Beyond Substantial Equivalence: Ethical Equivalence

The concept of substantial equivalence,introduced for the risk assessment of geneticallymodified (GM) food, is a reducing concept because itignores the context in which these products have beenproduced and brought to the consumer at the end of thefood chain. Food quality cannot be restricted to meresubstance and food acts on human beings not only atthe level of nutrition but also through theirrelationship to environment and society. To make thiscontext explicit, I will introduce an ``equivalencescale' for the evaluation of food chains (GM or notGM). By contrast with substantial equivalence, whichinvolves mainly quantitative, analytical methods ofevaluation, ``qualitative equivalence' refers to ``less'or non-substantial factors that require new methodsof evaluation based on qualitative principles.``Ethical equivalence' refers to factors that show themoral value contained in food products. To analyze thedifferent levels at which ethics is needed in foodchains, I will use the French principles: ``Liberty,Equality, Fraternity,' or freedom, equality,solidarity, and add a fourth principle:sustainability. Sustainability, solidarity, andfreedom can be applied to the evaluation ofenvironmental, socio-economic, and socio-culturalethical equivalence, respectively. Equality refers tojustice and should operate so as to guarantee thatsustainability, solidarity, and freedom are satisfied.I suggest that ethics can provide a basis for arenewal of the food chain concept. Besides QualityAssurance, it is now essential to develop an ``EthicalAssurance' and this equivalence scale could provide abasis to set up ``Ethical Assurance Standards' (EAS)for food chains.     

改善链条炉燃烧的几种有效方法

采用燃煤布湿和安装分层燃烧装置 ,较好地解决了锅炉燃烧不完全的问题 ,降低了煤耗 ,提高了锅炉的热效率     

投放底栖动物强化水耕植物过滤法的净水效果

在水耕植物过滤法净水系统中的植物栽培廊道中,通过投放2种底栖动物螺蛳和泥鳅延长食物链后,TN、TP、TOC、Chl.a的去除效果均比未投放底栖动物的廊道有所提高.投放螺蛳的效果最为显著,TN、TP、Chl.a的去除率增幅分别达54%、27%和26%,比较了不同廊道中底泥的硝化、反硝化潜力,投放螺蛳的廊道其反硝化潜力最大,为9.08×10^-7g/(g·h),而硝化潜力最小,为3.65×10^-6g/(g·h).除氮能力大幅增加的原因,是由于螺蛳的引入增加了物质在食物链营养级传递中的损耗,另一方面是由于螺蛳的存在提高了底泥的反硝化潜力.     

定量RT-PCR检测雌二醇诱导的青鳉鱼基因表达

采用实时定量RT-PCR(Q-RT-PCR)方法,对暴露60d雌二醇的雄性青鳉鱼肝脏内卵黄蛋白原(VTG)和卵壳前体蛋白(CHG)基因表达进行研究.结果表明,0.1,1.0,10.0,100.0ng/L的雌二醇使肝脏内VTG-I,VTG-II,CHG-L和CHG-H基因表达被显著诱导.其中VTG-I显示出较好的剂量—效应关系,是较为理想的生物标记物基因.在0.1ng/L雌二醇暴露组中,VTG-I和VTG-II的表达量均显著高于对照组(P<0.05),表明本方法具有检测环境中低剂量雌二醇暴露的潜力.     

织物染色、印花生产废水处理技术

采用混凝沉淀酸化水解悬挂链曝气生物碳组合工艺处理织物染色、印花生产废水。处理后出水CODCr≤100mgL,去降率≥93%;各项水质指标均稳定的达到了(GB428792)纺织染整工业水污染物排放一级标准。     

Biological control experiment of excess propagation of Cyclops for drinking water security

Cyclops of zooplankton propagated excessively in eutrophic water body and could not be effectively inactivated by the conventional disinfections process like chlorination due to its stronger resistance to oxidation. In this study, an ecological project was put forward for the excess propagation control of Cyclops by stocking the filter-feeding fishes such as silver carp and bighead carp under the condition of no extraneous nutrient feeding. The results of experiments with different stocking biomass showed that the propagation of Cyclops could be controlled effectively, and the water quality was improved simultaneously by impacting on nutriment level and plankton community structure at proper stocking density of 30 g/m^3 of water. The growth of Cyclops may not be effectually controlled with lower biomass of fish （10 g）, and the natural food chain relation may be destroyed for Cyclops dying out in water while the intense stocking of 120 g per cubic meter of water. In addition, the high predator pressure may accelerate supplemental rate of nutrients from bottom sediments to water body to add the content of total nitrogen and phosphorus in water.     

经济发达地区土地利用结构变化预测 --以江苏省江阴市为例

结构决定功能，把握土地利用结构变化的趋势，调整社会经济发展的策略。优化土地利用结构是土地可持续利用的关键。以经济发达地区江苏省江阴市为例，运用马尔柯夫链的理论与方法，构建土地利用结构转移的概率矩阵，预测江阴市2005年和2010年的土地利用结构，并分析其变化特征，以此来研究经济发达地区近期内可能的土地利用结构变化规律。模拟结果表明，经济发达地区土地利用结构变化存在着非农化趋势加快．农地数量减少加速的现象，如果为保证耕地的数量平衡，则可能导致农地内部结构极其不合理。根据研究结果，提出适当释放农地，促进经济发展；运用经济杆杠，提高非农用地利用效率；重视耕地质量，改善生态环境的政策建议。     

Quantitative sensitivity and reliability analysis of sensor networks for well kick detection based on dynamic Bayesian networks and Markov chain

Kick is considered as an early warning sign to the blowout that is among the most undesired and feared accidents during drilling operations. Kick detection system is commonly used to timely identify the occurrence of a kick. The method commonly used for kick detection relies on the proper selection of monitoring indicators. A kick detection system should not only have very high accuracy but also maintain reliable over a long time. Different from the existing studies focusing on improving the detection accuracy, this paper presents a frame emphasizing on quantitatively analyzing and enhancing the reliability of the kick detection sensor networks. The dynamic Bayesian network (DBN) for the sensor networks is established that employs Markov chain to obtain the reliability degradation of measurement sensors over time. The proposed method is applied and evaluated by case studies to conduct reliability and sensitivity analysis for kick detection sensor networks. The reliability analysis results demonstrate that the proposed method can quantitatively analyze the reliability of a kick detection sensor networks consisting of various sensors over given time periods. The sensitivity analysis results indicate that the proposed method is effective in identifying the critical sensors that have the greatest effect on the reliability of one certain kick detection system. Based on the analysis results, optimized logical combination of sensors of a kick detection system can be achieved. An improved sensor network for the unreliable case was proposed and evaluated.     

应用马尔可夫链分析预测福建以林为主的土地利用趋势

土地利用状况的研究是国土整治及林业发展规划的重要研究内容,本文根据森林资源连续清查的资料,应用马尔可夫链理论,建立预测模型,分析、预测土壤利用的动态状况,提出宏观控制的对策,为土地利用规划,林业生产决策提供科学的方法与依据。     

Detection of fetal cells in maternal blood

We report the detection of fetal cells in the maternal circulation by enzymatic amplification of a single copy gene sequence that was fetal-specific. Fetal HLA-A2-positive cells were sorted from maternal HLA-A2-negative cells by flow cytometry and confirmed by demonstration of a fetal-specific HLA-DR4 sequence. However, this sequence could not be detected in unenriched maternal DNA prepared at 28 and 32 weeks' gestation. The sensitivity of detection was 1 HLA-DR4-positive cell in 10⁵ HLA-DR4-negative cells. We conclude that prenatal diagnosis of paternally inherited autosomal-dominant genetic defects may be possible by selective gene amplification of maternal peripheral blood. However, preliminary enrichment for fetal cells may be necessary.