Social transmission of food handling in the context of triadic interactions between adults and young canaries (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Serinus canaria</Emphasis>)

We studied the factors that enhance food recognition and consumption in young canaries when confronted with adults. In contrast to previous studies on canaries, in which social transmission of food habits was studied in the context of dyadic interactions (one juvenile–one adult), we proposed a more realistic framework in which young canaries were studied in the context of triadic interactions, free or not, with adults of both sexes. We found that during free interactions, the young bird only eats with a familiar male and that this association enhances the social transmission of seed handling. When the juvenile was separated from the adults by a transparent partition, it only learned to husk seed if it was present at the feeder at the same time as a familiar adult acting as a demonstrator. The presence of adults that are familiar but do not act as demonstrators does not facilitate social transmission of handling. However, the presence of a familiar, demonstrating female had also no effect on this transmission. Coordination of the actions of the experienced bird and of the naive subject is required for social transmission to occur. Action coordination does not depend solely on the level of familiarity between partners but also on the role played by the demonstrator (here, the adult male) that looks after the juvenile during its transition towards independence.     

Correlated changes in breeding status and polyunsaturated cuticular hydrocarbons: the chemical basis of nestmate recognition in the burying beetle <Emphasis Type="Italic">Nicrophorus vespilloides</Emphasis>?

Nestmate recognition in eusocial insects has received a lot of attention in the last decades. Recognition in subsocial species, in contrast, has been ignored almost completely and consequently, and little is known about proximate mechanisms of recognition in subsocial systems. We studied one subsocial species, the biparental brood caring burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides, an interesting model organism for studies of recognition because of its ability to discriminate between breeding partners and conspecific competitors. Recognition appears to be based on a chemical cue closely linked to the breeding status of individuals. Breeding and non-breeding beetles consistently differ in their relative proportions of polyunsaturated cuticular hydrocarbons. To investigate the function of these polyenes in the burying beetles’ recognition system, we quantified their concentration on the cuticle during the early state of a breeding attempt and tested the response of breeding beetles in corresponding behavioural experiments. We observed a rapid increase in the proportion of polyunsaturated hydrocarbons of both males and females after they were provided with a carcass suitable for reproduction. Furthermore, we found that the relative amount of polyenes on an individual’s surface was closely correlated with its chance of being accepted as breeding partner. Our results support the idea that polyunsaturated hydrocarbons are involved in breeding partner recognition in N. vespilloides, functioning as a signal that conveys information about the individual’s breeding status. Breeding females have greater amount of polyenes than breeding males, and females ingest more carrion during the first days on the carcass, which supports our hypothesis that precursors for the respective polyenes are derived from ingested carrion.     

通信信号调制识别技术研究

针对通信信号调制方式识别问题,提出了采用高阶累积量与信号瞬时特征相结合提取通信信号特征参数的方法,并讨论了利用获得的特征参数进行模拟、数字通信信号调制方式识别的方法和过程。实验结果表明,该方法对通信信号调制方式有很好的识别效果。     

云南省丽江市1960 — 2017年极端气温变化特征

云南丽江市是位于南方且具有温带气候特点的地区,研究该区近58年极端气温变化对查明极端气温变化特点、规律和趋势具有重要科学意义,对极端气温引起的气象灾害的预防及减少气象灾害造成的损失有实际意义。利用丽江市气象站1960—2017年的日最高、最低气温和平均气温等气象数据,采用线性趋势分析法、累积距平值分析法、主成分分析法、Mann-Kendall突变检验法、Morlet复数小波变换系数及小波方差法,对选用的8个极端气温指数进行了研究。结果表明：丽江市的极端最高气温、极端最低气温、夏季日数、暖昼日数、暖夜日数等5个指数呈现上升趋势,冷昼日数、冷夜日数、霜冻日数等3个指数呈现下降趋势。主成分分析结果表明：丽江市的夏季日数、暖昼日数和暖夜日数的增加对气温升高起到了主要作用。突变分析表明：丽江各指数的突变年主要出现在21世纪初和1983年前后。Morlet小波分析表明：丽江市极端气温指数的主周期普遍为18年,个别指数有12年、30年的周期。初步认为,全球气温升高是导致研究区极端气温变化的主要原因,预测丽江市未来2—3年的气温仍会呈现上升趋势,且极端高温事件的发生频率呈现上升趋势。     

城市风暴潮灾害快速评估的模糊决策方法——以厦门市为例

综合考虑了反映风暴潮灾害的自然特征和社会属性的4个指标,将其作为评估指标,建立了基于模糊决策的风暴潮发生过程中城市灾害的快速评估模型,并以街道为最小评估单元,对厦门市进行了一次模拟风暴潮的灾害综合快速评估。由于模型考虑了少量具有代表性的因素,故能保证评估过程的快速性、评估结果的时效性,能为政府在有限的时间和资源下做出救灾减灾的优先工作策略提供决策依据。     

公路滑坡灾害链式反应阶段性识别方法研究

为了对公路滑坡的发育阶段做出准确判别,研究了公路滑坡灾害发育的链式反应机理,将滑坡的发育阶段划分为3个阶段。采用广泛调研和专家咨询的技术手段,从发育阶段的表现特征中选定了滑坡识别的相关因素集和评分,在此基础上采用模糊数学的方法对公路滑坡灾害的发育阶段进行了识别,并在陕南公路滑坡调查中初步应用。     

Prenatal diagnosis and characterization of an analphoid marker chromosome 16

We report on a fetus with intrauterine growth retardation and multiple malformations diagnosed on ultrasound at 32 weeks. Examination of amniotic fluid cells in culture showed a 47,XY, i(16)(q10), +mar karyotype. Chromosome analysis of both parents was normal. Using spectral karyotyping, we identified the marker chromosome as a mitotically stable acentric marker chromosome derived from chromosome 16. Further studies using subtelomeric fluorescent probes confirmed the presence of an isochromosome for the long arm of chromosome 16 and showed that the acentric marker chromosome derived from the short arm of chromosome 16 leading to a trisomy for the long arm of chromosome 16. After genetic counseling, the parents decided to terminate the pregnancy. Fetal autopsy showed a male fetus with ambiguous external genitalia, cardiac malformation, megacystis and limbs anomalies as observed in other cases of trisomy for the long arm of chromosome 16. In addition, fetal brain examination showed vermian and olfactory bulb hypoplasia. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于熵权的属性识别模型在城市轨道线网方案评价中的应用

城市轨道线网规划对优化城市社会、经济、生态环境,实现城市生态环境可持续发展有着至关重要的作用。文章通过熵值法与属性识别模型相结合,建立了基于熵权的属性识别模型,用该方法对城市轨道线网方案进行综合评价,并结合西安市城市轨道交通线网规划中的4个预选方案进行了评价,推选出最优方案。结果表明,该评价方法结果合理,决策科学,具有较好的应用前景。     

一种高分辨率遥感影像建筑物边缘提取方法

提出一种利用高分辨率遥感影像半自动提取建筑物边缘的方法。先对遥感影像进行预处理,对所有边缘进行边缘检测。然后进行边缘跟踪,提取建筑物的主方向线,利用模型进行线段关系判断,再进行线段关系处理、区域分割和区域生长,最后进行区域合并提取出建筑物的轮廓。用上述方法对Quick Bird卫星的高分辨率影像进行了实验,实验结果证明该方法有较高的识别率、较好的准确性,具有一定的实用价值。     

海湾型城市定位对湛江城市发展的影响分析

论文通过空间分析,指出了湛江(城市范围)所具有的典型海湾特性及其基本的空间结构特征,认为湛江城市发展与湛江湾的存在密不可分,而湛江湾的存在又与湛江群岛的关系极为密切,湛江海湾城市最大的特点就是先有岛,再有湾,后有港和城,把湛江定位为海湾型城市符合湛江城市发展的自然本底性质。文章重点就此定位对湛江城市发展可能造成的影响进行了分析,认为,海湾型城市定位可以提高湛江海湾资源的禀赋,有效促进湛江城市的一体化统筹发展。同时,有助于在湛江工业大发展时期到来之际,加强海湾生态环境的保护。最后就如何建设湛江海湾城市提出了一点框架性的思考。