Treatment of traumatic tracheal collapse with extraluminal titanium mesh screens

A 12‐year‐old Thoroughbred gelding presented with a history of exercise intolerance and inspiratory stridor. Physical examination revealed a blunt crush injury to the ventral neck and underlying trachea of unknown duration. Tracheoscopy revealed a grade 3 tracheal collapse. Surgical management of the case involved placement of extraluminal titanium mesh screens circumferentially around the trachea for complete support. During the period of hospitalisation, the only post operative complication was seroma formation, which resolved with routine care. Follow‐up after 5 years revealed no further evidence of exercise intolerance, inspiratory dyspnoea or stridor. The horse returned to his previous level of work as a show hunter.     

解决书架层面书本大量倒伏的方法尝试

结合工作实践,分析在开架管理模式下造成的书架架面书本大量倒伏的原因,提出从改装书立的方法入手,用增大书立底面摩擦阻力的方法减少架面图书倒伏现象。     

灾害风荷载下温室单层柱面网壳整体动力倒塌分析

该文针对大跨轻质单层柱面网壳在灾害强风天气下存在动力倒塌破坏的可能性,利用显式有限元分析软件ANSYS/S-DYNA及自编前后处理程序,综合考虑了几何非线性、材料非线性和接触非线性,建立了灾害风荷载下温室单层柱面网壳结构整体动力倒塌的数值分析模型,考察了单层柱面网壳的动力倒塌发展全过程。以节点位移和变形形态等几何特征响应对网壳结构进行了动力倒塌过程分析,将网壳结构倒塌过程依据其特性划分为轻度损伤阶段,倒塌形成阶段和整体倒塌阶段3个阶段;同时以杆件内力和截面塑性发展等力学特征响应对网壳结构进行了动力倒塌机理研究,指出网壳结构的风致动力倒塌原因是风压区压杆反复屈曲和拉杆依次失效相互作用的综合体现。对比分析考虑下部支承与不考虑下部支承单层柱面网壳的动力倒塌过程,结果表明,考虑下部支承柱时网壳结构动力倒塌对应的临界荷载系数发生了25%的明显降幅。该研究为温室网壳结构的抗风设计、工程应用和防灾评估提供了理论参考。     

集中流作用下黄土坡面剥蚀率对侵蚀动力学参数的响应

集中流引起的细沟侵蚀是黄土高原坡耕地主要侵蚀方式之一,对坡面集中水流动力学特性研究有利于掌握坡面集中流剥蚀产沙的根本原因,但目前哪种集中流水动力学参数最能准确揭示侵蚀动力过程机理尚不明确。该文采用室内集中流放水冲刷试验,以黄土高原典型黄绵土为研究对象,研究坡面平均和瞬时剥蚀率与相应水流剪切力、水流功率、单位水流功率以及过水断面单位能量之间的关系。结果表明,除了瞬时过水断面单位能量拟合效果较差外,其他平均和瞬时水力学参数均能够较好地与坡面剥蚀率建立不同的拟合关系。所有参数中平均水流功率是描述本试验条件下的最优水力学参数。由于细沟发育过程中大量坍塌的出现,导致整个径流剪切力和水流功率与剥蚀率之间的关系曲线整体上升,出现了临界剪切力和临界水流功率为负值的情况。通过与仅考虑水流对坡面直接作用参数所得结果对比,表明坍塌等作用在细沟发育过程中具有重要影响,对剥蚀率的贡献可达90.93%。研究可为控制和预防集中流侵蚀发生提供科学依据。     

花岗岩崩岗区不同层次土壤分离速率定量研究

针对湖北通城花岗岩崩岗区发育的表土层、红土层、砂土层、碎屑层,利用钢制变坡冲刷水槽在不同坡度(8.8%,17.6%,26.8%,36.4%,46.6%)和不同流量(0.2L/s,0.4L/s,0.6L/s,0.8L/s,1.0L/s)组合下,研究花岗岩崩岗区不同层次土壤分离速率与流量、坡度的关系。结果表明:花岗岩崩岗区各层次土壤分离速率与流量和坡度均呈线性相关(R~2=0.958),随着流量和坡度的增大,各层次土壤分离速率逐渐增大,且增加速率呈上升趋势;花岗岩崩岗区崩壁垂直结构上,随着土体深度的增加,土壤分离速率逐渐增大,且各层次土壤分离速率差异显著,在一定坡度和流量下,碎屑层的分离速率最大,是砂土层的34.24倍,红土层的76.27倍,表土层的711.58倍;各层次土壤分离速率的流量—坡度模型可以用二元一次函数方程很好的拟合(R~20.933),且流量、坡度2个因子的叠加效果对碎屑层分离速率的影响最大,砂土层次之,表土层最小;采用Nash模型效率系数对拟合的流量—坡度模型效果进行检验后发现:各层次的效率系数均较高,预测值与实测值的贴近度较好,研究所得流量—坡度模型能很好的模拟南方花岗岩崩岗区的土壤分离速率。该研究对于解释崩岗侵蚀机理、建立崩岗侵蚀模型具有重要的指导意义。     

桥梁钻孔桩成孔事故分析与处理

钻孔桩工艺日趋完善,但往往由于工艺不当或施工时不谨慎,致使质量问题时有发生;本文分析了钻孔桩成孔过程中出现各种事故的原因,并提出了相应的处理与预防措施。     

Lessons from the past: investigating historical data from bluefin tuna fisheries

In 1963, the leading fisheries targeting Atlantic bluefin tuna ( Thunnus thynnus ) in the Norwegian Sea and North Sea suddenly collapsed without any warning. Little is known about this collapse and several hypotheses have been put forward, such as changes in migratory routes, recruitment failure or eradication of a sub-population: all of these hypotheses could result from natural causes and/or from overfishing. To help explain this mysterious event, an original data set of the main bluefin tuna fisheries of the 20th century, including total catch and size composition of the catch, has been compiled and analysed. The results reveal a strong and unambiguous link between the Nordic purse seine and Spanish trap fisheries during the 1950s and 1960s. However, this link vanished during the 1970s. In addition, the North-west Atlantic and Mediterranean trap fisheries appeared also to be partially connected to the Nordic fisheries. During the 1950s and 1960s, the main migration routes of bluefin tuna were probably from the Mediterranean spawning grounds and from the West Atlantic coasts to the Norwegian coast and North Sea, which were probably a key feeding ground at that time. The analyses also lead to the conclusion that interactions between environmental, trophic and fishing processes have probably affected bluefin tuna migration patterns which would have finally caused the Nordic fisheries collapse. This retrospective analysis finally leads to an original – albeit more speculative – hypothesis concerning Atlantic bluefin tuna population structure, therein conjectured as an assemblage of at least three sub-populations.     

粤北地区 3 种生境红火蚁蚁丘分布及影响因素

【目的】研究红火蚁在粤北地区不同生境中红火蚁蚁丘的分布特征,为该虫的监测、防治提供科学依据。【方法】采用样方方法调查3种生境(荒地、田埂、草坪)红火蚁蚁丘的密度和大小,采用聚集度指标法和Taylor幂函数回归模型对蚁丘的空间分布型进行研究,并对荒地生境蚁丘密度和植物多样性进行相关性分析。【结果】田埂蚁丘密度明显高于荒地和草坪,高达18.67个/100 m~2,超过草坪生境蚁丘密度的10倍;荒地、田埂和草坪生境蚁丘基部周长相差不明显,但荒地生境蚁巢高度明显高于田埂和草坪;通过聚集度指标和Taylor幂函数来看,荒地和田埂生境蚁丘多表现为均匀分布或随机分布,而草坪生境蚁丘多表现为聚集分布;研究发现粤北地区红火蚁入侵并未造成荒地生境植物多样性下降。【结论】受人为干扰等因素影响,红火蚁在粤北地区不同生境发生程度由重到轻依次为田埂、荒地、草坪;蚁丘在荒地和田埂上多呈均匀分布或随机分布,在草坪上多呈聚集分布,这种分布差异主要是由人为干扰和红火蚁筑巢习性共同引起的;红火蚁蚁丘密度与荒地中植物多样性呈正相关趋势,但相关性不显著。     

Moderate sheep grazing in semiarid shrubland alters small-scale soil surface structure and patch properties

We investigated whether long-term moderate livestock grazing by sheep (ca. 10 animal unit days/ha) in a semiarid shrubland with a long-term average annual rainfall of 200 mm causes changes in soil surface structure and dimensions of shrub and intershrub patches. We examined grazing-induced changes in landscape patchiness, patch structure, and soil moisture in three grazed and three ungrazed plots of 4 m × 4 m on a south-facing slope and the opposite, more productive north-facing slope. The measurements were done in early spring 2001 and 2002 before grazing started, in two surveys, one using two parallel transects and one using sample quadrats of 20 cm × 30 cm under three shrubs per plot and on an adjacent part of the intershrub matrix. On the north-facing slope, the sheep reduced shrub patch size as they trampled the soil mounds under the shrubs and browsed the shrub canopy. Reduced shrub patch size decreases the area and resources available for plant production. On the south-facing slope, the sheep mainly disrupted the soil crust in the intershrub area. This may increase soil erosion, but also seedling establishment. The contrast in impacts on the two slopes is due to the interaction between environment (productivity, exposure and vegetation) and sheep behavior (herbivory and trampling). On both slopes, the changes due to grazing are significant, though small. Changes in patch size and properties induced by moderate grazing can have positive and negative effects on productivity and diversity, but may also be viewed as early signs of landscape degradation as is often caused by heavy grazing.     

崩岗堆积土体渗透特性及剖面水分特征——以广东省五华县莲塘岗崩岗为例

[目的]崩岗内部堆积土体是侵蚀的主要物质来源。通过对其渗透过程进行研究,揭示其中的规律性,探索崩岗的侵蚀机理。[方法]采用自制双环渗水试验装置,结合PR2/6土壤剖面水分测定仪,在广东省五华县莲塘岗崩岗野外现场进行渗水试验。[结果](1)崩积锥稳渗率在0.58~2.41mm/min之间,3个试验点平均稳渗率为1.37mm/min,沟道土体平均稳渗率高达5.58mm/min,渗透过程以重力流为主,土体结构稳定;(2)入渗速率与时间成负指数幂函数关系,符合Kositakov模型;(3)初始含水率越高,湿润锋移动速度越快,影响范围越深,稳渗时湿润锋深度在600~1 000mm及以上;(4)土体剖面含水率分布受土体非均质性的影响,自上而下呈波动式下降。[结论]崩岗堆积土体最大失稳深度至少为600~1 000mm,甚至可以达到1 000mm以上,崩积锥的非均质性具有阻渗作用,易形成滞水层并发生潜蚀,对崩岗侵蚀过程产生影响,是渗透研究的重点。