Deceleration of a porous rotating disk in a viscous fluid

The flow due to a rotating disk decelerating with an angular velocity inversely proportional to time with either surface suction (or injection) which again varies with time is investigated. The unsteady Navier-Stokes equations are transformed to non-linear ordinary differential equations using similarity transformations. The resulting equations are solved numerically using a globally convergent homotopy method. The flow depends on two non-dimensional parameters, namely an unsteadiness parameter $\text{S}$ and a suction (or injection) parameter $\text{A}$. Some interesting numerical results are presented graphically and discussed.     

Visual marking and visual change.

Five experiments investigated the types of changes that disrupt the preview effect--the benefit gained in difficult search tasks from presenting some distractors earlier in time. A shape change with or without an overall luminance change at the location of an old item was found to disrupt the preview effect, whereas an equivalent luminance change alone or an isoluminant color change was not disruptive. Results suggest that (a) relatively low-level visual changes may not be sufficient to abolish the benefit, (b) the benefit most likely occurs through inhibition applied to locations within a location master map, and (c) inhibition need not be applied to surface features of objects. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Comparative performance of disposable soft contact lenses.

A short-term clinical study was undertaken to compare and evaluate the fit and clinical behaviour of eight disposable hydrogel contact lenses. Thirty subjects were enrolled in a 1-day, randomised, double-masked study. The lenses compared were Vistakon Acuvue (8.80), Vistakon Surevue (8.80), Aspect Frequency-55, Bausch & Lomb Medalist (SeeQuence 2), Ciba Focus (8.90), Lunelle Rythmic, Pilkington Barnes Hind Precision-Wand Wesley Jessen Freshlook. Three of the eight designs, Acuvue (86.7%), Precision-UV (86.7%) and Frequency-55 (90%), achieved relatively high levels of fitting success. The Rythmic lenses achieved the lowest success rate (70%) showing significantly greater downward decentration than the other designs. Although all the lenses were designed to fit a wide variety of eyes, they exhibited widely varying fitting characteristics. Some were more successful than others. The study shows that it is necessary for practitioners to utilise a range of lens designs in order to fit satisfactorily the typical contact lens population.     

Building Knowledge for Substation-Based Decision Support Using Rough Sets

This paper describes a new technique based on rough sets to extract decision rules from large volumes of data captured by protection, control, and monitoring intelligent electronic devices. The methodology correctly identifies faults from large datasets and could be used to assist operators in their decision-making processes. Building knowledge for a fault diagnostic system is a time-consuming and costly process. The quality of a knowledge base can sometimes be hampered by a large number of superfluous decision-making rules that can lead to an unnecessarily large knowledge base system and inefficient or even detrimental rule maintenance. The methodology proposed cannot only induce decision rules efficiently but can also reduce the size of the knowledge base without causing loss of useful information. Results can be used by an expert system to generate supervisory automation and to support operators, for example, during an emergency situation. This methodology involves the generation of human-machine interface alarms. These can then be used for diagnosis of the type and cause of a fault event to give suggestions for network restoration and post-emergency repair. A power systems computer aided design/electromagnetic transients including dc simulator has been used to investigate the effect of faults and switching actions on the protection and control equipment associated with a typical distribution network. The fundamental ideas of rough set theory are discussed, followed by a rule assessment method that is outlined using an illustrative example.     

控制颜料物理性质提高纤维色母料的质量和生产能力

通过实例说明了在颜料生产过程中控制颜料的物理性质,可以提高纤维色母粒的质量和生产能力。