“Unfolding” Natural Resource-Use Information Systems: Fieldwork in Botswana

My research examines the performance of natural resource-use information systems. I question why such systems, despite receiving substantial financial and human investment, appear to have a weak impact on projects, programs, and policy intended for rural poverty alleviation in developing countries. Drawing on my understanding of the process of unfolding introduced by C. West Churchman, and its particular relationship to Habermasian constitutive interests, I reflect on my experiences of using the concept during fieldwork undertaken in Botswana. The concept is found useful on two fronts: first, it provides a purposeful guide for gathering and processing information/knowledge—what I have termed an epistemological intent; second, it provides a useful template for evaluating other information systems; in particular, the role of expertise—what I have termed an ontological intent. The process of unfolding, as I understand it, also provides an invitation for constructive (rather than self-indulgent) personal reflection: what might be termed a constitutive reflexive intent. By making information gathering and knowledge generation less mystical and a more transparent social activity, the conceptual and practical application of the process of unfolding can help toward retrieving inquiry as being a purposeful, openly political, and thereby less deceptive engagement: features which I believe are found particularly wanting in the business of rural development information gathering.     

襄垣县虚拟水消费及虚拟水战略研究

水资源短缺已成为制约社会经济发展的重要因素。分析了1978-2007年山西省襄垣县虚拟水消费量,结果表明,在城市化进程中,该县虚拟水消费量呈上升趋势,城镇增幅远大于农村;消费结构趋于多样化;各乡镇人均虚拟水消费量有较大差异,经济较发达地区的人均虚拟水消费量较低。发现采取积极的消费模式可以在不影响居民生活水平的前提下极大地节约用水,从而缓解水资源压力。最后结合襄垣县的实际情况,简要分析了在襄垣县实施虚拟水战略的基本思路。     

基于子结构法的某多管火箭炮频率特性分析

根据虚功原理,推导了子结构方法的动力学模型。采用实体单元建立了某多管火箭炮的子结构模型。计算了某多管火箭炮在不同俯仰角和装弹数量情况下的固有振动频率,得到了低阶固有频率与俯仰角的关系及低阶固有频率与火箭弹数量的关系。结果表明采用该方法计算频率,能减小计算模型,缩短计算时间。     

Action Research for Sustainable Water Futures in Western Sydney: Reaching Beyond Traditional Stakeholder Engagement to Understand Community Stakeholder Language and Its Implications for Action

Action on issues of ecological significance often requires changes in personal behaviour and political consensus on technologies to support these changes. Unfortunately, many consultation processes only engage a narrow range of stakeholders, usually those professionally engaged or already active on a range of community issues. This paper illustrates how people who are ‘hard to reach’ or seen as ‘apathetic’ might be engaged using ‘action-conversations’ that explore the social climate for action and how scientific/technical messages can be framed in the language of the community.     

黑龙江省低山丘陵区水保措施减蚀效应研究

黑龙江省低山丘陵区土壤贫瘠,农业生产活动剧烈,加之降雨多以夏季暴雨为主,造成了严重的土壤侵蚀现象。通过对宾县三岔河小流域7个试验小区径流和产沙观测资料的分析,总结得出不同水保措施下的水土保持效益,为合理安排耕作方式提供参考。图1,表2,参16。     

太原地区空调系统若干设计问题的探讨

太原地区的气候条件给空调系统设计带来了一些与常规设计有所区别的特点,如在负荷计算,冷热源选择,风量确定,风和水系统设计等方面,掌握这些特点可以在空调系统设计中带来方便。     

耐水性水玻璃复合涂料的研制

采用适量氟硅酸钠改性剂和有机胺促进剂对基料水玻璃进行改性,协调粘性,耐水性和凝胶时间的相互关系,以磷酸,氧化硅氧化锌,铝盐,钙盐及钡盐等为原料制备磷硅酸盐固化和固化剂促进水玻璃的聚合和二氧化硅凝胶的缩合,拼用苯丙乳液作为辅助成膜物质。然后利用正交法优选配方,制得耐水性良好,附着力强的水玻璃复合涂料,它具有成本低廉,不污染环境和耐老化等特点,可应用于防火涂料和外墙涂料上。     

任意k+1个相邻自然数k次方的k次差等于k阶乘

经研究发现一个数学规律,即ｋ＋个相邻的自然数的ｋ次方,其ｋ次差等于ｋ！,当ｎ≥１时,相邻ｋ＋ｎ＋１个自然数的ｋ次方的ｋ＋ｎ次差则均为０,这个规律体现了自然自身的内在联系,通过数学归纳法进行严格的理论证明,证明了所给命题的正确性。     

聚丙烯酸-高岭土杂化高吸水材料的合成与性能

在高岭土存在下,以Ｎ－Ｎ－亚甲基双丙烯酰胺作交联剂,以过硫酸钾作引发剂,部分中和的丙烯酸单体进行聚合交联反应,合成高聚物／无机杂化高吸水性材料,采用正交设计法,研究中和度,单体用量,引发剂量,交联剂量,高岭土加入量及反应温度对吸水率的影响。     

基于PLC和变频器的恒压供水系统设计

介绍了一种基于PLC和变频器控制下的恒压供水系统,该系统具有精确高效、稳定可靠、自动化程度高等优点,在现代化住宅小区中有广泛的应用.