Thermal and spectrophotometric analysis of some fungal melanins and soil humic compounds

Seven types of fungal melanins were compared with humic compounds from chernozem and podzol soils and with commercial humic acid. The results indicate some similarities but also distinct differences between the melanins and humic substances in spectral characteristics in the UV and visible regions and in their resistance to thermal degradation.     

Zur pedochemie des berylliums — untersuchungen einer bodengesellschaft im gebiet des bärhaldegranits (südschwarzwald)

The profile distribution of Be is given for a toposequence of podzols, brown earths, stagnogley, forest bog and “Ockererde” (slope gley with infiltrated Al, Mn and Fe). Analysed were the parent rock, fine earth, four fractions of mineral soil (fine skeleton, sand, silt, clay) and the needles of spruce trees.Beryllium is involved in selective weathering processes of elements. Accordingly, the Be-content increases from the fine skeleton to sand, rock, silt and clay, progressively. Through pedogenetic enrichment, Be accumulates in the mica-rich silt fraction.Uptake of Be by spruce is very low even from these acid soils. The accumulation in the needles becomes greater with increasing age.The pedochemical behaviour of Be is very similar to that of Al.Be is incorporated very little in the organic matter cycle, and is therefore not enriched in the soil humus.The brown earth has lost Be, especially in the A_h-horizon.In the A_e-horizon of the podzol, loss of Be is even greater; the loss is partly offset by Be-enrichment in the B-horizon.In the profiles of depressions, the Be-content is high and is ascribed to lateral flow from the slopes. Be-enrichment is especially high in horizons with a pH of about 5.The Be-balance of the watershed indicates an export of about 10% of the original amount.     

Habitat utilization and vertical movements of white marlin (Tetrapturus albidus) released from commercial and recreational fishing gears in the western North Atlantic Ocean: inferences from short duration pop-up archival satellite tags

Researchers have applied numerous techniques to improve billfish stock assessments, including habitat‐based models that incorporate behavioral and oceanographic parameters to standardize historical catch‐per‐unit‐effort time‐series data. These methods have allowed researchers to account for significant changes in the depths of pelagic longline (PLL) gear deployments over time. This study presents habitat‐use data recovered from high‐resolution 5‐ and 10‐day pop‐up satellite archival tags (PSATs) attached to 47 surviving white marlin released from commercial and recreational fishing gears offshore of the U.S. East Coast, the northern Caribbean, and Venezuela between 2002 and 2004. Data recovered from transmitting tags indicated that white marlin spent nearly half of their time associated with warm, near‐surface waters (<10 m). All fish displayed frequent short duration (mean: 39.8 min) vertical excursions from surface waters to depths averaging 51 m. Qualitative and multivariate classifications of data from completely transmitted movements of surviving white marlin revealed two major types of descents: one pattern was characterized by deep ‘V’‐shaped excursions of relatively short duration (mean: 23.4 min) while the other featured descents that were more broadly ‘U’‐shaped and confined to a specific depth range for an extended period of time (mean: 75.8 min). Based on the frequency, persistence, and patterns of these vertical movements, white marlin appear to direct a considerable proportion of foraging effort well below surface waters, a behavior that may account for relatively high catch rates of white marlin on some deep‐set PLL deployments.     

邹城市矿粮复合区土地利用变化及生态系统服务价值分析

以山东省邹城市为试点,依据1990~2005年土地统计资料对该市矿粮复合区生态系统服务价值进行分析。结果表明,矿粮复合区内土地利用结构变化较快,具体表现为耕地的快速减少,水域和未利用土地大幅度增加。由于水域面积的增加,15a间复合区生态系统总服务价值呈现增长趋势;在土地利用类型中耕地的贡献率最大,在70％左右,其次为水域,且这2种类型贡献率变化最大,林地的贡献率在复合区内最小,一般在5％左右;生态服务功能在复合区和非复合区之间差别最大的是水分调节功能;在所有乡镇中废物处理和土壤形成功能都处于主导地位,废物处理功能大幅度增加,而土壤形成功能逐渐减少;复合区中生物多样性和娱乐功能有所增加,食物生产功能略有下降。     

中国上古社会伦理政治的演进

中国上古社会政治文化随着夏商周神权政治统治的式微和伦理政治实践的推行,到春秋战国时期人文礼治的兴起,尤其是原始儒家确立起以伦理主导政治与以政治实践伦理的伦理政治模式,呈现出由多元走向一元的总体趋势。     

挤压蒸煮大麦作啤酒辅料的糖化试验研究

采用二次正交旋转组合试验方法,研究了作啤酒辅料的大麦挤压蒸煮系统的模孔孔径、套筒温度、大麦含水率、螺杆转速和模板内表面至螺杆末端端面的距离,对醪液的主要考察指标——麦汁的过滤速度、碘值、浸出物收得率的影响规律。研究表明,挤压蒸煮大麦可以作啤酒辅料,且麦汁浸出物收得率为72．04％,高于传统不挤压大麦辅料的麦汁浸出物收得率。     

自然吸气与增压中冷柴油机气缸套应变对比

采用应变片测试技术,对自然吸气和增压中冷柴油机湿式缸套在外特性工况下工作时的周向应变进行了动态测试,拟合出缸套工作时的周向变形曲线,对比分析了不同机型湿式气缸套工作变形的特点以及主要影响因素。研究结果表明,随转速的提高,自然吸气柴油机缸套主推力面应变随之增加,逐渐呈现一种振动特性;而转速提高对增压中冷柴油机缸套周向应变影响不明显,缸套主推力面应变最大值出现在各作用力对缸套壁面作功最多的额定扭矩工况。