The benefits and costs of repeated memory tests for young and older adults.

Repeated and prolonged searches of memory can lead to an increase in how much is recalled, but they can also lead to memory errors. These 3 experiments addressed the costs and benefits of repeated and prolonged memory tests for both young and older adults. Participants saw and imagined pictures of objects, some of which were physically or conceptually similar, and then took a series of repeated or prolonged recall tests. Both young and older adults recalled more on later tests than on earlier ones, though the increase was less marked for older adults. In addition, despite recalling less than did young adults, older adults made more similarity-based source misattributions (i.e., claiming an imagined item was seen if it was physically or conceptually similar to a seen item). Similar patterns of fewer benefits and more costs for older adults were seen on both free and forced recall tests and on timed and self-paced tests. Findings are interpreted in terms of age-related differences in binding processes. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Finite element simulation of the mechanics of flat contact pad fretting fatigue tests

An understanding into the macro kinetic and kinematic behaviour of fretted surfaces is provided. Making use of a modified version of a previously developed in‐house two‐dimensional elastic–plastic finite element analysis numerically simulates flat contact pad fretting fatigue tests. Basic macro mechanics concepts are adopted to idealise two bodies with rough contact surfaces and loaded at two different sites with arbitrary axial loading profiles. A time scale factor is devised to recognise the earliest candidate out of the events possibly accommodated at each loading increment. The present analysis utilises a relevant experimental set up developed in the Structural Integrity Research Institute of the University of Sheffield as an application. Computational results accurate to within 1.2% and corresponding to one contact pad span and six constant normal loads acting individually with four amplitudes of two sinusoidal axial load cycles are presented. The present computations include (1) the development of the global and local normal and tangential reactions and relative sliding displacement acting along the fretting surfaces and (2) contact pad deformation, generated stress fields and plasticity development within the neighbouring region of the fretted area.     

Perceptual evaluation of color gamut mapping algorithms

The recommendation of the CIE has been followed as closely as possible to evaluate the accuracy of five color gamut mapping algorithms (GMAs)—two nonspatial and three spatial algorithms—by psychophysical experiments with 20 test images, 20 observers, one test done on paper and a second one on display. Even though the results do not show any overall “winner,” one GMA is definitely perceived as not accurate. The importance of a high number of test images to obtain robust evaluation is underlined by the high variability of the results depending on the test images. Significant correlations between the percentage of out‐of‐gamut pixels, the number of distinguishable pairs of GMAs, and the perceived difficulty to distinguish them have been found. The type of observers is also important. The experts, who prefer a spatial GMA, show a stronger consensus and look especially for a good rendering of details, whereas the nonexperts hardly make a difference between the GMAs. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Col Res Appl, 33, 470–476, 2008     

响洪甸电站引水隧洞进口水下岩塞爆破施工

响洪甸抽水蓄能电站水下岩塞爆破施工要求高,技术新,难度大.由于施工准备充分,并进行了一系列材料及施工试验,工程进展顺利,排孔造孔、导洞药室开挖、药管与起爆体加工、装药与堵塞、网络施工、充水补气等工程施工质量符合设计要求,岩塞爆破准时成功起爆.     

Laboratory Evaluation of Smear Zone and Correlation between Permeability and Moisture Content

In this study, the extent of the smear zone and the reduction of permeability and water content within the smear zone were investigated using a large-scale consolidometer. The installation of vertical drains by means of a mandrel causes significant disturbance of the subsoil surrounding the mandrel, resulting in a smear zone. The extent of the smear zone for Moruya clay (New South Wales, Australia) was estimated on the basis of normalized permeability and the reduction of water content by taking undisturbed samples (horizontally and vertically) at different locations. This study reveals that a significant reduction in water content and horizontal permeability takes place towards the drain, whereas the variation in the vertical permeability is negligible. The smear zone for Moruya clay was found to be 2.5 times the equivalent radius of the mandrel with the horizontal permeability varying from 1.09 to 1.64, an average of 1.34 times smaller than that of the undisturbed zone. Finally, a correlation between the permeability decrease and water content reduction within smear zone is proposed.     

单粒子效应对航天器的威胁及空间飞行试验评论（二）

列举了若干航天器因单粒子效应而出现的异常或故障。阐述了单粒子效应空间飞行试验方法和预估方法。总结了多颗航天器单粒子效应空间飞行试验结果。依据空间飞行试验结果，对静止卫星、低太阳同步轨道卫星和椭圆轨道卫星在太阳宁静和太阳耀斑期间单粒子效应作了比较。     

不同防毒技术在计算机实验室的比较研究

详细介绍杀毒软件技术和还原保护技术的特点及发展现状．从投入成本、软件系统资源占用率、功能稳定性、数据恢复效率和部署简易性等方面,对两类技术在计算机实验室内应用的适应性展开比较研究,得出还原保护技术更适合在实验室内得到大规模应用这一结论,指出它在病毒防护工作中的不足和仍需补充研究的方向。     

理工类高等院校实验室安全管理体系建设研究

实验室安全管理是理工类高等院校安全工作的重点内容．针对理工类高校实验室安全管理问题。对理工类高校实验室安全管理的特点和影响实验室安全管理的主要因素进行详细的研究和分析,并以此为基础从实验室安全管理组织体系、监督体系和保障体系三个方面提出建设理工类高等院校实验室安全管理体系的具体措施。