Costs of air pollutants from shipping: a meta-regression analysis

ABSTRACT

This study estimated the external cost of air pollution from shipping by means of a meta-regression analysis, which has not been made before. Three pollutants, which were included in most of the primary studies, were considered: nitrogen oxides (NO_x), sulphur dioxides (SO₂) and particulate matters with a diameter of max 2.5 micrometres (PM_2.5). All primary studies included damages of health and a majority added impacts on agriculture and estimated the cost of air pollutants by transferring cost estimates from studies on costs of air emissions from transports in Europe. Different regression models and estimators were used and robust results were found of statistically significant emission elasticities of below one, i.e. total external costs increase by less than 1% when emissions increase by 1%. There was a small variation between the pollutants, with the highest elasticity for PM_2.5 and lowest for NO_x. Calculations of the marginal external cost of the pollutants showed the same pattern, with this cost being approximately six times higher for PM_2.5 than for the other pollutants. Common to all pollutants was that the marginal external cost decreases when emission increases. Another robust result was a significant increase in the cost of studies published in journals compared with other publication outlets. These findings point out some caution when transferring constant external unit cost of air pollutant from shipping, which is much applied in the literature, and the cost functions estimated in this study could thus provide a complementary transfer mechanism.     

Online channel strategies under different offline channel power structures for the Belt and Road of China

ABSTRACT

This paper explores the online channel strategies adopted by Chinese manufacturers with regard to the Belt and Road. It also investigates the effect of offline channel power structures and maritime transportation costs on online channel mode selection and pricing strategies. The offline channel power structures are classified into three types, namely, Chinese manufacturer Stackelberg (MS) structure, vertical Nash (VN) structure, and foreign retailer Stackelberg (RS) structure. Furthermore, a game model is developed among the Chinese manufacturer, foreign retailer, and cross-border e-tailer to investigate the interactions among offline channel power structures, maritime transportation costs, and Chinese manufacturers’ online channel mode selection. The results show that Chinese manufacturers’ preferences for the online agency selling mode increases correspondingly with the decrease in their market position and bargaining power. Moreover, foreign retailers can obtain higher profits in the online agency selling mode under the VN structure. However, the level of profit for foreign retailers depends on the intensity of their competition with cross-border e-tailers under the MS and RS structures. Finally, consumers in countries along the Belt and Road can obtain a higher surplus in the online agency selling mode under all of the structures.     

基于Cognex视觉的机器人自动搬运控制

针对企业原有生产圆盘类连接轴的工艺,设计了基于Cognex视觉的机器人自动搬运系统,将S7-300 PLC、Cognex视觉系统和FANUC机器人系统集成在一起,实现了1台机器人同时为铣床和车床2个加工系统自动上下料;通过Profibus总线和Ethernet通讯将PLC技术、视觉技术与工业机器人结合起来,发挥了工业以太网传输速度快、信号稳定的优势,提高了机器人的柔性取料能力;目前已应用在企业当中,提高了企业的自动化程度及生产效率,降低了企业的用工支出。     

关键航段江海直达船舶驾驶技术探讨

此文通过对江海直达船舶的操纵性分析,从过弯曲河段航法、过桥航法、入海河口的航法三方面对关键航段江海直达船舶驾驶技术进行了探讨。     

石垣港换单简介及操船

由于中、日、韩航线及海峡两岸的航运市场不断发展,为了船舶的安全及经济效益,到我国台湾地区的船舶缩短在石垣港的换单时间及操船,关系到船舶的安全营运,抓好这一环节十分重要。     

CTC车站基层网的调试与故障处理

CTC（调度集中）系统,可以使远在千里之外的调度员对信号设备进行控制,对列车运行进行指挥、管理。网络是CTC系统最关键的平台,为此就太中银铁路的CTC车站基层网的安装调试及故障处理进行总结,以兹参考。     

ZYJ7型电动液压转辙机控制电路故障判断与处理

根据ZYJ7型电动液压转辙机启动、表示电路原理,结合日常处理故障经验,从室内到室外阐述了判断ZYJ7型电动液压转辙机启动电路、表示电路各种故障方法,为我们日常处理ZYJ7型电动液压转辙机启动电路、表示电路故障提供了准确、快捷的处理方法。     

集装箱中心站装卸作业线接触网终点设计

在接触网终点设计常规下锚结构形式下,集装箱中心站龙门吊装卸作业线股道接触网终点的有效行车距离无法满足电力机车直接摘挂货物列车要求。本文针对该问题提出了新型的接触网终点下锚结构形式,改进后的下锚结构形式能在不影响龙门吊作业的前提下延长接触网终点有效行车距离,满足电力机车直接摘挂取送货物列车的要求。     

面向车载功能安全的低开销超标量双核锁步处理器架构设计

在车载功能安全领域,双核锁步架构是一种被广泛应用于解决处理器故障的冗余架构。为支持细粒度故障处理的超标量处理器提出一种新颖的双核锁步架构,通过以分支跳转指令的形式执行程序回滚,该架构能在故障发生的同一时钟周期内检测和纠正故障,且不需要额外的专用硬件模块来满足细粒度回滚的需求。还提出一种虚拟写回机制,该机制将特定数据传送到只读寄存器以防止故障衍生,使处理器无需在程序执行期间持续保存现场,从而显著节省了面积开销。试验结果表明,该架构对注入处理器的故障实现了较彻底的故障覆盖,对处理器原型的性能影响很小,与先前双核锁步相关的工作相比,时间和面积开销更小。     

电动助力转向系对汽车角输入响应影响的仿真

详细地分析和推导出了具有不同控制方式的EPS系统的传递函数，在Matlab环境中进行了仿真计算并对结果进行了分析，定性地说明了EPS系统的控制方式和结构参数对汽车转向盘角阶跃输入下的稳态、瞬态和频率响应特性的影响。