Maxwell's role in turning the concept of model into the methodology of modeling

This is a contribution towards a history and philosophy of modeling in its early stages in electromagnetism. In 1873, James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879) hinted at the methodology of modeling at the end of his Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism. We focus on Maxwell's impact on physicists who immediately followed him, specifically Oliver Lodge (1851–1940) and George Francis FitzGerald (1851–1901). We begin with the role that the scientific concept of model played in the late nineteenth century, as assessed by Ludwig Boltzmann (1844–1906). We then discuss the role of hypothesis as a methodology, the appeal to (dynamical) illustration, and the way Maxwell applied model and working model in his studies of electromagnetism. We show that for Maxwell these key terms were kept distinct, but Lodge did not maintain these distinctions and, in this regard, FitzGerald followed Lodge. Notwithstanding Lodge's influence, Fitzgerald modified Maxwell's theory based on the mechanical model he designed, thereby implicitly taking the first step towards modeling. This methodology consists in drawing consequences from the (mechanical) model to the (electrodynamic) theory and modifying the latter in light of the functioning of the former. At the core of our argument is the thesis that it was a methodological novelty to move from the concept of model to the methodology of modeling. The introduction of modeling as a new methodology into physics in the late nineteenth century was a major event which deserves proper recognition.     

考虑中断的制造型供应链协调调度模型

供应链协调调度能有效提高企业应对供应链中断的能力。以两阶段制造供应链为研究对象，研究了中断情境下具有交付时间约束的多产品类型制造供应链协调调度问题。制造商接到包含多产品类型的工件加工订单，各工件需经供应商处理为原材料工件后，交付给制造商处理为完成品，各工件均有一个独立的交付期。如果供应商单方面调整工件加工顺序，会导致制造商冲突成本的增加，需双方协商处理。以最小化供应商总拖期交付成本和最小化制造商总冲突成本为目标，基于收益共享契约协调机制，构建了考虑中断的制造型供应链协调调度模型。设计了一个融合自适应邻域搜索算子的混合自适应遗传算法。通过算例仿真，验证了所提模型与算法的有效性。     

谈“十四五”生态保护与绿色发展的生态关系

 从“十四五”保护与发展的生态关系角度，探讨了生态保护与绿色发展的十大生态关系，阐述了生态保护和绿色发展中的一系列有关生态关系的生态智慧及生态技术，并对长江、黄河等流域的生态保护和修复提出了相关建议。     

Little-known and phylogenetically obscure South African estuarine microgastropods (Mollusca: Truncatelloidea) as living animals

Areas of the Knysna estuarine bay in the Western Cape are dominated by three endemic South African truncatelloid microgastropods, temporarily known as ‘Hydrobia’ knysnaensis (Krauss), ‘Assiminea’ capensis (Sowerby) and ‘Assiminea’ globulus Connolly. Although first described 80–170 years ago and present in abundance (up to 100,000 m^?2), they remain surrounded by confusion and still await taxonomic assignment, largely because they appear most atypical members of their groups by virtue of anatomy and/or biogeography and/or habitat. This study contributes in-life perspectives to morphological and phylogenetic analyses known to be on-going. At Knysna, they are syntopic: at least two occurring in >85% and all three in >40% of individual 0.0026 m² samples from their region of dominance. Nevertheless, they tend to greater abundance in divergent microhabitats; ‘A.’ globulus dominating higher tidal levels, and ‘A.’ capensis and ‘Hydrobia’ lower ones; the former especially unvegetated sediment, the latter, if anything, seagrass. Interspecific feeding interactions appear unlikely to be responsible for these patterns, other evidence suggesting that all are maintained below carrying capacity. Field biology of ‘H.’ knysnaensis generally appears equivalent to that of northern-hemisphere intertidal hydrobiids and that of ‘A.’ globulus is typically assimineid, albeit at atypically low shore height. Unlike assimineids, however, ‘A.’ capensis is truly aquatic. The success of these truncatelloids in unusual circumstances may be consequent on the absence from South Africa of other microgastropod groups that fill their niches elsewhere in the southern hemisphere.     

Constructing and evaluating core inflation measures from component‐level inflation data

This paper undertakes a comprehensive examination of 10 measures of core inflation and evaluates which measure produces the best forecast of headline inflation out‐of‐sample. We use the Personal Consumption Expenditure Price Index as our measure of inflation. We use two sets of components (17 and 50) of the Personal Consumption Expenditure Price Index to construct these core inflation measures and evaluate these measures at the three time horizons (6, 12 and 24 months) most relevant for monetary policy decisions. The best measure of core inflation for both sets of components and over all time horizons uses weights based on the first principal component of the disaggregated (component‐level) prices. Interestingly, the results vary by the number of components used; when more components are used the weights based on the persistence of each component is statistically equivalent to the weights generated by the first principal component. However, those forecasts using the persistence of 50 components are statistically worse than those generated using the first principal component of 17 components. The statistical superiority of the principal component method is due to the fact that it extracts (in the first principal component) the common source of variation in the component level prices that accurately describes trend inflation over the next 6–24 months.     

避孕压力为啥由女性承担

<正>也不是没人研究过男性避孕药,只是面对这"野火烧不尽,春风吹又生"的精子们,科学家们绞尽脑汁却依旧所获不多。避孕,是男女两个人的事,但在选择避孕方式上,女性安装宫内节育器的比例要比男性做输精管结扎术的比例大得多,市面上的避孕药品也几乎都偏向于女性。像宫内节育器这样的避孕措施对女性的伤害还真不小。最可怕的是有很多女性即使带上宫内节育器还会有怀孕的情况,而这样的情况往往会导致宫外孕。     

彩虹黑弦的热力学性质

双重相对论(DSR)是描述平直时空中的量子引力的一个有效模型.当试图将该模型纳入到弯曲时空中考虑时,一种被称为"彩虹引力"的理论可帮助实现这一推广,此时背景时空依赖于探测粒子的能量.事实上受粒子能量影响的度规的形式依赖于正交系的选取.本文主要考虑了自由落体参考系下的彩虹静态柱对称黑洞(彩虹黑弦).得到了取一阶近似的彩虹黑弦的霍金温度和熵,这种修正来源于考虑的彩虹引力效应.     

日本大学生就业状况及其启示

目前,在经济增长趋缓的大背景下,如何促进大学生就业成为各国的难题。近年日本为应对大学生就业压力,政府、高校、用人单位等社会各方面都积极行动,显著提高了大学生的就业率。我国大学生就业情况比日本更加严峻,日本实施的一系列就业促进政策对改善我国大学生的就业状况具有一定的启示。我国需要从加强就业政策的事中事后监管、充分发挥行业协会的作用、改善高校就业指导模式、加强高职(专科)院校建设等方面入手,不断提升我国的大学生就业状况。     

中国开源软件生态构建的风险及对策

基于双层嵌入理论和知识溢出理论构建了E-TOMSDECT分析模型,对当前中国开源软件生态构建所面临的风险进行系统性剖析,并结合对全球开源软件生态构建经验的类化分析提出相关对策.分析发现,当前中国开源软件生态构建主要存在关键核心技术支撑与生态运营模式掌握薄弱、生态建设主体动力不足、在国际开源生态中主导权较弱且面临多维度安全风险、软硬件协同发展能力较弱、软件价值评估体系扭曲、生态运营专业性人才匮乏以及国际经验的利用潜能未能完全释放等风险.建议尽快聚焦新兴领域打造"三位一体"开源生态主导核心,同时加强软硬协同整体规划,构建开源软件生态的安全风险评估和应急防控机制,加大开源软件生态构建的人才培养与引进力度.