The Workplace Intergenerational Climate Scale (WICS): A self‐report instrument measuring ageism in the workplace

The Workplace Intergenerational Climate Scale (WICS) is designed to measure employees' attitudes and perceptions about workers of different ages in the workplace. In Study 1, an initial 18‐item measure was developed, reflecting five subscales: Intergenerational Contact, Workplace Intergenerational Retention, Positive Intergenerational Affect, Workplace Generational Inclusiveness, and Lack of Generational Stereotypes. Scores on the five WICS subscales were linked to workplace mentoring, opinions about older workers, and job satisfaction. In Study 2, the WICS items and subscales were further refined, and subscale relationships with similar constructs were explored via structural equation modeling. In Study 3, a more occupationally diverse sample was used to support criterion, incremental, discriminant, and external validity. Evidence supports the use of the WICS as a valid and reliable multidimensional measure of an organization's intergenerational climate. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Learning affects the preference for parasitized hosts of the facultative kleptoparasitoid <Emphasis Type="Italic">Eupelmus vuilleti</Emphasis>

For a facultative kleptoparasite, the decision to allocate time and energy to search for a prey or for a kleptoparasite opportunity could be influenced by its prior experience. In this study, we investigated the influence of experience on the proportion of the facultative kleptoparasitoid Eupelmus vuilleti females choosing an unparasitized host or a host parasitized by Dinarmus basalis. When exploiting hosts previously parasitized by D. basalis, a large proportion of E. vuilleti females reused the hole drilled by the D. basalis female, which led to a reduction in the time needed to reach the host. When submitted to successive choice tests between an unparasitized host and a host parasitized by D. basalis in a natural host-plant system, the proportion of E. vuilleti females which choose the parasitized host increased with the female experience. The same experiment carried out with an artificial host-plant system allowing an easy access to the host did not show a variation of the females’ choice with experience. A reward—here a faster access to the host through the hole drilled by the D. basalis female—seems necessary to mediate the associative learning expressed by the preferential choice of the parasitized host.     

Interspecific utilisation of wax in comb building by honeybees

Beeswaxes of honeybee species share some homologous neutral lipids; but species-specific differences remain. We analysed behavioural variation for wax choice in honeybees, calculated the Euclidean distances for different beeswaxes and assessed the relationship of Euclidean distances to wax choice. We tested the beeswaxes of Apis mellifera capensis, Apis florea, Apis cerana and Apis dorsata and the plant and mineral waxes Japan, candelilla, bayberry and ozokerite as sheets placed in colonies of A. m. capensis, A. florea and A. cerana. A. m. capensis accepted the four beeswaxes but removed Japan and bayberry wax and ignored candelilla and ozokerite. A. cerana colonies accepted the wax of A. cerana, A. florea and A. dorsata but rejected or ignored that of A. m. capensis, the plant and mineral waxes. A. florea colonies accepted A. cerana, A. dorsata and A. florea wax but rejected that of A. m. capensis. The Euclidean distances for the beeswaxes are consistent with currently prevailing phylogenies for Apis. Despite post-speciation chemical differences in the beeswaxes, they remain largely acceptable interspecifically while the plant and mineral waxes are not chemically close enough to beeswax for their acceptance.     

青藏高原东北侧局地冰雹最大雹径识别方法

以3D-Barnes方案插值的新一代天气雷达反射率因子等高平面资料,用垂直累积液态含水量的理论模式计算雹云单体在降雹过程中的VIL,再用MAX函数逐个提取最大VIL(简称:VILmax),采用统计和回归处理技术,对2004~2006年5~8月青藏高原东北侧局地雹云单体的VILmax与对应地面冰雹最大雹径(简称:Rmax)之间的关系进行详细分析。结果表明,青藏高原东北侧局地冰雹Rmax与对应单体VILmax之间存在明显的正相关关系。     

油品储罐区风险评价技术研究

本文通过分析影响储罐安全的五大因素18项指标,系统建立了单个油品储罐的安全评价指标体系,采用层次分析-模糊综合评价方法,实现单个油品储罐的安全状况分级。并结合区域定量风险评价方法,实现对油品储罐区的整体风险评价。以某油品储罐区为例,利用建立的指标体系与区域风险评价方法,给出了单个储罐安全等级以及储罐区个人风险等值线分布图和社会风险曲线。更全面的给出了储罐区单个储罐与罐区整体不同层次的风险状况,为油品储罐区规划,管理及事故预防和应急救援提供依据。     

宜宾-重庆段川江高阶地物质来源的定量分析--判别分析在重矿物分析中的应用

川江倒流的问题可以利用川江高阶地的物质来源进行佐证,如果川江上段高阶地的物质来源于东部而不是西部,则川江就有倒流的可能性。重矿物组合可以部分地表征物质来源。对宜宾－重庆段川江高阶地的重矿物种类及其含量做了判别分析,得到了比较理想的结果。将金沙江和重庆以下的重矿物组合特征作为已知的两个分类,判别重庆以上（包括宜宾和重庆的样品）的高阶地重矿物组合特征究竟应该属于哪种类型。以重矿物种类和含量为变量进行分析的回代结果正确率分别为93.1%和96.6%。川江高阶地重矿物组合与金沙江差异较大,估计当时该阶地物质来源与金沙江关系不大。     

环境质量评价中关键污染因子的确定方法

介绍了几种在环境质量评价中关键污染因子的确定方法，在此基础上提出了一种新的关键污染因子的确定方法－－动态污染指数判别法。经过实例运用分析表明，该方法物理意义明确，简便易用。通过对某个时间段内污染物原始监测数据的灰色处理，从动态演变中找出关键因子，客观地判别各污染因子所起的作用，对各因子在下一个时间段的发展趋势作出预测判断，增加了评价的准确性。     

AHP-模糊综合评价方法在煤气站安全现状评价中的应用

随着我国能源和成品油价格的上扬,许多企业根据自身的发展情况以及气体燃料所具有的优越性,选择了煤炭气化方式,近年来煤气站迅速地发展起来。煤气站生产的煤气为易燃、易爆、有毒、有害物质,具有潜在的巨大危害性,稍有不慎就会引起人员伤亡和财产损失。因此,采用科学、合理的评价方法对煤气站的安全现状做出客观的评价具有重大意义。本文根据煤气站的实际情况,合理地选择评价指标,客观地、系统地建立了各因素之间的层次模型,然后通过模糊综合评判方法,进行煤气站安全现状进行评价,得出评价结果。     

大气污染物监测数据异常值判别方法研究

大气环境监测数据的质控,特别是异常数据的精准判别是准确分析大气污染成因的重要前提.目前对于异常值的判别主要基于人工经验,这对于快速有效地从海量环境数据中剔除异常值进而保证分析数据的准确性带来巨大挑战.结合大气污染物监测数据的时间序列波动特点,本文基于滑动窗口机制和统计学指标分别构建了滑动四分位、滑动四分位差距及滑动标准差等异常值快速判别方法,然后利用含有异常值的清洁天和污染天常规大气污染物(PM_2.5、PM₁₀、SO₂、NO₂、CO和O₃)时间序列数据对3种异常值判别方法的有效性进行测试评估,从而得到不同污染物异常值判别的最优方法及相关参数指标.结果表明：无论是清洁天还是污染天,滑动四分位法对PM_2.5、PM₁₀、SO₂、NO₂、CO和O₃浓度时间序列异常值的判别效果均最优.其中,清洁天最优滑动窗口长度范围分别为10～16、14～16、12～16、38～40、6～38和...     

Behavioural responses of indigenous benthic invertebrates (Echinogammarus meridionalis, Hydropsyche pellucidula and Choroterpes picteti) to a pulse of Acid Mine Drainage: a laboratorial study

The drainage of abandoned mines leads to several ecological problems, particularly the acidification of surface freshwater systems and heavy metal contamination. In order to study the possibility of using the behavioural early warning responses of Portuguese indigenous benthic invertebrates to detect an acute short-term pulse of Acid Mine Drainage (AMD), experiments with the Multispecies Freshwater Biomonitor MFB™ were performed and locomotion and ventilation were measured as endpoints. AMD was collected from the “São Domingos” mine (Southeast Portugal) and the following species were selected: Echinogammarus meridionalis (Pinkster, 1973), Hydropsyche pellucidula (Curtis, 1834) and Choroterpes picteti (Eaton, 1870). For simulating the pulsed exposure, AMD was added to river water where invertebrates were collected and pH was lowered until reaching 3.5. The effects of H⁺ and heavy metals were discriminated using HCl positive controls. In addition to behaviour, mortality was registered. E. meridionalis was the most sensitive species in terms of mortality and behavioural endpoints, followed by C. picteti and H. pellucidula. E. meridionalis early warning responses consisted of increased locomotion with subsequent increase in ventilation, whereas for C. picteti only an increase in locomotion was observed. H. pellucidula showed no early warning responses. This work demonstrates the suitableness of using benthic invertebrates' behavioural early warning responses for detecting spikes of pollutants like AMD.