Laboratory investigation on damping characteristics of homogeneous and stratified soil-ash system

In this study,the damping responses of uniform soil,equi-proportional fly ash,and local soil as a single unit were investigated.The large-strain cyclic triaxial tests were performed for the specimen compacted at the desired density(95%e99%of maximum dry density).The compacted specimens were tested under the loading frequency of 0.3e1 Hz with medium confinement of 70e100 kPa.Also,the unsymmetrical behavior of the hysteresis loop was analyzed using three different damping estimation approaches,i.e.symmetric hysteresis loop(SHL),asymmetric hysteresis loop(ASHL),and the modified American Society for Testing and Materials(ASTM)method.The outcome of the study shows for fly ash,local soil,and layered soil-ash,the ASHL technique has the highest damping value,followed by ASTM and then the SHL approach.The specimens prepared under high density and subjected to high confinement show low damping values.However,the specimens tested at high frequency exhibits high damping behavior.Similarly,the damping value of fly ash determined using the SHL and ASHL methods has a similar profile and reaches a maximum at 1%shear strain value before decreasing.The composite stratified deposit exhibits more dependency on relative compaction,confining pressure,and less on loading frequency.Based on the results,it is highly recommended to use the ASHL approach,especially under large strain conditions irrespective of soil type.The maximum damping ratio of stratified deposits is always in between the damping ratio of local soil and fly ash.The damping ratio of stratified soil and local soil is slightly larger than that of the other soils,although the damping ratio of fly ash is equivalent to that of the sand and clayey soil.These results may be helpful in the accurate determination of the damping properties of the layered soil-ash system that is required in the seismic response analysis.

大锻件统计学Chi-square test的研究和应用

根据大锻件生产的特点和统计学的基本理论方法,首次深入浅出地论述了大锻件的Chi-square test,即X2检验,并给出了具体应用示例。该方法可用于大锻件工艺参数的科学分析和生产验证,可用于大锻件质量分析和判断,可帮助逐步建立起大锻件的工序能力,帮助实现稳定并提升大锻件工艺和质量控制水平。

Large Deviations and Moderate Deviations for the Chi-Square Test in Type Ⅱ Error

We study the asymptotics tot the statistic of chi-square in type Ⅱ error. By the contraction principle, the large deviations and moderate deviations are obtained, and the rate function of moderate deviations can be calculated explicitly which is a squared function.

Use of Pearson’s Chi-Square for Testing Equality of Percentile Profiles across Multiple Populations

In large sample studies where distributions may be skewed and not readily transformed to symmetry, it may be of greater interest to compare different distributions in terms of percentiles rather than means. For example, it may be more informative to compare two or more populations with respect to their within population distributions by testing the hypothesis that their corresponding respective 10th, 50th, and 90th percentiles are equal. As a generalization of the median test, the proposed test statistic is asymptotically distributed as Chi-square with degrees of freedom dependent upon the number of percentiles tested and constraints of the null hypothesis. Results from simulation studies are used to validate the nominal 0.05 significance level under the null hypothesis, and asymptotic power properties that are suitable for testing equality of percentile profiles against selected profile discrepancies for a variety of underlying distributions. A pragmatic example is provided to illustrate the comparison of the percentile profiles for four body mass index distributions.

A Simple Chi-Square Statistic for Testing Homogeneity of Zero-Inflated Distributions

Zero-inflated distributions are common in statistical problems where there is interest in testing homogeneity of two or more independent groups. Often, the underlying distribution that has an inflated number of zero-valued observations is asymmetric, and its functional form may not be known or easily characterized. In this case, comparisons of the groups in terms of their respective percentiles may be appropriate as these estimates are nonparametric and more robust to outliers and other irregularities. The median test is often used to compare distributions with similar but asymmetric shapes but may be uninformative when there are excess zeros or dissimilar shapes. For zero-inflated distributions, it is useful to compare the distributions with respect to their proportion of zeros, coupled with the comparison of percentile profiles for the observed non-zero values. A simple chi-square test for simultaneous testing of these two components is proposed, applicable to both continuous and discrete data. Results of simulation studies are reported to summarize empirical power under several scenarios. We give recommendations for the minimum sample size which is necessary to achieve suitable test performance in specific examples.

Chi-Square Distribution: New Derivations and Environmental Application

We describe two new derivations of the chi-square distribution. The first derivation uses the induction method, which requires only a single integral to calculate. The second derivation uses the Laplace transform and requires minimum assumptions. The new derivations are compared with the established derivations, such as by convolution, moment generating function, and Bayesian inference. The chi-square testing has seen many applications to physics and other fields. We describe a unique version of the chi-square test where both the variance and location are tested, which is then applied to environmental data. The chi-square test is used to make a judgment whether a laboratory method is capable of detection of gross alpha and beta radioactivity in drinking water for regulatory monitoring to protect health of population. A case of a failure of the chi-square test and its amelioration are described. The chi-square test is compared to and supplemented by the t-test.

桥式同心配水器结构优化及其在南堡油田的应用

南堡油田注水开发已处于油藏中后期,为满足油藏“注上水、注够水”的开发需求,大斜度井分注需求逐年增加。此前,大斜度井采用同心分层注水工艺技术后,存在调不动和漏失量大等问题。针对同心配水器存在的问题,对水嘴形状和结构进行优化改进,开展模拟测试并应用于矿场试验。该技术已在油田58口井上成功应用,应用井的最大井斜62.08°,施工成功率100%,初次测调成功率100%,测调效率提升2倍。

Association between people’s attitudes towards human-elephant conflict and their locational,demographic,and socio-economic characteristics in Buxa Tiger Reserve and its adjoining area,India

“Human-elephant conflict(HEC)”,the alarming issue,in present day context has attracted the attention of environmentalists and policy makers.The rising conflict between human beings and wild elephants is common in Buxa Tiger Reserve(BTR)and its adjoining area in West Bengal State,India,making the area volatile.People’s attitudes towards elephant conservation activity are very crucial to get rid of HEC,because people’s proximity with wild elephants’habitat can trigger the occurrence of HEC.The aim of this study is to conduct an in-depth investigation about the association of people’s attitudes towards HEC with their locational,demographic,and socio-economic characteristics in BTR and its adjoining area by using Pearson’s bivariate chi-square test and binary logistic regression analysis.BTR is one of the constituent parts of Eastern Doors Elephant Reserve(EDER).We interviewed 500 respondents to understand their perceptions to HEC and investigated their locational,demographic,and socio-economic characteristics including location of village,gender,age,ethnicity,religion,caste,poverty level,education level,primary occupation,secondary occupation,household type,and source of firewood.The results indicate that respondents who are living in enclave forest villages(EFVs),peripheral forest villages(PFVs),corridor village(CVs),or forest and corridor villages(FCVs),mainly males,at the age of 18–48 years old,engaged with agriculture occupation,and living in kancha and mixed houses,have more likelihood to witness HEC.Besides,respondents who are illiterate or at primary education level are more likely to regard elephant as a main problematic animal around their villages and refuse to participate in elephant conservation activity.For the sake of a sustainable environment for both human beings and wildlife,people’s attitudes towards elephants must be friendly in a more prudent way,so that the two communities can live in harmony.

水文地质勘探分层抽水取样装置的优化研究

针对分层抽水装置施工烦琐的问题,研制了一种新型定向分层抽水装置,主要对抽水装置、电缆密封装置和隔水装置等进行了改进,从而实现了对分层抽水取样试验装置的优化,确保抽水试验全过程安全可靠、便捷高效。并通过现场试验确定了第1~2含水层硝酸盐氮指标超限,表明该装置能满足水文地质勘探单井精准分层取样的工作要求。

采动覆岩离层注浆工程数值模拟及试验研究

采动覆岩离层注浆技术能够有效降低煤矿开采过程中所产生的地面位移。为研究该技术注浆参数对地面沉降的影响,以赵庄二号井的307工作面为例,采用室内模型试验和数值分析两种方法,分别研究采动过程中覆岩离层的动态变化过程以及不同的注浆参数对地面位移的影响。结果表明:覆岩离层的发展可分为离层产生、离层延伸、离层稳定、离层衰减、离层闭合5个过程;随着注采比的增加,地面沉降和倾斜变形逐渐减小;随着注浆位置的上升与开采面宽度的增加,地面沉降和倾斜变形逐渐变大。

Practical integrated navigation fault detection algorithm based on sequential hypothesis testing

In detecting system fault algorithms,the false alarm rate and undectect rate generated by residual Chi-square test can affect the stability of filters.The paper proposes a fault detection algorithm based on sequential residual Chi-square test and applies to fault detection of an integrated navigation system.The simulation result shows that the algorithm can accurately detect the fault information of global positioning system（GPS）,eliminate the influence of false alarm and missed detection on filter,and enhance fault tolerance of integrated navigation systems.

A Note on Cochran Test for Homogeneity in Two Ways ANOVA and Meta-Analysis

In this paper, we generalize the proof of the Cochran statistic in the case of an ANOVA two ways structure that asymptotically follows a Chi-2. While construction of homogeneity statistics test usually resorts to the determination of the covariance matrix and its inverse, the Moore-Penrose matrix, our approach, avoids this step. We also show that the Cochran statistic in ANOVA two ways is equivalent to conventional homogeneity statistics test. In particular, we show that it satisfies the invariance property. Finally, we conduct empirical verification from a meta-analysis that confirms our theoretical results.

Robust Principal Component Test in Gross Error Detection and Identification

Principle component analysis （PCA） based chi-square test is more sensitive to subtle gross errors and has greater power to correctly detect gross errors than classical chi-square test. However, classical principal com- ponent test （PCT） is non-robust and can be very sensitive to one or more outliers. In this paper, a Huber function liked robust weight factor was added in the collective chi-square test to eliminate the influence of gross errors on the PCT. Meanwhile, robust chi-square test was applied to modified simultaneous estimation of gross error （MSEGE） strategy to detect and identify multiple gross errors. Simulation results show that the proposed robust test can reduce the possibility of type Ⅱ errors effectively. Adding robust chi-square test into MSEGE does not obviously improve the power of multiple gross error identification, the proposed approach considers the influence of outliers on hypothesis statistic test and is more reasonable.

HIV Testing Decision and Determining Factors in Ghana

Knowledge on individual’s HIV/AIDS status provides a tool to reduce or avoid HIV transmission, spread and mortalities due to HIV-related illness. However, most people still do not know their HIV status because they are not willing to test for HIV/AIDS due to various reasons. Hence the aim of this paper is to investigate the effects of various risk factors that are likely to influence decision to ever test for HIV/AIDS. The data used in this paper were obtained from the Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (n = 1828 observations and 32 risk factors). We applied the Chi-Square test statistic and the logistic regression model to the data in order to study the effects of these risk factors on one’s decision to ever test for HIV. STATA version 14.1 and R version 3.5.2 were used to carry out the statistical analyses. Generally, the results show that education, especially higher education significantly (OR = 0.53, 95% = 0.230, 0.837) increases the likelihood to ever test for HIV. Also, the younger the age groups the higher the effect and significance in the likelihood to ever test for HIV. We found that HIV-TB co-infection (OR = 0.53, 95% = 0.165, 0.893), use of condom anytime one has sex (OR = 0.31, 95% = 0.054, 0.573), wealth index (OR = 0.46, 95% = 0.137, 0.791), awareness of HIV transmission during child-delivery, number of partners significantly affect HIV testing. Those with many partners are less likely (OR = -0.26, 95% = -0.504, -0.007) to ever test for HIV and those who know that healthy person may have HIV are more likely (OR = 0.41, 95% = 0.137, 0.679) to ever test for HIV. Age is the common significant risk factor of ever tested for HIV across the 10 regions in Ghana. Resources should be allocated for more education on these significant risk factors in order to help in the fight against HIV-Health related issues.

On the Different Ways to Handle the Trend of Disease Risk in Genetic Association Tests

Genetic association studies usually apply the simple chi-square (χ2)-test for testing association between a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and a particular phenotype, assuming the genotypes and phenotypes are independent. So, the conventional χ2-test does not consider the increased risk of an individual carrying the increasing number of disease responsible allele (a particular genotype). But, the association tests should be performed with the consideration of this disease risk according to the mode of inheritance (additive, dominant, recessive). Practical demonstration of the two possible methods for considering such order or trends in contingency tables of genetic association studies using SNP genotype data is the purpose of this paper. One method is by pooling the genotypes, and the other is scoring the individual genotypes, based on the disease risk according to the inheritance pattern. The results show that the p-values obtained from both the methods are similar for the dominant and recessive models. The other important features of the methods were also extracted using the SNP genotype data for different inheritance patterns.

CIMAvax^(█)EGF vaccine therapy for non-small cell lung cancer:A weighted log-rank tests-based evaluation

Time-to-event has become one of the primary endpoints of many clinical trials. Comparing treatments and therapies using time-to-event (or “survival”) data requires some care, since survival differences may occur either early or late in the follow-up period, depending on various factors such as the initial potency or the duration of efficacy of the drugs. In this work, we investigate the effect of the CIMAvax?EGF vaccine therapy on the survival of patients with non-small cell lung cancer, using stratified and unstratified weighted log-rank tests. Weighted log-rank tests are designed to identify early and late survival differences between treatments. Using these tests, we conclude that the vaccine is more efficient than the standard therapy among patients less than 60 years of age.

提高水井分注测试成功率配套技术研究与应用

为解决苏北复杂断块油田同心分层注水在实际应用中存在测试仪器遇阻、分层注水量调配不到位等问题,创新采用空心杆冲洗清管,研究应用防返吐配水器、化学防砂技术来保持注水管柱清洁;设计聚合物冻胶调剖体系来缓解层间矛盾,避免层间级差影响测调效果。各项配套技术累计应用13井次,矿场试验证明其在避免测试仪器遇阻、降低分层注水量调配难度方面具有良好效果,年度配套措施井测试成功率达100%,同心分层注水井整体测试成功率由74.4%提升至84.4%,做优精细注水工作的同时实现降本增效,具有良好的推广应用前景。

Correlation knowledge extraction based on data mining for distribution network planning

Traditional distribution network planning relies on the professional knowledge of planners,especially when analyzing the correlations between the problems existing in the network and the crucial influencing factors.The inherent laws reflected by the historical data of the distribution network are ignored,which affects the objectivity of the planning scheme.In this study,to improve the efficiency and accuracy of distribution network planning,the characteristics of distribution network data were extracted using a data-mining technique,and correlation knowledge of existing problems in the network was obtained.A data-mining model based on correlation rules was established.The inputs of the model were the electrical characteristic indices screened using the gray correlation method.The Apriori algorithm was used to extract correlation knowledge from the operational data of the distribution network and obtain strong correlation rules.Degree of promotion and chi-square tests were used to verify the rationality of the strong correlation rules of the model output.In this study,the correlation relationship between heavy load or overload problems of distribution network feeders in different regions and related characteristic indices was determined,and the confidence of the correlation rules was obtained.These results can provide an effective basis for the formulation of a distribution network planning scheme.

降雨淋滤下废弃尾矿土重金属迁移及其与抗剪特性相关性研究

废弃尾矿在经过降雨淋滤作用后重金属含量会沿垂直剖面呈现出明显的规律性,对其抗剪强度也有较大的影响,探究它们之间的变化规律有较大理论和现实意义。以辽宁省辽阳县某铜铅锌共生废弃尾矿库为背景,在实验室配制与现场实际分层情况相符的尾矿土壤样品,通过自制的大型土柱分层装填,开展淋滤试验。分析分层土壤中重金属元素在不同降雨p H值、降雨强度、降雨历时综合影响下的垂向迁移特征基础上,通过直剪试验进一步探究淋滤作用对尾矿的抗剪强度的影响以及重金属污染物含量与抗剪特性之间的相关性。结果表明:(1)酸性降雨下,土壤中重金属Cu和Zn含量在0~20 cm深度显著降低,而碱性淋滤下含量稍有增大;随着p H值的增大土壤的抗剪强度总体是变小,内摩擦角逐渐变大、黏聚力逐渐变小;(2)同一土柱中,Cu、Pb和Zn浓度随分层深度增加逐渐减小;随降雨强度的增大而增大;淋滤作用能有效增大尾矿的抗剪强度;尾矿淋滤后的抗剪强度指标与降雨强度呈正相关;(3)分层土壤中Cu、Pb和Zn浓度随淋洗时间的增加,三者相比初始水平均有大幅度的减少,铅没有出现表层累积的情况;尾矿淋滤后的抗剪程度与降雨时长也呈正相关;但尾矿流量组的抗剪强度指标增加明显小于时间组的强度指标;(4)淋滤后的尾矿抗剪强度与重金属污染物含量呈反比关系。研究结果可为我国废弃尾矿库污染物迁移以及稳定性分析提供重要参考。