Behavioural research in telematics.

Discusses telematics, a new field of behavioral research in Canada that has grown with the technical developments in which computers and telecommunications have been combined. Three domains of behavioral research reflect relationships between humans and the technology and use the evidence and methods of different areas of psychology: (1) interface studies address perception and performance questions, (2) dialog studies focus on cognitive processes, and (3) impact studies investigate social relations and how institutions and individuals are affected by telematics. Studies conducted during the past 5 yrs by the Behavioural Research and Evaluation division of the Department of Communications, Government of Canada, are described in each of these 3 domains. Behavioral research in telematics is expected to be an increasingly important activity in which psychologists may play an active part as the technology disseminates. (French abstract) (47 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Datenschutz nach BSI-Grundschutz?

Datenschutzmanagement ist eine gesetzlich verankerte Aufgabe, muss sich aber unter Wirtschaftlichkeitsgesichtspunkten in der betrieblichen und zunehmend auch der behördlichen Praxis in andere, bereits etablierte Prozessmanagementstrukturen wie ITIL oder Informationssicherheits-management Systeme (ISMS) einordnen. In diesem Beitrag werden die Möglichkeiten untersucht, die IT-Grundschutz als ein zukünftiges, ISO 27001-kompatibles ISMS bietet. Unter dem Gesichtspunkt der Normierung scheint eine Aktualisierung des Bausteins 3.5 “Datenschutz” dringend.     

Adjuvant arthritis: influence of the adjuvant volume and composition on the non-specific inflammation

Adjuvant-induced arthritis is an animal model of chronic inflammatory disease widely used in anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive drugs testing. When the development and the inhibition of the induced arthritis are measured by the injected paw oedema, it is difficult to delineate the immunological contribution from the persistent non-specific primary section. To study the influence of volume and composition of the injected adjuvant upon the primary non-specific inflammation, we devised a 3X4 factorial experiment on a strain of inbred rats with a low susceptibility to adjuvant-induced arthritis. The injection of mineral oil alone produces a persistent oedema. The injection of mycobacteriae in suspension in saline induces a rapid inflammatory response followed by a fast decrease of the oedema. When complete adjuvant is used, there is always a very strong interaction between the effects of the two components of the adjuvant, i.e. the measured oedemas are much greater than the calculated values, For a given injected volume, the inflammation is maximum when the concentration of mycobacteriae is 2.5 mg/ml. All the rats injected with complete adjuvant present a transient oedema of the non-injected hind paw. This oedema is very small and proportional to the amount of mycobacteria injected.     

Influence of Al and Ni concentration on the Martensitic transformation in Cu-Al-Ni shape-memory alloys

The martensitic transformation temperatures and the types of martensitic phases have been determined in a wide concentration range of technological interest for Cu-Al-Ni shape-memory alloys (SMAs) A stability diagram of martensitic phases as a function of alloy concentration has been determined. It is found that when the aluminum content increases, the transformation changes from β ₃ ⇒ β′₃ to β ₃ ⇒ γ′₃, with an intermediate concentration range where both martensites coexist due to a β ₃ ⇒ γ′₃+β′₃ transformation. On the other hand, an increase of nickel content stabilizes the martensite β′₃, changing from a mixed β ₃ ⇒ γ′₃ + β′₃ to a single β ₃ ⇒ β′₃ transformation. Furthermore, linear relationships between M _s and Al and Ni concentrations have been obtained for all types of martensitic phases.     

Successive overrelaxation method with projection for finite element solutions of nonlinear radiation cooling problems

In this paper, we consider the successive overrelaxation method with projection for obtaining the finite element solutions under the nonlinear radiation boundary conditions. In particular we establish the convergence of the successive overrelaxation method with projection. Some numerical results are also given to illustrate the usefulness.     

De nouveaux stannures ternaires de rhodium et d'elements des terres rares: TR1+xRh2Sn4−x, 0 ⩽ x ⩽ 0,5, TR = La - SmNew ternary stannides: TR1+xRh2Sn4−x, 0≦x≦0.5, TR = La - Sm

New ternary stannides are reported: RE_1+xRh₂Sn_4?x, 0 ? x ? 0,5 (RE = La ? Sm). NdRh₂Sn₄ has been characterized by single - crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. Its structure is of a new type with space group Pnma and Z = 4: a = 18,535(3), b = 4,463(1), $\text{c}\text{= 7,229(1)}\text{A}\text{?}$, D_x = 9,16 g.cm^?1, μ(AgKα) = 13,6 mm^?1, F(000) = 1300, R = 0,040 for 496 independent reflexions (R_w = 0,047). One of the tin sites can be partly occupied by rare earths atoms. The structure types of NdRh₂Sn₄ and Y₂Rh₃Sn₅ are closely related. LaRh₂Sn₄ does not exhibit superconductivity above 1.4 K.     

Embedding universal computer arithmetic in higher programming languages

In numerical computations mainly real and complex numbers, intervals as well as matrices and vectors with such components occur. It is well known that the arithmetic operations with real numbers, complex numbers etc. can be carried over to real floating-point numbers, complex floating-point numbers etc. using roundings. This proceeding results in agreeable arithmetic-, order- and compatibility-properties for an abundance of numerical data types and the accompanying arithmetic operations. Most programming languages however only provide real floating-point numbers; all the other data types and operations have to be simulated, e. g. in the form of arrays and procedure calls, which often causes loss of accuracy and arithmetic properties. Furthermore the complicate notation makes programs difficult to read. Therefore in this article an extension of PASCAL is presented which serves as an example for the way these numerical data types can be embedded into the syntax of a programming language.     

How to avoid logarithms in comparisons with uniform random variables

In many algorithms for sampling from non-uniform distributions the logarithm of a uniform deviate must be compared with some test quantity. It is shown that all these comparisons can be done efficiently without calling a logarithm subprogram: two procedures for this task are presented and compared.