“慕课”对我国高职教育发展的启示

大规模网络开放课程（ MOOC,慕课）为网络时代的学习者提供了一种新的知识获取渠道和学习模式,成为一种全新的学习途径。通过梳理和总结MOOC发展的历史,分析了MOOC项目的主要特点,从教学和人才培养、终身教育体系下学习型社会的形成两个方面着手,提出了MOOC对我国高职教育进一步快速良性发展的启示。     

基于博弈理论对建筑市场信用机理分析及体系的构建

运用博弈论原理对建筑市场的信用问题进行了分析,指出目前建筑市场信用缺失现象是由信息的不对称导致的一次博弈、产权不明晰等原因造成的。建筑市场信用体系需要:合理的市场经济秩序,信用体系的法律制度,建筑市场主体的信用制度,发挥行业协会的作用,建立社会信用教育体系和失信惩戒机制。     

我国建筑市场诚信行为浅析

建筑业是我国国民经济的支柱产业和基础性行业之一。我国建筑市场主体存在着诸如拖欠工程款、商业腐败、违规操作等一系列失信问题,严重影响了建筑市场的长远发展。本文从外部环境、建筑市场主体自身及政府监管三方面分析了失信问题产生的原因,并提出了规范建筑市场失信行为的相关建议。     

工程招标代理机构信用体系建设探讨——以福建省和黑龙江省为例

信用评价是建筑市场信用体系建设的重要方面。但目前在招标代理机构的信用评价方面,仅有福建省与黑龙江省出台了用于评定招标代理机构信用等级的《暂行办法》。首先通过对比指出两省《暂行办法》各自的特点,并对不足之处提出修改建议。然后,鉴于客户意见在信用评价中的重要性,针对福建省的"招标代理评价意见表"提出两点修改建议,并建立了改进的意见表。通过这些分析,希望能在其他地区制定招标代理机构信用评价制度时起到一定参考作用,从而推进招标代理机构及整个建筑市场的信用体系建设。     

浅析工程款拖欠的后果和解决的新思路

近年来，我国建筑业发展很快，工程款拖欠现象愈演愈烈．工程款拖欠已成为一大顽疾，不仅影响了建筑行业的正常发展，同时也给社会经济带来负面影响，严重损害了农民工的切身利益，直接影响到社会的稳定与安全，重点分析了拖欠工程款的危害，同时给出一些解决的办法。     

基于最小平方差模型的改进半色调技术

基于模型的半色调技术是根据显示设备和人眼视觉系统的特性从而使图像质量达到最优,其中基于最小平方差模型的半色调技术是其中一种比较好的方法,而基于最小平方差模型的改进半色调技术则是在前者的基础上进行了改进,提出了一种新的迭代方法即取反/交换法.该技术的基本思想是对二进制图像进行打印模型和视觉模型处理,和对原始灰度图像仅进行视觉模型处理,使两者之间的输出图像之间的误差最小.实验证明该技术比传统技术具有更高的分辨率和更多的灰度级,图像更清晰.     

对实施学分制的思考和研究

学分制与学年制是两种不同的教学管理制度,在许多方面存在差异,学分制对人才培养的巨大优势已毋庸置疑,但实施过程中存在困难和问题,推行学分制涉及思想观念、物质条件、课程资源、师资水平、管理制度、管理软件、运行保障体系等各个方面。     

Assessment of coal and biomass to liquid fuels in central Appalachia,USA

Liquid fuels from coal and biomass have the potential to reduce petroleum fuel consumption and CO₂ emissions. A multi‐equation model was developed to assess the economics of a potential coal/biomass‐to‐liquids (CBTL) fuel plant in the central Appalachian hardwood region, USA. The model minimizes the total annual production cost subject to a series of regional supply, demand, and other constraints. Model inputs include coal and biomass availability, biomass handling system, plant investment, production capacity, transportation logistics, and project financing. The outputs include the required selling price (RSP) and the optimal logistical decision‐making associated with feedstock requirement, collection, delivery, and liquid fuel production. Results showed that the RSP of Fischer–Tropsch (FT) diesel for a 40 000 barrel‐per‐day CBTL plant with coal/biomass ratio (by weight) of 85/15 was $86.45–87.25 bbl^?1 using different biomass handling systems. The RSP would vary between $86.45 and $89.81 per barrel according to different coal/biomass mix ratios. In consideration of the carbon offset credits due to the addition of biomass, the RSP was adjusted to $84.19–86.74 with respect to four levels of carbon prices. Sensitivity analyses indicated that the RSP of FT diesel was mostly affected by plant capacity, capital cost, coal price, and liquid fuel yield. The crude‐oil‐equivalent price of FT fuels must be above $66 bbl^?1 for a CBTL plant to be profitable in central Appalachia for the long run. These results can help investors/decision‐makers evaluate future CBTL developments in the region. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Characteristics of heat transfer of impingement system with swap swirl generator

This article presents the computational fluid dynamic simulation of the heat transfer characteristics induced by a swap swirl air‐jet generator on the impingement surface. The study was carried out for conventional and swap twist tape inserts of twisted ratio y = 2.93 with various swap angles (α = 30°, 60°, 90°) at a constant distance of nozzle diameter impingement plate (L = 2D). The results show that the Nusselt number of the swirl impingement air‐jet depends on the twisted tape swap angles and airflow rate. The results also showed that the swap angle of 90° gave notable uniform local heat transfer distribution compared with the typical twist tape and other swap twist tapes (α = 30°, 60°). In addition, the predicted results of the local heat transfer coefficient help explain the local turbulence intensity and generation to assist the industrial applications of swirl impingement air‐cooling jet.     

A cash-constrained stochastic inventory model with consumer loans and supplier credits: the case of nanostores in emerging markets

We consider a small traditional retailer that is managing its inventory under strict cash constraints, mainly because typically informal loans are offered to customers. These stores are widely present in emerging markets, and we refer to them as nanostores (also called ‘mom-and-pop stores’). As the suppliers require immediate payments for goods delivered, a nanostore can only replenish products to the level for which it has on-hand cash available. To improve delivery efficiency, a supplier might offer a nanostore credit for its replenishments. However, currently, suppliers are often reluctant to do so as these nanostores quickly go bankrupt or disappear, hence defaulting on all outstanding credits. The objective of this paper is to determine when it is beneficial to offer supplier credits. We propose a multi-period, stochastic inventory model, and numerically compare scenarios with and without supplier credits. Our study shows that even in the presence of this risk, suppliers often have good incentives to provide these credits, even if interest is not incurred. For this to hold, the operations of the retailer should be (a little) profitable in the first place, for which we provide analytical conditions.