Sociotechnical systems, risk management, and public health: comparing the North Battleford and Walkerton outbreaks

Accidents in different complex sociotechnical systems are rarely compared using the same theoretical framework for risk management. We conducted a comparative analysis of two Canadian public health disasters involving drinking water distribution systems, the North Battleford Cryptosporidium parvum outbreak in April 2001 and the Walkerton E. coli outbreak in May 2000. Both accidents resulted from a complex interaction between all levels of a complex sociotechnical system. However, the low-level physical and individual factors differed in the two cases, whereas, the high-level governmental and regulatory factors tended to be the same. These findings may have implications for the design of public policies to minimize risk in complex sociotechnical systems.     

Failure analysis of a broken tooth

Several days after heart surgery, a patient discovered his upper right canine tooth had broken at the root. Such tooth damage, recognized post-operatively, is usually assumed to be caused by blunt mechanical force from an instrument used by the anesthesiologist during placement of a breathing tube at the start of surgery. In this case, the patient had saved the crown portion of the broken tooth, and it was possible to examine the root fracture characteristics. The curvature and direction of the crack path and natural tooth situation suggested that failure could be described through a cantilever beam model. This was confirmed when a whole extracted sample tooth was embedded and broken by a measured force in a manner consistent with the model. The resulting fracture surface matched that of the patient’s broken canine tooth. However, the high load and force direction necessary to fracture the root was inconsistent with forces applied during the anesthesia procedure. The failure analysis and further investigation indicated tooth clenching on the breathing tube during recovery was the likely cause of fracture. This paper presents an alternate explanation for intubation-related dental injury, demonstrates the practicality of fractographic analysis of biological materials, and introduces a methodology for simulating in vitro tooth settings for mechanical testing.     

MMS在中国市场的成功运营之道

MMS作为移动通信运营商最近推出的一类业务新品．受到了众多国外手机厂商的热情追捧。MMS在国内市场的成长空间有多大?手机厂商的对策是什么?本文试图运用SWOT战略分析矩阵及三点效用模型对MMS手机的市场进入机会及厂商的营销策略进行研究，旨在探讨MMS在中国市场的成功运营之道。     

土石过水围堰过水期最不利工况及其流量确定

本文系统分析了影响土石过水围堰溢流工况的主要因素，提出衡量最不利工况的指标和确定员不利流量的方法，为土石过水围堰堰体下游护坡结构及消能防冲设施设计提供了理论依据。通过理论计算结果与模型试验现场观测资料数据对比分析，说明提出的过水期最不利流量判别方法是符合实际情况的。     

A Revised Methodology for Research on Metamemory: Pre-judgment Recall And Monitoring (PRAM).

A revised methodology is described for research on metacognitive monitoring, especially judgments of learning (JOLs), to investigate psychological processing that previously has been only hypothetical and unobservable. During data collection a new stage of recall occurs just prior to the JOL, so that during data analysis the items can be partitioned into subcategories to measure the degree of JOL accuracy in ways that are more analytic than was previously possible. A weighted-average combinatorial rule allows the component measures of JOL accuracy to be combined into the usual overall measure of metacognitive accuracy. An example using the revised methodology offers a new explanation for the delayed-JOL effect, in which delayed JOLs are more accurate than immediate JOLs for predicting recall. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Review of Alterations of Consciousness: An Empirical Analysis for Social Scientists.

Reviews the book by Baruss (see record 2003-02669-000), which reviews the experimental and phenomenological research on alterations of consciousness, ranging from sleep and dreaming to mystical and near-death experience. The reviewer suggests there is a clear agenda announced by the book's subtitle, "An Empirical Analysis for Social Scientists." In the view of Baruss, all too often in states of consciousness research a preoccupation with theory has kept investigators from full engagement with the actual data. The book provides readable and at times appropriately controversial discussions of empirical literature on dreaming and lucid dreams, daydreaming and fantasy proneness, hypnosis, dissociative identity disorder, shamanism and possession states, psychedelic drug research, parapsychology, trance-chanelling and mediumship, the alien abduction syndrome, classical mystical experience, out-of-body and near-death experiences, and recent attempts by MacDonald and others to assess individual differences in spirituality through multifactor questionnaires. However, the reviewer believes that the breadth of coverage of both recent and past research is too often highly selective, and that the author's rejection of theory is both questionable in itself and more illusion than reality. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

基于WVD的防空雷达直升机信号特征分析

基于直升机目标旋转部件的调制模型，本文针对防空雷达提出了分析直升机信号特征的一种新方法——WVD法，并对直升机目标旋转部件调制回波信号在不同噪声情况下加以仿真分析，结果表明：用WVD分析雷达回波中直升机信号特征是一种非常有效的方法。     

液力联轴器喷油着火事故的原因分析及预防

以矿用液力联轴器为研究对象 ,阐明其喷油着火的机理 ,分析其喷油着火的原因并作出事故树分析 ,针对现场使用的情况 ,提出预防措施及发展趋势 ,对矿井安全生产具有指导性作用。     

硅微机械梳齿静电谐振器的建模与分析

基于参数化的计算机辅助设计（CAD）软件，对硅微机械梳齿静电谐振器进行了实体建模，以有限元分析软件为工具，进行了谐振器的模态分析，静态分析和谐响应分析，初步揭示了谐振器的静、动态特性，有助于改善设计效率和质量，展示了计算机辅助工程（CAE）技术在微机电系统（MEMS）研究中的重要作用。     

锰铜基高阻尼合金中锌量的测定──硫氰酸盐萃取分离络合滴定法

基于甲基异丁基甲酮于稀盐酸介质中定量地萃取Ｚｎ￣（２＋）与ＣＮＳ￣－形成的络阴离子。从而达到与共存的锰、镍、铝、铬的完全分离。在有氟化物、硫脲存在时Ｆｅ￣（３＋）、Ｃｎ￣（２＋）和Ａｇ￣＋也不被萃取。有机相中的锌于ＰＨ５．５“六胺”缓冲介质中返萃取回水相，用ＥＤＴＡ滴定。在文中给定的条件下锌的一次被萃取率可达９９％以上，成功地解决了锰铜基高阻尼合金中共存离子对锌量测定的干扰问题。