氧化沟的水力计算

阐述了氧化沟进水流量、循环流量和断面平均流速的关系 ,分析了沟内平均流速所起的作用及调节方法 ;分析了提升水头与水头损失的关系 ,给出了它们的计算方法 ;对弯道导流板的作用进行了剖析 ,提出了导流板偏置可以减少导流板的数量 ,降低弯道摩阻 ,并可以避免弯道隔墙背流处的固体沉淀。     

淮南矿区地面变形的环境经济问题及对策

探讨了淮地矿地区面变形的成因及现状，分析研究了矿区内各种地面变形的危害和所造成的环境经济损失，在此基础上，提出了防治本矿区地面变形的对策。     

突发水污染事故损失的界定原则

频繁的、突发性的水污染事故，不但对污染地区的工业、农业、服务业和人体健康等带来严重的不利影响，造成的经济损失也是巨大的。为更好地为突发性水污染事件的解决提供重要的信息基础和决策依据，必须对选些事件的生态经济损失进行价值化描述。奉文在广泛研究国内外水污染案例基础上，分析了突发性水污染事故的特点，时突发性水污染事故的损失概念进行了界定，并总结了一套适用于水污染事故损失评估的原则。     

废弃塑料热降解及燃烧动力学试验研究

通过塑料的热降解现象试验，观察出塑料的热降解温度特性；通过废塑料燃烧过程的燃烧失重试验，计算出其燃烧动力学参数，分析塑料燃烧特性。结果表明：在高炉炉缸高温，富氧的环境中，废塑料能够得到迅速、充分的燃烧，可以部分代替焦碳和煤粉。     

Follow-up and pregnancy outcome after a diagnosis of mosaicism in CVS

In 2103 consecutive diagnostic chorionic villus samples, examined in a 4-year period in our clinical genetics unit, 26 samples (1.2 per cent) presented chromosomal mosaicism in the direct and/or long-term culture preparations. Only once (46,XX/47,XX,+9) was the mosaicism confirmed in the fetus. In the cytogenetic follow-up studies of the remaining 25 pregnancies, in no cases could the aberration be confirmed in amniotic fluid or fetal tissue. One patient requested a termination after the CVS result. Of the remaining 24 pregnancies, four (16.7 per cent) ended in a spontaneous abortion. These findings suggest an association between placental mosaicism and fetal loss.     

Chorionic mosaicism: Association with fetal loss but not with adverse perinatal outcome

Cytogenetic data from the United States NICHD collaborative study of chorionic villus sampling (CVS) were used to evaluate the clinical significance of chorionic mosaicism. The 10 754 patients with normal cytogenetic results were compared wtih 108 patients (1.0 per cent) with placental mosaicism and 181 patients (1.6 per cent) with pseudomosaicism. Of the pregnancies intended to continue, the pregnancy loss rate was significantly greater in patients with placental mosaicism than in the cytogenetically normal cohort (8.6 vs. 3.4 per cent, p <0.05). However, there was no difference in the frequencies of abruptio placenta, preterm labour or delivery, small-for-gestational-age newborns, pregnancy-induced hypertension, or neonates with Apgar scores less than 7.     

黄土高原南部土壤退化机理研究

黄土高原土壤侵蚀极其严重 ,这不仅导致了土壤生产力的降低 ,同时也导致了土壤的退化。本文在定位监测、室内分析及野外调查的基础上 ,研究了黄土高原南部土壤的退化机理。结果表明 :土壤中 <0 0 1mm颗粒和土壤养分流失是造成黄土高原土壤退化的主要原因 ,耕地土壤结构状况的恶化和土壤酶的流失使土壤退化程度进一步加剧 ,从而成为严重制约该区经济发展障碍。     

Fate of nitrogen during composting of chicken litter

Chicken litter (a mixture of chicken manure, wood shavings, waste feed, and feathers) was composted in forced-aeration piles to understand the changes and losses of nitrogen (N) during composting. During the composting process, the chemical [different N fractions, organic matter (OM), organic carbon (C), and C:N ratio], physical, and microbial properties of the chicken litter were examined. Cumulative losses and mass balances of N and organic matter were also quantified to determine actual losses during composting. The changes in total N concentration of the chicken litter piles were essentially equal to those of the organic N. The inorganic N concentrations were low, and that organic N was the major nitrogenous constituent. The ammonium (NH(4)(+))-N concentration decreased dramatically during first 35 days of composting. However, the rapid decrease in NH(4)(+)-N during composting did not coincide with a rapid increase in (NO(3)(-)+NO(2)(-))-N concentration. The concentration of (NO(3)(-)+NO(2)(-))-N was very low (<0.5 g kg(-1)) at day 0, and this level remained unchanged during the first 35 days of composting suggesting that N was lost during composting. Losses of N in this composting process were governed mainly by volatilization of ammonia (NH(3)) as the pile temperatures were high and the pH values were above 7. The narrow C:N ratio (<20:1) have also contributed to losses of N in the chicken litter. The OM and total organic C mass decreased with composting time. About 42 kg of the organic C was converted to CO(2). On the other hand, 18 kg was lost during composting. This loss was more than half (59%) of the initial N mass of the piles. Such a finding demonstrates that composting reduced the value of the chicken litter as N fertilizer. However, the composted chicken contained a more humified (stabilized) OM compared with the uncomposted chicken litter, which would enhance its value as a soil conditioner.     

Reduced Diversity and Complexity in the Leaf-Litter Ant Assemblage of Colombian Coffee Plantations

Abstract:  Coffee agroecosystems have recently undergone a dramatic intensification in Colombia, a megadiverse country, especially in terms of the nature of shade cover. We tested for changes in the composition, ecological associations, and diversity of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) along a gradient of intensification of coffee production in the Colombian Andes. We surveyed 16 farms in two regions, classified into four management types: (1) forest (no agriculture), (2) organic polygeneric shaded coffee, (3) monogeneric shaded coffee, and (4) sun coffee (unshaded). Forty sampling units (20 1-m² plots on the ground and 20 coffee bushes) were established at each farm between 2001 and 2002. We sampled with a mini-winkler litter extraction technique and through visual searching. Organic polygeneric shaded-coffee plantations contained significantly higher ant species richness, and their ant assemblages resembled the forest patches more than any other management type. The number of statistically significant associations among ant species dropped with production intensification, as did the number of ant species involved in such associations. The network of ant associations in shaded systems transformed into an extremely simplified network in sun coffee, with a few dominant ants extending almost entirely throughout the crop. Intensification of coffee agriculture not only caused loss of litter ant species (especially forest species) but also a reduction in the complexity of the ant assemblage in the leaf litter of this agroecosystem.     

Studies on the enzymatic and fungal degradation of cross-linked gelatin and its graft copolymers

Glutaraldehyde cross-linked gelatin was graft copolymerized with acrylic acid, acrylamide, vinyl acetate, methyl acrylate, and methyl methacrylate either individually or in combination. The enzymatic and fungal degradation of these graft copolymers with trypsin, pepsin, and mixed cultures ofAspergillus niger, Penicillium ochrochloron, Penicillium funiculosum, andTrichoderma viride was studied for short and extended periods. The weight loss suffered by the samples, the weight of biomass formed, the nitrogen content, and the pH of the culture medium were determined. With the help of these data, the extent of utilization of graft copolymers by fungi as a sole source of carbon was estimated. The samples with less than 100% grafting and with a ratio of polymethyl methacrylate content (L) to polyacrylic acid (H) content (L/H values) lower than 1.0 were readily and extensively degraded.IICT Communication No. 3375.