硼元素概念的发展史

通过对硼元素概念的发展史考证分析可知,硼元素概念的发展大致可划分为3个时期,即硼元素假说的形成、硼元素概念的形成与发展、现代硼元素概念的建立.18世纪,拉瓦锡预言了硼元素的存在.19世纪初,硼单质的制取成功标志着硼元素概念正式形成.20世纪,随着原子结构理论的建立和同位素的发现,人们对硼元素有了新的认识.硼元素概念的发...     

高中学生化学概念掌握和问题表征程度关系的实证研究

本研究结合国内外有关化学概念教学的研究情况,对高中学生化学概念掌握和问题表征程度的关系进行了实证性的探索和研究。设计并在江苏省7所不同类型的学校进行了有关化学概念掌握的研究测试,同时选取优差学生进行有关化学问题的口语报告作业。研究结果表明：学生化学概念理解水平显著地影响着其解题时的表征程度。     

Saturated Compressible and Incompressible Porous Solids: Macro- and Micromechanical Approaches

In this paper two complementary approaches are used to describe the mechanical behavior of saturated compressible and incompressible porous solids. The macroscopic investigation is based on the mixture theory, restricted by the volume fraction concept. In the micromechanical approach, a hierarchy of conditionally ensemble averaged fluid and solid phase momentum balance equations are derived for a simple model of quasi-static liquid saturated porous media. The ensemble averaged equations for both the phases agree remarkably well with the macroscopic results. A micromechanical basis for Terzhagi's effective stress concept is presented. In addition, an expression for additional partial solid stress modifying the effective stress principle, to account for deformability of solid materials, is also derived.     

The LDC detector concept

In preparation of the experimental program at the international linear collider (ILC), the large detector concept (LDC) is being developed. The main points of the LDC are a large volume gaseous tracking system, combined with high precision vertex detector and an extremely granular calorimeter. The main design force behind the LDC is the particle flow concept. for the LDC Concept Group     

Concepts of Time in Physics: A Synopsis

I summarize the historical development of concepts of time in physics from antiquity to the end of the twentieth century. Editors’ Note: Max Jammer received the American Physical Society/American Institute of Physics Abraham Pais Prize for the History of Physics for 2007, “For his groundbreaking historical studies of fundamental concepts in physics, including his comprehensive account of the development of quantum mechanics.” We publish here his Pais Prize Lecture, which was presented at the APS meeting in Jacksonville, Florida, on April 16, 2007.     

Scalar top study: Detector optimization

A vertex detector concept of the linear collider flavour identification (LCFI) collaboration, which studies pixel detectors for heavy quark flavour identification, has been implemented in simulations for c-quark tagging in scalar top studies. The production and decay of scalar top quarks (stops) is particularly interesting for the development of the vertex detector as only two c-quarks and missing energy (from undetected neutralinos) are produced for light stops. Previous studies investigated the vertex detector design in scenarios with large mass differences between stop and neutralino, corresponding to large visible energy in the detector. In this study we investigate the tagging performance dependence on the vertex detector design in a scenario with small visible energy for the international linear collider (ILC).      

Beiträge zur Isotopengeochemie von Erdgasen

It is the proper aim of geochemical investigations regarding natural gas to describe the processes of generation, migration and accumulation of gaseous compounds. By this way our research results should contribute to knowledge about the gas generating potential of organic matter and about the expected gas volumes in natural gas deposits.

The main topics in the authors' research project are

- isotopic characterization of hydrocarbon forming organic matter

- simulation of the generation of natural gas components by coalification processes (model experiments including also radiolytic gas formation from organic matter)

- investigation of various separation processes (diffusion, adsorption, solubility, mixing of gases. oxidation of natural gas components) affecting chemical compositions and isotopic signatures

- elucidation of pressure and temperature dependence of separation processes and especially of the elementary isotope separation cofficients in systems gas/sorbent

- as the main result, an interpretation concept for natural gas samples is proposed which is based on chemical and isotopic compositions of methane and ethane in the samples and which takes into consideration also separation processes.

Following this summarizing publication some of the most important results of our research work will be presented in more detail in three separate parts.     

Sapphire shaped crystals for waveguiding,sensing and exposure applications

Second half of the XX century was marked by a rapid development of sapphire shaped crystal growth technologies, driven by the demands for fast, low-cost, and technologically reliable methods of producing sapphire crystals of complex shape. Numerous techniques of shaped crystal growth from a melt have been proposed relying on the Stepanov concept of crystal shaping. In this review, we briefly describe the development of growth techniques, with a strong emphasize on those that yield sapphire crystals featuring high volumetric and surface quality. A favorable combination of physical properties of sapphire (superior hardness and tensile strength, impressive thermal conductivity and chemical inertness, high melting point and thermal shock resistance, transparency to electromagnetic waves in a wide spectral range) with advantages of shaped crystal growth techniques (primarily, an ability to produce sapphire crystals with a complex geometry of cross-section, along with high volumetric and surface quality) allows fabricating various instruments for waveguiding, sensing, and exposure technologies. We discuss recent developments of high-tech instruments, which are based on sapphire shaped crystals and vigorously employed in biomedical and material sciences, optics and photonics, nuclear physics and plasma sciences.     

层间剪切带法向空间分布定量预报

本文讨论了层间剪切带法向空间分布定量预报问题。文中首先对层间剪切带发育的力学机制进行了再认识, 提出了基于变形破坏程度的分类方案; 引进了构造地质学中的尺度概念; 讨论了影响层间剪切带在法向空间发育分布的因素并建议了相应的考虑方法。之后, 建立了两个模型分别讨论岩石地层“软硬相间”的组合特征和完善型剪切带分区段预报。由此提出了一套实用性强比较可靠的定量预报方法, 最后用该方法对清江高坝洲坝基层间剪切带的分布进行了验证性预报, 取得了较高的精度(精度在70%左右)。     

Systemic view of learning scientific concepts: A description in terms of directed graph model

This study suggests a systemic view on concept learning, in which concepts are seen as complex, dynamically evolving structures with robust and persistent patterns emerging from loosely connected elemental pieces. The model is represented in the form of a directed graph, and it explains many empirically identified features of learning paths, including: (1) the stability of learned concepts, (2) changes in concept attributions (ontological shift) as guided by theoretical knowledge, and (3) the evolution of concepts as driven by model competition with the accumulation of evidence. The results thus show applicability of the systemic view and the directed graph model. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Complexity 19: 27–37, 2014