Characterising effective eLearning resources

The widespread availability of digital learning resources in a variety of media formats offers the possibility to make a profound difference in education. This potential has not been fully realised for range of interrelated reasons. In this paper we study the key characteristics of learning resources that have proved effective in changing learning and teaching, and relate them to existing frameworks for understanding resources. We outline the relationships between resources, their users, and the way they are used, and explore issues that influence practitioners in choosing a particular resource. Our study is based on a review of resources for e-learning and chemistry in post-compulsory education, undertaken for the UK Joint Information Systems Committees (JISC), as part of a wider study examining ‘The Effectiveness of Resources, Tools and Support Services used by Tutors in Designing and Delivering E-Learning Activities’.     

基于有向面积的角点分类算法

在3维场景重构、运动估计、机器视觉等领域,不仅希望能检测出图像中的角点,而且还希望获得角点附近更多的信息,即能对角点进行进一步分类。为了能对图像中检测出的角点进行分类,提出了一种基于有向面积的角点分类方法,该方法首先采用基于协方差矩阵特征向量的小波变换角点检测原理检测出图像边缘上的角点;然后根据角点两侧的边缘信息定义了6种类型的角点;最后通过计算角点附近边缘上顺序排列的3个有向面积,实现对角点的分类。实验表明,基于有向面积的角点分类,具有较高的准确性。     

点火系对环形线圈车辆检测器辐射干扰的仿真

环形线圈车辆检测器是利用电涡流检测原理工作的一种车辆检测设备,存在易受电磁干扰影响的缺陷.汽车点火系是环形线圈车辆检测器工作环境中存在的强大宽带电磁干扰源.针对汽车点火系对环形线圈车辆检测器可能产生的辐射干扰,采用基于有限积分技术的仿真软件进行了数值仿真.仿真结果表明,在不考虑汽车金属外壳屏蔽作用,并且点火系恰好位于环形线圈正上方的情况下,汽车点火系产生的辐射电场对环形线圈车辆检测器正常工作有严重影响,必须对其采取一定的屏蔽措施.     

基于光纤环网的隧道火灾监控系统研究

文章对基于光纤环网的隧道群火灾报警系统进行研究,分析了其优缺点,提出了解决办法,并完成改造,应用于实际.     

Up in smoke: I. Smoke-derived germination cues for postfire annual,Nicotiana attenuata torr. Ex. Watson

Some postfire annuals with dormant seeds use heat or chemical cues from charred wood to synchronize their germination with the postfire environment. We report that wood smoke and polar extracts of wood smoke, but not the ash of burned wood, contain potent cue(s) that stimulate germination in the postfire annual plant,Nicotiana attenuata. We examined the responses of seeds from six populations of plants from southwest Utah to extracts of smoke and found the proportion of viable seeds that germinated in the presence of smoke cues to vary between populations but to be consistent between generations. With the most dormant genotypes, we examine three mechanisms by which smoke-derived chemical cues may stimulate germination (chemical scarification of the seed coat and nutritive- and signal-mediated stimulation of germination) and report that the response is consistent with the signal-mediated mechanism. The germination cue(s) found in smoke are produced by the burning of hay, hardwood branches, leaves, and, to a lesser degree, cellulose. Moreover, the cues are found in the common food condiment, liquid smoke, and we find no significant differences between brands. With a bioassay-driven fractionation of liquid smoke, we identified 71 compounds in active fractions by GC-MS and AA spectrometry. However, when these compounds were tested in pure form or in combinations that mimicked the composition of active fractions over a range of concentrations, they failed to stimulate germination to the same degree that smoke fractions did. Moreover, enzymatic oxidation of some of these compounds also failed to stimulate germination. In addition, we tested 43 additional compounds also reported from smoke, 85 compounds that were structurally similar to those reported from smoke and 34 compounds reported to influence germination in other species. Of the 233 compounds tested, 16 proved to inhibit germination at the concentrations tested, and none reproduced the activity of wood smoke. By thermally desorbing smoke produced by cellulose combustions that was trapped on Chromosorb 101, we demonstrate that the cue is desorbed between 125 and 150°C. We estimate that the germination cues are active at concentrations of less than 1 pg/seed and, due to their chromatographic behavior, infer that a number of different chemical structures are active. In separate experiments, we demonstrate that cues remain active for at least 53 days in soil under greenhouse conditions and that the application of aqucous extracts of smoke to soil containing seeds results in dramatic increases in germination of artificial seed banks. Hence, although the chemical nature of the germination cue remains elusive, the stability of the germination cues, their water-solubility, and their activity in low concentrations suggest that these cues could serve as powerful tools for the examination of dormant seed banks and the selective factors thought to be important in the evolution of postfire plant communities.     

水资源缺乏地区地表水环境承载现状研究——以京津冀和西北五省(自治区)为例

本研究以主体功能区划作为控制单元进行划分,以水功能区纳污能力作为环境容量基础数据,结合国家环境保护部污染物排放统计数据,分析京津冀和西北五省(自治区)的不同主体功能区的地表水环境容量超载情况。结果显示,在水资源缺乏的京津冀和西北五省(自治区)地区,其重点开发区的氨氮排放入河量均已超出水环境容量,城镇生活污水排放是水环境氨氮容量超载的主要贡献因子。对于农产品主产区和重点生态功能区,京津冀地区水环境的化学需氧量(COD)和氨氮排放量普遍超载,而西北五省(自治区)还有19%~73%的水环境容量剩余。不同主体功能区的环境和产业政策取决于主体功能区的类型和水环境容量的超载情况。     

高强钢20MnTiB多工位冷镦变形行为EI北大核心CSCD

通过对高强螺栓多工位冷镦变形分区的金属流动、显微组织、力学性能及其变化规律进行分析,并采用Deform-3D数值模拟和实际产品成形相结合的方法,来研究高强材料的多工位冷镦变形行为。结果表明:多工位冷镦变形属于低动态变形;大、小变形区的宏观流线和显微组织有明显的"遗留性",而难变形区由于高强材料的"包辛格效应",铁素体由拉长的晶粒变成等轴晶粒,而珠光体的带状消失,组织"遗留性"最差;通过低动态多工位冷镦变形,20MnTiB高强钢微观组织中铁素体和珠光体均发生了形变强化,且硬度值的增幅相近。     

基于FFT-OMP-DAMAS波束形成方法的汽车前围板隔声薄弱部位识别

为实现汽车前围板隔声薄弱部位的准确识别,文章提出了基于快速傅里叶变换(Fast Fourier Transform,FFT)和正交匹配追踪(Orthogonal Matching Pursuit,OMP)的反卷积(Deconvolution Approach for the Mapping of Acoustic Sourc‐es,DAMAS)波束形成方法(FFT-OMP-DAMAS)。该方法基于声源稀疏分布假设,利用正交匹配追踪思想求解反卷积问题,并进一步结合傅里叶变换和点扩散函数空间转移不变假设降低计算维度。在混响室-消声室内,分别利用延迟求和方法,DAMAS方法和FFT-OMP-DAMAS方法进行了某汽车前围板隔声薄弱部位识别试验,结果表明：FFTOMP-DAMAS方法能够有效抑制旁瓣和伪源,有效缩减主瓣宽度,从而准确识别汽车前围板隔声薄弱部位,且相较于传统的DAMAS方法,文中提出的FFT-OMP-DAMAS方法能获得更清晰的成像结果,计算效率有了明显提高。     

在城市化进程中漫谈城建与环境问题

本文从介绍“自然回归论”和“城市化威胁论”引述到重视解决好城市化进程中出现的环境问题的重要性及其所涉及的方方面面的问题。     

Soil moisture estimation over vegetated terrains using multitemporal remote sensing data

A new method for retrieving soil moisture content over vegetated fields, employing multitemporal radar and optical images, is presented. It is based on the integration of the temporal series of radar data within an inversion scheme and on the correction of the vegetation effects. The retrieval algorithm uses the Bayesian maximum posterior probability and assumes the existence of a relation among the soil conditions at the different times of the series. The correction of the vegetation effects models the variation, with respect to the initial time of the series, of the component of the backscattering coefficient due to the soil characteristics as function of the variations of the measured backscattering coefficient and of the biomass. The method is tested on the data acquired throughout the SMEX02 experiment. The results show that measured and estimated soil moistures are fairly well correlated and that the performances of multitemporal retrieval algorithm are better than those obtained by employing one radar acquisition, especially in terms of capability to detect soil moisture changes. Although the approach to correct the vegetation effects on radar observations needs to be further assessed on different sets of data, this finding demonstrates that the proposed method has a potential to improve the quality of the soil moisture retrievals.