Climate Change Reporting in Great Lakes Region Newspapers: A Comparative Study of the Use of Expert Sources

This study focuses on the use of science sources as experts in news stories about climate change coverage in the Great Lakes region of the US and Canada. We examine, using the hierarchy of influences model, whether the use of scientific sources in climate change coverage may be related to factors such as geographic location, reporting frequency, and authorship, in the prestige press as well as regional and local media. The study found that as many or more non-scientists than scientists are selected as sources regardless of geographic location, reporting frequency, or authorship. However, the study also found that the more stories reporters produce on this topic, the more likely their stories are to use and give prominence to science sources. In addition, the articles included few denier sources, but denier views are more likely to appear in a more prominent location in the articles than supporters when stories are framed as conflict over global warming. These results highlight the need for additional research examining the expertise of climate scientists in news stories to better understand news decision-making in the context of complex scientific reporting.     

Journalistic Norms,Cultural Values,and Coverage of Climate Change in the Philippines

Developing nations have tended to have been overlooked in studies of climate reporting. This study is based upon a content analysis of three daily newspapers in the Philippines to examine climate change coverage compared to reporting by Western wire services. In addition, the study draws on individualist–collectivist theory to theorize about differences in reporting between the Philippine and Western wire sources. Despite the historic influence of the American news system on Philippine journalism, the study finds that Western journalistic norms do not describe Philippine climate reporting well and that Filipino-penned articles are more likely to include the value of collectivism rather than individualism. This suggests that national cultural differences may be reflected in climate reporting.     

A Parallel Graded-Mesh FDTD Algorithm for Human–Antenna Interaction Problems

The finite difference time domain method (FDTD) is frequently used for the numerical solution of a wide variety of electromagnetic (EM) problems and, among them, those concerning human exposure to EM fields. In many practical cases related to the assessment of occupational EM exposure, large simulation domains are modeled and high space resolution adopted, so that strong memory and central processing unit power requirements have to be satisfied. To better afford the computational effort, the use of parallel computing is a winning approach; alternatively, subgridding techniques are often implemented. However, the simultaneous use of subgridding schemes and parallel algorithms is very new. In this paper, an easy-to-implement and highly-efficient parallel graded-mesh (GM) FDTD scheme is proposed and applied to human–antenna interaction problems, demonstrating its appropriateness in dealing with complex occupational tasks and showing its capability to guarantee the advantages of a traditional subgridding technique without affecting the parallel FDTD performance.     

南通市钢丝绳行业污泥处置与利用技术方案研究

通过对南通市钢丝绳行业产生污泥的特征进行分析,在总结了国内外重金属污泥控制技术的基础上,结合南通市实际情况,提出了钢丝绳污泥处置方案,并进行了可行性分析.     

时效对高导耐热铝合金导线第二相析出及其性能的影响

目的 开展时效过程中61.5%IACS高导耐热铝合金导线析出第二相特性及其电导率与拉伸力学性能变化规律的研究,评价其热稳定性。方法 经过150~230 ℃长达630 h时效,揭示第二相的组成、形态与分布及其对时效态铝合金导线电导率与拉伸力学性能的影响规律。结果 时效态铝合金导线中,颗粒状及针状A13Zr(Y, Er)、A13(Zr(Y)xErl?x)第二相在Al晶内、晶界析出,A13Fe相颗粒弥散分布于Al晶界。伴随着时效过程,铝合金导线的抗拉强度与伸长率先上升、再逐渐下降;同时,铝合金导线的电导率先增大、后逐渐趋于稳定。该趋势随时效温度的升高而越加明显。结论 第二相的析出、长大是影响时效态铝合金导线力学性能及电导率的主要原因。经230 ℃、1 h时效,铝合金导线的强度保持率高达94%,满足GB/T 30551—2014的要求。所有时效态铝合金导线的电导率均高于其初始值,该高导耐热铝合金导线的热稳定性良好。     

广播电塔电磁环境仿真研究

介绍了一种广播电视发射塔电磁环境预测的方法,利用了广播电视发射塔天线的远场方向图,结合周边的实际地理环境状况,通过CEMS（复杂电磁环境方针系统）软件实现快速仿真。文中的广播电塔的天线使用了最常用的单极板天线,在CEMS软件中,用发射机代替广播电视电塔,在天线的辐射范围内按照一定的规律放置接收机并进行仿真分析。通过仿真分析,对以后广播电视电塔的选址和改进提供一定的依据。     

Parametric study along with selection of optimal solutions in dry wire cut machining of cemented tungsten carbide (WC-Co)

This work deals with parametric study of dry wire EDM (WEDM) process of cemented tungsten carbide. Experiments have been conducted using air as dielectric medium to investigate effects of pulse on time, pulse off time, gap set voltage, discharge current and wire tension on cutting velocity (CV) surface roughness (SR) and oversize (OS). Firstly, a series of exploratory experiments were carried out to identify appropriate gas and its pressure. Afterward, preliminary experiments were conducted to investigate effects of process parameters on dry WEDM characteristics and find appropriate ranges for each factor. Then a central composite rotatable method was employed to design experiments based on response surface methodology (RSM). Empirical models were developed to create relationships between process factors and responses by considering to analysis of variances (ANOVA). To increase the predictability of the process, intelligent models have been developed based on back-propagation neural network (BPNN) and accuracy of these models was compared with mathematical models based on root mean square error (RMSE) and prediction error percent (PEP). In order to select optimal solutions in the cases of single-objective and multi-objectives optimization problems, optimization includes two main approaches. First approach was based on mathematical model and desirability function. Also second approach was designed based on neural network and particle swarm optimization. These approaches were applied in both cases of single-objective and multi-objectives optimization problems and their results were compared with together. Results indicated that selection of air at inlet pressure of 1.5 bar is really appropriate for conducting experiments of next stages. Also, the BPNN creates more accurate prediction rather than mathematical model. Moreover, the BPNN-PSO approach was more efficient in optimization of process rather than mathematical model-desirability function in respect with validation tests.     

天维膜处置钢丝绳酸性废液实验中存在的问题

南通地区很多钢丝绳企业采用酸洗磷化工艺,产生大量含铅、铁、锌等重金属离子的酸性废液,造成区域特征性环境污染.选用山东天维膜技术有限公司的扩散渗析阴膜进行钢丝绳酸性废液处置实验.结果表明:该膜能有效地将酸、盐分离,酸的回收率达到90％以上,铅截留率达到70％以上,铁截留率达到80％以上.但实验中出现氯化铅晶体析出,堵塞处...     

浅谈钢丝绳的安全使用

介绍了钢丝绳的基本结构,提出了钢丝绳的选用原则,对钢丝绳的安全使用提出了指导性的建议。     

卫星浮标天线技术及其在潜艇通信中的应用

结合目前卫星浮标天线的发展情况，重点介绍了可回收光纤系留浮标系统。简要阐述了该系统的概念，并对该系统的结构、工作原理、数据传输能力以及布放和回收过程进行分析，最后对该系统的未来载荷和最新进展进行了论述。