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.     

基于Mesh网的矿工心电信号无线监测系统研究

在矿难事故发生后实时监测被困矿工的生命体征,能够给营救工作提供重要的信息参考,因此设计了一款基于Mesh网的矿工心电信号无线监测系统.通过ADS1292心电检测模块对矿工的实时心电信息进行监测,然后将心电数据经过STM32F103单片机处理后通过OLED屏显示出来.同时,处理后的数据还可以通过无线组网模块发送至上位机进行显示,从而实现对井下采煤工人生命体征进行远程监测的目的.测试结果表明:该系统可以准确获取矿工心电信号波形,实测心率误差不超过4％,具有良好的应用前景和实用价值.     

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。     

制造商融资决策:银行、商业信用或区块链供应链金融

基于收益共享契约构建银行信用融资、商业信用融资和区块链供应链金融的对比模型，探讨各模式下供应链的最优决策方案，定量分析各融资模式下供应链绩效随不同参数的变化情况.研究表明，当零售商资金成本低于制造商资金成本时，商业信用融资一定优于银行信用融资;存在两个区块链供应链金融平台费率的阈值，只有当平台费率低于低阈值点时，区块链供应链金融才是同时利于制造商和零售商的最优模式.此外，收益共享比率越高，制造商收益越高，则零售商收益越低.     

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.     

基于读者满意度调查的图书馆电子阅览室信息服务质量评价与分析——以广州中医药大学第二临床医学院图书馆为例

通过对电子阅览室读者满意度的问卷调查和对调查数据的分析,对电子阅览室服务质量进行了综合评价,旨在进一步完善电子阅览室的各项工作,从而提升读者对图书馆的满意度.     

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。     

基于科学知识图谱的辽宁省区域研究热点分析

为揭示辽宁省的核心机构、研究热点问题和前沿学科领域，应用科学知识图谱分析探究2012 ～ 2016年辽宁省区域的研究热点和学科趋势。以Web of Science 数据库中2012 ～ 2016 年收录的10 725 篇辽宁省文献为原始数据，首先分析了年份发文量和高被引文献，其次采用CiteSpace 软件对机构合作、关键词共词和学科共现的科学知识图谱进行分析。研究分析证明，辽宁省的核心机构是中国医科大学，在工程学、化学和医学领域取得了丰硕的研究成果。