Gerontechnology acceptance by elderly Hong Kong Chinese: a senior technology acceptance model (STAM)

The purpose of this study was to develop and test a senior technology acceptance model (STAM) aimed at understanding the acceptance of gerontechnology by older Hong Kong Chinese people. The proposed STAM extended previous technology acceptance models and theories by adding age-related health and ability characteristics of older people. The proposed STAM was empirically tested using a cross-sectional questionnaire survey with a sample of 1012 seniors aged 55 and over in Hong Kong. The result showed that STAM was strongly supported and could explain 68% of the variance in the use of gerontechnology. For older Hong Kong Chinese, individual attributes, which include age, gender, education, gerontechnology self-efficacy and anxiety, and health and ability characteristics, as well as facilitating conditions explicitly and directly affected technology acceptance. These were better predictors of gerontechnology usage behaviour (UB) than the conventionally used attitudinal factors (usefulness and ease of use).

Practitioner Summary: Previous studies have not given much consideration to age-related health and associated abilities when examining acceptance of technology by the ageing population. By encompassing conventional technology acceptance constructs together with age-related health and ability characteristics, the present study was able to identify more factors affecting gerontechnology acceptance by older Hong Kong Chinese.     

调整工艺条件降低脲醛胶生产的操作成本

根据生成脲醛树脂的反应机理和反应特性,对生产周期的控制步骤——缩聚阶段的工艺条件进行调整,采用在不同反应阶段调整不同工艺条件的方法,使整个反应周期由原来的6．0h缩短到5．0h,从而提高设备利用率、降低生产的操作成本,同时因充分利用反应自身放出的热量,可降低生产能耗。     

ClO2的制备方法及其储存条件的研究

本文采用了以还原性有机酸—草酸代替无机酸和无机还原剂还原氯酸钠制备二氧化氯的工艺,来研究生产二氧化氯的最佳方法以及二氧化氯溶液的储存条件。结果表明,该法工艺简单,成本低,无设备腐蚀,而且产品纯度高,产率可达90%以上。生产出的二氧化氯采用低温(1℃～2℃)蒸馏水吸收,效果较好,其溶液在密闭、低温、暗处等条件下,保存较好。     

Benchmarking Fluvial Dynamics for Process‐Based River Restoration: the Upper Rhine River (1816–2014)

Multi‐temporal analysis of river‐floodplain processes is a key tool for the identification of reference conditions or benchmarks and for the evaluation of deviations or deficits as a basis for process‐based river restoration in large modified rivers. This study developed a methodology for benchmarking fluvial processes at river segment level, focusing on those interrelations between morphodynamics (aggradation, erosion, channel shift) and vegetation succession (initial, colonization, transition) that condition habitat structure. Habitat maps of the free‐flowing Upper Rhine River downstream from Iffezheim dam (France–Germany border) were intersected with a geographic information system‐based approach. Patches showing trajectories of anthropization, changeless, progression and regression allowed for the identification of natural and human‐induced processes over almost 200 years. Before channelization, the riverine system was characterized by a shifting habitat mosaic with natural heterogeneity, high degree of surface water connectivity and equilibrium between progression and regression processes. On the other hand, the following 175 years of human interventions led to severe biogeomorphologic deficits evidenced by loss of natural processes and habitat heterogeneity, hydrological disconnection between the river and its floodplain and imbalance of progression versus regression dynamics. The main driving forces of change are found in hydromorphological impacts (channelization, regulation and hydropower plant construction). Regression processes are now almost absent and have to be the objective of process‐based river restoration measures for the studied river‐floodplain system. A sustainable view on water management and river restoration should aim at a more resilient riverine system by balancing the recovery of natural processes with societal needs. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

八羰基二钴的合成

本文考察了反应起始原料、催化剂及其加入量、溶剂和压力对八羰基二钴合成的影响，得出了最佳的合成条件．     

纳米二氧化硅模板的制备

以微乳液法制备纳米二氧化硅（SiO2）粒子，经压制、烧结制备SiO2模板。通过红外（IR）、热分析（TGDTA）、扫描电镜（SEM）等方法对SiO2模板进行表征，结果表明所得SiO2粒度在100nm左右．烧结温度在800℃时，SiO2粒子之间将实现颈长，有利于有机／无机杂化多孔材料的制备。     

高温变换催化剂制备条件的神经网络优化

将影响低汽气比条件下LB型节能高温变换催化剂活性的主要因素作为人工神经网络的特征输入向量,将全部实验数据分为训练集和预测集,运用Matlab神经网络工具箱,按改进的Bayes自动归一化算法建立反向传播神经网络模型,不仅可防止网络陷入局部最小,而且提高了网络训练精度和泛化能力。适当拓宽正交实验各因素的水平范围,经过不同因素、不同水平间的组合模拟,预测出LB型节能高温变换催化剂的最佳制备条件为氧化铈质量分数0.76%、氧化铜质量分数5.8%、氧化铬质量分数8.6%、氧化镧质量分数1.0%、铁液浓度92 g/L、中和过程最终pH值9.5。在最佳条件下试制催化剂在低汽气比下的平均活性达77.6%。     

5G通信用化工新材料国内外市场现状及未来发展重点分析

简述了5G通信行业替代4G通信行业新材料的变化.重点分析了5G通信用化工新材料性能要求及国内外市场情况.指出5G通信行业及衍生市场的发展,将为我国化工新材料带来巨大的发展机遇.     

钢铁材质浮标对ADCP水文监测系统流量测验精度的影响

针对钢铁材质浮标的ADCP水文监测系统内置罗经受船磁力影响,导致流向测验出现偏差的问题,通过2009—2011年徐六泾水文站定线比测大、中潮水文测验的实测资料,分析采用垂直于断面的方位角作为流向(流向不修正)和采用断面各垂线实测平均流向作为流向(流向修正)两种情况下钢铁材质浮标对ADCP水文监测系统流量测验精度和流量、潮量计算的影响。结果表明:无论是否修正流向,计算得到涨落潮流量、潮量以及全潮下泄潮量和走航式ADCP定线比测的实测资料相比,误差均较小,精度都很高;在流量和潮量计算时,可以对钢铁材质浮标ADCP流向不做修正。     

Robust consensus algorithm for multi-agent systems with exogenous disturbances under convergence conditions

In this paper, a robust consensus algorithm is developed and sufficient conditions for convergence to consensus are proposed for a multi-agent system (MAS) with exogenous disturbances subject to partial information. By utilizing H_∞ robust control, differential game theory and a design-based approach, the consensus problem of the MAS with exogenous bounded interference is resolved and the disturbances are restrained, simultaneously. Attention is focused on designing an H_∞ robust controller (the robust consensus algorithm) based on minimisation of our proposed rational and individual cost functions according to goals of the MAS. Furthermore, sufficient conditions for convergence of the robust consensus algorithm are given. An example is employed to demonstrate that our results are effective and more capable to restrain exogenous disturbances than the existing literature.