Comparison of Two Methods for Judging Distances Near Overhead Power Lines

Sixteen certified crane operators performed several series of boom movements toward a segment of a typical power line using a 100-ton lifting capacity crane equipped with an 18-m boom, a single lifting cable, and a hard ball hook. The operators were instructed to stop the crane movement when the lifting cable reached the edge of the danger zone located 3 m from the power line. To achieve each maneuver, they evaluated the distance between the nearest wire and their crane using two methods: free sighting and the use of highly visible markers delineating the edge of the danger zone. The dependent measure was the distance between the lifting cable and the edge of the danger zone. Results showed that operators were generally unreliable when judging the distance between their crane and the power line when sighting the power line directly, but the use of markers proved to be much more precise and reliable in targeting the edge of the danger zone.     

电袋复合除尘器高效捕集微细粉尘 PM2.5的机理探讨

电袋复合除尘器捕集粉尘除了静电凝并作用外,滤袋表面的二次粉尘层和一次粉尘层中粉尘颗粒之间的微米级间隙,以及滤料纤维层中纤维间距的微距,加上荷电粉尘层形成的（内）电场力和（或）外加电场的作用,使微细粉尘发生极化、库伦和电场吸附,是实现高效捕集微细粉尘PM2.5的重要机理。     

动态瓦斯地质预测算法研究与可视化应用

为实现煤矿瓦斯地质动态精准预测与可视化,基于煤层埋深、厚度、倾角、地质构造等多种因素,通过将相似的地质模块定义为同一微单元,在此基础上将反距离权重插值算法和递归邻域搜索策略与数据优化处理算法相结合,应用于瓦斯地质动态预测可视化系统开发。研究结果表明:根据递归邻域搜索算法模型开发的多级瓦斯地质图动态分析系统利用瓦斯地质基础数据可对矿井瓦斯含量、压力、涌出量等瓦斯赋存参数进行实时分析和计算,动态绘制散点图、等值线和区域预测图,使瓦斯区域预测图过渡更加平缓,显著提高预测的精准性及整体的显示效果,同时其制图耗时也无明显增加,可为高瓦斯矿井安全生产提供决策依据。     

Oxidant denuder sampling for analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and their oxygenated derivates in ambient aerosol: evaluation of sampling artefact

The concentrations of some polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and oxygenated PAH (O-PAH) can be changed by oxidation reactions during sampling. This can lead to an over- or underestimation of the corresponding adverse health effects. The aim of this study was the evaluation of these sampling artefacts. The potential of using an oxidant denuder was shown by parallel low-volume sampling with and without MnO₂ ozone denuder. Twenty-three PAH and 11 O-PAH in ambient air were analysed, both in the vapour and particulate phase. The denuder was proven to be highly efficient for stripping ozone from air while causing no significant particle losses. In general, the concentrations of 5- to 7-ring PAH, which are predominantly associated with particles, were underestimated in non-denuded samples. The highest losses due to reaction with ozone and other atmospheric oxidants were observed for benzo[a]pyrene and perylene. Concurrently, the concentrations of most of the mainly particle-associated 4- to 5-ring O-PAH were higher in the non-denuded samples. The denuder did not only remove ozone, moreover other gaseous species such as more volatile PAH and O-PAH were partially oxidized on the catalytic surface, too. Degradation of PAH and concurrent degradation/formation reactions of O-PAH occurred. The corresponding reactivities of selected PAH and O-PAH are discussed.     

基于犹豫直觉模糊集-TOPSIS的危险品多式联运风险评估

为了对危险品的多式联运系统风险进行评估,首先在"人、机、管、环"4M理论的基础上,将多式联运中"转运"这一特殊流程考虑进去,以"人、机、管、环、转运"这5个因素作为决策问题中的属性;其次,采用犹豫直觉模糊语言集为决策者的初始决策矩阵赋值,并利用均值-标准差的汉明距离来衡量两个犹豫直觉模糊语言数之间的距离;然后,以危险品多式联运系统中的风险为标准,采用基于犹豫直觉模糊语言集的TOPSIS方法进行不同方案的决策。最后,以磷酸在宜昌-衢州之间的运输为案例,对4种常用运输方案进行风险评估,以综合评价指数进行对比。结果表明,在先水路后铁路、先水路后公路、先公路后铁路、先铁路后公路4种方案中,从宜昌到衢州之间先公路后铁路的运输方式所得综合评价值最高,应选择方案3。     

Genetic Structure of Herpetofauna on Halmahera Island,Indonesia: Implications for Aketajawe‐Lolobata National Park

Abstract: Genetic variation within species—a priority for biodiversity conservation—is influenced by natural selection, demography, and stochastic events such as genetic drift. We evaluated the role of these factors in 14 codistributed species of reptiles and amphibians on the Indonesian island of Halmahera by testing whether their molecular variation was correlated with geographic distance, ecology, riverine barriers, or Halmahera's paleoisland precursors. We found support for isolation by distance effects in four species. Two of these four were also significantly affected either by rivers or by ecology. A fifth species was significantly affected by ecology and a sixth was significantly affected by Halmahera's paleoislands. [Correction added after publication 9 December 2009: the previous sentence was edited for clarity.] These findings—the most comprehensive survey of multispecies genetic variation on Halmahera to date—bode well for the efficacy of the recently established Aketajawe‐Lolobata National Park in conserving a substantial component of vertebrate genetic variation on this island. Future success of conservation efforts will depend crucially, of course, on funding for and enforcement of conservation management of this park.     

Body size and reserve protection affect flight initiation distance in parrotfishes

Flight initiation distance (FID), the distance at which an organism begins to flee an approaching threat, is an important component of antipredator behavior and a potential indicator of an animal’s perception of threat. In a field study on parrotfishes, we tested the predictions that FID in response to a diver will increase with body size, a correlate of reproductive value, and with experience of threat from humans. We studied a broad size range in four species on fringing reefs inside and outside the Barbados Marine Reserve. We used the Akaike's Information Criterion modified for small sample sizes (AICc) and model averaging to select and assess alternative models. Body size, reserve protection, and distance to a refuge, but not species, had strong support in explaining FID. FID increased with body size and generally remained two to ten times fish total length. FID was greater outside the reserve, especially in larger fish. Although we were not able to completely rule out other effects of size or reserve, this study supports predictions of an increase in FID with reproductive value and threat from humans.     

Geno- and Phenogeographic Analysis of Pinus sylvestris L. Populations along the Transect Extending from the Northern to Southern Boundary of the Species Range

Nei's genetic distances (Nei, 1972, 1978) between 12 Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) populations were determined using isozyme analysis. The gradients of these distances along the 1500-km meridional transect in the Transural Region and Northern Turgai from the pre-forest-tundra subzone (the Synya River basin) to the southern steppe (the Naurzumskii forest) were calculated. We discovered that the genetic distance gradients (GDGs) progressively increase in the direction from the northern boundary of the range to the southern boundary of the forest-steppe zone and sharply increase in the insular forests growing in the steppe zone. The results of cluster analysis and Mahalanobis distance gradients with respect to a set of morphological characters of the cones provide evidence that Scotch pine populations of the forest zone share somewhat the same gene pool, whereas the group of Scotch pine populations in the insular forests of Northern Turgai is obviously differentiated phenogenetically from the insular forests of the Tobol region, which grow farther to the north.     

环境规制对中国工业绿色增长指数的影响

为衡量工业增长对资源的消耗和环境的污染,本文构建了"工业绿色增长指数",并运用基于松弛测度的方向距离函数(SBMDDF)对2007-2011年中国30省(区、市)进行测算,根据得分将其分成高绿化度地区、中绿化度地区和低绿化度地区;采用面板数据模型测算了行政型、市场型和公众参与型这三种类型的环境规制对工业绿色增长指数的影响,同时考察技术创新、工业结构对工业绿色增长的作用程度。研究发现:东部地区的工业绿色增长指数高于中西部地区;行政型和市场型环境规制对工业绿色增长的作用显著,市场型环境规制在高、中绿化度地区起主要作用,而低绿化度地区以行政型环境规制为主;公众参与型环境规制对工业绿色增长的作用有限;技术创新和工业结构也是影响工业绿色增长的重要因素。为促进工业绿色发展,中西部地区要树立绿色、低碳的理念对东部地区所转移的产业进行选择;高绿化度地区需在提高排污费标准的同时,逐步采用排污权交易等方式加大对环境污染总量的控制力度;低绿化度地区可在实行低标准排污费政策的同时,逐步实现从行政型向市场型环境规制的转变;逐步发挥并扩大公众参与型环境规制的作用;注重与节能减排相关的技术吸收和应用推广,降低高载能行业的比重。     

基于线性变换的水质综合评价方法

对于多个因子的水质综合评价存在很多不同方法,尚未形成公认的权威评价方法。因而,对水质综合评价方法进行探索有利于积累研究经验,丰富方法手段。在把数据向[0 1]区间标准化的基础上,通过线性空间变换,把水质样本数据与《地表水环境质量标准》(GB3838-2002)数据转换到同一线性空间。计算水质样本数据向量与5类水质划分等级标准数据向量的欧式距离,把欧式距离的最小值作为水质类别辨别的依据,最终得到水质的综合评价结果。借由已经公开发表的19个断面水质监测数据,运用大型工程计算软件Matlab 2010b进行计算,并与变权欧式距离模型、灰色聚类法、模糊综合指数法和BP神经网络法的评价结果相比较,符合性较好,验证了线性空间变换法应用于水质综合评价的科学性和合理性。方法可用于水质综合评价。在不对污染因子进行加权的情况下,基于线性变换的水质综合评价方法,获得的评价结果较轻。对于被评价为同一类水质的不同监测断面,可以借助"评价单元与5级水质标准的欧式距离矩阵",对评价单元水质差异进一步辨识。