China＇s Electric Power Reform：Different Economics and Challenges

China＇s electric power reform has followed the western reform format, however, it doest not seem to have endorsed the liberalization ideology underlying the reform model. This raises the concern of whether and how a competitive power market may be established and reform objectives reached. The new market competition model is easy to build in theory. The experience of many countries suggests that the market reform is extremely difficult because of the interruptions by different interest groups. To transform a centrally planned power sector into a competitive power market is a daunting task. Policy makers need to take into consideration the transitional nature of the economy and power industry as they implement the competitive power market model.     

A study on the degree of deliberation and meditation of cyber poll respondents for nuclear-related decision making

Public participation is essential in each step of the nuclear-related decision-making process. Recently, the electronic systems using the Internet have become quite popular, and have emerged as a good medium for communicating with the public. In this study, a comprehensive utilization of electronic public participation was used to analyze public opinion on a given nuclear-related decision-making process. The degree of deliberation and meditation of the public participating in an electronic poll survey was evaluated, and the decision-making factors representing the personal characteristics of the poll respondents such as age, income, education, residence, degree of knowledge and concern were carefully incorporated when preparing the poll-survey questionnaire for its evaluation. Fuzzy analysis was used to assess and aggregate the responses to each decision-making factor. As a case study, this procedure was used to analyzing public opinion on the location of a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility on the campus of Seoul National University. The results show that there is a tendency of respondents who are on the negative side of the argument to be more deliberate and meditative in their decision-making process than those on the positive side. Knowledge and residence were found to be important decision-making factors.     

On the behavior of microstructures with multiple length scales

The current study aims to provide fundamental insight into the behavior of microstructures containing grain sizes that span multiple length scales. A commercial 5083 Al alloy was selected as the material of interest to facilitate comparison with recently published data. The materials studied here were prepared via the thermal consolidation of powders that were cryomilled for different times (i.e., 0, 2, 4, and 8 hours). Following consolidation, the resultant microstructure was characterized by an equiaxed grain morphology with a size distribution centered around 200∼300 nm. Dispersed among the 200- to 300-nm grains were coarse-grained regions or ligaments with a grain size ranging from 600 nm to 2 μm. The occurrence of coarse-grained regions is rationalized on the basis of recrystallization or subgrain coarsening, whereas the occurrence of equiaxed fine regions is proposed to be a result of continuous grain growth. Two types of microstructures were selected for study, containing coarse-grained volumes of approximately 28 pct and 43 pct that corresponded to an ultimate tensile strength (UTS) of 566 MPa and 535 MPa, and a fracture strain of 3.2 pct and 3.5 pct, respectively. The observed ductility and the relevant toughening mechanisms were discussed in light of the presence of multiple length scales.     

Pattern Effect Removal Technique for Semiconductor-Optical-Amplifier-Based Wavelength Conversion

A technique to overcome pattern dependence in semiconductor-optical-amplifier-based wavelength converters is presented. The technique is based on a careful selection of red- and blue-shifted spectral components having complementary pattern effects in the output spectrum of a wavelength-converted signal. Significant signal quality improvements are reported at a bit rate of 40 Gb/s.     

大花水水电站首部枢纽布置设计

大花水水电站首部枢纽由碾压混凝土拦河大坝、泄洪建筑物和电站进水口组成。大坝采用河床拱坝 左岸重力坝的组合坝型,拱坝最大坝高134.50 m,重力坝最大坝高73 m。泄洪建筑物布置在拱坝坝身,为3个表孔 2个中孔的布置型形式。电站进水口布置于左岸重力坝坝身。首部枢纽布置紧凑,而且充分考虑了坝址区河谷狭窄、地形地貌及、存在的地质缺陷,以及泄洪流量大等工程特点。本文重点介绍首部枢纽的布置设计比选过程。     

大庆油田油气勘探“五五”工程的实践与效果

大庆油田公司确立的油气勘探“五五”工程的核心是立足油气勘探长远发展、统筹老区与新领域勘探,兼顾工程实施与地质研究、系统配套相关技术理论,内容是调整工程和投资结构、完善油气勘探地质理论、发展各项适用技术,目的是促进油气勘探寻求大发现、获得大突破。通过实施“五五”工程,勘探工作运行平稳,勘探成果殷实丰硕,勘探领域层次分明,对油气勘探工作的发展产生了巨大的推动力,确保了大庆探区油气勘探实施的效果。通过对油气勘探“五五”工程实践过程的深入剖析,认为在油气勘探中“思路决定出路、前置加载量是基础、新技术应用是关键”。     

BioFET sensor for detection of albumin in urine

Characterisation of a BioFET for detection of albumin in a mixture of human urine is presented. To avoid electrolyte effect of the urine, it was measured in PBS (phosphate buffer saline) at a fixed pH after albumin binding. The drain current was modulated by the albumin bound to the anti-albumin immobilised on the gate surface of the BioFET. The current variation ratio was likely to be proportional to the concentration of the albumin in the range 50-250 mg/1. The results show the feasibility of the BioFET as a urinary albumin sensor.     

我国房地产税收政策调整的意义与影响

一、房地产业政策执行年任务艰巨 如果说2006年是我国房地产业的“政策年”，那么2007年无疑就是我国房地产业的“执行年”。一方面，去年国务院及相关部门发布的许多调控政策在渡过其最初的适应期后，将充分释放其效力；另一方面，国家相关部门必然会针对之前公布的一些政策法规，出台一系列相应的实施细则，以确保我国房地产市场健康、稳定发展，从调整税收政策和供求结构的角度来满足目前强劲的需求。由此可见，2007年注定是我国房地产业不寻常的一年。