Tree health mapping with multispectral remote sensing data at UC Davis, California

Tree health is a critical parameter for evaluating urban ecosystem health and sustainability. Traditionally, this parameter has been derived from field surveys. We used multispectral remote sensing data and GIS techniques to determine tree health at the University of California, Davis. The study area (363 ha) contained 8,962 trees of 215 species. Tree health conditions were mapped for each physiognomic type at two scales: pixel and whole tree. At the pixel scale, each tree pixel within the tree crown was classified as either healthy or unhealthy based on vegetation index values. At the whole tree scale, raster based statistical analysis was used to calculate tree health index which is the ratio of healthy pixels to entire tree pixels within the tree crown. The tree was classified as healthy if the index was greater than 70%. Accuracy was checked against a random sample of 1,186 trees. At the whole tree level, 86% of campus trees were classified as healthy with 88% mapping accuracy. At the pixel level, 86% of the campus tree cover was classified as healthy. This tree health evaluation approach allows managers to identify the location of unhealthy trees for further diagnosis and treatment. It can be used to track the spread of disease and monitor seasonal or annual changes in tree health. Also, it provides tree health information that is fundamental to modeling and analysis of the environmental, social, and economic services produced by urban forests.     

常德市区域可持续发展评价指标体系构建

区域可持续发展能力的评价 ,是实现区域可持续发展的关键与前提。利用层次分析法和主成分分析法 ,构建常德市区域可持续发展能力的评价指标体系 ,从总量规模和结构协调两个方面对常德市区域可持续发展能力进行评价 ,可为常德市区域可持续发展的实施提供科学的依据     

An alternative to farmer age as an indicator of life-cycle stage: The case for a farm family age index

In studies of farming, the age of the principal decision-maker (PDM) has been associated with numerous farm structural and managerial features and has been widely accepted as a good indicator of the influence of life-cycle factors on decision-making. As such, it has become an important aspect of many quantitative studies of agricultural change. However, contemporary studies of family farming demonstrate that the concept of a single PDM in family farms is becoming an anachronism as alternative enterprises, pluriactivity and the scale of family farms force more diffuse management/operating systems. This raises questions concerning whether the age of the PDM can still be taken as representative of farm structure, strategy or life-cycle stage? Using a study conducted in the Grampian Mountains region of Scotland in 2003 this note investigates the impact of using an alternative index—compiled by averaging the age of family members working on the farm. It suggests that PDM age is a relatively poor indicator of farm structural and managerial features compared to a family age index and calls for researchers to think about alternative approaches to measuring ‘age’ as an indicator.     

学科建设“诊断”的指标体系与评价方法

该文通过对学科建设内容的研究分析，运用模糊数学理论，建立了分层次模糊综合评判模型及其技术方法，有效地解决了对学科建设复杂因素定量化评价的问题。研究中创新性地提出学科建设优度的概念和计算公式，用来对学科建设的状况进行定量分析与评价，有利于找准学科存在的问题与不足，明确努力的方向，达到“以评促建设，以评促改革，以评促发展”的评价目的。在确定评价指标体系和指标分级标准的基础上，应用分层次模糊综合评判模型对不同研究领域的学科进行综合评价，其评价结果较充分地验证了该模型的科学性和实践性，对推进学科建设具有积极的意义。     

用数学函数分析法对统计指数因素分析的进一步改良——谈综合指数体系的缺陷与消除

指数因素分析法是一种重要的统计分析方法,而其分析结果的正确与否取决于所用的指数体系。利用传统的综合指数体系从事因素分析虽方便,使用,但也存在一些不足。本文提出用其他指数体系进行因素分析的思想,以弥补传统综合指数体系在因素分析中的缺陷。     

中国水果比较优势和出口竞争力分析——兼与亚洲主要水果生产国的比较

运用资源禀赋系数和显示比较优势指数两个指标对中国水果的总体比较优势和区域比较优势进行分析。测算结果表明中国水果在世界范围内虽然具有一定的比较优势和出口竞争力,但与亚洲主要水果生产国相比较,中国水果在资源禀赋上略显劣势,出口竞争力则更低。据此提出了突破重点产地和重点品种,加快建立精深加工产品主导型出口格局等的政策建议。     

基于层次分析法与模糊评价的学科水平评估

在学科建设中,学科水平评估可以采用专家咨询的方法,分别从学术队伍、科学研究、教学与人才培养和工作条件四个方面设计学科水平评估指标体系,运用层次分析法确定指标权重系数,针对评估指标的模糊性,建立学科水平评估模糊综合评价模型,并通过实例分析和计算,证明该学科水平评估体系合理、有效、可行。     

CCI与中国证券市场走势的实证分析

美英等国的消费者信心指数(CCI)对股市指数收益有很重要的影响力。为探讨CCI与中国证券市场走势的相关关系,通过两类模型对1999年10月~2004年8月间我国股市收益与CCI之间的关系进行了实证分析。结果表明:CCI对深沪五个指数的走势有显著的解释与预测效果,但对我国的B股市场似乎没有显著性。     

聚合物波导折射率渐变型Spot-size converter设计

围绕光致折射率变化聚甲基苯基硅烷高分子光波导，设计了新型的折射率渐变型Spot-size converter，可有效改善光纤与光波导的端面耦合效率．BPM仿真计算显示，耦合效率由78％提高到91％，为器件制备提供了理论依据．     

Dimensions of occupational inequality and Duncan's socioeconomic index

Using the original 1962 Blau and Duncan data for white males, I compare relative amounts of inequality in the distributions of occupational prestige, earnings, autonomy, and job skills. Also assessed are the degree of status rigidity (or intercorrelations) among these four dimensions of occupational inequality and the simultaneous relations among these four dimensions in a father-to-son occupational mobility model. These findings are compared to those obtained with Duncan's socioeconomic index to determine whether additional information can be obtained when using independent measures representing the multiple dimensions of occupational inequality versus using the SEI alone. Only minor discrepancies are found, and these relate to autonomy and earnings.An earlier version of this paper was presented at the 1985 Pacific Sociological Association meetings.