近2千万年以来东亚季风演化的南海沉积矿物学记录

本论文通过对南海南部ODP1143站和北部ODP1146站两个长柱状沉积物的陆源矿物组成和堆积速率、生物硅含量和堆积速率、粘土矿物组成、结晶学特征、微形貌和化学成分、陆源物质粒度和元素地球化学的综合研究，分析了1143站和1146站的陆源物质来源的演变，分别建立了南海南部和北部的季风演化代用指标，并与黄土、深海风尘沉积、海洋微体古生物记录对比，重建了东亚季风在近20 Ma以来的长期演化，并探讨了青藏高原隆升在季风长期演化中的驱动作用。 地质背景和元素地球化学分析表明ODP1143站的陆源物质主要来自于湄公河的输入。但陆源物质堆积速率、中值粒径、粘土矿物组合、蒙脱石结晶度指数和生物硅含量和堆积速率在5.2 Ma前后的变化表明ODP1143站的湄公河物源在10–5.2 Ma可能受到了越南区域性地壳隆升和玄武岩喷发的影响。而自~5.2 Ma以来，到达ODP1143站的沉积物受湄公河流域内部物源通量所控制。 ODP1146站的陆源物质为多物源、多传输方式供应，并且近20 Ma以来各个物源/传输方式的强度发生了改变。粒度端员组分模拟揭示出，近20 Ma以来风尘平均贡献了20%物质到1146站，河流输入贡献80%。河流输入中，75%来自珠江和台湾，25%来自吕宋岛。1146站的沉积环境、粘土矿物、地球化学分析表明河流输入的石英、长石来自珠江、台湾；蒙脱石主要来自于吕宋岛，高岭石主要来自于珠江，伊利石和绿泥石来自于珠江、台湾、长江。 ODP1146站17–15 Ma间异常高的陆源物质(石英、长石、蒙脱石、高岭石)、生物硅和碳酸盐的堆积速率暗示了在17–15 Ma南海周围地区发生了强烈的构造活动，这可能与南海扩张停止有关。而ODP1146站稀土元素地球化学、粘土矿物结晶学特征在3 Ma以来的明显变化显示近3 Ma以来台湾物质的输入强度显著加强，这可能与3 Ma以来台湾造山活动加强有关。 ODP1143站粘土矿物/长石、高岭石/绿泥石比值和生物硅含量和堆积速率、陆源物质堆积速率的指标组合被用来建立了一个简单的东亚夏季风演化模型。结果显示8.5–7.6 Ma和 7.1–6.2 Ma分别为两个较强的夏季风阶段，在6.2–3.5 Ma为一相对稳定的阶段，然后在3.5–2.5 Ma不断加强，随后从2.5 Ma以来又不断减弱，直到1.0 Ma夏季风强度又再次加强，并且变化幅度和频率加大。 ODP1146站风尘含量、风尘堆积速率、(伊利石+绿泥石)/蒙脱石、(石英+长石)%、陆源物质的平均粒径被用来作为南海北部季风演化的代用指标。研究表明，近20 Ma以来东亚冬季风强度、亚洲内陆干旱程度和冬季风相对夏季风强度在12−9 Ma、8−4 Ma有所加强，在3 Ma以来显著加强。相比而言，夏季风强度在15−3 Ma间比较稳定，在3 Ma可能与冬季风同步加强。 ODP1143站、1146站、1148站的线性沉积速率，以及1143、1146站的总陆源物质、石英、长石和粘土矿物的物质堆积速率在3.5–2.5 Ma的几乎同时增加，代表着对3.5 Ma以来全球气候恶化和东亚夏季风加强的侵蚀响应。青藏高原的阶段性隆升可能促进了东亚季风在8 Ma和3 Ma左右的加强，但两极冰川扩展和全球变冷也是一个可能因素，也可能季风演化是二者共同作用的结果。我们的研究结果倾向于支持青藏高原阶段性隆升在东亚季风长期演化中的驱动作用。

PCBs and its coupling with eco-environments in Southern Yellow Sea surface sediments

In this paper, the spatial distribution and source of the PCBs in surface sediments of the Southern Yellow Sea (SYS) and influencing factors, such as the sediment characteristics (components, relative proportions and total organic carbon contents), and hydrodynamic conditions were analyzed. PCB concentrations in the surface sediments ranged from 518-5848 pg/g, with average values of 1715 pg/g decreasing sharply compared to last year. In the study area, the PCB pollution level in the middle area was the highest, followed by that of the east coast and the west coast, respectively. Although the PCB level in the coastal areas was lower than that in the middle areas, it was proven in our study that the Yellow Sea obtained PCBs by virtue of river inputs. There was a positive and pertinent correlation between the clay proportion and PCB concentrations, and the increase of the PCB concentrations was directly proportional to the increase of TOC contents, with r = 0.61, but it was contrary to the sediment grain size. Consequently, the factors controlling PCB distribution had direct or indirect relationships with sediment grain size; moreover, the hydrodynamic conditions determined the sediment components and grain size. In conclusion, hydrodynamic conditions of the Yellow Sea were the most important influencing factors effecting the distribution of PCBs in the surface sediments of the SYS. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

一种先进的轻型水下机器人——金鱼Ⅲ号

本文叙及一种新的轻型水下机器人(亦称无人遥控潜水器或ROV)——金鱼Ⅱ号。概要地描述了它的主要技术特点,系统总体结构,简要工作原理,及其适用范围。文中以在丰满电站进行实际作业为例,说明了该型水下机器人的应用前景。

乌江流域水库水体中溶解性气态汞季节变化特征

选取乌江流域上两个典型的水库( 乌江渡水库和东风水库) 作为研究对象, 对不同季节水库水体中溶解性气态汞进行研究。结果显示: 两个水库溶解性气态汞均明显表现为上层水体﹥下层水体, 夏季﹥春季、冬季。水库中溶解性气态汞的含量受太阳辐射和水体中溶解性有机碳两个因素共同控制。

针式微萃取结合GC-IRMS测定水溶液中甲酸、乙酸的稳定碳同位素组成

甲酸和乙酸稳定碳同位素组成（δ^13C）的分析对环境、食品、制药和自然产品等的研究具有重要的应用价值。但目前尚缺乏有效的测定方法。本研究利用最近出现的针式固相微萃取技术（NeedlEX），以吹扫．捕集方式对水溶液中的有机酸进行了萃取，然后利用气相色谱．同位素比值质谱联用仪（GC—IRMS）对所萃取的有机酸分子进行了占δ^13C的测定。结果显示，质谱计的信号强度与水溶液中有机酸的浓度存在显著的线性相关关系（R^2〉0．99，P〈0．05），表明Needl EX对水溶液中有机酸具有稳定的萃取能力。在甲酸与乙酸含量分别不低于300μg／mL与200μg／mL的水溶液中，1000mL的吹扫体积可以使两者δ^13C多次分析结果的相对误差分别保持在3％和1％左右，且整个实验流程没有造成可检测的碳同位素分馏作用。低于这两个浓度界线，则分析误差随浓度的降低迅速增加。本研究虽然是针对水溶液中有机酸δ^13C的测定，其萃取方法对其他水溶性挥发和半挥发有机物δ^13C的分析也同样具有应用价值.

Low temperature specific heat and thermal stability of Fe-B ultrafine amorphous alloy particles

Fe-B ultrafine amorphous alloy particles (UFAAP) were prepared by chemical reduction of Fe3+ with NaBHO4 and confirmed to be ultrafine amorphous particles by transmission electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction. The specific heat of the sample was measured by a high precision adiabatic calorimeter, and a differential scanning calorimeter was used for thermal stability analysis. A topological structure of Fe-B atoms is proposed to explain two crystallization peaks and a melting peak observed at T=600, 868 and 1645 K, respectively.

Desire Amongst the Dodgems: Alain Platel and the Scene of Seduction

Kear, Adrian, 'Desire Amongst the Dodgems: Alain Platel and the Scene of Seduction', In: Contemporary Theatres in Europe: A Critical Companion, Joe Kelleher and Nicholas Ridout (eds), (New York: Routledge), pp.106-119, 2006 RAE2008

Annales del Reyno de Navarra

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Coronica general de la Orden de San Benito, Patriarca de Religiosos

Colofón en v.1, v.2, v.5, v.6, y v.7.

Basis Token Consistency: A Practical Mechanism for Strong Web Cache Consistency

With web caching and cache-related services like CDNs and edge services playing an increasingly significant role in the modern internet, the problem of the weak consistency and coherence provisions in current web protocols is becoming increasingly significant and drawing the attention of the standards community [LCD01]. Toward this end, we present definitions of consistency and coherence for web-like environments, that is, distributed client-server information systems where the semantics of interactions with resource are more general than the read/write operations found in memory hierarchies and distributed file systems. We then present a brief review of proposed mechanisms which strengthen the consistency of caches in the web, focusing upon their conceptual contributions and their weaknesses in real-world practice. These insights motivate a new mechanism, which we call "Basis Token Consistency" or BTC; when implemented at the server, this mechanism allows any client (independent of the presence and conformity of any intermediaries) to maintain a self-consistent view of the server's state. This is accomplished by annotating responses with additional per-resource application information which allows client caches to recognize the obsolescence of currently cached entities and identify responses from other caches which are already stale in light of what has already been seen. The mechanism requires no deviation from the existing client-server communication model, and does not require servers to maintain any additional per-client state. We discuss how our mechanism could be integrated into a fragment-assembling Content Management System (CMS), and present a simulation-driven performance comparison between the BTC algorithm and the use of the Time-To-Live (TTL) heuristic.

Overlay Network Creation and Maintenance with Selfish Users

Overlay networks have been used for adding and enhancing functionality to the end-users without requiring modifications in the Internet core mechanisms. Overlay networks have been used for a variety of popular applications including routing, file sharing, content distribution, and server deployment. Previous work has focused on devising practical neighbor selection heuristics under the assumption that users conform to a specific wiring protocol. This is not a valid assumption in highly decentralized systems like overlay networks. Overlay users may act selfishly and deviate from the default wiring protocols by utilizing knowledge they have about the network when selecting neighbors to improve the performance they receive from the overlay. This thesis goes against the conventional thinking that overlay users conform to a specific protocol. The contributions of this thesis are threefold. It provides a systematic evaluation of the design space of selfish neighbor selection strategies in real overlays, evaluates the performance of overlay networks that consist of users that select their neighbors selfishly, and examines the implications of selfish neighbor and server selection to overlay protocol design and service provisioning respectively. This thesis develops a game-theoretic framework that provides a unified approach to modeling Selfish Neighbor Selection (SNS) wiring procedures on behalf of selfish users. The model is general, and takes into consideration costs reflecting network latency and user preference profiles, the inherent directionality in overlay maintenance protocols, and connectivity constraints imposed on the system designer. Within this framework the notion of user’s "best response" wiring strategy is formalized as a k-median problem on asymmetric distance and is used to obtain overlay structures in which no node can re-wire to improve the performance it receives from the overlay. Evaluation results presented in this thesis indicate that selfish users can reap substantial performance benefits when connecting to overlay networks composed of non-selfish users. In addition, in overlays that are dominated by selfish users, the resulting stable wirings are optimized to such great extent that even non-selfish newcomers can extract near-optimal performance through naïve wiring strategies. To capitalize on the performance advantages of optimal neighbor selection strategies and the emergent global wirings that result, this thesis presents EGOIST: an SNS-inspired overlay network creation and maintenance routing system. Through an extensive measurement study on the deployed prototype, results presented in this thesis show that EGOIST’s neighbor selection primitives outperform existing heuristics on a variety of performance metrics, including delay, available bandwidth, and node utilization. Moreover, these results demonstrate that EGOIST is competitive with an optimal but unscalable full-mesh approach, remains highly effective under significant churn, is robust to cheating, and incurs minimal overheads. This thesis also studies selfish neighbor selection strategies for swarming applications. The main focus is on n-way broadcast applications where each of n overlay user wants to push its own distinct file to all other destinations as well as download their respective data files. Results presented in this thesis demonstrate that the performance of our swarming protocol for n-way broadcast on top of overlays of selfish users is far superior than the performance on top of existing overlays. In the context of service provisioning, this thesis examines the use of distributed approaches that enable a provider to determine the number and location of servers for optimal delivery of content or services to its selfish end-users. To leverage recent advances in virtualization technologies, this thesis develops and evaluates a distributed protocol to migrate servers based on end-users demand and only on local topological knowledge. Results under a range of network topologies and workloads suggest that the performance of the distributed deployment is comparable to that of the optimal but unscalable centralized deployment.