A comparative study of two wayfinding aids for simulated driving tasks – single-scale and dual-scale GPS aids

Global Positioning System (GPS) is currently the most frequently used wayfinding aid for driving. Yet, GPS is designed to act as a driving guide rather than to help users gain spatial knowledge. Accordingly, GPS might be less usable in situations where such knowledge is required or highly desirable. In this study, we experimentally study the influence of GPS display scales (single-scale vs. dual-scale) using simulated driving tasks in a virtual environment. The single-scale GPS is similar to the regular GPS view. The dual-scale GPS aid is a dual-scale navigation tool that provides two levels of detail, including both detailed and contextual information. The results demonstrate that the dual-scale GPS was more efficient in leading the participants to the destination during the simulated driving and was more useful for the participants to establish spatial awareness and a cognitive map; the dual-scale GPS participants also reported higher subjective evaluations. The proposed dual-scale GPS design and experimental results show some indications for designing new wayfinding aids aimed at increasing wayfinding performance while simultaneously helping users construct a cognitive map.     

Electrochemical polymerization of toluene in the mixed electrolytes of boron trifluoride diethyl etherate and trifluoroacetic acid

Poly(methylphenylene) (PMeP) films were prepared by direct oxidation of toluene in the mixed electrolytes of boron trifluoride diethyl etherate (BFEE) and trifluoroacetic acid (TFA). The oxidation potential of toluene in pure BFEE was measured to be 1.52 V versus saturated calomel electrode (SCE). This value was much lower than that determined in a neutral medium such as acetonitrile (2.13 V versus SCE). The introduction of TFA into BFEE decreased the oxidation potential of toluene and also improved the properties of as‐formed polymer films. Infrared and Raman spectra confirmed the formation of PMeP films. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 93: 189–195, 2004     

盐酸克林霉素合成工艺改进

采用新工艺合成克林霉素,流程短,收率高,重量收率比传统工艺提高了21.55个百分点,可达88.0%,产品质量符合中国药典2000版标准.     

Structure Aware Visual Cryptography

Visual cryptography is an encryption technique that hides a secret image by distributing it between some shared images made up of seemingly random black‐and‐white pixels. Extended visual cryptography (EVC) goes further in that the shared images instead represent meaningful binary pictures. The original approach to EVC suffered from low contrast, so later papers considered how to improve the visual quality of the results by enhancing contrast of the shared images. This work further improves the appearance of the shared images by preserving edge structures within them using a framework of dithering followed by a detail recovery operation. We are also careful to suppress noise in smooth areas.     

建筑卫生陶瓷行业发展战略选择

通过对佛山、东莞等地的陶瓷产区相关企业的调查研究,在SWOT分析的基础上,研究了相关的竞争战略,归纳总结出现阶段适合建筑卫生陶瓷企业的战略:即以低成本为竞争生存方式,差异性为竞争发展动力,国际化为发展长期最终目标。     

NDN-1型氮氧化物脱除催化剂的评价及应用

对NDN-1型氮氧化物脱除催化剂进行了实验室性能评价,并与进口催化剂A及国产催化剂B进行了比较,结果表明,NDN-1型催化剂的化学组成、结构、性能均优于进口催化剂A。介绍了该催化剂在南京帝斯曼东方化工有限公司工业应用的情况。     

直播稻田化学除草试验

直播稻田用不同药剂在播种后各一次化除或播种后两次化除都具有很好的除草效果。播后前期是化学除草的关键时期播后前期每６６７米＾２用１０％苄嘧黄隆１５克＋６０％丁划胺６０毫升，１０％苄嘧黄隆１５克＋５０％杀草丹１５０毫升，１７．２％新幼禾葆２４０克或１５．８％幼禾葆２００克防铲均较好。     

Experimental investigation on possibility of oxygen enrichment by using gradient magnetic fields

This paper presents a novel method that uses the interception effect of gradient magnetic field on oxygen molecules to realize enrichment. The use of two opposite magnetic poles of two magnets at a certain distance forms a magnetic space having a field intensity gradient near its borders. When air injected into the magnetic space outflows from the magnetic space via its borders, oxygen molecules in the air will experience the interception effect of the gradient magnetic field, but nitrogen molecules will outflow from the magnetic space without hindrance. Thus, continuous oxygen enrichment is realized. The enrichment degree of oxygen reaches 0.65% when the inlet and outlet air flows are 40 mL/min and 20 mL/min, respectively, and the gas temperature is 298 K and the maximal product of magnetic flux density and its gradient is 563 T²/m (the distance between two magnetic poles is 1 mm). When the gas temperature rises to 343 K, the enrichment degree drops to 0.32%; and when the maximal product of magnetic flux density and field intensity gradient drops to 101 T²/m (the distance between two magnetic poles is 4 mm), the enrichment degree drops to 0.23%. The experimental results show that there is an optimal ratio between the inlet air flow and the outlet air flow. Under the experimental conditions in this paper, the value is about 2.0. It is demonstrated that the method presented in this paper can continuously enrich oxygen and has a higher enrichment degree than other oxygen-enrichment methods using magnetic separation. Translated from Journal of Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 2006, 33(5): 62–66 [译自: 北京化工大学学报]     

NA—5聚氨酯胶粘剂对金属粘接强度的影响

以ＮＡ－５型氨酯胶粘剂作为金属五ＰＵ弹性胶料之间的胶粘剂，制作钢／ＰＵ橡胶／铝静件。研究了影响制件粘接强度的主要因素，给出了ＮＡ－５最佳粘接工艺。