Field Evaluation of the PAS III Passive Alcohol Sensor

Passive alcohol sensors (PAS) are screening devices designed to sample nonintrusively the ambient air around a driver's mouth to determine the presence of alcohol. Studies have shown that PAS devices can aid police officers in the identification of unpaired drivers, particularly at sobriety checkpoints. Data from a 1996 nationwide survey, in which 5,392 drivers were evaluated for alcohol using both the PAS III (a passive sensor housed in a flashlight) and evidential breath test devices, have allowed the determination of appropriate criteria at various blood alcohol concentrations (BAC) for detecting impaired drivers in the field. Using the appropriate criteria, the PAS III can identify about 75% of the drivers with BACs at or above 0.10%, and 70% at or above 0.08%. This is a vast improvement over the 40-50% detection rate currently achieved by police officers at checkpoints not using sensors. Using the PAS III few drivers would be identified inappropriately. At the criterion recommended for detecting BACs at or above 0.08%, about 14% of drivers with BACs of 0.02-0.05% would be incorrectly identified as having a higher BAC. Field studies have shown that when police officers rely on observation alone about 20% of drivers with low BACs are detained for further evaluation. More widespread use of passive sensors by police officers would aid in the detection of drinking drivers. Sensors also could provide an additional deterrent to the general public if they believe that when stopped by the police after drinking they will be detained for further evaluation.     

激励电压对汽车碰撞试验传感器输出的影响分析

碰撞试验中,假人及传感器组成数据采集系统的第一部分,输出的数据反映了冲击环境中模拟人体的生物力学响应。因此,最终的数据结果非常重要。传感器激励电压的不同,产生的热量也不同。碰撞试验中使用的传感器数量达200多个,因此假人体内会因激励电压产生较大的热量,从而产生温度误差,最终引起数据的不准确。因此,在碰撞试验中,要确保假人体内温度与标准符合;要求传感器标定电压与数据采集输入的激励电压一致。     

总氮提标改造工程的微生物群落结构分析

对出水ρ［总氮（TN）］<1.5 mg·L^-1的市政污水处理厂（WWTP）的活性污泥进行微生物群落结构分析,揭示同一污水厂常规生化（WLK_OD）段和深度脱氮（WLK_AD）段的微生物群落多样性差异及功能差异.通过16S rRNA基因高通量测序及分析,结果表明相较于WLK_OD,WLK_AD中微生物群落具有较低均匀性,是因为特定的环境对微生物进行了选择.Proteobacteria在WLK_AD中富集且相对丰度达到70.11%.Thauera、Flavobacterium、Hydrogenophaga和Zoogloea等反硝化菌为WLK_AD中新增的优势菌,在两工段不同的生态位和微生物生长动力学共同作用下,体系内的反硝化菌发生演替.通过组间比较（P<0.05）,演替的优势反硝化菌在两个工段中有显著差异.此外,通过共现网络模块化分析结果表明,不同的水质环境对微生物群落结构具有影响.通过冗余分析发现COD和TN的去除率对微生物群落结构影响最大,Saccharibacteria、Thermomarinilinea、Terrimonas和Comamonas与COD的去除率呈正相关,而Dokdonella、Thauera、Flavobacterium和Zoogloea等反硝化菌与TN的去除率呈正相关.在WLK_AD中,NO₃^--N和TN的去除率较高,Novosphingobium、Dokdonella、Thauera和Sphingomonas等反硝化功能菌相对丰度也较高,它们协同去除TN,实现出水ρ（TN）<1.5 mg·L^-1.功能预测结果表明WLK_AD中编码反硝化酶的基因丰度更高.     

不同外碳源对尾水极限脱氮性能及微生物群落结构的影响

投加外碳源是污水厂尾水深度脱氮的重要手段.为充分对比多种碳源在极限脱氮条件下的性能及经济性,以及碳源对微生物种群结构的影响,选取甲醇、乙醇、葡萄糖和乙酸钠这4种单碳源,并采用反应速率较高的乙酸钠和乙醇与价格便宜的葡萄糖配制成4种复合碳源进行研究.结果表明,所有系统均能满足出水ρ（NO_x^--N）≤1.0mg·L^-1的要求.单碳源系统,乙醇反应速率最快,投加量最省,费用最低.复合碳源系统,乙酸钠/葡萄糖（1：1）在COD/ρ（N）为6时,与乙酸钠/葡萄糖（1：3）、乙醇/葡萄糖（1：1）和乙醇/葡萄糖（1：3）在COD/ρ（N）为9、10和10时的效果相当,且乙酸钠/葡萄糖（1：1）系统反应速率最快且经济性最好.Illumina MiSeq高通量测序显示,经70 d左右的运行,微生物群落结构发生根本性变化.在与葡萄糖相关的系统,常规脱氮系统不常见的菌门Candidatus Saccharibacteria,丰度从种泥的1.16%提高到47.37%;相应地,在属水平Saccharibacteria_genera_incertae_sedis成为绝对优势菌种.研究结果可为污水厂尾水极限脱氮的碳源选择提供更全面的对比,也为碳源在微生物菌群驯化方面的作用提供更多参考和借鉴.     

铁改性石英砂过滤协同控制饮用水含氮消毒副产物和条件致病菌

石英砂在给水工艺中最主要的作用为去除浊度,其固-液界面的微生物作用受到忽视.为了解决普通石英砂(sand)在控制消毒副产物和条件致病菌有限的问题,将普通石英砂改性为铁改性石英砂(Fe-sand),用气相色谱-ECD测定了典型含氮消毒副产物(N-DBPs)和含碳消毒副产物的最大生成势.结果 表明,Fe-sand对卤代硝基...     

A cellphone-based colorimetric multi-channel sensor for water environmental monitoring

● A cellphone-based colorimetric multi-channel sensor for in-field detection. ● A universal colorimetric detection platform in the absorbance range of 400–700 nm. ● Six-fold improvement of sensitivity by introducing a transmission grating. ● Quantifying multiple water quality indexes simultaneously with high stability. The development of colorimetric analysis technologies for the commercial cellphone platform has attracted great attention in environmental monitoring due to the low cost, high versatility, easy miniaturization, and widespread ownership of cellphones. This work demonstrates a cellphone-based colorimetric multi-channel sensor for quantifying multiple environmental contaminants simultaneously with high sensitivity and stability. To improve the sensitivity of the sensor, a delicate optical path system was created by using a diffraction grating to split six white beams transmitting through the multiple colored samples, which allows the cellphone CMOS camera to capture the diffracted light for image analysis. The proposed sensor is a universal colorimetric detection platform for a variety of environmental contaminants with the colorimetry assay in the range of 400–700 nm. By introducing the diffraction grating for splitting light, the sensitivity was improved by over six folds compared with a system that directly photographed transmitted light. As a successful proof-of-concept, the sensor was used to detect turbidity, orthophosphate, ammonia nitrogen and three heavy metals simultaneously with high sensitivity (turbidity: detection limit of 1.3 NTU, linear range of 5–400 NTU; ammonia nitrogen: 0.014 mg/L, 0.05–5 mg/L; orthophosphate: 0.028 mg/L, 0.1–10 mg/L; Cr (VI): 0.0069 mg/L, 0.01–0.5 mg/L; Fe: 0.025 mg/L, 0.1–2 mg/L; Zn: 0.032 mg/L, 0.05–2 mg/L) and reliability (relative standard deviations of six parallel measurements of 0.37%–1.60% and recoveries of 95.5%–106.0% in surface water). The miniature sensor demonstrated in-field sensing ability in environmental monitoring, which can be extended to point-of-care diagnosis and food safety control.     

低温下活性污泥膨胀的微生物群落结构研究

采用水质参数指标测定和高通量测序技术,探讨了郑州某污水处理厂冬季间歇性污泥膨胀机制.结果表明该厂活性污泥的污泥容积指数(SVI值)的变化与季节温度变化有显著的负相关性,1~4月及12月易发生污泥膨胀,但是不影响出水水质.高通量测序技术分析发现污泥膨胀月份泥样的微生物群落结构要显著不同于未膨胀月份.该厂发生丝状菌污泥膨胀的优势丝状菌为腐螺旋菌科Saprospiraceae和黄杆菌科Flavobacterium.因此,低温导致活性污泥微生物群落结构变化是引起该厂活性污泥膨胀的原因.     

土壤微生物呼吸热适应性与微生物群落及多样性对全球气候变化响应研究

土壤微生物呼吸热适应性被认为是决定陆地生态系统对全球变暖反馈作用的潜在重要机制,可能显著改变未来的气候变化趋势,然而,土壤微生物群落结构变化如何引起土壤微生物呼吸热适应性的研究目前尚存争议.该文针对气候变化对土壤微生物呼吸的影响研究,梳理了当前对土壤微生物呼吸的热适应性是否存在的争议和不同观点与结论,综述了气候变化对土...     

抗番茄青枯病复合菌剂的筛选构建及其防效

通过土壤浸出液培养基和菌间相互拮抗试验,筛选并构建出由能拮抗土传病原菌的拮抗菌系和与之协同、快速繁殖的营养菌系组成的复合菌剂.复合菌剂在25～40 ℃,pH=6.0～8.0条件下生长良好.对番茄青枯病的平板拮抗试验的结果表明,复合菌剂对番茄青枯病病原菌、病土及番茄青枯病株中的微生物均有明显拮抗作用.盆栽试验结果显示,施入复合菌剂,可延缓病土的青枯病发病时间8～19 d并减少发病株数2～3株,防效明显.     

Effect of copper on phospholipid fatty acid composition of microbial communities in two red soils

The phospholipid fatty acid （PLFA） composition was analyzed in two red soils experimentally contaminated with copper at different concentrations. The total amounts ofphospholipid fatty acids （PLFAs） in both red soils were significantly correlated with soil microbial biomass C and N, which decreased consistently with increasing levels of copper. The relative quantities of the PLFAs 17：0 （10 Me）, i16：0, il 5：0 and 16：1w5c, decreased with increasing heavy metal concentration, while those of cyl7：0, which is an indicator of gram-negative bacteria, increased. The Shannon index calculated from the PLFA data indicated that Cu addition in the red soils decreased the population diversity of soil microbial communities. Multivariate analysis of PLFA data demonstrated that high levels of Cu application had a significant impact on microbial community structure and there is a threshold metal concentration for PLFA composition. Comparatively higher toxic effect on microbial biomass and community structure were found in the red sandy soil than those in the red clayey soil. The differential effect of Cu addition on microbial communities in the two soils may be due to differences in soil texture and cation exchange capacity.