大学英语分项合作型教学实验

大学英语分项合作型教学是对大学英语课程中听、说、读、写等各部分进行分门别类的教学,打破以往由一名教师负责一个班级,甚至于数个班级的单一教学模式。通过教学资源整合,发挥不同任课教师的教学专长,有助于取得更好的教学效果,是对大学英语教学模式改革的一次有益探索。

积极响应中非合作“九项工程”号召,开发利用好非洲黑土地的思考与建议

粮食安全是关系非洲发展的根本性问题,黑土地是大自然赋予人类种植粮食的宝贵资源。当前,百年变局与世纪疫情相互交织,国际形势不稳定性不确定性明显增强,世界进入动荡变革期,如何把天然财富、大自然馈赠人类的黑金——黑土地,保护好利用好,是中非合作的一个长期的重要课题。对中国和非洲的黑土地资源的禀赋、现状和存在问题进行了长期全面系统的比较分析,从响应习总书记关于中非合作“九项工程”的角度,建议开发利用好非洲黑土地,构建中非农业命运共同体,提出多方面的相关建议。

高职院校校企合作长效运行机制的建设

我国高职院校校企合作方面存在着政府宏观统筹不力、学校合作实力不强、企业动力和能力不足、学生及家长被参与等问题,构建高职院校校企合作长效运行机制必须建立法律保障、完善组织、共建共享、多项合作、利益驱力等机制。

机电产品进出口流程课程建设探析

我院机电产品进出口流程的课程建设本着"以学生为中心,以能力为本位,以行业需求为导向"的现代职业技术教育理念,积极改革教学模式,以砂光机的出口业务为主线,基于实际工作过程组织教学,把从事进出口业务操作所需掌握的知识和能力巧妙地设计在各个任务之中,将教学内容与实训操练、软件演练相结合,重点突出对学生实际应用能力和操作技能的培养,创造"教、学、做"合一的教学情境,实现校企无缝对接,培养高素质、技能型,符合行业需求的专门人才。

中土管道已对华供气140亿立方米

中国国家能源局提供的消息称,中土天然气管道已对华供应140亿立方米天然气,满足了中国快速增长的市场需求。中土天然气管道是中亚天然气管道的组成部分。对华供气的中亚天然气管道,起自阿姆河右岸的土库曼斯坦和乌兹别克斯坦边境,穿越乌兹别克斯坦中部和哈萨克斯坦南部,再与中国的"西气东输二线"相连。总长1万多公里的中亚—中国天然气管道,年输送能力可达300亿立方米。

Report on the 9^(th) International Congress on Peritoneal Surface Malignancies

The 9th International Congress on Peritoneal Surface Malignancies, sponsored by the Peritoneal Surface Oncology Group International （PSOGI） and organized by the Netherlands Cancer Institute, was held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, from October 9 to 11, 2014, with over 650 delegates from 66 countries attending the meeting. With the central theme to summarize the global progresses in peritoneal carcinomatosis （PC） diagnosis and treatment, to draft the outline framework of international guidelines on PC treatment, and to formulate the future international collaborative research programs, this congress has set the new historical milestones in the global joint-effort to conquer PC. Major highlights of this congress are reported here.

Performance Enhancement and Utility Maximization for TCP in Wireless Mesh Networks

In Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs),the performance of conventional TCP significantly deteriorates due to the unreliable wireless channel.To enhance TCP performance in WMNs,TCP/LT is proposed in this paper.It introduces fountain codes into packet reorganization in the protocol stack of mesh gateways and mesh clients.Furthermore,it is compatible with conventional TCP.Regarded as a Performance Enhancement Proxies (PEP),a mesh gateway buffers TCP packets into several blocks.It simultaneously processes them by using fountain encoders and then sends them to mesh clients.Apart from the improvement of the throughput of a unitary TCP flow,the entire network utility maximization can also be ensured by adjusting the scale of coding blocks for each TCP flow adaptively.Simulations show that TCP/LT presents high throughput gains over single TCP in lossy links of WMNs while preserving the fairness for multiple TCPs.As losses increase,the transmission delay of TCP/LT experiences a slow linear growth in contrast to the exponential growth of TCP.

Public-private partnership project success circumstances

The public-private partnership has been in use in the world for over 40 years, and has been growing at a varying rate and with mixed success in different countries. Based on the experience gained in selected countries, this article shows key success factors of the public-private partnership.

The best way of bilateral special economic zone to Sino-Vietnam economic cooperation

The Bilateral Special Economic Zones is a new idea about economic co-operation ways. It is going to be set by both countries with a common boundary for promoting the economic co-operation between two sides. It can be firstly set along the boundary between China and Vietnam. It will promote the economic co-operation between them, but China and ASEAN. It can be set along the Chinese boundary with the neighboring countries and will promote the economic co-operation between the both sides for setting up a better environment around China.

Remote Sensing Education for Life Long Learning across the East Midlands Region

Over the last decade, remote sensing technologies have provided useful tools for a diverse range of sectors. G-STEP （GMES--space technology exchange partnership） is the University of Leicester＇s flagship project for innovation, training and education in GMES （global monitoring for environment and security） and GIS （geographical information systems） based technologies. G-STEP （part funded by the ERDF） is the first GMES accelerator initiative in the UK and is breaking new ground in the application of GMES and GIS. The core G-STEP team initiates and develops Knowledge Exchange Practices between the University and Life Long Learning partners in the East Midlands Region, through training packages and collaborative research projects. The programme integrates innovative research, to direct downstream applied training, supported by analytical processing of attendee assessment data. Collated information derived from these sources presents a unique opportunity to incorporate a statistically viable feedback cycle, making G-STEP the interface between pure and applied research, thus initiating downstream dissemination to groups and small business. In this paper, we outline the GMES and GIS training packages, and the route to market to increase uptake of underused data streams via university and regional entrepreneurs （start-ups） and established small business with a core interest in utilisation and dissemination of novel technologies in sustainable lifelong learning.

Boosting Collaborative Project Alignment

Managing a large-scale distributed engineering project needs skilled, motivated and committed personnel. Unified and aligned working methods are needed. Project alignment is the process of ensuring that key stakeholders share a common understanding of the project mission, goals, objectives, tactics, work processes and plans and have the required competences and skills. Based on current advances in the area of collaborative networked organizations, project management and Internet web 2.0 technologies, the authors have identified further needs and opportunities for development in the area of Collaborative Project Management. The Project Alignment Booster is a set of software services used to promote collaborative project management. The tool has been developed to suit industrial requirements in the area of large and complicated engineering project management, The paper reports the results of developing a toolkit to support collaborative project alignment.

Research on the Decision Model to Stakeholders in PPP Projects

Aiming at the public sector and the private sector in PPP projects as the research objects, the two core participants investment decision model is established by using option game thinking. First, based on the option game features PPP projects have, the paper proposes some research hypotheses on value, income, cost for the option. Second, on the basis of the decision path of a multi-stage binary tree model, respectively for the public sector and the private sector, the paper builds up utility functions, the cost-input model and the contract decision model. It indicates that by the use of growth options in the shortened contract period, the private sector can still ensure the construction quality of the PPP project. Finally, the validity of the model in the PPP project agreement and the investment decision process is verified by the case analysis.

Studying on equilibriums between price and QoS in multi-provider overlay access networks

From the viewpoint of game theory, this paper proposes a model that combines QoS index with price factor in overlay access networks, and uses the multinomial logit （MNL） to model the choice behaviour of users. Each service class is considered an independent and competitive entity offered by each provider, which aims at maximizing its own utility. Based on noncooperative game, we prove the existence and uniqueness of equilibriums between QoS levels and prices among various service classes, and demonstrate the properties of equilibriums. Finally, these results are verified via ntunerieal analysis.

The resource-based project cooperation model in the strategic alliance with neural network

This study proposed a neural network model of resource-based project cooperation in the strategic alliance. From the angel of project, it is assumed that alliance members work together to process a project with equipment, labor force and capital. The greatest output of project could be forecasted. Afterwards, on the basis of constructing utility function of profit, resources constraint, resources input risk, synthetically utility function is obtained. With above work, the neural network model is established under the condition of many cooperative members. Finally, using one kind of new neural net means, we have carded on the imitation resolution as to the variable value of the latter model.

Cost Impact of Increasing Heavy Vehicle Loads on Bridges

This study aimed to investigate the cost impact of meeting the increase in freight demand by doubling the truck weight （AS 1 ）, doubling the traffic volume （AS2）, or legalizing a new-proposed-truck of 97-kip weight instead of the currently legal 80-kip truck （AS3）. The State of Michigan＇s average daily traffic database of year 2001 has been used as a case study. The study was applied only on the very common US Bridge with RC （reinforced concrete） deck over steel girder. Sampling criteria also includes the age of the bridges. The study covered the four-cost-impact categories provided by the NCHRP （National Cooperative Research Program）. The current truck weight and double traffic volume （AS2） show the best scenario to meet the increase in freight demand. However, doubling the truck weight with the current traffic volume （AS 1） was the worst scenario. The use of the proposed 97-kip truck with the current traffic volume （AS3） compromises both, meeting the increase in freight demand and the cost impact.

CCS in China:Opportunities, Challenges and Solutions

The economic growth, energy structure and environmental capacity in China determine that CCS (carbon capture and storage) is an important strategic approach for China to confront the climate changes. In this paper, current status in China is firstly presented regarding policy making, technology research and development, pilot project and international cooperation. Then the opportunities of exploring CCS are analyzed from the viewpoint of application potentials, cost and China's circumstances. The challenges to CCS are pointed out with respect to energy consumption, technologies, funding and environment. Finally some suggestions are put forward on CCS development.

Planning and Organizing the Projects in Team Co Cakovec, Croatia

The paper systemizes standard methods of planning, monitoring and controlling the realization of construction works in civil engineering projects and overviews the implementation of the methods in Team Co Cakovec from Croatia. The specificities of the methods are shown through the different construction works projects. Also, paper reviews the implementation, modification and improvement of existing methods for planning, monitoring and controlling the realization of projects in Team Co.

Participatory and Integrated Research in Mountainous Regions of Thailand and Vietnam:Approaches and Lessons Learned

Participatory and integrated research approaches employed by a long-term Thai- Vietnamese-German collaborative research program, ‘The Uplands Program’, that address the vicious circles of resource scarcity, environmental degrada- tion and rural poverty in mountainous regions of northern Thailand and northern Vietnam are discussed in this paper. We present two examples from the Thai component of the research program to show how different disciplines and stakeholders need to cooperate at different scales to make meaningful scientific contributions towards sustainable land use and rural development in mountainous regions. The case of resource conservation in the Thai highlands shows that local and scientific knowledge, conven- tional surveys and participatory modeling can be creatively combined. Integrated research on the potential of integrating fruit trees and associated technologies into mountain farming systems suggests that natural scientists have to work alongsideeconomists and social scientists to avoid harmful effects of purely technology-driven and productivity- enhancing approaches. The success of new technologies cannot be measured solely by adoption rates and yield increases, but also needs to take into account their long-term impact on various groups of farmers and the ecological, economic and social trade-offs that they entail. Technical and institutional innovations need to go hand in hand to provide viable livelihood opportunities for smallholder farmers in mountain watersheds. The major lesson learned from the first six years of our research in the mountains of Thailand and Vietnam is that conventional and participatory approaches are not antagonistic; if scientists from various disciplines and research paradigms are open-minded, the combination of both approaches can produce meaningful results that cater for the needs of both the academic community and local stakeholders in mountain environments.

Mechanical Design and Students＇ Creativity ＂Think outside the Box＂

A design project was used in junior level mechanical design course to challenge the students＇ creativity skills. Beside the theoretical foundation of the course subject, the students were introduced to several professional skills such as： decision making tools, technical review meetings, interaction with customers, and teamwork skills. The design challenge was to develop a bike rack to meet a list of technical and marketing constraints. Details of the project requirements are presented with a brief overview of the main project mentoring tools. Students＇ creativity is discussed through two samples of the student work. It was noticed that, the basic creativity skills of the students can be improved by using some of the training tools, however, the students vary in their response to this training.

Analysis of Collaborations Between Small-Medium Companies and Universities Based on Joint Research Projects

University-industry collaborations have been recognized as an important factor for the creation of innovation. Although the university-industry collaborations have been mainly conducted by large companies in Japan so far, the small-medium companies rather than large companies are accumulated in regional areas. However, there are a lot of problems in the university-industry collaborations of the small-medium companies. In this paper, the collaborations between small-medium companies and universities are analyzed based on joint research projects. The results show that the joint research projects of small-medium companies for collaboration partners are not conducted enough. Moreover, the results also show that the average budget per project of small-medium companies is low according to the detailed data of Niigata University. The active area of company and university in research and development is discussed. The stage map that proceeds to commercialization for the collaborations between small-medium companies and universities is made and discussed. Based on these results, the problems of the university-industry collaborations of small-medium companies for collaboration partners are extracted.