Predicting Youth Access to Tobacco: The Role of Youth Versus Store-Clerk Behavior and Issues of Ecological Validity.

Twenty-one 15- to 17-year-olds attempted to purchase cigarettes in 232 stores in the manner that confederates typically do in access studies, as well as in the manipulative ways (e.g., lying about their ages) that youth smokers do, thereby modeling youth access to tobacco within versus outside of studies, respectively. Youth typical-research versus manipulative behavior was contrasted with clerk behavior (requests for youth ID cards) to examine the relative contributions of both to youth access to tobacco for the 1st time. Results revealed that clerk behavior was the strongest predictor of cigarette sales to youth and hence underscore the need for interventions with merchants. Sales nonetheless were higher under youth-manipulative conditions and thereby highlight the low ecological validity of access research. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Simulation of Economic Dynamics under Ecological Balance Conditions

A model of economic dynamics under stable ecological balance conditions is proposed. A methodology of construction of an optimal growth path is constructed for this model.     

The stability robustness determination of state space models with real unstructured perturbations

This paper considers the robust stability of a linear time-invariant state space model subject to real parameter perturbations. The problem is to find the distance of a given stable matrix from the set of unstable matrices. A new method, based on the properties of the Kronecker sum and two other composite matrices, is developed to study this problem; this new method makes it possible to distinguish real perturbations from complex ones. Although a procedure to find the exact value of the distance is still not available, some explicit lower bounds on the distance are obtained. The bounds are applicable only for the case of real plant perturbations, and are easy to compute numerically; if the matrix is large in size, an iterative procedure is given to compute the bounds. Various examples including a 46th-order spacecraft system are given to illustrate the results obtained. The examples show that the new bounds obtained can have an arbitrary degree of improvement over previously reported ones. This work has been supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada under Grant No. A4396.     

参数空间中鲁棒稳定性问题

本文研究了单输入多输出(SIMO)和多输入单输出(MISO)线性定常控制系统在对象 参数扰动下的鲁棒稳定性问题,并对一给定的控制器,系统在标称参数P°下闭环渐稳的情 况,提出了在参数空间中构造比中心位于P°的最大稳定超球还要大的稳定超球的方法,从而 改善了鲁棒稳定性判据.     

最大似然反褶积软件包的研制与应用

本文简明地介绍最大似然反褶积的基本原理、软件包的研制过程和应用效果。 最大似然反褶积是美国80年代研究出的一种地震资料处理新方法,它有效地解决了传统褶积模型中无法进行信噪分离的矛盾。经松辽盆地实践证明,它可以求出高分辨率和高信噪比的反射系数、最小相位化子波、合成记录、相对层速度和绝对层速度。与国外的VELOG和SEISLOG处理软件的处理结果相比,分辨率和信噪比均有很大的提高。 在软件包的研制过程中,我们主要解决了数学模型复杂和运算速度慢的问题,使最大似然反褶积在CYBER-855S计算机上成为可实用的数字处理技术。 该项技术在大庆油田朝阳沟地区进行了初步应用,结果表明,对薄层地震响应的分辨能力有明显的提高。与井岩性柱状图对比,6m以上的砂层都可以分辨出来,并且对应得比较准确。有些3m的薄层也可以找到。 该软件包的研制成功并在地震资料处理中得到应用,这在国内是首创。     

轴对称空间问题的塑性解法

本文从理想材料轴对称弹塑性问题的所有基本方程出发,研究了全塑性时轴对称空间问题的塑性应变分布规律和应力场,并推导了控制应力分布的定解方程,给出了全塑性轴对称问题的通用解法。     

基于蚁群算法的区域覆盖卫星星座优化设计

首先建立了以区域覆盖性能为目标的卫星星座参数优化模型,通过在连续域定义新的蚂蚁分类与转移策略改进了蚁群算法,使算法能够兼顾多目标优化时目标不兼容的情况,给出了基于该算法实现星座参数优化的框架。优化仿真实验验证了该算法的有效性,可为星座方案决策提供有力的支持。     

生态环境的规划设计

本文论述了生态环境规划设计的基本理论、以生态理论为指导,提出了营造生态环境的几种方法。     

生态环保复合药肥的研制与生产

选用多种有机物为原料,经酵素发酵或活化处理,配入以腐植酸为载体的综合有益生物菌剂,再添加适量含氮、磷、钾、钙、镁、硫、硅的肥料及微量元素、稀土等,生产生态环保复合药肥。介绍其工艺、产品质量及特点。该药肥对生态环保和农业增产效果显著。