Disc size regulation in the brood cell building behavior of leaf-cutter bee, <Emphasis Type="Italic">Megachile tsurugensis</Emphasis>

The leaf-cutter bee, Megachile tsurugensis, builds a brood cell in a preexisting tunnel with leaf discs that she cuts in decreasing sizes and assembles them like a Russian matryoshka doll. By experimentally manipulating the brood cell, it was investigated how she regulates the size of leaf discs that fit in the brood cell’s internal volume. When the internal volume was artificially increased by removing a bulk of leaf discs, she decreased the leaf disc size, although increasing it would have made the leaf disc more fitting in the increased internal volume. As a reverse manipulation, when the internal volume was decreased by inserting a group of inner layers of preassembled leaf discs to a brood cell, she decreased the leaf disc size, so that the leaf disc could fit in the decreased internal volume. These results suggest that she uses at least two different mechanisms to regulate the disc size: the use of some internal memory about the degree of building work accomplished in the first and of sensory feedback of dimensional information at the construction site in the second manipulation, respectively. It was concluded that a stigmergic mechanism, an immediate sensory feedback from the brood cell changed by the building work, alone cannot explain the details of the bee’s behavior particularly with respect to her initial response to the first manipulation. For a more complete explanation of the behavior exhibited by the solitary bee, two additional behavioral elements, reinforcement of building activity and processing of dimensional information, were discussed along with stigmergy.     

浅析海岸带侵蚀

在收集各国海岸带侵蚀现象资料的基础上,主要分析了造成海岸带侵蚀的人类活动,列举由海岸带侵蚀现象带来的一系列环境问题,并针对中国海岸带的环境现状提出了相关防护措施。     

黄土塬区高层建筑钻孔灌注桩承载特性试验

本文针对西安黄土塬区某高层建筑钻孔灌注桩试桩的静载荷试验和应力测试结果,利用数值模拟技术分析了桩的载荷传递特性,结果表明:在该场地的工程地质条件下,此钻孔灌注桩为摩擦桩类型,桩端阻力仅占总荷载的0.40%~1.61%;随着桩端土与桩周土刚度比Eb/Es的增大,桩端传递给土层的荷载增加;随着桩的长径比L/d值的增大,桩端传递给土层的荷载减少。     

福州大学生环境公众参与意愿调查研究——以福州大学城部分高校为例

环境公众参与意愿调查研究是公众环境教育的重要组成部分之一,本文针对福州大学城部分在校大学生的环境知识、意识及行为进行问卷调查,分析得出福州大学生环境公众参与意愿的程度,从而进一步探索如何使大学生环境意识真正内化为自觉环境保护行动,为提高大学生在环境保护公众参与方面提出有意义的对策和建议。     

Impact of climatic shocks on child human capital: evidence from young lives data

This study attempts to assess the impact of two different climatic shocks, drought and excessive rainfall/flood, as perceived by households on child human capital across four countries: Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam – countries with diverse socio-economic backgrounds. Human capital, in this context, subsumes both child learning and health outcomes. The data source is the Young Lives Study and cross-sectional household data on the older cohort of children (between 14 and 16 years of age) are utilized, for the year 2009. The enrolment rate, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Cloze test and Math test scores are used as proxies for child learning outcomes. The health outcome variables being studied are the WHO-defined Body Mass Index z-scores and Height for Age z-scores. The overall objective is to study heterogeneity in responses to shock in terms of the development of human capital across the set of countries considered. Additionally, the study elaborates on the role of institutional help, during crisis, and the role of household characteristics in buffering these climatic shocks.     

Heat transfer and burning behavior of ADP/MPP epoxy intumescent coatings

Thermal protection of chemical storage tanks is very important when a fire accident occurs. Intumescent coating on the surface of the tank is one of efficient measures to prevent fire. It is essential to investigate the interaction between heat transfer and burning behavior of intumescent coating, which will affect the fire-proof performance of the coating. In this paper, ADP/MPP epoxy intumescent coatings were prepared by adding the intumescent flame retardants aluminum diethylphosphinate (ADP) and melamine phenyl phosphonate (MPP) into epoxy resin (EP). The heat transfer process and burning behavior were analyzed by temperature distribution, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), cone calorimeter and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results showed that the ratio of ADP and MPP, the intumescent characteristics and the structure of the char layer can affect the heat transfer of the coating remarkably. The residual char morphology analysis shows that the coating containing ADP and MPP is more capable of forming a well-structured char layer structure and shows a good thermal insulation performance.     

硅在湖泊沉积物上的吸附特征及形态分布研究

以乌梁素海(WLSH)和岱海(DH)表层沉积物为吸附剂,开展了硅在沉积物上的等温吸附及形态再分布实验研究.结果表明,在低浓度梯度范围内(≤3.00 mg.L-1),硅在乌梁素海和岱海沉积物上的吸附行为均可用线性模型描述,且2个湖泊沉积物分别处于吸附硅和解吸硅的吸附/解吸反应的不同阶段;Langmuir交叉型吸附等温式、Freundlich交叉吸附等温式和Temkin交叉型吸附等温式均能较好地描述硅在2个湖泊沉积物上的吸附行为,结合沉积物自身吸持硅(NAS)和吸附/解吸平衡浓度(ESC0),阐释了2个湖泊沉积物对硅的源汇作用;以硅的形态再分布为基础,揭示沉积物中离子交换态(IEF-Si)释放硅能力,同时也不能忽视铁锰氧化物结合态(IMOF-Si)和有机物硫化物结合态(OSF-Si)的可持续释硅能力,可为探讨真实环境体系中硅的吸附/解吸机制,阐释湖泊富营养化的营养盐限制机制及营养盐耦合作用对碳循环拉动机制等提供理论依据和基础数据.     

地勘行业人因失误的影响因素及管理对策

地勘行业是矿产资源开发的龙头,对国民经济的发展具有重要的作用。通过对地勘行业人因失误的类型和影响因素进行分析,从而提出了相应的管理对策,对加强地勘行业的安全管理,促进地勘经济的长足发展具有重要的意义。     

Study on Human Capital Valve Quantity Model and Investment Featuers

Abstract

In this paper, human capital is considered a kind of goods in terms of investment. Basic consumption and profit margin are the two important components of human capital goods value. Compared with that of the material capital, the human capital consumption has the following features. The importance of human capital investment determined by the supply-demand mechanism, is growing gradually; The course of investment and return takes a long period of time; Human capital is characterized by strong technicality and weak negotiability; The investment profit margin is changeable and discriminating.     

A study on the dilemmas of resource utilization and tourism in Africa

This paper explores, explains and discusses issues around the dilemma between local conservation of natural resources (often, endangered species and habitats) and tourism needs in Africa. Often and in constitutional terms, local people have a right to exploit and use resources endowed in their local area. However, tourists often are interested in viewing the vegetation and animal resources undisturbed. Inevitably, there is an undeclared animosity of values and interests between local communities and tourists and state agencies. As a result, the dilemma is thus of governance. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the governance dilemma of resource utilization and tourism in Africa in a bid to create an informed stewardship framework for sustainability. This is achieved by way of case studies and narratives from Africa. As such, this paper will be a review literature on how different communities perceive tourism and derive livelihoods from their immediate environment. It also explains how the external factors influence local needs and interests. A more sustainable and operational framework that reduces friction among stakeholders is suggested.