Targeting resource investments to achieve sediment reduction and improved Great Barrier Reef health

Concerns about excessive sediment loads entering the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) lagoon in Australia have led to a focus on improving ground cover in grazing lands. Ground cover has been identified as an important factor in reducing sediment loads, but improving ground cover has been difficult for reef stakeholders in major catchments of the GBR. To provide better information an optimising linear programming model based on paddock scale information in conjunction with land type mapping was developed for the Fitzroy, the largest of the GBR catchments. This identifies at a catchment scale which land types allow the most sediment reduction to be achieved at least cost. The results suggest that from the five land types modelled, the lower productivity land types present the cheapest option for sediment reductions. The study allows more informed decision making for natural resource management organisations to target investments. The analysis highlights the importance of efficient allocation of natural resource management funds in achieving sediment reductions through targeted land type investments. © 2012.

Static and dynamic properties of incommensurate smectic-AIC liquid crystals

We study the elasticity, topological defects, and hydrodynamics of the recently discovered incommensurate smectic (AIC) phase, characterized by two collinear mass density waves of incommensurate spatial frequency. The low-energy long-wavelength excitations of the system can be described by a displacement field u(x) and a ��phason�� field w(x) associated, respectively, with collective and relative motion of the two constituent density waves. We formulate the elastic free energy in terms of these two variables and find that when w=0, its functional dependence on u is identical to that of a conventional smectic liquid crystal, while when u=0, its functional dependence on w is the same as that for the angle variable in a slightly anisotropic XY model. An arbitrariness in the definition of u and w allows a choice that eliminates all relevant couplings between them in the long-wavelength elastic energy. The topological defects of the system are dislocations with nonzero u and w components. We introduce a two-dimensional Burgers lattice for these dislocations, and compute the interaction between them. This has two parts: one arising from the u field that is short ranged and identical to the interaction between dislocations in an ordinary smectic liquid crystal, and one arising from the w field that is long ranged and identical to the logarithmic interaction between vortices in an XY model. The hydrodynamic modes of the AIC include first- and second-sound modes whose direction-dependent velocities are identical to those in ordinary smectics. The sound attenuations have a different direction dependence, however. The breakdown of hydrodynamics found in conventional smectic liquid crystals, with three of the five viscosities diverging as 1/? at small frequencies ?, occurs in these systems as well and is identical in all its details. In addition, there is a diffusive phason mode, not found in ordinary smectic liquid crystals, that leads to anomalously slow mechanical response analogous to that predicted in quasicrystals, but on a far more experimentally accessible time scale.

Photocurrent spectroscopic studies of diketopyrrolopyrrole-based statistical copolymers

Diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) containing copolymers have gained a lot of interest in organic optoelectronics with great potential in organic photovoltaics. In this work, DPP based statistical copolymers, with slightly different bandgap energies and a varying fraction of donor-acceptor ratio are investigated using monochromatic photocurrent spectroscopy and Fourier-transform photocurrent spectroscopy (FTPS). The statistical copolymer with a lower DPP fraction, when blended with a fullerene derivative, shows the signature of an inter charge transfer complex state in photocurrent spectroscopy. Furthermore, the absorption spectrum of the blended sample with a lower DPP fraction is seen to change as a function of an external bias, qualitatively similar to the quantum confined Stark effect, from where we estimate the exciton binding energy. The statistical copolymer with a higher DPP fraction shows no signal of the inter charge transfer states and yields a higher external quantum efficiency in a photovoltaic structure. In order to gain insight into the origin of the observed charge transfer transitions, we present theoretical studies using density-functional theory and time-dependent density-functional theory for the two pristine DPP based statistical monomers.

Photocurrent spectroscopic studies of diketopyrrolopyrrole-based statistical copolymers

Diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) containing copolymers have gained a lot of interest in organic optoelectronics with great potential in organic photovoltaics. In this work, DPP based statistical copolymers, with slightly different bandgap energies and a varying fraction of donor-acceptor ratio are investigated using monochromatic photocurrent spectroscopy and Fourier-transform photocurrent spectroscopy (FTPS). The statistical copolymer with a lower DPP fraction, when blended with a fullerene derivative, shows the signature of an inter charge transfer complex state in photocurrent spectroscopy. Furthermore, the absorption spectrum of the blended sample with a lower DPP fraction is seen to change as a function of an external bias, qualitatively similar to the quantum confined Stark effect, from where we estimate the exciton binding energy. The statistical copolymer with a higher DPP fraction shows no signal of the inter charge transfer states and yields a higher external quantum efficiency in a photovoltaic structure. In order to gain insight into the origin of the observed charge transfer transitions, we present theoretical studies using density-functional theory and time-dependent density-functional theory for the two pristine DPP based statistical monomers.

一个二流体系统中两对孤立波的相互作用

本文讨论一个二流体系统中孤立波的相互作用,该系统由水平固壁之上的两层常密度不可压无粘流体组成,上表面为自由面。文中在浅水波假定下,导出了适用于所考虑的模型的基本方程——推广的Boussinesq方程;接着,应用PLK方法和约化摄动法求得了两对表面-界面孤立波迎撞的二阶近似解,给出了碰撞时界面和表面的最大波幅以及碰撞后的非均匀相移,进而表明孤立波迎撞后将发生变形。

Häufigkeit und Verbreitung der Garnelen (Crangon crangon) im Januar in der Deutschen Bucht

Die wichtigsten Fragen dieser Untersuchungen betreffen die Verbreitung und Konzentrationen der Garnelen im Winter, die Größenzusammensetzung und das Geschlechterverhältnis. Es wird untersucht, welchen Einfluß die Winterfischerei sowie der Wegfraß durch Räuber wie Kabeljau, Wittling, Franzosendorsch etc. auf den Bestand und die fangaussichten der nächsten Saison im Watt haben. Der Anteil eiertragender und nicht eiertragender Weibchen, sowie Schätzungen über die Laichzeiten und das Auftreten von Garnelenlarven im Plankton sollen unsere Kenntnis über die Garnelenbestände ergänzen. Zu klären ist auch wieviel Larven pro Weibchen schlüpfen und ob Sturmserien zur Verdriftung von Larvenwolken führen.

Texto, discurso e alteridade: heterogeneidade discursiva no chat

A linguagem veiculada pela mídia eletrônica, produzida por jovens em salas de bate-papo, vem causando reações adversas em vários setores da sociedade brasileira, tais como os da lingüística, filosofia, educação, psicologia, psiquiatria e do direito. Jornais e revistas, freqüentemente, divulgam a perplexidade de muitos diante dessa linguagem. Em virtude disso, abriu-se um campo fecundo de investigação científica na área de estudos da língua portuguesa. O objetivo desta dissertação é investigar não só os elementos gramaticais dos enunciados/discursos concernentes ao corpus, mas, além disso, extrapolar as fronteiras da morfossintaxe, que opera no plano da descrição da frase, em direção à análise de discurso, que opera no plano da interpretação, do modo como são construídos os discursos, da materialidade discursiva e das condições de produção deste. O corpus é constituído de textos do gênero chat, produzidos por jovens, entre treze e dezesseis anos, matriculados em uma escola particular do Rio de Janeiro. Para abordar um uso conversacional da língua portuguesa no chat, do ponto vista discursivo, optou-se pelo quadro teórico de Jacqueline Authier-Revuz, com o fito de interpretar questões, tais como: formas de heterogeneidade mostrada e marcada; interdiscurso; negação do enunciador estratégico; distinção entre o sujeito cartesiano (homogêneo e transparente) e o sujeito não-cartesiano (heterogêneo e opaco); discurso direto (em que a alteridade transparece no enunciado/discurso do locutor, que dá lugar ao discurso de um outro em seu próprio discurso); e conotação autonímica. A metodologia adotada parte do campo das ciências humanas como uma pesquisa de cunho qualitativo. Em suma, é possível encontrar, nesta dissertação, a reflexão diluída dos conteúdos teóricos que contemplam a Gramática da Língua Portuguesa e a Análise de Discurso

电子束蒸发制备平板偏振膜激光损伤特性研究

采用电子束蒸发沉积技术制备了平板偏振膜。用Lambda900分光光度计测试了其光学性能。在中心波长1053nm处P偏振光的透过率Tp〉98％，S偏振光的透过率Ts〈0．5％，消光比T，／瓦〉200：1，带宽约为20nm。用波长1064nm，脉宽12ns的脉冲激光进行损伤阈值测试，获得P偏振光的损伤阈值为17．2J／cm^2，S偏振光的损伤阈值为19．6J／cm^2。用Nomarski显微镜对薄膜的损伤形貌进行观察，并用Alpha-500型台阶仪对损伤深度进行测试。结果表明，P偏振光的激光损伤为界面损伤与缺

Suitable stocking density of tilapia in an aquaponic system

An aquaponic system was studied through the integrated culture of mono-sex GIFT and two types of vegetables viz. morning glory, Ipomoea reptans and taro, Colocasia esculenta in a recirculating system for 15 weeks. Tilapia fry of uniform size of 0.76 g were released in three treatments (stocking densities): 106 fish/m³ (T1), 142 fish/m³ (T2) and 177 fish/m³ (T3) to assess the effect of stocking density on the growth performance of fish. Fish were fed with a commercial feed containing 25% protein. Weight gain (g) of tilapia ranged from 19.41 to 32.67 g and was inversely related with stocking density. Percent weight gain varied between 2553.99 and 4298.68% and was significantly different among the treatments. SGR ranged from 3.09 to 3.59% per day and varied significantly. FCR varied from 2.19 to 2.69 and had a positive correlation with stocking density. The highest survival rate (%) was achieved in T1 (99%) followed by T2 (98%) and T3 (96%). Production of fish ranged from 3.43 to 3.52 kg/m³ and was inversely related with stocking density. The present study demonstrated that 106 fish/m³ was the best stocking density in terms of growth, food conversion ratio, survival and production for tilapia culture in the aquaponic system.

鳖类疾病及其防治对策(十四)

<正> (2)病因:由于喂食后,尤其在春秋季,环境温度昼夜变化较大时,会引起鳖器官机能的减弱,温度的降低使鳘的泄殖孔紧缩。吃进的饲料不能正常消化、排泄,使粪便不能正常排出,越积越硬,最终肠道阻梗。由于阻梗以致肠道血液不流通,造成肠道组织坏死。有时致使肠道破裂,引起龟鳖死亡。(3)防治方法:对患病的龟鳖.立即移至

GOTOBLAS一般矩阵乘法高效实现机制的研究

对GOTOBLAS库(GOTO)的实现机制,尤其是其中的一般矩阵乘法部分的实现进行了分析.结合近年来的一些研究成果,讨论了如何高效地实现矩阵相乘操作,把存储层次对程序性能的影响提高到计算模型的高度.对比实验表明,GOTO库的性能远远高于没有考虑存储层次的一般BLAS库.证明了GOTO库性能上的优越性和将存储层次引入计算模型的必要性.

A one-pot procedure to prepare S-protected 4-iodothiophenols

By means of non-aqueous reduction of pipsyl chloride followed by treatment with K2CO3 and then reacting with acetyl chloride or benzyl chloride, S-acetyl/benzyl -4-iodothiophenols were obtained in a one-pot procedure with yield as high as 90%. These S-protected arenethiols are very important intermediates to synthesize self-assembled molecular wires.