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.     

砂岩在西湖凹陷花港组交互式盖层中的作用初探

西湖凹陷花港组盖层具有砂泥岩交互式发育特征，而与泥岩伴生的砂岩类盖层的油气封闭作用研究较少。采用岩芯、镜下观察及压汞等分析方法，对砂泥岩交互式盖层中的砂岩特征进行了分析。结果表明，盖层中的砂岩可作为有效盖层，砂岩类盖层早期受沉积环境控制，含有较多的泥质而导致早期压实作用较强，加之晚期的黏土矿物转换及胶结物的发育，具备形成良好盖层的条件。在不同地区进行砂岩盖层有效性研究时应以沉积环境为基础，针对不同类型的砂岩进行成岩作用研究，并针对不同类型的砂岩样品进行实验分析以明确砂岩盖层的有效性。     

四-对羟基苯基卟啉的自组装及光电特性

利用X射线光电子能谱(XPS)测试5,10,15,20-四-(对羟基苯基)卟啉单体和5,10,15,20-四-(对羟基苯基)卟啉自组装二聚体,并通过化学模拟得到卟啉自组装二聚体分子的最优构象.结果表明:两种卟啉化合物中氧原子的类型不同;在单体卟啉中未检测到瞬态表面光电压信号,卟啉自组装二聚体表现出较好的瞬态表面光伏特性;卟啉自组装二聚体的光限幅性质优于卟啉1单体.     

会计责任与审计责任的差异分析

通过对会计责任与审计责任的概念剖析和会计责任、审计责任界定的国际比较，揭示了会计责任与审计责任在实务中难以界定的原因，指出只有明晰两种责任，才能促进企业的发展和保护注册会计师以及事务所的合法权益。     

车辆路径问题的粒子群算法研究

车辆路径优化问题是一类具有重要实用价值的组合NP问题．粒子群算法(panicle swarm optimization)是一种新出现的群智能(swarm intellingece)优化方法，将其应用于车辆路径优化问题，构造车辆路径问题的粒子表达方法，建立了此问题的粒子群算法，并与遗传算法作了对比试验．结果表明，粒子群算法可以快速、有效求得车辆路径问题的优化解，是求解车辆路径问题的一个较好方案。     

多媒体数据库管理的数据表示模型与融合

通过定义角色、虚拟角色、观点和虚拟观点,解决了多媒体信息的格式不同给用户造成的使用不便,同时也较好地解决了多媒体数据融合的技术关键。角色和观点掩饰了所有由信息和日常所需的格式的复杂性,利用角色和观点来支撑多媒体对象的动态扩展,致使多媒体制造者能够很容易地在运行时延伸对象的使用。     

高校图书馆文献采访工作小议

分析了高校图书馆在纸质文献资料和电子文献资料采访过程中存在的主要问题，并针对这些问题提出了解决的方法与措施。     

带有非相参积累的序列统计恒虚警检测器

雷达检测中,为了改善检测性能经常采用非相参积累的方法以获取高信杂比的目标回波,本文讨论了平方律检波后带有非相参积累的序列统计恒虚警检测器,分析了Swerling起伏目标情况下的检测性能,并介绍了该检测器在实际工作中的一种应用。