The ‘right time’ – negotiating the timing of interviews with vulnerable young people

Participant retention is a key factor in determining the success of longitudinal research. Challenges in re-locating and retaining participants over the long term are major issues for researchers working with young people who face adversity and experience frequent changes in circumstances. This article reports on a study of vulnerable young people and their transition into adulthood. Rather than the more conventional schedule-based approach to locating and re-interviewing young people, a relational process, the ‘right time’ framework, was used to facilitate young people's involvement in the study. Embedded in the ‘right time’ framework is recognition of the diverse and fluctuating circumstances that shape young people's availability for interviews. Several case examples are considered which amplify the way that the ‘right time’ framework allowed the research to navigate around these circumstances. The case examples highlight the value young people attached to being involved in the research, the influence on the ‘right time’ of wider relational tensions for young people and the need to negotiate researcher status as a different sort of adult. The ‘right time’ framework contributed to a high retention rate in the study generating a more representative sample and enhancing the subsequent data analysis by providing valuable insights into the lives of these vulnerable young people.     

Bi-objective multi-resource scheduling problem for emergency relief operations

Abstract

Resource scheduling for emergency relief operations is complex as it has many constraints. However, an effective allocation and sequencing of resources are crucial for the minimization of the completion times in emergency relief operations. Despite the importance of such decisions, only a few mathematical models of emergency relief operations have been studied. This article presents a bi-objective mixed integer programming (MIP) that helps to minimize both the total weighted time of completion of the demand points and the makespan of the total emergency relief operation. A two-phase method is developed to solve the bi-objective MIP problem. Additionally, a case study of hospital network in the Melbourne metropolitan area is used to evaluate the model. The results indicate that the model can successfully support the decisions required in the optimal resource scheduling of emergency relief operations.     

‘Becoming’ a possible threat: masculinity,culture and questioning among unaccompanied young men in Sweden

A debate on masculinity and immigration rose across Europe in 2015 after an incident with sexual harassments taking place in Cologne, Germany. The incident refuelled a debate positioning unaccompanied young men as a possible threat. This article is based on a research project where we during this time ethnographically followed 20 young men, having arrived in Sweden as ‘unaccompanied’ minors. The aim is to examine how the young men themselves talk about, reflect on and negotiate masculinity and gender during this period. The article concludes that masculinity cannot be approached as something stable easily being inherited or transferred from one’s origins. One difference for ‘unaccompanied’ young men is how conflicts or tensions emerging in relation to issues of gender and masculinity tend to be interpreted differently, and publicly, putting the young men in a ‘gendered situation of questioning’.     

论数学教育中的数学观念体系

本文从培养数学观念的角度，就数学教育如何培养人们的科学思维方式和形成良好的思维习惯作一论述。     

论邓小平对选拔培养中青年干部的思想

建设有中国特色的社会主义市场经济 ,需要一大批杰出的人才。如何选拔培养中青年干部成为我们党和国家一项重大课题。运用邓小平理论中关于选拔培养中青年干部的观点并指导实践 ,将会对我国的四化建设起到积极作用     

实施股票期权的障碍分析

目前 ,在我国实施股票期权存在着认识上的障碍、法规的冲突和缺失以及操作上的诸多困难。这些问题产生的根本原因在于转轨时期我国公司治理结构和治理机制本身的制度性缺陷 ,也同我国特定的社会经济条件和历史文化传统相关     

藏族学生英语教学的认知依据和认知准备

教学的良好效果在很大程度上取决于教学的各个环节是否与学习者的认知模式相吻合 ,和教学双方在教学活动中充分的认知准备。由于独特的自然、历史和文化的影响 ,藏族学生具有明显的神秘、具象、经验和“比量”的群体认知趋向。在把握这些认知趋向的基础上 ,藏族英语教学可分别从教师、学生、教材和对教学主体模式的预知等四个方面完成前教学阶段的认知准备。同时 ,应充分意识到教学中的民族性和独特性 ,从而有效地促进藏族学生的英语学习。     

话语前提特定意义的选择

在特定语境中 ,话语的含义只有一个 ,却可能有多个前提 ,一个前提也可能有多重意义。那么 ,在会话过程中 ,说话者是如何设定话语前提的 ,听话者又是如何对话语前提进行选择和理解的 ?本文从分析前提感知的失误入手 ,运用逻辑分析方法 ,从认知语用学角度考察听话者对预设前提的感知 ,分析选择前提特定意义的原则、策略和过程 ,进而提出前提空间定位的心理模式。笔者认为前提的选择有逻辑 -语义分析、语用推理和整合等三种不同等级的策略 ;话语前提的选择是感知 -推理 -理解 -选择的探索性过程。由此得出结论 :认知环境是话语前提的决定性因素 ,话语前提的正确选择可再现话语的语境表征 ,为话语内涵的理解提供信息表征和推理依据———基于真值条件的最佳关联     

浅谈移情对儿童攻击性行为的影响

儿童的攻击性行为是儿童发展过程中表现出的一种不良社会性行为 ,对儿童攻击行为的控制与纠正一直是发展心理学研究的重要领域。移情作为儿童亲社会行为的重要促动因素 ,同时对攻击性行为具有较好的抑制作用。因此探讨利用移情减少攻击性以及培养提高儿童的移情能力对儿童的良性社会性发展具有重要的理论和实践意义。     

论安徒生童话"儿童精神"的流变

安徒生童话深具儿童精神 ,安徒生童话的儿童精神在中国的流变从一个侧面记录着中国儿童文学自身成长的足迹 ,梳理安徒生童话的儿童精神在中国的流变为思考自身文学的发展提供了一种参照。