Association between driver and child passenger restraint: Analysis of community-based observational survey data from 2005 to 2019

Introduction: Crash data suggest an association between driver seatbelt use and child passenger restraint. However, community-based restraint use is largely unknown. We examined the association between driver seatbelt use and child restraint using data from a state-wide observational study. Methods: Data from Iowa Child Passenger Restraint Survey, a representative state-wide survey of adult seat belt use and child passenger safety, were analyzed. A total of 44,996 child passengers age 0–17 years were observed from 2005 to 2019. Information about driver seatbelt use and child restraint was directly observed by surveyors and driver age was reported. Logistic regression was used to examine the association between driver seatbelt use and child restraint adjusting for vehicle type, community size, child seating position, child passenger age, and year. Results: Over the 15-year study period, 4,114 (9.1%) drivers were unbelted, 3,692 (8.2%) children were completely unrestrained, and another 1,601 (3.6%) children were improperly restrained (analyzed as unrestrained). About half of unbelted drivers had their child passengers unrestrained (51.8%), while nearly all belted drivers had their child passengers properly restrained (92.3%). Compared with belted drivers, unbelted drivers had an 11-fold increased odds of driving an unrestrained child passenger (OR = 11.19, 95%CI = 10.36, 12.09). The association between driver seatbelt use and child restraint was much stronger among teenage drivers. Unbelted teenage drivers were 33-fold more likely (OR = 33.34, 95%CI = 21.11, 52.64) to have an unrestrained child passenger. Conclusion: These data suggest that efforts to increase driver seatbelt use may also have the added benefit of increasing child restraint use. Practical applications: Enforcement of child passenger laws and existing education programs for new drivers could be leveraged to increase awareness of the benefits of seatbelt use for both drivers themselves and their occupants. Interventions aimed at rural parents could emphasize the importance of child safety restraints.     

秋浇对内蒙古农业灌区磷元素迁移转化的影响

通过对内蒙古农业灌区一年中水量最大的一次灌溉（秋浇）期间,灌、排水干渠和农田土壤中总磷（TP）、无机磷（IP）以及有机磷（OP）进行分析监测,考察了秋浇对灌区磷元素迁移转化的影响.研究表明,秋浇使灌区土壤水分得到极大地补充,促进了土壤磷元素的溶解.由于灌溉引水中携带了大量泥沙,附着了较高含量的颗粒态磷（PP）,并沉积在农田土壤中,使灌区土壤总磷含量略有升高,排水中总磷浓度降低.原有土壤中有机磷在碱性环境中与土壤中钙离子形成难溶性盐类,促进反应平衡向有机磷增加的方向进行,使灌区有机磷含量大幅增加.同时,在周期较长的淹灌期间,土壤潮湿的厌氧环境增强,促进了厌氧微生物对溶解态磷的吸收利用,将其转变成有机态磷,因而在灌区土壤和排水中有机磷含量均有显著提高.     

Synthesis and application of lignin-based copolymer LSAA on controlling non-point source pollution resulted from surface runoff

In this article,alkali lignin separated from paper pulp waste was grafted into a novel copolymer LSAA (a copolymer of lignin,starch, acrylamide,and acrylic acid).Its practical application effect and environmental safety were studied.The results of field simulation experiment indicated that the application of LSAA significantly affected the output of the runoff and pollutants.The runoff quantity was decreased by 16.67%-47.00%and the loads of total suspended solids (TSS),chemical oxygen demand (COD),total ...     

蓄滞洪区规划与管理信息系统开发研究--以大黄铺洼为例

目前,我国很多地区特别是海河流域面临着严峻的水资源短缺,而洪水资源化是缓解水资源短缺的措施之一.在此背景下,通过蓄滞洪区合理调度运用,将分洪标准以下的中小洪水部分转化为可供利用的水资源的设想随之形成.为配合这一设想的研究,结合"十五"攻关项目"海河流域蓄滞洪区洪水资源化利用示范研究",以海河流域大黄铺洼蓄滞洪区为例,开发了蓄滞洪区规划与管理信息系统.本文对该系统的总体目标、逻辑结构、软硬件环境及主要功能进行了介绍.该系统的运用为大黄铺洼蓄滞洪区洪水风险调度、洪水资源化利用、合理经济发展与生态修复模式的选择等建议的提出提供了决策支持.进一步改进完善该系统,提高其通用性,能够为其他蓄滞洪区的规划管理提供决策借鉴.     

Effects of lipids on the sorption of hydrophobic organic compounds on geosorbents: a case study using phenanthrene

The impact of the lipid fraction of natural geosorbents on the sorption of a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon was assessed using several experiments. In the first set of experiments phenanthrene was sorbed on a coastal sediment as well as on its humin and humic acid fractions before and after lipid extraction. Before lipid extraction, sorption shows dominantly partitioning characteristics. However, the extraction of lipids from sediment and humin drastically increases, by up to one order of magnitude, their sorption affinity for phenanthrene at low sorbate concentrations, resulting in increased isotherm nonlinearity. This effect is less pronounced for humic acids. One mechanism proposed for the increasing sorption is that lipids, despite their very low relative abundance in the sediments, can compete with phenanthrene for specific high affinity sorption sites (e.g., matrix pores and adsorption sites). This competition is not surprising considering the similar hydrophobic nature of lipids and phenanthrene. Lipids, or any non-polar molecules, could also act like plasticizers by swelling rigid domains and disrupting high affinity sites. In both cases, the removal of lipids (and extraction solvents) makes those sites available for phenanthrene. These provide alternative explanations to the previously proposed “solvent conditioning effect” believed to occur when geosorbents are treated with non-polar solvents modifying the matrix structure, an effect yet to be proven at molecular scale. To further investigate the impact of lipids on sorption, other independent experiments were performed. In a second experiment, re-addition of lipids to the extracted sediment restored the sorption isotherm linearity observed in the native material supporting the absence of irreversible extraction artifacts. However, high addition of lipids (i.e., after saturation of high affinity sites) seems to also enlarge the low affinity partitioning domain. These results are consistent with dual-mode, hole-filling, sorption models involving diffusion. In the final set of experiments, solid-state ¹⁹F-NMR using F-labeled lipids sorbed onto the sediments confirmed that lipids may be in different domains (mobile or rigid) that interact or not with phenanthrene. The possible effects of lipid removal on sorption have been overlooked and should be considered when geosorbents are pretreated.     

Cloacal erection promotes vent apposition during forced copulation in the New Zealand stitchbird (hihi): implications for copulation efficiency in other species

Cloacal protuberances (CP) in male birds result from spermatic engorgement of storage tubules around the cloaca during the breeding season. We examined seasonal changes in the volume and orientation of the CP in the New Zealand stitchbird Notiomystis cincta. The male stitchbird has one of the largest recorded CPs for any species (max = 1,570 mm³), with CP volume increasing by almost 400% between the non-breeding and breeding seasons. While sperm competition has been positively correlated with the magnitude of CP storage in other species, no evidence previously existed for the CP improving copulation efficiency. By measuring the relative orientation of the CP throughout the year, we show that not only does the CP increase in size as males become sexually active, it also changes its orientation by approximately 60°. This results in it shifting from facing posteriorly to becoming almost perpendicular to the abdomen. This cloacal erection improves the apposition of the male and female cloacal openings during face-to-face forced copulation in this species. This provides the first reported evidence supporting the copulation efficiency hypothesis of the avian CP. While the magnitude of seasonal changes in female cloacal volume was similar to males, female cloacal orientation remained virtually unchanged across seasons. This difference between the sexes is likely to reflect differing selection pressures for optimizing sperm transfer. In females, a posterior-facing cloaca is ideal for both waste evacuation and sperm reception, whereas, for the male, a posterior-facing cloaca is well suited for waste evacuation, but possibly hinders sperm delivery. Changes in male cloacal orientation from the non-breeding to the breeding season are a likely reflection of conflict in this dual function. Evidence of changes in CP orientation in another passerine species suggests this phenomenon is widespread and also important for understanding related fields such as sperm competition, forced copulation and constraints on the evolution of the avian intromittent organ.     

Probationary and non-probationary drivers' nighttime crashes in Western Australia, 1996-2000

INTRODUCTION: This study was designed to explore the temporal aspects of crashes for probationary and non-probationary drivers. METHODS: Data from the West Australian Road Injury Database from 1996-2000 were used to calculate age-sex-specific crash rates per 100,000 person-days and to plot proportions of fatal and hospital crashes by time for probationary and non-probationary drivers. The population attributable risk was used to estimate the potential number of lives saved by nighttime driving restriction in the probationary period. RESULTS: Probationary drivers were seven times more likely to crash than non-probationary drivers. While the highest number of crashes was in the daytime, probationary drivers had a higher proportion of fatal or hospitalization crashes at night than non-probationary drivers. CONCLUSION: Restrictions on driving at night could form part of graduated driver training. Even if some probationary drivers disobeyed the restriction, a substantial reduction in car occupant fatalities and hospitalizations could result.     

HIPS阻燃复合材料三元潜在火灾危险性评价

将高抗冲聚苯乙烯树脂颗粒(纳米/微米级)、十溴二苯乙烷颗粒、三氧化二锑、弹性体、分散剂和偶联剂通过一步熔融共混工艺先行制备UL94 V-0级阻燃母粒,再将其与HIPS本体树脂按不同比例混合制得阻燃复合材料,并利用极限氧指数(LOI)、垂直燃烧(UL94)及ISO 5660锥形量热计三项测试表征制得样品的燃烧和火灾性能,从中提炼和分析LOI、垂直燃烧等级和最大热释放速率(Pk HRR)等三元关键指标相关性,给出了定性定量相结合的潜在火灾危险性分级范围。结果表明:UL94燃烧等级和Pk HRR相关性体现为当Pk HRR≤330.0 k W/m~2时,试样UL94等级均为V-0级;UL94燃烧等级和LOI相关性体现为随UL94燃烧等级从V-0降到HB时,试样LOI从27.0降到17.0;Pk HRR与LOI相关性体现为Pk HRR与LOI呈粗略反向线性相关性;UL94燃烧等级、Pk HRR和LOI三元相关性体现为当LOI22.0、Pk HRR为399.0~665.0 k W/m~2时,材料UL94燃烧等级介于HB~V-2。     

空气质量数值预报优化方法研究

基于源清单“Nudging”修正方法和XGBoost算法对徐州市2016年12月13个监测站点的PM_2．5、PM₁₀、O₃、SO₂、NO₂、CO等6种污染物浓度预报值进行修正,并分析了修正前后模式预报改善效果.在源清单“Nudging”修正部分,本文结合IDW空间插值算法对SO₂、NO₂、CO等3种污染物浓度预报值进行修正,与修正前后模拟结果相比,采用同化源模拟的预报浓度值与观测值的相关系数提高了0.06~0.27不等,平均绝对误差和均方根误差减少的幅度较为明显,平均相对偏差（MFB）和平均相对误差（MFE）均在理想水平范围内,NO₂修正效果最好,其次是SO₂和CO.基于XGBoost算法的统计修正部分,本文结合WRF气象预报要素建立统计回归模型,对6种污染物进行统计修正,经滚动修正之后,预报偏低或偏高现象得到很大的改善,除了SO₂之外,相关系数均提高到0.6~0.7左右,各项误差统计指标改进幅度非常明显.总体而言,本文采用的两种修正方法对中小尺度空气质量数值预报改进效果非常明显,反映了此优化方案的可行性和科学性.     

船舶混合锂离子电池储能系统功率分配研究

目的提高极端海况下船舶的适航性和动力性。方法针对能量型和功率型锂离子电池不同工作特性,设计半主动式船舶混合锂离子电池储能系统拓扑结构,提出基于模糊控制理论的功率分配策略,并根据锂离子电池荷电状态(StateofCharge,SOC),限制其最大充放电电流。结果提出的控制策略可充分发挥钴酸锂电池的功率特性和磷酸铁锂电池的能量特性,直流母线电压波纹小于2%。结论在极端海况下,船舶混合锂离子电池储能系统可减少磷酸铁锂电池放电循环次数和放电深度,延长磷酸铁锂电池组的使用寿命,平抑脉冲负载扰动,提高船舶电网稳定性。