Influences of land use/cover on water quality in the upper and middle reaches of River Njoro, Kenya

Data from 10 sampling sites along the River Njoro are used to examine the contribution of nutrients from upstream land uses draining each of the sampling sites. The data also are used to assess whether both the proportion of land uses and the size of the subwatersheds account for the variability in water quality in the River Njoro watershed. Geographical Information System analysis was used to determine the spatial distribution of land‐cover types and subwatersheds contributing run‐off to the sampling sites in the River Njoro. Standard Digital Elevation Model‐based routines were used to establish the watershed area contributing run‐off to each sampling site. Water and sediment samples were collected for chemical analysis, and the nutrient levels were related to the upstream land‐use types and the size of the subwatersheds. The mid‐stream portion of the River Njoro (near Egerton University) accounts for the highest nutrient contributions. The percentage contribution is magnified by additions from industrial, human settlements and agricultural land uses around the University. There is a significant decrease in nutrient levels downstream, however, indicating natural purification as the river flows through an area of large‐scale farming with intense, well‐preserved riparian and in‐stream vegetation. Steep slopes of the land upstream of Egerton University enhance erosion and nutrient losses from those subwatersheds. Mixed small‐scale agricultural and bare lands contribute over 55% of the phosphorus load to the upper and mid‐reaches of the River Njoro. The size of the subwatershed accounts for about 53% of the variability in the soluble phosphorus in the river. The land‐use subwatershed proportions are important for characterizing and modelling water quality in the River Njoro watershed. Upland land uses are as important as near‐stream land uses. We suggest that conservation of intact riparian corridor along the river and its tributaries contributes significantly to natural purification processes and recovery of the ecological integrity of the River Njoro ecosystem.     

柴达木盆地天然气中稀有气体同位素特征

为了确定柴达木盆地勘探新层系，测试并分析了该盆地5个油气田的8个天然气样品的氦、氩同位素比值，探讨了其在大地构造背景、大地热流和气源方面的示踪意义。研究结果如下：①柴达木盆地8个天然气样品³He/⁴He值分布在2.0×10^-8～5.48×10^-8的范围，总体平均为3.7×10^-8，均在10^-8量级，体现了典型的壳源成因氦同位素的特征。②据³He/⁴He计算的大地热流值较低，分布于41.2~48.2 mW/m²之间，平均44.9 mW/m²，低于东部地区大地热流平均值73 mW/m²，表明该盆地具有较稳定的构造背景。③根据天然气⁴⁰Ar/³⁶Ar的年代积累效应，结合烃源岩分布特征推测，柴达木盆地东部凹陷区伊克雅乌汝构造伊深1井天然气应源于上第三系；西部坳陷区尕斯油田尕斯8-6井和尕斯475井天然气应源于下第三系；碱山构造碱1井天然气应源于侏罗系，碱山构造碱2井的天然气应源于上第三系；北缘块断带南八仙油气田仙试1井的天然气应源于侏罗系；南八仙油气田仙试8井和马北构造马北1井的天然气可能主要源于侏罗系。     

Recovering spectral data from natural scenes with an RGB digital camera and colored filters

Many spectral‐recovery methods using RGB digital cameras assume the underlying smoothness of illuminant and reflectance spectra, and apply low‐dimensional linear models. The aim of the present work was to test whether a direct‐mapping method could be used instead of a linear‐models approach to recover spectral radiances and reflectances from natural scenes with an RGB digital camera and colored filters. In computer simulations, a conventional RGB digital camera with up to three colored filters was used to image scenes drawn from a hyperspectral image database. Three measures were used to evaluate recovery with the direct‐mapping method: goodness‐of‐fit, root‐mean‐square error, and a color‐difference metric. It was found that with two and three filters both spectral radiances and reflectances could be recovered sufficiently accurately for many practical applications. With little increase in computational complexity, an RGB camera and a few colored filters can provide significantly better recovery of natural scenes than an RGB camera alone. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Col Res Appl, 32, 352–360, 2007     

天然彩色棉产品抗紫外线处理的探讨

介绍了天然彩色棉的应用现状以及对其进行抗紫外线处理的现实意义，探讨了抗紫外线处理的方法和检测手段，并结合初步的实验提出在天然彩色棉产品上进行抗紫外线处理的可行性。     

天然植物香精油的开发利用

天然植物香精油产业是一项新兴产业，满足了人们崇尚自然、追求健康的需要，具有很好的经济效益和社会效益。对天然植物香精油从用途、国内外现状、采用技术等几方面进行了阐述，得出了适用于植物香精油的最佳工艺技术和流程，采用了目前较先进的冷冻干燥技术和超临界CO2萃取技术，得到的产品具有萃取效率高、品质好等优点。     

论社区服务产业化

社区经济作为一种优化的资源配置方式，利用社区服务为载体，将社区内互不相联的各种经济成份变为利益共同体，建立一种新的经济生产方式，从而带动社区乃至更广区域的经济发展。     

Apple Polyphenol Oxidase Inhibitor(s) from Common Housefly (Musca Domestica L.)

ABSTRACT: A new natural apple polyphenol oxidase (PPO) inhibitor(s) from housefly ( Musca domestica L.) was discovered. Crude inhibitor (s) isolated by buffer extraction, heat treatment, and dialysis from housefly pupae inhibited the activity of apple PPO up to 90% at pH values above 5.0. Inhibition was strictly pH-dependent. The inhibitor(s) was further characterized by employing heat, freezing and thawing, irradiation, pH adjustment, and ultrafiltration studies. The potential PPO inhibitor(s) was stable to heating at 100 °C for 1 h, repeated freezing and thawing, and irradiation. The inhibitor(s) was most stable at pH around 5.0 and least stable at alkaline pH. The PPO inhibition profile of housefly during metamorphosis also was evaluated.     

大规格圆钢质量分析和控制

针对湘钢棒材厂生产大规格圆钢出现的表面质量问题，重点介绍了在成品轧机后采用U形辊道和立活套替换棍道；冷床输入辊道采用镶WT合金套；增设高压水除鳞装置；中间轧件尺寸精度控制等措施，成功的解决了大规格圆钢表面擦伤、“麻面”、尺寸超差等表面质量问题，产品质量显著提高。     

集团变分法(CVM)及其在合金相图计算中的应用

介绍了集团变分法的集团概率变量、配置熵等统计分析的理论基础及Helmholtz自由能的描述模型.提出了巨势及相对化学势的几何分析理论.讨论了应用集团变分法和巨势分析理论进行相平衡计算的过程,并分析了同结构平衡相图计算的若干实例.     

浅谈侧窗采光和门窗节能措施

充分利用天然光，改善门窗的绝热性能，是建筑节能的重点手段。