Performance variability is related to change in cognition: Evidence from the Victoria Longitudinal Study.

Performance variability across repeated task administrations may be an important indicator of age-related cognitive functioning. In the present investigation, the authors examined whether age differences and change in inconsistency were related to 6-year (3 occasion) cognitive change. Inconsistency scores were computed from 4 reaction time tasks performed by 446 older adults (54-89 years). Replicating previous cross-sectional results, greater inconsistency was observed for older participants even after controlling for differences in response speed. New longitudinal results demonstrated (a) associations between inconsistency at baseline measurement and 6-year change in cognitive performance; (b) longitudinal change in inconsistency; and (c) intraindividual covariation between 6-year change in inconsistency and 6-year change in level of cognitive function. These findings support the view that performance variability serves as a marker of cognitive aging. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Health and Indoor Climate Complaints of 7043 office Workers in 61 Buildings in the Netherlands

During the winter of 1988/1989, the relationships between the prevalence of work-related health and indoor climate complaints and a number of building, management, workplace and personal characteristics have been investigated in a study in more than 60 office buildings located throughout the Netherlands. To collect the information, a questionnaire was prepared on health and indoor climate complaints and personal and workplace characteristics. A checklist was used to obtain information on building characteristics More than 7000 questionnaires were completed by the regular users of the buildings investigated. The results showed that the prevalence of symptoms was higher in air-conditioned buildings than in naturally or mechanically ventilated buildings. some other variables were also related with most work-related complaints after adjustment for selected management, personal, workplace and job characteristics. These included gender, work satisfaction in general, presence of allergies and/or respiratory symptoms, and personal control over temperature at the workplace. No differences were found in symptom prevalences between buildings with spray and steam humidification. The combination of air-conditioning and humidification did not lead to further increases in the prevalence of complaints as compared to buildings with only airconditioning or only humidification.     

Response time variability

Response time variability is a new optimization problem with a broad range of applications and a distinctive number of theoretic flavour. The problem occurs whenever events, jobs, clients or products need to be sequenced so as to minimize the variability of time for which they wait for the next turn in obtaining the resources necessary for their advance. The problem has numerous real-life applications. We study its computational complexity, present efficiency, polynomial time algorithms for some cases, and the NP-hardness proof for a general problem. We propose a position exchange heuristic and apply it to improve the total response time variability of an initial sequence. The latter is the optimum bottleneck sequence, Webster or Jefferson sequence of the apportionment, or a random sequence. We report on computational experiments with the heuristic.     

北江流域径流量分布规律及其变异性分析

以北江流域主要控制性水文站石角站近45年（1956～2000年）径流量序列为基础，分析了北江流域径流变化的基本特征，结果表明径流年内分配不均，年际变化大，年径流量系列呈缓慢上升趋势，并存在2年左右的变化周期，1992年前后发生了一次跃变，但跃变的成因与趋势的成因不一致，趋势与人类活动有关，而跳跃主要受降雨的影响。     

Air entrainment in fresh concrete with PFA

The results of a study into the influence of PFA on air entrainment in fresh concrete are discussed It is shown that the required dosage of AEA to produce an air content of 5.5 ± 0.5% in a PFA modified concrete mix is two-six times that required in the corresponding neat OPC concrete mix. The dosage of a vinsol based air entraining agent (AEA) required appears to be directly related to the PFA content of the mix. Similar direct relationships were obtained with a range of different PFAs. The dosage of an AEA based on the salt of a fatty acid appears to be sensitive to both PFA and OPC contents. For the type of PFA used, the variability of measured air content or the amount of air retained after continued agitation both indicated that vinsol based AEAs show the highest variability whilst fatty acid based AEAs show low variability. The between batch variability of air content was significantly improved by the addition of PFA regardless of the AEA used.     

近45年元江干热河谷灌溉需水的变化趋势分析

基于元江、巍山及禄丰3个站1955~2000年的逐月气象数据及作物种植、农业耕作等资料,采用Mann-Kendall法和R/S分析法,研究了元江干热河谷近45年来的干湿变化及农业灌溉需水量转折变化趋势。结果表明:元江河谷的气温下降、降水量增多、湿度增大,导致ET0显著降低,干湿指数、水稻及农业综合灌溉需水定额都呈下降的趋势。元江河谷的气象因子转折变化集中在20世纪70年代初和80年代末,而农业综合灌溉需水定额的转折变化期则在90年代初与气象因子的第二个转折期基本相同。     

无线传感器网络在温室环境监测中的应用研究

以温室环境监测为应用背景,分析温室环境监控的特点,给出温室环境监控的系统体系结构,并结合温室监控的具体应用提出节能的数据融合算法,仿真实验表明该算法能有效提高节点能量的利用率和延长网络生命周期。     

近20年塔里木河干流生态环境变化遥感监测分析

针对塔里木河流域综合治理后生态环境的变化状况及植被的恢复状况等热点问题,基于遥感时空变化分析方法从土地利用、地表水体和植被覆盖度的时空变化方面分析了近20年来塔里木河干流生态环境的变化状况。结果表明:(1)塔里木河干流土地利用受到人类活动的影响显著,自2000年以来,塔里木河干流耕地面积增加显著,净增2 229 km~2,草地面积整体下降,萎缩3 157 km~2;(2)综合治理以来,下游河段2009—2018时段水体出现频率明显高于2000—2008时段,水体出现频率提高约15%;(3)2000年以来,塔里木河流域的植被覆盖度持续增加,特别是下游河段植被覆盖度增加明显,覆盖度增加18%。但中、上游流域的植被覆盖度的增加趋势主要贡献来源于耕地,中上游地区耕地的增加仍会对塔里木河流域的生态保护和恢复造成一定的影响。     

拉萨河流域径流对土地利用和气候变化的响应分析

拉萨河流域处青藏高原中南部,因其独特的地理位置是对气候变化较为敏感的区域之一,同时也是青藏高原人口和耕地较为密集区域。在建立SWAT模型对拉萨河流域水循环过程进行模拟的基础上,通过设置不同气候情景与土地利用状况,分析近30 a来拉萨河流域径流变化的成因,并研究径流对气候因子变化的敏感性。结果表明:①气候变化与土地利用对径流影响占比分别约为82.95%和17.05%,主要原因在于近30 a拉萨河流域土地利用情况变化不大,而气温、降水则呈显著增加趋势;②降水每增加10%,流域径流约增加11.8%,且径流对降水变化敏感性的空间差异性较小;③气温每增加1 ℃,流域总径流约增加2.5%,但径流随气温变化的空间差异性较大,其中,中上游地区径流减小0.7%,下游地区径流约增加3.6%。