On miracles and spacetime

What have recently been dubbed two ‘miracles’ of general relativity—(1) that all non-gravitational interactions are locally governed by Poincaré invariant dynamical laws; and (2) that, in the regime of experimental practice in which curvature effects may be ignored, the local Poincaré symmetries of the dynamical laws governing matter fields coincide with the local Poincaré symmetries of the dynamical metric field—remain unaccounted for in that theory. In this paper, I demonstrate that these two ‘miracles’ admit of a natural explanation in one particular successor theory to general relativity—namely, perturbative string theory. I argue that this point has important implications when considering both the ‘chronogeometricity’ (that is, the object in question being surveyed by rods and clocks built from matter fields) and spatiotemporal status of the dynamical metric field in both general relativity and perturbative string theory.     

Dynamic Model Averaging and CPI Inflation Forecasts: A Comparison between the Euro Area and the United States

The paper forecasts consumer price inflation in the euro area (EA) and in the USA between 1980:Q1 and 2012:Q4 based on a large set of predictors, with dynamic model averaging (DMA) and dynamic model selection (DMS). DMA/DMS allows not solely for coefficients to change over time, but also for changes in the entire forecasting model over time. DMA/DMS provides on average the best inflation forecasts with regard to alternative approaches (such as the random walk). DMS outperforms DMA. These results are robust for different sample periods and for various forecast horizons. The paper highlights common features between the USA and the EA. First, two groups of predictors forecast inflation: temporary fundamentals that have a frequent impact on inflation but only for short time periods; and persistent fundamentals whose switches are less frequent over time. Second, the importance of some variables (particularly international food commodity prices, house prices and oil prices) as predictors for consumer price index inflation increases when such variables experience large shocks. The paper also shows that significant differences prevail in the forecasting models between the USA and the EA. Such differences can be explained by the structure of these respective economies. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于交通信号灯信息的混合动力汽车节能预测控制方法

针对传统混合动力汽车控制方法不考虑已知道路交通信号灯信息对车辆能量管理影响的问题,提出了基于交通信号灯信息的混合动力汽车节能预测控制智能优化策略。通过建立混合动力汽车系统的简化模型,并采用连续广义最小残量方法求解模型预测控制问题。运用MATLAB/Simulink进行仿真,仿真结果验证了交通信号灯信息模型的有效性,以及所设计的模型预测控制算法大幅度提高混合动力汽车的燃油经济性的能力和实时控制性能。研究结果表明所提出的控制策略可以实现车辆行驶轨迹的优化控制,显著提高了车辆的燃油经济性,并满足系统的实时最优控制要求。     

大尺寸工程模型试验中的相似材料配比试验研究

大型物理模型试验是研究复杂工程问题的重要方法，如何快速、准确地确定相似材料配比是试验中至关重要的一环.为降低试验成本、简化试验步骤、充分调用原料性能，采用河砂、水泥和石膏这三种最普通的原料，以骨胶比(河砂与水泥石膏的质量比)和水膏比(水泥与石膏的质量比)为变量，进行了45组对比试验，对相似材料的物理及动、静力学参数进行了研究.获得了以河砂、水泥和石膏为原料配制的相似材料各物理量的变化区间；探讨了骨胶比和水膏比对相似材料各物理量的控制作用，并对比了其敏感性；基于多元线性回归分析建立了各因素与物理量间的定量关系，得到的拟合公式能较好地描述相似材料的性质.     

现代教学媒体及其应用的探讨

教学媒体是现代教育技术的重要组成部分，它是人类社会发展的成果之一，文章对各类现代教学媒体进行了探讨。     

自然事物的情感表现性

自然事物的情感表现性产生于人类与大自然事物生命情调上的相似，自然事物的形式美因素以及人类情感形式与自然物在“力的图式”上同形同构。     

A Forward Selection Method on Customer Credit

In this paper, we discuss a selection and evaluation method of customer credit for the commercial bank loans operation, and put forth a forward selection model by optimization techniques. At last, we also give an example to analyze its application.     

雷电波分析与比较研究

本文对双指数雷电流模型和 IEC1 3 1 2—— 1推荐的雷电流模型进行了分析和研究 ,计算了这两种雷电流模型的雷电流参数。在此基础上 ,用 FFT方法分析了雷电流的频谱分布     

天然自然与人工自然的张力--信息论视域中的SARS事件形而上学探源

自然界在人类出现以前以天然自然的状态存在着，遵循自己固有的演化规律。人类创造的人工自然中所蕴含的人工信息具有直接和间接效应，其中间接效应尤其具有不可预测、难以控制、不可逆、强度大等特点。随着科学技术的发展，人工信息及其给生态系统和人类社会带来的效应都飞速增加。人类社会对人工信息的正面效应和负面效应的承受力是不对称的，大量增加的负面效应(例如非典病毒)如果超过临界值，可以将人类社会摧毁。因此它预示眷一个新时代的来临。     

女大学生排球选修课教学之我见

本文依据大学生生理、心理的阶段特征，通过变换组织教法以及增强学生主体、教师主导的双边作用，分析排球课的项目特点。使技能学习和人格发展相结合，培养身心健康发展的大学生。