Improving Cost Estimates of Construction Projects Using Phased Cost Factors

Central to cost-based competition is the capability to accurately predict the cost of delivering a project. Most literature on cost estimation focuses on specific estimation methods as generic techniques and little attention has been paid to the unique requirements at each project stage. This note attempts to identify the critical factors for effective estimation at various stages of typical construction projects. Drawing from organization control theory and cost estimating literature, this note develops a theoretical framework that identifies the critical factors for effective cost estimation during each project phase of a conventional construction project. The underlying logic is that as a cost estimating effort progresses, both task programmability and output measurability improve. As a result, control effort will shift from input-oriented control to a combination of output and behavior control.     

特低渗油藏渗流特征及增产技术研究

从特低渗储层渗流机理研究出发，分析了其渗流规律——非达西渗流特征；根据储层中上覆岩石围压变化，通过室内试验表述了其对渗透率伤害。研究提出了改善渗流特征的注水条件、井网优化和压裂对策，可以有效提高这类油藏的开发效果。     

Coordinating production and distribution of jobs with bundling operations

We consider an integrated scheduling and distribution model in which jobs completed by two different machines must be bundled together for delivery. The objective is to minimize the sum of the delivery cost and customers' waiting costs. Such a model not only attempts to coordinate the job schedules on both machines, but also aims to coordinate the machine schedules with the delivery plan. Polynomial-time heuristics and approximation schemes are developed for the model with only direct shipments as well as the general model with milk-run deliveries.     

Effect of Y2O3, CeO2 on Sintering Properties of Si3N4 Ceramics

The effect of rare earth oxides Y203 or Ce02 on sintering properties of Si3N4 ceramics was studied and the mechanism of assisting action during sintering was analyzed. The results in dicate that the best sintering properties appear in Si3N4 ceramics with 5% Y203 or 8% CeO2. Secondary crystallites are formed at grain boundaries after heat treatment,which decreases the amount of glass phase and contributes to the improvement of high-temperature mechanical properties of silicon nitride.     

多相平衡规律在树脂再生过程中的应用研究

借助于三相平衡体系的性能分析，提出了一步法复苏再生阴离子交换树脂的新思路，从而实现阴离子交换树脂的再生和有机污染去除的同步性．对三相再生体系的再生能力，循环再生能力和树脂的有机污染去除能力进行了研究，并进行了基本性能测试和理论分析．结果表明三相再生体系能够很好的保持再生和循环再生效果，缓解了树脂的有机污染，一步复苏再生法具有理论可行性。     

1/3码的动态CMOS全自检电路的设计

自检测电路设计方法有多种多样,本文中介绍了TSC电路的概念,并采用1/3码的动态CMOS设计TSC电路,通过在Cadence环境下仿真,仿真结果表明本设计可行。     

Object data MODEL = object-oriented + semantic models

The term ‘object-oriented database’ has been used to refer to different characteristics and mechanisms supported by semantic databases and (behaviorally) object-oriented ones. While this indicates the current confusion due to the lack of a common model, it also suggests the potential desirability of combining these two kinds of modeling facilities into the same nutshell. This paper summarizes from these two paradigms the features common to both, the features influenced/adopted by each other, and the features which are presented in one paradigm but missing from the other. After a brief analysis and discussion of these features, we conclude this paper by proposing our major theme: a complete object data model should take the union of the facilities offered by these two kinds of models.     

岭澳核电工程38m平台边坡处理

岭澳核电重件道路施工中所遇到的38m的观景平台在大亚湾核电站占有重要地位,在工程施工中发现边坡坡体陡峭,无法达到规范规定的稳定要求,故采取了加固措施。采用抗滑稳定计算的分析方法,对边坡加固的必要性及实施加固后的稳定性进行了分析。     

Gastrointestinal autonomic nerve tumour presenting as small bowel volvulus: a rare disease with a rare presentation

A 78-year-old Chinese woman presented with recurrent postprandial abdominal pain. Computerised tomography revealed a small bowel tumour causing volvulus of a segment of the small bowel. Laparotomy confirmed an extraluminal ileal tumour with partial volvulus of the involved small bowel segment. Small bowel resection was done. Histological and ultrastructural studies confirmed a gastrointestinal autonomic nerve tumour. We review the medical literature on this rare tumour.