Disaster-readiness of medical facilities in Aichi Prefecture

One month following the Great Hanshin Earthquake of January 17, 1995, we conducted a survey of 173 hospitals in Aichi Prefecture to pinpoint problems related to their actual disaster-readiness and the medical backup systems in place to deal with such disasters. This study revealed that staff at 50% of the surveyed hospitals could reach the hospital within an hour, but that communication is almost entirely dependent on phone lines, suggesting that cordless/portable/mobile phones, radio systems, Internet, communications satellites and the like should be studied in the days to come for possible use as effective communication alternatives in times of disaster. Whereas 92% of the surveyed hospitals had manuals dealing with fire outbreaks, other areas were less well represented. For example, only 36.9% of surveyed hospitals had manuals for earthquakes, 31.7% had manuals for power outages and 14.2% had manuals to deal with flooding and water disasters. New manuals must be developed incorporating the key points garnered from experience (especially Hanshin) and be ready for use immediately. It is the time for each hospital to seriously rethink the measures it should take to deal with disasters.     

Social burden caused by poliomyelitis

Social burden caused by paralyzed poliomyelitis was analysed, using data from a Sampling Survey of Handicapped People in China, in 1987. The study results showed: 29.94% of 1707 handicapped polio victims aged 6 or over were not able to go to school; 44.23% of them could not take care of their daily life; 36.32% of them could not play out-door and do shopping; 2.58% of them could not normally communicate with others. 84.53% of the 1487 handicapped victims caused by polio aged 15 or over wholly or partly lost their working ability. We also compared handicapped people's employment rate and the status of marriage with non-handicapped people. Data showed that the employment rate and the number of married handicapped polio victims were remarkably lower then those non-handicapped people.     

基于TC8830AF的智能语音卡结构与设计

本文描述一种基于８０３１单片机和ＴＣ８８３０ＡＦ语音处理器的ＰＣ机智能语音卡，通过软硬件设计解决了ＰＣ－８０３１－ＴＣ８８３０ＡＦ结构中的通讯问题。该语音卡在进行语音的合成、编辑和播放时，仅占用极少的ＰＣ机ＣＰＵ处理时间，能满足计算机系统进行实时语音合成的要求。     

Process monitoring using auto-associative,feed-forward artificial neural networks

The potential of using artificially simulated neural networks as intelligent, adaptive process-monitoring devices is discussed. The investigation is considered as a method for automatic, intelligent exception reporting for quality control applications. The technique is also compared with the conventional statistical approaches of principal component analysis and Kohonen's feature map. The applications of the technique in aerospace and manufacturing environments are presented and a possible extension of the method to incorporate a diagnostic function is discussed.Seconded from Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education as a Royal Society/SERC Research Fellow at Smith's Industries Aerospace and Defence Systems, Bishop's Cleeve, Cheltenham, UK.     

Value analysis of intermittent generation sources from the systemoperations perspective

The objective of this study is to determine the economic and operational impact on energy cost of incorporating large photovoltaic (PV) and wind energy conversion systems (WECS) into the electric utility generation mix. In most cases, PV and WECS power outputs are subtracted from the utility load with the expectation that conventional generation would meet the residual load. This approach is valid for small penetration levels and/or for PV and WECS facilities connected near load centers, However, several constraints such as thermal generation characteristics, fuel supply and delivery, spinning reserve requirements, and hydro availability are not adequately represented in this process. To determine the optimal value of large-scale PV and WECS applications, a new methodology that would take into account the aforementioned constraints as well as a more global penetration is developed. Results indicate that while high hydro availability increases PV penetration levels, high ramping rates can also significantly increase penetration levels     

Étude du refroidissement avec solidification d'un fluide pseudoplastique thermodépendant

Heat transfer of highly consistent shear-thinning fluids flowing in a horizontal cylindrical channel has been investigated numerically and experimentally when the outer channel wall is subjected to a constant convective heat exchange. The case considered being cooling, a possible ice deposit must be taken into account. The variation of the rheological properties with temperature must be considered as well.     

正确选用热力管网保温材料的几个问题

介绍了做好热力管网保温应具备的有关知识和数据，以及宝钢蒸汽主干管网在采用四种保温材料下的经济保温层厚度和相对的节能效益，认为目前适于宝钢公司热源温度在６００℃以下较好的保温材料有新型矿渣棉制品和泡沫石棉板。     

A measurement-theoretic analysis of the fuzzy logic model of perception.

The fuzzy logic model of perception (FLMP) is analyzed from a measurement-theoretic perspective. FLMP has an impressive history of fitting factorial data, suggesting that its probabilistic form is valid. The authors raise questions about the underlying processing assumptions of FLMP. Although FLMP parameters are interpreted as fuzzy logic truth values, the authors demonstrate that for several factorial designs widely used in choice experiments, most desirable fuzzy truth value properties fail to hold under permissible rescalings, suggesting that the fuzzy logic interpretation may be unwarranted. The authors show that FLMP's choice rule is equivalent to a version of G. Rasch's (1960) item response theory model, and the nature of FLMP measurement scales is transparent when stated in this form. Statistical inference theory exists for the Rasch model and its equivalent forms. In fact, FLMP can be reparameterized as a simple 2-category logit model, thereby facilitating interpretation of its measurement scales and allowing access to commercially available software for performing statistical inference. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)