Experimental Analysis on Energy Dissipation Mechanism and Seismic Performance of Steel Truss Coupling Beam-Coupled Shear Wall Structure

Pseudo-dynamic tests and low cyclic reversed loading tests on two-floor coupled shear wall planar structures were conducted, and one is arranged with two steel truss coupling beams, the other is arranged with a steel coupling beam and a RC coupling beam. The shear walls’ seismic response under different earthquake intensity was deliberated, Their failure mechanism, bearing capacity, hysteretic ductility, energy dissipation mechanism, and stiffness and strength degradation mechanism were analyzed as well. The results show that the shear wall with two steel truss coupling beams has reasonable stiffness distribution. Its energy dissipation mechanism, stiffness and strength degradation mechanism can fulfill the demands of coupled shear wall’s seismic design: under rare earthquake, it can maintain good bearing capacity and stiffness, and keep restraining the walls. Its seismic performance is superior to RC coupling beams-coupled shear wall system.     

Effects of Cold Spell on Student Dormitory in Shanghai in the Early Winter

Healthy and comfortable dormitory environment has a major impact on students daily life. Indoor thermal environment parameters and CO2 concentration of typical student dormitories under natural ventilation during cold spell was studied through a 29-day co     

充氮储藏对大豆老化劣变影响的研究

研究了充氮气调储藏对大豆老化的影响。控制氮气体积分数分别为98%和78%,比较了水分含量,储藏温度和储藏时间对大豆发芽率、浸出液电导率、丙二醛(MDA)含量和过氧化物酶(POD)活性的影响。结果表明,充氮储藏和普通储藏的大豆种子在储藏过程中发芽率会逐渐下降,水分12.2%的大豆在20℃储藏180d时发芽率保持在85%以上,而高温(30℃)高水分(14.9%)储藏大豆储藏至90d时,发芽率已降至零,种子完全丧失活力;充氮储藏的大豆浸出液电导率和丙二醛含量均比普通储藏的对照组大豆低,根据相关性分析,发芽率、电导率、丙二醛(MDA)和过氧化物酶(POD)存在极显著或显著相关性。充氮气调储藏能在一定程度上延缓大豆在储藏过程中的老化。     

水稻育苗壮秧剂应用效果初报

为探索适宜旱育秧的壮秧剂剂量,进行了塑盘旱育秧应用壮秧剂对比试验.结果表明：只要用量适宜,壮秧剂对水稻出苗安全;应用壮秧剂,株高变矮,基茎变粗,干重增加,分蘖和发根增多,壮秧效果显著;在育壮秧、促早发基础上,水稻增穗增粒,增产5.1％～7.5％;壮秧剂适宜用量为15～20g/盘.     

Influencing the global through understanding the local: Harold Brookfield's contribution to international organisations' biodiversity policy

Abstract: This article focuses on a significant paradigm shift in the approaches to biodiversity conservation in the developing countries that has affected important international organisations, including the Global Environment Facility (GEF). This paradigm shift marks a movement beyond protected areas to production landscapes. It is argued that one particular project, People, Land Management and Environmental Change (PLEC), developed under the leadership of Harold Brookfield has contributed significantly to the shift. The project was instrumental in introducing the term ‘agrodiversity’ that encompasses biological diversity as well as the management diversity found in smallholder agricultural systems at all levels. The article describes the evolution of PLEC into a major international collaborative project funded through the GEF. It highlights the project's main achievements and its influence on the policy‐making in the GEF relying on the findings of independent evaluations.     

基于液-液萃取机理的新型环境样品前处理方法研究进展

新型环境样品前处理技术已经逐步取代传统液-液萃取。液相微萃取、液膜萃取和逆流色谱技术均是集采样、萃取和浓缩于一体的环境友好型环境样品前处理技术。液相微萃取、液膜萃取实质上是微型化的液-液萃取;逆流色谱结合了液液萃取和分配色谱的优点,是一种新型色谱分离技术。3种技术均对环境样品中的痕量/超痕量污染物质有高效的富集、净化效果。笔者综述了液相微萃取、液膜萃取和逆流色谱技术的优缺点及在环境样品前处理中的应用。     

有柄灵芝菌丝生物学特性研究

通过平板培养的方式,观测不同碳源、氮源、无机盐、pH值、温度5个方面对有柄灵芝菌丝生长的影响。结果表明有柄灵芝菌丝在营养利用方面,适宜生长的碳源为葡萄糖和麦芽糖,适宜生长的氮源为胰蛋白胨和大豆蛋白胨,同时还可以充分利用镁、钙和锰等离子;在环境适应方面,适宜在偏酸性的环境中生长,且适宜生长的温度范围为28~32℃。     

Simple Analysis of the Thermal Environment in Chongqing

There are a series of city environmental problems especially in the mountain city along with the city fast development. In recent decade, many scholars have studied the urban heat island, the urban temperature, the urban wind field, the precipitation and the urban visibility etc. But the urban thermal environment has not been settled radically. All the measures have not been used in the practice. And the researches in thermal environment of the mountain cities are very few. So the authors consider Chongqing as the researching object. Chongqing is one of the typical mountain cities in the semi-tropical. Sequentially we find out the characteristic of the thermal environment in the mountain city. Further the authors seek for the measures to plan and build ecological city. They conclude that CFD can be used in the simulation of urban environment, and use the result of simulation in urban planning is possible. The thermal environment in the center of Chongqing needs to be improved.     

Pattern analysis of genotype × environment interaction for striga resistance and grain yield in African sorghum trials

The parasitic weed Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth. seriously limits sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] production in Sub-Saharan Africa. As an outbreeder, S. hermonthica is highly variable with an extraordinary capacity to adapt to different hosts and environments, thereby complicating resistance breeding. To study genotype x environment (G x E) interaction for striga resistance and grain yield, nine sorghum lines, 36 F₂ populations and five local checks were grown under striga infestation at two locations in both Mali and Kenya. Mean squares due to genotypes and G x E interaction were highly significant for both sorghum grain yield and area under striga severity progress curve(ASVPC, a measure of striga emergence and vigor throughout the season). For grain yield, the entry x location-within-country interaction explained most of the total G x E while for ASVPC, entry x country and entry x location-within-country interactions were equally important. Pattern analysis (classification and ordination techniques) was applied to the environment-standardized matrix of entry x environment means. The classification clearly distinguished Malian from Kenyan locations for ASVPC, but not for grain yield. Performance plots for different entry groups showed differing patterns of adaptation. The ordination biplot underlined the importance of entry x country interaction for ASVPC. The F₂ derived from the cross of the striga-resistant line Framida with the striga-tolerant cultivar Seredo was the superior entry for both grain yield and ASVPC, underlining the importance of combining resistance with tolerance in striga resistance breeding. The observed entry x country interaction for ASVPC may be due to the entries' different reactions to climatic conditions and putative differences in striga virulence in Mali and Kenya. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.