Simulated walks through dangerous alleys: Impacts of features and progress on fear

The current work considered how concerns for personal safety varied as respondents viewed two sequences of slides depicting walks down two dangerous urban alleys. It extended the Nasar/Fisher model of site-level fear-inspiring features by applying it to urban alleys and by controlling for relative position along a pathway. In Study 1, consistent with the Nasar/Fisher model, multilevel models linked refuge positively to fear in both alleys as did a prospect/escape composite. In Study 2 respondents estimated day and night time fear, day and night time chances of being attacked, and provided their own ratings of Nasar/Fisher features. All three features significantly affected fear. The replication also observed effects of being Chinese-born, and tentatively explored connections between mystery, danger, and Nasar/Fisher features. Results confirmed that safety concerns varied as respondents proceeded down an alley, and such variation was a function of both Nasar/Fisher features, where they were in the alley, and who they were.     

Interaction and influence of two creeks on Escherichia coli concentrations of nearby beaches: exploration of predictability and mechanisms

The impact of river outfalls on beach water quality depends on numerous interacting factors. The delivery of contaminants by multiple creeks greatly complicates understanding of the source contributions, especially when pollution might originate up- or down-coast of beaches. We studied two beaches along Lake Michigan that are located between two creek outfalls to determine the hydrometeorologic factors influencing near-shore microbiologic water quality and the relative impact of the creeks. The creeks continuously delivered water with high concentrations of Escherichia coli to Lake Michigan, and the direction of transport of these bacteria was affected by current direction. Current direction reversals were associated with elevated E. coli concentrations at Central Avenue beach. Rainfall, barometric pressure, wave height, wave period, and creek specific conductance were significantly related to E. coli concentration at the beaches and were the parameters used in predictive models that best described E. coli variation at the two beaches. Multiple inputs to numerous beaches complicates the analysis and understanding of the relative relationship of sources but affords opportunities for showing how these complex creek inputs might interact to yield collective or individual effects on beach water quality.     

A method for prediction of extent of microbial pollution of seawater and carrying capacity of beaches

The increase in the number of tourists visiting a coast is desired by most of the countries for economic reasons. However, this increase in tourism may cause pollution of the sea. This can be only avoided by proper planning and by predicting the carrying capacity of the coast in terms of sea pollution. This is especially important for developing countries where part of the wastewater is discharged without any treatment into the sea.In the present study the beaches were classified according to their use — and consequently the amount of waste discharged into the sea — into four groups: (1) coasts that are used only for swimming and recreational purposes; (2) coasts used simultaneously for dwelling, swimming, and recreational purposes; (3) coasts along which only dwellings exist; and (4) natural and man-made harbors, i.e., coasts used as shelters. During the survey,40,320 observations were made between December 1985 and February 1988 to determine the effect of the number of tourists on seawater quality. The results obtained were analyzed by a multilinear regression program to obtain an empirical equation giving the extent of the sea pollution in terms of coliform concentration as a function of population density and some other environmental factors.The equations derived in this study enable the determination of the carrying capacity of a beach in terms of pollution as well as the expected degree of pollution corresponding to a given population density. Furthermore, it allows the prediction of the extra carrying capacity that can be obtained by improving the waste-disposal conditions.     

Mycological assessment of sediments in Ligurian beaches in the Northwestern Mediterranean: pathogens and opportunistic pathogens

Sediments of five Ligurian beaches in compliance with European Union bathing water regulations were studied based on the characteristics of the fungal assemblage during the tourism season. Among the 179 taxa of filamentous fungi isolated, 120 were opportunistic pathogens, such as Acremonium sp., and the genus Penicillium was also present as the pathogenic species P. citrinum. Furthermore, 5% of the total filamentous fungi belonged to the dermatophyte genus Microsporum, whose species can cause mycoses. Beach sediments showed elevated densities of opportunistic pathogens, of pathogenic filamentous fungi, and of yeasts during the tourism season. Although monitoring of beach sediments for microbiological contamination is not mandatory, and disease transmission from sediments has not yet been demonstrated, our study suggests that beach sediments may act as a reservoir of potential pathogens, including fungi. In addition, the mycoflora displayed high sensitivity to critical environmental situations in the beaches studied. Therefore, the fungal community can be a useful tool for assessing the quality of sandy beaches in terms of sanitary and environmental quality.     

The conflict between first cost and recyclability in the design of manufactured goods

Materials recycling can confer substantial benefits, such as reduced dependence on foreign suppliers, extended resource life, and reduction in the quantities of residuals associated with primary extraction. Many manufactured goods contain a variety of materials that comprise a self-contaminating mixture. Moreover, modern construction methods often preclude simple and easy segregation into usable fractions. Consideration, at the design stage, of subsequent recycling could facilitate a suitable choice of material and of mode of construction to aid reclamation. Such re-design is, however, likely to involve increased cost.     

River systems as providers of goods and services: a basis for comparing desired and undesired effects of large dam projects

In developing countries, large dam projects continue to be launched, primarily to secure a time-stable freshwater supply and to generate hydropower. Meanwhile, calls for environmentally sustainable development put pressure on the dam-building industry to integrate ecological concerns in project planning and decision-making. Such integration requires environmental impact statements (EISs) that can communicate the societal implications of the ecological effects in terms that are understandable and useful to planners and decision-makers. The purpose of this study is to develop a basic framework for assessing the societal implications of the river ecological effects expected of a proposed large dam project. The aim is to facilitate a comparison of desired and potential undesired effects on-site and downstream. The study involves two main tasks: to identify key river goods and services that a river system may provide, and to analyze how the implementation of a large dam project may alter the on-site capacity and downstream potentials to derive river goods and services from the river system. Three river goods and six river services are identified. River goods are defined as extractable partly man-made products and river services as naturally sustained processes. By four main types of flow manipulations, a large dam project improves the on-site capacity to derive desired river goods, but simultaneously threatens the provision of desirable river goods and services downstream. However, by adjusting the site, design, and operational schedule of the proposed dam project, undesirable effects on river goods and services can be minimized.     

基于马尔可夫模型的降水预测及其利用

在介绍马尔可夫链的预测方法与模型的基础上,以山东省文登市为例,根据1953—2005年的降水量资料,对年降水量进行了状态分级;应用马尔可夫模型对该地区的降水情况进行了预测和分析,提出了对雨水资源利用的看法。结果表明,该方法客观、准确、可靠、简便,为区域降水的中短期预测提供了新的解决途径。     

自然资源特许经营权流转的法理基础与制度构建

自然资源特许经营权的流转有助于发挥市场在资源配置中的基础作用,通过价格杠杆和竞争引导自然资源的开发利用.基于自然资源特许经营权的用益物权属性,特许经营者享有流转决定自由、选择流转相对人自由及定价自由,国家可基于自然资源所有者和社会管理者的双重身份对特许经营权流转予以限制.我国矿业权、海域使用权、取水权、渔业权等自然资源特许经营权流转立法还存在较多法律障碍.直接转让、作价出资、证券化、出租、抵押等是特许经营权流转的基本形式,并且受到流转主体的资质、流转客体的适格和流转形式的要式等限制.     

壳聚糖对小麦发芽及生根效应的研究

利用壳聚糖浸泡小麦种子,通过考察小麦的出芽率、发芽指数、活力指数、生根数量和根的长度等各项指标的变化,探讨壳聚糖对小麦发芽和生根生理效应的影响.结果表明,当pH值6.5、壳聚糖浓度为4-6mg/mL时能显著提高小麦种子活力,促进幼苗生长;当壳聚糖浓度低于8mg/mL时,小麦的出芽率、发芽指数、活力指数随壳聚糖处理浓度的增大而明显提高;当壳聚糖浓度为4mg/mL、浸泡时间为10h时,小麦种子生根效应最为明显.     

Employee reactivity and adaptation to observation on the job

In the course of studying police dispatchers, five observers recorded the reactions of the employees (N = 37) to their presence throughout the work shift on three separate occasions. Four major research questions were considered: (a) extent of reaction, (b) relationship between interactions with the observer and changes in employees' work activities, (c) independence of verbal and nonverbal behavioral reactions, and (d) adaptation. On average, subjects or other employees initiated 10 interactions per hour with observers. These interactions were classified as subject-initiated (a) verbal, content related to research procedures; (b) verbal, non-research-related in content; (c) nonverbal only or (d) other employee-initiated verbal comment. Interaction with the observer was not related to the amount of work the subject did. Subjects' nonverbal and verbal responses were unrelated to each other as well as to the verbal responses of other employees. A priori expectations concerning adaptation to observation were tested with a 3 × 3 (segment by day) repeated-measures factorial design. Significant adaptation (P < 0·01) occurred within and between days in subjects' comments about research procedures and all comments from other employees. However, other behaviors showed with no evidence of adaptation or actual increases. The implications of these findings for measuring reactivity and deciding when adaptation has occurred are discussed.     

植物铝胁迫发生机制及其内在缓解途径研究进展

本文总结了土壤中铝的存在形式及其化学行为,分析了以针叶人工林为例的诱发植物铝胁迫效应的内外部机制,以及铝胁迫在不同生态水平上对植物生长的影响。比较了环境铝胁迫下,植物体自身缓解环境铝威胁的不同途径。     

Effect of heat treatment on sorption of polar and nonpolar compounds to montmorillonites and soils

Batch sorption isotherms of 1,3,5-trichlorobenzene, 1,3,5-trinitrobenzene, and tetracycline to organic-free montmorillonites and soils receiving heat treatment (375°C for 24 h) were compared with those to unheated sorbents. Sorption of the nonpolar 1,3,5-trichlorobenzene to soil was lowered after the removal of humus by heating, consistent with the mechanism of hydrophobic partition into organic matter. For 1,3,5-trinitrobenzene, the enhanced sorption to heated soils was attributed to specific interactions with exchangeable cations facilitated by heating-induced irreversible partial dehydration of the clay interlayer. For tetracycline, an additional mechanism for sorption enhancement could be due to increased exposure of strong complexation sites on clay minerals after removal of the humic coating. These hypotheses were supported by the sorption data to heated and unheated Na-, K-, and Cs-saturated montmorillonites. The combustion method is commonly adopted to measure the content of black carbon in soils and sediments. However, findings from the present study indicate that combustion may greatly modify the structural properties of clay minerals, leading to misinterpreted sorption contributions of different soil components to sorption of polar or ionic compounds.     

发展可再生燃料推进减排的现状和趋势

文章阐述了发展生物燃料可实现缓解石油供需矛盾和减排温室气体的双赢目的,介绍了世界各主要消费大国发展,应用生物燃料的情况及生物燃料的发展趋势.     

大陆居民赴台旅游市场特征及发展机制研究

大陆居民赴台旅游市场是特殊区域旅游合作形态的产物,赴台旅游市场的发展是在特殊的政治环境中运行的.为了更好地促进两岸双向旅游发展,实现两岸经济合作全方位、宽领域、多层次格局的形成,在分析大陆居民赴台旅游的发展历程和当前赴台旅游市场特征的基础上,认为大陆居民赴台旅游的发展机制是市场因素和政治因素相互作用的结果,赴台旅游发展历程呈现3个阶段的不同特征,是市场机制作用力不同造成的.结合赴台旅游发展机制和市场特征,围绕推进大陆居民赴台旅游的可持续发展,共创两岸旅游交流新局面,提出几点建议.     

生态红线管控绩效考核技术方案及制度保障研究

基于生态红线管控绩效考核必要性的分析,在尽可能规避目前我国环境绩效考核诸多弊端的前提下,制定了生态红线绩效考核框架及技术方案：从绩效考核主体、客体、考核内容与考核方法等方面完成了生态红线绩效考核框架的构建,确定了考核指标、计量模型和考核标准,并详细探讨了考核程序、考核成果的管理与应用等问题。研究旨在为地方政府实施生态红线管控绩效考核提供支撑。     

The Influence of Proximity to a National Forest on Emotions and Fire-Management Decisions

Because American national forests are managed for all citizens, it is important that researchers explore the differences and similarities between citizens living both near and far from publicly managed land. We surveyed residents living at various distances from nationally managed land to collect resident perceptions of different forest fire-management techniques, to determine public preferences for these techniques, and to examine the motivations behind these preferences. Participants both close to and far away from national forests tended to favor a multipronged approach to fire management by preferring the use of a combination of two or more fire-management techniques. There were no significant differences by proximity in participants’ self-rated emotions, types of fire-management techniques preferred, or the reasons and rationales for their preferred fire-management technique(s), indicating that the proximity variable may not be as significant as previously thought.     

城市垃圾资源化技术研究和亟待解决的问题

分析了垃圾成分及影响因素,着重介绍了垃圾资源化堆肥技术和其它资源化处理技术,提出了城市垃圾资源化亟待解决的几个问题。     

4种实用配方饲料对锦鲤诱食活性和生长的影响

试验用鱼选择锦鲤.根据动物摄食行为学原理,采用迷宫法和摄食率法为试验方法,配制4种添加甘氨酸的实用饵料,研究其对锦鲤诱食活性和生长的影响,实验结果用Excel和SPSS17.0软件进行分析.结果表明,4种实用饵料都对锦鲤具有诱食反应.其中,火棘(35m甘氨酸)P=0.003＜ 0.05,浒苔(35mg甘氨酸)P=0.001＜0.05,诱食效果有极显著意义.与对照组相比,喂食实用饵料的锦鲤增重率都有所提高,其中浒苔+50mg甘氨酸最为明显,达到8.44％,饵料系数降低到4.123.     

WTO规则对西部开发的风险及机遇浅探

随着中国加入WTO进程的加快和西部大开发战略的实施,依法治国无疑是改善投资环境、促进西部开发的最有效手段之一。本文根据WTO基本原则与法制经济的相互关系和影响深入浅出地论述了WTO对西部开发的风险及机遇,并提出了针对性的策略和措施。