Ten complementary measures to assist with environmental watering programs in the Murray–Darling river system,Australia

Restoration programmes for degraded aquatic ecosystems frequently focus on flow restoration or reinstatement, including recovery targets for volumes of water to be used for environmental benefit. Australia's Murray–Darling Basin is an example of a major system undergoing substantial water reform to balance the needs of competing users, including the environment, within the constraints of an arid climate. This reform revolves around accounting for finite volumes of water that have been shared amongst water users. We argue that while recovering water will provide good outcomes, as a sole intervention, it is not enough to deliver the desired environmental benefits of the reform given the significantly altered state of the catchment. Here, we present 10 measures that could be used to complement planned water recovery actions. These “complementary measures” integrate recovery actions, which when strategically combined with water delivery would significantly enhance water reform efforts to generate environmental outcomes in a highly modified system.     

Empirical examination of critical failure factors of continuous improvement deployments: stage-wise results and a contingency theory perspective

Organisations implement various Continuous Improvement (CI) practices such as Total Quality Management, Lean, Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma (LSS) for improving their processes. Drawing from the success and failure stories of these structured CI practices, scholars enumerated Critical Success Factors and Critical Failure Factors (CFFs). This study empirically examines the occurrence of various CFFs across different stages of CI deployment. Further, from a contingency theoretic perspective, this study investigates their associations with contextual variables by collecting survey data from 213 business units from the USA, the UK, China, and India. Principal Component Analysis is used to group CFFs across five CI deployment stages leading to an empirically refined framework for CI. Crosstab analysis using the chi-square likelihood ratio presented associations of CFFs with contextual variables. Findings reveal significant differences in the occurrence of CFFs across countries. There is evidence that LSS is less prone to failures when compared with TQM, Lean and Six Sigma. The occurrence of CFFs has been relatively lower in smaller and medium-sized enterprises operating in the service sector. Findings also reveal that lessons learned from each CI deployment cycle, contribute to organisational learning, and thence, leading to success at the strategic CI level of maturity.     

新时代背景下铀矿绿色勘查技术体系研究*

实施铀矿绿色勘查是新时代生态文明战略背景下全新的勘查模式，也是保障国家安全和能源安全的必然要求。将绿色理念引入铀矿资源勘查中，对铀矿地质勘查的目的、原则、理念、技术手段和工作流程进行了创新，以最少的环境付出和经济成本获取更好的勘查成果和地质信息。在完善铀矿勘查理论体系的基础上，引入“创新、协调、绿色、开放、共享”的发展理念，参照现行的勘查标准选择合适的工程技术，形成了由成矿理论、勘查技术、勘查标准、环境恢复和勘查评价等5个方面构成的铀矿绿色勘查技术体系。     

于都黄麟-祁禄山地区土地质量地球化学评价

通过对于都县黄麟-祁禄山地区开展1:5万土地质量地球化学调查,在野外土壤样品采集和化验测试的基础上,系统地研究了影响土地质量的各项地球化学指标特征与控制因素,基本查明有益元素、重金属元素分布,划分出重点污染区和绿色土地发展区,并进行土地质量等级评价,为永久基本农田建设、土地资源开发与利用等方面提出建议。     

轴向预压缩双晶片动力学模型与特性分析

基于夹层结构是非常理想的抗爆炸冲击、弹道侵彻的轻质结构材料，制备了双层K-cor夹层结构试样。首先，采用一级轻气炮系统实验研究了双层K-cor夹层结构的高速冲击响应；其次，建立了双层K-cor夹层结构的有限元模型模拟了高速冲击过程，并利用该模型分析了高速冲击过程中的能量吸收和破坏模式；最后，讨论了结构的变化对于高速冲击性能的影响。结果表明：双层K-cor夹层结构相比单层结构的弹道极限速度提升了8.3%，模拟结果与实验值吻合较好；双层结构的优势在于更多界面在冲击作用下导致的吸能机制增加；提高Z-pin植入密度能够切实有效地提升K-cor的高速冲击性能。     

乙丙嵌段共聚物相对分子质量及链结构对PP/EPR共混体系结构与性能的影响

设计合成了一系列不同相对分子质量和乙烯平均序列长度的乙丙嵌段共聚物（EP），并将其作为聚丙烯（PP）/二元乙丙橡胶（EPR）共混体系的增容剂，考察了EP用量、相对分子质量及乙烯平均序列长度对共混体系性能及分散相形态演变的影响。结果表明，EP增容PP/EPR体系时存在最佳添加量，少量EP的加入可有效提高PP/EPR共混体系的抗冲击性能，并对分散相尺寸及形态起到良好的调控作用；同时，EP的相对分子质量越大对共混体系的冲击性能提高越明显，EP的组成与EPR越接近，对共混体系的增容效果越明显。     

酸性材料在CVOCs催化氧化中的应用

含氯挥发性有机化合物(CVOCs)对环境安全和人类健康存在持久性污染和危害。催化氧化法具有操作温度低和CO_2选择性高等优点,被广泛应用于CVOCs催化降解。催化剂作为CVOCs催化降解过程的核心部分,受到很多学者的关注。分析酸性分子筛、金属改性分子筛和复合氧化物酸性材料对各种CVOCs催化氧化活性、副产物控制性能、CO_2和HCl选择性的影响。结果表明,催化剂表面酸中心、氧化中心和催化剂表面结构性质在CVOCs催化氧化过程中起重要作用。较多酸中心和较大比表面积有利于CVOCs分子的吸附和活化,提高HCl选择性。而较多氧化中心则有利于CVOCs深度氧化,减少副产物产生,提高CO_2选择性。     

Cd-substituted Mg composites with dual-equivalent permeability and permittivity for high-frequency miniaturization antennas

Spinel Mg ferrites Mg_1-xCd_xCo_0.05Fe_1.95O₄ (x=0.0, 0.2, 0.3 and 0.4) as potential agents for the miniaturization of high frequency antennas are presented. All the synthesized compositions were experimentally revealed to possess pure spinel phase. Dual-equivalent permeability and permittivity (μ'≈26, ε'≈25, x=0.3 and μ'≈29, ε'≈28, x=0.4) from 5 to 100 MHz can be achieved by introducing Cd²⁺ ions, yielding large miniaturization factors of up to 25 and 28. To figure out the effects of Cd²⁺ ions substitution on magnetic and dielectric properties, the change in microstructure is mainly investigated. Meanwhile, enhanced magnetic properties including upward saturation magnetization (Ms) (approximately 47.60 emu/g) and reduced coercivity (approximately 54.22 Oe) are obtained due to increased grain size and denser microstructure arrangements reflected from scanning electron microscopy images. With low magnitude order of magnetic and dielectric losses factors (tanδ_ε reaches 10^-4, tanδ_μ reaches 10^-2), the composites can potentially exhibit high operating efficiencies at high frequencies.     

新冠肺炎疫情对上海经济社会发展的影响机制与应对策略

新型冠状病毒肺炎(以下简称新冠肺炎)疫情对上海经济社会发展造成了诸多影响,上海正在深入学习贯彻习近平总书记系列重要讲话精神,坚定推进"两手抓、两手硬、两手赢"。通过电话咨询部分企业家、查阅媒体相关文献、对比SARS疫情、政策分析等方式,研究认为新冠肺炎疫情对上海经济发展的影响可以从"短期-中期-长期"的时间序列进行分析,而对社会发展影响则可从"个人-社区-城市-社会"空间序列进行探讨,在影响机制的基础上还提出了相应的对策建议。