Secondary succession and its effects on soil moisture and nutrition in abandoned old-fields of hilly region of Loess Plateau, China

Floristic composition, community structure and soil moisture and nutrient contents in abandoned fields of different ages were analyzed to clarify the regenerative aspects of succession as a tool for vegetation restoration. The results indicated that secondary succession in this region can be interpreted as an auto-succession: there are main changes in species-relative abundance and species turnover. Annual or biennial species (e.g. Artemisia scoparia), acted as pioneers and strongly dominated the early stages. Then, they underwent a progressive decline, while forbs (e.g. Artemisia sacrorum) and grasses (e.g. Xanthium sibiricum) had their peak abundance at intermediate stages. Dwarf shrubs (e.g. Lespedeza dahurica) and short rhizome grass (e.g. Bothriochloa ischaemum) appeared at mid-succession stage and gradually increased in abundance during succession, becoming dominant at late stages. The first axis of detrended correspondence canonical analysis arranged the sites according to their fallow time, indicating a successional sere. The second axis, associated with diverging pathways of regeneration, correlated with topographic factors and soil moisture and nutrition. Structural divergence between plots increased as succession went on, attained the highest at the mid-succession stage, decreased at the late stage.

Soil moisture and available phosphorus content decreased steadily with field age after their abandonment, whereas pools of organic matter, total and available nitrogen, potassium and total phosphorus increased with field age. The pace and direction of recovery of native vegetation and natural soil properties in these abandoned fields resembled classic old-field succession, which is a form of secondary succession that often serves as a template for guiding restoration efforts. Interface between the abandoned field soil and plant system was crucial to the above process. Our current study supported the generally accepted hypothesis in the succession literature.     

无解的模糊关系方程的最优近似解

对无解的模糊关系方程给出了最优近似解的定义,证明了最优近似解的存在性,给出了求最优近似解的算法     

Robustness of Tail Index Estimation

Abstract

The implementation of the Hill estimator, which estimates the heaviness of the tail of a distribution, requires a choice of the number of extreme observations in the tails, r from a sample of size n where 2 ≤ r + 1 ≤ n. This article is concerned with a robust procedure of choosing an optimal r. Thus, an estimation procedure, δ _s , based on the idea of spacing statistics, H^(r) is developed. The proposed decision rule for choosing r under the squared error loss is found to be a simple function of the sample size. The proposed rule is then illustrated across a wide range of data, including insurance claims, currency exchange rate returns, and city size.     

The mean first passage time of a three-level atomic optical bistable system subjected to noise

The transient properties of a three-level atomic optical bistable system in the presence of multiplicative and additive noises are investigated. The explicit expressions of the mean first-passage time (MFPT) of the transition from the high intracavity intensity state to the low one are obtained by numerical computations. The impacts of the intensities of the multiplicative noise D M and the additive noise D A , the intensity of correlation between two noises λ , and the intensity of the incident light y on the MFPT are discussed, respectively. Our results show: (i) for the case of no correlation between two noises (λ = 0.0), the increase in D M and D A can lead to an increase in the probability of the transition to the low intracavity intensity state, while the increase in y can lead to a retardation of the transition; and (ii) for the case of correlation between two noises (λ = 0.0), the increase in λ can cause an increase in the probability of the transition, and the increase in D A can cause a retardation of the transition firstly and then an increase in the probability of the transition, i.e., the noise-enhanced stability is observed for the case of correlation between two noises.     

K促进的纳米片状水滑石衍生CoAlO金属氧化物催化碳烟燃烧

采用水热法合成了负载K的纳米片状水滑石衍生CoAlO金属氧化物,其表现出优异的催化碳烟燃烧活性.氢气-程序升温还原（H₂-TPR）实验结果表明,K与Co之间的相互作用提高了催化剂的氧化还原性能.X射线光电子能谱（XPS）分析结果表明,K的负载增大了表面Co²⁺/Co³⁺的比例,促进了氧空位的产生,提高了催化剂对气相氧的吸附能力.碳烟-程序升温还原（Soot-TPR）实验结果表明,K的负载增加了表面吸附氧数量.动力学实验结果表明,K的负载增加了单位质量催化剂上的活性氧数量、反应速率和转化频率（TOF）,从而提高了催化剂的本征活性.另外,碳烟颗粒可以分散在纳米片的层间,与活性位点的接触效率得到提高,也有利于提高催化碳烟燃烧活性.     

Crystal structure of a new precursor of radical-clock based on the norbornenyl framework

The crystal of 5-phenyl-2-endo-(propane-2-sulfonyl)-bicyclo[2-2-1]hept-5-ene-2-carbonitrile1, a new radical-clock is described. The structure has confirmed the configuration for the positions of the phenyl and sulfonyl groups. In the crystal, the radical precursor carbon atom of the propane group is not neighbouring with the double bond of the norbornene. Nevertheless, in solution, it may be expected an ideal conformation with a short intergroup distance leading to a cyclization process. Crystal data: C₁₇H₁₉NO₂S, triclinic, space group P−1,a=6.567 (3),b=10.407(5),c=12.610(6), α=110.48(2), β=95.88(2), λ=102.67(3).     

Study on a novel antifouling polyamide–urea reverse osmosis composite membrane (ICIC–MPD): III. Analysis of membrane electrical properties

In this study, the electrical properties of the new polyamide–urea (ICIC–MPD) reverse osmosis composite membrane were analyzed via two self-made test cells. The electrical potential difference across membrane was measured via a perpendicular flow through mode potential difference measurement cell, and the electrical conductivity of membrane was tested by a tangential flow across mode conductivity measurement cell. Both streaming potential coefficient and gap between the upward and downward curves were determined by the plot of electrical potential difference versus up-loading and down-loading external pressure difference at both sides of membrane. It was found that pH of electrolyte solution has strong impact on streaming potential coefficient and electrical conductivity due to the dissociation of COOH group and protonation of NH₂ group of the active layer of ICIC–MPD membrane. It was also observed that both concentration of monomer 5-isocyanato-isophthaloyl chloride (ICIC) in the organic phase and contact time of organic phase with aqueous phase play an important role in salt rejection rate, gap between curves and electrical conductivity of the prepared ICIC–MPD membrane, and experimental results indicate that salt rejection rate of ICIC–MPD membrane is closely correlated to gap between curves at either polymerization condition. In addition, the effects of fouling behaviors on electrical potential difference and electrical conductivity of membrane were also discussed.     

Thermo‐ and pH‐induced phase transitions and network parameters of poly(N‐isopropylacrylamide‐ co‐2‐acrylamido‐2‐methyl‐propanosulfonic acid) hydrogels

Dual temperature‐ and pH‐sensitive hydrogels composed of N‐isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM) and 2‐acrylamido‐2‐methyl‐propanosulfonic acid (AMPS) were prepared by free‐radical crosslinking copolymerization in aqueous solution at 22 °C. The mole percent of AMPS in the comonomer feed was varied between 0.0 and 7.5, while the crosslinker ratio was fixed at 5.0/100. The effect of AMPS content on thermo‐ and pH‐ induced phase transitions as well as equilibrium swelling/deswelling, interior morphology and network structure was investigated. The volume phase transition temperature (VPT‐T) was determined by both swelling/deswelling measurements and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) technique. In addition, the volume phase transition pH (VPT‐pH) was detected from the derivative of the curves of the swelling ratio (dQ_v/dpH) versus pH. The polymer‐solvent interaction parameter (χ) and the average molecular mass between crosslinks ( ) of hydrogels were calculated from swelling ratios in buffer solutions at various pHs. The enthalpy (ΔH) and entropy (ΔS) changes appearing in the χ parameter of hydrogels were also determined by using the modified Flory–Rehner equation. The negative values for ΔH and ΔS indicated that the hydrogels had a negative temperature‐sensitive property in water, that is, swelling at a lower temperature and shrinking at a higher temperature. It was observed that the experimental swelling data of hydrogels at different temperature agreed with the modified Flory‐Rehner approach based on the affine network model. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 46: 1713–1724, 2008     

碎纸片的拼接复原方法研究

本文研究了来自同一页印刷品的中、英文文字文件,在规则的横、纵切割方式下,碎纸片的拼接复原方法.文中利用碎纸片图片边缘灰度值数据的匹配度和行间距、字高等文字排版数据,建立了一系列拼接复原模型.首先对仅纵切方式下的碎纸片拼接问题,建立了基于碎片边缘匹配的图像拼接复原模型,根据碎片边缘灰度值向量间的距离来衡量两张图片的匹配度.然后对中、英文碎纸片分别提出基于像素点投影和灰度计数的分类方法,将处在同一行的碎片分为一类,使用拼接复原模型完成行内的拼接.最后通过行间距信息完成了行与行之间的匹配,从而完成了整份文件的拼接复原.     

A note on the distance between two consecutive zeros of m-orthogonal polynomials for a generalized Jacobi weight

Let , with

-1=x_0n<x_1n<<x_nn<x_n+1,n=1