西藏羊卓雍错沉积物沉积速率的测定

利用~(210)Pb和~(137)Cs测定了西藏羊卓雍错湖泊沉积物的沉积速率。结果表明,羊卓雍错湖心和北部湖区沉积柱中的~(137)Cs都只有一个蓄积峰。假定对应的时标为1963年,据此得出的沉积物累积率分别为0. 014 5 g/(cm~2·a)和0. 025 2g/(cm~2·a),对应的年均沉积速率分别为0. 041 cm/a和0. 068 cm/a;而~(210)Pb的结果显示,羊卓雍错湖心和北部湖区的沉积物累积率分别为0. 014 6 g/(cm~2·a)和0. 014 7 g/(cm~2·a),对应的年均沉积速率分别为0. 040 cm/a和0. 041 cm/a。~(210)Pb和~(137)Cs的定年结果在北部湖区的定年结果差别较大,很可能是由于湖水在北部湖区的渗漏,导致沉积物中Cs的纵向迁移造成的。     

瑞士Greifen湖新近沉积物中的137Cs分布及其计年

于瑞士Greifen湖不同复水深度的位置,采集了直径为12cm的四个沉积物孔心样品,测得~(137)Cs的垂直剖面具相似的分布类型.由垂直剖面中~(137)Cs的峰值作沉积物计年标志得知:沉积物积累速度变化范围为0.22—0.085g/cm~2·a,随采样点与入湖的M(?)nch河口距离增加而递减.界面层沉积作用速率变化范围为1.4—0.55cm/a.显示出入湖泥沙输入和复水深度的双重影响.实际资料和理论概算表明.湖中的大部分~(137)Cs来自M(?)nch河积水盆地并在湖中得到净化.     

On the kinetics of acetylcholine at the synapse

Electrophysiologic, morphologic, and biochemical definitions of the synapse will be correlated spatially and temporally. Postsynaptic fatigue and facilitation follow oscillations of the free pool of acetylcholine, predicted by the kinetic theory and observed at the electric organ of Torpedo marmorata. The underlying thermodynamic instability exhibits properties of the Na⁺—K⁺-dependent hydrolysis of adenosine triphosphate and represents a necessary condition for synaptic memory.     

典型喀斯特坡地137Cs的分布与相关影响因子研究

通过野外考察和大量的137Cs取样分析,对喀斯特坡地土壤137Cs分布及相关影响因子进行了初步研究.结果表明,喀斯特区域137Cs剖面分布特征与非喀斯特区域相似,林地土壤剖面137Cs呈现指数分布模式,耕地剖面的137Cs呈均匀分布模式;喀斯特区域落水洞洞口45 cm以上土层中的137Cs比活度变幅为1.7~3.3 Bq/kg,137Cs分布较深,表明洞口现存土壤多由侵蚀物质堆积形成;2个石缝中的土壤样品137Cs比活度分别为16.8 Bq/kg和37.6 Bq/kg,远远高于临近土体,表明裸岩是影响喀斯特区域137Cs地表空间运移的一个重要因素;随坡面海拔升高,137Cs的面积活度表现出波动振荡趋势,空间异质性明显,林地和农耕地坡面137Cs面积活度变幅分别为299.4~1 592.6 Bq/m2和115.8~1 478.6 Bq/m2;林地坡面137Cs面积活度与坡度和海拔高度呈极显著正相关,农耕地坡面137Cs面积活度和坡度呈不明显的负相关,与海拔高度呈显著负相关.地形地貌和人为干扰强度是影响坡面137Cs空间分布规律的主要因素.     

程海沉积物重金属时空变化及人为污染与潜在生态风险

沉积物重金属污染是影响湖泊等水体环境质量与健康的主要因素之一.通过对程海9个沉积短岩芯中10种金属元素含量的分析,在~(210)Pb与~(137)Cs定年的基础上,研究了沉积物中重金属含量与污染的时空变化特征;采用潜在生态风险指数法与沉积物质量基准法、并参考重金属污染水平,评估了表层沉积物重金属的潜在生态风险.结果表明,各岩芯不同年代沉积物中,除了Cd含量变化较大之外(变异系数为0.59),其余各金属元素含量变化均较小(变异系数小于0.20);空间上,各岩芯之间每一种金属的平均含量差异较小,最大值与最小值的比值为1.2~1.8,显示了不同湖区重金属较为相似的富集规律.沉积物中主要污染元素为Cd、Pb和Hg,其中Cd和Pb污染始于20世纪80年代中期;近十年来Cd污染程度稍有下降,但仍呈中等污染水平,而Pb污染程度持续增加,属于弱污染水平;Hg污染始于20世纪90年代末期,呈弱污染水平;而As、Cu和Zn仅在部分近表层沉积物呈现较弱污染.空间上,沉积物中重金属污染水平并未表现出明显的趋势.除了大气沉降(主要为有色金属冶炼释放)输入之外,程海沉积物重金属污染还可能受到农业面源与生活污水排放的影响.表层沉积物中As、Cu、Ni、Pb和Zn具有较低的潜在生态风险,Hg和Cd具有中-高潜在生态风险.     

辽东湾地区~(137)Cs大气沉降研究

利用137Cs示踪技术的前提条件是了解137Cs的大气沉降历史,从而准确求算区域环境中137Cs的背景值.本文利用日本秋田、东京及新泻地区137Cs年沉降数据,并结合相应的降水数据进行修正,对辽东湾地区137Cs的大气沉降进行了定量研究.结果表明,辽东湾地区137Cs的大气沉降趋势与北半球基本一致;1957—2008年辽东湾地区137Cs大气总沉降通量的模拟结果为1536 Bq·m-2(衰变校正至2009年),与该地区土壤中137Cs背景值较为接近;20世纪50年代末60年代初频繁的大气核试验和1986年的切尔诺贝利核事故是1963年和1986年两个137Cs沉降峰值产生的原因;1990年以后,沉降在地表的137Cs在风力侵蚀作用下,发生再悬浮,使得大气中137Cs沉降通量再次出现量级变化明显.福岛核事故产生的核素沉降对研究区的137Cs沉降通量的影响并不明显.     

大弹涂鱼(Boleophthalmus Pectinirostris)作为放射性核素指示物的研究

以大弹涂鱼为对象,模拟其两栖生活的环境,采用示踪法并用S-80智能多道分析器与Ge(Li)探头研究了大弹涂鱼的整体及其组织器官对¹³⁷Cs、¹³⁴Cs、⁶⁵Zn、⁶⁰Co的富集与排出.探讨了其积累量、残留量与海水中核素浓度的相关性,推荐性腺、肌肉、头部作为监测海洋中¹³⁷Cs、¹³⁴Cs、⁶⁵Zn、⁶⁰Co污染的生物指示物.     

210Pb和137Cs计年在尼罗河三角洲的应用现状与适用性分析

本文详细梳理了210Pb和137 Cs计年法在尼罗河三角洲泻湖沉积年代学研究的历史过程以及遇到的困境,并结合笔者近期研究结果,进一步论证了该手段在近百年湖泊沉积速率测定和沉积过程研究等方面仍具有较高适用性。同时,笔者从钻孔采样位置、岩性状况、采样间距、计算模式等四个方面提出了在实际应用210 Pb和137 Cs计年中应注意的细节,以期为今后该手段应用于湖泊环境污染年代测定研究取得理想效果提供一定理论帮助。     

青海共和盆地降尘观测与137Cs测定的初步结果

通过对1998～1999年共和盆地的降尘观测和尘样的¹³⁷Cs分析,测定了降尘速率及其月分配;对尘源进行了¹³⁷Cs示踪,并从理论上估算出降尘产生的¹³⁷Cs再分配,对沉积速率的计算模型进行了讨论.作为采用¹³⁷Cs法研究沙尘暴降尘的一次尝试,这些初步结果对沙尘暴测定及其强度评估等方面研究有一定的借鉴作用.     

中国几个地区土壤中239,240Pu、241Am和137Cs等放射性核素的测定

分别从北京、太原、石家庄和济南地区采集了深度为0-5和5-20cm的土壤样品,进行了~(239,240)Pu、~(241)Am、~(137)Cs、~(40)K以及天然铀、钍系放射性核素的测定.估计了样品中放射性核素的水平和分布.结果表明,~(239,240)Pu、~(241)Am和~(137)Cs 的平均累积沉降量分别为24+13、10±5和1230±700MBq/km~2.~(239,240)Pu/~(137)Cs活度比为0.016—0.026(平均值0.020±0.004),~(214)Am/~(239,240)Pu活度比为0.35—0.49(平均值0.43±0.05).还讨论了这些核素与土壤中“过剩”~(210)Pb之间的关系.     

Guidelines for the strategic management of flood risks in industrial plant oil in the Brazilian coast: adaptive measures to the impacts by relative sea level rise

This study provides guidelines for strategic management in industrial oil plants linked to uncertainties of climate change through the development of integrated planning methodology with focus on coastal flooding events caused by relative sea level rise (RSLR). The research site is in Redonda Island, located in Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro City, Brazil, and since 1960, it constitutes an industrial oil plant facility. The region suffers interaction with storms and meteorological tides from extratropical cyclones over the South Atlantic Ocean, being vulnerable to risks of disasters, floods, and coastal erosion. A Program on Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessments to Relative Sea Level Rise (“Programa de Avaliação e Adaptação às Vulnerabilidades de Elevação do Nível Relativo do Mar—PAAVENRM”) was developed to avoid compromising the regional and local development in the industrial system of the island, which is an ad hoc instrument designed to anticipate and reduce risks, damages, and losses by occurrence of extreme climatic events in coastal areas prone to flooding caused by RSLR. Results from computer simulation modeling indicate 37 prospective qualitative scenarios that consolidate the conditions of future climate vulnerability of the plant, starting from United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) information for RSLR up to 2100. Three quantitative forecasting scenarios were simulated, under boundary conditions preset for different altimetric ranges subject to submersion, based upon ordinary and extraordinary tides measured in the area in relation to RSLR, which allowed the evaluation of the industrial infrastructure at risk. Furthermore, three thematic maps were elaborated for the planning of specific coastal protection interventions. Percentages of physical damage and property losses were estimated. The importance of applying guidelines for medium and long-term corporate strategy management, integrating the risk of flooding, the rigging of civil defense systems, meteorology, and of the plans, programs, and existing systems and others to be developed is highlighted. From this perspective, the proposed scenarios help to identify the most relevant alternatives for mitigation and adaptation under technical criteria for decision making in the study area.     

60Co和137Cs在紫贻贝(Mytilus edulis)体内分布的初步研究

在海洋中,~(60)Co和~(137)Cs是重要的放射性污染物。关于~(60)Co和~(137)Cs在海洋生物体内的累积、排出及在不同组织内的分布已有很多报道,在生物体内的代谢也受到广泛的重视,还有的提出用贻贝作为~(60)Co等污染物的指示生物。本实验在于了解~(60)Co和~(137)Cs在紫贻贝的某些亚细胞成分中的分布及该两种核素在海洋生物体内的存在状态,探讨其累积和排出机制,这对进一步估计其对高营养阶层动物和人类的影响具有重要意义。     

抚仙湖沉积物重金属垂向分布及潜在生态风险评价

基于环境放射性核素210Pbex和137 Cs计年法确定抚仙湖北、中和南部三个沉积物柱芯的沉积年代,分析了各个柱芯近150年的重金属(Cr、Cu、Zn、As和Pb)的垂向分布特征,并用潜在生态风险指数法进行了潜在生态风险分析。结果表明,抚仙湖不同湖区沉积物重金属的垂向分布存在明显差异,其中Zn、As和Pb呈现整体向上增加的趋势,Cr和Cu分别呈现微波动变化和下降趋势。重金属元素之间相关性表明Zn、As和Pb具有较好的同源性,而Cr和Cu来源不同。重金属元素与营养盐TP之间呈较好的相关性,与TN和TOC则相关性较差或无相关性存在。潜在生态风险指数评价显示近150年来抚仙湖不同湖区沉积物重金属污染水平差异明显,其中北部和南部As是主要的生态风险贡献因子,而中部Cu是主要的生态风险贡献因子。抚仙湖中部和南部沉积物重金属总体处于中等生态风险,而北部沉积物重金属由中等上升为较高生态风险出现在20世纪90年代末期。     

UVC Inactivation of dsDNA and ssRNA Viruses in Water: UV Fluences and a qPCR-Based Approach to Evaluate Decay on Viral Infectivity

Disinfection by low-pressure monochromatic ultraviolet (UVC) radiation (253.7 nm) became an important technique to sanitize drinking water and also wastewater in tertiary treatments. In order to prevent the transmission of waterborne viral diseases, the analysis of the disinfection kinetics and the quantification of infectious viral pathogens and indicators are highly relevant and need to be addressed. The families Adenoviridae and Polyomaviridae comprise human and animal pathogenic viruses that have been also proposed as indicators of fecal contamination in water and as Microbial Source Tracking tools. While it has been previously suggested that dsDNA viruses may be highly resistant to UVC radiation compared to other viruses or bacteria, no information is available on the stability of polyomavirus toward UV irradiation. Here, the inactivation of dsDNA (HAdV2 and JCPyV) and ssRNA (MS2 bacteriophage) viruses was analyzed at increasing UVC fluences. A minor decay of 2-logs was achieved for both infectious JC polyomaviruses (JCPyV) and human adenoviruses 2 (HAdV2) exposed to a UVC fluence of 1,400 J/m², while a decay of 4-log was observed for MS2 bacteriophages (ssRNA). The present study reveals the high UVC resistance of dsDNA viruses, and the UV fluences needed to efficiently inactivate JCPyV and HAdV2 are predicted. Furthermore, we show that in conjunction with appropriate mathematical models, qPCR data may be used to accurately estimate virus infectivity.     

黄河三角洲及邻近海域沉积物137Cs和210Pbex断代的适用性

¹³⁷Cs和²¹⁰Pb_ex定年是确定近百年来浅层湖泊沉积物年代学框架的首选方法,然而,该方法在河口滩地及邻近海域沉积物断代中的适用性仍然不清。本文以渤海黄河三角洲为研究对象,通过钻孔采集了1929～1990年间四个不同成陆年限的淤成土泥芯,分析了¹³⁷Cs和²¹⁰Pb_ex活度及粒度的深度分布特征;结合已报道的邻近海域水下地形特征、沉积物特性、沉积构造等资料,讨论了黄河口泥沙沉积和三角洲形成的特点,评价了沉积物¹³⁷Cs和²¹⁰Pb_ex断代法在该区域的适用性。结果表明,黄河三角洲是由入海口冲积扇不断向前推进而形成,具有快速且不均匀沉积的特点。20世纪50～70年代大气层核试验产生的放射性同位素¹³⁷Cs是黄河三角洲和邻近海域沉积物断代可靠的示踪物,含¹³⁷Cs的沉积物可被确定为1963年(或1954年)以来的沉积物。²¹⁰Pb_ex是大气持续沉降的天然放射性尘埃,不适用于具有快速且不均匀沉积特点的入海口水下冲积扇沉积物断代;水下冲积扇成陆后,地面继续承接²¹⁰Pb_ex核数沉降,因此,²¹⁰Pb_ex也不适用于黄河陆地三角洲的沉积物断代。泥沙的沉积速率在远离水下冲积扇的海域较低,且经水面沉降至海底的²¹⁰Pb_ex比例较高,沉积物的²¹⁰Pb_ex深度分布曲线形态类似于稳定环境的湖泊、海湾。计算沉积速率的CIC和CRS模型未考虑核素的向下扩散迁移过程,这可能会导致估算的黄河三角洲邻近海域泥沙沉积速率偏大。     

Toward drugs derived from cannabis

Recent work aimed at the introduction of natural and synthetic cannabinoids as drugs is reviewed. Δ¹-Tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ¹-THC) is mainly investigated as a potential drug against glaucoma and asthma, and as an antiemetic agent in cancer chemotherapy. Cannabidiol is being tried in the clinic against epilepsy and as a hypnotic. Numerous synthetic cannabinoids are currently being investigated as analgetics and as sedative-relaxants.     

The power and pain of market-based carbon policies: a global application to greenhouse gases from ruminant livestock production

The objectives of this research are to assess the greenhouse gas mitigation potential of carbon policies applied to the ruminant livestock sector [inclusive of the major ruminant species—cattle (Bos Taurus and Bos indicus), sheep (Ovis aries), and goats (Capra hircus)]—with particular emphasis on understanding the adjustment challenges posed by such policies. We show that market-based mitigation policies can greatly amplify the mitigation potential identified in marginal abatement cost studies by harnessing powerful market forces such as product substitution and trade. We estimate that a carbon tax of US$20 per metric ton of carbon dioxide (CO₂) equivalent emissions could mitigate 626 metric megatons of CO₂ equivalent ruminant emissions per year (MtCO₂-eq year^?1). This policy would also incentivize a restructuring of cattle production, increasing the share of cattle meat coming from the multiproduct dairy sector compared to more emission intensive, single purpose beef sector. The mitigation potential from this simple policy represents an upper bound because it causes ruminant-based food production to fall and is therefore likely to be politically unpopular. In the spirit of the Paris Agreement (UNFCCC 2015), which expresses the ambition of reducing agricultural emissions while protecting food production, we assess a carbon policy that applies both a carbon tax and a subsidy to producers to manage the tradeoff between food production and mitigation. The policy maintains ruminant production and consumption levels in all regions, but for a much lower global emission reduction of 185 MtCO₂-eq year^?1. This research provides policymakers with a quantitative basis for designing policies that attempt to trade off mitigation effectiveness with producer and consumer welfare.     

Estimation of soil erosion and deposition rates at an agricultural site in Bavaria,Germany, as derived from fallout radiocesium and plutonium as tracers

In the near future, the use of ¹³⁷Cs from global fallout (Cs) as a tracer for erosion studies will no longer be possible in areas with a substantial deposition of Chernobyl-derived ¹³⁷Cs. Therefore, we have used ^239+240Pu from global fallout (Pu) as a tracer as well as ¹³⁷Cs in order to determine long-term soil redistribution rates for an agricultural field (inclination about 20%, area approx. 3 ha) in Scheyern, Bavaria. The mean erosion and deposition rates derived from Cs were -37 and +52 t·ha^-1·year^-1, respectively; those from Pu were -32 and +39 t·ha^-1·year^-1. We found no statistical difference between the means obtained by the two tracers. In contrast to Pu, however, the rates obtained by Cs were not accurate enough to assure the presence of a net soil redistribution. Modeling of soil translocation in the field by water and tillage erosion resulted in estimates which were in reasonable agreement with the rates derived from Pu.     

Sediment environmental capacity of 137Cs in Daya Bay

Sediment environmental capacity of pollutants is very important for marine environmental management. Based on the methodology of a study on water, soil environmental capacity, and mass conservation theory in a system, the concept and model on sediment environmental capacity for ¹³⁷Cs in Daya Bay were developed. The static capacity for ¹³⁷Cs in the upper sediment near the shore at a shallow area was calculated, and the annual dynamic capacity and total dynamic capacity were also calculated through determination of the typical biomass in the sediment. The results showed that the estimated environmental capacity for ¹³⁷Cs in sediments was approximately equal to the current input of ¹³⁷Cs into the sediments. Controlling the input of ¹³⁷Cs in the sediments within the environmental capacity guarantees the sustainability of the current situation of the Daya Bay ecosystem and avoidance of a significant degradation of the system. Translated from Research of Environmental Sciences, 2005, 18(3): 11–14 [译自: 环境科学研究]     

北京东郊污灌区表层土壤微量元素的小尺度空间结构特征

岩溶山区表土中＾７Ｂｅ、＾１３７Ｃｓ、＾２２６Ｒａ和＾２２８Ｒａ地球化学相分配的实验研究表明，４种核素绝大部分存在于Ｆｅ－Ｍｎ氧化物，有机质及残渣相中。它们在表土的迁移过程中具微粒迁移性，能较好地随土粒般运，可作为土粒侵蚀或沉积的示踪剂。