Owner’s Risk Allocation and Contractor’s Role Behavior in a Project: A Parallel-mediation Model

Risk allocation decisions are of critical importance in project management. The present study proposes an explanation for how risk allocation in a contract motivates a contractor to cooperate with a project owner. Theories of risk allocation and trust were used to motivate the research. Using a survey methodology, we collected data concerning 124 construction projects in China. We found that risk allocation influenced the contractor’s role behavior through the contractor’s feeling of being trusted but not the contractor’s trust in the owner. Feeling of being trusted partially mediated the effect of risk allocation on the contractor’s in-role (i.e., contractual) behavior and fully mediated the effect on extra-role behavior. The study introduces a social and psychological view of the impacts of risk allocation to the project and engineering management literature. We contribute to theory by arguing and demonstrating the mediating effect of trust on the relationship between risk allocation and contractor behavior. From a practical standpoint, we conclude that contractual risk allocation has a significant impact on building a trusting relationship between owners and contractors and that contractors who feel trusted perform both contractually mandated actions and actions external to the contract more diligently, resulting in the likelihood of improved outcomes for both parties.     

无源微波遥感用于地震预报的实验研究

对无源微波遥感用于地震预报在理论研究的基础上对不同岩性不同结构的岩石试件进行了加载实验，测量了岩石试件的微波辐射随载荷的变化．实验得出：岩石试件的微波辐射能量随岩石应力状态变化而显著变化；而且，不同的波段变化的幅度不同；同一波段不同极化方式的波随应力变化的变化量也不同；微波辐射能量的变化能够被卫星微波遥感探测器探测到．实验还发现，岩石试件临破裂前出现明显的微波辐射异常．     

姚河坝水电站工程的重大地质变化及处理措施

介绍姚河坝水电站由于前期的地质勘探工作深度不够，在厂房后边坡、调压井和引水隧洞下段的施工过程中地质条件所发生的重大变化及具体处理措施，通过分析对工程投资和工期的影响，总结了其中的经验和教训。     

SAR复图像数据的CCSDS-IDC编码性能分析与四叉树编码

目的：CCSDS-IDC (国际空间数据系统咨询委员会-图像数据压缩) 是NASA制定的基于离散小波变换(DWT)尺度间衰减性的空间图像数据压缩标准,适用于合成孔径雷达(SAR)幅度图像及各类遥感图像的压缩。然而,与光学图像不同,常见的SAR图像都是复图像数据,其在干涉测高等许多场合具有广泛应用,分析研究CCSDS-IDC对SAR复图像数据的编码性能具有重要的应用价值。方法：由于SAR复图像数据不具有尺度间的衰减性,因此将其用于SAR复图像数据编码时性能较低。考虑到SAR复图像数据DWT系数呈现出聚类特性,提出将四叉树(QC)用于DWT域的SAR复图像数据编码,发现QC对SAR复图像数据具有高效的压缩性能。结果：实验结果表明,在同等码率下,对基于DWT的SAR复图像数据压缩, QC比CCSDS-IDC最多可提高幅度峰值信噪比4.4dB,平均相位误差最多可降低0.368;与基于方向提升小波变换（DLWT）的CCSDS-IDC相比,QC可提高峰值信噪比3.08dB,降低平均相位误差0.25;对其它类型的图像压缩,基于聚类的QC仍能获得很好的编码性能。结论：CCSDS-IDC对SAR复图像数据编码性能低下,而QC能获得很好的编码性能。对应于图像平滑分布的尺度间衰减性,其在某些特殊图像中可能不存在,而对应于图像结构分布的聚类特性总是存在的,故在基于DWT的图像编码算法设计中,应优先考虑利用小波系数的聚类特性,从而实现对更多种类图像的高效编码。     

Petrophysical data prediction from seismic attributes using committee fuzzy inference system

This study presents an intelligent model based on fuzzy systems for making a quantitative formulation between seismic attributes and petrophysical data. The proposed methodology comprises two major steps. Firstly, the petrophysical data, including water saturation (S_w) and porosity, are predicted from seismic attributes using various fuzzy inference systems (FISs), including Sugeno (SFIS), Mamdani (MFIS) and Larsen (LFIS). Secondly, a committee fuzzy inference system (CFIS) is constructed using a hybrid genetic algorithms-pattern search (GA-PS) technique. The inputs of the CFIS model are the outputs and averages of the FIS petrophysical data. The methodology is illustrated using 3D seismic and petrophysical data of 11 wells of an Iranian offshore oil field in the Persian Gulf. The performance of the CFIS model is compared with a probabilistic neural network (PNN). The results show that the CFIS method performed better than neural network, the best individual fuzzy model and a simple averaging method.     

日本企业公司治理结构的改革——基于近年来多元化改革的分析

一直以来,日本企业所执行的公司治理结构都是"监事会制公司",这种治理结构是基于金融机构和相关企业为股东的股份制结构。但是,由于2002年修改的商法和2006年的公司法的实施,使得企业也可以选择"委员会制公司"这种新的治理结构,而这种结构的特征就是引入了社外董事。为了确保企业经营的完善和高效,日本企业在决策、监管以及经营方面,一直没有拘泥于某一个公司治理结构上,各个公司都根据本公司的特征,进行着多样化的企业制度改革。     

高压直流输电标准体系

介绍了电力行业高压直流输电技术标准化技术委员会（简称标委会）的组成以及高压直流输电电力行业高压直流输电技术标委会、其他标委会、IEC和IEEE所组织制定的高压直流输电相关标准,并对第四届电力行业高压直流输电技术标委会2004年制定、修订的标准进行了简要介绍.     

Report of the Ethics Committee, 2003.

Presents the report of the 2003 Ethics Committee of the American Psychological Association. The Ethics Committee reports regularly to the membership regarding the number and types of ethics complaints investigated. In addition to processing ethics cases, significant activities in 2003 involved implementation of the "Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct" and further development of the ethics educative program. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

浅析项目业主对交通噪声污染防治的管理责任

交通噪声是交通建设项目的重点污染源,近年来有关的投诉和诉讼越来越频繁,本文通过对现行法律条款的分析,结合典型诉讼案例,剖析了项目业主对交通噪声污染防治的法定责任。为履行好项目业主的管理责任,提出了从环境影响评价、工程设计、工程监理、环境监理和环境保护验收等方面入手,进行全过程综合管理的建议。