing Competence

This paper reveals and categorizes the most typical writing problems found amongst the Chinese university students.It also analyzes the underlying causes.The findings could have implications for all Chinese English learners.In the end,the author presents suggestions for the improvement of the English writing teaching in China.

A Brief Analysis on the Negative Transfer of Mother Tongue in Junior School Students’ English Writing

Since the students are influenced by Chinese thinking pattern,they apply Chinese linguistic knowledge in English writ-ing.This paper analyzes the influence of the negative transfer of mother tongue in English writing from the levels of lexis,syntaxand discourse.The aim is to pursue some efficient methods of the improvement of college English writing.