Rats in a transparent morris water maze use elemental and configural geometry of landmarks as well as distance to the pool wall

The aim of this study is to evaluate whatare the dimensions of a panorama of discretelandmarks that a rodent will store in order toreturn to a previously visited target. Ratswere trained to locate a hidden platform in acircular pool of clouded water set within aquasi-spherical enclosure. In order to find theplatform, they had to learn the geometricrelations between the platform and asurrounding set of three discrete landmarks,highly visible through the transparent wall ofthe pool. In test trials without a platform,the array of landmarks was so manipulated as todissociate the effect of actual distance to thelandmarks, of their angular separation, and oftheir apparent dimension. Animals were shown torely equally on angular separation and apparentdimension. The role of actual distance couldnot be definitely ascertained, as animals wereshown to additionally rely on the distance tothe pool wall in order to locate theplatform.     

Function,geometry and spatial prepositions: Three experiments

In this paper the results of three experiments are reported whichaddress the issue of the relative extent to which functionalrelations versus geometric relations affect spatial language. Theexperiments examine the role of a discourse context on the useand rating of the preposition in to describe a visual scenewhere the constraint of spatial containment between figure(object located) and ground (reference object) does not hold. Allthree experiments demonstrate that in is used more andrated to be significantly more appropriate in a functionalcontext than in a no context condition. The implications of thesestudies for spatial language and spatial representation arediscussed.     

Representing a stable environment by egocentric updating and invariant representations

To represent a stable environment despite the experience of changes during self movements, one can either develop an invariant allocentric representation, or update the egocentric representations as one moves. Using a disorientation paradigm, three sets of studies investigated these mechanisms in human navigation and scene recognition. Accuracy in the configuration of multiple object localization is impaired by disorientation, an effect not due to artifacts such as memory deterioration over time, intervening physical activities, uncertainty in self position and orientation, etc., suggesting one can locate objects primarily by updating their egocentric positions as she or he moves. Disorientation also impaired the judgment of changes to a scene after viewer movements, suggesting a similar egocentric updating process. On the contrary, representation of the shape of the surroundings is invariant and persists through disorientation. The coexistence of multiple mechanisms may increase the flexibility and robustness of the system.     

掺磷纳米硅薄膜的微结构

采用喇曼(Raman)散射谱、高分辨率电子显微镜(HRTEM)和原子力显微镜(AFM)对掺磷纳米硅薄膜的微结构进行了分析,并对纳米硅薄膜的传导机制进行了探讨.结果表明:掺磷纳米硅薄膜由尺寸为2～4*#nm的晶粒和2～3个原子层厚的非晶界面构成,计算得到薄膜的晶态比为40%～55%.与本征纳米硅薄膜相比,掺磷纳米硅薄膜晶粒尺寸和晶态比没有明显变化,电导率却提高了2个数量级.随着掺磷浓度增加,纳米硅薄膜的晶粒尺寸、晶态比及电导率逐渐增大.AFM观察表明掺磷纳米硅薄膜由尺寸介于15～20*#nm的团簇构成,团簇排列具有带状特征.     

虚拟供应链在中小企业集群中的可靠性分析

文章通过对两种不同企业集群组织形式的比较,重点探讨了形成企业竞争优势的企业虚拟组织的机理及结构功能.以关系型同质中小企业集群为研究对象,基于供应链虚拟一体化的思路,对其竞争优势进行研究,同时提出这种组织模式可能存在的潜在问题并加以理论上的证明,力求找到适合我国中小企业现状的发展之路.     

自适应DBF与空间谱估计

讨论了自适应数字波束形成(DBF)技术和超分辨空间谱估计技术,并提出了一种基于信号协方差矩阵特征分解的时-空二维信号高分辨谱估计算法。以上技术应用于相控阵雷达系统,可以精确获得多个运动目标的方位信息和多普勒信息。文章最后给出了计算机模拟结果。     

数字化技术在叶轮研制中的应用

本文通过分析归纳建立了一种叶轮数字化建模方法，并利用该方法成功实现了某型叶轮三维模型创建，同时也根据该数字化模型实现了模具数字化设计及其数控加工。     

Modeling visuospatial reasoning

I apply my proposed modification of Soar/Spatial/Visual System and Kosslyn’s (1983) computational operations on images to problems within a 2 × 2 taxonomy that classifies research according to whether the coding involves static or dynamic relations within an object or between objects (Newcombe & Shipley, 2015). I then repeat this analysis for problems that are included in mathematics and science curricula. Because many of these problems involve reasoning from diagrams Hegarty’s (2011) framework for reasoning from visual-spatial displays provides additional support for organizing this topic. Two more relevant frameworks specify reasoning at different levels of abstraction (Reed, 2016) and with different combinations of actions and objects (Reed, 2018). The article concludes with suggestions for future directions.