Spatial competition and regulatory change in the grain handling and transportation system in western Canada

The grain handling and transportation system (GHTS) has been a defining component of the western Canadian economy since the early part of the last century. Only two major railways serve the grain handling industry, so the potential for the exercise of market power in transportation appears to be significant. In fact, spatially oriented regulations applicable to railways exist in Canada to mitigate this, but to date they have not often been used by shippers. While the reasons for this are not completely clear, we suggest that the regulations are now inadequate for the current state of the GHTS. Using a unique data set from the year 2000, we assess the effect on the grain handling industry of modifications to these regulations, and find that significant gains for shippers from these modifications are possible. These gains are computed to be on the order of C$10–15 million per year for grain shippers alone. We would like to thank conference and presentation participants (Transportation Research Board, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society, University of British Columbia, University of Leeds and California State University, Long Beach) as well as the anonymous reviewers who commented on the earlier versions of this paper. We would also like to acknowledge support from the Saskatchewan Department of Highways.     

A/O复合式生物膜工艺缺氧段的动力学模型

对A/O复合式生物膜工艺的缺氧段进行了深入研究,并以物料平衡理论为基础,结合莫诺方程和Fick定律,建立了相应的底物降解和微生物增殖的动力学模型.算例结果表明,理论值与试验所得数据有相似的变化趋势,但两者间存在一定的偏差,而且随着进水有机物浓度的增加,其偏差逐渐加大,不过最大偏差率仅为13%,说明模型与实际情况符合较好,比较准确地预测了缺氧段的运行效果,这为该工艺的设计、运行和控制提供了较好的理论基础.     

作为场所的上海里弄解读

尝试从空间设计的角度去探索和分析里弄场所中空间与事件的相互作用,对发生在空间中的活动进行定量的分析,得出定性的结果,并对作为场所的上海里弄存在的必要性进行探讨,对里弄场所延续的可能性提出展望。     

论新形势下建筑施工企业的核心竞争力

本文依据我国建筑施工企业现状,提出了采用"树立先进的管理理念、提高技术开发和创新能力、发展人力资源、发挥信息网络技术的优势、增强融资能力"作为提升企业核心竞争力的措施,指出了我国建筑施工企业利润较低是其核心竞争力不强的根本原因,并在此基础上,提出采用"纵向一体化兼并战略"和"战略联盟"实现企业核心竞争力的可持续发展.     

带桩条形基础共同作用分析

目前的带桩条基分析方法都有全面考虑条形基础、桩、土的相互作用,本文将高层建筑共同作用理论利用到带桩条基共同作用分析中来,全面没考虑各种影响。     

城市地域文化特色塑造:乌鲁木齐二道桥民族风情一条街规划

问题 二道桥民族风情一条街位于乌鲁木齐市解放南路和胜利路地段，历来是多种少数民族聚集地。历史掌故上“二道桥”、“洋行街“，以经营新疆土特产和外国进口商品为主．具有100多年历史和浓郁民族风情。     

怎样扑救高层办公大楼火灾

1　掌握容易造成火势蔓延的部位　　有人说 ,高层办公大楼火灾不能被扑救 ;也有的人说 ,多数高层建筑火灾可以被第一条供水线路扑灭——很幸运。如果你能够用第一条水带线路作为控制火势发展的主要方向 ,就能够阻止火势的蔓延。由于热量通常向上传播 ,因而你必须到达着火楼层的上一楼层 ,阻止火势沿垂直方向蔓延。为了阻止高层办公大楼内的火势向上蔓延 ,消防队员应当懂得自己该观察哪些部位。这是一个不容忽视的环节 ,因为你不可能在一个 2 0 0 0 0 ft、拥有 15 0个房间的楼层中跑来跑去 ,通过嗅觉来寻找烟气。从以前发生过的高层建筑火灾…     

Decomposing regional productivity growth using an aggregate production frontier

The main contribution of this paper is the implementation of a new model which combines the two parametric approaches most commonly used in the productivity literature: fixed effects and stochastic frontiers. This allows us to discuss whether it is better to use average or frontier functions to estimate regional productivity. The empirical section uses panel data of Spanish regions over the period 1980–1995. Additionally, we calculate and decompose total factor productivity growth for the Spanish regions.     

门窗用塑料异型材的质量检测

提出了塑料门窗用异型材存在的一些质量问题,阐述了异型材质量检测的几个主要环节及相应的国家标准,并就提高此项产品质量提出了建议。     

水泥混凝土路面设计和施工中若干问题的探讨

文章论述水泥混凝土路面设计和施工中,导致水泥路面容易损坏的荷载、自然因素、路基、基层、缝体及裂逢等几个方面问题,并提出注意事项及防治措施。