A Comparison of Gambling by Minnesota Public School Students in 1992, 1995, and 1998

The purpose of this study was to compare rates of gambling among Minnesota public school students between 1992, 1995, and 1998. The three samples included 75,806 students in the 9th and 12th grades in 1992; 73,897 9th and 12th grade students in 1995; and 78,564 9th and 12th grade students in 1998. Students were administered the Minnesota Student Survey, a 121-item, anonymous, self-administered, paper-and-pencil questionnaire that inquires about multiple behavioral domains, including gambling behaviors. The same questionnaire, with minor revisions to the gambling items, was administered in 1992, 1995, and 1998 to students in their classrooms by the Minnesota Department of Education. The results showed two opposite trends. On the one hand, fewer students gambled in 1998 than in 1995 and 1992. On the other hand, there was a small, but growing number of 12th grade students who gambled frequently. In terms of trends over time for specific games, the lottery showed a significant decline in the number of 9th grade students who played at all. There was also a significant increase in the number of 12th grade students who played the lottery weekly or more often. The findings that frequent lottery gambling has increased among 12th grade students and that underage gambling continues among these students, are both cause for concern. This is the first generation of youth to be exposed to widespread accessability to legalized gambling venues and gambling advertising. Legalized gambling may be a new "rite of passage" for some of today's youth. It will be important to continue to monitor youth gambling and to provide information and resources to assist youth in making healthy decisions about their gambling behavior.     

常见英语错误缘说

我国常见英语错误的发生率之高和涉及面之广已成为建设和谐社会的一道煞风景.本文通过对实际错误病例的列举并逐一对导致错误的缘由进行解说,兼辅以据出权威出版物的更正,以正视听.     

试论新农村建设与城市化的协同发展

中国目前仍有8亿多的农村人口,建设新农村是一项重大的抉择。但中国的新农村建设是在中国现代化发展很不充分的情况下提出的。新农村建设与工业化、城市化或总体来讲的现代化是密切相关的,有其系统规定性。在研究“中国的社会主义新农村建设是什么”、“工业化、城市化和现代化的过程”、“中国大陆城市化的滞后及原因”的基础上,提出“协同新农村建设与城市化的构想”。     

载频解调式脉冲调制器的研制

介绍了一种新型载频解调式栅极脉冲调制器.调制器由2只脉冲变压器、载频调制控制电路、解调与脉冲输出电路组成.调制器采用了内载频脉冲驱动模式,利用了MOSFET的极分布电容对信号的延时作用,通过二极管解调还原调制管触发脉冲,最终输出正负电压的调制脉冲.载频信号频率大于200 kHz,隔离变压器具有尺寸小,绕组匝数少的特点.采用这种模式的调制器,输出脉冲宽度宽、前后沿小、工作比高.详细介绍了基于载频解调式脉冲调制器的应用实例,并对其性能参数进行了测试.     

按温度比例因子的低温双极晶体管优化设计

提出了一种按温度比例因子设计低温双极晶体管的设计规则。在考虑双极晶体管低温效应的前提下,着重分析了双极晶体管发射区和基区的浓度及宽度在低温下的变化情况。结合按温度比例子变化后任何特定温度下的双极晶体管电流增益和截止频率的优化结果,给出了这些参数在按温度比例因子规则设计时温度比例因子的变化参数。     

前置中频放大器性能的改善

通信机中的收信前置中频放大器 ,其性能的高低将直接影响整机技术指标。但其性能很不稳定。通过多次实验 ,证实其原因为 :晶体管选择不合适 ;屏蔽盒尺寸选择不当。通过实验得出了改善前置中频放大器性能的方法     

射频六端口OFDM解调器研究

该文提出了一种新的基于射频六端口网络的多频带OFDM解调器。推导了该解调器的数学模型,仿真了用于WLAN802.11a通信系统时,射频六端口网络的本振电平、输入信号电平对解调器性能的影响。研究了射频六端口网络中正交电桥和同相电桥分别存在相位幅度不平衡时和同时存在相位幅度不平衡时解调器误差矢量幅度的特性。讨论了解调器的动态范围、接收性能等指标。结果表明结合当前的MMIC集成水平,使用射频六端口网络可以实现多频带、多制式、多载波的OFDM解调器。     

求解作业车间调度问题的一种自适应遗传算法

针对作业车间调度问题,提出了最小化空闲时间的处理过程及其变异算子,设计了一种自适应遗传算法.该算法根据个体的特征确定交叉和变异次数,并根据种群特征不断修正种群.经典的调度基准问题测试表明:自适应措施能够有效保持种群的多样性,可以采用非常小的种群规模;最小化空闲时间的变异算子缩小了算法的搜索空间,大大提高了搜索效率.     

光频谐振腔准几何理论的另一种描述方法

根据谐振腔往返一周变换矩阵元素与参考平面位置的函数关系,提出了用几何成像条件分析光频谐振腔的准几何理论的另一种描述方法.     

LDPC编码自适应加载MIMO-OFDM系统性能分析

介绍了LDPC校验阵的构造及编译码算法,采用了随机法构造LDPC校验阵,编码基于高斯消去直接进行译码采用无穷阶量化时的置信传播算法;讨论了OFDM自适应加载技术与多输入多输出技术,结合自适应比特功率分配算法与基于多载波调制的比特分配方案实现了该加载分配技术;给出了LDPC编码的自适应加载MIMO-OFDM系统的模型。经仿真分析得出,二元域上非规则LDPC编码的系统性能优于多元域上的,自适应加载MIMO-OFDM技术大大提高了系统传输速率,有效增强了系统抗衰落性。