How Meta-Analysis Increases Statistical Power.

One of the most frequently cited reasons for conducting a meta-analysis is the increase in statistical power that it affords a reviewer. This article demonstrates that fixed-effects meta-analysis increases statistical power by reducing the standard error of the weighted average effect size (T?.) and, in so doing, shrinks the confidence interval around T?.. Small confidence intervals make it more likely for reviewers to detect nonzero population effects, thereby increasing statistical power. Smaller confidence intervals also represent increased precision of the estimated population effect size. Computational examples are provided for 3 effect-size indices: d (standardized mean difference), Pearson's r, and odds ratios. Random-effects meta-analyses also may show increased statistical power and a smaller standard error of the weighted average effect size. However, the authors demonstrate that increasing the number of studies in a random-effects meta-analysis does not always increase statistical power. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

煤粉粒度对高炉风口前燃烧性能的影响

安钢炼铁厂在喷吹瘦煤后，将小于0．074mm的比例由70％放宽到30％，使磨煤能力提高了21％。采用自行设计的风口取样器，研究了风口前气体成分和煤粉燃烧率的变化。当煤粉粒度变粗后，风口前循环区变长，放宽煤粉粒度与高富氧、高风温配合，能使高炉得到较好的经济效益。     

Influence of Billet Size on Flow, Solidification and Solute Transport in Continuous Casting

ListofSymbol　　B———Buoyancy ,m·s- 2 ;　　c———Concentrationofsoluteelement ;　　Cμ———Turbulentconstant;　　D———Diffusivityofsoluteelement ,m2 ·s- 1 ;　　fl,fs———Liquidandsolidfraction ;　　fμ———Turbulentcoefficient ;　　h———Enthalpy ,J·kg- 1 ;　　k———Turbulentkineticenergy ,m2 ·s- 2 ;　　kp———Equilibriumpartitioncoefficient;　　Kp———Permeabilityofmushyzone ,m2 ;　　K0 ———Permeabilitycoefficient;　　p———Pressure ,Pa ;　　Pr———Prandtlnumber ;…     

Mutual recognition of the results of measurements and tests and formation of a world-wide metrology system

The main prerequisites are considered in a historical aspect and steps ate taken in creating a world-wide metrology system with the aim of providing conditions for the mutual recognition of measurement results. __________ Translated from Izmeritel’naya Tekhnika, No. 11. pp. 59–62, November, 2007.     

The time course of spoken word learning and recognition: Studies with artificial lexicons.

The time course of spoken word recognition depends largely on the frequencies of a word and its competitors, or neighbors (similar-sounding words). However, variability in natural lexicons makes systematic analysis of frequency and neighbor similarity difficult. Artificial lexicons were used to achieve precise control over word frequency and phonological similarity. Eye tracking provided time course measures of lexical activation and competition (during spoken instructions to perform visually guided tasks) both during and after word learning, as a function of word frequency, neighbor type, and neighbor frequency. Apparent shifts from holistic to incremental competitor effects were observed in adults and neural network simulations, suggesting such shifts reflect general properties of learning rather than changes in the nature of lexical representations. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

套管钻井用套管外表面磨损后剩余强度分析

在分析讨论套管钻井管柱磨损形态的基础上,结合API5C5实物试验尺寸要求,通过有限元计算分析方法,对钻井套管完钻后含有外表面磨损缺陷的套管柱的极限剩余抗挤强度和极限剩余抗拉强度进行了研究,分别获得了均匀磨损和偏磨条件下,套管钻井套管柱外表面磨损缺陷的临界长度尺寸数值,以及不同破坏失效准则条件下的剩余抗挤强度和剩余抗拉强度的计算方程,为套管钻井中套管柱的设计、计算奠定了理论基础。     

基于轮廓线匹配的二维重迭物体的识别

本文提出一种基于轮廓线匹配的二维重迭物体的识别算法,并采用一种点模式匹配的快 速算法进行特征点序列的匹配,通过引进形状移位数的概念和利用问题中的各种约束条件,提 高了物体识别速度.     

基于组织协同进化分类算法的遥感图像目标识别

针对遥感图像目标识别问题,提出了一种基于组织协同进化分类算法的识别方法。它没有复杂的运算,训练和识别速度都很快。对实测遥感图像的实验表明,本文方法性能稳定,优于文献[3]和[4]中基于支撑矢量机的方法,识别率均达到了95％以上,且训练时间非常短,不到1秒钟。     

Sorption of Acid Green 25 on chitosan: Influence of experimental parameters on uptake kinetics and sorption isotherms

Acid Green 25, which is a diazoic dye bearing two sulfonic groups, is efficiently sorbed on chitosan. The protonation of chitosan may explain the electrostatic attraction of this anionic dye and that its optimum pH is close to 3. Preliminary protonation of amine groups (obtained by contact with a sulfuric acid solution) reduced the variation of solution pH following sorbent addition but significantly reduced sorption performance: the maximum sorption capacity of raw chitosan, 525 mg dye/g (0.84 mmol dye/g), was halved by acidic preconditioning. The acidic conditioning also reduced the kinetic rate—the time necessary to reach equilibrium increased up to threefold depending on the experimental conditions. The size of sorbent particles influenced sorption kinetics and equilibrium because of resistance to intraparticle diffusion, but the sorption appeared to occur not only at the surface of the sorbent but also in the intraparticle network of the polymer. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 90: 1073–1080, 2003     

Scopolamine impairs human recognition memory: Data and modeling.

Eight subjects studied a set of complex visual images after administration of 0.4 mg scopolamine. Another 8 subjects performed the same task without drug administration. On a subsequent item recognition test, subjects rated, on a 5-point scale, their confidence that the studied pictures and an equal number of unstudied lures were actually presented. Results showed that scopolamine affected responses to studied items, but not unstudied lures, demonstrating an unambiguous effect of scopolamine on recognition memory. To describe the scopolamine-injected subjects' data, the authors constructed a new model of 2-process recognition that includes the A. P. Yonelinas (1994) model as a limiting case. The model analysis suggests that scopolamine affected both familiarity and recollection. In particular, scopolamine did not affect the frequency with which recollection took place, but rather, affected the amount of recollected information. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)