The effect of octopamine on behavioral responses of free-foraging bumblebees to a change in food source profitability

The invertebrate neuromodulator octopamine is known to be involved in bees' associative learning, enhancing the responsiveness of a bee to a conditioned stimulus. In this study, we tested the effect of octopamine on the choice behavior of free-flying bumblebees using a two-phase experiment in an array of artificial flowers. During the first phase of the experiment, the bee was allowed to collect octopamine-laden sugar water from two types of equally rewarding flowers (yellow versus blue). In the second phase, one type of flower was set to be unrewarding. The behavior of the bee (proportion of visits to the unrewarding flowers) over the two phases was fitted to a sigmoid regression model. Our results show that octopamine had no significant effect on the bees' equilibrium choice or on the overall rate of the behavioral change in response to the change in reward. Rather, octopamine significantly affected the time interval between the change in reward status and the initiation of behavioral change in the bee.     

粉煤灰预处理及其对染料单体脱色效果的研究

介绍了一种粉煤灰预处理的方法-用8mol/L的H2SO4处理，可较好地改善其表面状况，并用预处理后的粉煤灰对染料单体进行脱色试验，寻找了最佳的处理方案，脱色效果较好，建立了Langmuir吸附等温模型。探讨了其脱色机理，为实际开发利用粉煤灰处理印染废水提供基础研究。     

毛细管气相色谱法分析1,3—丁二烯中炔烃杂质含量

介绍了一种毛细管毛相谱法测定１，３－丁烯中炔烃质含量的新试验方法，该方法以氮气为载气，采用氢火焰离子化检测器，样品经分离后，采用外标法定量，操作简便，准确。该方法还可用于１，３－丁二烯纯度分析 。     

The Value Of Public Participation During a Hazard,Impact, Risk And Vulnerability (HIRV) Analysis

The first part of this paper discusses the links between hazard, risk and vulnerability (HRV) analysis and the development of mitigative strategies. The second part discusses the need to include public participation when completing an HRV analysis. Two current HRV models are used to illustrate the general failure of HRV analysis to include public participation. The third part of this paper provides a brief overview of the Hazard, Impact, Risk and Vulnerability (HIRV) model and its use of public participation. The paper concludes by offering a synopsis of a case study in the town and regional area surrounding Barriere, British Columbia, Canada. This case study demonstrates a positive outcome when public participation is incorporated into an HIRV analysis.     

汽车污染与控制探讨

通过阐述汽车污染的原理，提出了汽车的防污途径有控制汽车尾气污染的方法。     

从美国《濒危物种法》对我国《野生动物保护法》的反思

濒危物种是人类的宝贵遗产，各国在1973年的濒危动植物种国际贸易公约(简称CITES)影响下，纷纷制定国内法以期有效保护和管理濒危物种。仅就1973年美国《濒危物种法》和1988年我国《野生动物保护法》的某些方面作一初步比较，寻求差异的原因，希望对我国濒危物种立法完善有所裨益。     

Predatory spider mimics acquire colony-specific cuticular hydrocarbons from their ant model prey

The integrity of social insect colonies is maintained by members recognising and responding to the chemical cues present on the cuticle of any intruder. Nevertheless, myrmecophiles use chemical mimicry to gain access to these nests, and their mimetic signals may be acquired through biosynthesis or through contact with the hosts or their nest material. The cuticular hydrocarbon profile of the myrmecophilous salticid spider Cosmophasis bitaeniata closely resembles that of its host ant Oecophylla smaragdina. Here, we show that the chemical resemblance of the spider does not arise through physical contact with the adult ants, but instead the spider acquires the cuticular hydrocarbons by eating the ant larvae. More significantly, we show that the variation in the cuticular hydrocarbon profiles of the spider depends upon the colony of origin of the ant larvae prey, rather than the parentage of the spider.     

Seed yeast cultivation for salad oil manufacturing wastewater treatment

The mixture of five yeast strains obtained from soil could remove about 85% TOC of oil-rich wastewater in batch test.While the highest MLSS was obtained at an N:C of 1:5,the oil removal decreased with the increase of N:C during yeast sludge cultivation.Ammonium chloride was the best nitrogen source for yeast cultivation from the viewpoint of yeast growth and oil utilizxation.An ammonia concentration of over 1300 mg/L led to mass death of yeast at a pH of 5.The ammonia concentration should be controlled at a level of 1000 mg/L or lower.     

实施大气氟化物排污权交易的改进意见

在环保管理引入市场机制的条件下，如何推行并实施大气氟化物排污交易工作，本文就在法律、科研、管理、机构及经济手段等方面提出改进意见，供参考。     

用熟化法从硫铁矿烧渣中提取铁

用熟化法提取硫铁矿烧渣中的铁 ,熟化温度与硫酸浓度对铁的提取率有显著影响 ,过高的酸浓度不利于铁的提取。为了提高铁的提取率 ,应选择适宜的硫酸浓度和熟化温度。