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.     

基于老厂房改造的景观规划设计

随着城市化高速发展，老厂房再利用的问题日益急迫.上海是中国近代工业起源地,也是率先着手对彰显城市文脉的工业遗产进行调查和保护的历史文化名城.本文以上海典型案例入手，分析了具有代表性的老厂房改造的项目特点，并在此基础上，对常州大成三厂这一民国时期的纺织业遗留地块进行改造设计手法进行介绍，从设计理念、设计内容和节点设计3个方面，体现了文化传承和生态技术相融合理念.     

关于两个投影矩阵的相互关系

运用Moore-Penrose逆的定义及其性质和投影的定义去研究投影PR(A)和PR(AB)的相互关系,得到若干结果 .研究表明:若矩阵A,B满足如下条件:(1)BB*=I,(2)B为酉矩阵,(3)B为非奇异阵,(4)A是列满秩,B是行满秩,则两者相等;若对于任意矩阵A,B时,两者之间存在若干重要关系式,从而进一步刻画了它们的相互关系.     

非同分布φ混合序列加权和的强极限收敛性

利用φ混合序列矩不等式和截尾的处理方法,研究非同分布φ混合序列加权和强极限收敛性质的问题,得到了若干新结果,推广并改进了独立同分布情形下的相应结果.     

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。     

变化海流环境下AUV能量最优三维路径规划

为获取变化海流环境下自主水下航行器(autonomous underwater vehicle, AUV)的能量最优路径, 基于最优控制理论提出一种用于AUV的三维能量最优路径规划算法。首先, 为了有效抑制海流对路径规划的影响, 将海流向量加入到AUV运动学模型中。其次, 在已知俯仰角及AUV位置的情况下, 利用庞特里亚金极小值原理, 获得能量最优控制律。最后, 利用线性定常系统的状态空间理论, 计算得到初始艏向角、航速以及能量消耗。在仿真环节, 通过与负反馈控制策略相比较, 说明所提算法能够规划出三维能量最优路径, 而且可以有效降低AUV的能量消耗。     

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.     

考虑外界影响的元动作单元故障概率模型

为描述数控机床运动构件的故障率随时间变化的情况,本文从元动作单元出发,建立了一个关于元动作单元的故障概率模型.首先,根据元动作单元故障发生的原因将故障分成两类,随机故障和老化故障.然后,根据这两种故障类型故障数据的不同特点,选用两个不同的概率分布函数分别进行描述,随机故障用泊松分布进行描述,老化故障用威布尔分布进行描述.接着,给出这两种故障概率模型中各参数的物理意义和估计方法.更进一步,工作负载和工作环境会分别对元动作单元的老化故障和随机故障的故障率造成影响.为比较这两者对故障率影响的大小,提出了工作负载参数R l和工作环境参数R e,并给出这两个参数的估计方法.最后,根据收集到的运动构件的故障数据作出频率直方图,同时,对故障数据进行参数估计得到概率密度函数,并将这两者画在同一幅图上,发现两者具有较好的拟合效果.表明提出的元动作单元故障概率模型适合于描述运动构件故障率随时间的变化,模型有效.