Planetary exploration by robotic aerovehicles

Planetary aerobots are a new type of telerobotic science platform that can fly and navigate in a dynamic 3-dimensional atmospheric environment, thus enabling the global in situ exploration of planetary atmospheres and surfaces. Aerobots are enabled by a new concept in planetary balloon altitude control, developed at JPL, which employs reversible-fluid changes to permit repeated excursions in altitude. The essential physics and thermodynamics ofreversible-fluid altitude control have been demonstrated in a series of altitude-control experiments conducted in the Earth's atmosphere, which are described. Aerobot altitude-control technology will be important in the exploration of seven planets and satellites in our solar system. Three of these objects—Venus, Mars, and the Saturnian satellite Titan—have accessible solid surfaces and atmospheres dominated by the dense gases nitrogen or carbon dioxide. They will be explored with aerobots using helium or hydrogen as their primary means of buoyancy. The other four planets—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—have deep atmospheres that are predominantly hydrogen. It may be possible to explore these atmospheres with aerobots inflated with atmospheric gas that is then radiatively heated from the hotter gaseous depths below. To fulfill their potential, aerobots to explore the planets will need autonomous state estimators to guide their observations and provide information to the altitude-control systems. The techniques of acquiring these data remotely are outlined. Aerobots will also use on board altitude control and navigation systems to execute complex flight paths including descent to the surface and exploiting differential wind velocities to access different latitude belts. Approaches to control of these systems are examined. The application of aerobots to Venus exploration is explored in some detail: The most ambitious mission described, the Venus Flyer Robot (VFR), would have the capability to make repeated short excursions to the high-temperature surface environment of Venus to acquire data and then return to the Earth-like upper atmosphere to communicate and recool its electronic systems. Finally a Planetary Aerobot Testbed is discussed which will conduct Earth atmospheric flights to validate autonomous-state-estimator techniques and flight-path-control techniques needed for future planetary missions.     

A Macro Model of Frequently Changing Mobile Networks to Perform Flow and Access Control

The area covered by a mobile ad hoc network consists of obstacles that inhibit transmission and areas where communications can take place. Physical structures, such as buildings, that block transmission, or lakes, where forwarding nodes cannot be located, are permanent obstacles. Temporary obstacles are created as mobile nodes enter or leave an area. Our hypothesis is that the spaces between nearby obstacles are bottlenecks that inhibit the flows in the network. We partition the network into areas that are encompassed by obstacles and bottlenecks. All of the nodes in an area are treated as a single super node, and the bottlenecks between areas are the links between the super nodes. As individual nodes move, the flows and paths in the model change more slowly than the paths and flows between the individual nodes. We apply flow control algorithms to the model and perform admission control within a super node based on the flows that are assigned by the flow control algorithm. We apply the model to the Columbia University campus, and use max–min, fair bottleneck flow control to assign the flows. Our hypothesis is verified for this example.     

Service life planning and performance requirements

Service life planning comprises a model for the determination of a reasonable expected service life for buildings and components, and it establishes a routine for the assessment of design alternatives. A design option is considered reasonable when it meets or exceeds performance requirements over time that have been drawn up specifically for the specific project. Due to this assessment reference, there is a very evident link to the concept of performance-based building. Any stakeholder involved in the value chain or in the design process of the building, as well as regulators and building users, can express performance requirements. Identified requirements, both in relevance and in quality, will vary with the stakeholder and his/her perspective of interest. As building sector manufacturers develop most products with reference to standards rather than with reference to specific requirements, there is no direct link from user requirements to the product design. Instead, the building designer has the responsibility to ensure performance requirements are met by the performance of products integrated into the design. As these design decisions also have to be made at the material and component level, a performance-based building would benefit from an established rationale that enables the communication of performance requirements across the relevant system levels in the relevant design processes. A path for the connection of the established concepts of service life planning and performance-based building is presented. The aim is to identify key elements that need to be developed for the successful linkage of performance-based building with service life planning.     

微波感应式电力线防盗在线监测系统

研制了一种微波感应式配电线路防盗在线监测系统，简述了其系统构成、技术特点和应用效果。整个系统由监测分机、监控中心、巡检人员组成，借助该系统进行了一系列实验。结果表明，当有大型移动物体靠近或攀登杆塔时，安装在杆塔上10 m左右的微波感应监测分机感应到移动物体信号，一方面进行语音警示，另一方面通过短信服务及时向监控中心发送短信，监控中心及时通知巡检人员，赶到事故现场，以最大限度地保证输电线路的安全。     

在役生产装置安全评价存在的职业卫生问题

分析了在役生产装置安全评价存在的职业卫生问题,提出了如何做好重点生产装置职业病预防工作的建议。     

浅谈多媒体技术在数字图书馆中的运用

介绍了多媒体的概念、特点，探讨了多媒体在图书馆各项工作中的应用方式，论述了多媒体在图书馆应用中对读者产生的意义。     

两种在用发动机油氧化衰变情况监控方法对比分析

分析了两种常用监控在用发动机油氧化衰变情况的试验方法，并通过监控试验数据，探讨酸值和红外两种监测方法的各自特点，提出高档发动机油酸值变化极限值应区别于中低档发动机油的观点，为今后监控在用发动机油选用合适的试验方法和标准提供了参考。     

"The dismantling of our health system: Strategies for the survival of psychological practice": A reply to Cummings.

Comments on the original article, The dismantling of our health system: Strategies for the survival of psychological practice by Nicholas A. Cummings (see record 1986-22651-001). In response to this article, the current author says "no, no, no!" He believes that "survival with this degree of compromise amounts to doing anything for a buck." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

供应链库存管理的几项措施

供应链库存管理与某一部门的管理有极大的不同，它涉及到各部门，各企业之间存在着的错综复杂的工序关系和不确定性。     

通信网交换系统的发展趋向

本文对宽带综合通信网交换系统几个主要方面技术的发展趋向作了概括介绍，内容包括：电子交换的分布结构、ＡＴＭ交换的开始应用，个人通信的无线进网，宽带交换引用光子技术和多媒体交换结构分析。