Green shipping practices in the shipping industry: Conceptualization, adoption, and implications

There have been increasing concerns about the adverse impacts on the environment caused by cargo movement in international trade. Different stakeholders ranging from shippers and carriers to government bodies and international communities have expressed worries about the environmental impacts brought by shipping related activities. The pollution and waste created in the shipping processes have imposed environmental burdens and accelerated resource depletion. The situation is set to worsen in the face of intensifying trade globalization, which has contributed to sustained growth in international shipping activities. To help protect the environment, many shipping firms have taken the initiative to find ways to lessen the environmental damage of their operations while enhancing their performance. The objective of this study is to examine the environmental awareness and the environmental measures taken in the shipping industry. We propose a conceptual framework for evaluating green shipping practices and develop several propositions stating the conditions under which shipping firms would behave in an environmentally responsible manner. We conclude with managerial and policy implications of the conceptual framework to promote green shipping practices in the shipping industry.     

1979—2006年泰安市建成区扩展特征及影响因素分析

在遥感和GIS技术支持下,采用扩展强度指数、紧凑度指数、象限分割方法研究了泰安市建成区1979—2006年的时空扩展变化特征及形态模式。结果表明,泰安市建成区自1979年以来呈现快速扩展趋势,建成区紧凑度指数呈现逐渐下降趋势。对自然和社会经济发展资料分析后认为,泰山对建成区北部的扩展形成天然屏障,而其他方位的快速扩展与泰安市固定资产投资、旅游业发展和人口增长等社会经济发展因素具有密切联系。针对紧凑度指数逐渐下降趋势,提出今后泰安市城市建设应当在城市合理布局的前提下,进一步加强土地的集约利用。     

异烟酸-吡唑啉酮光度法测定地表水中氰化物的质量控制指标研究

通过对大量监测数据进行统计分析,获得异烟酸-吡唑啉酮光度法（HJ484—2009）测定水中氰化物质量控制评定指标。研究表明：样品浓度在0．05～0．3mg／L范围内时,建议控制室内相对标准偏差≤3％,室间相对标准偏差≤10％;样品浓度小于等于0．05mg／L时,建议控制相对偏差≤10％;样品浓度大于0．05mg／L时,...     

基于主成分分析模型的核设施放射性废物管理评价研究

针对核设施放射性废物管理问题,采用主成分分析方法直观定量地研究了大亚湾、岭澳、田湾、秦山等各核电厂单位装机容量（MW）三废年度实际排放值或产生量,揭示了核设施放射性废物管理评价指标数据间的相关性和差异性,识别出了核设施放射性废物管理评价指标数据的主要成分;分析结果基本上反映了各核电厂放射性废物管理状况,主成分分析得分以秦山核电站第一期核电厂最高,其他依次为田湾核电厂、秦山核电站第二期核电厂、岭澳核电厂、大亚湾核电厂,秦山核电站第三期核电厂最低,即秦山核电站第三期核电厂在核设施放射性废物管理最优,大亚湾核电厂次之。辅助核设施放射性废物管理作出快速分析与决策,以提高检测能力和监管能力,具有很好地应用价值。     

铁路危险货物办理站点优化配置方法研究

铁路危险货物运输办理站点的优化配置,涉及到需求分布、设置地点、区域规划、环保要求、业务功能以及与其他运输方式的分工、衔接等,是一个复杂的系统工程。分析了已有铁路危险货物办理站点整合优化模型的不足,首先从铁路部门角度综合考虑现有铁路危险货物办理站点的各方面条件,进行多准则决策评价,从运输需求者角度考虑运输方式多属性决策,进行铁路危险货物办理站点的综合效用评价,并基于投资成本、环境风险、运输效用和区域公平性等方面构建了铁路危险货物办理站点优化配置模型,为了有效解决多站点、多需求、多区域、多目标铁路危险货物办理站点优化配置模型因素复杂、规模大、层次多的问题,提出了运用大系统分解协调的多目标遗传算法求解模型的思路。     

Genetic relationship between offspring and guardian adults of a rhacophorid frog and its care effort in response to paternal share

The rhacophorid frog, Kurixalus eiffingeri, is one of only a few frog species that exhibits polyandry and paternal care of eggs. Previous studies predicted that multiple paternity within an egg clutch could influence the degree of paternal care and reproductive strategies. We used microsatellite DNA markers to assess the prevalence of multiple paternity within egg clutches and the relationship between male paternal care and the percent of male’s genetic contribution to the clutch, i.e., paternal share. We conducted field observations of paternal care and collected tissues from both male frogs and tadpoles for parentage analyses. Our results showed that at least five out of 31 egg clutches had multiple paternity. Attending males were always the genetic fathers of some, if not all of the eggs in the clutch they guarded. All egg clutches except one were attended by one male frog but the attending male did not necessarily sire the majority of offspring. Multiple paternity in all cases consisted of two fathers and one mother and most likely resulted from synchronous polyandry. Paternal care effort correlated significantly with the male’s genetic contribution to the clutch, suggesting that male frogs adjust the effort expended in care in response to paternal share. In addition, our results suggest that externally fertilizing species with parental care and multiple paternity may develop novel reproductive and behavioral strategies to safeguard their parental investment and overcome sperm competition.     

Trap barricading and decorating by a well-armored sit-and-wait predator: extra protection or prey attraction?

Animals may build multiple structures to provide benefits to counter the costs of building. Many orb web spiders add multiple structures, e.g., barricading barrier webs and silk decorations, to their webs and these structures have been hypothesized to function to deter predators or attract prey. The heavily armored spiny spiders construct barrier webs around their orb webs and decorate them with conspicuous silk tufts. Why these organisms, already well protected by a thick cuticle and spines, make the extra investment of building barrier webs and adding conspicuous silk decorations is not known. We predicted that these structures function to both attract prey and deter predators. Field experiments were conducted in two consecutive years using orb webs built by the East Asian spiny spider Thelacantha brevispina. We either (1) concealed the decoration, (2) removed the barrier webs, or (3) left the decorations and barrier webs intact. We found year and treatment to interactively influence prey interception rates. In 2010, but not in 2009, we found prey interception with T. brevispina webs to be greater when the decorations were conspicuous than when they were concealed suggesting that the decorations may lure prey. Prey interception was lower when the barrier webs were present without decorations compared to when they were absent without decorations. The prey-attracting function of the decorations thus may counter the reduction in prey interception incurred by adding a barrier web. Predatory wasp interactions were not influenced by any of our treatments, probably because the spiders’ thick cuticle is the primary means of protection from wasps. Bird predation events, while rare, occurred only when decorations were concealed or the barrier webs were removed. It is therefore plausible that the tuft decorations both lure prey and deter birds.     

北京建成区道路绿化空间结构和行道树健康状况

采用实地普查测量方法,定量研究了北京建成区188条道路行道树的树种结构、径级分布、立木层次和健康状况。结果表明,国槐（Sophora japonica）、毛白杨（Populus alba）、银杏（Ginkgo biloba）是建成区主要行道树种,使用量分别占研究区树木总株数的54．7％、13．7％和7．4％。建成区树木...     

强化生物除磷系统的微生物学及生化特性研究进展

综述了强化生物除磷(Enhanced biological phosphorus removal,EBPR)系统的微生物学和生化特性两方面的最新研究进展.在微生物学方面,归纳了EBPR系统中的主要微生物——聚磷菌、聚糖菌、反硝化聚磷菌的分类及相互之间的竞争和联系.具有聚磷功能的微生物种类繁多,目前普遍认为Accumulibacter是一种典型的聚磷菌,在各种规模的EBPR系统中均不同程度的存在.关于聚磷菌和聚糖菌的联系、反硝化聚磷菌的分类问题存在争论.在生化特性方面,归纳了聚磷菌体内三大聚合物——糖原、聚β-羟基烷酸脂和聚合磷酸盐与聚磷菌代谢功能的关系.聚磷菌厌氧阶段的还原力由糖酵解和有机底物TCA循环共同提供,其比例受种群结构和实验条件影响.糖原根据不同菌株厌氧阶段的降解途径有所不同,但是对细胞都起到调节氧化平衡的作用.聚β-羟基烷酸脂的组成由有机底物决定,丙酸为底物时4种单体均可检测出来.聚磷菌厌氧释磷的能量来自聚磷分解和糖原分解,耗能受环境条件影响.图5表3参37     

高寒草原菌根围细菌数量对丛枝菌根真菌物种多样性的影响

基于丛枝菌根真菌(Arbuscular mycorrhizas fungi,AMF)孢子形态学鉴定,研究了藏北高寒草原主要建群植物菌根围细菌数量对AMF物种多样性的影响.结果表明:1)细菌数量1.02×106～2.96×106、3.01×106～6.06×106个/g范围内,Glomus、Acaulospora均为优势属,Scutellospora则均为最常见属;AMF孢子密度、分离频度、相对多度、重要值和种的丰度(SN、SR)均呈Glomus>Acaulospora>Scutellospora属的趋势.2)细菌数量较低时(<3.0×106个/g),AMF各属孢子密度、种的丰度(SR)相对较高,Shannon-Weiner指数、物种均匀度指数亦较高,分别达1.774和0.127.3)不同细菌数量条件下,孢子密度随细菌数量的增加而均呈微弱下降,菌根侵染率、侵染强度、丛枝丰度则均呈不同程度的提高.细菌数量>3.0×106个/g时,菌根侵染率、侵染强度和丛枝丰度随细菌数量增加而提高的趋势尤为明显.4)不同细菌数量条件下,AMF种的构成呈共有种、共有优势种较多(Glomus属均占绝对比重),特有种、稀有种较少,以及不同优势种孢子密度、相对多度和重要值差异均较悬殊的分布特征.图6表3参25