Stream Discharge and Riparian Land Use Influence In-Stream Concentrations and Loads of Phosphorus from Central Plains Watersheds

Total annual nutrient loads are a function of both watershed characteristics and the magnitude of nutrient mobilizing events. We investigated linkages among land cover, discharge and total phosphorus (TP) concentrations, and loads in 25 Kansas streams. Stream monitoring locations were selected from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment stream chemistry long-term monitoring network sites at or near U.S. Geological Survey stream gauges. We linked each sample with concurrent discharge data to improve our ability to estimate TP concentrations and loads across the full range of possible flow conditions. Median TP concentration was strongly linked (R ² = 76%) to the presence of cropland in the riparian zones of the mostly perennial streams. At baseflow, discharge data did not improve prediction of TP, but at high flows discharge was strongly linked to concentration (a threshold response occurred). Our data suggest that on average 88% of the total load occurred during the 10% of the time with the greatest discharge. Modeled reductions in peak discharges, representing increased hydrologic retention, predicted greater decreases in total annual loads than reductions of ambient concentrations because high discharge and elevated phosphorus concentrations had multiplicative effects. No measure of land use provided significant predictive power for concentrations when discharge was elevated or for concentration rise rates under increasing discharge. These results suggest that reductions of baseflow concentrations of TP in streams without wastewater dischargers may be managed by reductions of cropland uses in the riparian corridor. Additional measures may be needed to manage TP annual loads, due to the large percentage of the TP load occurring during a few high-flow events each year.     

基于Seam型裂纹的复合型裂纹起裂角预测的有限元法

目的对处于多轴应力状态下的复合型裂纹起裂角进行预测。方法考虑材料的弹性性能,利用商业有限元软件ABAQUS中的Seam裂纹模拟穿透型裂纹损伤,建立双轴载荷作用下中心带孔边裂纹板的三维有限元模型,通过位移外推法得到裂纹尖端的应力强度因子(Stress Intensity Factor,SIF),并利用求得的SIF基于最大周向应力断裂准则预测孔边裂纹的起裂角。结果通过与相关文献结果进行对比,发现通过该有限元方法计算得到的应力强度因子与文献结果的最大误差在2%以内,预测的裂纹起裂角与文献结果的最大误差在3%以内。结论该有限元方法计算的裂纹起裂角与文献结果一致,因此文中求解复合型裂纹起裂角所使用的有限元方法是可靠有效的。     

初始损伤对不同钢组织延性起裂韧性的影响

对两种钢热处理后得到的3种材料组织的缺口试样,在常温下进行了不同预加载荷的4点弯曲正反弯实验.在缺口前引入不同的微孔洞损伤量,而后通过高温回火处理消除残余应力和加工硬化.随后在室温下进行4点弯曲加载和不同载荷下的卸载实验,通过力学参数测量和微观观察就初始损伤对不同钢组织缺口试样延性起裂韧性的影响进行了实验研究.结果表明:当预加载荷比Po/Pgy小于0.86时,材料A的延性起裂韧性Pi/Pgy随Po/Pgy的增加缓慢下降,材料B和C的Pi/Pgy基本不变;当Po/Pgy大于0.86后,随着Po/Pgy的增加,3种材料的延性起裂韧性Pi/Pgy很快下降.延性起裂韧性的降低是由于材料在预加载中产生的初始损伤所引起的.初始损伤的量越大,延性起裂韧性降低的程度越大.细晶粒材料A的延性起裂韧性Pi/Pgy低于粗晶粒材料C.夹杂物含量较高,尺寸较大的材料C的延性起裂韧性Pi/Pgy低于夹杂物量少,尺寸小的材料B.对产生这些结果的原因进行了分析.     

Entrepreneurial motivation: A review of the literature and an agenda for future research

Given the substantial impact that new ventures have on the global economy, understanding what motivates entrepreneurs is of both practical and theoretical importance. Although research on the nature, causes, and consequences of entrepreneurial motivation has grown rapidly, it has evolved in distinct theoretical silos that tend to isolate motives based on the phase of business development (e.g., initiation, growth, and exit) rather than acknowledge that individuals often traverse all these phases and experience multiple types of motivation throughout their entrepreneurial journey. To advance the study of motivation in the fields of entrepreneurship and organizational behavior and provide a means through which these advancements can contribute to our understanding of how motivation drives the start-up, growth, and exiting of businesses, we organize and review the extant literature on entrepreneurial motives based on the phases of the new venture process. In doing so, this article develops a roadmap of the current state of entrepreneurial motivation research and its nomological network and provides suggestions to guide future research in extending our understanding of motivation in the entrepreneurship domain as well as in traditional organizational settings.     

Uptake,translocation, and control of trumpet flower (Tecoma stans) with aminocyclopyrachlor

To gain a better understanding of the physiology of the herbicide aminocyclopyrachlor in young plants of trumpet flower, the uptake and translocation were evaluated after the application of herbicide. This was determined by treating individual leaves with formulated herbicides plus ¹⁴C-aminocyclopyrachlor after the application of the formulated herbicide. This experiment used a randomized experimental design with three replications. In addition, field studies were conducted to assess the effectiveness of foliar applications of aminocyclopyrachlor in association with metsulfuton-methyl. The plant absorbed 20% of the herbicide applied. The translocation percentage did not surpass 5% of the total amount applied. Only 1% of the herbicide applied was translocated to the roots. Rate of 40 + 13 g a.i. 100 L^?1 of aminocyclopyrachlor+metsulfuron-methyl was effective to control T. stans.     

Wait before running for your life: defensive tactics of spiny mice (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Acomys cahirinus</Emphasis>) in evading barn owl (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Tyto alba</Emphasis>) attack

Raptor–prey encounters were studied to evaluate the strategies and success rate of both predator attack and prey defense. We compared the success of barn owls in catching stationary simulated prey (food item) with that of moving prey (food item that was pulled in various directions). We also tracked real encounters between barn owls and spiny mice in a captive environment. It was found that owls had higher success in attacking stationary prey and that they seemed to attack the prey as soon as it became motionless. When attacked, only a few spiny mice remained immobile (freeze response) whereas most fled and usually avoided capture by the owls. It was also found that spiny mice displayed a preference to escape in those directions in which owls had demonstrated a lower success in catching the simulated prey. Escape initiation dichotomized to a short or long (but rarely intermediate) distance between the spiny mouse and the owl with more successful avoidance at short-distance (last-moment) escapes. The best predictor of escape success was the velocity of the spiny mouse, and the second best predictor was its flight initiation distance (FID). We present an update for Ydenberg and Dill’s model for optimal FID in close encounters, suggesting that fleeing at the last moment is advantageous. However, a last-moment attempt to escape is also more risky with a split second differing between life and death, and is therefore appropriate mainly for agile prey under close-distance attack.     

基于两参数Weibull模型的预腐蚀2A12铝合金材料裂纹萌生寿命评估

铝合金在航空工业中广泛应用,因此对于铝合金构件的寿命评估很重要。腐蚀损伤使得裂纹容易萌生,因此降低铝合金结构的疲劳寿命。铝合金构件在其服役过程中,裂纹萌生寿命占据了大部分的时间,研究腐蚀损伤对于铝合金材料的裂纹萌生寿命的影响具有重要意义。由于腐蚀疲劳影响因素众多,数据分散性很大,因此本文引入weibull分布模型评估腐蚀疲劳裂纹扩展,对于损伤容限评估具有重要意义。     

Does sheep selectivity along grazing paths negatively affect biological crusts and soil seed banks in arid shrublands? A case study in the Patagonian Monte,Argentina

Domestic animals potentially affect the reproductive output of plants by direct removal of aboveground plant parts but also could alter the structure and fertility of the upper soil and the integrity of biological crusts through trampling. We asked whether sheep selectivity of plant patches along grazing paths could lead to negative changes in biological crusts and soil seed banks. We randomly selected ten floristically homogeneous vegetation stands distributed across an area (1250 ha) grazed by free ranging sheep. Vegetation stands were differently selected by sheep as estimated through sheep-collaring techniques combined with remote imagery mapping. At each stand, we extracted 15 paired cylindrical soil cores from biological crusts and from neighboring soil without crusts. We evaluated the crust cover enclosed in each core and incubated the soil samples at field capacity at alternating 10-18 °C during 24 months. We counted the emerged seedlings and identified them by species. Sheep selectivity along grazing paths was largest at mid-distances to the watering point of the paddock. Increasing sheep selectivity was associated with the reduction of the cover of biological crusts and the size and species number of the soil seed bank of preferred perennial grasses under biological crusts. The size of the soil seed bank of annual grasses was reduced with increasing sheep selectivity under both crust and no crust soil conditions. We did not detect changes in the soil seed banks of less- and non- preferred species (shrubs and forbs) related to sheep selectivity. Our findings highlight the negative effects of sheep selectivity on biological crusts and the soil seed bank of preferred plant species and the positive relationship between biological crusts and the size of the soil seed bank of perennial grasses. Accordingly, the state of conservation of biological crusts could be useful to assess the state of the soil seed banks of perennial grasses for monitoring, conservation and planning the sustainable management of grazing lands.     

泥石流起动的突变学特征

泥石流起动是泥石流发生、发展、成灾全过程中的关键环节,起动规律是泥石流预测预报和灾害防治的理论基础。对建立在实验基础上的泥石流起动条件进行适当变换,得到泥石流起动势函数,它符合尖点突变模型。进一步分析,发现准泥石流体起动时具有突变、缓慢和过渡状态等多条路径,并在起动临界点附近具有发散性和模态软化等性质。根据这些起动特性提出的单沟泥石流预测方法以及通过调控准泥石流体起动条件使之不起动,达到泥石流灾害治理防患于未然的新途径,已在泥石流防治中取得了实效。     

316L和308L不锈钢应力腐蚀裂纹萌生行为研究

目的 研究载荷大小、加载方式和冷变形对材料裂纹萌生行为的影响规律.方法 采用多轴多试样加载装置,在线测量冷变形316L和308L不锈钢在模拟反应堆高温高压水环境中恒载荷和慢应变速率拉伸状态下的应力腐蚀裂纹萌生行为.结果 加载载荷低于屈服强度时,两种不锈钢均因具有较强的抗点蚀和晶界氧化性能而不易萌生裂纹.高于屈服强度后,...