Electrosensory basis for individual recognition in a weakly electric, mormyrid fish, Pollimyrus adspersus (Günther, 1866)

Pollimyrus adspersus discriminates the individually variable waveforms of Electric Organ Discharges (EODs) of conspecifics of only 150–250 s duration. We examined: (1) the discrimination threshold for artificially generated EODs of similar waveform, (2) the mechanism of signal analysis (spectral vs temporal) present, by determining the discrimination between different waveforms of identical amplitude spectra, and (3) the threshold field intensity and reach of discrimination. The triphasic P. adspersus EOD waveform was artificially generated by superimposing two Gaussians, one wide, the second narrow, inverted, and of threefold amplitude. The natural variability among individual EOD waveforms was simulated by phase-shifting one Gaussian relative to the other. The symmetrical waveform where the peaks of the two Gaussians coincided was used as a reference (phase shift=0, rewarded stimulus S+). Results were: (1) in food-rewarded conditioning experiments, trained fish (N=7) detected a phase-shift in artificial EOD stimuli as low as 2 s (N=2 fish), 6 s (N=1) and 10 s (N=1). (2) All fish tested (N=3) discriminated between artificial EODs of identical amplitude spectra but different waveforms (hence, different phase spectra), demonstrating a temporal mechanism of signal analysis. (3) The maximum reach of waveform discrimination was 130 cm at 4.9 V_p-p/cm and 100 S/cm water conductivity (test signal generated at natural amplitude), that is, similar to the reach of EOD detection. Therefore, among the three kinds of electroreceptor organ present in mormyrids, we consider Knollenorgane the relevant sensory organs for EOD waveform discrimination.Communicated by J. Krause     

Individual recognition of song repertoires in two wood warblers

We examined recognition of individual neighbors in hooded warblers (Wilsonia citrina) and Kentucky warblers (Oporornis formosus) by comparing responses to playbacks of neighbors' songs from appropriate and inappropriate boundaries of the subjects' territories. Kentucky warblers, which sing one song type each, responded more strongly to the songs of neighbors broadcast from incorrect than from correct boundaries. Hooded warblers use their repertoires of three to nine song types in two distinct modes of singing: repeat mode involves repeated presentation of one song type; mixed mode involves presentation of two or more song types in irregular sequence. Playbacks of neighbors' mixed-mode songs from appropriate and inappropriate boundaries indicated capabilities of individual recognition similar to those reported previously for repeat-mode songs (Godard 1991) and to those of Kentucky warblers. Repertoires of moderate size, therefore, have no pronounced influence on eventual recognition of individual neighbors in hooded warblers.     

扬沸过程燃烧噪声的谱分析（Ⅱ）──扬沸前兆噪声的工程：识别模型

本文通过对数字时间序列分析中最大熵谱法的研究，给出了分辨率比传统谱方法高得多的功率谱，针对扬沸过程燃烧噪声的谱特性，建立了扬沸前兆噪声的工程识别模型。本文第二部分讨论了该模型的建立方法，并在实验中得到验证。     

一种改进的灾害新闻3要素提取方法研究*

为提取灾害性新闻中的基本要素,迅速掌握灾害事件信息和发展趋势,将目标分类和命名实体识别（named entity recognition,NER）相结合,提出改进的灾害新闻3要素提取方法。构建滑动窗检测器搭载不同的分类模型,实现对新闻文本的灾害主题识别与时空位置要素范围判定,结合命名实体识别完成对时空位置要素的精准提取,并以灾害事故信息文本为例进行测试。研究结果表明:通过在火灾、地震和滑坡新闻中进行数据集中测试,发现本文方法相较于LSTM,BILSTM,BILSTM-CRF提取效果更优;本文方法可对大量灾害性新闻的灾害3要素进行识别提取,对灾害信息进行时空规律分析,研究结果可在灾害应急响应中发挥重要作用。     

基于强化学习的城镇燃气事故信息抽取方法

为解决因城镇燃气事故调查报告标注样本缺乏,从而影响命名实体识别性能这一问题,提出基于BiLSTM-CRF+强化学习的燃气事故领域命名实体识别方法。首先在数据预处理阶段,采用基于文本结构的主旨段落抽取方法,识别事故调查报告的关键段落;其次在模型训练阶段,采用BiLSTM-CRF+强化学习模型,实现城镇燃气事故命名实体识别模型训练;最后利用城镇燃气事故调查报告作为试验数据进行验证。研究结果表明:经由强化学习模型降噪后,实体识别模型的综合评价指标提高5.76%,主旨段落识别方法相比Word2vec特征表示方法,使模型的综合评价指标提升7.17%。     

All at sea: aquatic life modifies mate-recognition modalities in sea snakes (Emydocephalus annulatus, Hydrophiidae)

Alternative sensory modalities (e.g. vision, chemoreception) differ in the spatial scale, permanence and reliability of cues they provide to mate-searching males. Males of terrestrial snake species use chemoreception to locate females over large distances, but phylogenetic shifts to aquatic life render such cues unavailable. Do male sea snakes use alternative modalities for identifying potential sexual partners and if so, are the novel systems as effective for mate-finding as the ancestral ones? Observations and experiments show that free-ranging male turtle-headed sea snakes (Emydocephalus annulatus) in shallow-water reef habitats in New Caledonia use visual cues (including size, movement and color pattern) to assess whether snake-shaped objects are potential sexual partners. Skin lipids (pheromones) are important only after the male comes into physical contact with the stimulus. Visual cues provide unreliable information about potential mates, and function over short distances only (generally, <1 m). In consequence, mate-searching male snakes frequently failed to find nearby females, rarely managed to maintain contact with females they did find, and wasted time and energy investigating inappropriate stimuli (e.g. fishes, sea cucumbers, divers). The loss of effective pheromonal mate-location systems means that mate recognition by aquatic snakes functions over smaller distances than in their terrestrial relatives. Phylogenetic transitions among habitat types thus may directly modify central features of the mating system.     

基于视线追踪技术的工艺操作人员人为失误识别研究

为了对生产加工过程中工艺操作人员的不安全行为进行有效监控，及时避免因操作失误带来的工艺安全事故，开展基于视线追踪技术的工艺操作人员人为失误识别研究。通过设计眼动实验方案，利用视线追踪技术采集操作者在工艺流程控制过程中各类失误模式的眼动数据,并对采集的数据进行统计，提取失误行为的眼动特征，并建立人为失误智能识别方法，利用距离函数聚类实现现场操作人员失误状态的准确识别。研究结果表明:以被试样本在不同区域的视线停留时间百分比作为特征参数，并运用欧氏距离函数分类法判别人员操作状态，对操作人员的不安全行为能够准确识别。     

城镇化进程中新疆塔城盆地浅层地下水化学演变特征及成因

随着经济的发展,新疆塔城盆地地下水开采量持续增大,然而研究区水文地质研究基础薄弱,盆地地下水化学演化趋势及其成因不明,这使得未来的地下水开发利用存在较大风险.本文在对盆地内地下水进行系统采样分析的基础上,基于5种水化学图对地下水化学组分进行异常识别,并对比历史水化学数据,对盆地地下水化学演变进行了深入分析.结果表明:研究区地下水阳离子以Ca²⁺和Na⁺为主,阴离子以HCO^-₃和SO₄^2-为主,盆地广泛分布溶解性总固体小于1.0 g·L^-1的淡水.从山前淋溶迁移带到地下水径流缓慢的平原区,地下水化学类型由HCO₃-Ca和HCO₃·SO₄-Ca·Mg型过渡到SO₄·HCO₃-Na·Ca型.对比1979年水化学数据,城镇化进程中,由于地下水的过量开采,水位埋深下降,原来的部分排泄区变为径流区,水循环交替加快,致使研究区HCO     

长江沿江国家战略发展区功能识别与培育

分析了长江沿江六大国家战略发展区（即长三角地区、皖江城市带、武汉城市圈、鄱阳湖生态经济区、长株潭城市群、成渝经济区）的发展状况。基于极化区理论,提出了国家战略发展区识别的“自上而下”与“自下而上”相结合的方法,并结合经济发展水平和实力、经济的外向化程度、产业和服务业区位熵的定量分析,初步识别了各战略发展区的功能,即长三角经济区主要承担参与国际竞争、创新和门户功能,皖江城市带主要承担区域服务带动和创新功能,鄱阳湖经济区主要承担生态保育和区域带动功能,武汉城市圈主要承担中部带动和创新功能,长株潭城市群主要承担区域服务和带动功能,成渝经济区主要承担西部生态保育、西部带动功能     

The interplay between genetic and environmental effects on colony insularity in the clonal invasive little fire ant <Emphasis Type="Italic">Wasmannia auropunctata</Emphasis>

The little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata, constitutes one clonal supercolony throughout Israel, providing an opportunity to examine the effects of genotype versus environment on nestmate recognition. Intraspecific encounters among field-collected or among laboratory-maintained colonies were nonaggressive, but encounters between freshly collected and laboratory-maintained colonies were highly aggressive. Analyses of cuticular hydrocarbons revealed that freshly field-collected colonies had distinguishable profiles. Moreover, freshly collected colonies had profiles disparate from those of the same colonies after 4 months in the laboratory. These results indicate a strong interplay between genetic-based and environmentally based effects on the recognition cues. We propose that in the field the ants’ diet breadth is broad and consequently the incorporation of diet-borne substances is insufficient to mask the genetically determined cues. In the laboratory, however, the restricted diet promoted the incorporation of alien hydrocarbons at high levels, thus altering the genetically based cues to the point of alienation. These results shed a new light on the mechanisms by which environmental cues may affect label and/or template formation in ants. Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.