The Effect of Risk Characteristics on the Willingness to Pay for Mortality Risk Reductions from Electric Power Generation

The objective of this study is to estimate willingness to pay (WTP) for the reduction of mortality risks caused by fossil fuel (natural gas, coal and oil) versus nuclear electric power generation systems and to examine the influence of risk characteristics involved with electric power generation on WTP. A choice experiment was conducted to achieve these objectives. The attributes for nuclear risks in the experiment included the probability of disasters and the expected losses if a disaster occurs. We find evidence of (i) a baseline effect (where WTP is sensitive to hypothetical versus actual baseline expected mortality); (ii) a ‘labeling effect,’ where, surprisingly, the term ‘nuclear’ has no effect on WTP, but the term ‘fossil-fueled power generation’ results in lower WTP; and (iii) disaster aversion, meaning that people focus on the conditional loss from a nuclear disaster, not the probability. We also find that the WTP for reducing deaths from a nuclear disaster is about 60 times the WTP for routine reducing fossil-fuel generation-related deaths.     

商学实验教学体系的构建

该文介绍了商学实验的发展,就商学实验教学的目标和教学体系的构成进行了说明、分析。     

加强专业设计型实验提高学生的综合素质

专业设计型实验是培养学生综合运用知识能力的有效方式.开展专业设计型虚拟实验应给学生创造一个宽松和谐的环境,经过反复实践,将实验中心建成强化学生综合能力、创新能力培养的基地.     

基于计算实验的逆向物流网络优化研究

文章针对逆向物流网络存在的高复杂性与不确定性,运用计算实验方法构建了一个四级的逆向物流网络模型。文章运用该模型研究了逆向物流网络的动态优化过程,并运用实际算例验证了模型的有效性。     

污水处理厂污泥重金属含量及其浸出毒性分析——以上海某污水处理厂为例

为了评价污水处理厂污泥及其浸出液的潜在生态环境风险,以上海嘉定区某污水处理厂为例,采用硫酸/硝酸法和醋酸缓冲溶液法对污泥进行重金属总量和浸出毒性检测分析。同时,也研究了浸出液pH值、浸出时间及消解条件对浸出的影响。试验结果表明：1）污泥中Cu,Zn,Ni和Cr的含量分别是城市污泥中相应物质的平均含量的20,7.5,15和13倍,而Pb和Cd的含量与城市污泥的平均含量差不多;2）污泥中Cu与Cr主要以稳定形态存在,不同浸提方法下的浸出量相当,对于Zn和Ni,醋酸缓冲溶液的浸出量分别约为硫酸/硝酸溶液的22倍和18倍;3）浸出时间为20 h时浸出达到平衡,浸出液pH值对污泥重金属浸出能力的影响,因重金属元素种类的不同而存在较大差异,电热板消解和微波消解对浸出几乎没有影响;4）醋酸缓冲溶液制备的浸出液中,Ni的浸出质量浓度为16.3 mg/L,高于鉴别标准限值5 mg/L,而硫酸/硝酸浸提方法中重金属浸出浓度均未超过规定值。因此,该污水处理厂的污泥不适合卫生填埋,应积极寻求新技术对污泥进行合理处置并减少其潜在生态环境风险。     

质量流量计在原油集输系统中的应用

对油田企业分区块计量问题的现状进行了分析,指出了目前存在计量误差的主要原因,针对费希尔Ex8300质量流量计在使用中存在的缺陷,重新引进了新型CMF纯油质量流量计,报告了在多个原油集输站的试验情况,通过试验比对,找出了产生系统误差的根本原因,提出了在分队、分区块计量中质量流量计的应用是可行的,并告戒仪表管理人员对质量流量计的输入参数的动态变化要进行适时调整,以保证仪表的计量准确。     

生物工程大实验课程改革与探讨

生物工程大实验是生物工程专业的一门重要的综合性实验课程,就当前生物工程大实验教学存在的几点问题,从实验内容、实验体系、实验方法、考核方式方面对生物工程大实验进行改革与探讨。     

Economic corollaries of personalized recommendations

The impact of recommendation systems (RSs) on the diversity of consumption is not transparent or well understood. Available studies, whether experimental or theoretical, show inconsistent and even opposite results, which manifests as debate in the literature. In this paper, we investigate the impact of two main recommender systems, neural collaborative filtering and deep content filtering, on sales diversity via a randomized field experiment. Our results confirm the capability of recommender engines in increasing or decreasing aggregate sales diversity. Nonetheless, they amplify homogenization and reduce individual-level consumption diversity. In conclusion, our research reconciles seemingly contradict previous findings and illustrates that the design of the RS is the decisive factor in homogenizing or diversifying product sales.     

$$\mathcal{D}$$-optimal Minimum Support Mixture Designs in Blocks

An easy method to construct efficient blocked mixture experiments in the presence of fixed and/or random blocks is presented. The method can be used when qualitative variables are involved in a mixture experiment as well. The resulting designs are -optimal in the class of minimum support designs. It is illustrated that the minimum support designs are more efficient than orthogonally blocked mixture experiments presented in the literature and only slightly less efficient than -optimal designs.     

密封胶在拉索索端结构中的应用研究

索端结构是拉索的防护薄弱环节,在索端结构中增加密封胶措施是索端密封的一次探索。选取了几种不同的密封胶分别与拉索聚乙烯护套进行粘结,对提高斜拉索的耐久性和安全性有一定的意义。