Species of Thaumatomastix (Thaumatomastigidae, Protista incertae sedis) from the Arctic sea ice biota (North-East Water Polynya, NE Greenland)

The sea ice biota of polar regions contains numerous heterotrophic flagellates very few of which have been properly identified. The whole mount technique for transmission electron microscopy enables the identification of loricate and scaly forms. A survey of Arctic ice samples (North-East Water Polynya, NE Greenland) revealed the presence of ca. 12 taxa belonging to the phagotrophic genus Thaumatomastix (Protista incertae sedis). Species of Thaumatomastix possess siliceous body scales and one naked and one scale-covered flagellum. The presence in both Arctic samples and sea ice material previously examined from the Antarctic indicates that this genus is most likely ubiquitous in polar sea ice and may be an important component in sea ice biota microbial activities.     

广昆铁路三棵树隧道光面爆破施工技术

成昆线广通至昆明段扩能改造工程三棵树隧道工程地质条件复杂,在岩石隧道掘进中普通爆破技术已不能满足施工要求,采用了光面爆破技术控制隧道开挖成型质量.介绍三棵树隧道采用光面爆破技术方案、特点、工艺流程、施工方法及安全保障措施.三棵树隧道采用光面爆破明显缩短了作业时间,在每一个施工循环中清理危石或补炮缩短20 min,初期支护缩短20 min,装渣及出渣缩短20 min;减少超挖量15%,节省了火工品和因非光面爆破所造成的围岩破碎所需锚杆、钢筋网等初期支护的工程量,施工效果良好、经济效益明显.     

中国新型极地考察船冰载荷预估研究

本文针对中国新型极地考察船所受冰载荷进行了研究,其中包含了平整冰阻力和浮冰碰撞力.对于船舶设计者和建造者来说,船舶冰载荷的预估非常重要.本文采用经验公式方法计算了该船在平整冰中航行的冰阻力,并且与模型试验结果进行了对比.结果显示,计算和试验结果中的冰阻力都随船舶航行速度的增大而增大,经验公式方法可以预测出合理的平整冰阻力.通过计算得到了该船的性能曲线,即该船在不同厚度平整冰中航行所能达到的速度.此外,本文还考虑了该船与圆形浮冰之间的三维斜向碰撞问题,采用解析方法评估了浮冰对船舶的撞击力,研究了撞击位置、法向框架角度以及浮冰尺寸对碰撞力的影响.基于计算结果,本文就冰载荷的预测进行了讨论并提出了一些建议.     

车辆转向架前端加装弧形导流槽对转向架积雪结冰情况的影响

通过空气动力学仿真分析和风洞试验,研究车辆转向架前端加装弧形防风雪导流槽对车辆转向架积雪区域空气动力学性能的影响,以及对转向架区域积雪结冰情况的影响。研究发现:在车辆转向架前端安装弧形防风雪导流槽,可以减少气流对转向架区域的直接冲击;可增加底部气体流速,使夹带雪花颗粒的气流快速通过转向架区域;空气流经导流槽发生明显下扬,使原空气流线在进入转向架区域时发生的上扬现象消失;安装弧形导流槽对整个转向架区域的积雪情况有明显改善作用。     

接地面部分溶化条件下冰面轮胎摩擦力的研究

综合运用流体动力润滑理论的能量守恒定律，提出了接地面部分溶化条件下冰面上汽车轮胎的摩擦力或牵引力的理论计算模型。证明了正常工作条件下，接地面上冰产生溶化的可能。对不同制动和驱动条件下轮胎摩擦力进行了计算，取得了同试验数据吻合很好的预测结果。并同已有预测模型进行了比较，比较结果表明：本文依据严格的润滑理论所推导出的冰面轮胎牵引力模型比其它已有理论模型更接近试验结果。     

Life cycle assessment of heated apron pavement system operations

Heated pavement systems (HPS) offer an attractive alternative to the cumbersome process of removing ice and snow from airport pavements using traditional snow removal systems. Although snow and ice removing efficiency and economic benefits of HPS have been assessed by previous studies, their environmental impact is not well known. Airport facilities offering public or private services need to evaluate the energy consumption and global warming potential of different types of snow and ice removal systems. Energy usage and emissions from the operations of hydronic heated pavement system using geothermal energy (HHPS-G), hydronic HPS using natural gas furnace (HHPS-NG), electrically heated pavement system (EHPS), and traditional snow and ice removal system (TSRS) are estimated and compared in this study using a hybrid life cycle assessment (LCA). Based on the system models assessed in this study, HPS application in the apron area seems to be a viable option from an energy or environmental perspective to achieve ice/snow free pavement surfaces without using mechanical or chemical methods. TSRS methods typically require more energy and they produce more greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared to HPS during the operation phase, under the conditions and assumptions considered in this study. Also, HPS operations require less energy and have less GHG emissions during a snow event with a smaller snowfall rate and a larger snow duration.     

Modeling time-of-day car use behavior: A Bayesian network approach

In this research, a Bayesian network (BN) approach is proposed to model the car use behavior of drivers by time of day and to analyze its relationship with driver and car characteristics. The proposed BN model can be categorized as a tree-augmented naive (TAN) Bayesian network. A latent class variable is included in this model to describe the unobserved heterogeneity of drivers. Both the structure and the parameters are learned from the dataset, which is extracted from GPS data collected in Toyota City, Japan. Based on inferences and evidence sensitivity analysis using the estimated TAN model, the effects of each single observed characteristic on car use measures are tested and found to be significant. The features of each category of the latent class are also analyzed. By testing the effect of each car use measure on every other measure, it is found that the correlations between car use measures are significant and should be considered in modeling car use behavior.     

国家助学贷款资产证券化制度设计研究

在2004年的国家助学贷款新政策背景下,尽管出现了许多利好方面,仍存在一些尚未解决的问题。而完整的国家助学贷款市场应当是由一级市场和二级市场组成的一个有序开放式的市场体系：一级市场是创造国家助学贷款形成借贷关系的市场,二级市场是创造国家助学贷款债权转让的市场。资产证券化是我国目前解决问题、完善市场、金融创新的重要选择,这项选择不仅很有必要,且基本具备了可行条件。当然,我国如果进行国家助学贷款资产证券化,还需要建立良好的征信制度和其它保障制度。     

英语影视教学的课堂组织技巧

本文从外语教学理论分析了影视教学的可行性,并阐述了影视教学目的和策略,再以学生为中心的英语教学模式深入探讨影视教学的课堂组织技巧,最后以美国电视剧《Friends》为例阐述了具体的课堂设计和安排。通过探讨英语影视教学过程中的技巧,说明影视教学作为一种现代教学手段,应该积极且有效地引入到大学英语教学中。