Government management and overexploitation of groundwater resources: absence of local community initiatives in Ardabil plain-Iran

Although mismanagement of groundwater resources has resulted in their destruction over centuries, climate change is speeding up this process more than ever. On the one hand, urgent action by government bodies is needed to address the challenge. On the other hand, a vast body of literature proves that bottom-up collective action, although requiring a longer time period, is a better solution to manage such resources. This research aims to address this dilemma. The groundwater resource in Ardabil plain in Iran, which has long been managed solely through government intervention, has been chosen as a case study to explore the opportunities and limitations of managing a critically endangered area from a common pool resource perspective. Our study suggests that managing Ardabil groundwater resources should be conducted on two scales. The bottom-up institutional agreements should take place at village scale while the government should stay in charge of the overall organization at plain scale.     

Assessing the costs for adaptation of marine constructions to sea-level rise

Marine constructions are highly vulnerable to climate change and sea-level rise (SLR), leading to increased risk rates of destruction and the potential closure of ports, harbors, and marinas along the coast. We present a cost-adjustment analysis for such constructions along the south-eastern Mediterranean coast, which takes into account the physical characteristics of the constructions, and environmental uncertainty factors. At 0.5 m SLR, the estimated adjustment cost is USD 280 million, and at 1 m SLR, the estimated cost is USD 505 million. These costs are equivalent to 0.091% and 0.165% of the Israeli gross domestic production, respectively. Although high, these adjustment costs are lower than the costs of future damage that will accrue if we fail to act. This implies that the adaptation-policy approach to controlling for the risk of SLR will provide benefits to the economic marine sectors and the public at large.     

Co-creating an alternative: the moral economy of participating in farmers’ markets

Growing dissatisfaction with the globalised food system, articulated on the behalf of both producers and consumers, has caused a variety of public debates surrounding the ethics of food production and consumption to become increasingly visible in society over the last two decades. Simultaneously, farmers’ markets (FMs) and other forms of direct marketing have experienced a noteworthy increase in participants, indicating an emerging demand for an alternative to conventional food networks, alternatives that are often perceived as providing a more just and moral relationship to food production and consumption. This study examines consumer and producer motivations for participation in FMs and opinions towards conventional and alternative agriculture in order to elucidate what (if any) values and morals are shared among producers and consumers. This study draws upon the theoretical framework of moral economy to understand whether these shared values suggest FM participants are working to co-create an alternative economy based on “moral” principles such as fairness, justice, and reciprocity. This mixed-methods study consists of consumer surveys (N?=?377) and semi-structured interviews with producers (N?=?17) from five FMs in the state of Delaware. The results suggest that producer and consumer motivations to participate in FMs, particularly a shared emphasis on social value, are indicative of a sense of moral economy. However, this moral economy is complicated by tension towards consumers and the alternative food movement more generally expressed on behalf of producers.     

Numerical experiments for the impacts of temperature and precipitation variation on the growth and development of winter wheat

The growth process of winter wheat was simulated by CERES-wheat model assuming the daily temperature increase -1, 0,1, 2℃ and daily precipitation increase -20, -10, -5, 0, 5, 10, and 20 percent, respectively. The case study site is Zhenjiang City of Jiangsu Province in the east China. Simulation results show that the impacts of temperature variation on winter wheat is stronger than that of precipitation. Climate warming would speed development rate and shorten phonological period. In general, the adverse effect of climate change on grain yield is greater than that of its beneficial effect, especially when the climate becoming cooler and dryer. The increase of temperature and decrease of precipitation would reduce the plant extractablc soil water content.     

Insights into the pathophysiology of twin–twin transfusion syndrome

Twin–twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) is attributed to trans-anastomotic transfusion between twins. Anastomoses are ubiquitous in monochorionic (MC) placentae, yet TTTS develops in only 15%. Although ex vivo and in vivo studies fail to identify a unique anastomotic signature, TTTS placentae are typically associated with an imbalance in unidirectional arteriovenous anastomoses with absent bidirectional anastomoses. Doppler detection of an artery-artery anastomosis reduces the chance of TTTS, whereas, in those that develop the disease, it improves stage-independent survival. Selective laser is often curative, but an increasingly recognized risk of persistent or reverse TTTS may be attributable to atypical arteriovenous anastomoses not identifiable from the chorionic plate. Simple dysvolaemia fails to explain several phenotypic features, including haematological concordancy, recipient hypertension, and reversibly absent end diastolic flow in the donor. The renin-angiotensin system is upregulated in the donor and downregulated in the recipient's kidneys, while paradoxically raised renin levels in the recipient may contribute to raised afterload along with endothelin. Although research is limited in humans by therapy and the lack of a suitable experimental model, further studies of placental and vascular pathophysiology may not only refine current treatment modalities but may also, in addition, suggest further avenues for downstream management such as genetic predisposition testing or pharmacological intervention. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

溪源水库蓄水前后冬春季水体营养盐和浮游植物特征研究

于2007—2008年溪源水库蓄水前,2014—2015年溪源水库蓄水后对溪源宫水源地水体进行采样,分析了冬春季水体的理化指标、浮游植物生物量及群落组成。蓄水前共鉴定出浮游植物6门26属43种,水体水质状况较好,浮游植物细胞密度平均为7.31×10~5cells/L,以硅藻、绿藻门为优势门类,两者占浮游植物总生物量的比例约为54.7%、32.2%,水体呈贫-中营养状态。蓄水后,水体氮、磷营养盐浓度分别约为蓄水前的2.4倍、3倍,浮游植物细胞密度平均为1.42×10~7cells/L,约为蓄水前的20倍,且群落结构发生改变,优势门类为硅藻、蓝藻、绿藻,所占比例分别为40.2%、38.7%、14.4%,蓝藻门比例有显著提高,约为蓄水前的5倍。说明建库蓄水对浮游植物的影响显著。     

基于人工神经网络多源数据融合的子像元冬油菜提取——以两湖平原为例

油菜是我国第五大农作物和重要的油料作物。获取油菜的种植分布信息对食用油市场的发展和粮食安全具有重要意义。两湖平原泛指包括湖北江汉平原和湖南洞庭湖平原在内的广大平原区域,是我国重要的粮棉油生产基地,“湖广熟,天下足”指的就是这一地区。由于耕地破碎,种植结构复杂,两湖平原轮作和间作的现象非常普遍,传统的遥感监测方法难以准确地获取冬油菜的空间分布。本文提出了一种基于人工神经网络ANN的子像元冬油菜提取方法,将时间序列MODIS-EVI和GF-1数据结合以提取两湖平原的冬油菜丰度信息。首先采用顺序前向选择SFS算法从时间序列MODIS-EVI数据集中进行物候特征优选;然后构建融合多源数据的ANN模型估算两湖平原的冬油菜丰度。结果表明：基于ANN方法获取的冬油菜分布具有较高的精度（ANN估算结果与GF-1和统计数据的验证精度分别为91.54%和74.70%）,在利用中分辨率影像进行大尺度冬油菜精细制图方面显示出巨大潜力,可为我国冬油菜的空间分布制图和时空格局分析提供技术方法。     

开封市城区冬季大气挥发性有机物污染特征及来源解析

为探究开封市冬季大气挥发性有机物(VOCs)的污染特征及来源,基于2021年12月至2022年1月开封市生态环境局(城区)在线监测站获取的大气VOCs组分数据,阐述其VOCs污染特征和二次有机气溶胶生成潜势(SOAP),利用PMF模型解析出VOCs的来源.结果表明,冬季开封市ρ(VOCs)平均值为(104.71±48.56)μg·m^-3,其质量分数最高为烷烃(37.7%),其次为卤代烃(23.5%)、芳香烃(16.8%)、 OVOCs(12.6%)、烯烃(6.9%)和炔烃(2.6%).VOCs对SOA的贡献平均值为3.18μg·m^-3,其中芳香烃贡献率高达83.8%,其次为烷烃(11.5%);开封市冬季VOCs的最大人为排放来源为溶剂使用(17.9%),其次为燃料燃烧(15.9%)、工业卤代烃排放(15.8%)、机动车排放(14.7%)、有机化学工业(14.5%)和LPG排放(13.3%);溶剂使用源对SOAP的贡献率达到32.2%,其次是机动车排放(22.8%)和工业卤代烃排放(18.9%).可见,降低溶剂使用、机动车排放和工业卤代烃排放的...     

Differences of cadmium absorption and accumulation in selected vegetable crops

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