China＇s passenger railway construction in rapid progress

According to the news in Chinese Ministry of Railways website, the construction of Beijing-Shanghai,Wuhan-Guangzhou,Zhengzhou-Xi＇an, Ha＇erbin-Dalian railway and other passenger lines are in full swing. Facing the difficulties of high construction standards, great technology barriers and tight construction schedule, the railway sector stick together, keep boosting the construction in accordance with the ＂Six in One＂ requirements of quality, safety, schedule, investment efficiency, environmental protection and technological innovation, pursuing the objective of first-class engineering qualily, topgrade equipment level, first-rate operation management.     

CRTS, A Must-come Show

Some people said that the 5th CRTS [China International Rail Technology Show 2009] show is a remarkable event in the history of urban rail transit in China. It is not only because 2009 is the 60th anniversary of China＇s National Day, but also the 40th anniversary of China＇s subway construction. To sum up the achievements in forty years in urban rail transit construction, a series of themed activities, approved by Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of P.R.C. and guided by China Civil Engineering Society,     

Scale of Entry and Its Effects on Trade Policies in International Oligopoly Market

On the assumption that the govermment has no anthority to intervene in the merger and separation of enterprises except to intervene in the export market by the protective tariff policy, but the enterprises can compete in international market in the form of merger or separation according to their own interests, the duopoly model was extended to a multiopoly model under Krugman- Brander framework, the effects of the variation of the number of enterprises on the enterprise＇ payoffs and trade policies were studied, and the promise and policy effect of flexible organization strategies of enterprises were analyzed. The obtained propositions show that the implementation of the enterprise organization strategies can offset the effect of other countries＇ strategic trade policy, and the rise of the number of enterprises in the industry is helpful to the formation of free trade. Furthermore, it is proved that if the rise of the number of enterprise in different countries causes the increase （ or decrease） of domestic producer surplus, then the domestic enterprises should take a form of separation （ or merger） to participate in the industry competition.     

Temperature adjustment mechanism of composite embankment with perforated ventilation pipe and blocky stone

Based on the advantages of perforated ventilation characteristic of perforated ventilation pipe embankment and large porosity of blocky stone embankment, composite embankment with ventilation pipe and blocky stone is more efficient to protect the underlying permafrost. The temperature fields and cooling effect of composite embankment with air doors are simulated by examining the effects of holes＇ position drilled in the pipe, diameter in pipe and density of holes. It is shown that the underlying permafrost temperature obviously reduces by composite methods, the location of 0℃ isotherm raises significantly, especially permafrost temperature under the center and shoulder of embankment reduces more quickly, the composite embankment with holes drilled in the lower side of pipe is the most efficient, the increase of diameter has a slight influence on the 0℃ isotherm＇s raising, and the density of holes slightly influences the raising of 0℃ isotherm.     

Geometrical design of blade＇s surface and boundary control of Navier-Stokes equations

In this article a new principle of geometric design for blade＇s surface of an impeller is provided. This is an optimal control problem for the boundary geometric shape of flow and the control variable is the surface of the blade. We give a minimal functional depending on the geometry of the blade＇s surface and such that the flow＇s loss achieves minimum. The existence of the solution of the optimal control problem is proved and the Euler-Lagrange equations for the surface of the blade are derived. In addition, under a new curvilinear coordinate system, the flow domain between the two blades becomes a fixed hexahedron, and the surface as a mapping from a bounded domain in R2 into R3 , is explicitly appearing in the objective functional. The Navier-Stokes equations, which include the mapping in their coefficients, can be computed by using operator splitting algorithm. Furthermore, derivatives of the solution of Navier- Stokes equations with respect to the mapping satisfy linearized Navier-Stokes equations which can be solved by using operator splitting algorithms too. Hence, a conjugate gradient method can be used to solve the optimal control problem.     

ABSTRACT

Some Reflections on the Evaluation of the Humanities and Social Sciences in Higher Education;The Idea of Scientific Construction in Modern University System;Confusion and Thinking Facing Management by Object in Higher Education Institutions;The Generation and Innovation of the Educational Model;Independent Colleges＇ Diploma Independency： Institutional Innovation and Policy Instruction;     

Serial cost allocation in the cooperative purchasing organization

Under the seller＇s quantity discount, buyers self-organize or rely on a third party to aggregate their purchasing quantities to obtain lower prices. Because of the unequal member contributions in the cooperative purchasing organization, the buyers＇ strategy is different, the members often fluctuate, and the organizations do not sustain themselves. An effective mechanism is necessary to improve the performance of purchasing groups. We study the various forms of cost allocation mechanism in practice. Different allocation rules may have influence on the buyers＇ behavior （i.e., purchasing quantities, whether joining the organization or not）. We analyze the serial cost allocation and equilibrium purchasing quantity based on a Nash equilibrium, and the results show that each buyer is worse off when not participating in the existence buying organization of the other buyers. We further find that the serial mechanism just confirms the most efficient Nash equilibrium： reasonable cost allocation rule is necessary for the subjects to identify their optimal strategy.     

Numerical method on load sharing problem of thick laminate joints

Accurately and efficiently predicting the load sharing of multi~bolt thick laminate joints is necessary to quicken the optimization of the large-scale structures over various design variables, and a two-dimensional （2D） finite element method （FEM） is introduced to meet such a demand. The deformation contributions of the joint zone are analyzed and calculated separately, including the shearing deformation of the fasteners shank, the bending deformation of the fasteners shank, and the bearing deformation of the fasteners and joint plates. These deformations are all transferred and incorporated into the components of the fastener＇s flexibility. In the 2D finite element model, the flexibilities of the beam elements and bush elements are used to simulate different components of the fastener＇s flexibility. The parameters of the beam elements which include the bending moment of inertia and intersection area, and the parameters of the bush elements which include the stiffness in different directions, are all obtained through equalizing the fasteners flexibilities. In addition, the secondary bending effect introduced by the single-lap joints is also taken into account to verify the flexibilities of the fasteners in practical application. The proposed FEM is testified to be more accurate than the traditional 2D FEMs and more efficient than the three-dimensional （3D） FEM in solving load sharing problem of multi-bolt single-lap thick laminate joints. With the increase of joint plates＇ thickness, the advantages of the proposed method tend to be more obvious. The proposed 2D FEM is an effective tool for designing bolted joints in large-scale composite structures.     

A Note on Shor＇s Quantum Algorithm

Shor proposed a polynomial time algorithm for computing the order of one element in a multiplicative group using a quantum computer. Based on Miller＇s randomization, he then gave a factorization algorithm. But the algorithm has two shortcomings, the order must be even and the output might be a trivial factor. Actually, these drawbacks can be overcome if the number is an RSA modulus. Applying the special structure of the RSA modulus, an algorithm is presented to overcome the two shortcomings. The new algorithm improves Shor＇s algorithm for factoring RSA modulus. The cost of the factorization algorithm almost depends on the calculation of the order of 2 in the multiplication group.     

Southwest Jiaotong University to Build a ＂National Rail Transit Laboratory＂

In the morning of May 5, the world＇s first high-speed railway built in collapsible loess region, Zhengzhou-Xi＇an Passenger Dedicated Line Shaanxi Section formally entered into track-laying stage, In Lintong working site, two 500-meterlong and 30-ton-weigh rail was successful laid on unballasted track after careful testing, marking the initiation of track-laying stage,     

A PARALLEL SWITCH FABRIC BASED ON CROSSBAR

With the increase of link rate, the arbitrator of centralized switch fabric becomes too complicated to implement. A parallel switch fabric based on crossbar, named as PSFBC （Parallel Switch Fabric Based on Crossbar）, has been proposed in this paper. PSFBC is composed of k switches whose rate is 1/k of link, these switches exchange cells in parallel; this increases the arbitrator＇s period and make it easy to implement. Load is evenly distributed to each switch with FCFS （First Come First Serve） rule, it can keep the order of cells in one stream. A multi-class queue scheduling policy is used in PSFBC to ensure the quality of realtime streams. Experiments show that the load on each switch in PSFBC is well balanced, its average delay of cells is little and its performance is very close to centralized switch; and with the increase of number of parallel switches, the loss of PSFBC＇s performance keeps very small, it becomes easier to implement.     

Leave the expressway or not？ Impact of dynamic information

This study investigates drivers＇ diversion decision behavior under expressway variable message signs that provide travel time of both an expressway route and a local street route. Both a conventional cross-sectional logit model and a mixed logit model are developed to model drivers＇ response to travel time information. It is based on the data collected from a stated preference survey in Shanghai, China. The mixed logit model captures the heterogeneity in the value of ＂travel time＂ and ＂number of traffic lights＂ and accounts for correlations among repeated choices of the same respondent. Results show that travel time saving and driving experience serve as positive factors, while the number of traffic lights on the arterial road, expressway use frequency, being a middle-aged driver, and being a driver of an employer-provided car serve as negative factors in diversion. The mixed logit model obviously outperforms the cross-sectional model in dealing with repeated choices and capturing heterogeneity regarding the goodness-of-fit criterion. The significance of standard deviations of random coefficients for travel time and number of traffic lights evidences the existence of hetero- geneity in the driver population. The findings of this study have implications for future efforts in driver behaviormodeling and advanced traveler information system assessment.     

The Evaluation and Selection of Outsourcing Suppliers in Mass Customization （MC）

Many MC companies find it necessary to cooperate with a large number of outsourcing suppliers to provide MC products according to customers＇ diversified orders. To this end, how to select competitve suppliers for the outsourcing manufacturing of non-core processes is the key to establish strong supply chain ally of MC company as well as make the company more efficient in its core manufacturing processes. A procedure of selecting outsourcing suppliers was presented to identify and find competitive suppliers. The continuous improvement of this procedure was proposed to ensure the optimal supply chain of MC company in the long run. Besides, a multi-criteria evaluation model in the procedure was set up according to MC＇s characteristic with fuzzy multi-criteria methods combined to solve the fuzzy problems of criteria weight and qualitative attribute value. A case study of MC manufacturing company was provided to show that the procedure ,model and methods are effective to select outsourcing suppliers.     

走向国际轨道交通市场的上海城建

“As the bellwether in domestic rail transit market, Shanghai Urban Construction （Group） Corporation lights the way for Chinese enterprises of its kind to the outside world. Due to its strategic implementation in international market, it keeps the orientation of industrial development in its grasp and sets the trend for the industry. As a result, not only have earthshaking changes taken place in the corporation itself, but also k shows the achievements of Chinese enterprises. China＇s rail transit design and construction enterprises are striving to succeed overseas,there we concern.”     

China＇s Urban Rail Construction Accelerates To Stimulate Domestic Demand

＂Golden period＂ of rail transit construction Following the 4 trillion Yuan launched by Chinese government to stimulate domestic demands, China＇s 31 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions also have announced the investment plan, amounting to nearly 18 trillion Yuan, focusing on transportation infrastructure. Among＇these, rail transit planning of Bei- jing, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Changsha and many other cities are remarkable. The total length of approved projects has reached 1,700 kin, and a total investment of more than 600 billion Yuan has been input, close to three times of that in the Three Gorges Project, China＇s rail transit is undergoing an unprecedented golden period of development, indicating it has become the world＇s largest urban rail transit construction market.     

Simultaneous quantification of five major active components in capsules of the traditional Chinese medicine ＇Shu-Jin-Zhi-Tong＇ by high performance liquid chromatography

A simple and reliable high performance liquid chromatography （HPLC） method has been developed for the simultaneous quantification of five major bioactive components in ＇Shu-Jin- Zhi-Tong＇ capsules （SJZ...     

Genome-wide profiling identifies Saccharomyces cerevisiae response in PKC-SLT2 signaling and glycogen metabolic pathways to antifungal compound calcofluor white

Fungal infection remains a major problem worldwide, yet treatment options are limited owing to the lack of effective drugs, the significant toxicity of available compounds, and the emergence of drug resistance. The low toxicity of calcofluor white （CFW） is an attractive antifungal compound for its known inhibitive effects on trichophyton rubrum and candida albicans growth. However, the efficacy of CFW is limited in most cases. In order to search for effective means to improve its efficacy, using saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model, we have used microarrays to examine the cell＇s response when treated with CFW on the genome scale. We found that both the PKC-SLT2 （i.e, protein kinase C-mitogen activated protein kinase） and the glycogen metabolic pathways are activated upon CFW treatment. These results suggest that the key components in these pathways could be targeted by other drugs to counter the cell＇s compensative response, thus to further substantiate the inhibitive effect of CFW on fungal growth, which may lead to treatment regimens with improved efficacy of this compound in clinical applications.     

Influence of GABAergic pathway on retinal adaptation-related response changes

Retinal ganglion cells （RGCs） exhibit adaptive changes in response to sustained light stimulation, which include decrease in firing rate, tendency to shrink in receptive field （RF） size and reduction in synchronized activities. Gamma-aminobutyric acid-ergic （GABAergic） pathway is an important inhibitory pathway in retina. In the present study, the effects of GABAergic pathway on the contrast adaptation process of bullfrog RGCs were studied using multi-electrode recording technique. It was found that the application of bicuculline （BIC）, a gamma-aminobutyric acid A （GABAA） receptor antagonist, caused a number of changes in the RGCs＇ response characteristics, including attenuation in adaptation-dependent firing rate decrease and the adaptation-dependent weakening in synchronized activities between adjacent neuron-pairs, whereas intensified the adaptation-dependent RF size shrinkage. These results suggest that GABAA receptors are involved in the modulation of the firing activity and synchronized activities in contrast adaptation process of the RGCs, whereas the adaptation-related RF property changes involve more complicated mechanisms.     

A secure trust model for P2P systems based on trusted computing

Trust is one of the most important security requirements in the design and implementation of peer-to-peer （P2P） systems. In an environment where peers＇ identity privacy is important, it may conflict with trustworthiness that is based on the knowledge related to the peer＇s identity, while identity privacy is usually achieved by hiding such knowledge. A trust model based on trusted computing （TC） technology was proposed to enhance the identity privacy of peers during the trustworthiness evaluation process between peers from different groups. The simulation results show that, the model can be implemented in an efficient way, and when the degree of anonymity within group （DAWG） is up to 0.6 and the percentage of malicious peers is up to 70%7 the service selection failure rate is less than 0.15.     

Effect of temperature, chloride ions and sulfide ions on the electrochemical properties of 316L stainless steel in simulated cooling water

The influence of temperature, chloride ions and sulfide ions on the anticorrosion behavior of 316L stainless steel in simulated cooling water was studied by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and anodic polarization curves. The results show that the film resistance increases with the solution temperature but decreases after 8 days＇ immersion, which indicates that the film formed at higher temperature has inferior anticorrosion behavior; Chloride ions and sulfide ions have remarkable effects on the electrochemical property of 316L stainless steel in simulated cooling water and the pitting potential declines with the concentration of chloride ions; the passivation current has no obvious effect; the rise of the concentration of sulfide ions obviously increases the passivation current, but the pitting potential changes little, which indicates that the two types of ions may have different effects on destructing passive film of stainless steel. The critical concentration of chloride ions causing anodic potential curve＇s change in simulated cooling water is 250 mg/L for 316 L stainless. The effect of sulfide ions on the corrosion resistance behavior of stainless steel is increasing the passivation current density Ip. The addition of 6 mg/L sulfide ions to the solution makes Ip of 316 L increase by 0.5 times.