简介:Amajorroleofecologicalriskassessment(ERA)hasbeentoprovidescientificguidanceonwhetherafuturehumanactivitywillcauseecologicalharm,includingsuchactivitiesasreleaseofageneticallymodifiedorganism(GMO),exoticspecies,orchemicalpollutantintotheenvironment.Thisrequiresthedeterminationofthelikelihoodsthattheactivity:wouldcauseaharm,andwouldnotcauseaharm.Inthefirstcase,thefocusisondemonstratingthepresenceofaharmanddevelopingappropriatemanagementtomitigatesuchharm.Thisisusuallyevaluatedusingstandardhypothesisanalysis.Inthesecondcase,thefocusisondemonstratingtheabsenceofaharmandsupportingadecisionofbiosafety.WhilemostERAresearchershavefocusedonfindingpresenceofharm,andsomehavewronglyassociatedthelackofdetectionofharmwithbiosafety,anovelapproachinERAwouldbetofocusondemonstratingdirectlythesafetyoftheactivity.Although,someresearchershavesuggestedthatretrospectivepoweranalysiscanbeusedtoinferabsenceofharm,itactuallyprovidesinaccurateinformationaboutbiosafety.Adecisionofbiosafetycanonlybesupportedinastatisticallysoundmannerbyequivalencetests,describedhere.Usinga20%ecologicalequivalencestandardinGMOexamples,weillustratedtheuseofequivalencetestsfortwo-sampleswithnormalorbinomialdataandmulti-samplenormaldata,andprovidedaspreadsheetcalculatorforeach.Insixoftheeightexamples,theeffectsofCrytoxinsonanon-targetorganismwereequivalenttoacontrol,supportingadecisionofbiosafety.Theseexamplesalsoshowedthatdemonstrationofequivalencedoesnotrequirelargesamplesizes.Althoughmorerelevantecologicalequivalencestandardsshouldbedevelopedtoenableequivalenceteststobecomethemainmethodtosupportbiosafetydecisionmaking,weadvocatetheiruseforevaluatingbiosafetyfornon-targetorganismsbecauseoftheirdirectandaccurateinferenceregardingsafety.
简介:ThroughanalysisandnumericalcomputationofECMWF’sdiscreteschemeofhydrostaticequation(Baedeetal.1979),ithasbeenfoundthatinthecaseofequal△σthereexistsystematicerrorsinthescheme.TheerrorE(?)causedbytakingthearithmeticmeanofthegeopotentialheightsoftwoadjacenthalfa-levelsasthegeopotentialheightofthecor-respondingintegera-level,increaseswithheightandhasanunacceptablemaximuminthevicinityofthetopoftheat-mosphere;however,theerrorscausedbythetemperaturetreatmentaregenerallysmall.Ontheotherhand,ifanuneven△σ-schemeinwhichthelevelsintheupperandloweratmospherearedenserthanthoseinthemiddleatmosphere,isadopted,thenE(?)canbemuchreduced.However,iftheresolutionoftheoriginalequalArt-schemedoubles,thenE(?)canonlybefoundtobemuchreducedinthetroposphereandthatinthevicinityoftheatmospherictopisstillunacceptable.Twonumericalschemesforimprovementhavebeenpresented.OfthemoneisthesameastheECMWF’sscheme,butwithequal△lnσ,andtheotheristointegratetheequationbytheuseofTschebyscheffpolynomialsTandtoadoptthezerosofTNastheatmosphericlevelswhereNisthetotalnumberoflevels.Theresultsshowthatwithbothschemesthecomputationalerrorscanbemuchreduced,especiallythelatter,duetothefactthattheerrorsofthreestatisticaltypesaregenerallylessthantherootmeansquareerrorofthegeopotentialheightsreportedinTEMP.
简介:小粒的材料在工业并且在自然是无所不在的。为小紧张,有弹性塑料、发育不全的组成的关系广泛地在设计实践被使用,但是他们不是内在的物理的重要思考。在解释材料的物理的一个统一热力学框架下面,小粒的稳固的水动力学(GSH)是向描述小粒的材料,不是仅仅像固体,而且像液体的行为的延期。在这份报纸,GSH的基础简短被对待然后简化了在triaxial压缩分析quasistatic变丑。计算压力紧张关系和容量的紧张与试验性的结果相比。在GSH的主要参数的影响,特别他们的生气联合影响,被分析,他们的物理意思进一步被澄清。在参数被校准以后,处于典型压力状态的计算压力价值被发现在22%测试价值以内。同时,精力驱散在triaxial压缩期间被分析。上述结果支持并且部分确定GSH。
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简介:Inthispaper,westudyatwo-speciesperiodicBeddington-DeAngelispredator-preymodelwithdelayinatwo-patchenvironment,inwhichthepreyspeciescandispersebetweentwopatches,butthepredatorspeciescannotdisperse.Onthebasisofthecomparisontheoremofdifferentialequations,weestablishsufficientconditionsforthepermanenceandextinctionofthesystem.
简介:张代洲,唐孝炎,秦瑜,岩坂泰信,盖秀贞TestsforindividualSulfate-ContainingParticlesinUrbanAtmosphereinBeijing¥ZhangDaizhou;TangXiaoyan(Centerfor...
简介:Asystematicalsimulationhasbeencarriedoutontheindentationcreeptestonparticle-reinforcedcomposites.Thedeformation,failuremechanismsandlifeareanalyzedbythreereasonablemodels.Thefollowingfivefactorshavebeenconsideredsimultaneously:creeppropertyoftheparticle,creeppropertyofthematrix,theshapeoftheparticle,thevolumefractionoftheparticleandthesize(relativesizetotheparticle)oftheindentationindenter.Forallthecases,thepowerlawrespectingtotheappliedstresscanbeusedtomodelthesteadyindentationcreepdepthrateoftheindenter,andthedetailexpressionshavebeenpresented.Thecomputersimulationprecisionisanalyzedbythetwo-phasemodelandthethree-phasemodel.Twoplacesofthestressconcentrationarefoundinthecomposites.Oneisaheadoftheindentationindenter,wherethehighstressstateisdeducedbytheedgeoftheindenterandwilldecreaserapidlyneartoasteadyvaluewiththecreeptime.Theotheroneisattheinterface,wherethehighstressstateisdeducedbythemisfitofmaterialpropertiesbetweentheparticlesandmatrix.Ithasbeenfoundthatthecreepdissipationenergydensityotherthanastressparametercanbeusedtobethecriteriontomodelthedebondingoftheinterfaces.Withthecriterionofthecriticalcreepdissipationenergydensity,apowerlawtotheappliedstresswithnegativeexponentcanbeusedtomodelthefailurelifededucedbythedebondingofinterfaces.Theinfluencesoftheshapeoftheparticlesandthematchingofcreeppropertiesofparticleandmatrixcanbediscussedforthefailure.Withacrackmodel,thefurthergrowthofinterfacecrackisanalyzed,andsomeimportantexperimentalphenomenacanbepredicted.Thefailuremechanismwhichtheparticlewillbepunchedintomatrixhasbeenalsodiscussed.Thecriticaldiflerencesbetweenthecreeppropertiesoftheparticlesandmatrixhavebeencalculated,afteraparameterhasbeendefined.Intheviewofcompetitionoffailure
简介:IN690superalloy的热变丑行为在12731473K的一个温度范围和0.0110s的一个紧张率范围被描绘?1使用的单轴的压缩测试在上处理退火的材料。在流动应力和有效紧张,有效紧张率以及变丑温度之间的组成的关系被学习。流动显著地与IN690superalloy增加的变丑温度强调还原剂,这能被结束。而,当紧张率从0.1s增加时,有流动应力的重要增加?1~10s?1。基于夸张正弦的Arrhenius类型方程,就紧张的赔偿而言的一个组成的方程被开发。当变丑紧张增加,激活精力和材料常数(Q,n和lnA)减少。紧张依赖者术语成功地通过一个四次的方程在组成的方程被合并。在试验性的数据和预言的结果之间的一个好协议被完成了,显示建议组成的方程和材料常数是的determing的方法对模型合适IN690superalloy的高温度变丑行为。
简介:AnA.D.I.Galerkinschemeforthree-dimensionalnonlinearparabolicintegro-differen-tialequationisstudied.Byusingalternating-direction,thethree-dimensionalproblemisreducedtoafamilyofsinglespacevariableproblems,thecalculationissimplified;byusingalocalapproxima-tionofthecoefficientsbasedonpatchesoffiniteelements,thecoefficientmatrixisupdatedateachtimestep;byusingRitz-Volterraprojection,integrationbypartandothertechniques,theinfluencecomingfromtheintegraltermistreated;byusinginductivehypothesisreasoning,thedifficultycomingfromthenonlinearityistreated.ForbothGalerkinandA.D.I.Galerkinschemesthecon-vergencepropertiesarerigorouslydemonstrated,theoptimalH~1-normandL~2-normestimatesareobtained.
简介:AbstractFor the detection of steatosis, quantitative ultrasound imaging techniques have achieved great progress in past years. Magnetic resonance imaging proton density fat fraction is currently the most accurate test to detect hepatic steatosis. Some blood biomarkers correlate with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, but the accuracy is modest. Regarding liver fibrosis, liver stiffness measurement by transient elastography (TE) has high accuracy and is widely used across the world. Magnetic resonance elastography is marginally better than TE but is limited by its cost and availability. Several blood biomarkers of fibrosis have been used in clinical trials and hold promise for selecting patients for treatment and monitoring treatment response. This article reviews new developments in the non-invasive assessment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Accumulating evidence suggests that various non-invasive tests can be used to diagnose NAFLD, assess its severity, and predict the prognosis. Further studies are needed to determine the role of the tests as monitoring tools. We cannot overemphasize the importance of context in selecting appropriate tests.
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简介:Electricalemission(EM)signals,whicharegeneratedfromtheconcretespecimensunderthree-pointbendingtests,wereconducted.Itisshownthatelectricalemissionphenomenaarerelatedtocrackingofthespecimens,cohesivefailure,contact-separationetc.Thesimultaneousappearanceofelectricemissionsignalsandvisiblecracksduringtheflexureloadingofbeamswasalsoobserved.
简介:Theprojectforcatalyticconversionofbiomassinto1,2-propanedioljointlydevelopedbytheCASDalianInstituteofChemicalPhysics(DICP)hasmadegreatstridesaftersuccessfulcommissioningofa100t/apilotplantatthefirstattemptwiththeconversionrateandproductselectivitybothreachingover90%.