Albert S. Thompson (1909-2004).

An important contributor to the dramatic rise of professional psychology in America, Albert Stoler Thompson worked for seven decades as a psychologist, professor, and consultant. Born on August 7, 1909, in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, Al lived a life distinguished by character, caring, and commitment. Al died peacefully on March 29, 2004. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

缓释保鲜纸对无核白葡萄采后贮藏品质的影响

为延长葡萄的保鲜时间,以无核白葡萄为试验材料,在果实包装中放入8种缓释保鲜纸进行处理(CT1～CT8),以空白组(CK)和2种市售葡萄保鲜纸组别(市售Ⅰ、市售Ⅱ)为对照,在温度为(0±1)℃、相对湿度为80%的条件下贮藏55 d,测定样品的腐烂率、落粒率、果梗褐变指数、pH值、质量损失率、可滴定酸含量及可溶性固形物含量、硬度及SO₂残留量。结果表明,与空白组及市售Ⅰ、市售Ⅱ组别相比,贮藏55 d时,CT3处理组无核白葡萄果实腐烂率、落粒率与果梗褐变指数最低,分别为11.47%、10.78%、10.43%;该组别无核白葡萄pH值、质量损失率、可滴定酸及可溶性固形物含量、硬度均较优,分别为3.38、0.20%、0.85 g/L、14.0%、3.87 N;该组别SO₂残留量最低(34.5 mg/kg)。     

Non‐uniform systematic sampling in stereology*

Non‐uniform systematic sampling designs in stereology are studied. Various methods of constructing non‐uniform systematic sampling points from prior knowledge of the measurement function are presented. As an example, we consider area estimation from lengths of linear intercepts. The efficiency of two area estimators, based on non‐uniform sampling of parallel lines, is compared to that of the classical 2D Cavalieri estimator, based on uniform sampling, in a sample of planar profiles from transverse sections of 41 small myelinated axons. The comparison is based on simulations. It is concluded that for profiles of this type one of the non‐uniform sampling schemes is more efficient than the traditional uniform sampling scheme. Other examples where non‐uniform systematic sampling may be used are in area estimation from lines emanating from a fixed point, area estimation from concentric circles or spirals and curve length estimation from sweeping lines. It is shown that proportional‐to‐size sampling is a special case of non‐uniform systematic sampling. Finally, the effect of noise in the observations is discussed.     

利用Thompson距离研究非线性矩阵方程

首先介绍Thompson距离的基本性质,在此基础上利用压缩原理来研究非线性矩阵方程X-A*X-1/2A=I。证明了矩阵方程有唯一的正定解。给出了一种求正定解的数值方法,同时指出了此算法的误差估计。     

尾翼脱壳穿甲弹的网格生成方法

尾翼脱壳穿甲弹的几何外形十分复杂，给研究弹托和弹体之间的气动干扰工作常带来很大困难．运用Ｔｈｏｍｐｓｏｎ方法和计算域先分块生成网格，然后拼结，获得可用来数值模拟弹托从弹体上分离时干扰流场的合理网格系统．该方法简单方便，网格生成收敛速度快     

金星无核葡萄胚挽救技术研究初报

研究了3种培养基和3个不同的接种时期对金星无核葡萄胚挽救效率的影响.结果表明,在盛花后35～45天内,胚珠的发育率和萌发率逐步提高,在花后45天时最高萌发率达到29.66%;3种培养基的对比中,以ER基本培养基附加6-BA0.5mg/L IBA2mg/L GA30.5mg/L的培养效果最佳.     

Making Sense: The MIX House

In an effort to challenge the dominance of vision over the other senses in architectural experience, Joel Sanders and Karen Van Lengen infuse a speculative domestic environment with digital audio technology. Their design capitalises on the augmentation of aural–visual boundaries via technological interventions, ultimately recasting the house from a private and insulated environment to that of a hybridised interactive site. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Sense and Sensibilia

Since the 1960s, innovation has become one of the sole purposes of architecture and membership of the avant-garde an underlying motive force. Philippe Morel of EZCT Architecture & Design Research juxtaposes the ‘sense and sensibilia’ of mathematics, now widely adopted by the ‘creative minorities’, against the idealism of mid 20th-century modernism. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A Deeper Structural Theory

The architectural critic and author Nina Rappaport celebrates a new structural synthesis that takes a holistic approach to tectonics, uniting the bones or structure of a building with its skin. She calls for a new structurally based theory that effectively fuses culture and technology, embracing ‘deep decoration’ and ‘subtle innovation’ and reviving a design tradition that can be traced back to AWN Pugin and John Ruskin. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.