When signal meets noise: immunity of the frog ear to interference

Sound stimulates the tympanic membrane (TM) of anuran amphibians through multiple, poorly understood pathways. It is conceivable that interactions between the internal and external inputs to the TM contribute to the nonlinear effects that noise is known to produce at higher levels of the auditory pathway. To explore this issue, we conducted measurements of TM vibration in response to tones in the presence of noise in the frog Eupsophus calcaratus. Laser vibrometry revealed that the power spectra (n = 16) of the TM velocity in response to pure tones at a constant level of 80 dB sound-pressure level (SPL) had a maximum centered at an average frequency of 2,344 Hz (range 1,700–2,990 Hz) and a maximum velocity of 61.1 dB re 1 μm/s (range 42.9–66.6 dB re 1 μm/s). These TM-vibration velocity response profiles in the presence of increasing levels of 4-kHz band-pass noise were unaltered up to noise levels of 90 dB SPL. For the relatively low spectral densities of the noise used, the TM remains in its linear range. Such vibration patterns facilitate the detection of tonal signals in noise at the tympanic membrane and may underlie the remarkable vocal responsiveness maintained by males of E. calcaratus under noise interference.     

重庆解放碑地区环境噪声十年变化及规律

通过对解放碑商业中心区1991－2000年环境噪声监测结果的分析评价，比较了十年均噪声的时间分布污染和1998－2000年的季平均噪声的时间分布污染状况，得出该商业地区噪声污染在昼间15：00－17：00最高，夜间在4：00左右最低；四季中，秋季的昼间噪声最高，冬季的夜间的噪声最低，其昼间噪声的波动幅度也较小，与人群的社会行为活动密切相关。     

二次加压泵房的噪声污染及控制

对某居民区内供水泵房产生的噪声污染进行测量分析评价 ,并结合实际提出控制泵房内给水系统噪声产生与传播的具体措施     

城市轨道交通浮置式减振措施的减振降噪效果

从分析轨道交通地下隧道振动传播特征出发,说明了地下振动的传播规律,并给出了不同埋深条件下地下振动影响范围的经验公式;结合地下振动激发频率特征的分析,对减振措施的减振效果的合理评价量进行了分析,指出采用Z计权减振效果评价量将获得与实际应用效果一致的降噪效果。结合两种浮置式减振措施减振降噪效果的实测,指出浮置板道床的减振效果应采用安装减振垫浮置板道床前后桥面的Z振级差来评价,而不宜采用轨面与桥梁直接的振级落差来评价。对橡胶减振垫以及钢弹簧浮置板的实测减振降噪效果进行了介绍。     

基于信访数据分析北京环境问题

分析了2006-2009年北京环境信访数据,结果显示：北京的环境信访主要集中在大气污染和噪声问题方面,两者分别占信访总量的60％和34％。大气污染包括工业废气、机动车尾气、锅炉烟尘、餐饮油烟、扬尘以及异味等。噪声问题主要是社会生活噪声、工业噪声、施工噪声以及交通噪声等。环境信访量的区域分布与污染源的数量以及人口密度相关。北京城市功能拓展区占全市环境信访的一半以上,发展新区和城市核心区比例分别为26％和13％,生态涵养区仅占4％。从区县分布来看,朝阳区和丰台区比例最高,分别占全市的20％和17％;远郊区县比例相对较低,延庆县不足1％。不同季节污染源排放强度及居民生活规律的差异造成北京环境信访量夏季高、冬季低,8月份信访量是2月份的5倍。奥运前,北京环境信访量不断攀升,其后有所回落,但近几年集中信访突出．     

Preparation of steel slag porous sound-absorbing material using coal powder as pore former

The aim of the study was to prepare a porous sound-absorbing material using steel slag and fly ash as the main raw material, with coal powder and sodium silicate used as a pore former and binder respectively. The influence of the experimental conditions such as the ratio of fly ash, sintering temperature, sintering time, and porosity regulation on the performance of the porous sound-absorbing material was investigated. The results showed that the specimens prepared by this method had high sound absorption performance and good mechanical properties, and the noise reduction coefficient and compressive strength could reach 0.50 and 6.5 MPa, respectively. The compressive strength increased when the dosage of fly ash and sintering temperature were raised. The noise reduction coefficient decreased with increasing ratio of fly ash and reducing pore former, and first increased and then decreased with the increase of sintering temperature and time. The optimum preparation conditions for the porous sound-absorbing material were a proportion of fly ash of 50% (wt.%), percentage of coal powder of 30% (wt.%), sintering temperature of 1130°C, and sintering time of 6.0 hr, which were determined by analyzing the properties of the sound-absorbing material.     

沪杭高速公路嘉善段道路声屏障的设计及降噪效果

在详细调查沪杭高速公路喜善张家浜中桥路段（试验路段）未建道路声屏障噪声情况的基础上，介绍了试验路段工程概况及道路声屏障的设计，并分析了声屏障的现场降噪效果，试验路段声屏障的声学指标达到预期目标，具有良好的环境效益。     

饭馆、餐厅油烟机、风机噪声扰民实例研究

随着城市化进程的加快,人民生活水平的提高,饭馆、餐厅的油烟机、风机等设施噪声扰民的事件频发。本文通过对饭馆、餐厅一条街噪声扰民事件进行原因分析、采取防治措施、治理效果验证,提出了饭馆、餐厅等社会娱乐服务场的噪声防治措施,对提高人民生活水平、减少居民投诉、促进社会和谐具有建设性意义。     

噪声污染侵权责任中“噪声污染”的界定

判定是否承担噪声污染侵权责任首先是对噪声污染的概念的界定,现行法律对该概念的界定主要采用“超标+干扰”的主客观相结合要件,实践中出现了扰民但噪声不超标的情况,由于不符合“环境噪声污染”概念而难以得到救济.对噪声污染概念的重构需要考虑到行政法中和侵权法中该概念的不同,其蕴含的价值区别.参考国外立法并结合我国实际应将超过忍受限度作为对噪声污染概念界定的标准之一,在保护人身的同时将对财产的保护也纳入保护范围之内.在环境噪声污染侵权中,法院在适用法律裁判案件时,不应运用《环境噪声污染防治法》中关于环境噪声污染概念的界定.     

商丘至开封高速公路声屏障效果分析

随着高速公路的快速发展和车流量的日益增加，环境噪声给沿线居民带来一定影响。为了解商丘至开封堂速公路沿线声屏障的效果选取一所村办小学和一座村庄，监测了声屏障设施的效果，得出了该段起到噪声保护敏感点和降噪作用的结论，随后提出设置声屏障的若干建议。