Using a weight-of-evidence approach for management of watersheds.

This research used a weight-of-evidence approach to evaluate sources of contaminants in a drinking water watershed that serves as part of the City of Boston's water supply. The approach incorporated land use analysis using GIS, sanitary surveys, traditional water quality monitoring and microbial source tracking (MST) tools. Case-study tributaries were selected based on elevated faecal coliform counts. Land use analysis and sanitary surveys were used to identify suspected microbial sources, including residential septic systems, agricultural animal operations, commercial/industrial operations and wildlife activity. Sampling sites were selected to hydrologically isolate potential contamination sources. Samples were collected seasonally over 1 year and analysed for traditional and MST parameters. Results demonstrated that both septic systems and a horse stable were contributing microbial loads in the first tributary. In the second tributary, septic systems from the townhouses were contributing microbial loads while a plant nursery was contributing organic matter. This evidence was used to evaluate best management practices to mitigate the contamination.     

Effect of hydrogen loading on temperature/electric-field poling ofSiO2-based thin films on Si

Waveguide stacks of GeSiO₂-based glass deposited on Si exhibit a permanent second-order nonlinearity following temperature electric-field poling. High temperature hydrogen loading increases the second harmonic signal under certain conditions     

图书馆的建筑设计格局与图书馆的管理思考

图书馆的建筑设计首要考虑的就是图书馆的管理。数字化图书馆的建设已经来临,我们从唐宋以前的宫廷藏书建筑、明代皇家藏书建筑、清代皇家藏书建筑、私人藏书楼及现代图书馆的藏书建筑格局来比较现在的高校图书馆的建筑设计格局。因而深入、系统地研究图书馆建筑功能、空间的组成及空间布局结构的变化和发展;归纳、总结高校图书馆建筑的设计理念和方法。通过这些研究,把从中得到的启发、经验运用于实践,图书馆建筑设计格局真正地服务于教学、科研,为中国高等教育事业的发展做出应有的贡献。     

新农村建设规划过程中的问题与对策探析——以都昌县新农村建设为例

建设社会主义新农村,要坚持规划先行,在当前新农村建设的过程中,合理地进行村庄建设规划具有重要的意义。本文就都昌县目前农村建设的现状及新农村建设规划过程中出现的相关问题进行探析,并对都昌县新农村建设提出了可行性的对策。     

On Controllability of Switched Linear Systems

This paper investigates the number of switchings and design of switching sequences for controllability of switched linear systems. Two related results are established. One is a new constructive approach to designing switching sequences. The controllable state set of each switching sequence designed via the approach coincides with the controllable subspace of switched linear systems. The other is a well-estimated value for the minimum number of switchings required for controllability. Each state in the controllable subspace can be steered to origin within this value of switching times.     

Research on the Mechanical Properties of Magnetorheological Damping and the Performance of Microprobe Test Process

Journal of Electronic Testing - In order to control the stable and controllable loading of the wafer level microprobe test bench, the magnetorheological (MR) damper used in the existing research...     

Multi-agent and driving behavior based rear-end collision alarm modeling and simulating

Distance-between-vehicle-measurement is the only factor in traditional car rear-end alarm system. To address the above problem, this paper proposes an alarming model based on multi-agent systems (MAS) and driving behavior. It consists of four different types of agents that can either work alone or collaborate through a communications protocol on the basis of the extended KQML. The rear-end alarming algorithm applies the Bayes decision theory to calculate the probability of collision and prevent its occurrence real-time. The learning algorithm of driving behavior based on ensemble artificial neural network (ANN) and the decision procedure based on Bayes’ theory are also described in this paper. Both autonomy and reliability are enhanced in the proposed system. The effectiveness and robustness of the model have been confirmed by the simulated experiments.