基于VB6.0软件平台的土坝震害评估系统

为了准确、快速地对遭受地震影响的土坝工程的破坏状态进行评估,以土坝震害判断模型为基础,采用VB平台开发了土坝震害评估系统,并介绍了系统开发的总体设计和模式,阐述了系统开发中VB与Excel链接、Excel与Access数据导入等关键技术。     

Interpreting Images of Fracking: How Visual Frames and Standing Attitudes Shape Perceptions of Environmental Risk and Economic Benefit

The news media’s increased reliance on visual communication to illustrate complex processes and promote learning stresses the importance of investigating how visual content impacts the understanding of scientific issues. In this paper, we investigate how members of the public interpret and make sense of differentially framed images of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) depicting environmental risk, economic benefit, or issue protest. For the analysis, a repeated measures online experiment was conducted with 250 participants to evaluate 40 photographs of fracking operations and consequences. Quantitative coding and thematic analysis of open-ended responses to the images reveal that standing attitudes, operationalized as support, opposition, or indecision about fracking, segments viewers into distinct groups and shapes interpretations of environmental risk and economic benefit. Issue opponents are more likely to indicate concern for the environment regardless of frame shown, whereas undecideds and supporters cite the impact on human health more frequently, largely in relation to job site safety. Supporters also see the least ambiguity, and most economic gains, in images about the controversial production practice.     

Discrimination of flicker frequency rates in the reptile tuatara (Sphenodon )

By investigating the mechanisms that underlie the perception of environmental cues, we may begin to understand how the sensory system governs behavioral responses. This is the first empirical study to examine learning and visual sensitivity in a reptile species, the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus). We established a non-intrusive psychophysical method by employing an instrumental paradigm in order to examine discrimination learning and the ability to distinguish different flicker frequencies in the tuatara. Seventeen tuatara were trained under an operant conditioning task to respond to various discriminative stimuli flickering between 2.65 and 65.09 Hz. Tuatara were able to learn the operant task and discriminate between a constant light and flicker frequency rates between 2.65 and 45.61 Hz, but not at 65.09 Hz. We demonstrated a reliable psychophysical method where these reptiles could learn a basic operant task and discriminate visual stimuli in the form of flicker frequency rates. The tuatara’s ability to perceive flickering light is comparable to that of avian, mammalian, and other reptilian species. This method is thus suitable for more comprehensive examinations of vision and additional sensory abilities in other reptiles. Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.     

燃煤电厂环境管理信息系统的开发研究

环境管理信息系统(EMIS)是在一个特定组织内,通过集成软件、硬件和专业服务来管理该组织的环境行为。燃煤电厂环境管理信息系统的开发对电力企业环境管理有重要意义。本文以燃煤电厂为研究对象,以Access为后台数据库,以Visual Basic 6.0为语言开发工具,开发研究了燃煤电厂环境管理信息系统(EMIS)软件。该软件有助于减少环境污染,提高管理水平。所开发的软件最终编译成可安装的应用软件包,能够脱离开发环境在Windows系统下独立运行。     

大气扩散模式预测计算软件的开发

结合Microsoft Visual Basic(VB)语言的编程特点,探讨了大气环境影响评价计算机软件系统的理论基础、设计思想和应用程序编制的实现方法,编制了专门处理大气扩散模式浓度计算的应用程序,避免了大量繁杂的手工计算工作,使计算快速、准确,提高了环境影响评价工作的质量.     

景观及视觉影响评价初探

总结和论述了景观及视觉影响评价的概念及评价的过程、内容与方法等,结合我国的实际情况提出了开展此项工作的建议。由于景观及视觉影响不同于通常的污染影响,具有直接可见性和不易改变性等特点,故应及早重视,使发展项目所制定的计划与景观及视觉环境相协调。该评价方法主要包括计算机技术支持下的图形叠加法和GIS法等。      

计算机辅助设计在电子设备热设计中的应用

在产品研发阶段寻求最优化的解决方案,缩短产品研制周期、降低生产成本、确保产品质量是每一位设计者所面临的问题。通过对一个在研项目中发射机功放模块的散热进行设计,过程中引入一些软件来辅助设计,从而达到上述中的设计要求。     

Visual modflow在模拟实验室含水砂槽中柴油运移特征中的应用

Visual modflow是一个可以对三维地下水水流和溶质运移进行数值模拟评价的标准可视化专业软件.建立了砂箱物理实验模型来研究柴油在含水砂槽中的迁移特征.通过模型检验,各个监测时期观测值和预测值相关系数r值在0.564 ～0.669之间,证明这种建模方法是合理的和有效的.利用校正的模型对实验室含水砂槽中柴油运移特征进行模拟,发现所建模型可以较为准确地反映出含水砂槽中柴油污染物的分布特征,拟合、验证和预测结果显示该模型可作为地下水管理的有效工具,这为深入研究柴油污染地下水提供理论依据.     

Visual preference and ecological assessments for designed alternative brownfield rehabilitations

This paper describes an integrative method for quantifying, analyzing, and comparing the effects of alternative rehabilitation approaches with visual preference. The method was applied to a portion of a major industrial area located in southern Italy. Four alternative approaches to rehabilitation (alternative designs) were developed and analyzed. The scenarios consisted of the cleanup of the brownfields plus: (1) the addition of ground cover species; (2) the addition of ground cover species and a few trees randomly distributed; (3) the addition of ground cover species and a few trees in small groups; and (4) the addition of ground cover species and several trees in large groups. The approaches were analyzed and compared to the baseline condition through the use of cost-surface modeling (CSM) and visual preference assessment (VPA). Statistical results showed that alternatives that were more ecologically functional for forest bird species dispersal were also more visually preferable. Some differences were identified based on user groups and location of residence. The results of the study are used to identify implications for enhancing both ecological attributes and visual preferences of rehabilitating landscapes through planning and design.     

Lenses for learning: visual techniques in natural resource management

In this study, we explored the use of selected visual techniques (e.g. video, photography, diagramming) in facilitating learning among Indigenous communities living in remote protected areas at sites in Vietnam and Australia. The techniques were employed during interviews and workshops aimed at accessing and enhancing local peoples' perspectives on their landscape and on specific natural resource management issues. The effectiveness of the different techniques for enabling learning varied markedly with the context, highlighting the need for facilitator skill and flexibility in application of techniques. Visual techniques helped to engage participants; encourage unrestrained and lateral thinking; provide opportunities for self-expression and reflection; and to expose participants to perspectives of other community members. Valuable insights emerged on broad aspects of learning and these were incorporated into a simple model that highlights three types of conceptualisation found to be important in these processes.