On the improvement of detection characteristics of trans-stilbene crystals by improving crystal perfection

Organic molecular scintillating crystals are noted for their good timing and particle discrimination process. Trans-stilbene is one such candidate noted for its good particle detection characteristics for the past five decades. Progressive strengthening of detection characteristics of trans-stilbene has been attempted by improving crystal perfection. A series of timing resolution studies have been carried out for the Bridgman grown trans-stilbene crystals under different experimental conditions. The results were compared with the previously reported values. Pulse shape discrimination process has been carried out for ²⁴¹Am and ²⁵²Cf sources and good discrimination has been obtained for gamma-alpha and gamma-neutron sources from the grown organic phosphor crystal. Electronic Publication     

影响磁式TIMS测量准确度的主要因素

测量准确度是热电离质谱 ( TIMS)的重要指标 ,对于使用年限较长的 TIMS,造成准确度下降的因素很多 ,分析判断更复杂。为了准确、系统地了解其中的主要原因 ,本文从 TIMS的基本工作原理出发 ,对影响测量准确度的主要因素 ,如离子束的角分散、能量分散、电磁场稳定性、多接收器的形变和位移、电子倍增器的衰老和放大器增益的差异等及相应的解决办法作了较深入的探讨     

Effects of Fimbria-Fornix, Hippocampus, and Amygdala Lesions on Discrimination Between Proximal Locations.

The conditioned cue preference (CCP) task was used to study the information required to discriminate between spatial locations defined by adjacent arms of an 8-arm radial maze. Normal rats learned the discrimination after 3 unreinforced preexposure (PE) sessions and 4 food paired-unpaired training trials. Fimbria-fornix lesions made before, but not after, PE, and hippocampus lesions made at either time, blocked the discrimination, suggesting that the 2 structures processed different information. Lateral amygdala lesions made before PE facilitated the discrimination. This amygdala-mediated interference with the discrimination was the result of a conditioned approach response that did not discriminate between the 2 arm locations. A hippocampus/fimbria-fornix system and an amygdala system process different information about the same learning situation simultaneously and in parallel. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

A new approach for sequential experimental design for model discrimination

Model discrimination procedures are useful tools for selection of the best mathematical models to be used to represent a specific chemical process. The present paper presents and discusses a new sequential discrimination procedure, which makes use of model probabilities and concentrates the efforts on models with higher probabilities. Model probabilities are determined based on simple statistical arguments. Four numerical examples illustrate the application of the proposed discrimination procedure. The obtained results indicate that the new procedure is able to discriminate kinetic models with fewer experiments when compared to other procedures and also indicates when model discrimination is not possible and, thus, when the sequential design must be halted. Furthermore, the speed of the proposed discrimination procedure can be controlled by tuning a design parameter which reflects the analyst's mood (confidence) towards the discrimination problem and allows for increase or decrease of the number of experiments required for model discrimination during the sequential procedure.     

The role of intent and harm in judgments of prejudice and discrimination.

Four experiments examined how an actor's intent and the harm experienced by a target influence judgments of prejudice and discrimination. The presence of intent increased the likelihood that participants judged an actor as prejudiced and the actor's behavior as discriminatory. When intent was uncertain, harm influenced judgments of the behavior, which in turn influenced judgments of the actor, and participants were more cautious in their judgments about an actor than an actor's behavior. Harm also played a stronger role in targets' than observers' judgments. Understanding the role of intent and harm on perceptions of prejudice can help explain variations in targets' versus observers', and possibly targets' versus actors', judgments of discrimination and prejudice. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

On the Locus of Speed-Accuracy Trade-Off in Reaction Time: Inferences From the Lateralized Readiness Potential.

Lateralized readiness potentials (LRPs) were used to determine the stage(s) of reaction time (RT) responsible for speed-accuracy trade-offs (SATs). Speeded decisions based on several types of information were examined in 3 experiments, involving, respectively, a line discrimination task, lexical decisions, and an Erikson flanker task. Three levels of SAT were obtained in each experiment by adjusting response deadlines with an adaptive tracking algorithm. Speed stress affected the duration of RT stages both before and after the start of the LRP in all experiments. The latter effect cannot be explained by guessing strategies, by variations in response force, or as an indirect consequence of the pre-LRP effect. Contrary to most models, it suggests that SAT can occur at a late postdecisional stage. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

基于非接触监测的隧洞反演分析可行性探讨

本文根据全站仪非接触测量原理，分析了隧洞测点位移量测的三维误差计算式。随后对全站仪位移量测的误差精度进行了分析，得到了满足反演计算要求的量测误差判别式，并提出全站仪位移量测的可行性判别方法。最后通过算例给出了判定实际工程反演分析可行的设站及仪器的优选方式。分析结果认为目前全站仪的测量精度还只适用于洞室断面较大、总位移量较大的情况，对洞室反演计算的普遍适用还有一定距离。     

试油层产液性质的多参数综合判别方法研究

准确地判断储层的产液性质,是试油选层和试油方案优化的重要依据,目前常用的判别方法是基于电测解释结论的多因素经验判别,有较大的人为性和随意性,致使正判率和符合率相对较低,一方面增加了无效的试油工作量,另一方面,增加了漏试油气层的风险.为解决这一问题系统收集和统计了塔里木油田碎屑岩地层反映产液性的录井、测井资料和试油成果资料,通过综合分析对比,提出了预测储层产液性质的新方法--综合权值法.该方法通过一定的规则给电测解释结论、岩心含水迹象、滴水试验、含油饱和度、孔隙度、原油粘度等与产液性相关的因素赋以权值,从而求得综合权值,进而对储层产液性质进行综合判别.综合权值法明显优于单纯的电测解释,使油气水层解释的平均符合率和平均正判率都提高了20%.利用该方法判断储层产液性质具有操作简单、判别率高等优点,对于更合理地优选试油层位和优化试油方案具有重要的实际应用价值.     

An alternate method for using a visual discrimination model (VDM) to optimize soft-copy display image quality

Researchers have developed visual discrimination models (VDMs) that can predict a human observer's ability to detect a target object superposed on an image. These models incorporate sophisticated knowledge of the properties of the human visual system. In the predictive approach, termed conventional VDM usage, two input images with and without a target are analyzed by an algorithm that calculates a just-noticeable-difference (JND) index, which is a taken as a measure of the detectability of the target. A new method of using the VDM is described, termed channelized VDM, which involves finding the linear combination of the VDM-generated channels (which are not used in conventional VDM analysis) that has optimal classification ability between normal and abnormal images. The classification ability can be measured using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) or two alternative forced choice (2AFC) experiments, and in special cases they can also be predicted by signal detection theory (SDT) based model-observer methods. In this study simulated background and nodule containing regions were used to validate the new method. It was found that the channelized VDM predictions were in excellent qualitative agreement with human-observer validated SDT predictions. Either VDM method (conventional or channelized) has potential applicability to soft-copy display optimization. An advantage of any VDM-based approach is that complex effects, such as visual masking, are automatically accounted for, which effects are usually not included in SDT-based methods.     

行政事业海量题库管理系统设计

提出了行政事业单位海量题库管理系统,给出了系统总体架构设计思路,论述了各主要功能模块的实现。着重讨论了题目重复度判别、题目难度系数调整等关键算法的实现,给出了系统部署、配置与应用实例。