A Workable Solution for Reducing the Large Number of Vehicle and Pedestrian Accidents Occurring on a Yellow Light

Traffic intersections are incredibly dangerous for drivers and pedestrians. Statistics from both Canada and the U.S. show a high number of fatalities and serious injuries related to crashes at intersections. In Canada, during 2019, the National Collision Database shows that 28% of traffic fatalities and 42% of serious injuries occurred at intersections. Likewise, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Administration (NHTSA) found that about 40% of the estimated 5,811,000 accidents in the U.S. during the year studied were intersection-related crashes. In fact, a major survey by the car insurance industry found that nearly 85% of drivers could not identify the correct action to take when approaching a yellow traffic light at an intersection. One major reason for these accidents is the “yellow light dilemma,” the ambiguous situation where a driver should stop or proceed forward when unexpectedly faced with a yellow light. This situation is even further exacerbated by the tendency of aggressive drivers to inappropriately speed up on the yellow just to get through the traffic light. A survey of Canadian drivers conducted by the Traffic Injury Research Foundation found that 9% of drivers admitted to speeding up to get through a traffic light. Another reason for these accidents is the increased danger of making a left-hand turn on yellow. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Association (NHTSA), left turns occur in approximately 22.2% of collisions—as opposed to just 1.2% for right turns. Moreover, a study by CNN found left turns are three times as likely to kill pedestrians than right turns. The reason left turns are so much more likely to cause an accident is because they take a driver against traffic and in the path of oncoming cars. Additionally, most of these left turns occur at the driver’s discretion—as opposed to the distressingly brief left-hand arrow at busy intersections. Drive Safe Now proposes a workable solution for reducing the number of accidents occurring during a yellow light at intersections. We believe this fairly simple solution will save lives, prevent injuries, reduce damage to public and private property, and decrease insurance costs.

Analysis for Effects of Temperature Rise of PV Modules upon Driving Distance of Vehicle Integrated Photovoltaic Electric Vehicles

The development of vehicle integrated photovoltaics-powered electric vehicles (VIPV-EV) significantly reduces CO2 emissions from the transport sector to realize a decarbonized society. Although long-distance driving of VIPV-EV without electricity charging is expected in sunny regions, driving distance of VIPV-EV is affected by climate conditions such as solar irradiation and temperature rise of PV modules. In this paper, detailed analytical results for effects of climate conditions such as solar irradiation and temperature rise of PV modules upon driving distance of the VIPV-EV were presented by using test data for Toyota Prius and Nissan Van demonstration cars installed with high-efficiency InGaP/GaAs/InGaAs 3-junction solar cell modules with a module efficiency of more than 30%. The temperature rise of some PV modules studied in this study was shown to be expressed by some coefficients related to solar irradiation, wind speed and radiative cooling. The potential of VIPV-EV to be deployed in 10 major cities was also analyzed. Although sunshine cities such as Phoenix show the high reduction ratio of driving range with 17% due to temperature rise of VIPV modules, populous cities such as Tokyo show low reduction ratio of 9%. It was also shown in this paper that the difference between the driving distance of VIPV-EV driving in the morning and the afternoon is due to PV modules’ radiative cooling. In addition, the importance of heat dissipation of PV modules and the development of high-efficiency PV modules with better temperature coefficients was suggested in order to expand driving range of VIPV-EV. The effects of air-conditioner usage and partial shading in addition to the effects of temperature rise of VIPV modules were suggested as the other power losses of VIPV-EV.

Model calibration concerning risk coefficients of driving safety field model

Driving safety field(DSF) model has been proposed to represent comprehensive driving risk formed by interactions of driver-vehicle-road in mixed traffic environment. In this work, we establish an optimization model based on grey relation degree analysis to calibrate risk coefficients of DSF model. To solve the optimum solution, a genetic algorithm is employed. Finally, the DSF model is verified through a real-world driving experiment. Results show that the DSF model is consistent with driver's hazard perception and more sensitive than TTC. Moreover, the proposed DSF model offers a novel way for criticality assessment and decision-making of advanced driver assistance systems and intelligent connected vehicles.

NASA’s EM Drive Thrust from the Forces of the Quantum Vacuum of Spacetime

Building on the various manifestations of the forces latent in the quantum vacuum of spacetime such as Hawking’s radiation and Unruh temperature, we resolve a major paradox connected to an immensely important proposal by NASA scientists for constructing a practically fuelless spacecraft. In a nutshell, preliminary laboratory work shows that NASA’s electromagnetic drive project is viable and several experiments and measurements show it is real. Yet the proposal violates a fundamental principle of classical mechanics, namely Newton’s third law. The resolution of this paradox is quite straight forward in principle. It is simply the case that although the proposal seems to be based on classical mechanics and classical thinking it is only superficially so. Deep at the roots, the EM drive proposal of NASA is not classical physics but rather based on the vacuum forces of quantum cosmology and the theory of dark energy density of the universe. In fact the proposal is deeply linked to Hawking’s radiation and Unruh temperature, which is explained in some detail in the main body of the present short paper within the frame work of E-infinity Cantorian spacetime theory and D. Gross’ Heterotic superstring theory. In short the quintessence of our explanation is to regard the EM drive as a quasi electromagnetic cavity with an effective event horizon akin to that of a Hawking black hole emitting radiation causing ultimately the needed thrust to push the spacecraft forwards. In addition and by invoking fractal spacetime self similarity we show that a spacecraft will be subject to another cosmic thrust on the large scale of the entire cosmos.

珠江口淇澳岛红树林湿地变化及调控对策研究

对珠江口内伶仃洋淇澳岛红树林湿地的变化及其驱动力进行了分析。采用的方法包括收集部分历史资料、三个时相段红树林的遥感图像监测和实地样方调查。根据 2 0 0 4年最新遥感测算 ,大约有 2 0 0hm2 红树林生长在该岛 ,这些红树林是珠江口重要的生态系统 ,但已受到强烈人为干扰。在过去近 2 0年里 ,约 77hm2 的天然红树林被毁掉 ,用于水产养殖、城镇基础设施建设。近些年来研究区红树林面积不断增加 ,尤其是自 1999年实行红树林人工恢复工程以来 ,新引种的红树林 (无瓣海桑Sonneratiaapetala)得以重建。但是淇澳岛红树林斑块的空间格局和种的构成发生了变化 ,红树林群落植物多样性明显减弱。在综合分析基础上 ,根据生态系统管理的思想 ,提出了以构建典型的红树林生态序列和红树林湿地植被多样性为目标的淇澳岛红树林湿地生态系统恢复和建设的建议。

松嫩平原湿地动态变化及其驱动力研究

利用 1986年和 2 0 0 0年的遥感影像解译得到的土地利用图 ,提取出松嫩平原湿地动态变化信息。根据土地利用变化动态度模型 ,湿地动态变化主要表现为湖泊、沼泽、河流等天然湿地的减少及人工湿地面积的增加 ,其中天然湿地类型的湖泊和沼泽变化最为显著 ;质心模型分析指出湿地的空间变化趋势主要为质心相对朝东北方向偏移的趋势 ,湖泊和沼泽在西南部的减少是其主要原因 ;湖泊和沼泽的转移变化信息表明 ,湖泊面积的减少主要是退化为盐碱地和沼泽 ,而沼泽主要是转化为农田。松嫩平原湿地动态变化存在显著的自然和人为方面的驱动力因素 ,自然因素为湿地的退化提供了内在动因 ,而人为因素则加速了湿地的退化和转化 ,同时自然和人为因素之间存在着反馈机制。

洞庭湖年径流泥沙的演变特征及其动因

通过对洞庭湖1951￣1998年径流泥沙演变过程及其驱动力的全面分析表明,径流泥沙关系密切,其相关系数r=0.9013。年径流量、年输沙量总体均呈同步减少趋势,在演变过程中表现出明显的阶段性。由于湘、资、沅、澧四水流域产水量大,森林覆盖率达52%以上,连年兴建的水利工程及工农业、生活用水量的增加,未能对四水河流水文特征产生根本性的影响,其入湖径流泥沙基本处于稳定状态,故没有对湖泊径流泥沙的演变造成深刻影响。而由长江中游河段的调弦口堵口,下荆江系统裁弯和葛洲坝截流所引起的3次江湖水沙关系调整,即是导致洞庭湖径流泥沙缓减速减的主动因子。

广东佛山机场鸟类群落生态及鸟撞预防的研究

目的研究广东佛山机场及周边地区鸟类的生态规律和特征,提出切实可行的综合预防鸟撞措施,为鸟撞预防工作提供科学依据。方法按鸟类分布的生境选择固定样线,观察1年,数据分析采用密度、重要性值、分布系数等参数。结果通过对佛山机场及附近6种生境的6条样带调查,记录到鸟类49种,分属10目23科。重要性值分析表明,最重要的种类有6种,即池鹭、白鹭、小白腰雨燕、家燕、金腰燕、白头鹎。按鸟类的生境分布系数划分,广性分布有16种,占总种数的32.7%,构成了佛山机场各生境鸟类群落组成的主体。结论根据佛山机场和附近的鸟类组成及时空特征分析,构成鸟撞隐患的种类主要是水鸟和其他湿地鸟类。每年春季(3～5月)和秋季(9～11月)是鸟撞事件发生几率最大的季节。

聚变发电反应堆双冷液态锂铅包层模块结构设计与分析

给出聚变发电反应堆FDS Ⅱ模块式液态锂铅包层(DLL)结构方案,以低活化马氏体(RAFM)钢为结构材料,采用液态金属LiPb作为增殖材料和冷却剂,使用碳化硅流道插件作为电绝缘和热绝缘。包层的设计特点体现在:从增殖区、冷却剂流道、屏蔽包层、母管、机械连接、维修装配等几个方面全局考虑包层设计,结构布置完整;独有的“”形隔板设计使氦气冷却回路容易实现,增殖流道简单,可简化制造工艺,提高可靠性。同其他液态锂铅包层相比,DLL包层在冷却剂系统、制造、装配上可成就较高的可行性。

Driving pressure in mechanical ventilation:A review

Driving pressure(ΔP)is a core therapeutic component of mechanical ventilation(MV).Varying levels ofΔP have been employed during MV depending on the type of underlying pathology and severity of injury.However,ΔP levels have also been shown to closely impact hard endpoints such as mortality.Considering this,conducting an in-depth review ofΔP as a unique,outcome-impacting therapeutic modality is extremely important.There is a need to understand the subtleties involved in making sureΔP levels are optimized to enhance outcomes and minimize harm.We performed this narrative review to further explore the various uses ofΔP,the different parameters that can affect its use,and how outcomes vary in different patient populations at different pressure levels.To better utilizeΔP in MV-requiring patients,additional large-scale clinical studies are needed.

Further Stabilization and Power Density Improvement of Stack-Type Thermoelectric Power Generating Module with Biphasic Medium by Using Various Flexible Metals as Electrodes

In order to realize further stability of a stack-type thermoelectric power generating module (i.e. no electrical connections inside), flexible materials of metal springs and/or rods having restoring forces were installed between lower-temperature-sides of thermoelectric elements. These flexible materials were expected to play three important roles of interpolating different thermal expansions of the module components, enlarging heat removal area and penetration of any media through themselves. Then, a low-boiling-point medium (i.e. NOVEC manufactured by 3M Japan Ltd.) was also applied for a high-speed direct heat removal via its phase change from the lower-temperature-sides of the thermoelectric elements in the proposing stack-type thermoelectric power generating module. No electrical disconnections inside the module were confirmed for more than 9 years of use, indicating further module stability. The power generating density was improved to about 120 mW·m-2 with SUS304 springs having 0.7 mm diameter. Increasing power generating density can be expected in terms of suitable selection of flexible metal with high Vickers hardness, cavities control on the spring surface, more vigorous multiphase flow with adding powders to the medium and optimization of the module configurations according to numerical simulations.

A review on the cooling of energy conversion and storage systems using thermoelectric modules

Exploitation of sustainable energy sources requires the use of unique conversion and storage systems,such as solar panels,batteries,fuel cells,and electronic equipment.Thermal load management of these energy conversion and storage systems is one of their challenges and concerns.In this article,the thermal management of these systems using thermoelectric modules is reviewed.The results show that by choosing the right option to remove heat from the hot side of the thermoelectric modules,it will be a suitable local cooling,and the thermoelectric modules increase the power and lifespan of the system by reducing the spot temperature.Thermoelectric modules were effective in reducing panel temperature.They increase the time to reach a temperature above 50℃ in batteries by 3 to 4 times.Also,in their integration with fuel cells,they increase the power density of the fuel cell.

基于学习活动观理念下的教、学、评一致性英语阅读教学课例设计——以外研版《新标准英语》Module 5 Unit 2 If you ever go to London,make sure you visit the Science Museum为例

本文以一节市级送教示范课例改进为载体,探讨阅读教学如何体现英语课程标准的阶段性目标、体现语言学习活动观和阅读教学的层次性,探索指向三位一体教、学、评一致性课例改进的有效途径。1.课例背景本课是2019年大连市名师送教示范活动中的一节阅读课,授课时间为40分钟,授课前先后进行了2次教学改进。本次送教课例研讨主题为教、学、评三位一体的阅读教学改进。

Spatiotemporal characteristics and driving mechanisms of land use/land cover(LULC)changes in the Jinghe River Basin,China

Understanding the trajectories and driving mechanisms behind land use/land cover(LULC)changes is essential for effective watershed planning and management.This study quantified the net change,exchange,total change,and transfer rate of LULC in the Jinghe River Basin(JRB),China using LULC data from 2000 to 2020.Through trajectory analysis,knowledge maps,chord diagrams,and standard deviation ellipse method,we examined the spatiotemporal characteristics of LULC changes.We further established an index system encompassing natural factors(digital elevation model(DEM),slope,aspect,and curvature),socio-economic factors(gross domestic product(GDP)and population),and accessibility factors(distance from railways,distance from highways,distance from water,and distance from residents)to investigate the driving mechanisms of LULC changes using factor detector and interaction detector in the geographical detector(Geodetector).The key findings indicate that from 2000 to 2020,the JRB experienced significant LULC changes,particularly for farmland,forest,and grassland.During the study period,LULC change trajectories were categorized into stable,early-stage,late-stage,repeated,and continuous change types.Besides the stable change type,the late-stage change type predominated the LULC change trajectories,comprising 83.31% of the total change area.The period 2010-2020 witnessed more active LULC changes compared to the period 2000-2010.The LULC changes exhibited a discrete spatial expansion trend during 2000-2020,predominantly extending from southeast to northwest of the JRB.Influential driving factors on LULC changes included slope,GDP,and distance from highways.The interaction detection results imply either bilinear or nonlinear enhancement for any two driving factors impacting the LULC changes from 2000 to 2020.This comprehensive understanding of the spatiotemporal characteristics and driving mechanisms of LULC changes offers valuable insights for the planning and sustainable management of LULC in the JRB.

Evolutionary Decision-Making and Planning for Autonomous Driving Based on Safe and Rational Exploration and Exploitation

Decision-making and motion planning are extremely important in autonomous driving to ensure safe driving in a real-world environment.This study proposes an online evolutionary decision-making and motion planning framework for autonomous driving based on a hybrid data-and model-driven method.First,a data-driven decision-making module based on deep reinforcement learning(DRL)is developed to pursue a rational driving performance as much as possible.Then,model predictive control(MPC)is employed to execute both longitudinal and lateral motion planning tasks.Multiple constraints are defined according to the vehicle’s physical limit to meet the driving task requirements.Finally,two principles of safety and rationality for the self-evolution of autonomous driving are proposed.A motion envelope is established and embedded into a rational exploration and exploitation scheme,which filters out unreasonable experiences by masking unsafe actions so as to collect high-quality training data for the DRL agent.Experiments with a high-fidelity vehicle model and MATLAB/Simulink co-simulation environment are conducted,and the results show that the proposed online-evolution framework is able to generate safer,more rational,and more efficient driving action in a real-world environment.

Land-Use Changes and Human Driving in and Near the Yangtze River Delta from 1995–2015

We analyzed the characteristics and trends of land-use change in and near the coastal zone of the Yangtze River Delta(YRD) during five periods(1995, 2000 2005, 2010, and 2015) using remotely sensed Landsat imagery. Using automatic supervised classification combined with visual interpretation, we obtained land-use information for five study areas(Nantong, Shanghai, Jiaxing, Ningbo, and Zhoushan). Significant land-use changes have occurred in this area between 1995 and 2015, characterized in particular by large reductions in cultivated land and rapid increases in urbanized land. In addition, land reclamation was very active in this period as an effective supplement to the increased demand for land development: since 1995, 1622 km^2 of land was reclaimed from near-coastal regions in the study area. This increase in urbanization was jointly driven by population, economic, transportation, and policy factors. Urban areas expanded from the center outward in concentric rings, with infrastructure guiding the radial expansion of development along transportation corridors, thus forming a network of connections. Due to the influence of national land regulation policies, the expansion rate of development in the YRD gradually diminished after 2010. This indicates that the area's resource and environmental carrying capacity has reached a saturation stage in which urbanization has transitioned from broad and incremental expansion to the intensive use of land resources.

青藏高原中段活动断层运动速度及驱动机理

在大比例尺活动断层勘测调查基础上,通过测定典型断层位移和活动时代,计算重要活动断层运动速度,分析青藏高原中段地壳水平运动规律。发现青藏高原中段晚更新世—全新世发育大量NW—NWW—近EW向活动断裂,其中昆仑山活动断裂、可可西里南缘活动断裂、通天河活动断裂、崩错活动断裂、念青唐古拉山东麓活动断裂和雅鲁藏布江活动断裂水平运动速度达6～10mm/a,风火山活动断裂、乌丽活动断裂和雁石坪活动断裂水平运动速度达3～4mm/a ,唐古拉山活动断裂与格仁错活动断裂水平运动速度约2mm/a。自晚更新世以来,青藏高原中段存在显著的地壳东向运动,相对于柴达木地块的地壳东向运动速度自南北两侧向中部逐步增大,至唐古拉山地区达最大值约4 0mm/a。青藏高原中段断裂活动、地壳运动与近SN向构造挤压及地壳内部东向水平剪切存在动力学成因联系。

Extending the Network Lifetime Using Optimized Energy Efficient Cross Layer Module (OEEXLM) in Wireless Sensor Networks

In wireless sensor network, the primary design is to save the energy consumption as much as possible while achieving the given task. Most of recent researches works have only focused on the individual layer issues and ignore the importance of inter working between different layers in a sensor network. In this paper, we use a cross-layer approach to propose an energy-efficient and extending the life time of the sensor network. This protocol which uses routing in the network layer, and the data scheduling in MAC layer. The main ob-jective of this paper is to provide a possible and flexible approach to solve the conflicts between the require-ments of large scale, long life-time, and multi-purpose wireless sensor networks. This OEEXLM module gives better performance compared to all other existing protocols. The performance of OEEXLM module compared with S-MAC and directed diffusion protocol.

Why Gravitational Waves Cannot Exist

The purpose of this short but difficult paper is to revisit the mathematical foundations of both General Relativity (GR) and Gauge Theory (GT) in the light of a modern approach to nonlinear systems of ordinary or partial differential equations, using new methods from Differential Geometry (D.C. Spencer, 1970), Differential Algebra (J.F. Ritt, 1950 and E. Kolchin, 1973) and Algebraic Analysis (M. Kashiwara, 1970). The main idea is to identify the differential indeterminates of Ritt and Kolchin with the jet coordinates of Spencer, in order to study Differential Duality by using only linear differential operators with coefficients in a differential field K. In particular, the linearized second order Einstein operator and the formal adjoint of the Ricci operator are both parametrizing the 4 first order Cauchy stress equations but cannot themselves be parametrized. In the framework of Homological Algebra, this result is not coherent with the vanishing of a certain second extension module and leads to question the proper origin and existence of gravitational waves. As a byproduct, we also prove that gravitation and electromagnetism only depend on the second order jets (called elations by E. Cartan in 1922) of the system of conformal Killing equations because any 1-form with value in the bundle of elations can be decomposed uniquely into the direct sum (R, F) where R is a section of the Ricci bundle of symmetric covariant 2-tensors and the EM field F is a section of the vector bundle of skew-symmetric 2-tensors. No one of these purely mathematical results could have been obtained by any classical approach. Up to the knowledge of the author, it is also the first time that differential algebra in a modern setting is applied to study the specific algebraic feature of most equations to be found in mathematical physics, particularly in GR.

恒温热丝测速法监测板式膜组件内局部流速与重度污染

分析了恒温热丝测速法(CTA)用于在线监测板式膜组件料液侧的局部流速(v)的可能性,研究结果表明植入板式膜组件料液侧由网格支撑物形成的流道内的细铂丝探头的线给热系数与v0.5存在着稳定的线性关系,籍此可以采用CTA在线监测板式膜组件料液侧的局部流速.利用直径为25.4μm的细铂丝制成长度为9~10mm(二倍流道宽度)的热丝传感器,直接固定在板式膜组件料液侧网状支撑物的纵向网线上,取得很好的CTA测速效果.此外,研究了气泡-CTA无漏检方法.结果表明,在采样速度为3000次/s,连续采样3次取平均值的计算机快速采样方式下,气泡-CTA对局部流道堵塞的早期检出是可靠的.