Kinetic characterizing of soil trace metal availability using Soil/EDTA/Chelex mixture

The kinetic aspects are not usually tackled when mimicking the soil trace metal mobilization. In this work, a simple procedure is developed for measuring the kinetics of Pb, Cu and Cd transfer from the soil solid phase towards a resin sink. A ternary system of Soil/EDTA/Chelex was employed for mimicking the metal transfer from two agricultural soil samples into the Chelex. Two different kinetic regimes (P₁ and P₂) were observed. The kinetic profile of Pb was distinctly different from those of Cd and Cu. Basing on kinetic principles, two kinetic models were proposed for estimating the apparent rate constants of leaching and removal processes in, respectively, two binary mixtures of soil/EDTA and EDTA extracts/Chelex. Contrary to Pb, solid phase pools of Cd and Cu exchanged with the solution on short time scales. The kinetic rate of desorption occurred in following order: Pb < Cu ? Cd. Comparing the kinetics of binary systems, the desorption process was hypothesized to control the metal transfer. The parameters related to the desorption process were extended to the kinetic regimes of Soil/EDTA/Chelex and revealed that the soil to Chelex transfer of Pb is under kinetics control whereas the bulk concentration (affected by the size of particulate reservoir) is likely to control the Cd transfer. Cu presents an intermediate case.     

全国死亡百人以上事故统计分析

本文统计了1990～2005年我国死亡百人以上的事故。此类事故共计25起，总死亡人数4340人。此外，进一步分析了这些事故的类型、所属行业和发生时间等，找出了事故发生的规律。最后，对死亡百人以上事故的预防提出了对策建议。     

甲苯与TX100溶液间气液平衡关系

采用气相EPICS(equilibrium partitioning in closed system)法研究了甲苯与非离子表面活性剂TritonX-100(TX100)溶液间气液平衡分配关系.研究表明,甲苯的表观亨利系数(Hc)随TX100浓度的增加而降低,TX100可明显地影响甲苯在气液相的分配行为,抑制甲苯挥发;当TX100的浓度低于其临界胶束浓度(CMC),浓度的增加对Hc影响不明显,抑制甲苯挥发能力相对较弱;浓度大于CMC,Hc随表面活性剂浓度的增加迅速降低.温度对Hc的影响显著,温度升高,相应Hc也随之增大.     

表面活性剂去除土壤和地下水中LNAPLs作用机制研究

去除多孔介质中滞留的LNAPLs,表面活性剂对LNAPLs的增溶和降低界面张力是关键.在实验测得不同浓度Triton X-100溶液对正十六烷的增溶以及它们之间界面张力的基础上,通过平衡清洗实验和砂柱冲洗实验分析了不同形态正十六烷的产生规律和机制.结果表明,正十六烷溶解能力与Triton X-100浓度成正比,当Triton X-100浓度大于临界胶束浓度CMC时,计算得摩尔增溶比MSR=1.680 4,胶束相/水相分配系数对数值lgK_mc=1.715 8;正十六烷-Triton X-100溶液之间界面张力与Triton X-100浓度成反比,其变化规律符合高斯模型（R₂=0.996 4）;溶解态正十六烷和自由态正十六烷与增溶和降低界面张力分别有较好的对应关系,表明增溶和降低界面张力都对多孔介质中正十六烷去除有影响,其中降低界面张力可以有效增加多孔介质中正十六烷的流动性,在正十六烷去除过程中起主要作用.     

Effects of nonionic surfactant Triton X-100 on the laccase-catalyzed conversion of bisphenol A

The laccase-catalyzed conversion of bisphenol A (BPA) in aqueous solutions was studied in the absence and presence of nonionic surfactant Triton X-100. It was found that the addition of Triton X-100 into the reaction system increased the conversion of BPA, especially near the critical micelle concentration of Triton X-100. Also it was found that the stability of laccase was greatly improved in the presence of TritonX-100. Studies on the endogenous fluorescence emission of laccase indicated that there existed an interaction between Triton X-100 and laccase, which was beneficial to folding and stabilizating of laccase. The binding of Triton X-100 to the laccase surface also mitigated the inactivation e ect caused by the free radicals and polymerization products. Under otherwise identical conditions, a lower dosage of laccase was needed for the higher conversion of BPA in the presence of Triton X-100.     

Driver Behavior During Overtaking Maneuvers from the 100-Car Naturalistic Driving Study

Objective: Lane changes with the intention to overtake the vehicle in front are especially challenging scenarios for forward collision warning (FCW) designs. These overtaking maneuvers can occur at high relative vehicle speeds and often involve no brake and/or turn signal application. Therefore, overtaking presents the potential of erroneously triggering the FCW. A better understanding of driver behavior during lane change events can improve designs of this human–machine interface and increase driver acceptance of FCW. The objective of this study was to aid FCW design by characterizing driver behavior during lane change events using naturalistic driving study data.

Methods: The analysis was based on data from the 100-Car Naturalistic Driving Study, collected by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute. The 100-Car study contains approximately 1.2 million vehicle miles of driving and 43,000 h of data collected from 108 primary drivers. In order to identify overtaking maneuvers from a large sample of driving data, an algorithm to automatically identify overtaking events was developed. The lead vehicle and minimum time to collision (TTC) at the start of lane change events was identified using radar processing techniques developed in a previous study. The lane change identification algorithm was validated against video analysis, which manually identified 1,425 lane change events from approximately 126 full trips.

Results: Forty-five drivers with valid time series data were selected from the 100-Car study. From the sample of drivers, our algorithm identified 326,238 lane change events. A total of 90,639 lane change events were found to involve a closing lead vehicle. Lane change events were evenly distributed between left side and right side lane changes. The characterization of lane change frequency and minimum TTC was divided into 10 mph speed bins for vehicle travel speeds between 10 and 90 mph. For all lane change events with a closing lead vehicle, the results showed that drivers change lanes most frequently in the 40–50 mph speed range. Minimum TTC was found to increase with travel speed. The variability in minimum TTC between drivers also increased with travel speed.

Conclusions: This study developed and validated an algorithm to detect lane change events in the 100-Car Naturalistic Driving Study and characterized lane change events in the database. The characterization of driver behavior in lane change events showed that driver lane change frequency and minimum TTC vary with travel speed. The characterization of overtaking maneuvers from this study will aid in improving the overall effectiveness of FCW systems by providing active safety system designers with further understanding of driver action in overtaking maneuvers, thereby increasing system warning accuracy, reducing erroneous warnings, and improving driver acceptance.     

Bi2WO6可见光催化降解染料废水实验研究

采用水热法合成了新型的可见光催化剂Bi2WO6,以活性蓝M-2GE染料废水为目标污染物,研究了催化剂的用量、污染物初始浓度、溶液pH、盐效应等因素对光催化降解效果的影响.结果表明,在优化实验条件下(催化剂的投加量为3g·L-1、pH值中性偏酸性、反应90min),对目标污染物的去除率可达到99%;溶液中盐浓度的增加对降解有抑制作用;催化剂对不同初始浓度活性蓝M-2GE染料的去除过程遵循一级动力学方程;催化剂重复使用后催化效果有所下降,但仍然可以保持在90%左右.因此,用水热法合成的催化剂Bi2WO6具有良好的可见光活性.     

长江口海域悬浮物的粒度特征与成因分析

利用现场激光粒度仪(LISST-100X C型),在不扰动天然细颗粒泥沙絮凝体的情况下,于2008年7月在长江口海域测量了24个站位不同层次悬浮絮凝体的粒径分布和体积浓度.结合同步测得的海水温度、盐度和浊度数据,得出了长江口海域悬浮物的粒度特征并进行了成因分析.长江口观测海域悬浮物的平均中值粒径为4.69φ,粒级分布具有分选较差、峰态宽、近对称的特征.悬浮絮凝体的垂向平均体积含量随离岸距离的增加而显著降低,而中值粒径却具有增大的趋势;在31.0°N断面,平均中值粒径从11μm增加到了60μm.随着离岸距离的增加,细颗粒悬浮泥沙的含量显著降低,而一些粒径较大的生物体或大粒径絮凝体的含量相对增多,造成了中值粒径的明显增大.本次观测所得的有效密度在246~1 334 kg/m3之间,平均为613kg/m3.当悬浮物含量较高时,由于大絮凝体比小絮凝体的沉降速度快,大絮凝体有效密度小于小絮凝体,从而导致悬浮物的中值粒径随水深的增大而明显增大,絮凝体有效密度随水深的增加而减小;37和44站有效密度与中值粒径的相关系数均在0.9以上.     

S-100 protein in amniotic fluid of anencephalic fetuses

S-100 protein, which is found essentially in the astrocytes of the nervous system, was assayed in amniotic fluids by Particle Counting Immuno Assay. It was present in 19 cases of anencephaly out of 26, in 1 case of open spina bifida out of 5 and in each of the 4 cases of fetal death, whereas it was not detected in the 48 control amniotic fluids collected between the 16th and the 35th week of gestation. Thirty-one amniotic fluids from fetuses with other congenital malformations were devoid of detectable S-100. The presence of S-100 in amniotic fluid of anencephalic fetuses can presumably be considered as a biological sign of necrosis of the exencephalic brain and seems specific to damage of the central nervous system accompanied by neural tube defect.     

土壤环境中2株典型非离子表面活性剂降解菌的应用效果

采用室内培养法研究菌株B35和T100对土壤微生物区系及非离子表面活性剂(Brij35和TX-100)降解的影响.结果表明,非离子表面活性剂对土壤中的部分微生物有一定的毒害作用,抑制了细菌和放线菌的生长,且TX-100的毒害作用强于Brij35.另外,菌株B35和T100对土壤中非离子表面活性剂Brij35和TX-100有强降解作用,经菌株B35处理后,茶园土和菜园土中的非离子表面活性剂Brij35的降解率分别为67.26%～72.55%和67.86%～82.55%;经菌株T100处理后,茶园土和菜园土中的非离子表面活性剂TX-100的降解率分别为66.02%～70.04%和72.02%～72.27%.微生物活度与有机质含量和毒性物质密切相关.立即接种降解菌的降解作用弱于缓后接种.