A study of passenger discomfort measures at the Hong Kong mass transit railway system

This note investigates the important attributes relating to the crowding effects at the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) stations in Hong Kong. Data was collected at two sets of three MTR stations to study the responses of the passengers due to the discomfort at crowded vehicles and platforms. Stated preference surveys were used to study the effects of passenger discomfort measures.     

论人才队伍建设与企业跨越式发展

本文结合中国铁路工程总公司人力资源管理工作实践 ,论述了建设高素质人才队伍和学习型机制在企业发展中的重要作用 ,指出了高素质的企业家、高水平的专家、高技能的技师和高效率的政工干部等四支人才队伍培养的核心和重点 ,并分析了人力资源管理创新中的几个关键问题     

The association of the population recruitment of gulf menhaden, Brevoortia patronus, with Mississippi River discharge

Gulf menhaden, Brevoortia patronus, which constitutes a major industrial reduction fishery in the USA, spawn across the northern Gulf of Mexico with a focus of spawning about the Mississippi Delta. This species is estuarine dependent; adults spawn over the continental shelf and their larvae are transported, by mechanisms that are presently not well understood, to estuarine nursery areas. Larval gulf menhaden, along with some other surface oriented larval fishes, appear to aggregate along the Mississippi River plume front, while evidence of the ecological consequences of this aggregation in terms of the feeding, growth, and survival of larvae is ambiguous. On an annual scale, Mississippi River discharge is negatively associated with numbers of half year old recruits. Discharge of the Mississippi River and the population recruitment of gulf menhaden may be plausibly linked through the action of the river's plume and its front on the shoreward transport of larvae. Greater river discharge results in an expansive plume that might project larvae farther offshore and prolong the shoreward transport of larvae. An indirect, decadal scale, positive response of recruitment and river discharge is possible, but not certain. Recruitment became elevated after 1975 when river discharge increased and became highly variable. This response might owe to enhanced primary and secondary production driven by nutrient influx from the Mississippi River.     

Development of Green-Naghdi models with a wave-absorbing beach for nonlinear, irregular wave propagation

Two-dimensional and three-dimensional Green-Naghdi (GN) models equipped with a numerical wave-absorbing beach have been developed to simulate nonlinear, regular, and irregular wave propagation. The numerical beach is introduced near the downstream boundary to absorb outgoing waves. An appropriate amount of numerical damping and an appropriate length of numerical beach are investigated using numerical experiments. The results show that the GN models with a numerical beach work very well in simulating wave propagation in water in a small computational domain.     

Manpower and employment issues

Overmanning and restrictive labour practices are major causes of low productivity in Indian ports. Proposals are put forward for a programme of reforms to support investment in modern cargo handling systems.     

Basic Analytical Study of Pantograph-catenary System Dynamics

For a high speed electrical rail system, good dynamic performance of the pantograph-catenary system is vital for smooth and continuous current collection. It has been known for many years that to achieve this the head of the pantograph should be made as light as possible and the average stiffness of the catenary should be high. These conclusions, however, have been reached by numerical modelling and operational experience. In this paper the pantograph-catenary system is modelled as a time-varying, single degree-of-freedom system to facilitate an analytical investigation of the system dynamics. Although the model is very simple, it allows physical insight into the dynamic behaviour of the system, and because the excitation is parametric it also allows the stability of the system to be investigated. The finite element method is used to determine the catenary characteristics and Floquet theory is used to analyse the behaviour of the coupled system.     

集装箱龙门起重机微机控制系统

本文介绍了将微型计算机应用于集装箱起重机自动控制系统的设计思想和方法。在该系统中，以集装箱起重机为控制对象，用单板机作为控制器，通过传感器，驱动放大电路及接口芯片等构成一个完整的自动控制系统。此系统基本实现了集装箱起重机的自动控制，并给集装专用吊具与集装箱迅速准确的自动对位带来好处。     

合成脂肪酸废水的厌氧处理

对合成脂肪酸废水首先采用氧化钙处理，使其浓度降低到３０００ｍｇ／Ｌ以下，再采用中温厌氧生物处理。在平均水力停留时间为５天时，废水的ＣＯＤＣｒ去除率达７９．１％，沼气产率为０．４１ＮＭ３／ｋｇＣｏＤＣｒ试验还发现，的存在失使厌氧发酵的ｐＨ值上升。     

基于支持向量机的可靠性增长费用建模与分析

支持向量机是一种采用结构风险最小化原则代替传统经验风险最小化原则的新型统计学习方法，具有完备的理论基础。首先应用支持向量机原理建立了基于支持向量机的多参数武器装备可靠性增长费用预测模型，然后对我军某型现役装备使用阶段可靠性增长费用数据进行了预测与分析。结果表明，与一般的回归分析相比，基于支持向量机的回归模型具有很好的预测精度。     

阜朝高速公路湿陷性黄土段小桥涵地基的处治

湿陷性黄土易产生沉降变形,且承载力低。本文介绍阜朝高速公路湿陷性黄土段小桥涵地基处治的一些方法。