Legal reasoning with subjective logic

Judges and jurors must make decisions in an environment of ignoranceand uncertainty for example by hearing statements of possibly unreliable ordishonest witnesses, assessing possibly doubtful or irrelevantevidence, and enduring attempts by the opponents to manipulate thejudge's and the jurors' perceptions and feelings. Three importantaspects of decision making in this environment are the quantificationof sufficient proof, the weighing of pieces of evidence, and therelevancy of evidence. This paper proposes a mathematical frameworkfor dealing with the two first aspects, namely the quantification ofproof and weighing of evidence. Our approach is based on subjectivelogic, which is an extension of standard logic and probability theory,in which the notion of probability is extended by including degrees ofuncertainty. Subjective Logic is a framework for modelling humanreasoning and we show how it can be applied to legalreasoning.     

数字X射线图象的成象分析及校正

数字X射线图象的形成是一个X射线信息影象的形成、转换和传递的复杂过程,且通常得到的数字X射线图象的灰度值没有准确的物理意义,在实验的基础上,提出了一种基于朗伯定律的理想图象模型,用以对数字X射线图象进行灰度的校正及线性化,经过这样的处理后,图象的灰度值与吸收体厚度之间的关键近似为线性,这对于人体特征参数的定量分析（如对心脏形态、血流的分析,以及在DSA中对造影剂浓度的分析等）具有重要作用。     

网络时代信息安全对策研究

随着信息全球化的发展,公民个人所拥有的信息被他人或非政府组织不正当利用甚至非法窃取的危险性越来越高。信息安全将会成为一个国家亟待解决的问题。本文分析了网络时代导致信息安全隐患重重的因素,提出了网络时代一些保障信息安全的切实可行的措施。     

“任务驱动法”在信息技术教学中的运用

"任务驱动法"是建立在建构主义教学理论基础上的教学法,作为建构者——教师,仅是学习的指导者、辅助者、咨询者、导航者,而学生才是教与学活动中的主体,在具体教学过程中,我们应将大量时间留给学生带着驱动"任务"进行研究性学习。目前,我国中学信息技术课程中普遍采用这一教学法,即在具体教学过程中,我们应尽量压缩教师讲授内容的时间,而将大量的时间留给学生进行研究性学习。本文就如何优化信息技术课程谈几点思考。     

Adaptive guidance law design based on characteristic model for reentry vehicles

In this paper an adaptive guidance law based on the characteristic model is designed to track a reference drag acceleration for reentry vehicles like the Shuttle. The characteristic modeling method of linear constant systems is extended for single-input and single-output （SlSO） linear time-varying systems so that the characteristic model can be established for reentry vehicles. A new nonlinear differential golden-section adaptive control law is presented. When the coefficients belong to a bounded closed convex set and their rate of change meets some constraints, the uniformly asymptotic stability of the nonlinear differential golden-section adaptive control system is proved. The tracking control law, the nonlinear differential golden-section control law, and the revised logical integral control law are integrated to design an adaptive guidance law based on the characteristic model. This guidance law overcomes the disadvantage of the feedback linearization method which needs the precise model. Simulation results show that the proposed method has better performance of tracking the reference drag acceleration than the feedback linearizaUon one.     

我国网络实名制立法方向和实现模式初探

实行网络实名制问题在于从法律层面和技术层面是否已经提供了基础和前提。本文试图从网络实名制的涵义、如何从立法上保障网民权益、实现网民隐私权的法律保护、网络实名制的法律目的与法律依据以及我国网络实名制的立法思考。对如何实行网络实名制从技术层面以及实现模式进行论述和探讨,并从互联网安全监管实际出发提出切实可行的解决方案。     

Assessing two new wearable input paradigms: The Finger-Joint-Gesture palm-keypad glove and the invisible phone clock

Text and digit entry speed of two wearable one-handed input paradigms, the Finger-Joint-Gesture palm-keypad glove and the Invisible Phone Clock, were benchmarked against traditional one-handed cellular phone keypad input in a repeated-measurement design employing 18 subjects using a 9-word sentence. No significant difference in error-corrected text entry speed (5.3 ec-wpm) was found. Digit entry speed was significantly faster (8.3 ec-wpm) and differed significantly between input paradigms. Furthermore, digit entry was fastest for the traditional cellular phone keypad and slowest for the Invisible Clock keypad. A prediction model based on Fitts' law slightly overestimated text entry speed for novice users. Another prediction model, where each movement time between successive keys was corrected for key repeat time for each specific input paradigm, predicted the experimental results more accurately. Thirteen of the subjects ranked the Invisible Phone Clock as 1^st choice. The subjects' mapping of the Ericsson cellular phone functions (YES, CLR, NO, <,> and Address Book) was not according to the designer's model, partly due to functional fixedness. The input paradigms could be suitable candidates for new fragmentised interfaces where wearability is the key issue.     

The Afghan water law: “a legal solution foreign to reality”? 1

In this article the suggested permit and licence systems included in the draft Afghan Water Law of 2008 (superseding those laws of 1981 and 1991) are examined by comparing them with main canal data from two pilot studies within the Kunduz Basin. The comparison highlights the difficulty of making these proposed legal frameworks operative. Overall, it appears that the sections within the law on permits and licences are not implementable within or even useful for the traditional irrigation systems, but mainly play into the hands of the national hydrocracy and please international donors.     

Groundwater legislation in Turkey: problems of conception and application

The uneven distribution of water resources, a growing population, urbanization and global climate change require new approaches for groundwater management in Turkey. “Safe yield” should yield to broader concepts such as “sustainability”. Groundwater management needs to consider future needs of the people and all ecosystems in accordance with basin development models. Groundwater law needs to be expanded beyond quantity to address quality concerns. A new institutional framework should be established and groundwater regulation should reflect new approaches and ideas, in particular to address problems of application.     

Interstate Water Conflicts and Individual Rights

Abstract

This study addresses the right of individuals to participate in equitable apportionment actions in the United States Supreme Court involving the allocation of interstate water resources. Given the scope of the parens patriae doctrine, the state represents the interests of all of the state's citizens. This limits the role of individuals to that of amicus curiae (“friend of the court”). Furthermore, any allocation of interstate water resources is likely to be a mass allocation to the state parties to the litigation. Such an allocation may not be sufficient to fulfill all of the demands for water in the respective states. Finally, after noting that individual water rights are “incomplete” forms of property rights that derive from the rights of the state, the study concludes that it may be in the best interest of individual water users to attempt to resolve interstate water conflicts by means other than litigation in the Supreme Court.