Simplified Seismic Sidesway Collapse Capacity-Based Evaluation and Design of Frame Buildings with Linear Viscous Dampers

This article describes a simplified procedure for estimating the seismic sidesway collapse capacity of frame building structures incorporating linear viscous dampers. The proposed procedure is based on a robust database of seismic peak displacement responses of viscously damped nonlinear single-degree-of-freedom systems for various seismic intensities and uses nonlinear static (pushover) analysis without the need for nonlinear time history dynamic analysis. The proposed procedure is assessed by comparing its collapse capacity predictions on 272 different building models with those obtained from incremental dynamic analyses. A straightforward collapse capacity-based design procedure is also introduced for structures without extreme soft story irregularities.     

High Court Review 2010: The Resurgence of Rights?

In 2010 the High Court delivered several judgments with potentially significant implications for the protection of human rights in Australia. It invoked the doctrine of the implied constitutional freedom of communication in Aid/Watch; found that offshore processing of asylum seekers must comply with procedural fairness and natural justice; invalidated elements of the SA government's control order scheme as it encroached on the independence of the judiciary; and invalidated amendments to electoral laws that shortened the period for enrolment. In this review we evaluate the implications of these decisions in the wider context of the protection of human rights in Australia. We argue that while these decisions have made an important contribution to restating the boundaries of rights protection, there are significant limitations in relying on judicial review as a mechanism of rights protection within the Australian constitutional framework.     

清代乾隆时期扬州人的引领时尚——建设文化教育休憩城的历史启示

清代扬州的兴盛,历经康熙后期、雍正乾隆二朝和嘉庆初年的一百年间,而以乾隆年间为鼎盛。盛清时代扬州人创造文明,在诸多领域处于"甲于天下"地位,稍微具体地说:1、园林花卉甲天下。2、创造维扬菜系,茶馆甲天下。3、讲究美容健身,沐浴业、按摩业、理发业技艺出色,香料制品天下第一。4、口耳身心并赏的戏剧曲艺业兴盛,是京剧产生的孕育地。5、兴办书院,教育成就非凡。6、经学、文学、史学研究发展,产生扬州学派;藏书颇富,印刷业上佳。7、府城建设成就卓著。扬州人生活行为中讲求文化品质、艺术品味,引领时尚,生活方式辐射四方。扬州人追求高雅生活的精神,相关事业的传统,是宝贵精神文化遗产,是今日建设文化教育名城的文化资源。     

高中美术课程研究性学习初探

研究性学习在美术课程中理论上可以通过教师的“解惑授道”来引导学生习得相关知识,又在实践上通过学生亲自实验来验证问题的假设,最终达到自我价值的实现和自我个性塑造的和谐发展。在开展高中美术研究性学习中,课程的性质需要教师以引导者与协助者的身份介入到学生的课题研究中来,帮助学生共同完成具有创新意义的研究工作。     

高中思想政治教学中的有效提问原则

高中思想政治课概念众多、知识抽象、理论性强,学生的社会经验又不足,因此,在高中政治课堂中,教师注重有效提问,可以吸引学生的注意力,调动学生的积极性,深化对所学知识的理解,培养学生分析解决问题的能力,激发学生对政治课的学习兴趣。有效的提问可以开启学生的创新思维,直接影响着政治课堂教学的效果。     

高中语文课堂如何运用问题式教学法

在语文新课堂教学中,“问题式”教学法要本着面向全体学生,着力培养学生的创新精神为宗旨,践行自主、合作、探究式教学的新理念,构造生动活泼的语文课堂教学观,扎实培养学生的创新意识和创新能力,为学生的全面发展打下坚实的基础。     

工业环境保护与安全工程专业建设的探索

通过分析工业环境保护与安全工程专业的发展现状,提出应以现代高等教育理念为指导,构建包括科技和人文素质课、专业理论课、实践课、选修课四大部分的课程体系,和为培养适应社会经济和科技发展的新型高素质人才的理论教学体系。     

An assessment of quality in underwater archaeological surveys using tape measurements

The quality of an underwater archaeological survey using 3D trilateration with fibreglass tape measures was established on an underwater test site. A precision of 25 mm was calculated for tape measurements giving a position accuracy of 43 mm. Of the 304 measurements which were made during the tests, 20% were found to be in error.     

Evaluation of underwater surveying techniques

The paper discusses the application of a number of manual trilateration surveying systems, an acoustic surveying system and a photogrammetric system applied to a rigid test frame. Results and relative merits are compared and discussed.     

Lost in the Mail: the Inherent Errors of Mapping Australia Post Postcodes to ABS Derived Postal Areas

It is now common practice, by users of geographic information, to link data held at the postcode level to that obtained from the national census. This paper examines the relationship between Australia Post (AP) postcodes and Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) derived postal areas — which are an approximation of the former based on aggregated census collection districts (CDs). A group of adjacent ABS postal areas in northwest Melbourne was compared with the true AP postcode areas they purported to represent and the discrepancies were investigated. Firstly, shape mismatches were studied and their potential impacts upon resource allocation decisions were assessed. Next, comparisons of areas were undertaken. It was found that, in established inner city urban areas, the two sets of boundaries were highly correlated. However, outer suburban neighborhoods were identified as being particularly prone to major areal discrepancies. The implications of mismatches between these two key boundary data sources may be severe, given that management decisions and the allocation of public and private resources are often based on spatial statistical analyses which use these data sets. The authors acknowledge ABS efforts in providing information at the levels of aggregation that society demands. The introduction of ABS postal areas data has undoubtedly facilitated the use of demographic data in many sectors; it has, however, also caused some problems, for instance, when users assume that ABS postal areas are identical to AP postcodes. These issues could easily be avoided with the inclusion of more comprehensive metadata documentation accompanying ABS data. Research is continuing to develop a method by which agencies may derive common boundaries for their administrative units, yet still meet their own individual data and sampling requirements.