炭化苹果枝通过减少土壤DTPA-Cd降低苹果砧木镉积累和镉伤害

为探究炭化苹果枝对苹果砧木镉积累和镉伤害的影响,以盆栽苹果砧木（平邑甜茶）实生苗为试材,在施有0.5%和1%（质量分数）的炭化苹果枝的盆土中灌入含镉（CdSO₄）营养液,分析盆土中二乙烯三胺五乙酸（diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid,DTPA）所提取镉（DTPA-Cd）及根茎叶镉含量,检测根系和叶片抗氧化酶活性和根系细胞死亡情况以及叶片光合速率.结果表明,施用炭化苹果枝的盆土DTPA-Cd含量显著低于未施用炭化苹果枝的,其中施用0.5%和1%的炭化苹果枝使盆土DTPA-Cd含量在处理第12 d分别比未施的降低17.50%和25.55%;施入炭化苹果枝明显降低苹果砧木根茎叶镉积累量,提高根系和叶片超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）、过氧化物酶（POD）和过氧化氢酶（CAT）活性,降低根系和叶片·O₂^-生成速率、H₂O₂和MDA含量,还降低根系细胞死亡比率,提高叶片光合速率,其中施用（ω）0.5%和1%的炭化苹果枝使根系镉含量在处理第12 d分别比未施的降低29.49%和37.18%,使根细胞死亡比率分别比未施的降低22.73%和29.09%.这些说明施用炭化苹果枝可通过降低土壤DTPA-Cd含量,减少苹果砧木对镉的吸收和积累,减轻根系细胞以及叶片光合性能所受到的伤害,施用1%的比施用0.5%的效果更显著.     

中美消防员殉职原因的对比研究

根据中美两国2000-2014年消防员伤亡数据,从伤亡数量、事故类型、殉职原因等方面进行对比分析。结果表明:从接警次数与牺牲人数比、每10万起火灾死亡人数比来看,中国高于美国;两国由于火场作业造成的消防员牺牲人数最多,发生事故数量最多;中国消防人员殉职主要原因是建筑物坍塌、爆炸、交通事故,故在灭火救援作业中,防止建筑物倒塌事故、提高消防员的应急避险能力及培养消防员安全意识是中国消防员急需加强的能力。研究成果对进一步强化消防队伍能力建设、减少消防人员伤亡有一定指导意义。     

基于煤矿安全风险成因的国家应对体系研究

基于煤矿安全的重要性,介绍了导致我国煤矿矿难的6大主要风险因素:社会经济发展阶段、煤矿安全生产相关立法情况、能耗结构、煤矿行业人员能力、煤矿技术设备先进程度和监管有效性水平。针对这6个要素,通过问卷调查、深度访谈、案例研究的方式,研究了国家应对煤矿安全风险的体系规划。结果表明:国家在应对煤矿安全风险方面,必须采取5方面的措施,包括制定抑制经济过快增长的宏观政策和鼓励新能源政策、加强立法、吸引煤炭高等院校人才和培训在职人员﹑投资煤炭新技术研究和增加设备投入以及完备有效监管途径。应对体系从宏观、中观和微观的角度提出国家、行业、企业防范煤矿安全风险所要采取的措施,构建了从上而下的提升途径。     

利用分子生物等技术确定活性污泥硝化细菌的衰减特征

通过常规耗氧速率（OUR）测定方法、荧光原位杂交技术（FISH）和LIVE/DEAD细胞活性实验,分别研究了序批式反应器（SBR）硝化系统和生物营养物去除（BNR）系统中硝化细菌的好氧衰减特征.实验结果表明,SBR硝化系统中硝化细菌在衰减过程中由细胞死亡引起的衰减分别占细胞总衰减的33%（SRT=10 d）和50%（SRT=40 d）;相应地,由活性降低引起的衰减分别占细胞总衰减的67%（SRT=10 d）和50%（SRT=40 d）.长SRT可能会选择出能够更好地适应饥饿状态的硝化菌种,使细菌能够迅速地做出紧迫反应,从而降低其衰减速率.在BNR系统中（SRT=15 d）,硝化细菌在衰减过程中由细胞死亡引起的衰减约占细胞总衰减的45%,由活性降低引起的衰减约占细胞总衰减的55%.两种系统中硝化细菌由细胞死亡引起的衰减比例不同是由于两种系统中不同微生物组成所致.     

小窑湾海水养殖环境现状的研究

2000年3－11月对小窑湾水域质量进行了9航次10个指标的海上调查，结果表明该水域质量符合国家一类标准。叶绿素a值夏季高于冬季，IN值冬季高于夏季，COD值4、5、6月均值高出其他月份均值43个百分点，IP值上半年高于下半年。海区营养属贫脊型。同时揭示了高密度双壳贝类浮筏养殖对海区水质的负影响较小，该海域养殖贝类的死亡主要是因饥 饿引发的贝体较弱，抗病力较差。     

地质灾害生命损失灾情分析与对策

地质灾害每年造成最大可能死亡1500－2000人，除内蒙古，天津市，江苏省，上海市，香港，澳门以外，其余28个省（市，区）每年因地灾害均有不同程度的人员伤亡，据统计，全国实际发生地质灾害死亡人数：1995年死亡1230人，1996年死亡51人，1997年死亡108人，1998年死亡532人，2000年死亡142人（伤26975人）。各级政府必须加强地质灾害防治，保障人民群众生命财产的安全。（1）地质灾害防治，政府负总责，建立和完善领导责任制。（2）制定地质灾害防治规划，实施规划管理，分期分批治理。（3）将地质灾害防治资金列入预算，并建立多元化投资机制。（4）工程建设必须进行地质灾害危险性评估，发生地质灾害造成重大损失的，追究地方政府主要领导和有关部门负责人的责任。     

Sex-biased costs in nest defence behaviours by lesser snow geese (Chen caerulescens): consequences of parental roles?

Nest defence behaviours, such as attacking predators and defending against predator attacks, expose birds to risk of injury and death. However, direct costs of such behaviours are poorly documented. To evaluate potential costs of nest defence behaviours in lesser snow geese (Chen caerulescens), we (1) estimated the proportion of interactions between arctic foxes (Alopex lagopus) and geese that resulted in physical contact and (2) examined how nest defence behaviours varied between male and female geese. We separated interactions into attacks initiated by foxes (attacks by foxes) and attacks initiated by geese (attacks by geese). Risks associated with attacks by geese were considerably lower than the risks associated with attacks by foxes; only 1 of 1,179 attacks by geese resulted in physical contact between foxes and geese, whereas 26 of 89 attacks by foxes involved such contact (two female geese were killed during these attacks). Attacks by geese were made almost exclusively by male geese (>97%), whereas female geese were involved in 75% of all attacks by foxes that resulted in physical contact with geese. There was, thus, a considerable difference in risks associated with male and female nest defence behaviours. We suggest that parental roles during nesting (i.e., females incubate and males guard) expose female geese to greater risk of injury and death. Male geese may, however, reduce the risk of injury or death to their mates with pre-emptive attacks on foraging foxes.     

An analysis of the causes and circumstances of flood disaster deaths

The objective of this paper is to investigate and to improve understanding of the causes and circumstances of flood disaster deaths. A standardised method of classifying flood deaths is proposed and the difficulties associated with comparing and assessing existing information on flood deaths are discussed. Thirteen flood cases from Europe and the United States, resulting in 247 flood disaster fatalities, were analysed and taken as indicative of flood disaster deaths. Approximately two-thirds of the deaths occurred through drowning. Thus, a substantial number of flood disaster fatalities are not related to drowning. Furthermore, males are highly vulnerable to dying in floods and unnecessary risk-taking behaviour contributes significantly to flood disaster deaths. Based on these results, recommendations are made to prevent loss of life in floods. To provide a more solid basis for the formulation of prevention strategies, better systematic recording of flood fatalities is suggested, especially those caused by different types of floods in all countries.     

未来10年保定市大气PM2.5的健康效益预测

分别设定保定市2020年、2025年及2030年PM_2.5浓度的不同目标情景,并考虑人口发展趋势,采用IER模型对各区县低、中、高目标情景下归因于PM_2.5污染的过早死亡人数进行评估.结果表明,以2017年大气PM_2.5浓度为基线,按照高中低3种预测情景,在2020年、2025年和2030年分别能避免的过早死亡人数高达1582~3840人、5244~7902人和12602~23558人,主要分布在市中心（莲池区、竞秀区和清苑区）及其东南区域.随着老龄化问题越来越严重,环境质量改善获得的健康收益愈加突出,心血管系统疾病（中风和缺血性心脏病）的归因死亡人数多于呼吸系统疾病（肺癌、慢阻肺疾病以及急性下呼吸道感染）.当PM_2.5浓度高于20μg/m³时,中风的归因死亡人数最高;当PM_2.5浓度小于10μg/m³时,缺血性心脏病的归因死亡人数最高.建议保定市在制定PM_2.5污染防控政策时重点关注人群密集的市区及东南方向地区,并考虑大气污染不同阶段导致的过早死亡疾病类型进行针对性的宣教和防控.     

Catastrophic Decline in Mollusc Diversity in Eastern Tasmania and Its Concurrence with Shellfish Fisheries

Abstract:  We used historical patterns of deposition of mollusc shells to infer changes to inshore benthic assemblages in the southeastern Tasmanian region over the past 120 years. We identified and counted shells in slices embedded within 1m long ²¹⁰Pb-dated sediment cores were collected at 13 sites in water depths of 8–16 m. Declines in mollusc species richness and shell production occurred during the past century at all sites studied, with a mean decline per 5-cm sediment slice from 21 species in 1890 to 7 species in 1990 and in shell abundance from 150 to 30 individuals over the same period. The time course of decline notably corresponded with the history of the scallop dredge fishery, presumably either because scallop dredging caused general declines in populations of mollusc species or because other factors caused a catastrophic regional decline in molluscs that included scallops. As a consequence, the fishery was forced to close. Of major concern is that losses had not previously been recognized but extended throughout the 100-km coastal span of the study. Given that fishing and other anthropogenic impacts, as well as a lack of observational data, are virtually ubiquitous for the coastal zone, major recent losses in mollusc biodiversity may be globally widespread but have gone unnoticed.