Learning With Weblogs: Enhancing Cognitive and Social Knowledge Construction

This study investigated the impact of weblog use on individual learning in the context of university senior-level business education. As an emergent form of personal communication, weblogs enable people to publish their thoughts as webpages, and to share information and knowledge. Recognizing the potential impact of weblogs on knowledge expression and sharing, this research sought to empirically examine whether the continuous use of weblogs as online learning logs would affect student learning performance. The assumption was that effective use of weblogs promoted the constructivist models of learning by supporting both cognitive and social knowledge construction, and by reinforcing individual accountability in learning. Results from an Information Systems undergraduate course with 31 participants indicated that the performance of students' weblogs was a significant predictor of the learning outcome (while traditional coursework was not). Moreover, individuals' cognitive construction effort to build their own mental models and social construction effort to further enrich/expand knowledge resources appeared to be two key aspects of the constructivist learning with weblogs. Our results imply the potential benefit of using weblogs as a knowledge construction tool and a social learning medium     

On the Nonlinear Companding Transform for Reduction in PAPR of MCM Signals

In this paper, we provide the design criteria of the nonlinear companding transforms for reduction in peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) of multi-carrier modulation (MCM) signals, which can enable the original MCM signals to be transformed into the desirable distribution. As examples, some novel nonlinear companding transforms have been proposed to transform the amplitude or power of the original MCM signals into uniform distribution, which can effectively reduce the PAPR for different modulation formats and subcarrier sizes without any complexity increase and bandwidth expansion. It has been shown by computer simulations that the proposed schemes can significantly improve the performance of MCM systems including bit-error-rate and PAPR reduction.     

Donor–acceptor copolymers incorporating polybenzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene and tetrazine for high open circuit voltage polymer solar cells

Two new low band gap conjugated polymers containing a benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene donor unit and a tetrazine acceptor unit were synthesized by Stille cross-coupling polymerization. The structural and thermal properties of copolymers were characterized using nuclear magnetic resonance, gel permeation chromatography and thermogravimetric analysis. The results show that the donor–acceptor copolymers thus developed have good thermal stability with decomposition temperature of 294 °C and 305 °C. Cyclic voltammetric study revealed that the copolymers possess a deep-lying highest occupied molecular orbital energy level, which is desired for high open circuit voltage polymer solar cells (PSCs) and is also favorable for stable device operation in air. Bulk-heterojunction PSCs based on blend of low band gap copolymers: [6,6]-phenyl-C71-butyric acid methyl ester on indium tin oxide/glass substrates were fabricated. This work yielded a promising power conversion efficiency of >5.0%, with a high open circuit voltage of ～1.0 V, measured under air mass 1.5 global irradiation of 100 mW/cm².     

3G核心网安全威胁分析及安全域的划分

阐述了3G核心网的体系结构及3G安全域的划分方式,3G核心网各安全域内该包含的主要设备,并在此基础上详细分析了各安全域所面临的安全威胁。     

涡流技术在检测钢件淬火层厚度中的应用

涡流检测实质上就是通过运用法拉利电磁感应定律来反映金属导电材料表面缺陷和厚度变化。文章主要研究电涡流检测钢件淬火层厚度时表面阻抗的变化,通过阻抗变化来反映淬火层厚度的变化,经过数据处理得到待测钢件的厚度。由于在电涡流测厚传感器设计过程中会受到多种因素的干扰,对测量精度和可靠性有很大的影响,这里也对主要的干扰因素进行了推导和分析,通过对标准涂层试块进行测量和对数据的分析,能够大略的反映出淬火层厚度的变化。     

带分次谐波抑制功能的SVG控制策略研究

本文在无功补偿控制策略的基础上,对其进行适当改进来实现装置的有源滤波功能。由于SVG仅需要对指定次谐波进行补偿,所以需要设计分次谐波提取功能,重点讨论了分次谐波的提取及控制方法:其次,对IIR低通滤波器的NATLAB设计做了说明:最后,对提出的控制策略在控制器SH7058上进行实验,验证了提出的谐波分次补偿功能的正确性。     

气凝胶改性石英纤维增强有机硅透波复合材料性能

以SiO2气凝胶、Al2 O3气凝胶、ZrO2气凝胶为改性剂、甲基苯基有机硅树脂为基体,石英纤维布为增强材料,制备了气凝胶改性石英/有机硅复合材料.开展热重分析、动态热机械分析、力学性能测试、介电性能、扫描电子显微镜等测试实验,研究不同气凝胶改性对石英/有机硅复合材料的热性能、力学性能和介电性能的影响.结果表明:气凝胶...     

基于证据理论层次分析法的云贝叶斯网络在预警雷达毁伤效果评估中的应用

目标毁伤效果评估能够为作战决策提供可信依据,是联合作战不可或缺的关键环节.结合贝叶斯网络与云模型形成云贝叶斯网络,建立基于云贝叶斯网络的预警雷达毁伤效果评估模型,并对各类指标体系变量进行云模型转换;针对传统专家经验法推导条件概率的缺陷,采用证据理论与层次分析法确定各节点的条件概率值;将变量输入云贝叶斯网络,推理得到预警...     

UV‐Triggered Polydopamine Secondary Modification: Fast Deposition and Removal of Metal Nanoparticles

Since the first report in 2007, polydopamine (PDA) coating has shown great potential as a general and versatile method to create functional nanocoatings on arbitrary substrates. Slow kinetics and poor controllability of the coating and secondary modification processes, however, have limited the further development of this attractive method. In this work, it is demonstrated that UV irradiation at 365 nm significantly accelerates the process of secondary modification of a PDA‐coated surface. The kinetics of both thiol and amine modifications of PDA are increased 12‐fold via UV irradiation, while the kinetics of metal ion reduction at the PDA interface is increased more than 550 times. Moreover, it is demonstrated that irradiating a PDA/metal nanoparticle composite surface with UV light at 254 nm leads to dissolution of the deposited metal nanoparticles (MNPs). Finally, grayscale metallic patterns, dynamic deposition, and removal of MNPs on PDA surface are realized with the proposed method.     

模式自动切换电荷泵的开关感应误差电压的分析

本文描述了一个关于模式自动切换电荷泵的开关感应误差电压的精确表达式,此误差电压会在输出电容上产生一个冲击电压。这将会导致一些不希望得到的结果：大的输出电压纹波,有害的高频噪声和低的效率。通过这个表达式可以得到一些减小输出电容上冲击电压的方法。一个等效集总模型被用来推出此表达式。本文中的模式自动切换电荷泵使用SILTERRA0.18?m CMOS工艺实现。实验结果显示冲击电压的值与表达式的计算结果十分吻合。通过比较三个不同的经过改进的版本的测试结果,可以看到由开关感应产生的过冲电压明显的减小。