Drivers of non-revenue water: A cross-national analysis

Reducing water losses is seen as key to sustainable water management, but turns out to be challenging. This paper applies a panel data analysis with fixed effects to assess the major drivers of non-revenue water, some of which are under the control of utilities and some of which are not. The analysis finds that the most important drivers are population density per kilometer of network and type of distribution network, which are mostly resulting from urbanization patterns which are factors mostly out of the control of the utility. Yet, low opportunity costs of water losses and high repair costs of water losses have an important adverse effect on water loss reduction. We also found that the country environment in which the utility operates has an important impact on non-revenue water levels.     

基于PC机的GPS通讯程序设计

本文介绍了在PC机平台上设计实现GPS应用程序的方法。重点讨论了PC机与GPS接收机通讯程序设计，以及对GPS信息的提取与分离处理的实现。文中给出了PC机与GPS接收器的硬件连接图以及关键实现程序。     

A Note on the Energy Norm for a Singularly Perturbed Model Problem

This paper considers a singularly perturbed reaction diffusion problem. It is investigated whether adaptive approaches are successful to design robust solution procedures. A key ingredient is the a posteriori error estimator. Since robust and mathematically analysed error estimation is possible in the energy norm, the focus is on this choice of norm and its implications. The numerical performance for several model problems confirms that the proposed adaptive algorithm (in conjunction with an energy norm error estimator) produces optimal results. Hence the energy norm is suitable for the purpose considered here. The investigations also provide valuable justification for forthcoming research. Received October 25, 2001; revised July 12, 2002 Published online: October 24, 2002     

Quasi-Interpolants with Tension Properties from and in CAGD

We present C² quasi-interpolating schemes with tension properties. The B-splines like functions used in the quasi-interpolanting schemes are parametric cubic curves and their shape can be easily controlled via tension parameters which have an immediate geometric interpretation. Applications to the problem of approximation of curves with shape-constraints are discussed.     

Almost periodic solutions for Hopfield neural networks with continuously distributed delays

In this paper Hopfield neural networks with continuously distributed delays are considered. Without assuming the global Lipschitz conditions of activation functions, sufficient conditions for the existence and exponential stability of the almost periodic solutions are established by using the fixed point theorem and differential inequality techniques. The results of this paper are new and they complement previously known results.     

高性能结构建筑用钢Q345GJ-Z25的冶炼连铸工艺实践

叙述了新钢公司炼钢厂高性能建筑结构用钢的开发冶炼实践。摸索出转炉低磷钢水冶炼、LF炉钢水精炼及4号连铸机浇注等工艺方法。     

Captured Kriegsmarine Enigma Documents at Bletchley Park

Abstract

The discovery of intercepts in the Japanese “Orange Translations” regarding the sinking of merchant ships (marus) bearing allied POWs led to the conclusion that the Joint Intelligence Center Pacific Ocean Area (JICPOA) gave latitudes and longitudes of these vessels to the Commander, Submarine Force, Pacific (ComSubPac) knowing that POWs would be killed. An examination of the “Orange Translations” reveals that most of the intercepts are from the Japanese Water Transport Code (2468) system, not the “Maru Code” (JN-11). The author concludes that while JICPOA provided ComSubPac with convoy coordinates, they were unaware of the presence of POWs on the marus.     

THE UNSOLVED MESSAGES OF PEARL HARBOR

In 1941, the United States Navy intercepted enough Japanese naval messages to predict the attack on Pearl Harbor if the code which protected them had been solved. The messages would have disclosed that, while the Japanese government cynically conducted diplomatic negotiations with the United States, the Japanese Combined Fleet under Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, beginning as early as September 1941, systematically prepared ships, crews, weapons, tactics, and a complicated fuel supply system for the most ambitious operation ever undertaken by the Japanese navy. Details of Japan's intentions were hidden from Navy cryptanalysts because of limited manpower resources and because all Japanese navy codes were assigned a lower priority than Japanese diplomatic codes and German submarine threat.     

PEARL HARBOR AND THE INADEQUACY OF CRYPTANALYSIS

American codebreakers achieved remarkable success in solving Japanese codes, but could not prevent the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor because the Japanese never transmitted anything about the attack on the airwaves.