德腊门:要做可持续发展的领跑者

提到挪威。人们首先想到的肯定是冰封雪飘的北极圈。还有盛产石油天然气的北海油田和极其丰富的水利资源。为减缓气候变化。他们不再建设燃煤和燃油电厂、燃气发电厂以及水电站。转而用生物燃料和风能发电。发展可再生能源。我们选择德腊门市（Drammen）。这个荣获“2004年挪威环境奖”的绿色城市。去追寻其可持续发展的实践。[编者按]     

重庆市区2000年前大气环境质量的灰色预测

本文运用灰色系统理论,预测了重庆市区1990年至2000年的大气质量变化趋势。     

Cu2O光催化降解水中对硝基苯酚的研究

用CuCl水解法制备Cu2O粉末,用透射电镜(TEM)和X衍射(XRD)对Cu2O粒子进行了表征.在仿太阳光源的照射下,研究了Cu2O对水中难降解有机污染物对硝基苯酚的光催化降解效果.结果表明,在8 h内,对硝基苯酚几乎完全降解.在催化剂用量为0.2 g时,对浓度为22.4 mg/L的200mL对硝基苯酚溶液有良好的降解效果.降解反应符合一级反应动力学.     

参杂负载型纳米TiO2降解橙黄G的光催化活性及其动力学研究

采用溶胶-凝胶法和浸渍-焙烧法制备了掺杂Sn（Ⅳ）的TiO2／AC光催化剂，以偶氮染料橙黄G为目标降解物，对光催化反应条件进行了优化。结果表明：利用Sn（IV）掺杂量为2．5at．％的TiO2／AC光催化剂，在进水浓度50mg／L，催化剂的用量12．5g／i，pH值2．0，H2O2 1．5mL／L。主波长为365nm的300W高压汞灯光照条件下，反应60rain，橙黄G的光催化去除率可达99．1％。该反应符合Langmuir-Hinshelwood动力学方程，其速控步为吸附反应。共存阴离子SO4^2-和H2PO4^-，对橙黄G的光催化降解反应均有一定的抑制作用。     

掺杂负载型纳米TiO2降解橙黄G的光催化活性及其动力学研究

采用溶胶-凝胶法和浸渍-焙烧法制备了掺杂Sn(Ⅳ)的TiO2/AC光催化剂,以偶氮染料橙黄G为目标降解物,对光催化反应条件进行了优化.结果表明:利用Sn(Ⅳ)掺杂量为2.5 at.%的TiO2/AC光催化剂,在进水浓度50 mg/L,催化剂的用量12.5 g/L,pH值2.0,H2O21.5 mL/L,主波长为365 nm的300W高压汞灯光照条件下,反应60 min,橙黄G的光催化去除率可达99.1%.该反应符合Langmuir-Hinshelwood动力学方程,其速控步为吸附反应.共存阴离子SO42-和H2PO4-,对橙黄G的光催化降解反应均有一定的抑制作用.     

Control targets for the management of biological systems

Attention is focused on biological systems which are describable in terms of ordinary differential equations subject to human control inputs. The concept of an isochronal system is introduced in order to include systems for which the differential equations are valid only over regularly reoccurring time intervals.It is assumed that the control inputs are to be chosen so that an integral cost function of the state of the system, the control used, current time, and the time interval of the control program is minimized. Problems associated with minimizing this cost function over an infinitely long time interval is then considered. Difficulties inherent with minimizing a cost integral on an infinite time interval are shown to be avoided by minimizing an average of the cost function over an unknown but periodic time interval. Under proper circumstance, the optimal control program for the average cost function is either identical to or a good approximation to the optimal control program for the original cost function over an infinitely long time interval.Necessary conditions are obtained for minimizing an average cost function over an unspecified time interval subject to the system equations. For a given problem the necessary conditions will yield but a single system trajectory in the state space. For management purposes this trajectory may be thought of as a target to which the system should be driven and maintained.A number of examples illustrate the use of the necessary conditions to obtain control targets. Certain problems associated with the stability of the target solutions are illustrated with the examples.     

Spatial Pattern Analysis of Regional Water Use Profile Based on the Gini Coefficient and Location Quotient

Water resources have become a barrier hampering socioeconomic development. Changes in the spatial distribution of water use profile have direct impacts to regional water use efficiency. However, the related research is inadequate, and a more suitable way to analyze regional water use profile is necessary. The Gini coefficient and location quotient, two reliable methods commonly used in discussing the spatial distribution of elements, were introduced and calculated. Taking Gansu Province as the study area, the concentration effect of industrial water use was the strongest, followed by domestic, environmental, and agricultural water use. However, a balanced distribution of agricultural water use failed to be coordinated with the production conditions, the center of Gansu’s grain production should be established to enhance the scale effect of agricultural production. The industrial agglomeration effect remained weak, and each region’s dominant industries need to be developed vigorously. Gansu’s domestic water use was consistent with its population distribution, but it is necessary to reduce the water use gap between urban and rural areas. With a growing awareness of environmental protection, environmental water use exhibited a more balanced distribution. Overall, the methods are simple and have good applicability, and the results can provide a reference in water use optimization.     

Characterizing the antibiotic resistance genes in a river catchment: Influence of anthropogenic activities

Previous studies on environmental antibiotics resistance genes(ARGs) have focused on the pollution sources such as wastewater treatment plants, aquaculture and livestock farms,etc. Few of them had addressed this issue in a regional scale such as river catchment. Hence,the occurrence and abundances of 23 ARGs were investigated in surface water samples collected from 38 sites which located from the river source to estuary of the Beijiang River.Among them, 11 ARGs were frequently detected in this region and 5 ARGs(sul I, sul II, tet B,tet C, and tet W) were selected for their distribution pattern analysis. The abundances of the selected ARGs were higher in the upstream(8.70 × 10~6 copies/ng DNA) and downstream areas(3.17 × 10~6 copies/ng DNA) than those in the midstream areas(1.23 × 10~6 copies/ng DNA), which was positively correlated to the population density and number of pollution sources. Pollution sources of ARGs along the Beijiang River not only had a great impact on the abundances and diversity, but also on the distribution of specific ARGs in the water samples. Both sul I and sul II were likely originated from aquaculture farms and animal farms,tet W gene was possibly associated with the mining/metal melting industry and the electric waste disposal and tet C gene was commonly found in the area with multiple pollution sources.However, the abundance of tet B was not particularly related to anthropogenic impacts. These findings highlight the influence of pollution sources and density of population on the distribution and dissemination of ARGs at a regional scale.     

In‐well sediment incubators to evaluate microbial community stability and dynamics following bioimmobilization of uranium

An in‐well sediment incubator (ISI) was developed to investigate the stability and dynamics of sediment‐associated microbial communities to prevailing subsurface oxidizing or reducing conditions. Herein we describe the use of these devices at the Old Rifle Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) site. During a seven‐month period in which oxidized Rifle Aquifer background sediment (RABS) were deployed in previously biostimulated wells under iron‐reducing conditions, cell densities of known iron‐reducing bacteria, including Geobacteraceae, increased significantly, showing the microbial community response to local subsurface conditions. Phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) profiles of RABS following in situ deployment were strikingly similar to those of adjacent sediment cores, suggesting ISI results could be extrapolated to the native material of the test plots. Results for ISI deployment with laboratory‐reduced sediments showed only slight changes in community composition and pointed toward the ability of the ISI to monitor microbial community stability and response to subsurface conditions. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.