Alternatives for improving energy security in Cape Verde

The lack of consensus on the meaning of energy security and how it should be measured hinders the evaluation of alternatives for improving the Cape Verdean energy sector. The objective of the paper is to develop an energy security index adjusted to the country's context. The methods used are the multi-criteria analysis and the Delphi survey. Different alternatives to improve energy security are assessed: electrically interconnect Cape Verde's islands, increase the share of renewable energy, and a combination of the previous alternatives. The results of our analysis indicate that increasing renewable energy is the optimal alternative for Cape Verde.     

Red-shift and improved afterglow of Sr3Al2-xBxO5Cl2:Eu2+, Dy3+ phosphors via a cation substitution strategy

Sr₃Al_2-xB_xO₅Cl₂:Eu²⁺, Dy³⁺ (x = 0, 0.2, 0.4) long persistent phosphors were prepared via solid-state process. The pristine Sr₃Al₂O₅Cl₂:Eu²⁺, Dy³⁺ phosphor exhibits orange/red broad band emission around 609 nm, which can be attributed to the electric radiation transitions 4f⁶5 d¹→4f⁷ of Eu²⁺. Upon the same excitation, the B³⁺-doped Sr₃Al_2-xB_xO₅Cl₂:Eu²⁺, Dy³⁺ phosphors display red-shift from 609 nm to 625 nm with increasing B³⁺ concentrations. The XRD patterns show that Al³⁺ can be replaced by B³⁺ in the host lattice at the tetrahedral site, which causes lattice contraction and crystal field enhancement, and thereafter achieves the red-shift on the emission spectrum. The XPS investigation provides direct evidence of the dominant 2-valent europium in the phosphor, which can be ascribed for the broad band emission of the prepared phosphors. The afterglow of all phosphors show standard double exponential decay behavior, and the afterglow of Sr₃Al₂O₅Cl₂:Eu²⁺, Dy³⁺is rather weak, while the sample co-doped with B³⁺shows longer and stronger afterglow, as confirmed after the curve simulation. The analysis of thermally stimulated luminescence showed that, when B³⁺ is introduced, a much deeper trap is created, and the density of the electron trap is also significantly increased. As a result, B³⁺ ions caused redshift and enhanced afterglow for the Sr₃Al_2-xB_xO₅Cl₂:Eu²⁺, Dy³⁺ phosphor.     

管式段塞流捕集器构造及其优化设计

天然气近年来由于技术的进步及其自身多项优势而被广泛利用,油气混输作为一种经济性良好的运输方式也开始服务于各大油气田。然而多相流的运动很复杂,加上一些其他因素而产生的段塞流则是危害较大,其主要危害体现在各项参数不稳,混输管路下游的处理设备会受到较大冲击,因此需要在混输管路末端设置段塞流捕集器来缓解这种冲击,保证下游的稳定供给。     

Review of Alterations of Consciousness: An Empirical Analysis for Social Scientists.

Reviews the book by Baruss (see record 2003-02669-000), which reviews the experimental and phenomenological research on alterations of consciousness, ranging from sleep and dreaming to mystical and near-death experience. The reviewer suggests there is a clear agenda announced by the book's subtitle, "An Empirical Analysis for Social Scientists." In the view of Baruss, all too often in states of consciousness research a preoccupation with theory has kept investigators from full engagement with the actual data. The book provides readable and at times appropriately controversial discussions of empirical literature on dreaming and lucid dreams, daydreaming and fantasy proneness, hypnosis, dissociative identity disorder, shamanism and possession states, psychedelic drug research, parapsychology, trance-chanelling and mediumship, the alien abduction syndrome, classical mystical experience, out-of-body and near-death experiences, and recent attempts by MacDonald and others to assess individual differences in spirituality through multifactor questionnaires. However, the reviewer believes that the breadth of coverage of both recent and past research is too often highly selective, and that the author's rejection of theory is both questionable in itself and more illusion than reality. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Eu2+激活的碱土金属铝酸盐磷光体的研究进展

主要概述了Eu^2 激活的碱土金属铝酸盐磷光体的光谱特性，总结了近年来在铝酸盐基质研究以及长余辉机理研究等方面所取得的进展，同时对今后的研究提出了展望。     

台北凹陷小草湖次凹油气成藏特点及有利区带

吐哈盆地小草湖次凹发育多套烃源岩，油源条件好，油气资源丰富，油气勘探潜力巨大，中侏罗统发育三套储盖组合，凹陷内油气藏类型主要为侏罗系三间房组，七克台组的构造－岩性复合型和侏罗系西山窑组的深盆气藏，燕山运动末期是小草湖次凹一次重要的成藏期，古构造，古构造背景和构造－岩性复合型圈闭发育是小草湖次凹成藏主控因素，根据小草湖次凹成藏主控因素评价和优选有利区带，勘探工作取得了良好效果。     

Electronic properties of Fibonacci quasi-periodic heterostructures

We study the electronic states of different GaAs-AlAs Fibonacci quasi-perodic heterostructures grown along the (001) direction. We employ an empirical tight-binding Hamiltonian including spin-orbit coupling together with the surface Green function matching method. We present results for the eighth Fibonacci generation formed from different building blocks. We compare these results with those of the constituent quantum wells and with those of heterostructures containing the same number of GaAs and AlAs slabs after periodic repetition of the building blocks. No Fibonacci spectrum is found in the energy regions near the conduction and valence band edges of GaAs. A selective localization of the local density of states in the GaAs layers is found for many electronic states.     

蒙古尼尔金盆地石油地质特征及勘探前景

位于蒙古国中部的尼尔金盆地是一个中生代裂谷盆地，目前仍处于勘探早期。盆地内下白垩统湖相泥岩和纸状页岩具有很强的生油能力，下白垩统的煤系地层及上二叠统-下侏罗统中富含有机质的泥岩和煤层是可能的气源岩；盆地内广泛分布着3套储集层；上侏罗统、下白垩统、上白垩统的泥岩是潜在的盖层；存在多种生储盖组合及远景圈闭类型。通过对石油地质条件的分析，认为尼尔金盆地很可能形成多套含油气层系和多种油气藏类型，推测在盆地中部和南部会有大的油气藏存在。     

东营三角洲演化特征与岩性圈闭分布规律

东营三角洲是东营凹陷古近系沙河街组沙三段的主要沉积体系之一，为一大型复合三角洲。该三角洲形成的浊积砂体岩性圈闭是东营凹陷沙三段重要的勘探目标，近几年平均每年发现的岩性油藏石油储量超过千万吨。为了给东营三角洲隐蔽油气藏进一步的勘探提供科学依据，运用高分辨率层序地层学理论和分析方法，在建立高频层序地层格架的基础上，研究东营三角洲演化过程、古构造坡折发育类型及不同期次三角洲与构造坡折的配置关系，分析这些因素对岩性圈闭形成的重要作用，认为在进积时期推进距离较远(三角洲进积作用大于加积作用)、退积时期湖泛规模较大条件下发育的三角洲朵叶体易形成具有一定规模的浊积扇．