Use of Graduate Study in Psychology as a data source.

Comments on an article by C. M. Stoup and L. T. Benjamin, Jr. (see record 1983-24200-001), in which they used various editions of Graduate Study in Psychology, published by the American Psychological Association (APA), to report the GPAs and Graduate Record Examination scores of master's and doctoral students across various areas of psychology. It is cautioned that the use of Graduate Study in Psychology as a data source calls for skepticism, as there is sufficient reason to question some of the data that are submitted to the APA by psychology departments. (3 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Non-myopic vehicle and route selection in dynamic DARP with travel time and workload objectives

In dial-a-ride problems, a fleet of n vehicles is routed to transport people between pick-up and delivery locations. We consider an elementary version of the problem where trip requests arrive in time and require an immediate vehicle assignment (which triggers an appropriate route update of the selected vehicle). In this context, a relatively general objective can be stated as a weighted sum of the system's effort and the customers' inconvenience. However, optimizing almost any objective in this immensely complex stochastic system is prohibitively difficult. Thus the earlier work has largely resorted to heuristic cost functions that arise, e.g., from the corresponding static systems. By using the framework of Markov decision processes and the classical M/M/1 queue as a highly abstract model for a single vehicle, we explain why certain intuitive cost functions indeed give satisfactory results in the dynamic system, and also give an explicit interpretation of different components appearing in a general cost function. The resulting family of heuristic control policies is demonstrated to offer a desired type of performance thus justifying the assumed analogy between a multi-queue and dial-a-ride systems.     

Numerical stability of symmetric solitary-wave-like waves of a two-layer fluid—Forced modified KdV equation

Forced internal waves at the interface of a two-layer incompressible fluid in a two-dimensional domain with rigid horizontal boundaries are studied. The lower boundary is assumed to have a small obstruction. We derive a time-dependent forced modified KdV equation when the KdV theory fails and study the stabilities of four types of symmetric time-independent solitary-wave-like solutions numerically.     

双腹板、顶底角钢半刚性连接节点的非线性有限元分析

用ANSYS有限元程序对双腹板、顶底角钢半刚性连接节点的非线性性能进行了理论分析,并将计算结果与试验结果进行了比较,两者吻合较好.通过对7个系列共23个双腹板、顶底角钢连接试件的有限元分析,重点探讨了连接的各类组件对节点力学性能的影响.结果表明:梁截面高度、顶底角钢厚度及与柱翼缘相连的顶底角钢螺栓间距对节点力学性能的影响较大;腹板角钢厚度对节点力学性能有一定的影响;柱腹板水平加劲肋、柱截面高度和螺栓直径对节点力学性能的影响较小.双腹板、顶底角钢连接梁柱节点属于典型的半刚性连接节点,建议在设计中考虑其对结构受力性能的影响.     

国产引进型300MW汽轮机通流部分改造及效果分析

提出了对国产引进型300 MW汽轮机通流部分的改造方案.通过性能考核试验验证,改造后的汽轮机效率得到了提高,热耗降低,达到了预期的节能降耗效果.     

简易数字信号传输性能分析仪的设计

为了更好地分析数字信号在传输过程所受码间干扰和噪音等因素的影响．文中设计了一个以FPGA为核心的简易数字信号传输性能分析仪,完成了数字信号发生器、伪随机信号发生器（模拟噪音源）、低通滤波器、加法器、数字信号分析电路的设计．该系统利用FPGA产生数字信号序列（M序列和曼彻施特编码序列）和模拟噪声序列（伪随机信号）,经过由低通滤波器构成的模拟信道进行传输,再由FPGA对数字信号分析提取出同步信号,最后在示波器上以眼图的形式来分析信号的传输性能．对截止频率与通带增益、数据率误差和眼图进行了实测．结果表明误差值均在允许范围内,系统工作稳定,眼图清晰,达到了设计要求的各项指标．     

基于DTMF技术的无线固定终端设计

介绍了一种以单片机ATmega48、GSM无线通信模块SIM300、双音多频解码芯片MT8870及语音芯片NY3P010A为核心设计的无线通信装置,通过RJll连接按键式电话座机,减小无线通信对大脑的辐射．系统可实现拔打电话、接听电话并具有来电语音提示及语音拔号等功能．文章对该装置的工作原理、硬件配置、软件设计及功能进行了详细论述,经样机实验证明,其各项功能完成良好．     

直方图的脑图像分割策略

为了提高核磁共振分割精度和效率,提出了一种基于直方图核磁共振脑图像分割算法.利用脑提取工具剔除脑核磁共振图像中非脑组织.根据灰度变化的特点,将脑图像直方图的区域峰值组成新的直方图,通过基于直方图阈值选取规则将脑组织分割成白质、灰质、脑脊液.实验结果表明:该算法相对于常见的分割算法,获得了较高的分割精度,同时运算效率高,运算时间降低了1~2个数量级.     

基于M2M的电梯安全运行监控系统设计

基于M2M技术提出一种电梯安全运行监控方案。通过对电梯轿厢安装多种类型的传感器,将分布在各处的电梯运行过程中出现的运行状态信息、故障信息通过电话通信网络或Internet网络及时传输到M2M业务监控平台,实现远程分析电梯故障功能,从而使电梯维护人员到达现场可以快速解决电梯故障。该系统可实现电梯监控实时化、智能化,试用效果良好。     

上海M50创意园区旅游开发初探

大城市老城区里的文化创意园区,因其独特的历史文化底蕴以及创意氛围而成为一个城市的地标性地段,吸引着人们前去参观游览。文章重点对上海M50创意园区进行旅游开发的优势与劣势进行了分析,发现在M50的旅游开发中,优势大于劣势,机遇大于挑战,园区进行旅游开发具有可行性;并针对M50旅游开发中存在的问题与挑战,提出了具体的开发措施。