Mi colaboración con John Finnis

Advertí por primera vez la existencia de John Finnis cuando me envió una nota de felicitación en ocasión de la publicación de mi libro de 1970, Abortion: The Myths, the Realities, and the Arguments. Uno de los capítulos del libro fue el fruto de una extensa investigación en bibliotecas jurídicas, y me sentí tremendamente satisfecho al recibir la aprobación de un catedrático de Oxford y profesor de Derecho. John y yo trabajamos juntos por primera vez desde el 25 de abril al 1º de marzo de 1974, en un hotel de Roma, en cuatro capítulos sobre ética cristiana para el libro The Teaching of Christ: A Catholic Catechism for Adults, el cual fue editado por Ronald Lawler, Donald Wuerl y Thomas Comerford Lawler –un libro que fue traducido en trece idiomas y ha atravesado cinco ediciones, al igual que algunas versiones simplificadas para gente joven...

An Improved Ce/Se Scheme And Its Application To Detonation Propagation

An improved two-dimensional space-time conservation element and solution element ( CE/ SE) method with second-order accuracy is proposed, examined and extended to simulate the detonation propagations using detailed chemical reaction models. The numerical results of planar and cellular detonation are compared with corresponding results by the Chapman-Jouguet theory and experiments, and prove that the method is a new reliable way for numerical simulations of detonation propagation.

Análisis descriptivo de la degradación ruminal in situ de piscidium de Moringa oleífera en la Finca Santa Rosa, Managua, Nicaragua

Se realizó un estudio en la finca Santa Rosa propiedad de la Universidad Nacional Agraria ubicada en Managua-Nicaragua. El objetivo de este estudio fue realizar un análisis descriptivo de la composición química de la harina de piscidium de Moringa oleifera [Materia seca (MS), Proteína Bruta (PB), Fibra Cruda (FC), Extracto etéreo (EE) y Ceniza (CE)] así como la degradación ruminal in situ de la MS (DMS), PB (DPB) y FC (DFC) de la misma. Se utilizó la técnica de degradación in situ para evaluar la cinética de la degradabilidad de piscidium de Moringa en el rumen. Los tiempos de incubación evaluados fueron 3, 6, 9, 12, 24, 48, 72h. Los resultados obtenidos mostraron que la composición química de piscidium de Moringa presentó valores de 97.16% MS, 5.27% PB, 59.7% FC, 1.08% EE y CE de 8.18%. La DMS fue de 36.12% a las 72 h de incubación. La DPB tuvo una rápida degradabilidad en las primeras 6 h (29.75%) con un máximo de degradación potencial a las 72 h de 45.71%, sin embargo la DFC fue lenta durante las primeras 12 h, (6.77%), posterior a las mismas se incrementó la degradabilidad de la FC alcanzando un máximo potencial de degradabilidad de 19.38% a las 72 h de incubación. Los resultados indican que la harina de piscidium de Moringa es un alimento de mayor valor nutritivo que muchos alimentos toscos o lignificados, sin embargo para mejorar su aprovechamiento en la alimentación animal debe ser acompañado con una fuente nitrogenada o ser incluido como material de relleno en alimentos concentrados, bloques multinutricionales o amonificado.

高温空气的输运性质

<正> 气体或气体混合物的粘性系数,热传导系数等的理论计算方法最初是从平均自由程理论开始的,例如Jeans,Kennard等.后来Enskog和Chapman建立了求解Boltzmann方程的严格的动力学理论,其中最具代表性的工作有Chapman&Cowling及Hirschfelder,Curtiss & Bird等。虽然有不少作者提出了各种求解Boltzmann方程的近似办法,例如

极性分子的碰撞动力学和稀薄极性气体的粘性

<正> 按照Enskog-Chapman稀薄气体动力学理论,单原子分子气体的粘性系数为η=5/12 ((πmkT)~(1/2))/(πσ~2Ω~(2,2)~

The littoral ascidians of Monterey Bay and vicinity

In addition to describing the species of tunicates found areound Monterey Bay California, it provides a taxonomic key. This is a student paper done for a University of California Berkeley Zoology class. Since UCB didn't have its own marine lab at the time, it rented space at Hopkins Marine Station where this work was done. Donald Putnam Abbott went on to earn his Ph.D. from Berkeley and later became a Stanford professor at Hopkins Marine Station. (PDF contains 35 pages)

The distribution of cirripeds and gastropods on plain vertical rock surfaces in the upper intertidal and splash zones

This is a student paper done for a University of California Berkeley Zoology class. Since UCB didn't have its own marine lab at the time, it rented space at Hopkins Marine Station where this work was done. Cadet Hand earned his Ph.D. from Berkeley and went on to become Director of the Bodega Marine Laboratory. Donald Putnam Abbott also earned his Ph.D. from Berkeley and later became a Stanford professor at Hopkins Marine Station. (PDF contains 26 pages)

The A Posteriori Aspects of Estuarine Modeling

This exercise is the application of an analytical method for systematically modeling ecosystems data to observations made on a naturally eutrophic, mesohaline planktonic microcosm. The theory and experimental design are briefly outlined and the particular steps in the acutal modeling process follow. Then there is a discussion as to how the whole endeavor can be refined to culminate in models with predictive capabilities. (PDF has 16 pages.)

Some effects of tropical storm Agnes on water quality in the Patuxent River estuary

A post Agnes study emphasizing environmental factors...weekly sampling at eight stations from 28 June to August 30, 1972. Spatial and temporal changes in the distribution of many factors, e.g., salinity, dissolved oxygen (DO), seston, particulate carbon and nitrogen, inorganic and organic fractions of dissolved nitrogen and phosphorus, and chlorophyll a were studied and compared to earlier extensive records. Patterns shown by the present data were compared especially with a local heavy storm that occurred in the Patuxent drainage basin during July 1963. Some interesting correlations were observed in the data. (PDF has 39 pages.)

Some effects of Hurricane Agnes on water quality in the Patuxent River Estuary

A post-Agnes study that emphasized environmental factors was carried out on the Patuxent River estuary with weekly sampling at eight stations from 28 June t o 30 August 1972. Spatial and temporal changes in the distribution of many factors , e.g., salinity , dissolved oxygen, seston, particulate carbon and nitrogen, inorganic and organic fractions of dissolved nitrogen and phosphorus, and chlorophyll a were studied and compared t o extensive earlier records. Patterns shown by the present data were compared especially with a local heavy storm that occurred in the Patuxent drainage basin during July 1969. Estimates were made of the amounts of material contributed via upland drainage. A first approximation indicated that 14.8 x l0 (3) metric tons of seston were contributed t o the head of the estuary between 21 and 24 June. (PDF contains 46 pages)

The Empirical Modeling of an Ecosystem

The authors have endeavored to create a verified a-posteriori model of a planktonic ecosystem. Verification of an empirically derived set of first-order, quadratic differential equations proved elusive due to the sensitivity of the model system to changes in initial conditions. Efforts to verify a similarly derived set of linear differential equations were more encouraging, yielding reasonable behavior for half of the ten ecosystem compartments modeled. The well-behaved species models gave indications as to the rate-controlling processes in the ecosystem.

Effects of perturbations on estuarine microcosms

Microcosms containing planktonic communities from Chesapeake Bay responded to enrichment with sewage by developing larger standing crops of phytoplankton and zooplankton. Data suggest that increased productivity would be reflected up the food chain but might increase existing problems with dissolved oxygen and might lead to qualitative changes in the composition of the zooplankton. Either phosphorus or nitrogen was removed more rapidly from solution depending on where and when the experimental water was obtained. Increases in standing crop of algae were associated with loss of nitrogen from solution in two experiments and losses of both nitrogen and phosphorus from solution in one experiment.