Identification of ground water flow patterns using particle models

Particle models are often used to simulate transport processes in ground water. The ground water flow pattern is one of the driving parameters of the transport model. In this paper a parameter identification algorithm is developed for particle type models to identify the underlying flow pattern from concentration measurements. The estimation problem is solved with a gradient based algorithm. For each generated particle track, the adjoint track is determined to efficiently compute gradient of the criterion.     

Synchronization in a Mutualism Ecosystem Induced by Noise Correlation

Understanding the cause of the synchronization of population evolution is an important issue for ecological improvement. Here we present a Lotka-Volterra-type model driven by two correlated environmental noises and show, via theoretical analysis and direct simulation, that noise correlation can induce a synchronization of the mutualists. The time series of mutual species exhibit a chaotic-like fluctuation, which is independent of the noise correlation, however, the chaotic fluctuation of mutual species ratio decreases with the noise correlation. A quantitative parameter defined for characterizing chaotic fluctuation provides a good approach to measure when the complete synchronization happens.     

Organotin concentrations in the Rivers Bure and Yare,Norfolk Broads,England

Butyltin concentrations have been measured at eight freshwater sites (rivers and lakes) in the Norfolk Broads, UK, during 1986 and 1987. Tributyltin (TBT) was found in water samples from seven of the sites. Wherever TBT was present, dibutyltin and (usually) monobutyltin occurred. Levels of TBT exceeded 100 ng dm^?3 in open stretches of both the Rivers Bure and Yare in 1986 and 1987. The highest concentration of TBT recorded for Wroxham Broad (a shallow lake) was 898 ng dm^?3. Values of up to 3.26 μg dm^?3 were measured in water samples taken from a marina. A depth profile for Wroxham Broad showed TBT to be uniformly distributed throughout the shallow water column. The results are discussed in relation to toxicity of TBT to freshwater organisms. Laboratory measurements of the degradation of TBT in freshwater from a marina gave a half-life of six days at 20°C in the light.     

Spin-lattice relaxation times of bound water—Its determination and implications for tissue discrimination

Measurements were made of T1 of bound water (T1b) and bound water fraction () for gelatin solutions and human tissues (sera, brain tumor, cerebral white matter). Bound water fraction in each sample was measured by means of thermal analysis (differential scanning calorimetry: DSC). T1 values were measured by FONAR QED 80-. T1b values were calculated by an equation derived from the fast-exchange two-state model. In the study of gelatin solutions, the relationship between T1 and water content differed depending on the sort of solutions. This was considered to be due to differences in T1b values. In each biological tissue the values of T1b and had different distributions. These results indicate that values of T1b and for biological tissues may be altered in correspondence to the changes in pathophysiological states in those tissues.     

Removal of water adsorbed on flouride glass surfaces by NF3 plasma processing

A new method to remove water adsorbed on flouride glass preforms is reported. This method, using NF₃ plasma, can remove surface water on fluoride glasses     

Combined absorption of light in the process of photoactivation of biosystems

The light-oxygen effect consists in a direct excitation of molecular oxygen dissolved in aqueous media of biosystems by the light; it provides the possibility to use lasers for therapeutic purposes. The wavelength of the used light should strictly correspond to the oxygen absorption bands. However, laser therapy also makes use of lasers emitting at 0.89 μm (outside the known oxygen bands), which suggests the action of a new photoreceptor. Here we argue that this mechanism of photoreception is a modification of the light-oxygen effect involving the absorption of photon simultaneously by the oxygen molecule and O-H stretch of the H₂0 molecule of liquid water.     

Asymptotic infiltration into a soil which contains cracks or holes but whose surface is otherwise impermeable

An asymptotic, one-dimensional Green-Ampt model is derived for infiltration into a soil whose surface is impermeable except for regularly spaced vertical cracks, and infiltration into a cylindrical soil column whose top surface is also impermeable except for a central hole. The model is valid at times when the wetting front has become horizontal and corresponds to one-dimensional infiltration initiated from a plane lying above or below the soil surface, depending on the crack spacing/depth ratio (or column radius/hole depth ratio). When applicable, asymptotic Green-Ampt solutions are shown to agree well, in selected cases, with corresponding finite difference solutions of the saturated-unsaturated flow equations.     

褪色光度法测定氰化物

根据ＣＮ－ 对５－（４－磺酸基苯偶氮）－８－氨基喹啉（ＳＰＡＱ）－Ｎｉ２＋ －ＣＴＭＡＢ体系的干扰褪色作用，建立了一种测定氰化物的新方法。该方法比传统方法操作简便，不需要萃取。体系λｍ ａｘ＝ ６００ｎｍ ，ε＝ ６．８８×１０４ Ｌ·ｍ ｏｌ－ １·ｃｍ － １。ＣＮ－ 含量在０～５ μｇ／２５ｍ Ｌ内符合比尔定律。方法用于环境水样中氰化物的测定。     

火焰原子吸收光谱法测定废水中铊

研究了火焰原子吸收光谱法测定废水中铊，方法的检出限（3σ）为0．15mg.L^-1，回收率为90％－105％，相对标准偏差小于2％，方法简便快速。     

Incompressible SPH simulation of water entry of a free‐falling object

In this paper an incompressible smoothed particle hydrodynamics (Incom‐SPH) model is used to simulate the interactions between the free surface flow and a moving object. Incom‐SPH method is a two‐step semi‐implicit hydrodynamic formulation of the SPH algorithm and is capable of accurately treating the free surface deformations and impact forces during the solid–fluid interactions. For a free‐falling object, its motion is tracked by an additional Lagrangian algorithm based on Newton's law to couple with the Incom‐SPH program. The developed model is employed to investigate the water entry of a free‐falling wedge. The accuracy of the computations is validated by the good agreement in predicting the relevant hydrokinematic and hydrodynamic parameters. Finally, a numerical test is performed to study the influence of spatial resolution on the water entry features. The Incom‐SPH modeling coupled with the solid–fluid interaction algorithm could provide a promising computational tool to predict the slamming problems in coastal and offshore engineering. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.