Effects of Fimbria-Fornix, Hippocampus, and Amygdala Lesions on Discrimination Between Proximal Locations.

The conditioned cue preference (CCP) task was used to study the information required to discriminate between spatial locations defined by adjacent arms of an 8-arm radial maze. Normal rats learned the discrimination after 3 unreinforced preexposure (PE) sessions and 4 food paired-unpaired training trials. Fimbria-fornix lesions made before, but not after, PE, and hippocampus lesions made at either time, blocked the discrimination, suggesting that the 2 structures processed different information. Lateral amygdala lesions made before PE facilitated the discrimination. This amygdala-mediated interference with the discrimination was the result of a conditioned approach response that did not discriminate between the 2 arm locations. A hippocampus/fimbria-fornix system and an amygdala system process different information about the same learning situation simultaneously and in parallel. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

The Benefits of a "Sidelong" Approach to Self-Esteem Need Satisfaction: Comment on Crocker and Park (2004).

J. Crocker and L. E. Park (2004) have achieved an admirable integration of the self-esteem literature with their claim that self-esteem is better conceived of as a dynamic human striving, rather than as a passive state or personality characteristic. However, the costs of self-esteem striving may be overstated--these costs may arise only in certain constrained cases. Also, although Crocker and Park suggested that self-esteem is not a true psychological need, there is evidence that humans in all cultures need to feel a positive sense of self-worth (K. M. Sheldon, in press). Problems may arise only when people strive too directly for this feeling, rather than deriving it as a natural concomitant of non-self-focused goals. A "sidelong" approach to self-esteem need satisfaction is advocated in this commentary. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

河南电力远程教育网系统安全方案开发应用

河南省电力公司远程教育平台,作为一个省内电力系统职工的再教育、技术培训、技能培训中心,访问量大,安全要求高,我们在软件设计时充分考虑到系统的安全性。     

无锡市运河实验中学改扩建设计随感

通过对无锡市运河实验中学改扩建项目的回顾,阐述如何发掘原有校园空间环境的价值,并且通过借鉴中国古典园林的设计手法,使得老校园焕发出新生机。     

Critical building separation distance in reducing pounding risk under earthquake excitation

A separation distance between adjacent buildings is provided to reduce the risk of pounding of adjacent buildings under seismic excitations. It should be recognized that the evaluation of the critical separation distance is a one-sided barrier crossing problem while the problem of structural design under seismic excitations is a two-sided crossing problem. A procedure for assessing the required separation distance with or without considering possible uncertainty in structural properties was presented based on the reliability methods and random vibration theory. The procedure was used to carry out parametric analyses. It is shown that use of the complete quadratic combination (CQC) rule with the modal responses employed for designing structures may over- or underestimate the critical separation distance, depending on the damping ratios and the closeness of the natural vibration periods of adjacent buildings. This is due to not only one-sided versus two-sided crossing problem but also the approximation in the CQC rule. Further, the effect of the uncertainty in structural properties on the estimated separation is investigated. The results indicate that this uncertainty tends to increase the required critical separation distance.     

Emotional intelligence in young and middle adulthood: Cross-sectional analysis of latent structure and means.

Differentiation of the construct of emotional intelligence was investigated in young and middle-aged adults, on the basis of hypotheses generated from differential emotions theory, discrete emotions functionalist theory, and empirical literature on age-related changes in affective complexity and differentiation of abilities. Both age groups were characterized by the same set of comparably related dimensions. However, midlife adults reported significantly greater use of optimism as a mood-regulation strategy than was reported by young adults. This study considers implications of possible structural continuity in emotional intelligence in conjunction with mean increases in the use of optimism as a strategy for managing affect. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Frames of Reference in Mobile Augmented Reality Displays.

In 3 experiments, the authors investigated spatial updating in augmented reality environments. Participants learned locations of virtual objects on the physical floor. They were turned to appropriate facing directions while blindfolded before making pointing judgments (e.g., "Imagine you are facing X. Point to Y"). Experiments manipulated the angular difference between the learning heading and the imagined heading and between the actual heading and the imagined heading. The effect of actual-imagined on pointing latency was observed for naive users but not for users with brief training or instructions concerning the fact that objects can move with body movements. The results indicated that naive users used an environment-stabilized reference frame to access information arrays, but with experience and instruction the nature of the representation changed from an environment stabilized to a body stabilized reference frame. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

管线油电损耗的灰色模型及预测

对于管道运输来说，影响输油成本变化的因素有很多，但是对总成本影响最大的是油电损耗费用。由于来自现场的输量和相关参数样本数据不足，只知道连续几年的流量、油电损耗，要预测将来每年的油电损耗，经典经济数学不能满足这样的研究。然而灰色系统理论要求的研究样本较少，只要知道连续几年的流量、油电损耗，就能预测将来每年的油电损耗，估算其输油成本，且模型精度较高。利用灰色系统理论，以输油管线每年的输量、相应的电耗和油耗为时间序列，建立了三元素非等间距GM(1，1)模型，该模型为预测管线年输油成本提供了可靠的依据。     

两种含水炸药动压下减敏作用的实验研究

用实验方法对两种含水炸药—水胶炸药和珍珠岩敏化的乳化炸药动压下的减敏作用进行了研究。为了更全面深入地研究这问题,提出了临界压死距离和临界距离两个概念。研究表明,含水炸药的减敏作用与药包间距和延期时差关系很大。水胶炸药的临界压死距离大于乳化炸药,而它们的临界距离相当,这表明两种炸药发生减敏的难易程度相近,但是乳化炸药的抗压死能力比水胶炸药大。采用5段延期电雷管引爆时两种含水炸药的减敏作用比采用2段延期电雷管引爆严重些。