Raman Method in Identification of Species and Varieties,Assessment of Plant Maturity and Crop Quality—A Review

The present review covers reports discussing potential applications of the specificity of Raman techniques in the advancement of digital farming, in line with an assumption of yield maximisation with minimum environmental impact of agriculture. Raman is an optical spectroscopy method which can be used to perform immediate, label-free detection and quantification of key compounds without destroying the sample. The authors particularly focused on the reports discussing the use of Raman spectroscopy in monitoring the physiological status of plants, assessing crop maturity and quality, plant pathology and ripening, and identifying plant species and their varieties. In recent years, research reports have presented evidence confirming the effectiveness of Raman spectroscopy in identifying biotic and abiotic stresses in plants as well as in phenotyping and digital selection of plants in farming. Raman techniques used in precision agriculture can significantly improve capacities for farming management, crop quality assessment, as well as biological and chemical contaminant detection, thereby contributing to food safety as well as the productivity and profitability of agriculture. This review aims to increase the awareness of the growing potential of Raman spectroscopy in agriculture among plant breeders, geneticists, farmers and engineers.     

不同采收期滇龙胆的红外光谱鉴别研究

采收是中药生产的重要环节,采收时间直接影响中药质量和产量,是中医临床安全有效用药的前提,开展中药适时采收期的研究具有重要意义和应用价值。采用傅里叶变换红外光谱法对72份不同采收期的滇龙胆进行鉴别研究,用TQ8.0软件对原始光谱进行一阶导数(first derivative,FD)、二阶导数(second derivative,SD)、标准正态变量(standard normal variate,SNV)、多元散射校正(multiplicative scatter correction,MSC)和平滑(savitaky-golay filter,SG)预处理,样品按3∶1分为校正集和预测集,同时建立主成分分析(principal component analysis,PCA)和偏最小二乘判别分析(partial least square discriminant analysis,PLS-DA)模型。结果显示,选取1 800~600cm~(-1)波段范围的光谱,去除光谱噪音;SNV结合二阶导数光谱和SG(15,3)平滑,预处理结果满意。主成分分析表明,前三个主成分方差贡献率为92.47%,5月、9月和10月份采收的样品差异较小。偏最小二乘判别分析建立判别模型,决定系数R2和校正均方根误差(RMSEE)分别为0.967 8和0.086 0,可对18个预测集样品进行准确分类。红外光谱法结合主成分分析、偏最小二乘判别分析对不同采收期滇龙胆的分类和判别效果较好,为不同采收期的中药鉴别提供理论依据。     

具有开发的非自治单种群生态系统研究

研究了具有开发的单种群非自治周期系统．利用非自治微分方程理论．以及变分法理论和泛函极值的Euler方程方法,得到了该开发系统的持续生存性．周期解存在性，全局渐近稳定性．研究了在开发情况下的最大收获量问题，以及取得最大经济效益下的收获问题等．     

Even-aged restrictions with sub-graph adjacency

Restrictions on the size and proximity of clearcuts have led to the development of a variety of exact and heuristic methods to optimize the net present value of timber harvests, subject to adjacency constraints. Most treat harvest units as pre-defined, and impose adjacency constraints on any two units sharing a common border. By using graph theory notation to define sub-graph adjacency constraints, opening size can be considered variable, which may be more appropriate for landscape-level planning. A small example data set is used in this paper to demonstrate the difference between the two types of adjacency constraints for both integer programming and heuristic solution methods.     

MODELING HARVEST SCHEDULING IN MULTIFUNCTIONAL PLANNING OF FORESTS FOR LONGTERM WATER YIELD OPTIMIZATION

In this study, wood production and hydrologic functions of forests were accommodated within a planning procedure for separate working circles (areas dedicated to certain forest functions) that were delineated according to an Ecosystem‐Based Functional Planning approach. Mixed integer goal programming was used as the optimization technique. The timing and scheduling of a maintenance cutting (partial harvest) was the decision variable in the modeling effort, and an original formulation was developed as a multiobjective planning procedure. Four sample planning strategies were developed and model outputs were evaluated according to these strategies. Spatial characteristics of stands were considered, and used to prohibit the regeneration of adjacent stands during the same time period. Because of the positive relationship between qualified water production and standing timber volume in the forest, the model attempts to maximize qualified water production levels by increasing standing volume stocks in the forest through the delay of regeneration activities.     

A note on optimal fish harvest

Some relatively simple techniques are applied to a singular control problem arising in bioeconomics. First, Stokes' theorem is applied to the fixed-endpoint problem. This reduces the free-endpoint problem to a problem in ordinary calculus. It is then possible to find an explicit expression for the switching manifold, which generalizes the results obtained by Cliff and Vincent (Ref. 1).     

Seasonal Changes in Essential Oil Constituents of Cystoseira compressa: First Report

Marine macroalgae are well known to release a wide spectrum of volatile organic components, the release of which is affected by environmental factors. This paper aimed to identify the essential oil (EO) compounds of the brown algae Cystoseira compressa collected in the Adriatic Sea monthly, from May until August. EOs were isolated by hydrodistillation using a Clavenger-type apparatus and analyzed by gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC–MS). One hundred four compounds were identified in the volatile fraction of C. compressa, accounting for 84.37–89.43% of the total oil. Samples from May, June, and July were characterized by a high share of fatty acids (56, 69, and 34% respectively) with palmitic acid being the dominant one, while in the August sample, a high content of alcohols (mainly phytol and oleyl alcohol) was found. Changes in the other minor components, which could be important for the overall aroma and biological activities of the algal samples, have also been noted during the vegetation periods. The results of this paper contribute to studies of algal EOs and present the first report on C. compressa EOs.     

缝隙八木纳米天线设计及宽波段吸收特性

针对传统光伏电池能量收集易受环境与光照时间限制的问题,本文设计了一种用于太阳能收集的缝隙八木纳米天线单元及阵列.采用时域有限差分法分析缝隙间距对纳米天线远场方向性和近场分布的影响,并研究缝隙八木纳米天线阵列的吸收特性及不同缝隙间距对阵列天线吸收率的影响.研究远场方向性发现,当缝隙间距增加到一定距离时,天线方向图出现多个副瓣并产生新的辐射模式;通过对近场分析表明,新辐射模式的产生来源于高阶模式的局域表面等离激元.天线阵列吸收率的仿真结果表明:在400~1 500nm波段,随着缝隙间距的增加,缝隙八木纳米天线阵列吸收率呈上升趋势,当缝隙间距等于80nm时,在400~660nm、760~1 300nm两个波段内吸收率较高,吸收峰值最大可以达到98%;以吸收率大于50%为基准,当缝隙间距等于80nm时,其吸收波段最宽.     

TIMBER SUPPLY UNDER DEMAND UNCERTAINTY: WELFARE GAINS FROM PERFECT COMPETITION WITH RATIONAL EXPECTATIONS

ABSTRACT. This paper presents a noneconometric approach to estimating the short‐run timber supply function based on optimal harvest decisions. Determination of optimal harvest levels and estimation of supply function coefficients are integrated into one step by incorporating a parametric short‐run timber supply function into the harvest decision model. In this manner we convert the original harvest decision model into a new optimization problem with the supply function coefficients functioning as “decision variables.” Optimal solution to the new decision model gives the coefficients of the short‐run supply function and, indirectly, the optimal harvest levels. This approach enables us to develop stochastic models of the timber market that are particularly useful for forest sector analysis involving comparison of alternative institutional regimes or policy proposals and when the timber market is affected by stochastic variables. For demonstration purposes, we apply this method to compare the performances of two timber market regimes (perfect competition and monopoly) under demand uncertainty, using the Swedish data. The results show that the expected timber price is 22 percent lower and the expected annual timber supply is 43 percent higher in the competitive market than in the monopoly market. This confirms the theoretical result that monopoly reduces supply and increases price. The expected social welfare gain from perfect competition over monopoly is about 24 percent.