Social dominance mediates the association of testosterone and neurobehavioral disinhibition with risk for substance use disorder.

This investigation determined the influence of testosterone and neurobehavioral disinhibition (ND) on risk for substance use disorder (SUD). Testosterone level during puberty was hypothesized to promote social dominance associated with norm-violating behavior that, in turn, predisposes individuals to use of illicit drugs and, subsequently, SUD. Using a prospective paradigm, the authors recruited 179 boys (mean age=11.62 years, SD=0.88) and followed up when participants were ages 12-14, 16, 19, and 22. Results indicated that social dominance/norm-violating behavior (SD/NVB) at age 16 mediated the association between testosterone level (ages 12-14) and SUD (age 22). In addition, SD/NVB mediated the association between ND and SUD. These findings suggest that development of SUD is influenced by androgen-dependent and neurobehavioral processes via a social motivational style characterized by SD/NVB. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Youth gambling behaviors: An examination of the role of resilience.

The study of resilient children has overturned many deficit-focused models concerning the ontogenesis of children raised in adversity. This study explored the relationship between risk and protective factors, resilience, and youth gambling behavior. More specifically, this study examined the relative contribution of various risk and protective domains in relation to problem gambling behavior and examined whether youth identified as resilient (high risk exposure- high internalized protection) were as likely as those identified as vulnerable (high risk exposure-low internalized protection) to engage in excessive gambling behavior. The sample consisted of 1,273 students ages 12 to 19. The findings demonstrated that risk and protective factors each provide a unique contribution to the prediction model of gambling problems. Resilient and vulnerable youth differed significantly in their self-reported gambling severity. As well, resilient youth were not statistically distinguishable from low-risk exposure groups in terms of their gambling severity. Findings are interpreted with respect to resilience and prevention research. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

PP/EPDM/CaCO_3三元共混体系的脆韧转变研究

采用扫描电镜和材料力学性能试验方法研究了ＰＰ／ＥＰＤＭ／ＣａＣＯ３三元体系中ＣａＣＯ３的表面处理与其材料的缺口冲击韧性及产生脆韧转变现象之间的关系。实验结果及分析表明：体系中分散相颗粒周围向ＰＰ基体扩散、渗透或与之共结晶的ＥＰＤＭ部分是增韧ＰＰ的有效成分；较好的表面处理条件下，体系中加入较少量的ＥＰＤＭ即可使材料缺口冲击韧性和拉伸模量值同时达到较好水平。     

Daily impact of climate on the pattern of urban family life : Indigenous courtyard houses of Baghdad regions of the hot-dry climates Part I: Daily shifts or daily movements in summer

During the day, there are considerable variations in the climatic factors prevailing in these regions. This is especially so during the 24-hour daily cycle of the long, hot and dry summer (mid-May to midOctober). Such climatic conditions have had a considerable impact on the daily living pattern of family life in the same season, particularly in the urban areas. During the same 24-hour cycle, they have compelled the inhabitants to shift their living activities both vertically in section and horizontally in plan; they do this in pursuit of more acceptable, if not, desirable internal thermal environmental ambience.     

弹性杆与水下壳体接触冲击的冲击力计算研究

对弹性杆与水下壳体接触冲击问题进行了研究，用有限元法模拟壳体，边界无法模拟无限域流体，通过温面上的耦合条件进行联立求解，文中给出了典型算例，并进行了有关讨论。     

粉末涂层抗冲击缺陷分析

讨论了粉末静电涂装中出现的涂层抗冲击试验缺陷，通过设计实验寻找造成该缺陷的原因，揭示了产生涂层起皱和脱离基材的原因是钢板与磷化液之间的匹配性差。通过提高磷化液的游离酸酸度解决了该问题。从理论上推出了游离酸与附着力之间可能的关系：游离酸影响磷化膜与基材的结合力，或影响形成的磷化膜的形态。     

Impact of dams on point bar habitat: a case for the extirpation of the Sacramento Valley Tiger Beetle,C. hirticollis abrupta

Quantitative analyses of flow and stage data, remote sensing and geographic information systems analysis, and field studies were used to assess the impact of dams and diversions on the point bar habitat of the Sacramento Valley Tiger Beetle (Cicindela hirticollis abrupta). The reaches of interest include sites of known historic populations of C. h. abrupta along the Sacramento River from approximately 8 km north of Colusa southward to the confluence with the Feather River and along the Feather River between Yuba City and its confluence with the Sacramento River. The results from this study show that construction of two major dams has altered flows such that prolonged and increased flows during summer, fall, and early winter have most likely disrupted life cycles, flooded larvae, drowned overwintering adults and led to high mortality. Additionally, habitat availability has decreased over time because point bars have decreased in number and area causing increased distances between populations and isolation of populations. Moreover, point bar armouring, channel scouring, altered flows, redirected flows through weirs, and lithologic controls have produced a bimodal distribution of mean grain sizes in the Sacramento River in which the more northern bars contain gravel deposits and more southern bars possess fine sands. These conditions negatively alter moisture retention and sediment compaction and, consequently, burrowing conditions needed by this tiger beetle. Additionally, more stabilized flows (reduced variability) and increased fine‐grained deposition have enabled development and encroachment of vegetation onto the sand bars. Finally, human stresses, such as foot traffic and vehicular traffic may have interfered with burrowing, ovipositing, and foraging. The combination of these stress factors has most likely led to a reduction in source populations and, ultimately, the apparent extirpation of the entire metapopulation. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

长江水利建设战略环境影响评价的实践与发展

根据长江水利建设战略环境影响评价的实践与研究，分类论述了流域规划环评，区域水利建设环评，城市群防供体系建设环评和跨流域调水环评的主要项目及其特点。阐述了水利建设战略环评的因子识别，筛选及指标体系，水利建设对防洪，提供清洁能源，安全供水，改善水生态环境的有利影响，淹占土地，移民，施工中环境问题等不利影响及战略对策措施。     

织物树脂层压复合材料抗弹性能研究

针对防弹织物树脂层压复合材料的研制，考察了层压复合材料面密度，纤维类型，树脂体系，铺层混杂方式及纤维混杂分数，织物铺层，预置分层等因素对层压复合材料靶板弹道冲击性能的影响。     

Strength of Metals at High Strain Rates

Results of metal testing in impact tension–compression and indentation are analyzed. As the analysis of these data demonstrates, the strength of metals increases greatly with strain rates and at moderate indentation rates. At high indentation rates, a decrease in the specific energy (per unit volume of a displaced material) necessary for the formation of a conical cavity was observed. The account of the effects of viscosity, temperature increase upon plastic deformation and its localization can be used to explain the above phenomena.