遗传模拟退火算法在水质模型参数估值中的应用研究

在传统遗传算法 (GeneticAlgorithms,GA)基础上引入模拟退火技术 (SimulatedAnnealing,SA) ,提出了遗传模拟退火算法 (GSA) ,并将其应用到水质模型参数估值中。计算结果表明 ,GSA法综合了 2种优化方法各自的优点 ,不但克服了传统GA容易早熟的缺点 ,还加强了算法的收敛速度 ,因而具有良好的优化性能。不同的参数估值方法比较进一步验证了新方法的有效性。GSA法在环境优化领域中将具有广阔的应用前景     

Indications of fitness differences among vocal clans of sperm whales

Cultural variation can affect the genetic evolution of a species if there are consistent cultural differences that contribute to fitness variation between groups of individuals. In this study, measures of the reproductive success of groups of sperm whales from different cultural clans are used as proxies for fitness. We measure reproductive success using population length distributions from acoustic and photographic measurements and visual observations of the presence of calves. The results obtained are generally consistent between methods; there are large and significant differences between the clans in the measures of reproductive success. The results from this study strengthen the case for cultural hitchhiking in sperm whales by indicating that differences in culture between clans correlate with differences in fitness.     

The effect of perceived intruder proximity and resident body size on the aggressive responses of male green frogs, Rana clamitans (Anura: Ranidae)

We examined variation in aggressive responses within and among individuals in the green frog, Rana clamitans. We tested the hypothesis that resident males respond in a graded fashion to changes in perceived intruder proximity (stimulus intensity). We also investigated how response level varied with responder body size. We found that green frogs differentially alter aggressive responses (increasing movement and calling rates while decreasing the duration and dominant frequency of their calls) with an increase in stimulus intensity. Body size did not appear to be a significant influence on most response levels. We suggest that aggressive responses are graded, and advertisement and aggressive calls represent opposite ends of a continuum. Green frogs do not exhibit clearly defined thresholds for responses like those reported for some other frogs. By using graded responses rather than discrete all-or-nothing responses, males may reduce the potential costs of aggressive encounters.     

Pups crying bass: vocal adaptation for avoidance of age-dependent predation risk in ground squirrels?

In most mammals, larger adult body size correlates with lower fundamental frequency and more closely spaced formants in vocalizations relative to juveniles. In alarm whistles of two free-living rodents, the speckled ground squirrel Spermophilus suslicus and yellow ground squirrel S. fulvus, these cues to body size were absent despite prominent differences in body weight and skull and larynx sizes between juveniles and adults. No significant correlations were found between the individual maximum fundamental frequency and body weight, both within age classes and for pooled samples of all animals within species. Furthermore, the mean alarm whistle maximum fundamental frequencies did not differ significantly between age classes (juvenile versus adult) in the speckled squirrel and were even significantly lower in juvenile yellow squirrels. We discuss the hypothesis that the obfuscation of vocal differences between juvenile and adult squirrels may represent a special adaptation of pup vocal behaviour—a form of “vocal mimicry,” resulting in imitation of adult vocal pattern to avoid infanticide and age-dependent predation risk.     

EU vision of sustainable agriculture,land use,forestry and management of natural resources – level of the Slovak state administration convergence to the EU requirements

The EU vision of sustainable agriculture, land use, forestry and management of natural resources contributes to the balanced exploitation of the environment, taking into account rural development strategy. Whilst the EU directs activities through legislative tools, national systems of public administration are responsible for the implementation of the respective laws. Despite there not being acquis communautaire in public administration, non-formal cooperation has nevertheless emerged and systems of national public administration have to meet EU criteria and ensure the effective implementation of legislation. The paper presents an analysis of how Slovak state administration has converged with EU requirements in the field of sustainable agriculture, land use, forestry and natural resources. Administrative convergence is considered through the internal convergence represented by capacities without legal subjectivity, and through external convergence represented by legal and administrative subjectivity. Both approaches are observed at the central level within specialized public authorities. Local state administration is characterized by the creation of internal administrative capacities with the challenging delimitation of which competences are affected by the process of administrative convergence.     

高空偏北风背景下北京地区高污染形成的环境气象机制研究

在北京地区,有一类高污染产生在850 h Pa以上为偏北风的背景下.利用气象观测资料、NCEP再分析资料和地面PM2.5浓度监测结果分析了环境气象条件在这类污染过程形成中的作用.结果表明,在污染物浓度逐渐升高的过程中,环境大气并不总是处在层结稳定状态,有利于污染物累积的气象条件来自垂直运动和散度在垂直方向上的"分层"结构.从地面到对流层中层,垂直速度呈上升-下沉-上升的分布,而且散度呈辐合-辐散-辐合的结构.近地层的辐合导致周边的污染物向本地汇集,上升运动则将它们送向空中.但是,叠置在其上空的、长时间维持的下沉气流层却阻止了污染物继续向上运动,从而导致近地面层的污染浓度不断升高.垂直运动出现"分层"是由于高空偏北风并没有侵入到边界层内,近地层仍然维持偏南风或小风,冷空气太弱或者没有冷空气活动是高空偏北风不能到达近地层的主要原因.而下沉气流层的形成则与其上空的空气辐合有关,该辐合层源自偏北气流中的风速脉动.因此,环境大气动力作用是高空偏北气流型空气污染过程形成的关键机制.关注对流层中下层温度24 h变化、垂直速度和散度的垂直分布将有助于提高此类高污染过程的诊断分析和预报能力.     

特大采空区处理及监测方案设计研究

分析国内采空区的现状及其处理的一般方法,针对广西北山矿业有限责任公司4#特大采空区具有体积大、形状不规则等特征,根据采空区现场调查情况和地表允许塌陷的特点,给出了采空区顶板条形药室大爆破崩落处理方案,为保障采空区综合治理工程在施工过程中的安全,制定了地压监测和位移监测方案。采用声发射、巷道收敛位移和岩体张开裂纹位移等监测技术手段,利用声发射仪、收敛位移计和游标卡尺等监测仪器,构建了系统的地压和位移监测网络,明确了监测内容、监测频率和预警制度。工程实际表明:该监测方案可以为条形药室施工、装药及爆破施工过程提供安全保障。     

统计方法在区域大气环境质量诊断分析中的应用

分析华北11城市(北京、石家庄、太原、天津、大同、唐山、保定、呼和浩特、济南、郑州和西安)近年的天气型演变和PM10日均值随时空变化情况,发现华北城市群存在区域性的同步污染特征,各城市的环境过程和环境质量受这种区域性的背景影响显著。11城市的污染资料主分量分析结果可以很好地描述华北地区的各类天气型控制下,华北城市群区域性的同步污染和输送汇聚环境过程,并可以依据主分量分析结果对各城市的环境质量做出客观上的评价。