Genetic engineering and the Moral Status of Non-Human Species

Genetic modification leads to several important moral issues. Up until now they have mainly been discussed from the viewpoint that only individual living beings, above all animals, are morally considerable. The standpoint that also collective entities such as species belong to the moral sphere have seldom been taken into account in a more thorough way, although it is advocated by several important environmental ethicists. The main purpose of this article is to analyze in more detail than often has been done what the practical consequences of this ethical position would be for the use of genetic engineering on animals and plants. The practical consequences of the holistic standpoint (focused on collective entities) of Holmes Rolston, III, is compared with the practical consequences of the individualistic standpoints (focused on individual living beings) of Bernard E. Rollin and Philipp Balzer, Klaus Peter Rippe, and Peter Schaber, respectively. The article also discusses whether the claim that species are morally considerable is tenable as a foundation for policy decisions on genetic engineering.     

子密钥数据库安全加密算法研究

探讨数据库的加密特点及其加密方法,并详细介绍一种类似DES(数据加密标准)的分组加密算法———子密钥数据库加密算法;同时分析和讨论如何实现数据库加密、解密以及更新;以微软数据库SQLServer2000为例,介绍数据库加密算法的实现过程,该实例应用广泛,在信息管理系统安全、电子商务等领域有很大的借鉴作用。     

蚁群算法在马斯京根模型参数估计中的应用

蚁群算法是一种模拟进化算法,该算法具有许多优越的性质.研究了一种可用于求解连续空间优化问题的蚁群算法策略,针对洪水演算的马斯京根模型参数估计问题,应用连续性空间优化问题的蚁群算法模型进行了求解.应用实例表明,蚁群算法在求解连续空间优化问题中是很有效的,可以广泛应用于各种自然灾害模型的优化问题.     

Multi-criteria decision analysis for the optimal management of nitrate contamination of aquifers

We present an integrated methodology for the optimal management of nitrate contamination of ground water combining environmental assessment and economic cost evaluation through multi-criteria decision analysis. The proposed methodology incorporates an integrated physical modeling framework accounting for on-ground nitrogen loading and losses, soil nitrogen dynamics, and fate and transport of nitrate in ground water to compute the sustainable on-ground nitrogen loading such that the maximum contaminant level is not violated. A number of protection alternatives to stipulate the predicted sustainable on-ground nitrogen loading are evaluated using the decision analysis that employs the importance order of criteria approach for ranking and selection of the protection alternatives. The methodology was successfully demonstrated for the Sumas-Blaine aquifer in Washington State. The results showed the importance of using this integrated approach which predicts the sustainable on-ground nitrogen loadings and provides an insight into the economic consequences generated in satisfying the environmental constraints. The results also show that the proposed decision analysis framework, within certain limitations, is effective when selecting alternatives with competing demands.     

The terms genetic resource, biological resource, and biodiversity examined

The definitions of genetic resource, biological resource, and biodiversity show the existence of degrees of innacuracy, according to the versions considered. The increasing acceptance of inappropriate concepts in the realms of plant genetic resources and biological conservation prompts re-examination of the subject. The argument raised is that the establishment of defective concepts may undermine the foundations of scientific thought itself.     

城市房屋震害的区域分析法--与点特征判据算法的对比研究

根据高分辨率遥感影像震害房屋的基本特征,提出在该影像条件下,震害房屋信息的自动获取技术应发展以区域分析为基础的识别算法,并给出了适于震害房屋信息获取的区域分析算法的基本概念、框架及实现过程.在此基础上,介绍了一种典型的区域分析框架下的震害房屋自动识别算法,并与点特征判据算法进行了对比.结果表明,基于图像区域分析算法的识别具有很高的精度和易于实现的客观条件.最后指出,在高分辨率卫星遥感影像将成为今后震害信息获取主要数据源的情况下,开发区域分析框架下的震害房屋信息识别算法是未来的发展方向.     

基于神经网络建立煤与瓦斯突出的预测模型

基于神经网络，提出了建立煤与瓦斯突出预测模型的方法，给出了网络系统的构造方式及算法，预测结果表明该法具有很高的容错性和准确性     

改进的层次分析法及其在自然灾害风险识别中的应用

自然灾害风险识别系统是由众多自然因素和社会经济因素组成的复杂系统 ,其主要问题之一就是如何将有关定性风险因素定量化。为此 ,本文进一步探讨了层次分析法用于自然灾害风险识别系统的具体途径。直接从判断矩阵的定义出发 ,提出了基于加速遗传算法的层次分析法 (AGA AHP)。利用该法 ,可同时确定层次各元素相对重要性的排序权值和进行判断矩阵的一致性检验。理论分析和实例分析的初步结果说明 ,AGA AHP法直观、可行而有效 ,其计算结果精度高于目前常用的基于特征根的层次分析法的相应结果 ,在各种自然灾害复杂系统分析中具有重要的理论意义和广泛的应用价值。     

应用遗传神经网络方法分析我国降水化学数据

收集了１１１组包含Ｃａ＾２＋、Ｍｇ＾２＋等８种离子浓度和ＰＨ值的我国降水化学数据，并用遗传神经网络（Ｇｅｎｅｔｉｃ Ｎｅｕｒａｌ Ｎｅｔ－ｗｏｒｋｓ，ＧＮＮ）方法建立了这些离子浓度和ＰＨ值绵ＢＰ网络模式，运用这些模式计算了各离子浓度对ＰＨ值的贡献，结果表明，我国各地降水ＰＨ值与各地区酸性离子与碱性离子相互用途相关，其中生离子的中和作用起着主导作用。     

马斯京根模型参数估计的新方法

提出了马斯京投模型参数估计的一种新方法—加速遗传算法,分析了该算法控制参数的优化特性,总结出了这些参数的简便设置技术．应用实例表明,该方法简便、直观、通用、适应性强,它可广泛应用于各种自然灾害模型的优化问题之中。