WATER PRICE RESPONSIVENESS OF COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS1

ABSTRACT: Pricing policy in water allocation has become of more concern as some areas find water is indeed a scarce resource. Demand estimates, where the quantity purchased-value in use relationships are of concern, have been made in other studies for residential, industrial, and agricultural uses in many areas of the country. The price-quantity relations for water use in commercial firms are estimated and discussed for several different types of stores in this study. A derived demand model is used to estimate commercial demand in the Miami, Florida, area. The price elasticity was generally low (inelastic) for all groups studied except for department stores. This group was found to have an elastic demand for water at all prices above $0.93 per thousand gallons purchased per month, where the mean price for this part of the sample was $1.24. The major implication of the study is that commercial establishments may be responsive to price changes over the long run, much as has already been shown for other types of user groups in other studies.     

广州城市旅游吸引方面的建设

广州的地理位置优越，历史悠久，是华南山水商都，有着丰富的旅游资源。文章分析了广州市旅游资源具有北雄南秀的特点，阐述了积极开发广州山水商都文化旅游资源，加强旅游吸引方面的建设，加大文化旅游宣传力度和搞好旅游线路的设计等发展广州山水商都文化旅游的观点；指出发展广州山水商都文化旅游，将对城市建设和环境、经济、社会等方面都具有重要的意义。     

打造中国第一生态桃园--成都市龙泉驿区生态农业旅游开发构想

根据龙泉驿区生态农业旅游开发的有利条件,提出了打造"中国第一生态桃园"的构思--生态旅游开发思路、主题定位、旅游产品设计等.最后,提出该区生态农业旅游的开发对策与措施.     

商住综合开发项目环境影响评价分析

本文从商住综合开发项目环境影响评价的实践性出发,重点分析了商住综合开发项目产生的废水、废气、噪声、固体废物等对环境造成的不利影响。并针对这些影响提出了相应的防治措施。同时阐述了在进行商住综合开发项目环境影响评价过程中需要注意的问题。     

Combining Coordination of Motion Actuators with Driver Steering Interaction

Objective: A new method is suggested for coordination of vehicle motion actuators; where driver feedback and capabilities become natural elements in the prioritization.

Methods: The method is using a weighted least squares control allocation formulation, where driver characteristics can be added as virtual force constraints. The approach is in particular suitable for heavy commercial vehicles that in general are over actuated. The method is applied, in a specific use case, by running a simulation of a truck applying automatic braking on a split friction surface. Here the required driver steering angle, to maintain the intended direction, is limited by a constant threshold. This constant is automatically accounted for when balancing actuator usage in the method.

Results: Simulation results show that the actual required driver steering angle can be expected to match the set constant well. Furthermore, the stopping distance is very much affected by this set capability of the driver to handle the lateral disturbance, as expected.

Conclusion: In general the capability of the driver to handle disturbances should be estimated in real-time, considering driver mental state. By using the method it will then be possible to estimate e.g. stopping distance implied from this. The setup has the potential of even shortening the stopping distance, when the driver is estimated as active, this compared to currently available systems. The approach is feasible for real-time applications and requires only measurable vehicle quantities for parameterization. Examples of other suitable applications in scope of the method would be electronic stability control, lateral stability control at launch and optimal cornering arbitration.     

合成腐殖酸氧化还原能力与光学性质探究

本文以合成商业腐殖酸Aldrich humic acids(AHA)与国药化学试剂腐殖酸(TJHA)为研究对象,与铁氰化钾反应测定不同浓度AHA与TJHA还原前后氧化还原能力.研究发现,原态和还原态的HA均能向铁氰化钾传递电子,还原后两种HA的氧化还原能力均大于其原态的氧化还原能力.原态和还原态TJHA的单位碳电子转移数(原态1.49 meq·g C-1;还原态20.95 meq·g C-1)均大于AHA(原态0.52 meq·g C-1;还原态1.75 meq·g C-1).同时随着HA浓度的增加,两种HA的原态与还原态单位碳电子转移数均逐渐降低(AHA:0.91—0.52 meq·g C-1;TJHA:13.57—1.49 meq·g C-1),而AHA单位体积电子转移数目逐渐增大(0.002—0.072 meq·L-1),TJHA单位体积电子转移能力无明显变化.这是由于在HA与铁氰化钾电子转移体系中,氧化还原能力的高低与腐殖酸中氧化还原官能团数量和分布有关,与HA粒径大小,分子质量也有关系.进一步通过E465,E4/E6值表明两种HA E465值与浓度呈明显正线性关系,E4/E6值与浓度呈对数增加趋势.三维荧光分析发现,HA还原后,激发/发射(Ex/Em)峰出现蓝移,相对荧光强度降低,说明HA还原的过程中有π—π*的断裂.进一步对HA荧光测定发现TJHA中具有更多数量的氧化还原官能团而AHA中氧化还原官能团种类相对丰富.     

中庭在大型地下商业建筑防火分隔中的应用

某大型地下商业建筑总建筑面积大于20,000m2,防火分隔设计超出现行防火规范的要求。提出一种利用采取强化防火措施的中庭对该地下商业建筑进行防火分隔的方案,并对若干最不利火灾场景进行了数值模拟分析,计算结果表明该防火分隔方案能够达到现行防火规范要求的分隔效果,即使在中庭消防设施失效条件下也可以防止火灾在不同区域之间蔓延。     

Response of a Group of Sichuan Snub-Nosed Monkeys to Commercial Logging in the Qinling Mountains, China

Abstract:  Habitat destruction is one of the greatest threats to primates worldwide. To understand the impact of forest logging on the habitat use of primates in temperate mixed forest, we compared the range, habitat used, population size, and diet of a troop (ERT) of Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys ( Rhinopithecus roxellana ) in the Qinling Mountains before (1989), during (1997), and after (2002–2003) commercial logging. Logging significantly changed the composition of the forest and the food supply for the troop. Some areas were heavily logged and formed patches in the forest that lacked canopy cover. The troop moved 7 km away from their original range when logging took place and returned to their original range after logging stopped, but they avoided heavily logged areas that lacked canopy cover. Their movement indicated some degree of site fidelity in this species. Diet and home range changed after logging, but the population size remained stable, which suggests that this species has some ability to adapt to habitat changes. Our results may reflect a natural flexibility in primates to adapt to the changing food resources in temperate areas with marked seasonal variations in food availability and distribution. This flexibility may have contributed to their higher degree of resilience to habitat alterations caused by human activities compared with tropical forest primates that have a more specialized diet. Our findings provide important baseline information that will help decision makers in their efforts to conserve primates, especially in temperate regions, and to sustainably manage primate habitat.     

商业综合体灾害链风险评估研究

为了对商业综合体灾害链进行风险研究,基于链式风险评估模型的建模方法,构建商业综合体灾害链风险评估模型,并应用复杂网络结构对商业综合体灾害链的演化过程进行表征,综合灾害事件的致灾率、灾害损失程度、灾害链的脆弱度3个指标得到每条灾害链的风险度量值,最后以泸州摩尔玛商场爆炸事件为实例进行评估,辨识出每条灾害链的风险值。研究结果表明:该模型与实际情况具有较高的吻合性,为商业综合体次生或衍生灾害的防控提供了可靠的理论依据。     

Ticketing aggressive cars and trucks (TACT): How does it work on city streets?

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility of modifying the Ticking Aggressive Cars and Trucks (TACT) program, originally designed to work on state highways, within a metropolitan area to reduce unsafe interactions and their related crashes between drivers of large trucks and passenger vehicles.

Methods: Using crash data, the driving behaviors most commonly associated with large truck and passenger vehicle crashes were identified. A public awareness campaign using media messaging and increased law enforcement was created targeting these associated behaviors. The frequency of these behaviors both before and after the public awareness campaign was determined through observation of traffic at 3 specific locations within the city. Each location had a sufficient volume of large truck and passenger traffic to observe frequent interactions. Pre- and postintervention data were compared using negative binomial regression with generalized estimating equations to evaluate whether the campaign was associated with a reduction in the identified driving behaviors.

Results: A comparison between crash data from before, during, and after the campaign and crashes during the same time periods in previous years did not show a significant difference (P =.081). The number of large trucks observed in traffic remained the same during pre- and postintervention periods (P =.625). The rates of negative interactions per 100 large trucks decreased for both large trucks and passenger vehicles after the intervention, with calculated rate ratios of 0.58 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.48, 0.70) and 0.31 (95% CI, 0.20, 0.47). The greatest reduction was seen in passenger vehicles following too close, with a rate ratio of 0.21 (95% CI, 0.15, 0.30).

Conclusions: Although designed for reducing crashes on highways, the TACT program can be an effective approach for improving driver behaviors on city streets.