“It's Not Easy Being Green”: Environmental Advocacy and Policymaking in Chile

This article analyzes the collective action frames used by members of Chilean nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) while engaging in policy advocacy. The focus is a large-scale dam project along the Bío Bío River that generated controversy for more than a decade due to its impact on the environment and indigenous communities. It is argued that the environmental advocates’ reliance on certain frames hindered their ability to influence policymaking. They framed the neoliberal model as “pathologically” growth centered, unjust, and destructive. Additionally, advocates were besieged by counter frames portraying them as foes of modernization. Though compelling, the groups’ frames set them on a collision course with the policymaking establishment. In contrast, members of groups advocating for children used more effective discursive strategies and achieved a greater presence in policy debates. These arguments are supported with qualitative data collected primarily through interviews with NGO members, textual analysis of their documents, and news content analysis.     

数字天顶摄像仪中CCD星象亚像素定位的改进二维矩方法

在利用数字天顶摄像仪通过天文测量确定天文垂线偏差的工作中,要求对CCD数字图像中星象中心进行亚像素定位。本文利用MATLAB实现对FITS格式CCD天文图像的正常读取,并与FV读取结果比较分析。在已有亚像素定位的修正矩方法基础上,提出一种利用迭代法寻求合适门限对二维修正矩方法进行改善。利用MATLAB实现对实测图像数据的处理与分析,探讨门限的取值对不同星等恒星定位精度的影响,给出门限的最佳取值。通过与已有修正矩算法处理结果比较分析,在以往修正矩方法计算基础上改进计算区域后再用迭代法计算,暗星定位精度有了很大提高。     

一元P-范分布参数估计的改进方法

当观测误差服从P范分布时,本文从P范分布的概率密度函数和统计性质出发,利用绝对矩得到了参数p和方差的合理选择公式,给出了一种P范分布的参数的估计方法,可以使误差分布更加接近真实分布.将得到的参数估值作为应用极大似然估计法进行迭代时的初值,从而减少了运算时间,提高了运算效率.同时,将模型展开为泰勒级数,取至二次项,从而使...     

各向异性ATI介质剪切位错源地震矩张量

考虑震源区为各向异性ATI介质情形下,给出了剪切位错源地震矩张量解析表达式并模拟了震源区各向异性对双力偶分量(DC)、补偿线性偶极子分量(CLVD)和各向同性分量(ISO)的影响,结果表明,即使剪切位错源仍能产生非双力偶各向同性分量,其导致沿着ATI介质对称轴方向体积变化;当断层面位于ATI介质对称平面或者震源区为各向...     

利用宽频带数字地震资料测定地震震级的方法研究

在国际地震学与地球内部物理学联合会(IASPEI)新推荐震级标度在中国地震台网中心应用的基础上,提出中国地震台网地震震级测定方法.研究指出,地方性震级ML与不同地区的地震波衰减特性具有密切关系,区域性特征明显,为保证中国地方性震级的一致性,宜沿用中国传统测定方法.建议:用IASPEI新推荐的短周期体波震级mb和宽频带体...     

各向异性ATI介质剪切位错点源P波远场辐射

假设震源区为ATI介质,传播介质为全空间各向同性介质情况下,给出了剪切位错源P波远场辐射解析表达式,讨论了震源区各向异性对远场P波振幅和震源球的影响。结果表明,震源区裂隙密度,裂隙方位等参数的动态变化导致P波远场辐射花样也随之动态变化,同时也会造成非双力偶百分含量的动态变化。研究认为,在井中对中小地震的非双力偶机制进行...     

Influence of gusset plate connections and braces on the seismic performance of X‐braced frames

Braced frames are one of the most economical and efficient seismic resisting systems yet few full‐scale tests exist. A recent research project, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), seeks to fill this gap by developing high‐resolution data of improved seismic resisting braced frame systems. As part of this study, three full‐scale, two‐story concentrically braced frames in the multi‐story X‐braced configuration were tested. The experiments examined all levels of system performance, up to and including fracture of multiple braces in the frame. Although the past research suggests very limited ductility of SCBFs with HSS rectangular tubes for braces recent one‐story tests with improved gusset plate designs suggest otherwise. The frame designs used AISC SCBF standards and two of these frames designs also employed new concepts developed for gusset plate connection design. Two specimens employed HSS rectangular tubes for bracing, and the third specimen had wide flange braces. Two specimens had rectangular gusset plates and the third had tapered gusset plates. The HSS tubes achieved multiple cycles at maximum story drift ratios greater than 2% before brace fracture with the improved connection design methods. Frames with wide flange braces achieved multiple cycles at maximum story drift greater than 2.5% before brace fracture. Inelastic deformation was distributed between the two stories with the multi‐story X‐brace configuration and top story loading. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Shaking‐table tests of a full‐scale single‐story masonry veneer wood‐frame structure

This paper presents the findings of shaking‐table experiments conducted to examine the seismic performance of a full‐scale, one‐story, wood‐framed structure with masonry veneer. The structure was designed and constructed in accordance with current U.S. code provisions. The veneer was attached to the wood backing with two kinds of metal anchors, corrugated ties fastened with 8d nails and rigid ties fastened with #8 screws. The tests have shown that the use of nails to fasten veneer anchors to the wood studs is highly unreliable due to the high variation of the nail extraction capacity, which can be influenced by the moisture content of the wood. Other than this, both the wood frame and the masonry veneer performed well under severe ground motions far exceeding a design level earthquake for Seismic Design Category D. Good performance was observed for the rigid veneer ties, which were attached to the wood studs with screws. The results have shown that the veneer walls parallel to the direction of shaking helped to restrain the motion of the wood structure and therefore should not be simply treated as added mass. The detailing of wood roof diaphragms requires special attention in consideration of the out‐of‐plane inertia force of the veneer that can be transmitted through the top plate of the wood‐stud wall to the rim joist. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Euclidean Distance Matrix Analysis (EDMA): Estimation of mean form and mean form difference

Euclidean Distance Matrix Analysis (EDMA) of form is a coordinate free approach to the analysis of form using landmark data. In this paper, the problem of estimation of mean form, variance-covariance matrix, and mean form difference under the Gaussian perturbation model is considered using EDMA. The suggested estimators are based on the method of moments. They are shown to be consistent, that is as the sample size increases these estimators approach the true parameters. They are also shown to be computationally very simple. A method to improve their efficiency is suggested. Estimation in the presence of missing data is studied. In addition, it is shown that the superimposition method of estimation leads to incorrect mean form and variance-covariance structure.     

Is a chaotic multi‐fractal approach for rainfall possible?

An Erratum has been published for this article in Hydrological Processes 15 (12) 2001, 2381–2382. Applications of the ideas gained from fractal theory to characterize rainfall have been one of the most exciting areas of research in recent times. The studies conducted thus far have nearly unanimously yielded positive evidence regarding the existence of fractal behaviour in rainfall. The studies also revealed the insufficiency of the mono‐fractal approaches to characterizing the rainfall process in time and space and, hence, the necessity for multi‐fractal approaches. The assumption behind multi‐fractal approaches for rainfall is that the variability of the rainfall process could be directly modelled as a stochastic (or random) turbulent cascade process, since such stochastic cascade processes were found to generically yield multi‐fractals. However, it has been observed recently that multi‐fractal approaches might provide positive evidence of a multi‐fractal nature not only in stochastic processes but also in, for example, chaotic processes. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the presence of both chaotic and fractal behaviours in the rainfall process to consider the possibility of using a chaotic multi‐fractal approach for rainfall characterization. For this purpose, daily rainfall data observed at the Leaf River basin in Mississippi are studied, and only temporal analysis is carried out. The autocorrelation function, the power spectrum, the empirical probability distribution function, and the statistical moment scaling function are used as indicators to investigate the presence of fractal, whereas the presence of chaos is investigated by employing the correlation dimension method. The results from the fractal identification methods indicate that the rainfall data exhibit multi‐fractal behaviour. The correlation dimension method yields a low dimension, suggesting the presence of chaotic behaviour. The existence of both multi‐fractal and chaotic behaviours in the rainfall data suggests the possibility of a chaotic multi‐fractal approach for rainfall characterization. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.