简介:Manyofusbelievethataperson'smindbecomeslessactiveashegrowsolder.Butthisisnot.true,accordingtoDr.LissyF.Jarvik,professorofpsychiatry(精神病学)attheUniversityofCalifomia,LosAngeles,andaboardmemberoftheNewCenterforAgingattheVeteransHospital.Shehasstudiedthementalfunctioningofagingpersonforseveralyears.
简介:Ashopkeeperwhosellsgoodsformorethanwhathepaidforthemmakesaprofitonthetransaction.Ontheotherhand,onewhosellsgoodsforlessthanwhathepaidforthemmakesalossonthetransaction.Theprofit(orloss)madeonatransactionisoftenexpressedasapercentageofthecostprice(ie.thepricepaidbytheshopkeeperfortheitem).
简介:Comparedwithurbanfloods,dam-breakfloodsareassociatedwithgreateruncertainties,includingvariabledam-breakmodesandhydrologicalcharacteristics,soconventionalfloodestimationmethodscannotbedirectlyappliedintheestimationofdam-breakfloodloss.Inparticular,thereisscantinformationregardingtheconditionsofaffectedareaandhydrologicalcharacteristicsinsouthwestChina.Inthispaper,weintroduceanintegratedmodelforestimatingfloodlossthatisadaptedtothemountainousregionsofsouthwesternChinainlightoftherelativelackofavailableinformation.Thismodelhasthreemajorcomponents:abasicinformationmodel,adam-routedfloodpropagationsimulationmodel,andalossestimationmodel.Weestablishedthebasicinformationmodeldespitetherelativelackofavailableinformationusing3Stechnology[remotesensing(RS);geographicalinformationsystem(GIS);globalpositioningsystem(GPS)],dataminingtechnology,andstatisticalanalysistechniques.Ourdam-routedfloodpropagationsimulationmodelconsistsofmajorhydrologicprocessesandtheirgoverningequationsforflowpropagation,whichwesolveusingfinite-differenceschemes.Inthismodel,thefloodpropagationareaisdividedintogridsandeachgridisdeterminedbythecharacteristicparametersobtainedfromthepropagationsimulation.WepresentacasestudyoftheLianghekouhydropowerstationinSichuanProvince,Chinatoillustratethepracticalapplicationofthisintegratedmodelforlifelossestimation.