中性载体ETH1616推动质子在油/水界面的转移

本文用循环伏安法和循环电流扫描计时电位法研究了中性载体ETH1616(N,N-bjs-heptylethyldiamide)推动质子在油/水界面的转移过程,探讨了有关转移过程的机理,测定了相应的扩散系数和配合物的稳定常数。

西菲律宾海晚第四纪沉积作用和沉积环境演化

本文通过对西菲律宾海区三个柱状沉积物钻孔（WP_1、WP_2和WP_(40)孔）的沉积学、矿物学和元素地球化学综合研究，重建了该区晚第四纪以来沉积作用和沉积环境的演化历史。在系统研究沉积物粒度特征、全岩矿物组合、碎屑矿物组合、粘土矿物组合、常量元素地球化学和微量元素地球特征的基础上，探讨了西菲律宾海区沉积物来源、沉积作用、沉积环境及古气候特征，结合背景分析，进行了演化分析。本区沉积物来源和沉积作用可区分为5种类型：（1）陆源碎屑沉积；（2）海洋生物沉积；（3）海底火山沉积；（4）海洋自生沉积；（5）浊流沉积。陆源碎屑沉积由风和河流两种营力搬运而来，一部分来自邻近的菲律宾岛屿，一部分来自北方的中国大陆。海底火山沉积的原岩为玄武岩。WP_1孔中，陆源碎屑沉积物质较多，WP_2和孔WP_(40)孔中，海底火山沉积占优势。海洋生物沉积和海洋自生沉积主要受海洋自身环境条件的影响。而陆源沉积、海底火山沉积和浊流沉积还与沉积区的大地构造位置有关。从时间演化上来讲，西菲律宾海区晚第四纪沉积由下部的未次冰期沉积和上部的全新世沉积组成。未次冰期沉积又可区分为亚间冰期沉积和冰期最盛期沉积。亚间冰期沉积位于每个孔的最下部，发育生物沉积作用和火山沉积作用，陆源碎屑沉积作用相对较弱。中部的冰期最盛期沉积表现为陆源碎屑沉积作用显著增强，火山沉积作用和生物沉积作用减弱，陆源沉积物大部分来源于北方的中国大陆，与冰期时的气候背景有关，这些沉积物系由强烈的季风携带而来。上部的全新世沉积，生物沉积又有所增强，WP_1孔陆源沉积作用和火山沉积作用都较弱。WP_2和WP_(40)孔火山沉积作用也有所减弱，但陆源沉积作用仍较强，其沉积物主要来源于菲律宾岛的风化产物。

青海湖地区人类活动对生态环境影响及其保护对策

本文根据作者近年来对青海湖地区人类活动和环境现状的调查探讨了该区人类活动和环境现状的调查, 探讨了该区人类活动和生态环境的关系及特点, 分析了人为活动对生态与环境影响的空间、时间及动态特征并针对该区目前的环境状况提出了保护对策。

大陆地壳岩石结构重建：方法与实例

The composition of the continental crust has long been a subject of interest to earth scientists as it can provide key information about the crustal growth and evolution of the continents. In this paper we make a comparative study on the lithological discrimination schemes featuring with the use of different seismic attributes, such as P-wave velocity, P- to S-wave velocity ratio, acoustic or elastic impedances, Lame impedances and high-sensitive identification factors. The results demonstrate that Lame impedances have more powerful constrains than other seismic attributes. In order to fully take the advantage of make the best of the different seismic response of crustal rock, we firstly use seismic attribute that have weak distinguish power to construct loose constrained lithological model, then use seismic attributes that have stronger distinguish power to tighten the constrains of lithological discrimination. We propose a joint scheme (chain constrain technique) by combing all available constrains to reduce the non-uniqueness in mapping rock distribution. We adopt chain constrain technique to construct lithological model beneath Tunxi-Wenzhou transect, Southeastern China, Manzhouli-Suifenhe transect, Northeastern China, and geophysical profile in Bohai Bay Basin, North China. The results can be suumarized as the follows: (1) We compare the sensitivity of different seismic factor constraints on rock types, and conclude that Lame impedances have tighter constrains than seismic velocity, Vp/Vs, density. (2) We propose chain constrains to construct lithological model from integrated geophysical data, and reduce the non-uniqueness in mapping rock distribution. (3) We reconstruct crustal lithological model beneath Tunxi-Wenzhou transect, Southeastern China. The results suggested that Jiangshan-Shaoxing fault is a crust-scale, and it is the boundary between Cathaysia and Yanthze blocks. (4) We construct crustal lithological model beneath Manzhouli-Suifenhe transect, Northeastern China. (5) We map the petrologic distribution along a geophysical profile in Bohai Bay Basin, North China, and construct a three-layered petrology model from the depth 2 km to about 10 km, consisted of basalt (the first layer), pelitic siltstone (the second layer), and silty mudstone and fine sandstone (the third layer).

贵州红枫湖水体溶解有机质的剖面特征和季节变化

溶解有机氮(dissolved organic nitrogen , DON) 与溶解有机碳(dissolved organic carbon , DOC) 相结合在湖泊水体溶解有机质(dissolved organic matter , DOM) 的研究中少有报道. 本研究对贵州喀斯特地区高原性湖泊-红枫湖水体DOC 和DON 的含量进行了近2a 的测定,研究了DOM 的剖面特征和季节变化,并探讨了DOM 垂向分布和季节变化的影响因素. 结果表明,红枫湖DOC 的浓度范围为1160～3108 mg·L - 1 ,DON 的浓度范围为0110～0137 mg·L - 1 . 在湖水混合期表层和底层的DOC和DON 的浓度基本一致,在湖水分层期DOC 和DON 浓度表现出从表层往底层减小的趋势. 表层水体(0～2m 或3m) DOC 的浓度在春末夏初或夏季达到最大,DON 的浓度在春末夏初稍高于其它月份. 结合叶绿素和降雨的数据分析认为,藻类活动和陆源输入直接导致了表层水体DOM 的季节变化模式. DOM 的C/ N 在一般情况下向下增大,但在夏季南湖的垂向水柱上,DOC 和DON 的浓度在12m 以下增大,C/ N 从12m 的1811 下降为14m 的1419 ,并向下持续减小,这很有可能是颗粒态有机质发生降解释放出C/ N 较低的DOM ,成为水体内DOM 的一个内源.

'You say a minority, sir, we say a nation': The Pilkington Committee on Broadcasting (1960-62) and Wales.

Medhurst, J. (2004). 'You say a minority, sir, we say a nation': The Pilkington Committee on Broadcasting (1960-62) and Wales. Welsh History Review. 22(2), pp.109-136. RAE2008

High current density induced damage mechanisms in electronic solder joints: a state-of-the-art review

High current density induced damages such as electromigration in the on-chip interconnection /metallization of Al or Cu has been the subject of intense study over the last 40 years. Recently, because of the increasing trend of miniaturization of the electronic packaging that encloses the chip, electromigration as well as other high current density induced damages are becoming a growing concern for off-chip interconnection where low melting point solder joints are commonly used. Before long, a huge number of publications have been explored on the electromigration issue of solder joints. However, a wide spectrum of findings might confuse electronic companies/designers. Thus, a review of the high current induced damages in solder joints is timely right this moment. We have selected 6 major phenomena to review in this paper. They are (i) electromigration (mass transfer due electron bombardment), (ii) thermomigration (mass transfer due to thermal gradient), (iii) enhanced intermetallic compound growth, (iv) enhanced current crowding, (v) enhanced under bump metallisation dissolution and (vi) high Joule heating and (vii) solder melting. the damage mechanisms under high current stressing in the tiny solder joint, mentioned in the review article, are significant roadblocks to further miniaturization of electronics. Without through understanding of these failure mechanisms by experiments coupled with mathematical modeling work, further miniaturization in electronics will be jeopardized

Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cell DNA is Damaged by Exposure to Benzo[a]pyrene, a Constituent of Cigarette Smoke.

This study examined the effect of exogenous benzo[ a ]pyrene (BaP), an important constituent of cigarette smoke, on cultured bovine retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells. Evidence is presented for its metabolic conversion into benzo[ a ]pyrene diol epoxide (BPDE) and the consequent formation of potentially cytotoxic nucleobase adducts in DNA. Cultured RPE cells were treated with BaP at concentrations in the range of 0–100 µm. The presence of BaP was found to cause inhibition of cell growth and replication. BaP induced the expression of a phase I drug metabolizing enzyme which was identified as cytochrome P450 1A1 (CYP 1A1) by RT–PCR and by Western blotting. Coincident with the increased expression of CYP 1A1, covalent adducts between the mutagenic metabolite BPDE and DNA could be detected within RPE cells by immunocytochemical staining. Additional support for their formation was afforded by nuclease P1 enhanced 32P-postlabelling assays on cellular DNA. Single-cell gel electrophoresis (comet) assays showed that exposure of RPE cells to BaP rendered them markedly more susceptible to DNA damage induced by broad band UVB or blue light laser irradiation. In the case of UVB, this is consistent with the photosensitization of DNA cleavage by nucleobase adducts of BPDE. Collectively, these findings imply that BaP has a significant impact on RPE cell pathophysiology and suggest mechanisms whereby exposure to cigarette smoke might cause RPE dysfunction and cell death, thus possibly contributing to degenerative disorders of the retina.

Design of quantum-dot cellular automata circuits using cut-set retiming

As a potential alternative to CMOS technology, QCA provides an interesting paradigm in both communication and computation. However, QCAs unique four-phase clocking scheme and timing constraints present serious timing issues for interconnection and feedback. In this work, a cut-set retiming design procedure is proposed to resolve these QCA timing issues. The proposed design procedure can accommodate QCAs unique characteristics by performing delay-transfer and time-scaling to reallocate the existing delays so as to achieve efficient clocking zone assignment. Cut-set retiming makes it possible to effectively design relatively complex QCA circuits that include feedback. It utilizes the similar characteristics of synchronization, deep pipelines and local interconnections common to both QCA and systolic architectures. As a case study, a systolic Montgomery modular multiplier is designed to illustrate the procedure. Furthermore, a nonsystolic architecture, an S27 benchmark circuit, is designed and compared with previous designs. The comparison shows that the cut-set retiming method achieves a more efficient design, with a reduction of 22%, 44%, and 46% in terms of cell count, area, and latency, respectively.

Is dieting behaviour decreasing in young adolescents?

Abstract Objective: To report trends in underweight, overweight and obesity in 12–15-year-old adolescents and examine changes in dieting behaviour, which have been less well documented. Design: Comparison of two independent representative cross-sectional surveys. Setting: Northern Ireland. Subjects: Weight and height were objectively measured in 1324 boys and 1160 girls in 1996 and 1274 boys and 1374 girls in 2007. Participants reported whether they were following any particular diet including a self-proposed or prescribed weight-reduction diet. Results: Overweight and obesity increased in girls from 15% to 23% and 2% to 6%, respectively. Increases were more modest in boys with overweight increasing from 13% to 18% and obesity from 3% to 6%. The proportion of underweight adolescents decreased from 9% to 6% in girls and 8% to 5% in boys. Evidence of social disparity was observed in girls from a manual socio-economic background, with overweight/obesity prevalence rates increasing from 21% to 36% compared with 15% to 26% in girls from a non-manual background. Despite these trends fewer adolescents, in particular girls, reported following weight-reduction diets (14% of overweight/obese girls in 2007 v. 21% in 1996; 8% of boys in 2007 v. 13% in 1996). Of these girls, the proportion from a manual background following weight-reduction diets decreased from 25% to 11%. Conclusions: Overweight and obesity are continuing to increase in adolescents despite government and media awareness strategies. There also appears to be reduced dieting behaviour, despite increasing body weight, particularly in girls from manual socio-economic backgrounds.

Evaluating periocidities in peat-based climate proxy records.

Proxy records derived from ombrotrophic peatlands provide important insights into climate change over decadal to millennial timescales. We present mid- to late- Holocene humification data and testate amoebae-derived water table records from two peatlands in Northern Ireland. We examine the repli- cation of periodicities in these proxy climate records, which have been precisely linked through teph- rochronology. Age-depth models are constructed using a Bayesian piece-wise linear accumulation model and chronological errors are calculated for each profile. A Lomb-Scargle Fourier transform-based spectral analysis is used to test for statistically significant periodicities in the data. Periodicities of c. 130, 180, 260, 540 and 1160 years are present in at least one proxy record at each site. The replication of these peri- odicities provides persuasive evidence that they are a product of allogenic climate controls, rather than internal peatland dynamics. A technique to estimate the possible level of red-noise in the data is applied and demonstrates that the observed periodicities cannot be explained by a first-order autoregressive model. We review the periodicities in the light of those reported previously from other marine and terrestrial climate proxy archives to consider climate forcing parameters. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Modelling the response of fresh groundwater to climate and vegetation changes in coral islands

In coral islands, groundwater is a crucial freshwater resource for terrestrial life, including human water supply. Response of the freshwater lens to expected climate changes and subsequent vegetation alterations is quantified for Grande Glorieuse, a low-lying coral island in the Western Indian Ocean. Distributed models of recharge, evapotranspiration and saltwater phytotoxicity are integrated into a variable-density groundwater model to simulate the evolution of groundwater salinity. Model results are assessed against field observations including groundwater and geophysical measurements. Simulations show the major control currently exerted by the vegetation with regards to the lens morphology and the high sensitivity of the lens to climate alterations, impacting both quantity and salinity. Long-term changes in mean sea level and climatic conditions (rainfall and evapotranspiration) are predicted to be responsible for an average increase in salinity approaching 140 % (+8 kg m-3) when combined. In low-lying areas with high vegetation density, these changes top +300 % (+10 kg m-3). However, due to salinity increase and its phytotoxicity, it is shown that a corollary drop in vegetation activity can buffer the alteration of fresh groundwater. This illustrates the importance of accounting for vegetation dynamics to study groundwater in coral islands.

NCRF 9 – locações: implicações fiscais e de auditoria

Dissertação apresentada ao Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto para a obtenção do Grau de Mestre em Auditoria ORIENTAÇÃO: DR. JOÃO COSTA