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Geological disasters caused by city ground subsidence are typical examples of soil failure, which significantly impact urban planning and development. The sediment transport in the soils leads to the increasing porosity of soils, and changes the elastic modulus and Poisson’s ratio, thus the carrying capacity of the soil is reduced and ground subsidence appears. Therefore, the sediment transfer and loss driven by the underground water becomes a key reason for ground subsidence. Studies in this area thus present significant meanings. In this paper, mutual effects between the sediment particles and groundwater seepage are analyzed. We partially fix sediments in soils. Using the numerical simulation, hydraulic pressure is applied to scour so as to study the regular patterns of sediment transport in the soil mass: as time extended, the porosity in soils is gradually enlarged, tending to be stable; as more particles are fixed, porosity is reduced. It is also found that fixed particles, with a part of free sediment particles, form some new fixed sediment structures that hinder the transfer of the free sediment. In addition, parameters like scour time, hydraulic pressure, and the porosity evolution equation relating to the amount of fixed sediment particles are acquired. Findings of this research are expected to provide references for predicting, forecasting, and treating ground subsidence, which is led by sediment transport from the perspective of the soil mass porosity evolution.
Rock-soil aggregate landslides are distributed all over the world and have done great harm to transportation networks, buildings, personal safety, and city construction. Although landslide studies usually focus on the slope of the single homogeneous material, few slopes are composed of or covered by various complicated geomaterials. This paper proposes a calculation model of the slope covered by rock-soil aggregate and analyzes Longhuguan landslide in Guangxi, China, considering rainfall. Fully considering the weak surface, a support design plan is given.The unbonded cable is taken to support the landslide, the concrete beams are adopted on the angle turning point of the surface, and the slide-resistant piles are used to jointly support the front edge of the slope. Top fissures are blocked and landslide drainage measures are taken. The displacement monitoring proves that the support is effective. This study can provide many references for landslide support and analysis covered by rock-soil aggregate.
 Little was known about biological activities of compounds from the medicinal mushroom of the genus Pholiota. A lectin from the Pholiota adiposa has now been isolated and its properties tested. The isolation procedure included ion exchange chromatography on DEAE-cellulose and CM-cellulose, and fast protein liquid chromatography-gel filtration (FPLC) on Superdex 75. The lectin was composed of two identical subunits, each with a molecular mass of 16 kDa. Its N-terminal amino-acid sequence showed little similarity to sequences of other Agaricales lectins. The hemagglutinating activity of the lectin was stable at temperatures up to 50oC, and in NaOH and HCl solutions with concentrations less than 25 mM. It was inhibited by inulin (12.5-200 mM), but enhanced by Cu2+ (6.25-25 mM), Fe2+ (12.5-25 mM), and Al3+ (6.25-25 mM) ions. The lectin showed antiproliferative activity toward hepatoma Hep G2 cells and breast cancer MCF7 cells with an IC50 of 2.1 μM and approximately 3.2 μM, respectively. It exhibited HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitory activity with an IC50 of 1.9 μM. When compared with P. aurivella lectin, the only Pholiota lectin published to date, P. adiposa lectin differs in chromatographic behavior, molecular mass, N-terminal sequence, and effect of cations on hemagglutinating activity. In the case of the lectin from P. aurivella, its antifungal, antiproliferative, and HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitory activities have not been determined.
A novel multi-objective discrete particle swarm optimization with elitist perturbation strategy (EPSMODPSO) is proposed and applied to solve the reconfiguration problem of shipboard power system(SPS). The new algorithm uses the velocity to decide each particle to move one step toward positive or negative direction to update the position. An elitist perturbation strategy is proposed to improve the local search ability of the algorithm. Reconfiguration model of SPS is established with multiple objectives, and an inherent homogeneity index is adopted as the auxiliary estimating index. Test results of examples show that the proposed EPSMODPSO performs excellent in terms of diversity and convergence of the obtained Pareto optimal front. It is competent to solve network reconfiguration of shipboard power system and other multi-objective discrete optimization problems
China’s grasslands play a significant role in the carbon cycle. Accurately evaluating carbon use efficiency (CUE) of grassland ecosystems is of great importance. Therefore, we adopted moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer documents to explore dynamics and controls of CUE across grasslands of China from 2001 to 2010. Results demonstrated that CUE presented an increasing trend (0 to 0.0067 year⁻¹) in the most studies regions except for desert steppe (-0.0046 to 0 year⁻¹). At spatial scale, the precipitation, temperature, and aridity index significantly regulated the dynamics of CUE in alpine grasslands. Furthermore, the different mechanisms are explored at the transect scale, and CUE revealed the positive correlation with aridity index (R² = 0.92, P<0.0001) and precipitation (R² = 0.88, P<0.0001), but a negative correlation with temperature (R² = 0.92, P<0.0001) in alpine grasslands. However, in temperate grasslands, CUE exposed the negative correlation with aridity index (R² = 0.40, P<0.0001) and precipitation (R² = 0.54, P<0.0001), but a positive correlation with temperature (R² = 0.56, P<0.0001). Moreover, precipitation was decreasing with the increased temperature in the alpine grasslands (R² = 0.85, P<0.0001) and temperature of grasslands (R² = 0.19, P<0.0001). In conclusion, CUE had a slight increased trend across grasslands in China, with higher precipitation, aridity index, and lower temperature promoting CUE in the alpine region – nevertheless restraining the CUE variations in grassland temperature. The better heat and water conditions in temperate grasslands than in alpine grasslands resulted in higher CUE in temperate grasslands.
Northern Tibet has a vital role in global ecological security. This study determined the effect of environmental factors on the soil respiration of an alpine steppe. Short-term nitrogen addition (2 g N m⁻² yr⁻¹) was performed in an alpine steppe in Northern Tibet in June, 2011. Soil respiration was observed during the growing season of 2011 using LI-8100. The results were as follows. First, soil respiration had clear seasonal patterns, and significant differences existed between the control (CK) and nitrogen addition (ND) treatments (P = 0.004). Second, soil respiration was more sensitive to soil temperature (R² = 0.988, ND; R² = 0.05, CK) than soil moisture (R² = 0.0003, ND; R² = 0.038, CK), and the relationship between soil temperature and soil respiration in ND treatment was more significant than that in CK. Third, the relationships between soil chemical properties and root biomass in CK were greater than that in ND plots, especially the relationship of root biomass with the available nitrogen and nitrate nitrogen. These results indicated that differences among geographical conditions resulted in different phenomena of gas emissions, immature soil, and extremely short plant growing time, which may all be remarkably influenced in an alpine steppe.
The Tibetan Plateau has faced environmental degradation in recent years due to intensified human activity and climate change. In this study, the dynamics of net primary production (NPP), annual mean temperature (AMT), annual mean precipitation (AMP), number of animals (NA), number of rural laborers (NRL), and animal husbandry (AH) were analyzed and the response of NPP to climate and human activity explored. The results show that NPP was increasing gradually from northwest to southeast and is similar to the distribution of AMP. In addition, NA, NRL, and AH cluster around Lhasa. Moreover, AMP had a negative correlation with NPP in Tibet while AMT has a positive effect on NPP. Moreover, because of the large number of livestock there is a negative relationship between NA and NPP in most Tibetan regions. Furthermore, it was found that human activity made a higher contribution to NPP in Tibet (24.73%) than climate factors (17.28%). It is, therefore, necessary to further explore the relationship between human activity and the vegetation dynamic in the region.
Antibiotics, as special pollutants in piggery wastewater, have negative effects on wastewater treatment processes. However, it is difficult to obtain a clear understanding of the toxic potency of antibiotics using the common inhibitory experiments of wastewater because of their low concentrations. Therefore, this study for the first time reports research on examining the toxic strength of piggery wastewater containing antibiotics by acute toxicity experiments using luminescent bacteria. Also reported herein for the first time were the mixed toxic effects of different antibiotics on luminescent bacteria using orthogonal experimental designs. Results showed that piggery wastewater had high ecotoxicity equal to 24.6 mg∙L⁻¹ HgCl₂, and the toxicity units (TU) of Chlortetracycline, amoxicillin, florfenicol, and sulfamethazine (SM₂) were 85.5, 64.72, 1.27, and 1.20, respectively, which fell under high or significant ecotoxicity according to the Toxicity Classification System (TCS). The IC₁₀ values indicated that the antibiotics could impose single or mixed toxic effects on luminescent bacteria even in trace concentrations. Among these antibiotics, Chlortetracycline was the most significant one needing more attention in the treatment of wastewater-containing antibiotics.
Human activity and climate are two main factors directly influencing catchment runoff, and separation of their impacts is of great importance for land use planning and water resource management. This study was designed to examine the impacts of climate change and human activity on stream flow characteristics. Using the nonparametric Mann-Kendall test and moving t-test, we accessed the trends and change points of the runoff, precipitation, and potential evapotranspiration data series in the watershed. And Zhang’s function was employed to evaluate the impacts of variation in climate and human activity on mean annual stream flow. The results showed a significant downtrend and change points in annual runoff, with an abrupt change identified in 2001 in the whole watershed, and the stream flow data was divided into a baseline period and a period of change. The decrease in mean annual runoff between the baseline and the period of change indicated that climate change accounted for about 33.1% of the total decrease, and that human activity was responsible for about 66.9%. This study concluded that human activity will significantly impact water resources in the Loess Plateau region, and scientific management measures should be implemented in the future.
A novel protease with a molecular mass of 15 kDa was purified from fresh fruiting bodies of the wild mushroom Amanita farinosa. The purification protocol entailed anion exchange chromatography on DEAE-cellulose, affinity chromatography on Affi-gel blue gel, cation exchange chromatography on SP-Sepharose, and gel filtration by fast protein liquid chromatography on Superdex 75. The protease was unadsorbed on DEAE-cellulose but adsorbed on Affi-gel blue gel and SP-Sepharose. It demonstrated a single 15-kDa band in sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS/PAGE) and a 15-kDa peak in gel filtration. The optimal pH and optimal temperature of the protease were pH 8.0 and 65 °C, respectively. Proliferation of human hepatoma HepG2 cells was inhibited by the protease with an IC50 of 25 µM. The protease did not have antifungal or ribonuclease activity.
In recent years have seen increasing evidence linking occupational and environmental exposure to toxic pollutants with human male reproductive disorders. The aim of this study was to collect epidemiological information on male reproductive health to explore the effects of electronic waste (e-waste) environmental pollution on male genital health in Wenling, one of the world’s biggest e-waste recycling centers. We collected clinic information from 2001 to 2012 in Wenling covering male reproductive diseases, including prostatitis, epididymitis, orchitis, urinary tract infections, cystospermitis, impotence, condyloma accuminatum, syphilis, gonorrhea, varicocele, genital herpes, prostatic carcinoma, etc. The morbidity of male reproductive diseases in Wenling was higher than in the control area – especially those diseases that could be influenced by environmental factors. Male reproductive health may be threatened by e-waste pollution in Wenling, and this could influence local population diathesis.
In this paper, we consider an optimization of the hull shape in order to minimize the total resistance of a ship. The total resistance is assumed to be the sum of the wave resistance computed on the basis of the thin-ship theory and the frictional resistance. Smoothness of hull lines is proved with mathematical procedure, in which differentials of the hull lines functions are analyzed. The wave-making resistance optimization, involving a genetic algorithm, uses Michell integral to calculate wave resistance. A certain hull form is generated by the method using cross section information of a modified DTMB model ship 5415 and a comparative experiment is carried out. Experimental and calculation result show that the method is of good adaptability for designing certain types of ships with excellent resistance performance
In this research, we investigated the effects of grafting on intermediate metabolites and key enzymes of glycolysis and the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle in selfgrafted and salt-tolerant pumpkin rootstock-grafted cucumber seedlings supplied with nutrient solution and subjected to 80 mM Ca(NO₃)₂ stress for 6 days. Ca(NO₃)₂ stress induced accumulation of 3-phosphoglycerate (3- PGA) and phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) in the leaves of selfgrafted cucumber seedlings and enhanced the activities of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) and enolase (ENO). Succinic acid and malic acid contents and isocitrate dehydrogenase, succinate dehydrogenase (SDH), and malate dehydrogenase (MDH) activities in self-grafted seedlings were significantly decreased by Ca(NO₃)₂ stress. In addition, activities of PEPC, ENO, SDH, and MDH and contents of glycolysis intermediate metabolites (citric, succinic, and malic acids) were significantly higher in leaves of rootstock-grafted seedlings compared with those in self-grafted seedlings under saline conditions. Furthermore, leaf adenosine triphosphate (ATP) content of rootstock- grafted seedlings was relatively higher than that in self-grafted plants under salt stress, with an opposite effect observed on adenosine diphosphate content. These results indicate that rootstock grafting alleviates Ca(NO₃)₂ stressinduced inhibition of the glycolytic pathway and the TCA cycle in cucumber seedling leaves, which may aid the respiratory metabolism of cucumber seedlings and help maintain a high ATP synthesis level, thereby increasing the biomass of cucumber seedlings and enhancing their salt tolerance.
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