A decline in fish catches and the size of Oreochromis niloticus in Lake Wamala (Uganda) following human exploitation

The fishery of Lake Wamala has declined since the lake was stocked in 1956 and opened to fishing during the 1960s. Surveys were conducted on the lake during 1975/78 and 1988/92 to investigate the causes of declining fish catches. The lake produced an average of 4000 - 6000 tonnes of fish annually from 1960s through 1970s. Total fish catches decreased from a maximum of 7100 tonnes in 1967 to less than 500 tonnes by 1990s. Catch rates decreased from about 8 kg in the 1960s to less than 1 kg per net per night by 1975. During the 1970s the catch was dominated by Oreochromis niloticus (67%) followed by Clarias gariepinus (17%), and Protopterus aethiopicus (15.1 %). By 1990s the proportion of O. niloticus had decreased to 45.1% while that of P. aethiopicus had increased to 37.6%. These changes seem to have been caused by overfishing resulting from increased fishing effort from the recommended 250 to about 1000 boats and the additional increase in effort through driving fish into the nets by beating water. The maximum size of O. niloticus in the fishery decreased from 32 cm total length in 1975/78 to 22 cm in 1988/92 while the size at first maturity decreased from about 21 cm to 14 cm during the period. This has been concurrent with a shift in the mesh size of gillnet used from 127 mm (5") in 1960s to 64 mm by 1990s. Environmental changes, especially in lake level in 1980, may also have affected the fishery.

A Study of Fan-Distortion Interaction Within the NASA Rotor 67 Transonic Stage

The performance of a transonic fan operating within nonuniform inlet flow remains a key concern for the design and operability of a turbofan engine. This paper applies computational methods to improve the understanding of the interaction between a transonic fan and an inlet total pressure distortion. The test case studied is the NASA rotor 67 stage operating with a total pressure distortion covering a 120-deg sector of the inlet flow field. Full-annulus, unsteady, three-dimensional CFD has been used to simulate the test rig installation and the full fan assembly operating with inlet distortion. Novel post-processing methods have been applied to extract the fan performance and features of the interaction between the fan and the nonuniform inflow. The results of the unsteady computations agree well with the measurement data. The local operating condition of the fan at different positions around the annulus has been tracked and analyzed, and this is shown to be highly dependent on the swirl and mass flow redistribution that the rotor induces ahead of it due to the incoming distortion. The upstream flow effects lead to a variation in work input that determines the distortion pattern seen downstream of the fan stage. In addition, the unsteady computations also reveal more complex flow features downstream of the fan stage, which arise due to the three dimensionality of the flow and unsteadiness. © 2012 American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

500 fs wideband tunable fiber laser mode-locked by nanotubes

Sub-picosecond tunable ultrafast lasers are important tools for many applications. Here we present an ultrafast tunable fiber laser mode-locked by a nanotube based saturable absorber. The laser outputs ∼500fs pulses over a 33 nm range at 1.5μm. This outperforms the current achievable pulse duration from tunable nanotube mode-locked lasers. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

抗辐射500门阵列的设计与制造

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SIMI 500综合业务通信系统

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DIRECT ION-BEAM DEPOSITION OF CARBON-FILMS ON SILICON IN THE ION ENERGY-RANGE OF 15-500 EV

Direct ion beam deposition of carbon films on silicon in the ion energy range of 15-500 eV and temperature range of 25-800-degrees-C has been studied. The work was carried out using mass-separated C+ and CH3+ ions under ultrahigh vacuum. The films were characterized with x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and transmission electron diffraction analysis. In the initial stage of the deposition, carbon implanted into silicon induced the formation of silicon carbide, even at room temperature. Further carbon ion bombardment then led to the formation of a carbon film. The film properties were sensitive to the deposition temperature but not to the ion energy. Films deposited at room temperature consisted mainly of amorphous carbon. Deposition at a higher temperature, or post-deposition annealing, led to the formation of microcrystalline graphite. A deposition temperature above 800-degrees-C favored the formation of microcrystalline graphite with a preferred orientation in the (0001) direction. No evidence of diamond formation in these films was observed.

单纵模多环形腔掺铒光纤激光器及其稳定性

介绍了一种多环形腔结构(MRC)的单纵模(SLM)掺铒光纤激光器(EDFL)。这种激光器通过在主环形腔中插入充当模式滤波器的三个长度不等的无源次级环形腔, 并结合腔内光纤布拉格光栅(FBG)形成多环形腔掺铒光纤激光器结构, 多环形谐振腔可保证激光器的单纵模输出。讨论了使激光器运行在单纵模状态的谐振腔理论。同时, 为了提高系统输出的频率稳定性, 采用外光注入方法有效地抑制了模式跳变和拍噪声, 改善了输出谱特性。实验得到在1550.225 nm处输出功率约3.6 dBm, 信噪比(SNR)>35 dB的单纵模输出光, 且测得线宽小于500 Hz。

Growth of near planar Si0.5Ge0.5 epitaxial layers directly on Si substrate by UHV/CVD at 500℃

The relationship between Ge content of Si1-xGex layers and growth conditions was investigated via UHV/CVD system at relative low temperature of 500℃. Si1-xGex layers were in a metastable state in this case. 10-period strained 3.0 nm- Si0.5Ge0.5/3.4 nm- Si multi quantum wells were obtained directly on Si substrate. Raman Measurement, high resolution electron microscopy and photoluminescence were used to characterize the structural and optical properties. It is found that such relative thick Si0.5Ge0.5/Si multi quantum wells are still near planar and free of dislocations, that makes it exploit applications to electrical and optical devices.

连续波500 W全固态Nd∶YAG激光器研究

研制了全国产化全固态半导体激光器(LD)抽运模块，Nd∶YAG激光输出功率达500 W。介绍了优化抽运模块结构参数的程度。从增益分布特性等方面，介绍了研究其输入-输出功率特性的实验装置，随着抽运功率的增加，Nd∶YAG激光输出以斜率效率47%线性增加，最大输出功率达到575 W，光-光转换效率达26.1%。采用He-Ne激光探测法实验测量了该抽运模块中的热透镜效应。通过测量热焦距，分析了其热透镜效应

GaAs/Al（0.33）Ga（0.67）As短周期超晶格中能带不连续性随压力的变化

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Effect of rapid thermal annealing on the Raman spectrum of Si0.33Ge0.67/Si (100) alloy

The effect of thermal annealing on the Raman spectrum of Si0.33Ge0.67 alloy grown on Si (100) by molecular beam epitaxy is investigated in the temperature range of 550-800 degrees C. For annealing below 700 degrees C, interdiffusion at the interface is negligible and the residual strain plays the dominant role in the Raman shift. The strain-shift coefficients for Si-Ge and Ge-Ge phonon modes are determined to be 915 +/- 215 cm(-1) and 732 +/- 117 cm(-1), respectively. For higher temperature annealing, interdiffusion is significant and strongly affects the Raman shift and the spectral shape.