Newton and action at a distance between bodies—A response to Andrew Janiak's “Three concepts of causation in Newton”

This article responds to Professor Andrew Janiak's recent attempt to defend the proposition that Isaac Newton did not believe in action at a distance between bodies (or any other kind of substance) (Janiak, 2013). His argument rests on a distinction between “three concepts of causation in Newton”, which leads him to conclude that although Newton did not believe in action at a distance between bodies, he was able to accept that gravity was a “distant action”. I critically examine Janiak's arguments here, and the historical evidence he brings to bear upon it, and argue that Professor Janiak's latest claims do nothing to undermine the view to which he is opposed, namely, that Newton did believe in the possibility of action at a distance between bodies.     

Avian mortality due to power lines in the Canary Islands with special reference to the steppe-land birds

Biodiversity is being lost worldwide at an increased rate particularly as the result of human activities and infrastructure. Avian mortality through collision with power lines has been an important topic in animal ecology research, but studies of this kind have never been undertaken in the Canary Islands, a volcanic archipelago located near the northwest African coast that has important seabird colonies, several endemic bird species and endemic races of steppe-land birds of conservation concern. During two contrasting periods in 2008 (breeding vs post-breeding), a total of 366 km of power lines were surveyed on this archipelago covering the entire distributional range of the most important steppe-land bird species (i.e. 232 km, Fuerteventura; 134 km, Lanzarote). In all, 310 carcasses representing 23 families and 26 species were detected. We estimated with distance Sampling that 25.5% and 6.3% of individuals of the total population of Houbara bustards, Chlamydotis undulata fuertaventurae, and Eurasian stone curlews, Burhinus oedicnemus insularum, respectively, were killed in a year. We encourage the Canary Islands authorities (Consejería de Medio Ambiente del Gobierno de Canarias) to try to minimize the Houbara bustard collision rate, particularly in the northern plains of Lanzarote (i.e. Jables de Famara), as a means to reduce mortality of this emblematic species in this insular environment.     

感应式静电引信探测技术

目的　研究直接检测探测电极的感应电荷获得静电目标信息的静电近炸引信探测技术; 方法　采用短路轴向探测电极感应引信接近静电目标过程中电荷量的变化,并采用电荷放大器检测信号; 利用静电学的基本原理,对其进行了理论推导; 结果　得出探测方程和定距公式,以及增大探测灵敏度的设计准则; 阐述了在该种电极设置下对检测电路的要求以及环境变化对检测结果稳定性的影响; 结论　感应式静电引信探测技术适用于静电目标探测且探测距离远、不受非带电物体的干扰;     

对高校数字图书馆与远程教育服务的思考

针对数字图书馆的特点,分析了数字图书馆在远程教育中具有的优势,探讨了数字图书馆在远程教育过程中存在的不足,论述了数字图书馆在远程教育发展中应注意的诸如设立权威的远程教育管理机构、致力于解决远程教育的"信息孤岛"等问题,提出了加强和改进数字图书馆服务远程教育的策略.     

交换主理想整环上交错矩阵的距离与极大集

讨论了交换主理想整环上交错矩阵的算术距离与距离之间的关系,并用两个矩阵之间的算术距离得到了交换主理想整环上交错矩阵极大集的结构.     

对空警戒网有效探测范围的计算方法

给出了空警戒网对不同高度、不同反射面目标有效探测范围的计算方法,可应用于对空警戒网有效探测范围的评估.     

Method of Monitoring Wearing and Breakage States of Cutting Tools Based on Mahalanobis Distance Features

The Mahalanobis distance features proposed by P.C.Mahalanobis, an Indian statistician, can be used in an automatic on-line cutting tool condition monitoring process based on digital image processing. In this paper, a new method of obtaining Mahalanobis distance features from a tool image is proposed. The key of calculating Mahalanobis distance is appropriately dividing the object into several component sets. Firstly, a technique is proposed that can automatically divide the component groups for calculati...     

运用C++程序辅助求解最短路问题

分析了带权图中求解最短路问题的方法，并设计了一个辅助求解的C++通用程序．     

基于单片机的超声波测距设计与研究

基于单片机的超声波测距仪。借助压电式陶瓷传感器TCT40-10F/S(1),其适用范围:家用电器和其他电子设备的遥控装置;超声测距,车辆倒车防撞报警装置。     

用流媒体技术制作流式PPT课件

运用流媒体技术把PFT文件转化为远程教育课件的方法,可以很方便地将高校教师在平时教学中积累的大量教学课件资源转换成远程教育课件,从而提高工作效率。