Exalting the past: nostalgia and the construction of heritage in children's literature

Summary In this paper, we analyse the portrayal of Singapore in local children's literature and seek to understand why such a portrayal was prominent, and to what effect. We argue that this literature is characterized by a nostalgic recollection of past times and places. This emergence of the past as an important concern in Singapore is not limited to the literary arena, but reflects a larger condition: a broader adult yearning to transcend the constrictions of present place and time. We suggest that this nostalgia has surfaced because of the phenomenal changes in Singapore, which have caused people to come face to face with reminders of the past and vastly differing conditions of the present, all in the same lifetime.     

Modern hot spring geochemistry at the Tanlu fault and Jiaoliao block in eastern China

The δD, δ¹⁸O values of the hot springs are always more negative than those of the local cold springs. The main cause for the ocrurrence is physically isotope fractionation during the deep circulating process of the groundwater. The relational expression between the δD, δ¹⁸O values and the maximum circulating depths of the groundwaters is given. The gases escaped from the geothermal fluid are mostly crust-derived gases in the studied area. The compressive structure of the Tanlu fault could extend to the deep crust, and basically stop the ascent of deep-seated gases towards the surface. Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 49373165)     

基于万维网的地理信息系统集成研究

本文在总结了近年来ＧＩＳ软件进展状况的基础上,探讨了基于万维网的地理信息系统,对于系统集成方面的几个问题,提出了一些观点和看法,如基于万维网的ＧＩＳ分布模型、分布式ＧＩＳ客户机／服务器模型、地理分析“巨事务”处理方案等;同时介绍了一些相关的新技术、新概念。     

火山形变Mogi模型反演的病态总体最小二乘解算方法

相对最小二乘方法,总体最小二乘顾及了观测方程系数矩阵含有误差的情况,然而,当系统出现病态时,总体最小二乘受病态的影响将更加明显。因此,针对病态总体最小二乘问题解算方法的研究越来越多受到关注。文中基于总体最小二乘进行火山形变Mogi模型反演,针对反演过程中出现的病态性问题,采用虚拟观测解法、谱修正迭代解法、共轭梯度解法,通过模拟算例验证文中方法在抑制病态性方面的有效性。与一般总体最小二乘、正则化总体最小二乘等方法相比存在优势。     

一种双频载波相位周跳探测与修复方法

针对相位减伪距法只能探测出大周跳而对小周跳无能为力的问题,提出将相位减伪距法应用于双频载波相位周跳的探测与修复中。对采样率为1s、15s和30s不含周跳的观测值分别加入1周到40周不等大小的周跳,采用相位减伪距法分别对加入周跳的观测值进行处理。结果表明,该方法对于采样率为15s和30s的观测值仍然保持其优秀的大周跳探测能力,对采样率为1s的载波相位观测值则能够探测出小于1周的周跳,且其周跳探测分辨率能达到0.3周的高周跳分辨率。与其他周跳探测方法相比,该方法需要的信息量和计算量更小,效率高,算法易于计算机实现,且具有很强的实用性。     

Atmospheric Warming Slowdown during 1998?2013 Associated with Increasing Ocean Heat Content

Although atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations continuously increased, there was relatively little change in global-averaged surface temperatures from 1998 to 2013, which is known as atmospheric warming slowdown. For further understanding the mechanism involved, we explored the energy redistribution between the atmosphere and ocean in different latitudes and depths by using data analysis as well as simulations of a coupled atmosphere–ocean box model. The results revealed that, compared with observational changes of ocean heat content (OHC) associated with rapid warming, the OHC changes related to warming slowdown are relatively larger in multiple ocean basins, particularly in the deeper layer of the Atlantic. The coupled box model also showed that there is a larger increasing trend of OHC under the warming slowdown scenario than the rapid warming scenario. Particularly, during the warming slowdown period, the heat storage in the deeper ocean increases faster than the ocean heat uptake in the surface ocean. The simulations indicated that the warming patterns under the two scenarios are accompanied by distinct outgoing longwave radiation and atmospheric meridional heat transport, as well as other related processes, thus leading to different characteristics of ocean heat uptake. Due to the global energy balance, we suggest this slowdown has a tight relationship with the accelerated heat transport into the global ocean.     

Seepage problems on fractured rock accompanying with mass loss during excavation in coal mines with karst collapse columns

Under the background of China as a big coal-hungry country lasting till 2050, deep mining becomes more and more significant. However, deep coal seams usually have a very complex geological structure like Karst collapse columns, and excavation is often accompanied with water-inrush accidents, restricting the development of the coal industry. In order to study on seepage problems on fractured rock accompanying with mass loss during excavation in coal mines with karst collapse columns, researchers studied on water-inrush mechanism in karst collapse columns directly, researched on seepage behavior of fractured rock with pressure as the basis of studying on water-inrush mechanism indirectly, studied the fluid flow change in fractured rock regarding the change of liquid flow type in fractured rock as seepage instability, and observed and studied the phenomenon of mass loss during seepage in succession. In the following research, (1) the cementation, lithology, and match rate of testing samples, which are the foundation of the simulation study, need to be determined in more detail; (2) migrated particles in fractured rock should be distributed which are from migration, corrosion, erosion, and abrasion; (3) multi-permeate agents in the fractured geological structure, their diffusion and convection, and the related chemical reactions should be involved; (4) more and more contemporary mathematical methods will be introduced to help us to study the complex dynamic system; and (5) experimental equipment needs to be designed and improved. What we did before, do now, and will do later is to penetrate the mysteries of seepage problems on fractured rock accompanying with mass loss during excavation in coal mines with karst collapse columns.     

Tempo-spatial distribution of Ulva spp. micro-propagules in the Yellow Sea during and after green tide in 2019

Journal of Oceanology and Limnology - Large-scale green tides occur frequently in summer in the Yellow Sea in recent decade. Micro-propagules, providing “seeds” for the seaweeds, play...     

基于频域反射的细粒土压实度检测方法与误差评估

压实度是道路、房建、水利等工程领域评价土体压实质量的重要参数,与土体含水率和电导率密切相关。而频域反射技术(frequency domain reflectometry,FDR)可用于快速测定土体含水率和电导率。首先利用频域反射技术分别对多种压实状态下红黏土、膨胀土和黄土的含水率、电导率进行测量;然后对含水率测值进行室内标定,得到3种土的含水率标定曲线;通过偏最小二乘回归分析方法(partial least squares regression,PLSR)建立了3种土体的压实度-含水率-电导率之间的经验关系,并与实测值进行了对比分析;再根据扫描电子显微镜(scanning electron microscopy,SEM)和压汞法(mercury intrusion porosimetry,MIP)试验结果分析了其微观机制;最后对拟合公式得到的压实度预测值进行随机试样验证,建立与实测值的误差评估体系,结果表明基于压实度-含水率-电导率之间的关系而提出的拟合公式预测压实度的精度较高。相关研究可为道路、房建、水利等工程中土体压实度的快速检测提供参考。     

Effect of Strain Rate on Mechanical Properties and AE Characteristics of Hard Rock Under the Impact of Uniaxial Compression

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering - To study the effect of strain rate on mechanical response, energy mechanism, damage mode and AE characteristics of granite rock, the uniaxial compression...