基于模糊因素的载人航天器乘员舱内人-机界面工效学评价研究

载人航天器乘员舱内人－机界面的工效学评价是决定能否进行载人空间飞行的重要依据之一，由于人－机界面本身的复杂性，使得对其评价有一定的难度。本文在模糊理论的基础上，首先对舱内人－机界面工效学评价各参数进行随机模糊分析，据此建立工效学模糊综合评价模型，最后进行了实例研究。结果表明，对于同一个评价对象，应用该方法更能接近实际。     

Statistical analysis of findings in external and internal audits and assessments in a testing laboratory

A statistical analysis of findings in assessments by an accreditation body, external audits and internal audits in an accredited testing laboratory for gamma-ray spectrometry is presented. The frequencies of observations reported in different areas were examined and analysed. The differences are interpreted in terms of the varying importance associated with the different areas as perceived by auditors and assessors.     

Children’s use of realistic considerations in problem solving: some English evidence

This is the second of two papers exploring children’s responses to an extended version of a division-with-remainder problem intended to elicit general rather than particular realistic considerations during mathematical problem solving. Responses to two problems are analyzed. The first is a ‘realistically’ contextualised item drawn from national tests in England whose ambiguities have been previously discussed (Cooper, 1992); the second is a version of this problem revised to encourage a wider range of realistic responses. In Cooper and Harries (2002), the responses of children at the end of their first year of secondary schooling were analyzed. Here the responses of children at the end of their primary schooling are analyzed and compared with the previous results. It is shown that many children, given suitable encouragement, are willing and able to enter into an extended form of realistic thinking during problem solving, although the original test item renders this invisible.     

“I can name that Bayesian network in two matrixes!”

For a number of situations, a Bayesian network can be split into a core network consisting of a set of latent variables describing the status of a system, and a set of fragments relating the status variables to observable evidence that could be collected about the system state. This situation arises frequently in educational testing, where the status variables represent the student proficiency and the evidence models (graph fragments linking competency variables to observable outcomes) relate to assessment tasks that can be used to assess that proficiency. The traditional approach to knowledge engineering in this situation would be to maintain a library of fragments, where the graphical structure is specified using a graphical editor and then the probabilities are entered using a separate spreadsheet for each node. If many evidence model fragments employ the same design pattern, a lot of repetitive data entry is required. As the parameter values that determine the strength of the evidence can be buried on interior screens of an interface, it can be difficult for a design team to get an impression of the total evidence provided by a collection of evidence models for the system variables, and to identify holes in the data collection scheme. A Q-matrix - an incidence matrix whose rows represent observable outcomes from assessment tasks and whose columns represent competency variables - provides the graphical structure of the evidence models. The Q-matrix can be augmented to provide details of relationship strengths and provide a high level overview of the kind of evidence available. The relationships among the status variables can be represented with an inverse covariance matrix; this is particularly useful in models from the social sciences as often the domain experts’ knowledge about the system states comes from factor analyses and similar procedures that naturally produce covariance matrixes. The representation of the model using matrixes means that the bulk of the specification work can be done using a desktop spreadsheet program and does not require specialized software, facilitating collaboration with external experts. The design idea is illustrated with some examples from prior assessment design projects.     

“Can you help me count these pennies?”: Surfacing preschoolers’ understandings of counting

ABSTRACT

Capturing the breadth and variety of children’s understanding is critical if studies of children’s mathematical thinking are to inform policy and practice in early childhood education. This article presents an investigation of young children’s counting. Detailed coding and analyses of assessment interviews with 476 preschoolers revealed understandings that would be overlooked by solely assessing the accuracy of their responses. In particular, many children demonstrated understandings of counting principles on a challenging task that were not captured by other, simpler tasks. We conclude that common approaches to capturing young children’s mathematical understanding are likely underestimating their capabilities. This study contributes to researchers’ understanding of what making sense of counting looks and sounds like for preschool age children (3–5 years), the development and relations among counting principles (one-to-one, cardinal, and patterns of the number sequence), and the affordances of challenging, open-ended tasks. We close by considering the implications of recognizing and building from what children know and can do for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers.     

Assessment model of classroom acoustics criteria for enhancing speech intelligibility and learning quality

In this paper, a new classroom acoustics assessment model (CAAM) based on analytic hierarchy process (AHP) for enhancing speech intelligibility and learning quality is proposed. The model is based on five main criteria that affect the learning process and related to classrooms acoustical properties. These include classroom specifications, noise sources inside and outside the classroom, teaching style, and vocal effort. The priority and weights of these major criteria along with their alternatives are identified using the views of students, staff, education consultants, and expertise by using a developed questionnaire, and the AHP methodology. This model can be considered as a helpful framework enabling universities decision makers to take effective decisions on classroom acoustics treatment issues. It also provides colleges’ higher authorities the suitable guidelines that help for determining necessary requirements that help to raise the quality and efficiency of the educational environment; in order to reach an excellent learning environment; and hence increasing students learning outcomes.     

基于综合监控的设备状态修方案研究

随着工业控制领域的不断发展,综合监控系统已经日趋成熟并于工业现场运行较长时间。而基于综合监控系统获取的大量历史数据的分析和实时数据的使用并没有开展深入的探讨。本方案提出了一种基于综合监控系统的状态修方案,把综合监控系统的历史数据经过一定的清洗,建模导入到大数据平台,通过相应的算法分析,从而改善维修决策模型并建立设备评价体系;把实时数据实时的传递到设备状态页面,减轻了传统巡检工作,保证了设备检查效果;把设备报警数据通过分类,分项,直接派生检修工单,实现了设备维修的自动化。     

Industrial irradiator radiation safety program assessments

Considerable attention is typically given to radiation safety in the design of irradiators and initially establishing the program. However, one component that may not receive enough attention is applying the continuous improvement philosophy to the radiation safety program. Periodic total program assessments of radiation safety can ensure that the design and implementation of the program continues to be applicable to the operations. The first step in the process must be to determine what is to be covered in the program assessment. While regulatory compliance audits are a component, the most useful evaluation will extend beyond looking only at compliance and determine whether the radiation safety program is the most appropriate for the particular operation. Several aspects of the irradiator operation, not all of which may routinely be considered “radiation safety”, per se, should be included: Design aspects of the irradiator and operating system, system controls, and maintenance procedures, as well as the more traditional radiation safety program components such as surveys, measurements and training.     

红外热不对称分析用于面神经功能损伤的客观评估

健康人体的温度分布存在一种双侧对称性,当面神经功能受损时,将改变这种热分布的对称性。人体热量大多通过红外辐射的形式散发,因此利用红外热成像技术可以有效捕捉这种红外热辐射分布的改变。本文提出一种新的热不对称分析的方法——有效热面积比,即计算面部特定区域与对侧区域的温差乘以温度异常区面积与总面积之比。利用这种方法对面神经功能损伤的患者和健康人群作对照性试验,结果显示:此方法的特异性和敏感性平均为0.90和0.87,比常规方法提高了7%和26%,有效热面积比与面神经功能的损伤程度正相关,平均为0.664。因此,关于诊断和评估面神经功能,红外热成像是一种有力的工具,有效热面积比是一项高效的临床指标。