Um estudo de caso envolvendo a retroanálise de tensões residuais de cravação.

As tensões residuais de cravação ocorrem quando a estaca e o solo não são totalmente descomprimidos após dissipação completa da energia transferida à estaca durante sua instalação. Este assunto tem merecido a atenção de vários pesquisadores, uma vez que a presença das tensões residuais na estaca causa uma alteração no seu comportamento quando carregada. A presente dissertação reuniu estudos anteriores que estabeleceram os principais fatores que influenciam as tensões residuais de cravação. Procurou-se executar uma série de simulações objetivando melhor entender o desenvolvimento das tensões residuais com a porcentagem de resistência de ponta, em continuidade aos estudos de Costa (1994). Costa (1994) observou que a porcentagem de carga na ponta é um fator relevante na avaliação das tensões residuais de cravação. Uma análise paramétrica efetuada confirmou estudos anteriores, verificando que a razão entre a carga residual na ponta em relação à capacidade de carga global cresce, a medida que a porcentagem de carga na ponta aumenta, chegando a um valor máximo para, em seguida, diminuir. Este comportamento é similar ao da curva de compactação do solo, quando, ao aumentar a umidade, o peso específico seco aumenta, até um valor máximo, correspondente à umidade ótima, para em seguida reduzir. Verificouse, ainda, semelhantemente ao aumento da energia de compactação, que vai transladando a curva para cima e para à esquerda do gráfico umidade x peso específico seco, que o aumento do comprimento da estaca apresenta um comportamento similar. O aumento do comprimento leva a curva para cima e para a esquerda. Finalmente, selecionou-se um caso de obra com condições propícias para o desenvolvimento de altas tensões residuais de cravação. Trata-se de um caso de estacas metálicas longas, embutidas em solo residual jovem, de elevada resistência, bem documentado com extensa instrumentação, por ocasião da instalação. A retroanálise de cinco estacas do banco de dados mostrou que as cargas residuais previstas, num programa de simulação de cravação, se aproximaram muito dos valores experimentais. Foi observado também que a profundidade do ponto neutro previsto e medido apresentou uma excelente concordância. O resultado mais relevante desta pesquisa foi quando os valores de porcentagem de ponta foram introduzidos no eixo das abscissas e os valores da razão entre a carga residual na ponta e a capacidade de carga global, no eixo das ordenadas, e se observou o aspecto da curva semelhante à de compactação. A dissertação ilustra ser possível e simples a previsão das tensões residuais de cravação através de uma análise pela equação da onda.

Retinal adaptation of visual processing time delays.

A significant proportion of the processing delays within the visual system are luminance dependent. Thus placing an attenuating filter over one eye causes a temporal delay between the eyes and thus an illusion of motion in depth for objects moving in the fronto-parallel plane, known as the Pulfrich effect. We have used this effect to study adaptation to such an interocular delay in two normal subjects wearing 75% attenuating neutral density filters over one eye. In two separate experimental periods both subjects showed about 60% adaptation over 9 days. Reciprocal effects were seen on removal of the filters. To isolate the site of adaptation we also measured the subjects' flicker fusion frequencies (FFFs) and contrast sensitivity functions (CSFs). Both subjects showed significant adaptation in their FFFs. An attempt to model the Pulfrich and FFF adaptation curves with a change in a single parameter in Kelly's [(1971) Journal of the Optical Society of America, 71, 537-546] retinal model was only partially successful. Although we have demonstrated adaptation in normal subjects to induced time delays in the visual system we postulate that this may at least partly represent retinal adaptation to the change in mean luminance.

Multiscale analysis of factors that affect the distribution of sharks throughout the northern Gulf of Mexico

Identification of the spatial scale at which marine communities are organized is critical to proper management, yet this is particularly difficult to determine for highly migratory species like sharks. We used shark catch data collected during 2006–09 from fishery-independent bottom-longline surveys, as well as biotic and abiotic explanatory data to identify the factors that affect the distribution of coastal sharks at 2 spatial scales in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Centered principal component analyses (PCAs) were used to visualize the patterns that characterize shark distributions at small (Alabama and Mississippi coast) and large (northern Gulf of Mexico) spatial scales. Environmental data on temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen (DO), depth, fish and crustacean biomass, and chlorophyll-a (chl-a) concentration were analyzed with normed PCAs at both spatial scales. The relationships between values of shark catch per unit of effort (CPUE) and environmental factors were then analyzed at each scale with co-inertia analysis (COIA). Results from COIA indicated that the degree of agreement between the structure of the environmental and shark data sets was relatively higher at the small spatial scale than at the large one. CPUE of Blacktip Shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) was related positively with crustacean biomass at both spatial scales. Similarly, CPUE of Atlantic Sharpnose Shark (Rhizoprionodon terraenovae) was related positively with chl-a concentration and negatively with DO at both spatial scales. Conversely, distribution of Blacknose Shark (C. acronotus) displayed a contrasting relationship with depth at the 2 scales considered. Our results indicate that the factors influencing the distribution of sharks in the northern Gulf of Mexico are species specific but generally transcend the spatial boundaries used in our analyses.

白颌大角蟾三个种群分化的研究

白颌大角蟾（Megophrys lateralis）广布东南亚一些国家和地区。现选择分布在中国云南境内的白颌大角蟾的3个彼此隔离种群,选用它们稳定而可量的性状进行了聚类分析,以检查3个种群的相似和趋异程度,借以评估是否达到亚种或种级水平。结果表明:3个种群分化尚未达到种级水平。估计这3个种群实现隔离和性状趋异的时间可能在横断山抬升的中期以后,即第四纪的上新世末至更新世初,山脉抬升至某一高度后,环境分异渐趋显著,种群适应环境变化,性状从微小变异的积累,分化才趋于明显。研究中发现,这些种群性状变异仍然是小的和连续的,甚至是不稳定的,没有出现间断性的鉴别性状,故尚未达到种级水平。3个种群中,以云南西北贡山县独龙江河谷的种群分异更明显,即使如此,如要作为一个亚种对待,亦感性状分异之不足。相似率表示出,腾冲、景东2种群相似程度最大,可相聚一起,只能作白颌大角蟾的不同地理隔离种群。费粱等（1990,1992）将景东种群描述为“腺角蟾Megophpys glandulosa”。作者所运用前耳骨（prootica）入眶、额顶骨（fronto-parietal）与鳞骨（squamosal）分开或彼此相接两种状态作为种的主要划分...

Empathic neural responses are modulated by the perceived fairness of others.

The neural processes underlying empathy are a subject of intense interest within the social neurosciences. However, very little is known about how brain empathic responses are modulated by the affective link between individuals. We show here that empathic responses are modulated by learned preferences, a result consistent with economic models of social preferences. We engaged male and female volunteers in an economic game, in which two confederates played fairly or unfairly, and then measured brain activity with functional magnetic resonance imaging while these same volunteers observed the confederates receiving pain. Both sexes exhibited empathy-related activation in pain-related brain areas (fronto-insular and anterior cingulate cortices) towards fair players. However, these empathy-related responses were significantly reduced in males when observing an unfair person receiving pain. This effect was accompanied by increased activation in reward-related areas, correlated with an expressed desire for revenge. We conclude that in men (at least) empathic responses are shaped by valuation of other people's social behaviour, such that they empathize with fair opponents while favouring the physical punishment of unfair opponents, a finding that echoes recent evidence for altruistic punishment.

极谱法测定无氧介质中根系氧气输导

介绍了利用极谱法测定凤眼莲 (Eichhorniacras sipesSolm .)、菰 (Zizanialatifolia (Geiseb)Stapf)、石菖蒲(AcorustartarinowiiSchott)、慈菇 (SagitarriasagittifoliaLinn .)、香蒲 (TyphaangustifoliaLinn .)等多种湿生植物根系在无氧介质中氧气的对外扩散速率 (ODR)。实验结果表明 ,对于同种植物而言 ,新生根较老根的氧气扩散速率快。根尖区 (约 0～ 5mm范围内 )氧气扩

微纳米级液/液界面间离子转移反应的研究

液／液界面通常被看作是人工膜和生物膜的简单模型，液界面电分析化学的主要研究对象是界面上的电荷（电子和离子）转移反应以及伴随发生的相关化学反应。本论文简要回顾了液/液界面电分析化学的发展历程，介绍了液/液界面上电分析化学的基本理论。目前，应用扫描电化学显微镜结合微、纳米电极技术研究液/液界面上的电荷转移反应是电分析化学领域的研究热点之一。本文在本实验室以往研究工作的基础上，将扫描电化学显微镜、微、纳米管技术和各种电化学方法相结合，一方面进一步深入研究了在可极化液/液界面上、高驱动力作用下的加速离子转移反应的动力学，另一方面探讨了支持电解质浓度对简单及加速离子在低离子强度溶液相间的转移反应的影响。主要结果如下：1．通过选择适当的研究模型（二苯基18冠6加速Na+、Li+在水1/2-二氯乙烷界面上的转移反应）、实验条件及将三电极系统、纳米管与扫描电化学显微镜相结合，进一步研究了加速离子转移反应的驱动力与异相反应速率常数之间的关系。由实验得到，加速离子转移反应的速率常数匆与反应驱动力直接相关。在低驱动力区，Inkf与驱动力的关系遵循经典的Butier～Voh“方程；高马时力区，反应的动力学逐渐进入Marcus翻转区，即反应的速率常数随驱动力的增加而减小，此与Marcus 理论相一致。本实验是第一次在加速离子转移反应中观察到Marcus翻转现象。2．应用循环伏安法、方波法、计时安培法和微/纳米管技术研究了加速钾离子从水相向高阻抗有泪毛相转移的反应。同时系统讨论了低浓度电解质对水相及有机相TMA~+简单离子转移反应的影响。实验中绷门发现纳米管可被用子有机相无外加支持电解质的加速离子转移反应的研究。而在含少量或不含电解质的两相间的TMA+离子转移反应中，可以清楚的观察到迁移在TMA+转移过程中所起的作用。另外也较详细讨论了简单离子在界面转移的机理。

Surface Plasmon Resonances of Cu Nanowire Arrays

Surface plasmon resonances of arrays of parallel copper nanowires, embedded in ion track-etched polycarbonate membranes, were investigated by systematic changes of nanowires’ topology and arrays area density. The extinction spectra exhibit two peaks which are attributed to interband transitions of Cu bulk metal and to a dipolar surface plasmon resonance, respectively. The resonances were investigated as a function of wire diameter and length, mean distance between adjacent wires, and angle of incidence of the light field with respect to the long wire axis. The dipolar peak shifts to larger wavelengths with increasing diameter and length, and diminishing mean distance between adjacent wires. Additionally, the shape effect on the dipolar peak is investigated.

Electrochemical fabrication of single-crystalline and polycrystalline Au nanowires: the influence of deposition parameters

We report the electrochemical growth of gold nanowires with controlled dimensions and crystallinity. By systematically varying the deposition conditions, both polycrystalline and single-crystalline wires with diameters between 20 and 100 nm are successfully synthesized in etched ion-track membranes. The nanowires are characterized using scanning electron microscopy, high resolution transmission electron microscopy, scanning tunnelling microscopy and x-ray diffraction. The influence of the deposition parameters, especially those of the electrolyte, on the nanowire structure is investigated. Gold sulfite electrolytes lead to polycrystalline structure at the temperatures and voltages employed. In contrast, gold cyanide solution favours the growth of single crystals at temperatures between 50 and 65 degrees C under both direct current and reverse pulse current deposition conditions. The single-crystalline wires possess a [110] preferred orientation.

Injection, Transport, Absorption and Phosphorescence Properties of a Series of Blue-Emitting Ir(III) Emitters in OLEDs: a DFT and Time-Dependent DFT Study

Quantum-chemistry methods were explored to investigate the electronic structures, injection and transport properties, absorption and phosphorescence mechanism of a series of blue-emitting Ir(III) complexes {[(F-2-ppy)(2)Ir(pta -X/pyN4)], where F-2-ppy = (2,4-difluoro)phenylpyridine; pta = pyridine-1,2,4-triazole; X = phenyl(1); p-tolyl (2); 2,6-difluororophenyl (3); -CF3 (4), and pyN4 = pyridine-1,2,4-tetrazolate (5)}, which are used as emitters in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). The mobility of hole and electron were studied computationally based on the Marcus theory. Calculations of Ionization potentials (IPs) and electron affinities (EAs) were used to evaluate the injection abilities of holes and electrons into these complexes.

Investigation of facilitated ion-transfer reactions at high driving force by scanning electrochemical Microscopy

The kinetics of facilitated ion-transfer (FIT) reactions at high driving force across the water/1,2-dichloroethane (W/DCE) interface is investigated by scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM). The transfers of lithium and sodium ions facilitated by dibenzo-18-crown-6 (DB18C6) across the polarized W/DCE interface are chosen as model systems because they have the largest potential range that can be controlled externally. By selecting the appropriate ratios of the reactant concentrations (Kr c(M)+/c(DB18C6)) and using nanopipets as the SECM tips, we obtained a series of rate constants (k(f)) at various driving forces (Delta(O)(W) phi(ML+)(0') - Es, Delta(O)(W) phi(ML+)(0') is the formal potential of facilitated ion transfer and Es is the potential applied externally at the substrate interface) based on a three-electrode system. The FIT rate constants k(f) are found to be dependent upon the driving force. When the driving force is low, the dependence of 1n k(f) on the driving force is linear with a transfer coefficient of about 0.3. It follows the classical Butler-Volmer theory and then reaches a maximum before it decreases again when we further increase the driving forces. This indicates that there exists an inverted region, and these behaviors have been explained by Marcus theory.

A nonmonotonic dependence of standard rate constant on reorganization energy for heterogeneous electron transfer processes on electrode surface

In the present work a nonmonotonic dependence of standard rate constant (k(0)) on reorganization energy (lambda) was discovered qualitatively from electron transfer (Marcus-Hush-Levich) theory for heterogeneous electron transfer processes on electrode surface. It was found that the nonmonotonic dependence of k(0) on lambda is another result, besides the disappearance of the famous Marcus inverted region, coming from the continuum of electronic states in electrode: with the increase of lambda, the states for both Process I and Process II ET processes all vary from nonadiabatic to adiabatic state continuously, and the lambda dependence of k(0) for Process I is monotonic thoroughly, while for Process II on electrode surface the lambda dependence of k(0) could show a nonmonotonicity.

Simulation of characteristic electrochemical behavior of azobenzene derivative self-assembled monolayers

The characteristic electrochemical mechanics of azobenzene derivative self-assembled monolayers is discussed in present paper. It is presented that the structure inhibition is one of the most important factors in the increase of electrochemical reactive energy. A corresponding mathematical model was established based on Levich and Marcus's theory. Moreover, computational program was written to simulate the decrease of apparent rate constant (k(app)) of electron transfer with increasing surface concentration.