论高校环保专业实训基地的建设

高等院校环保专业实训基地是培训学生职业技能和综合素质的平台，实训基地的构建模式可采取在校内建立与环保产业运作一一对应的模拟仿真或真实岗位实训基地，也可在校外建立校企联合实训基地，建设实训基地要有切实可行的管理计划与措施，要结合环保产业运营机制积极探索产学研合作的实践教学新模式，实训基地的建设同时要创造良好的经济效益。     

创业与创新——建院二十五周年回顾与展望

中国环境管理干部学院建院二十五年来,适应形势需要,经历了局长岗位培训、局长岗位培训和成人学历教育并举、普通高等教育的高职高专三个阶段.每个阶段在校舍建设、师资队伍、教材、科研等方面都在创业,而创业的灵魂则是创新.     

用BP神经网络模型定量估算石化企业炼油废水处理中的VOCs

将BP神经网络理论引入石化企业炼油厂废水处理中的VOCs挥发量估算。在分析影响VOCs挥发因素的基础上,利用基于MATLAB神经网络工具箱的图形用户界面GUI,建立了石化企业炼油废水处理中VOCs挥发量估算的BP神经网络模型。用该模型对样本集进行了学习训练和仿真测试,并将训练好的神经网络应用于相关实例的估算。结果表明,应用BP神经网络方法进行石化企业炼油废水处理中VOCs挥发量估算结果与美国环保局推荐软件WATER9的计算结果误差在1.49%~17.46%之间,为石化企业炼油废水处理中VOCs挥发量估算提供了一种较为可靠的方法。     

Influence of volunteer and project characteristics on data quality of biological surveys

Volunteer involvement in biological surveys is becoming common in conservation and ecology, prompting questions on the quality of data collected in such surveys. In a systematic review of the peer‐reviewed literature on the quality of data collected by volunteers, we examined the characteristics of volunteers (e.g., age, prior knowledge) and projects (e.g., systematic vs. opportunistic monitoring schemes) that affect data quality with regards to standardization of sampling, accuracy and precision of data collection, spatial and temporal representation of data, and sample size. Most studies (70%, n = 71) focused on the act of data collection. The majority of assessments of volunteer characteristics (58%, n = 93) examined the effect of prior knowledge and experience on quality of the data collected, often by comparing volunteers with experts or professionals, who were usually assumed to collect higher quality data. However, when both groups’ data were compared with the same accuracy standard, professional data were more accurate in only 4 of 7 cases. The few studies that measured precision of volunteer and professional data did not conclusively show that professional data were less variable than volunteer data. To improve data quality, studies recommended changes to survey protocols, volunteer training, statistical analyses, and project structure (e.g., volunteer recruitment and retention).     

Critical Success Factors for Behavior-Based Safety: A Study of Twenty Industry-wide Applications

One-on-one interviews and focus-group meetings were held at 20 organizations that had implemented a behavior-based safety (BBS) process in order to find reasons for program success/failures. A total of 31 focus groups gave 629 answers to six different questions. A content analysis of these responses uncovered critical information for understanding what employees are looking for in a BBS program. A perception survey administered to individual employees (n = 701) at these organizations measured a variety of variables identified in prior research to influence success in safety efforts. The survey data showed five variables to be significantly predictive of employee involvement in a BBS process: 1) perceptions that BBS training was effective; 2) trust in management abilities; 3) accountability for BBS through performance appraisals; 4) whether or not one had received education in BBS; and 5) tenure with the organization. Also, employees in organizations mandating employee participation in a BBS process (n=8 companies) reported significantly higher levels of: (a) involvement; (b) trust in management; (c) trust in coworkers; and (d) satisfaction with BBS training than did employees whose process was completely voluntary (n = 12 companies). In addition, employees in mandatory processes reported significantly greater frequency of giving and receiving positive behavior-based feedback.     

Fertilizer application training programs,the adoption of formula fertilization techniques and agricultural productivity: Evidence from 691 apple growers in China

The article examines whether agricultural training boosted technology adoption and productivity was a key issue that was concerned by policymakers and researchers. Thus, impacts of fertilizer application training programs on the adoption of formula fertilization techniques and agricultural productivity were analyzed by using the survey data of 691 apple growers. The results indicated that: (i) compared with farmers who did not participate in fertilizer application training programs, the probability of the adoption of formula fertilization techniques was significantly increased by 256.1% for farmers who participated in fertilizer application training programs; (ii) fertilizer application training programs boosted the adoption of formula fertilization techniques via influencing farmers' cognition and willingness; (iii) yield was significantly increased by 14.3% at the 5% level through participating in fertilizer application training programs, and fertilizer application training programs improved agricultural productivity by means of enhancing the adoption of formula fertilization techniques. This study was conducive to evaluating the effectiveness of agricultural training and boosting agricultural sustainable development.     

Initial effects of light armored vehicle use on grassland vegetation at Fort Lewis, Washington

Sustainable use of military training lands requires understanding and prediction of the effects of military vehicles on vegetation. We examined the initial impacts of an 8-wheeled, light armored vehicle (LAV) on grassland vegetation at Fort Lewis, Washington. The LAV drove replicate spiral paths at two starting velocities, 10.3 and 5.1 m s(-1). The disturbed width (width of ground impacted by the tires) increased as turning radius decreased, but was unaffected by vehicle velocity. An inverse-exponential model predicted disturbed width (r(2)=0.68) at all turning radii for both velocities combined. In low-velocity spirals, and for straight tracking (turning radius>40 m) and moderate turns (radius 20-40 m) in high-velocity spirals, all vegetation damage was imprint (plants flattened by wheels). During sharp (radius <20 m), high-velocity turns, most or all of the disturbed width was scraped free of surface vegetation and soil, which was piled to the outside of each tire track. Total plant cover (all species) was not affected by track curvature in low-velocity spirals, but decreased in the order straight tracking>moderate turns>sharp turns in high-velocity spirals. In low-velocity spirals, post-tracking cover of several plant growth forms (non-native species, perennial species, sod-forming grasses) was similar to pre-tracking cover, but in high-velocity spirals, post-tracking cover of these growth forms decreased in the order straight > or =moderate=sharp. Cover of native species and forbs decreased more in high- than in low-velocity spirals, but was unaffected by curvature. Pre- and post-tracking cover of annual species, bunchgrasses, and shrubs was < or =3%. The most severe vegetation damage caused by operation of wheeled LAVs on grasslands is associated with sharp, high-velocity turns.     

美国环境空气监测培训课程设置的经验与启示

详细介绍了美国环境空气监测培训课程设置的方法和结构,分析了其在课程的目标规划、内容设计和指导人员自学方面的主要做法,总结出应从监测人员能力和知识要求角度设定培训目标,以技术性实用性内容为主设计课程环节,将指导支持人员自学摆在更突出位置。借鉴美国经验,文章对探索我国环境空气监测培训的课程设置提出了具体建议。     

中国国土空间规划人才培养体系建设

国土空间规划体系改革对人才培养提出了新的要求,构建新时代国土空间规划人才培养体系迫在眉睫。从人才培养和人才需求两个层面开展问卷调查,运用潜在冲突指数（PCI）等方法,研究中国国土空间规划相关专业的教育现状。结果表明：目前全国开设国土空间规划相关专业的高校约有261所,并呈现出开设类型多样化、办学层级多元化、学位学制差异化,以及硕博培养体系亟需完善等特征。从人才供给侧来看,学科基础的差异性导致了现有人才培养方案对规划基础理论掌握的要求各有侧重,但是各专业均表示出对规划工具应用、规划实践课程以及跨学科知识融合的强烈需求。而从人才需求侧来看,用人单位都重视多学科交叉复合型人才、理论与实践兼备的技术型人才以及基础理论扎实的专业型人才。为此,特从学科体系构建、基础理论研究、应用课程建设、专业评估机制和职业培训渠道等方面提出了国土空间规划人才培养体系革新思路。     

Repeated training does not improve the path integrator in desert ants

Desert ants, Cataglyphis fortis, return to their nest by means of path integration vectors. By using the reversal of these vectors, they approach previously visited feeding sites again. They adjust these vectors whenever outbound and inbound vector are set into conflict or when they make use of external cues. Here, we examine the influence of repeated training on the accuracy, precision, and straightness of outbound and inbound vectors. We trained desert ants to forage to and fro between their nest and a feeder and made sure that they relied exclusively on their path integrator. Neither the ants’ outbound nor their inbound runs, which, in general, are straighter than the outbound runs, become more accurate, precise, or straighter during repeated training. Hence, repeated training does not improve the path integrator in desert ants.