392 research outputs found
Workplace Learning in China: Transferring Training Into Practice to Improve Performance
Purpose: The present study seeks to examine the efficacy of different training modalities on increasing workplace learning, representatives' intent to transfer what they learned into their work, and importantly how training impacts actual work performance. These relationships are tested in the context of a Chinese division of a multinational pharmaceutical company, where pharmaceutical representatives are tasked with relaying relevant efficacy and safety information on pharmaceutical products to health care professionals who prescribe them to patients. Methods: The present study employed a three-group between-subjects experimental design. Representatives received varying forms of training (instruction only, instruction plus reflection, and instruction, reflection, plus direct feedback) based on experimental conditions. After three training sessions over the course of six weeks, representatives were assessed on how much they learned in the training and their actual work performance through observer assessment of meetings with health care professionals, facilitated by the representatives. Findings: In this study, it was found that the process of actively reflecting on what was learned in training led to increased learning, as well as increased performance, compared to simply studying the material. However, receiving direct feedback on training performance, combined with active reflection training, did not provide any further benefits in terms of learning or work performance. Notably, there were no differences in intent to transfer learned material to work, as all conditions reported high levels of transfer intention. Conclusion: The finding provides insightful evidence to support the benefits of fostering trainees' active reflections for work-based learning in the Chinese industry training scenario. In contrast, receiving direct comments on how students performed from a manager or trainer, as well as advise on how do better in the future, had no effect on increasing learning or performance. Although the effect of direct feedback is not statistically significant in this context, further research should be done in understanding individuals' thoughts and behaviors when received direct feedbacks received in workplace training. Relatively little workplace research has assessed both workplace learning and performance in the same study, specifically in the Chinese context. While training efficacy likely varies across cultures to begin with, compensation structures in China do not provide the same monetary incentives for workplace learning (i.e. chance to increase income) as Western culture. This means that any way to increase workplace learning should be of extra value, as employees otherwise may not engage in it at all.
Workplace learning in China: transferring training into practice to improve performance
Purpose: The present study seeks to examine the efficacy of different training modalities on increasing workplace learning, representatives\u27 intent to transfer what they learned into their work, and importantly how training impacts actual work performance. These relationships are tested in the context of a Chinese division of a multinational pharmaceutical company, where pharmaceutical representatives are tasked with relaying relevant efficacy and safety information on pharmaceutical products to health care professionals who prescribe them to patients. Methods: The present study employed a three-group between-subjects experimental design. Representatives received varying forms of training (instruction only, instruction plus reflection, and instruction, reflection, plus direct feedback) based on experimental conditions. After three training sessions over the course of six weeks, representatives were assessed on how much they learned in the training and their actual work performance through observer assessment of meetings with health care professionals, facilitated by the representatives. Findings: In this study, it was found that the process of actively reflecting on what was learned in training led to increased learning, as well as increased performance, compared to simply studying the material. However, receiving direct feedback on training performance, combined with active reflection training, did not provide any further benefits in terms of learning or work performance. Notably, there were no differences in intent to transfer learned material to work, as all conditions reported high levels of transfer intention. Conclusion: The finding provides insightful evidence to support the benefits of fostering trainees\u27 active reflections for work-based learning in the Chinese industry training scenario. In contrast, receiving direct comments on how students performed from a manager or trainer, as well as advise on how do better in the future, had no effect on increasing learning or performance. Although the effect of direct feedback is not statistically significant in this context, further research should be done in understanding individuals\u27 thoughts and behaviors when received direct feedbacks received in workplace training. Relatively little workplace research has assessed both workplace learning and performance in the same study,specifically in the Chinese context. While training efficacy likely varies across cultures to begin with, compensation structures in China do not provide the same monetary incentives for workplace learning (i.e. chance to increase income) as Western culture. This means that any way to increase workplace learning should be of extra value, as employees otherwise may not engage in it at all. (DIPF/Orig.
An H Imaging Survey of the Low-surface-brightness Galaxies Selected from the Fall Sky Region of the 40 ALFALFA \ion{H}{1} Survey
We present the observed H flux and derived star formation rates
(SFRs) for a fall sample of lowsurfacebrightness galaxies (LSBGs). The
sample is selected from the fall sky region of the 40 ALFALFA {\ion{H}{1}}
survey SDSS DR7 photometric data, and all the images were
obtained using the 2.16 m telescope, operated by the National Astronomy
Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences. A total of 111 LSBGs were observed
and flux was measured in 92 of them. Though almost all the LSBGs in
our sample are {\ion{H}{1}}rich, their SFRs derived from the extinction and
filtertransmissioncorrected flux, are less than
1M_{\sun}.
LSBGs and star forming galaxies have similar {\ion{H}{1}} surface densities,
but LSBGs have much lower SFRs and SFR surface densities than starforming
galaxies. Our results show that LSBGs deviate from the Kennicutt-Schmidt law
significantly, which indicate that they have low star formation efficiency. The
SFRs of LSBGs are close to average SFRs in Hubble time and support the previous
arguments that most of the LSBGs are stable systems and they tend to seldom
contain strong interactions or major mergers during their star formation
histories
An H Imaging Survey of the Low-surface-brightness Galaxies Selected from the Fall Sky Region of the 40 ALFALFA \ion{H}{1} Survey
We present the observed H flux and derived star formation rates
(SFRs) for a fall sample of lowsurfacebrightness galaxies (LSBGs). The
sample is selected from the fall sky region of the 40 ALFALFA {\ion{H}{1}}
survey SDSS DR7 photometric data, and all the images were
obtained using the 2.16 m telescope, operated by the National Astronomy
Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences. A total of 111 LSBGs were observed
and flux was measured in 92 of them. Though almost all the LSBGs in
our sample are {\ion{H}{1}}rich, their SFRs derived from the extinction and
filtertransmissioncorrected flux, are less than
1M_{\sun}.
LSBGs and star forming galaxies have similar {\ion{H}{1}} surface densities,
but LSBGs have much lower SFRs and SFR surface densities than starforming
galaxies. Our results show that LSBGs deviate from the Kennicutt-Schmidt law
significantly, which indicate that they have low star formation efficiency. The
SFRs of LSBGs are close to average SFRs in Hubble time and support the previous
arguments that most of the LSBGs are stable systems and they tend to seldom
contain strong interactions or major mergers during their star formation
histories
The atomic gas of star-forming galaxies at z0.05 as revealed by the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope
We report new HI observations of four z0.05 star-forming galaxies
undertaken during the commissioning phase of the Five-hundred-meter Aperture
Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST). FAST is the largest single-dish telescope
with a 500 meter aperture and a 19-Beam receiver. Exploiting the unprecedented
sensitivity provided by FAST, we aim to study the atomic gas, via the HI 21cm
emission line, in low- star-forming galaxies taken from the Valpara\'iso
ALMA/APEX Line Emission Survey (VALES) project. Together with previous ALMA
CO() observations, the HI data provides crucial information to measure
the gas mass and dynamics. As a pilot HI survey, we targeted four local
star-forming galaxies at . In particular, one of them has already
been detected in HI by the Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA survey (ALFALFA), allowing
a careful comparison. We use an ON-OFF observing approach that allowed us to
reach an rms of 0.7mJy/beam at a 1.7km/s velocity resolution within only 20
minutes ON-target integration time. We demonstrate the great capabilities of
the FAST 19-beam receiver for pushing the detectability of the HI emission line
of extra-galactic sources. The HI emission line detected by FAST shows good
consistency with the previous ALFALFA results. Our observations are put in
context with previous multi-wavelength data to reveal the physical properties
of these low- galaxies. We find that the CO() and HI emission line
profiles are similar. The dynamical mass estimated from the HI data is an order
of magnitude higher than the baryon mass and the dynamical mass derived from
the CO observations, implying that the mass probed by dynamics of HI is
dominated by the dark matter halo. In one case, a target shows an excess of
CO() in the line centre, which can be explained by an enhanced
CO() emission induced by a nuclear starburst showing high velocity
dispersion.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, 2 appendix, A&A Letter accepte
Multidifferential study of identified charged hadron distributions in -tagged jets in proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV
Jet fragmentation functions are measured for the first time in proton-proton
collisions for charged pions, kaons, and protons within jets recoiling against
a boson. The charged-hadron distributions are studied longitudinally and
transversely to the jet direction for jets with transverse momentum 20 GeV and in the pseudorapidity range . The
data sample was collected with the LHCb experiment at a center-of-mass energy
of 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.64 fb. Triple
differential distributions as a function of the hadron longitudinal momentum
fraction, hadron transverse momentum, and jet transverse momentum are also
measured for the first time. This helps constrain transverse-momentum-dependent
fragmentation functions. Differences in the shapes and magnitudes of the
measured distributions for the different hadron species provide insights into
the hadronization process for jets predominantly initiated by light quarks.Comment: All figures and tables, along with machine-readable versions and any
supplementary material and additional information, are available at
https://cern.ch/lhcbproject/Publications/p/LHCb-PAPER-2022-013.html (LHCb
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Study of the decay
The decay is studied
in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of TeV
using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5
collected by the LHCb experiment. In the system, the
state observed at the BaBar and Belle experiments is
resolved into two narrower states, and ,
whose masses and widths are measured to be where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second
systematic. The results are consistent with a previous LHCb measurement using a
prompt sample. Evidence of a new
state is found with a local significance of , whose mass and width
are measured to be and , respectively. In addition, evidence of a new decay mode
is found with a significance of
. The relative branching fraction of with respect to the
decay is measured to be , where the first
uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic and the third originates from
the branching fractions of charm hadron decays.Comment: All figures and tables, along with any supplementary material and
additional information, are available at
https://cern.ch/lhcbproject/Publications/p/LHCb-PAPER-2022-028.html (LHCb
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Measurement of the ratios of branching fractions and
The ratios of branching fractions
and are measured, assuming isospin symmetry, using a
sample of proton-proton collision data corresponding to 3.0 fb of
integrated luminosity recorded by the LHCb experiment during 2011 and 2012. The
tau lepton is identified in the decay mode
. The measured values are
and
, where the first uncertainty is
statistical and the second is systematic. The correlation between these
measurements is . Results are consistent with the current average
of these quantities and are at a combined 1.9 standard deviations from the
predictions based on lepton flavor universality in the Standard Model.Comment: All figures and tables, along with any supplementary material and
additional information, are available at
https://cern.ch/lhcbproject/Publications/p/LHCb-PAPER-2022-039.html (LHCb
public pages
Associations between BRAFV600E and prognostic factors and poor outcomes in papillary thyroid carcinoma: a meta-analysis
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