Sexual signalling and viability in a wolf spider (Hygrolycosa rubrofasciata): measurements under laboratory and field conditions

This study examined the crucial prediction of the conditional-handicap theory, the relationship between male sexual trait size and male viability, in the wolf spider Hygrolycosa rubrofasciata. In this species, males court females by drumming dry leaves with their abdomen, and males with the highest drumming rate enjoy highest mating success. We determined male drumming rate, body mass, and mobility, which reflects mate-searching activity, in relation to male survival. Because it is often difficult to know how results obtained from laboratory studies reflect the natural world, particularly when the measured variable is survival, we repeated our study in both laboratory and field conditions. Males drumming at the highest rate survived better than males drumming at a lower rate in both laboratory and field conditions. These results are in accordance with the predictions of conditional-handicap models of sexual selection. Survival was independent of male body mass and there was no significant correlation between male drumming activity and body mass. However, large males moved further than smaller males, and males moving longer distances lost less mass than those moving shorter distances. These results suggest that, moving, and consequently mate-searching activity, may be a condition-dependent trait and that there may be a advantage for large males in mate searching. Received: 22 October 1998 / Received in revised form: 28 January 1999 / Accepted: 14 February 1999     

室内火灾条件下复合板装潢材料火灾特性的实验研究

运用ＩＳＯ Ｒｏｏｍ方法在全尺寸室内墙角火源条件下进行了复合板装潢材料火灾特性的研究,详细讨论了复合板的点燃,火焰传播和炭化物性以及室内火灾的发展过程。在墙角火源条件下,内火灾发展过程可分为四个不同阶段,而在每一发展阶段,东面和北面墙上复合板分别存在四个和三个明显不同的区域。当区域四内的复合板东面和北面墙上复合板分别存在四个和三个明显不同的区域。     

图论在大气化学模式计算和灵敏度分析等中的应用

若用吉尔型法求解大气化学模式、动力学模式和灵敏度分析时,预估矩阵是不对称矩阵。在图论中该矩阵对应于一有向图（ 一种类型的反应图） ,顶点代表反应物或产物,边表示反应。图论中将有向图划分成强成分可以用于ＬＵ 分解一系列小矩阵代替直接ＬＵ 分解预估矩阵本身,从而提高了效率。以大气化学模式的碳键机理和乙烷裂解动力学机理两例说明,给出了许多划分强成分前后动力学模型和灵敏度分析有关的有向图及其有关的矩阵,本法与间接法和其它方法的灵敏度分析的结果符合得很好,并评价了计算效率。     

物化生化联合工艺处理城市废水生产试验研究

采用物化生化联合工艺进行了城市污水处理的生产性试验 ,试验结果表明 :联合工艺同时具有物化法和生化法的优点 ,用它来处理城市污水时 ,处理效率高 ,时间短 ,运行费用低 ,COD、BOD5、SS、NH3-N、T -P的平均去除率分别为 70 .4 %、83 .2 %、87.1 %、58.6 %、92 .3 % ,污水的总停留时间约 3h,处理每吨污水的运行费用为 0 .33元。污水经处理后出水指标达到国家GB8979- 1 996及广州GD4437- 90城市污水排放一级标准     

不干胶废弃物热重分析

为了探索不干胶类包装废弃物的热解特性,采用热重分析手段分析了不同升温速率条件下不干胶类废弃物的失重特点,并且采用Ozawa法和KAS法比较分析不同转化率条件下的表观活化能分布.热重分析结果表明,不干胶类废弃物的热解主要分为3个阶段:第1阶段(室温～ 200℃)为不干胶类废弃物的干燥阶段,第2阶段(200 ～ 590℃)为热解的主要阶段,第3阶段(590 ～800℃)为热解半焦的深度热解阶段.升温速率对热解失重率有重要影响,Ozawa法和KAS法计算结果表明,2种方法计算的热解活化能比较接近,Ozawa法得到的活化能为349.9 kJ/mol,KAS法得到的活化能为336.9kJ/mol;并且不干胶类废弃物的热解表观活化能呈现出阶段性分布.     

Single-stage versus two-stage models to estimate creatinine corrected urinary analyte concentrations

The ability to detect 'known' differences in urinary analyte concentrations due to gender, age, and race/ethnicity when adjusted for similar differences in urinary creatinine concentrations were evaluated by a single-stage and a two-stage model by ten simulation studies. Log10 transformed values of observed urinary analyte concentration were used as the dependent variable and age, gender, and race/ethnicity were used as the categorical independent variables. In addition, while single-stage model used log10 transformed values of urinary creatinine as a covariate, two-stage model used a correction factor (CF) determined during the first stage of the model by fitting a secondary model for urinary creatinine. Single-stage model was almost always able to statistically significantly detect 'known' differences due to age, gender, and race/ethnicity. On the other hand, two-stage model was able to statistically significantly detect 'known' differences due to age, gender, and race/ethnicity a maximum of 87.2% of the times and as low as 10.6% of the times primarily because of the presence of multicollinearity between CF and urinary creatinine concentrations. Consequently, as long as the sole objective is to estimate the urinary analyte concentrations adjusted for the effect of all factors including urinary creatinine, single-stage models are the models of choice.     

An experimental and a numerical study of horizontal earth-air heat exchanger in a hot climate

Earth-air heat exchangers (EAHE) are devices used in the geothermal technique in order to reduce energy consumption in buildings. In this study, a simulation was conducted through the computational fluid dynamics platform FLUENT 6.3 for the prediction of thermal performance of the EAHE that describes the variation of the air temperature inside the tube. For this, it was necessary to design the heat exchanger while respecting the design and the actual dimensions of the experimental set-up, and stating that the temperature of the wall of the horizontal tube of the exchanger is equal to that of ground at 3 m depth. It should be noted that in assessing the temperature along the two sections vertical (input and output) of the exchanger, opting for a function (UDF) the user define function. Finally, noting a good agreement between both experimental and numerical study, and showing that a significant reduction in temperature at the outlet of the exchanger to a difference of 20 °C, confirming the effectiveness of the heat exchanger.     

区域滑坡时间分布的自相似性研究

滑坡时间分布是滑坡预测和预警报研究的关键内容,对一定区域滑坡分布时间规律的研究可为区域滑坡预测和预警报提供参考和指导。本文以长江三峡库区滑坡为研究对象,对滑坡的年际分布和月份分布的相似性分别进行了研究。结果表明,两种时间的分布规律具有较好的相似性,且滑坡规模越接近,相似性程度越高。对滑坡时间分布的相似性研究,为应用分形理论研究该区域滑坡时间分布规律提供了理论基础。     

Seaward coastal defence: limitations and possibilities

In The Netherlands shoreline retreat is actively counteracted, mostly by means of beach nourishment in which some allowance is made for natural fluctuations. For some parts of the coast, however, a more active socalled ‘seaward coastal defence strategy’ might be more profitable. This applies to coasts with a small dune ridge subject to severe erosion. According to this strategy the morphological system is influenced in such a way that erosion is prevented, which will result in a stable or even an accretion coastline. The effectiveness of the seaward coastal defence strategy has to be compared with maintenance by beach nourishment. The effects on the morphological system, the environment and other interests must also be analysed. Several seaward solutions are possible. In order to gain more insight into the behaviour of these solutions, comparative pilot studies have been executed for the most vulnerable locations. This paper gives an overview of the main conclusions of the pilot studies in comparison with sand nourishment, the main coastal defence measure.     

Enhanced photocatalytic activity of TiO2 by surface fluorination in degradation of organic cationic compound

Experiments were carried out to investigate the influence of TiO2 surface fluorination on the photodegradation of a representative organic cationic compound, Methylene Blue （MB）. The eleetropositive MB shows poor adsorption on TiO2 surface; its degradation performs a HO. radical-mediated mechanism. In the F-modified system, the kinetic reaction rate enlarged more than 2.5 fold that was attributed mainly to the accumulating adsorption of MB and the increased photogenerated hole available on the F-modified TiO2 surface.