Spatial distribution of Aspergillus flavus and its toxigenic strains on commercial cottonseed from south Texas and its relationship to aflatoxin contamination

The structure of Aspergillus flavus communities associated with south Texas cottonseed was determined by analysing samples from 178 truckloads of commercial cottonseed from 35 gins, extending from Fort Bend County in the north to the Rio Grande Valley in the south, from September 1999 to October 2001. The number of colony-forming units (CFU) of A. flavus on the cottonseed, and the percentage of S strain (%S) were both correlated with aflatoxin contamination of cottonseed. The number of CFU differed between both regions and seasons, while %S differed only between regions. Comparison of maps of CFU and %S revealed that CFU shows a higher variation across years, while %S shows higher spatial variation. The Rio Grande Valley had significantly lower CFU and %S strain than the Coastal Bend and Upper Coast regions. Cottonseed produced in 1999 had significantly more A. flavus than that produced in either 2000 or 2001. Identification of factors dictating geographical variation in S-strain incidence may provide insights that will lead to improved aflatoxin management.     

Application of acoustic Doppler current profiler combined with a scientific echo sounder for krill Euphausia pacifica density estimation

ABSTRACT:   An application of the acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP, 153.6 kHz) in combination with a scientific echo sounder (EK60, 38 and 200 kHz) was investigated to estimate the density of krill Euphausia pacifica . The acoustic backscattering strength from sound scattering layers was compared with biomass estimates from midwater trawls. Euphausia pacifica was targeted among mixed species populations in the sound scattering layer in the offshore Funka Bay area of Hokkaido, Japan. The frequency characteristics of acoustic backscattering by krill were calculated using a distorted wave Born approximation scattering model at three frequencies. Krill aggregations identified from the EK60 data were extracted as the mean volume backscattering strength difference between two frequencies. They were then used to identify similar aggregations in the ADCP data by matching observation times and depths for the two methods, which were applied simultaneously. Results from the comparison of the mean volume backscattering strength and the density calculated from the ADCP and EK60 showed that ADCP can be used to measure density and spatial–temporal distribution of krill aggregations. Current speed and direction at the study site were found to be 16.1 cm/s and 187.0°, respectively, and krill speed and direction (including the current component) were found to be 19.8 cm/s and 172.2°, respectively. Based on the ADCP data, the net speed and direction of the krill aggregations were found to be 5.9 cm/s and 128.0°, respectively.     

双斜立式油缸木材抓具优化设计研究

通过对现行木材生产中所使用的双斜立式油缸木材抓具的受力情况的深入分析。推导了双斜立式油缸木材抓具在两种不同的工作状态下的抓取力计算公式。在此基础上,结合现代先进的设计方法——优化设计法的基本思想,建立了该类型木材抓具优化设计的数学模型。根据数学模型的特点,给出了能够处理约束优化问题的优化计算方法——内点惩罚函数法,编制了该方法的计算机程序,并对程序的使用进行了必要的说明。     

高等院校学生“团队工作”能力培养模式构建及其绩效评价研究

阐述“团队”、“团队工作”理论内涵,详述学生“团队工作”能力培养模式的四个阶 段、主要内容和阶段目标,并初步确立团队工作效绩评价的指标体系和评估方法。     

刺槐种群生物量动态研究

研究了河北省太行山刺槐种群乔木层生物量、各组分量及种群密度的动态规律。结果表明，刺槐种群自人工造林伊始，其种群总生物量、各组分量、种群密度（断面积表示）即表现出速增性，约至１２ａ生达到峰值，基本符合Ｌｏｇｉｓｔｉｃ规律。此后随个体间竞争的加剧，自疏作用加强，种群呈不稳定状态，种群密度和生物量下降，由一个同龄纯林逐渐趋向于具有多代个体年龄结构稳定的群体，并使种群生物量回复到一个相对稳定水平。本文还建立了生物量及各组分量与种群年龄、密度的相关模型，及Ｗ～ｆ（Ａ，Ｇ，Ｈ）多元线性回归议程。     

维酶素生产菌阿舒假囊酵母的发酵培养基优选

本研究采用二次通用旋转组合回归设计方法，对维酶素发酵培养基豆腐渣中添加麦麸、小米和玉米粉的最优化组合进行定量研究。建立了维酶素产量形成的培养基的反应模式，利用回归模式对培养基的最优化组合和各单因子要素反应规律及其互作效应进行了探讨。     

可控止回阀水力特性的测试研究

本文运用水流相似原理，对可控止回阀的流阻系数曲线和动水力矩，进行了系统的水力模型试验研究，为该阀的节能效益和技术开发的可行性，提供了必要的科学依据，其流阻系数值为０．１９，优于液控蝶阀。     

应用积分GM(1,1)模型进行杉木炭疽病预测预报的研究

以积分生成代替传统的累加生成方法 ,并用双向差分建立积分GM (1,1)灰色预测模型进行杉木炭疽病预测预报的研究 ,结果表明积分GM (1,1)模型能较好地预测杉木炭疽病在三明市的发生     

羊草＋杂类草群落生物量动态模式的研究

对黑龙江肇州县羊草＋杂类草群落地上生物量的季节动态、地下生物量的分布以及地上生物量与降雨量、温度之间的关系进行了分析．结果表明，在生长季内，群落地上生物量动态模式呈单峰型，符合四次多项式模型增长，最大地上生物量出现在８月５日，其值为１９７．３ｍ２而后下降；群落地下生物量分布由上至下呈负幂函数变化，其模型为：Ｂｕ＝Ｙ·（Ｄ＋１０）－ｘ．其中在０－３０ｃｍ土层中，群落地下生物量占总地下生物量的７７％～８２％．