岩土介质动静力学参数与介质物理组构参数之间的关系

岩土体是地质历史的产物,有着特定的物质组分和结构构造,从而表现出复杂的工程力学性质。为研究岩土介质动、静力学参数与岩土介质物理组构参数三者的关系,文章结合工程岩土体勘察评价,对岩土介质进行了一系列物理力学测试和波动测试,取得了一定量的测试数据。分析中特别关注了岩土介质的弹性波速与介质密度之间的关系。研究发现,岩样和土样波速与密度测试值在波速-密度参数空间中展现出了几种相对性:整体有序与局部混沌的相对性、分布域位置和结构的确定与域内参数随机分布的相对性、在某一分布域内整体样本无序与各类子样本有序的相对性。把握这几种相对性对于岩土介质的理论研究和工程应用都十分有意义。     

高密度电阻率法在排石场稳定性评价中的应用

简述了高密度电阻率法的工作原理。在将高密度电阻率法实际应用于排石场的稳定性评价中时,根据各种装置的特点和T、λ参数对高低电阻率的表征特性,进行了多装置及多参数的探测。通过对各二维反演视电阻率成果图的综合对比和解释,划分出了存在地质隐患的区段。经钻孔验证,效果很好。结果表明通过高密度电阻率法多装置、多参数勘探,可以确定地下介质的电阻率及其电阻率特征,进而对排石场的稳定性做出评价,对同类地质情况的监测、预警,也是行之有效的。     

Separation of amniotic fluid cell types in primary culture by percoll density gradient centrifugation

Amniotic fluid cells obtained by transabdominal amniocentesis at 15–17 weeks of gestation and cultured for 15 and 21 days were separated into three fractions by density gradient centrifugation in Percoll. Each fraction (or peak) corresponded to the following densities: peak A, 1·02–1·03 g/ml; peak B, 1·04–1·05; peak C, 1·05–1·06. Peak A was composed of both non-viable and viable cells; the latter adopted the morphology of epithelial cells in culture. Peak B contained a mixture of fibroblasts and epithelioid cells and peak C had only epithelioid cells. The variability of N-acetyl-β-hexosaminidase and alkaline phosphatase activities was reduced in peaks B and C as compared to that of peak A and of unseparated cells suggesting that more defined and homogeneous cell types for enzymatic determinations can be obtained by centrifugation in Percoll density gradient. In prenatal diagnosis of biochemical defects, the separation of cells would permit a more precise diagnosis by eliminating enzyme variability due to the presence of different cell types or non-viable cells.     

用计算机仿真技术检验自然灾害模糊风险模型

自然灾害模糊风险是用模糊集对自然灾害风险的一种近似表达．本文建议了一种计算机仿真方法，用来检验计算模糊风险的模型是否可靠．假定真实的概率风险可以用某个概率密度函数来表达，当用某种模型依据小样本来估计这个函数时，必然会存在误差．设给定概率密度函数的其望值为Ｅ， 用传统模型估计得到的概率密度函数的期望值为Ｅ，用某种模糊数学方法计算出来的模糊概率分布的期望值为Ｅ．如果Ｅ与Ｅ的差小于Ｅ与Ｅ的差，则说明模糊风险模型比较可靠．本文给出了计算Ｅ的公式，对计算机仿真实验进行设计．并给出了产生随机数的３个重要程序．     

Human impact on beach and foredune microclimate on North Padre Island,Texas

The microclimate of beach and foredune areas of North Padre Island along the mid-Texas coast was found to be greatly modified by vehicular and pedestrian traffic during investigations made from late fall to early summer 1973–74. The primary effect of human activity on microclimate was expressed as reduced cover and species diversity of the vegetation. As the intensity of human activity increased, elevation, especially of areas near the beach, was decreased, whereas average wind velocities near the ground surface, evaporation, atmospheric salinity near the ground surface, wind-carried sand particles near the ground surface, soil salinity, soil pH, average soil temperature and range in temperature, soil bulk density, and soil-water contents were increased.     

A SURVEY OF THE U.S. NATIONAL PRECIPITATION NETWORK1

ABSTRACT: Numbers and record lengths of precipitation stations were surveyed in the conterminous United States using climatological data published in 1975 by the National Weather Service (NWS). The total numbers of nonrecording (8247) and recording (3036) gages were about the same as in the 1940s and less than in the late 1950s; about 70 percent of the nonrecording gages have record lengths of 25 years or more. State network densities were increased exponentially with population density and long term precipitation average. Except for a few states, precipitation stations maintained by the NWS are adequate in numbers to ensure a 95 percent statistical probability that state sample means will estimate true means within ± 5 percent.     

Inerting effect of N2 on explosion of LDPE dust/ethylene hybrid mixtures

Explosion flame propagation characteristics and overpressure distribution of low density polyethylene (LDPE) dust and ethylene hybrid mixture were investigated under N₂ inerting conditions using a custom-designed 12 L cylindrical explosion tank. The results showed that a small amount of ethylene could promote the explosion characteristics of LDPE dust. N₂ inerting had different inhibitory effects on the explosion flame of LDPE dust and its mixture with ethylene. The explosion overpressure strength of the LDPE dust/ethylene hybrid mixture decreased with increasing N₂ concentration. The overall suppression effect of N₂ on the explosion overpressure of the LDPE dust was better than that of the LDPE dust/ethylene hybrid mixture explosion. As the ethylene concentration increased from 0% to 2.5%, the limiting oxygen concentration decreased by 13% oxygen. This small amount of ethylene restricted the traditional inerting process. The study conclusions can provide further scientific basis for the inerting and explosion proofing design of production process equipment involving LDPE dust.     

Ethanol concentration in food and body condition affect foraging behavior in Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus)

Ethanol occurs in fleshy fruit as a result of sugar fermentation by both microorganisms and the plant itself; its concentration [EtOH] increases as fruit ripens. At low concentrations, ethanol is a nutrient, whereas at high concentrations, it is toxic. We hypothesized that the effects of ethanol on the foraging behavior of frugivorous vertebrates depend on its concentration in food and the body condition of the forager. We predicted that ethanol stimulates food consumption when its concentration is similar to that found in ripe fruit, whereas [EtOH] below or above that of ripe fruit has either no effect, or else deters foragers, respectively. Moreover, we expected that the amount of food ingested on a particular day of feeding influences the toxic effects of ethanol on a forager, and consequently shapes its feeding decisions on the following day. We therefore predicted that for a food-restricted forager, ethanol-rich food is of lower value than ethanol-free food. We used Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) as a model to test our hypotheses, and found that ethanol did not increase the value of food for the bats. High [EtOH] reduced the value of food for well-fed bats. However, for food-restricted bats, there was no difference between the value of ethanol-rich and ethanol-free food. Thus, microorganisms, via their production of ethanol, may affect the patterns of feeding of seed-dispersing frugivores. However, these patterns could be modified by the body condition of the animals because they might trade-off the costs of intoxication against the value of nutrients acquired.     

青藏高原土壤有机碳密度垂直分布研究

通过对青藏高原土壤普查数据的整理分析,定量研究了青藏高原28个典型土壤类型、14个主要生态系统类型0～20cm、20～50em及50～100cm深度内土壤有机碳密度的垂直分布规律.结果表明,青藏高原28个典型土壤类型3个土层的有机碳密度平均值为(6.16±1.08)kg·m-2、(5.06 ±0.85)kg·m-2、(5.30±0.82)kg·m-2;在0～100cm土层内,暗棕壤、沼泽土的有机碳密度显著高于其它土壤类型,而高山漠土、灰棕漠土、亚高山漠土的有机碳密度不仅远远低于区域平均水平,而且显著低于其它土壤类型.14个典型生态系统土壤的有机碳密度均值为(7.47±1.38)kg·m-2、(6.07±1.24)kg·m-2、(6.46±1.16)kg·m-2;其中,以沼泽草甸、针叶林土壤的有机碳密度最高,而温性荒漠、高寒荒漠、高寒草原及亚高山草原土壤有机碳密度显著低于其它生态系统.这不仅体现了青藏高原土壤-植被显著的地带性分布,而且为青藏高原土壤有机碳循环模型,及有机碳对全球变化的响应研究提供重要的基础数据.     

不同地貌类型区自然村落生态系统的比较分析

本文运用调查方法,定量分析不同地貌类型区(山区丘陵、山前平原、低平原和滨海平原)表征村落生态系统结构和功能的几个指标的变化。结果表明:1.平原地带的庭院面积大于丘陵山区,主要是由于地形及土地利用政策的影响;2.庭院经济收入取决于庭院面积与经营程度;3.村落规模、密度的变化与农田生产力变化一致;4.适当增加村落密度,控制村落规模,有利于缩短耕作半径,提高劳动生产率。