梯形消能墩组合式台阶消能工水力特性

为了提高溢洪道的消能效果,降低台阶面负压,该研究对其提出了消能墩与台阶组合的布置形式,在台阶凸角处布置梯形消能墩。通过模型试验与数值模拟的方法,研究单排布置与单排交错布置下组合式台阶消能工的流态、流速、压强和消能率,并与传统台阶消能工的水力特性对比。结果表明,组合式台阶消能工与传统台阶消能工水流流态基本相同,在凸角布置消能墩产生雍水作用,水流更为平缓;在靠近台阶水面位置,组合式台阶消能工水流流速相较于传统台阶消能工降低5%,并且各体型台阶消能工断面流速遵循底层小,表层大的规律;组合式台阶消能工的台阶水平面与竖直面在靠近凸角附近存在负压,且相较于传统台阶消能工在竖直面上负压范围缩小60%～70%;相对临界水深由0.714增大到1.486时,组合式台阶消能工较传统消能工消能率下降幅度小,且在相对水深较大的情况下消能率仍可达到70％以上,具有更好的消能特性,可为台阶溢洪道的相关工程提供参考依据。     

trans-Resveratrol, quercetin, (+)-catechin, and (-)-epicatechin content in south Italian monovarietal wines: relationship with maceration time and marc pressing during winemaking

The concentrations of trans-resveratrol, (+)-catechin, (-)-epicatechin, and quercetin were evaluated by means of high-performance liquid chromatography-diode array detection in red wines obtained from Aglianico, Piedirosso, and Nerello Mascalese grapes. The trans-resveratrol and epicatechin concentrations did not differ significantly between experimental wines. The concentration of quercetin in Nerello Mascalese wines was more than twice that observed in Aglianico and Piedirosso wines. Nerello Mascalese wines also significantly differed from other wines in the (+)-catechin content, which was significantly higher than those found in the other two wines. During maceration, the maximum extraction of trans-resveratrol was reached after 12 days for Aglianico and Piedirosso, after which a decline was observed. On the contrary, in the case of Nerello Mascalese, the concentration of trans-resveratrol increased steadily throughout the whole maceration process. After 2 days of maceration, the maximum concentration of quercetin was observed in Aglianico must, whereas the maximum quercetin extraction was reached after 12 days for Piedirosso and 17 days for Nerello Mascalese. The maximum levels of (+)-catechin and (-)-epicatechin were generally observed after 12 days of maceration for all wines, although a decline of (-)-epicatechin occurred after maximum extraction in Aglianico and Piedirosso wines. Following marc pressing, a significant increase in the concentration of trans-resveratrol for Aglianico, (+)-catechin and (-)-epicatechin for Piedirosso, and (-)-epicatechin for Nerello Mascalese was observed.     

Sensitivity analysis of SWAT nitrogen simulations with and without in-stream processes

The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) has been widely used to estimate pollutant losses from various agricultural management practices. Although many studies have shown good performance in simulating total nitrogen (TN) and dissolved nitrogen (N), the model performed poorly in many other applications, particularly on dissolved N. Poor performance on dissolved N could be attributed to landscape (in-field) processes and/or in-stream N processes in the model. Therefore, the overall goal of this study was to evaluate SWAT N simulations with in-stream processes and without in-stream processes. Sensitivity analysis results showed that when in-stream processes were not simulated, denitrification threshold water content (SDNCO), N in rainfall (RCN) and N percolation coefficient (NPERCO) were the most sensitive parameters to dissolved N losses. However, when in-stream processes were simulated, the most sensitive parameters changed to initial organic N concentration in soil layers (SOLORGN) and organic N enrichment ratio (ERORGN); and the impact of SDNCO, RCN, and NPERCO was greatly decreased. Furthermore, fertilizer timing and amount had little impact on N simulations. SWAT under-estimated dissolved N, but over-estimated organic N and TN. Further calibration could improve the simulation of dissolved N, but would degrade the simulations of organic N and TN.     

Estimating microbial biomass N in soils with and without living roots: Limitations of a pre-extraction step

Special net-closed soil containers were used in a pot experiment with low and high plant densities to give soil samples with and without roots. Soils from the containers were analysed either by the fumigation-extraction method or by a modified procedure starting with a pre-extraction and sieving step to remove plant roots from the samples. In the extracts NO ₃ ^- -N, NH ₄ ⁺ -N, organic N, and total N were measured. Microbial biomass N was calculated from the differences in total N in fumigated and unfumigated soils. Different plant densities had almost no influence on the values of the N compounds using either method. In soils with roots, significantly more organic N (and total N) was found by the fumigation-extraction method compared to soils without roots while no differences were obtained using pre-extractions and sieving. Though the organic N content in pre-extracts from soils with roots was significantly higher than from soils without roots, the NO ₃ ^- -N and NH ₄ ⁺ -N content was lower. Significant differences in biomass N in soils with and without roots were found only with the fumigation-extraction method. Biomass N levels calculated using the results after pre-extraction and sieving were about 50% lower than levels detected using fumigation-extraction alone. With the use of special net-closed soil containers, not only were soil samples produced with and without roots, but it was also possible to induce a rhizophere in the soils. A comparison of the two methods using these soils clearly demonstrated that the method used has profound influence on the final biomass N results. While higher biomass levels were found by fumigation-extraction in soils with roots, because root N becomes extractable after fumigation, the use of a pre-extraction and a sieving step may underestimate the total biomass N content due to the pre-extraction of microbial N (especially from rhizosphere microorganisms) from the sample. Nevertheless, pre-extraction and sieving followed by fumigation-extraction does seem to be the preferable method for biomass N measurement in comparative studies, because in most cases only minor errors will occur.     

干红葡萄酒发酵中的固液浸取分析

干红葡萄酒浸取与发酵同时进行.浸取效果直接影响葡萄酒的质量.干红葡萄酒浸取是在特定的浸取剂、特定的颗粒度及固-液比、特定的发酵温度及工艺条件下的浸渍,在整个浸取过程中溶剂对溶质的浸取是一个动态变化过程.为了能够在发酵条件下有利于葡萄中各种有益成分的充分浸取,该文章用工程传质学的理论分析了干红葡萄酒浸取体系,提出了干红葡萄酒体系是由以单宁、天然色素等酚类物质为溶质、以葡萄汁及发酵液为溶剂(浸取剂)、以葡萄果皮、果籽、果梗等为载体组成的三元物系的观点;对浸取剂、溶质及载体进行了分析;结合葡萄酒生产实际,从葡萄原料(品种及果粒大小、成熟)、发酵工艺(浸取温度、浸取时间、发酵液中SO2浓度等)、生产操作因素(葡萄颗粒的破碎程度、外力强化传质措施如搅拌、倒罐)、设备结构(发酵罐长径比等)等方面探讨了影响浸取效果的因素.     

Monitoring the binding processes of black tea thearubigin to the bovine serum albumin surface using quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring

The binding processes of thearubigin, which is one of the two major polyphenols (the other one is theaflavin) that gives black tea its characteristic color and taste, to the bovine serum albumin (BSA) surface have been investigated by quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D). The mass and thickness of the thearubigin adlayer on BSA surfaces at various thearubigin concentrations, salt concentrations, and pH values have been determined by QCM-D using the Voigt model. Our results show that the adsorption isotherm of thearubigin on the BSA surface can be better described by the Langmuir model than the Freundlich model, suggesting that the thearubigin adsorption on the BSA surface is dominated by specific interactions, such as electrostatic interaction and hydrogen bonding, as evidenced by the stronger thearubigin adsorption at pH below the isoelectric point (pI) of BSA and shifts in the positions of both amide bands in the FTIR spectra of the BSA surface with and without thearubigin adsorption. The addition of salt can also influence the thearubigin binding to BSA surfaces. The salt concentration-enhanced effect at a salt concentration lower than 0.1 M is explained as that an increase of salt concentration can screen the electrostatic repulsion to a larger extent than the electrostatic attraction between thearubigin and BSA. On the other hand, when the salt concentration is higher than 0.1 M, both electrostatic repulsion and attraction can be significantly screened by the higher salt concentration, resulting in the salt concentration-reduced effect. However, when the salt concentration is further increased to 0.4 M, the addition of thearubigin may promote the formation of a certain type of complex with BSA, resulting in the increases of both thickness and mass of the thearubigin adlayer.     

Triflusulfuron-methyl dissipation in water and soil

This paper reports laboratory studies of the behavior and fate of triflusulfuron-methyl in aqueous buffer and soils. Aqueous hydrolysis was pH-dependent and fast in acidic buffer solutions. In basic buffers, the hydrolysis rate variation was low between pH 7 and pH 10. The degradation pathway in the range of pH 4-10 was via cleavage of the sulfonylurea bridge to form two transformation products: 2-amino-4-(dimethylamino)-6-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)-1,3, 5-triazine (2) and 6-methyl-2-methylcarboxylate benzene sulfonamide (3). Comparison of transformation rates in sterile and nonsterile soils indicates that chemical and microbial processes are important in soil degradation. The former is more important in acidic soils, and the latter is more important in basic soils. A biphasic model fits well with dissipation of triflusulfuron-methyl in soil. The triazine formed during the first step of transformation was degraded more rapidly in basic soils than in acidic soils.     

Study of the polyphenolic composition and antioxidant activity of new sherry vinegar-derived products by maceration with fruits

Several experiments of maceration of a sherry wine vinegar with different fruits (orange, lemon, strawberry, grapefruit, and lime) have been carried out. After optimization (only peel, no heating and seven days as maximum time of maceration), parameters such as polyphenolic content, superoxide anion scavenging ability (related to antioxidant activity) and ascorbic acid content were determined in sherry wine vinegars macerated with two amounts of peel and for two maceration times (3 and 7 days). The analysis of variance pointed to a clear relationship (p<0.01) between type of fruit and amount of peel and polyphenolic content. The factor "time" was practically not significant for any polyphenol. Sherry wine vinegars macerated with different fruits exhibited higher superoxide anion scavenger ability, with the maximum values found for the vinegar macerated with lemon peel. The correlation analysis showed that the superoxide anion scavenger ability of the vinegars macerated, and thus their antioxidant activity, was highly correlated (p<0.01) with several polyphenols, especially with naringin, hesperidin, neohesperidin and gentisic acid and not with the ascorbic acid content.     

Mineralization of Triadimefon Fungicide in Water by Electro-Fenton and Photo Electro-Fenton

The complete mineralization of the conazole fungicide triadimefon in water at pH 3 using electrochemical advanced oxidation processes, electro-Fenton and photo electro-Fenton, was achieved. The electrochemical system consisted of a one-compartment electrochemical cell of 100?mL provided with a glassy carbon mesh electrode (cathode) and a concentric outer steel mesh as anode. The electrolysis was realized at constant current. The most remarkable features are as follows: (1) photo electro-Fenton process reaches a complete mineralization of triadimefon after 2?h of electrolysis with respect to electro-Fenton method; and (2) 4-chlorophenol, hydroquinone, carboxylic acids, and inorganic ions were detected as intermediates of degradation processes, which end with the complete mineralization of triadimefon to CO₂?+?H₂O. (3) A reaction pathway for the oxidation of triadimefon fungicide by hydroxyl radicals that accounts for almost all detected intermediates is proposed.     

Direct HPLC analysis of quercetin and trans-resveratrol in red wine,grape, and winemaking byproducts

A simple and fast reversed-phase HPLC method using diode array detection was developed and validated for the simultaneous determination of trans-resveratrol and quercetin in Sicilian red wine from the Nero d'Avola red grape variety. Investigation was also extended to the quantitative determination of resveratrol and quercetin in grape skins and winemaking byproducts obtained from the same cultivar. Samples were eluted using a C18 narrow-bore column under isocratic conditions in less than 20 min. Quantification of trans-resveratrol and quercetin in red wine was performed without any sample pretreatment, whereas the determination of these phenolic compounds in grape skins and wine pomage required a solvent extraction procedure. Linearity was demonstrated over the 0.39-12.5 and 0.45-57.6 microg/mL range for trans-resveratrol and quercetin, respectively. Detection limits in real samples were in the low ppm level (0.07 mg/L for trans-resveratrol and 0.12 mg/L for quercetin). The HPLC-UV/DAD method was applied for the routine analyses of red wine and grape skin and winemaking byproduct extracts to evaluate their trans-resveratrol and quercetin content. In particular, a very high content of quercetin was found in wine pomace, suggesting the use of this wine byproduct as a potential source of this health-promoting phenolic compound.     

Atrazine dissipation in a biobed system inoculated with immobilized white-rot fungi

Due to environmental concerns about accumulation of the herbicide atrazine in food products and water reservoirs, there is a need to develop safe and economical methods for its dissipation. The main aim of this study was to evaluate atrazine dissipation in a biobed system inoculated with immobilized white-rot fungi in a pelletized support (PS). All fungal isolates evaluated were efficient in colonizing the surface and inner parts of the PS, with no differences observed in the colonization over the assay. The highest atrazine dissipation (93%) was observed for Stereum hirsutum Ru-104 after 60 days of incubation. In contrast, the lowest atrazine dissipation (78%) was observed for the non-inoculated biobed over an identical period. Trametes versicolor HL01 was involved in the highest phenoloxidase activity. This activity indicates that inoculated and non-inoculated biobeds were biologically active over the incubation period. A high respiration rate in the biobed was observed when it was inoculated with S. hirsutum Ru-104. Inoculation of fungi on PS systems may be a coadjutant in the increase of fungal efficiency in enzymatic production.     

四环素类抗生素在土壤和堆肥中的吸附和降解

Two agricultural soils were collected from Dahu and Pinchen counties and swine manure compost (SMC) from Ping-tung County in Taiwan, China to investigate the sorption and dissipation of three tetracyclines (TCs), i.e., oxytetracycline (OTC), tetracycline (TC) and chlortetracycline (CTC), in compost, soils and soil/compost mixtures with different organic carbon (OC) contents. There were seven treatments in total. TCs were most strongly adsorbed to SMC in all treatments due to the high OC content. When SMC was present in the soils, the sorption of TCs was significantly enhanced, which might be attributed to the increased OC content and CEC. The adsorption of TCs showed non-linear adsorption isotherms and fitted well to the Freundlich model. After 49 d of incubation at 25 ℃ in soils and soil/compost mixtures in the dark, TCs elapsed in all substrates, with the time required for 50% degradation (DT₅₀) between 20 and 41 d, and the time for 90% degradation (DT₉₀) between 68 and 137 d. Soil amended with compost enhanced the stability of TCs and reduced their mobility. The dissipation of TCs in a soil environment was slow, indicating that these compounds might be persistent in soil.     

Fipronil metabolism and dissipation in a simplified aquatic ecosystem

Several phenylpyrazole derivatives are selective inhibitors of chloride channel activities in insects. In this chemical family, fipronil is a powerful insecticide now widely used for several purposes. The dissipation of this molecule in a simplified aquatic ecosystem has been studied for 3 months, using (14)C-labeled fipronil. The main features of the complex process leading to fipronil transformation in this system were the following. The fipronil aqueous solution was submitted to two chemical transformations: the photodependent desulfuration of the side chain bound to the 4-position of the heterocyclic ring and the chemical hydrolysis of the nitrile function bound to the 3-position. Fipronil, rapidly transferred from the water solution to the organic matter, was protected from the previously mentioned chemical transformations but evolved to give two main metabolites, which were either reduced or oxidized in the side chain on the 4-position. These derivatives were powerful insecticides as shown by LC(50) measurements on Aedes aegypti larvae (LC(50) for CF(3)-S-R and CF(3)-SO(2)-R = 8.8 nM). During the course of this experiment, nitrile hydrolysis took place slowly, originating either from the chemical hydrolysis in the aqueous solution or from enzymatic hydrolysis inside the microbial biomass. The fipronil-amide (3-NH(2)-CO-R') derivative, although much more polar than fipronil itself, was mostly bound to the organic matter. Other more polar derivatives were also detected but in very small amounts. No (14)CO emission was observed during the experiment.     

Modeling pesticide leaching and dissipation in a mediterranean littoral greenhouse

The one-dimensional chromatographic flow model PEARL was used to simulate the movement of the insecticide imidacloprid and the fungicide procymidone through a greenhouse soil. The model was parametrized using measured and literature values of soil hydrological parameters. Soil water movement and soil temperature were reasonably well described by the model. The ability of PEARL to simulate the fate of imidacloprid and procymidone following four applications of each compound was evaluated against greenhouse data. Simulated imidacloprid residues in the 0-10 cm layer were in good agreement with measured data. Below 10 cm, the model overestimated imidacloprid remaining following the spray applications, whereas simulated residues following the chemigation applications were in reasonable agreement with measured data. Simulated residues of procymidone in the 0-10 cm layer were in general agreement with measured values. In the 10-20 cm layer, peaks in simulated concentrations occurred later than observed in the greenhouse. Predictions of procymidone residues below 20 cm were poor and underestimated compared to the measured data. For both pesticides, discrepancies between modeled and measured data in the 10-20 cm layer were attributed to the drip irrigation method used in the greenhouse. The model was unable to satisfactorily predict pesticide movement from the soil surface by irrigation water unless the scenario was modified to reflect the localized pattern of water application. Scenario analysis indicated that air boundary layer thickness is a key parameter for readily volatilized pesticides such as procymidone. This is of particular relevance to the greenhouse environment, where the boundary layer thickness may be greater than that in outdoor conditions.     

Flupyrsulfuron soil dissipation and mobility in winter wheat crops.

Residues of the sulfonylurea herbicide flupyrsulfuron were extracted from cropping soils with 0.1 M NaHCO(3). The soil extracts were cleaned up by partitioning and repeated thin-layer chromatography. Flupyrsulfuron was transformed by diazomethane into N-(4, 6-dimethoxypyrimidine-2-yl)-N-(3-methoxycarbonyl-6-trifluoromet hylpyr idine-2-yl)methylamine (2), which was analyzed by gas-liquid chromatography with electron capture detection, and confirmation for several samples was made by gas chromatography combined with mass spectrometry. The sensitivity limit was 0.5 microg of flupyrsulfuron kg(-)(1) of dry soil. Bioassays using sugar beet as test plant qualitatively confirmed the results of the chemical analyses. Flupyrsulfuron [10 g of active ingredient ha(-)(1)] was applied in autumn on plots in two winter wheat crops on a sandy loam soil, the first crop being made in 1996-1997 and the second one in 1997-1998. In the 0-8 cm surface soil layer of both crops, the flupyrsulfuron soil half-lives were 123 and 92 days, respectively. Flupyrsulfuron was also applied post-emergence in March to other plots in the same crops; the half-lives in the 0-8 cm surface soil layer were similar in both seasons, that is, approximately 58 days. During all crop trials, flupyrsulfuron remained in the 0-8 cm surface soil layer and was not detected in the 8-10, 10-15, and 15-20 cm surface soil layers. The surface-2 cm soil layer contained the greatest flupyrsulfuron soil concentration, but the residues progressively moved down into the 2-4 and 4-6 cm soil layers. At the winter wheat harvest date for each trial, flupyrsulfuron was not detected in any of the soil layers (<0.5 microg kg(-)(1)).     

新型杀菌剂啶氧菌酯在田间黄瓜和土壤中的残留消解动态及残留分析

建立了黄瓜和土壤中啶氧菌酯残留量的检测分析方法,对啶氧菌酯在黄瓜和土壤中的消解动态及残留规律进行了研究。啶氧菌酯的最小检出量为3.5×10-11g;在黄瓜和土壤基质中的最低检出浓度均为0.005mg·kg-1。对黄瓜和土壤2种基质,设置了0.005、0.05、0.25 mg·kg-13个添加水平,每个添加水平设置5个重复,啶氧菌酯在黄瓜和土壤中的添加回收率为68.61%~122.4%,变异系数为1.06%~17.2%。田间试验结果表明:啶氧菌酯在天津地区黄瓜和土壤中的残留消解半衰期分别为5.71d和12.9 d,在山东地区黄瓜和土壤中的残留消解半衰期分别为2.70d和10.3 d,在江苏地区黄瓜和土壤中的残留消解半衰期分别为9.76d和14.9 d。距最后一次施药5d时,啶氧菌酯在黄瓜中的最高残留量为0.014mg·kg-1,远低于欧盟规定的黄瓜中啶氧菌酯最大残留限量0.05mg·kg-1。     

Relationship of changes in rotundone content during grape ripening and winemaking to manipulation of the 'peppery' character of wine

Biosynthesis of the sesquiterpene rotundone in Vespolina grapes during berry ripening was investigated over two consecutive seasons, revealing that the compound accumulates from veraison to harvest and reaches relatively high concentrations (up to 5.44 μg/kg). Rotundone levels up to 1.91 μg/kg were also found in clones of Gruener Veltliner, a white grape variety known to give 'peppery' wines. These concentrations are higher than those reported for Syrah grapes and are similar to the levels found in some plants. Rotundone was shown to accumulate almost exclusively in berry exocarp, suggesting that skin contact during winemaking could be used to modulate the peppery character of red wine. However, rotundone yield after the winemaking process was relatively low. Indeed, only 10% of the rotundone present in grapes was extracted during fermentation, and only 6% was recovered in bottled wine. The results presented in this work provide key knowledge for manipulation of the peppery character of wine in order to optimize the intensity of this characteristic wine aroma.     

Caution with curves: Caveats for using the species-area relationship in conservation

Conservation biologists use the species-area relationship for a variety of purposes, including upscaling diversity from small plots to regions, predicting species loss, and for identifying biodiversity hotspots and prioritizing actions to protect them. Despite its widespread use, several complications that affect the accuracy of its application are often overlooked. First, interpretation of the species-area relationship is a function of the census design used to construct it. Nested census designs guarantee only that one individual each of a given number of species is within the sampled area, but we are almost always concerned with the loss or protection of more than one individual of each species. Census designs using non-contiguous plots are useful for sampling large regions, but their interpretation is not straightforward because species number is a function of the spatial extent of the landscape and the size of the sample units. Second, power function behavior is often assumed, even though the species-area relationship often displays curvilinearity on log-log plots across scale ranges pertinent to conservation. Finally, applications of the species-area relationship often assume that the area of interest is contiguous while in practice it seldom is, and so calculations using the species-area relationship need to account for beta diversity between disjunctive areas.