Rainbow smelt population responses to species invasions and change in environmental condition

Invasive species can cause major disruptions in native food webs, yet the impact of species introductions and whether they will become invasive appears to be context-dependent. Rainbow smelt and alewife co-exist as invasive species in the Laurentian Great Lakes and as native species on the Atlantic coast of North America, but in Lake Champlain rainbow smelt is the dominant native forage fish and alewife are invasive. Alewife became abundant by 2007, providing an opportunity to explore the dynamics of these two species in a system where only one is invasive. We used data from a 28-year forage fish survey to compare demographics of rainbow smelt populations in three basins of Lake Champlain with different volumes, nutrient levels, and predator abundances. Rainbow smelt catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE) remained constant in the large, deep Main Lake before and after alewife invaded, but decreased in the two smaller basins. Declines were primarily a result of increased age-0 and age-1 mortality. Predation by top piscivores, system productivity, and competition for resources alone could not explain the patterns in CPUE across the basins. The mechanisms that allow alewife and rainbow smelt to co-exist could be related to system volume and oxythermal habitat availability, and may explain why the two species do not negatively affect each other in the Great Lakes. Summer hypoxia in the smaller basins could force individuals into smaller habitat volumes with higher densities of competitors and cannibalistic adult rainbow smelt. Habitat availability may mediate the impact of invasive alewife on native rainbow smelt.     

一种面向数据可用性和存储可靠性动态要求的自适应纠删码存储策略设计

为了满足指数级增长的大数据存储需求,现代的分布式存储系统需要提供大容量的存储空间以及快速的存储服务.因此在主流的分布式存储系统中,均应用了纠删码技术以节约数据中心的磁盘成本,保证数据的可靠性,并且满足应用程序和客户端的快速存储需求.在实际应用中数据往往重要程度并不相同,对数据可用性要求不一,且不同磁盘的故障率和可靠性动态不一的特点,对于传统RAID存储方式包括基于纠删码的存储系统提出了新的挑战.本文提出了一种面向数据可用性和磁盘可靠性动态要求的灵活自适应纠删码存储设计On-demand ARECS(On-demand Availability and Reliability Oriented Adaptive Erasure Coded Storage System),根据存储后端数据可用性和磁盘可靠性的多个维度进行设计,综合确定纠删码编码策略和存储节点选择,从而减少存储冗余度和存储延迟,同时提高数据可用性和存储可靠性.我们在Tahoe-LAFS开源分布式文件系统中进行了实验,实验结果验证了我们的理论分析,在保证具有多样性要求的数据可用性和磁盘可靠性的前提下,明显减少了数据冗余度和存储延迟.     

浅析管理在信息系统安全中的必要性

在信息系统安全规划和设计中,管理作为信息系统的安全基础和信息系统各安全层面的基本要素,已经成为构建安全、可用信息系统不可或缺的必要条件。文章针对管理在信息系统安全中的作用、特点进行了论述,并结合等级保护政策提出了相应的管理建议。     

应用函数链神经网络测量管道内壁缺陷尺寸

基于图像测量管道内壁缺陷尺寸时,图像上单位像素所代表的实际尺寸与很多因素有关,如摄像机的内部、外部参数以及摄像机到管壁的距离等,是一个复杂的非线性关系。在摄像机参数固定的条件下,采用函数链神经网络来逼近图像上单位像素所代表的实际尺寸与管道内径之间的非线性关系,进而实现了无需标定摄像机参数的管道内壁缺陷尺寸测量。实验结果表明,这种方法具有易于实现、误差小等特点。     

Physiological arousal, dissonance, and attitude change: Evidence for a dissonance-arousal link and a "Don't remind me" effect.

Two experiments, with 80 undergraduates, replicated and extended research by R. T. Croyle and J. Cooper (see record 1984-11595-001) indicating that cognitive dissonance involves physiological arousal. In Exp I, Ss wrote counterattitudinal essays under conditions of high or low choice and, to assess arousal effects owing to effort, with or without a list of arguments provided by the experimenter. In high-choice conditions only and regardless of effort, Ss showed both arousal (heightened galvanic skin response) and attitude change. Arousal, however, did not decline following attitude change. The more effortful task (no arguments provided) produced increased arousal but not greater attitude change. In Exp II, the opportunity to change one's attitude following a freely chosen counterattitudinal essay was manipulated. As in Exp I, arousal increased following the essay but did not decline following a postessay attitude change opportunity. When Ss were not given an attitude change opportunity, however, arousal did decline. It is suggested that if dissonance is a drive state, drive reduction typically may be accomplished through gradual cognitive change or forgetting. (47 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

接灯片级进模设计

分析了接灯片冲压工艺和采用级进模生产的可行性 ,介绍了排样设计、模具结构特点及其工作过程     

弹链粉末涂装可行性探讨

通过炮用弹链粉末静电喷涂工艺试验,验证了弹链粉末涂装的可行性。粉末涂装工艺能够提高炮用弹链的防蚀性,简化工序。     

基于Windows的液压实时测试浅析

本文通过分析WINDOWS实时处理的局限性，提出了解决问题的几种机制；同时以液压元件的实时测试中断程序的实现为例说明了机制的应用，研究表明，这种机制较传统方法实用、有效。     

搜索引擎页面排序算法研究综述*

系统地分析了现有的页面排序算法,指出了它们各自的优势和存在的不足,并指出不同算法在不同领域和场合所具有的优势。建立专业搜索引擎是提高搜索准确性和性能的有效途径。通过网格技术将各种专业搜索引擎集成在一起,形成一个基于网格的搜索引擎,从而更好地满足不同背景不同偏好的用户需求。     

Adhesion Mechanisms of Polyurethanes to Glass Surfaces I. Structure-Property Relationships in Polyurethanes and Their Effects on Adhesion to Glass

Polyurethanes were prepared from toluene diisocyanate (TDI), 1-4-butane diol (BDO) and polycaprolactone-based triols with varying molecular weights. Among each molecular weight triol-based urethane, hard segment content was varied from 20% to 70%. Differential scanning calorimetry, tensile testing, and Iosipescu shear testing were done on all the various urethanes prepared. Thermal characterization data revealed the dependence of phase separation on hard segment content as well as on the triol molecular weight. Tensile data and Iosipescu shear data further confirmed the observations made from the DSC data. The data further indicated that phase separation can greatly improve the modulus of cross-linked segmented urethanes. Adhesion of these urethanes to glass surface was evaluated using soda-lime float glass plate. Urethane samples were cast on the air side of the glass plates and adhesion was measured in shear mode. Adhesion data indicated that in addition to hard segment content, modulus, cross-link density, and molecular weight of the triols, phase separation seems to be a major factor in controlling adhesion. Surfaces of the failed adhesion samples were also analyzed and the failure mode was found to be cohesive, in varying degree, with the different urethane systems.