From the neutrino to the edge of the universe

Two recent findings necessitate a closer look at the existing standard models of particle physics and cosmology. These are the discovery of neutrino oscillation, and hence a non-zero mass on the one hand and, on the other, observations of distant supernovae which indicate that contrary to popular belief, the universe would continue to expand for ever, possibly accelerating in the process. In this paper it is pointed out that relatively recent studies which indicate a stochastic, quantum vacuum underpinning and a fractal structure for space time, reconcile both of the recent observations, harmoniously.     

On the distributions of the ratios of the extreme roots to the trace of the Wishart matrix

In this paper, the authors cosider the derivation of the exact distributions of the ratios of the extreme roots to the trace of the Wishart matrix. Also, exact percentage points of these distributions are given and their applications are discussed.     

用常微分方程模型分析预防和隔离措施对SARS发病率的影响

通过建立常微分方程模型 ,分析了预防和隔离措施对 SARS发病率的影响 ,并把计算结果与实际统计数据进行了比较 ,结果表明 ,及时高效的预防和隔离措施能够有效地控制 SARS的传播 .     

On the comparison between the APV and the NPV computed via the WACC

The valuation of levered investment in the practice is made with the WACC approach, even if the superior technique of the APV is available. The paper shows that the APV can be interpreted as the arbitrage free value of the portfolio made by an investment and a supporting loan. Therefore the WACC evaluation, generally different from the APV, allows for arbitrage. We provide various conditions which completely characterize the sign of the error as a functions of all the variables entering the model.     

宏观因素影响下的系统中元件重要性研究

为研究复杂系统在工作环境中其组成元件对系统安全运行的重要性,将汪培庄先生的因素空间理论与笔者提出的空间事故树理论相结合,构造了一套元件重要性研究方法.构建系统T={U,C,D},将元件作为研究对象集合U,系统工作的宏观环境作为因素集C,元件重要性排序集作为D.对宏观环境中的工作时间a1和温度a_2进行划分形成不同的状态区域S_q,计算在S_q中元件xj的失效权重γ(AS_q(x_j))和在S_q中系统T的失效权重δ(AS_q(T))),从而得到x_j在S状态下的等效失效权重Z(AS_q(x_j)),研究状态S_q下的原件重要性排序D_η,及元件x_j失效性对a_1及a_2的敏感性.使用一个实际的电气系统维修情况统计资料,使用上述方法进行了研究,结果表明:不同工作环境下元件对系统的重要程度是不同的.元件对温度和使用时间是敏感的,并得到了在10³0°且5030°且50⁷5d环境下工作系统可靠性是最高的结论.在给定工作环境下,重要性大的元件多储备,重要性小的元件少储备,以满足系统维修需要,并指导实际工程.     

On the dependence of the growth rate on the length of the defining relator

Let { } be a sequence of finitely presented groups with generating setA={a1, …, am}, and letRk be the symmetrized set of words over the alphabetA∪A−1 obtained from the defining words and their inverses by all cyclic shifts. We shall assume that the words inRk are cyclically irreducible, and their lengths tend to ∞ ask increases. In the paper, it is proved that ifRk satisfies the small cancellation conditionC'(1/6) and the number of relators increases not very rapidly with increasingk, then the growth rate ψ(Gk) tends to 2m−1 ask→∞. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 65, No. 4, pp. 611–617, April, 1999.     

On choosing the location of the sources in the MFS

The satisfactory location for the sources outside the closure of the domain of the problem under consideration remains one of the major issues in the application of the method of fundamental solutions (MFS). In this work we investigate this issue by means of two algorithms, one based on the satisfaction of the boundary conditions and one based on the leave-one-out cross validation algorithm. By applying these algorithms to several numerical examples for the Laplace and biharmonic equations in a variety of geometries in two and three dimensions, we obtain locations of the sources which lead to highly accurate results, at a relatively low cost.     

HIV-1的表型间变异与免疫因子相互作用的动力学模型

该文建立了一个描述两种不同的 HIV-1 表型与细胞因子相互作用的动力学模型. 作者用K_m单调系统理论研究了 HIV-1 中两种不同表型:噬巨嗜细胞型 (NSI) 和嗜淋巴细胞型 (SI) 与两种在HIV感染过程中的重要指标性细胞因子:IL-2 和 CAF的发展趋势. 在 HIV-1 感染过程中,两种细胞表型与两种细胞因子之间形成了一种负反馈环. 用 Hill 函数表达这种负反馈作用. 结果表明模型的平衡态的数量为奇数个,它们之间满足一种K_m 偏序,并且第奇数个平衡态是渐近稳定的,而第偶数平衡态是不稳定的. 此外还得到了各个平衡态的吸引域. 其生物学的意义为:即使系统存在较低水平的平衡态, 感染后的病毒载量仍会趋向于一个较高的水平. 这个结论和临床研究的发现是一致的.     

On the relation between the A-polynomial and the Jones polynomial

This paper shows that the noncommutative generalization of the A-polynomial of a knot, defined using Kauffman bracket skein modules, together with finitely many colored Jones polynomials, determines the remaining colored Jones polynomials of the knot. It also shows that under certain conditions, satisfied for example by the unknot and the trefoil knot, the noncommutative generalization of the A-polynomial determines all colored Jones polynomials of the knot.

     

Hydroelastic phenomena in the neighborhood of the bifurcation of the aorta

The mechanical behavior of the vessels and the blood near a bifurcation is analyzed. A single-layer homogeneous shell is taken as a model of the aorta on the assumption that the intima is much less stiff than the other layers. In analyzing the blood flow in large vessels, the blood is treated as a viscous Newtonian liquid, whose motion is described by the Navier-Stokes equations and the continuity equation.Zhukovskii Air Force Engineering Academy, Moscow; Institute of Polymer Mechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Latvian SSR, Riga. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 1, pp. 164–166, January–February, 1971.     

Effect of the properties of the components and the geometric characteristics of the structure on the thermal-conductivity coefficients of glass-reinforced plastics

A method is proposed for estimating the thermal-conductivity coefficients of orthotropic composite glass-reinforced plastics with a structure composed of continually repeating units, in which the contours of the reinforcing elements can be described by a sinusoidal law. The arguments in the formulas are the relative content and thermophysical characteristics of the components and the parameters of the microstructure of the materials considered.Mekhanika Polimerov, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 18–23, 1968     

多晶体光滑表面疲劳微裂纹形核机理研究

建立晶体学模型来研究多晶体承受均匀外载时光滑表面疲劳微裂纹形核的机理．由于晶粒取向的不相同,即使承受均匀外载,多晶体内将产生不均匀的应力,变形也不均匀A·D2在疲劳载荷的作用下,表面粗糙度随疲劳周次逐渐增加,变形逐渐集中到若干部位,即局部化,形成微裂纹．     

Tackling the Challenge of the Nineties

In this annual Blackett Lecture the experience of pursuing the challenge of rational planning and decision-making in London Transport is discussed. Secondly, some of the major challenges affecting all large business organizations in the 1990s are described. Thirdly, the characteristics which enable organizations to respond effectively to these challenges, and which help ensure their survival and success, are delineated.     

On the relation between the singular and the weak coupling limits

After having recalled some definitions concerning quantum stochastic processes and, in particular, quantum Brownian motions, a general scheme is introduced which allows a unified approach to the weak coupling and singular coupling limits. The analogies and differences between the two are discussed. The main difference consists of the fact that, in the singular coupling limit, the use of a Hamiltonian unbounded below seems to be unavoidable, while this is not the case for the weak coupling limit.     

基于数字化校园的校园一卡通平台设计

校园一卡通是“数字化校园”建设重要组成部分和基础工程，为“数字化校园”提供了全面的数据采集网络平台。本文从校园一卡通的功能模块、为其他管理系统提供平台、资金结算和系统安全四个方面论述了校园一卡通平台设计。     

Hume, the Occult, and the Substance of the School

I have not been able to locate any critique of Hume on substance by a Schoolman, at least in English, dating from Hume's period or shortly thereafter. I have, therefore, constructed my own critique as an exercise in ??post facto history??. This is what a late eighteenth-century/early nineteenth-century Scholastic could, would, and should have said in response to Hume's attack on substance should they have been minded to do so. That no one did is somewhat mysterious. My critique is precisely in the language of the period, using solely the conceptual resources available to a Schoolman at that time. The arguments, however, are as sound now as they were then, and in this sense the paper performs a dual role??contributing to the defence of substance contra Hume, and filling, albeit two hundred?years or so too late, a gap in the historical record.     

Applying the Zigbee technology for the enhancing the remote objects control

The paper presents the monitoring and measurement processes for the remote object vibration in the plain space. Wireless, RF communication in Tx/Rx duplex mode provides transfer of data with ZigBee transceivers. Presented ZigBee technology operates in many various modes on frequency 2.4 GHz allowing the coordinator node to select certain path and data. ZigBee technology can be alternative for other vibration research techniques. The vibration displacement is processed further by DSP Digital Signal Processing, made with the microcontroller. Accelerometer applications due to embedded control and I/O digital signal processor DSP play the crucial role in determining vibration and machines fatigue strength testing. It registers, among other, the temporary industrial parameters and monitors plant system parameters such as vibration and/or pressure. The paper presents diagnostic procedure and measurements process of the vibration in the plain space. Role of the node play ZigBee transceivers. (© 2009 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

The numerical analysis of the influence of the blankholder force and the friction coefficient on the value of the drawing force

In this paper the numerical analysis of the drawing process with the blankholder is presented. The influence of the value of the blankholder force on the value of the drawing force and drawpiece height is examined. A different friction coefficient of the sheet metal for die and blankholder is considered. A defect at the lack of the blankholder is presented. The analysis in the system ANSYS/LS-DYNA is passed. The material model with the mixed hardening, isotropic and isothermal is used. Technological parameters of the sheet-metal to drawing, the die, the stamp and the blankholder from the literatures are chosen. Examples results of computer simulations are presented. (© 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

矩阵特征值、特征向量的确定

首先对由 A的特征值、特征向量求 A- 1 ,AT,A* ( A的伴随矩阵 )、P- 1 AP以及 A的多项式φ( A)的特征值和特征向量的结论作了个归纳 ;对相反的情形 ,我们给出了部分已有的结果 ,并通过四道例题着重讨论了如何由 φ( A)的特征值来求 A的特征值 .