Mathematics for Architecture: Some European Experiences

Orietta Pedemonte studies how mathematics in taught in faculties or schools of architecture in Belgium, Portugal, France, Switzerland and Spain, comparing course organizations, subjects offered and entrance requirements. Which and how much mathematics for architecture? What kind of teaching? Is it better to have information on many aspects, or a deeper insight into only a few? Is it better to privilege a historical-philosophical overview, or to focus aspects of application that are current today? These are some of the questions that are raised by whoever deals with teaching mathematics in a faculty or school of architecture.     

特种电动机高压阀门准确制动的仿真计算

对于特种异步电动机拖动的高压阀门 ,切断电动机交流供电电源后 ,在电机的定子绕组中通入适当的直流电流 ,产生直流磁场 ,使电机进行能耗制动 ,让阀心和电机转子的能量 ,包括动能消耗在转子的绕组中 ,达到准确停车的目的。介绍了这一过程的计算机仿真计算     

基于Visual Foxpro的北京奥运会倒计时显示牌的设计

详细分析与探讨了用Visual Foxpro设计距2008北京奥运会开幕倒计时显示牌的方法和步骤。首先在设计北京奥运会倒计时显示牌表单界面及相关属性的基础上,阐明了北京奥运会倒计时显示牌的功能目标,进一步分析相应对象相关事件的基本过程,并提供相应的Visual Foxpro程序代码。     

用水信用与风险管理系统

系统采用Oracle数据库作为开发平台,VB.net为开发工具研制而成。系统借鉴银行和电力企业信用等级评价的规则,结合水司水费收缴的历史纪录及各客户的实际情况,运用自动采集程序,从原有的营销系统和财务系统自动录入数据,再通过优化的模糊概率、神经网络程序,对用户进行交纳水费信用等级评定,建立客户交纳水费风险预警机制。     

浙江石窗艺术的审美趣味和表现手法

浙江石窗是第二批浙江省非物质文化遗产名录中的一项民间美术,它是盛开在浙江大地上的一朵建筑民俗之花,它的审美趣味与当地的民风民俗和建筑风格完全融合,它的表现手法与中国的吉祥图案一脉相连。     

从修辞学的角度对设计符号学中象征功能的再认识

我试图通过解读修辞学的发展历程,探究符号学发展的必然性,由本不存在修辞,到需要修辞,再到修辞的消亡的逻辑关系,联想到设计符号学的发展历程竟与其如此惊人的相似,由仅追求原始功能,到添加装饰满足非本质的需求,继而又摒弃装饰成分,聚焦其本质所在的现代设计,就像我在文章开头说的乙杂邢薜姆绞奖硐治尴蘧褪敲烙是象征的精髓一样,以最简洁的形式传达了最准确的信息,是设计符号学的核心所在。     

支票挂失查询语音服务系统的设计与实现

自动声讯服务日益成为信息查询或传递的一条重要途径,文中介绍了支票挂失查询语音服务系统的功能,结构以及系统设计中 音卡编程的状态轮询方法和数据库的操作方法。     

1993: Axline's eight principles of play therapy revisited.

Examined V. Axlines's book, Play Therapy (1947) which includes 8 basic principles on non-directive play therapy. Student responses to learning these principles in play therapy classes were also examined. Each student was assigned a play therapy client and was observed and assisted directly by the instructor, a licensed clinical psychologist. Clients were mildly trouble children (aged 5–10 yrs) and were selected from a referral base by the instructor as appropriate for the course. As the semester progressed and students gained direct experience, weekly small (3–4 student) group discussions were held to explore in-depth understanding of play therapy principles and how these principles are put into practice. It is concluded that Axline's book remains a classic text and a foremost resource in the field. Coupling it with experiential learning is an invaluable basis for teaching play therapy. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

"Publishing opinions: A note on the usefulness of commentaries": Comment.

Comments on J. J. Christensen-Szalanski and L. R. Beach's (see record 1984-21471-001) conclusion that the attention given to commentaries and replies to articles did not justify the extra space and argues that citation indexes do not measure the major usefulness of these commentaries. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Discrimination or favoritism? Sex bias in book reviews.

Studied 180 reviews of books written by male, female, or male and female authors to investigate sex bias. Half the books had been reviewed by males, half by females. Each review was rated separately for positive and negative elements. For positive elements, there was a significant interaction between author's and reviewer's sex: same-sex books were more favorably evaluated than other-sex books, while books of mixed authorship fell in between. There was no comparable interaction for negative elements. Reviewers of both sexes tended to find more negative elements in books by male than by female authors. It is concluded that unlike in studies employing hypothetical situations, in real-life settings each sex is biased in favor of itself. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)