The day of the week when you were born in 700 ms: Calendar computation in an autistic savant.

Some individuals are able to determine the weekday of a given date in a few seconds (finding for instance that June 12, 1900, was a Tuesday). This ability has fascinated scientists for many years because it is predominantly observed in people with limited intelligence and may appear very early in life. Exceptional visual memory, exceptional concentration abilities, or privileged access to lower levels of information not normally available through introspection have been advanced to explain such phenomena. In the present article, the authors show that a simple cognitive model can explain all aspects of the performance of Donny, a young autistic savant who is possibly the fastest and most accurate calendar prodigy ever described. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

股指期货套利管理系统

针对我国股指期货市场存在的问题——理论与实际应用脱节,造成股指期货市场的发展需求和实际发展条件不平衡,提出构建股指期货套利管理系统的策略. 依据实地调研资料进行系统设计,使用C#实现股指期货套利管理系统（SIFAM-System）. 系统实现了基于基差的跨期套利和基于无套利区间的跨期套利,以及与套利相关的信息管理功能. SIFAM-System利用计算机实现模型计算、行情监控、套利机会的判断及开平仓,达到了辅助投资者决策的目的,也为股指期货市场的发展问题提供了从理论到实现的解决策略.     

面向车间生产动态调度的动态工作日制研究

生产调度问题在实际应用中更多地表现为动态调度，在分析调度问题的三个动态因素：加工机床集、加工任务集和时间的基础上，并结合车间实际生产情况，对时间的动态变化这个影响动态调度最基本的因素进行了研究。提出了动态工作日制的动态实现策略和实现的关键的算法，为动态日制的离散实现提供了一个具体应用的方案，最后演示了一个对动态工作日制的管理及其实现的示例，证明了该方案实际应用的可行性。     

The Holy Alignment: Geodesic and Astronomical Fundamentals for Calculating the Adjustment of Medieval Naves

It is commonly believed that the longitudinal axes of churches extend exactly in an east-west direction. However, thorough investigations have shown that this is not always correct; rather, both southern and northern deviations of up to about 25° can occur. The angular deviation between the church axis and true east is called the Holy Alignment. This present study presents the possibility that the nave is oriented towards the direction of the sun-rising point on the name day of the patron saint of the church. If several saints share the patronage, the Holy Alignment equals the algebraic sum of the angular distances for each saint. The orientation of a nave can be analyzed by means of common mathematical relations used in geodesy, astronomy and gnomonics. In order to perform such an analysis, it is necessary to know the history of the patronage of the church; the Gauss-Krüger coordinates of the ground plan; and characteristic astronomical quantities at the time the church was built. A calculated example with the saints Andrew, James and Philip for the year 980 illustrates the analysis. An appendix deals with the influence of atmospheric refraction on the apparent altitude of the sun near the horizon.     

大屏幕日历时钟显示系统

采用发光二极管组成大屏幕数字显示系统，既可用于广告显示，也可用于日历时钟显示．系统采用８０３１单片计算机与较先进的日历时钟集成电路芯片ＭＳＭ５８３２联接，组成可编程微机控制大屏幕数字显示系统，电路先进，程序简单，调整方便，运行可靠．     

On-line life history calendar and sensitive topics: A pilot study

The use of the life history calendar (LHC) or the event history calendar as tools for collecting retrospective data has received increasing attention in many fields of social science and medicine. However, little research has examined the use of this method with web-based surveys. In this study, we adapted this method to an on-line setting to collect information about young adults' life histories, sexual behaviors, and substance use. We hypothesized that the LHC method would help respondents to date sensitive and non-sensitive events more precisely than when using a conventional questionnaire. We conducted an experimental design study comparing university students' responses to an on-line LHC and a conventional on-line question list. A test-retest design in which the respondents completed the survey again two weeks later was also applied to test the precision and reliability of the participants' dating of events. The results showed that whereas the numbers of sensitive and non-sensitive events were generally similar for the two on-line questionnaires, the responses obtained with the LHC were more consistent across the two administrations. Analyses of the respondents' on-line behavior while completing the LHC confirmed that respondents used the LHC's graphic interface to correct and reedit previous answers, thus decreasing data errors.     

Seasonality in Estonian Traditional Landscape: The Example of Large Village Swings

Like every nation, Estonians have their own indigenous customs and habits. Village swings and the place of these swings in the landscape are focused upon as an example of such Estonian customs, and changes in landscape as related to seasonality and liminality are discussed. The word ‘swing’ is used to denote a large construction (traditionally made of wood) that is able to carry and swing at least two people. Village swings (for public use) are usually located in the middle of a village and the site is commonly used by young people as a place to meet and have a good time. Swinging takes place mostly in the spring and summer, forming one of the many seasonal activities that make up the Estonian traditional calendar. The seasonal break in swinging activity contributes to the eagerness with which swinging is resumed when spring returns, so seasonality creates frames, with the most valued time being the spring. With swinging, the spring has been celebrated as a very valuable and long-awaited season. Although the religious background for swinging has been forgotten, the place is still special and is visited mostly on certain festive occasions. As there is no comparable alternative to swing sites as a socializing place in the village, they have persisted through the centuries. The importance of preserving such unique seasonal places in Estonia's social landscape is demonstrated.     

基于模糊日历约束的时序关联规则挖掘

基于日历约束的时序关联规则挖掘由于其实用性,越来越受到研究者的关注。由于现实中用户很难对时间模式进行精确描述,因此基于模糊日历的时序关联规则挖掘更有现实意义。借助模糊概念和模糊运算,对时间区间的描述很容易实现。对于用户指定的日历模式,不同的时间区间可根据它们的隶属度具有不同的权重。在模糊日历代数的基础上,结合增量挖掘和累进计数的思想,本文提出了一种基于模糊日历约束的关联规则挖掘方法,理论分析和实验结果均表明,该算法是高效可行的。     

基于工作日历的工作流时间管理的研究与实现

随着企业提出“精细化管理”的需求,企业对工作流平台的时效性、作业管理和时间监控提出了更高的要求.为了提高工作流系统对时间维度的处理能力,借鉴ERP系统的工厂日历思想,提出了基于工作日历的工作流时间模型,基于XML规范定义了5种时间表示方法,实现了基于工作日历的工作流时间管理模块.最后实例结果证明该时间模型易于理解和便于软件实现.     

Mining fuzzy periodic association rules

We develop techniques for discovering patterns with periodicity in this work. Patterns with periodicity are those that occur at regular time intervals, and therefore there are two aspects to the problem: finding the pattern, and determining the periodicity. The difficulty of the task lies in the problem of discovering these regular time intervals, i.e., the periodicity. Periodicities in the database are usually not very precise and have disturbances, and might occur at time intervals in multiple time granularities. To overcome these difficulties and to be able to discover the patterns with fuzzy periodicity, we propose the fuzzy periodic calendar which defines fuzzy periodicities. Furthermore, we develop algorithms for mining fuzzy periodicities and the fuzzy periodic association rules within them. Experimental results have shown that our method is effective in discovering fuzzy periodic association rules.