采光设计的天空条件问题

在采光设计和光照能量分析中,所假定的原始天空条件非常重要,就采光设计而言,关键是如何满足最低设计要求,者或说是了解最低的天空条件,世界上有些地区以某种天空条件为主,象欧洲以阴天天空条件为主,干燥的赤道地区以晴天天空条件为主,对于这些地区来说,采光设计可以以某种天空条件作模型进行考虑。但对于     

暴露木结构防火设计概述

在设计防火建筑时，大型木构件燃烧缓慢的特性是很早以来就被认识到了的优点。在美国，用木材来建造安全防火的建筑已有一个多世纪的成功历史。本文对在美国如何进行暴露木结构的防火设计进行了概述。     

Relationship between persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and ranging patterns in common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from coastal Georgia, USA

Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) are apex predators in coastal southeastern U.S. waters; as such they are indicators of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in coastal ecosystems. POP concentrations measured in a dolphin's blubber are influenced by a number of factors, including the animal's sex and ranging pattern in relation to POP point sources. This study examined POP concentrations measured in bottlenose dolphin blubber samples (n = 102) from the Georgia, USA coast in relation to individual ranging patterns and specifically, distance of sightings from a polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) point source near Brunswick, Georgia. Dolphin ranging patterns were determined based upon 5 years of photo-identification data from two field sites approximately 40 km apart: (1) the Brunswick field site, which included the Turtle/Brunswick River Estuary (TBRE), and (2) the Sapelo field site, which included the Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve (SINERR). Dolphins were categorized into one of three ranging patterns from photo-identification data. Individuals with sighting histories exclusively within one of the defined field sites were considered to have either Brunswick or Sapelo ranging patterns. Individuals sighted in both field sites were classified as having a Mixed ranging pattern. Brunswick males had the highest concentrations of PCBs reported for any marine mammal. The pattern of PCB congeners was consistent with Aroclor 1268, a highly chlorinated PCB mixture associated with a Superfund site in Brunswick. PCB levels in Sapelo males were lower than in Brunswick males, but comparable to the highest levels measured in other dolphin populations along the southeastern U.S. Female dolphins had higher Aroclor 1268 proportions than males, suggesting that the highly chlorinated congeners associated with Aroclor 1268 may not be offloaded through parturition and lactation, as easily as less halogenated POPs. Individuals sighted farther from the Superfund point source had lower Aroclor 1268 proportions.     

Coarse-graining the electrostatic potential via distributed multipole expansions

Multipole expansions offer a natural path to coarse-graining the electrostatic potential. However, the validity of the expansion is restricted to regions outside a spherical enclosure of the distribution of charge and, therefore, not suitable for most applications that demand accurate representation at arbitrary positions around the molecule. We propose and demonstrate a distributed multipole expansion approach that resolves this limitation. We also provide a practical algorithm for the computational implementation of this approach. The method allows the partitioning of the charge distribution into subsystems so that the multipole expansion of each component of the partition, and therefore of their superposition, is valid outside an enclosing surface of the molecule of arbitrary shape. The complexity of the resulting coarse-grained model of electrostatic potential is dictated by the area of the molecular surface and therefore, for a typical three-dimensional molecule, it scale as N2/3 with N, the number of charges in the system. This makes the method especially useful for coarse-grained studies of biological systems consisting of many large macromolecules provided that the configuration of the individual molecules can be approximated as fixed.     

TaqMan real-time PCR for the detection and quantitation of pork in meat mixtures

A rapid and highly specific real-time quantitative PCR, based on the amplification of a fragment of the mitochondrial 12S ribosomal RNA gene (rRNA), has been developed for the quantitation of pork (Sus scrofa) in binary pork/beef muscle mixtures. The method combines the use of pork-specific primers, that amplify a 411bp fragment from pork DNA, and mammalian-specific primers amplifying a 425-428bp fragment from mammalian species DNA, which are used as endogenous control. An internal fluorogenic probe (TaqMan), that hybridizes in the "pork-specific" and also in the "mammalian" DNA fragments is used to monitor the amplification of the target gene. A comparison of the cycle number (C(t)) at which mammalian and pork-specific PCR products are first detected, in combination with the use of reference standards of known pork content, allows the determination of the percentage of pork in a mixed sample. Analysis of experimental pork/beef muscle binary mixtures demonstrated the specificity and sensitivity of the assay for detection and quantitation of pork in the range 0.5-5%.     

能量平衡结合有限元数值计算分析天然气管道裂纹稳定扩展问题

本文提出了在天然气管道裂纹稳定扩展问题中，应用能量平衡方法结合有限元数值计算结果来分析计算裂纹驱动力。能量数值计算采用了可模拟动裂纹在管道上扩展的有限元程序ＰＦＲＡＣ，它包括了对未开裂管道和裂纹扩展管道的能量计算。通过分析外力作功和内部能量在裂纹扩展时的变化率，应用能量平衡方法计算了裂纹驱动力，并与在ＰＦＲＡＣ程序中应用节点力释放方法计算的裂纹驱动力的结果进行了比较     

黑河中游灌区可持续发展水价研究

在对黑河中游灌区现状水价状况分析的基础上,提出了可持续发展水价的内涵,建立了不同经济发展水平的水价模型并进行了测算。结果表明:保持灌区水管单位可持续发展的水价标准为0.12元/m3;考虑节约奖励、浪费惩罚的水价机制,具体价格可随着用水户的浪费和节约程度在供水成本水价上、下浮动;考虑黑河下游生态损失补偿,促进整个流域可持续发展的水价水平为0.21元/m3。