Apparent power-law distributions in animal movements can arise from intraspecific interactions

Lévy flights have gained prominence for analysis of animal movement. In a Lévy flight, step-lengths are drawn from a heavy-tailed distribution such as a power law (PL), and a large number of empirical demonstrations have been published. Others, however, have suggested that animal movement is ill fit by PL distributions or contend a state-switching process better explains apparent Lévy flight movement patterns. We used a mix of direct behavioural observations and GPS tracking to understand step-length patterns in females of two related butterflies. We initially found movement in one species (Euphydryas editha taylori) was best fit by a bounded PL, evidence of a Lévy flight, while the other (Euphydryas phaeton) was best fit by an exponential distribution. Subsequent analyses introduced additional candidate models and used behavioural observations to sort steps based on intraspecific interactions (interactions were rare in E. phaeton but common in E. e. taylori). These analyses showed a mixed-exponential is favoured over the bounded PL for E. e. taylori and that when step-lengths were sorted into states based on the influence of harassing conspecific males, both states were best fit by simple exponential distributions. The direct behavioural observations allowed us to infer the underlying behavioural mechanism is a state-switching process driven by intraspecific interactions rather than a Lévy flight.     

Interaction of triton X-100 on silica: A relationship between surface characteristics and adsorption isotherms

Adsorption of Triton X-100 on various silica substrates has been investigated. A number of solids, including a natural quartz, this quartz washed with HCl acid and subsequently heated at 1273 K; two aerosils and one Kieselgel silicas were studied. These solids exhibit surface areas in the range of 5 to 430 m² g^?1. All the Triton adsorption isotherms display an S-shape at the adsorption temperatures studied (298 and 308 K). It has been found that the pretreatments of natural quartz (by water washing, impurities removed by acid and/or high temperature calcination) affect considerably the amounts of TX-100 adsorbed. Measurements of surface composition have been made by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) with particular emphasis on the presence of impurities and on the number of OH groups at the surface of the samples. The nature of the surface hydroxyl has also been studied by infrared spectroscopy. Furthermore, the specific number of hydroxyl groups on the surface of the silica samples has been determined by thermogravimetric analysis. Finally an attempt to correlate solid surface characteristics with adsorption isotherms has been developed.     

φ100mm定径机轧辊孔型设计改进

针对定径机换辊后定径钢管所出现的质量问题,提出了成品机架的轧辊孔型不分配变形量和适当增大孔型直径的改进措施。     

高纯氯化锂中微量铜、锌、铁、锰的测定-Tritonx-100增感原子吸收光谱法

采用Tritonx-100为铜、锌、铁、锰的增感剂,对高纯氯化锂中的铜、锌、铁、锰进行了原子吸收光谱分析,结果令人满意。其特征浓度铜为0．018μg．ml-1／1％吸收、锌为0．004μg．ml-1／1％吸收、铁为0．021μg．ml-1／1％吸收,锰为0．011μg．ml-1／1％吸收。     

pH传感器温度补偿模型研究

水质pH值在线监测对提高水产品健康养殖至关重要,本文将无线传感器网络与pH值传感器相集成,设计了pH值监测的无线传感器网络系统。为克服pH值测量过程中温度对测量结果的影响,提出了一种pH传感器温度补偿模型,该模型通过pH传感器和PT100铂电阻温度传感器分别测量溶液的pH值和温度,利用最小二乘法对pH值和电压进行线性分析,建立pH传感器的温度补偿模型。实验结果表明,该补偿模型测量精度高,能够实现较精确的pH值在线监测。     

台塑公司高密度聚乙烯专用树脂的开发策略

介绍了台湾塑胶工业股份有限公司高密度聚乙烯(HDPE)树脂的生产装置、工艺技术、生产能力、树脂牌号及新产品开发现状,同时阐述了HDPE专用树脂的开发策略。目前,台塑公司HDPE商品牌号台塑烯的产品包括薄膜专用树脂、中空吹塑专用树脂、挤出专用树脂和注塑等用树脂等,并且产品具有单峰、双峰甚至宽峰相对分子质量分布的特性。2006年,台塑公司将调整台塑烯专用树脂的生产比例,强化产品结构而维持一定的营利水平。     

甲烷浓度对金刚石薄膜(100)织构生长的影响

以H2和CH4的混合气体为气源,用微波等离子体辅助化学气相沉积法(MPECVD)在1 cm×1 cm S i(100)基体上沉积了金刚石薄膜。研究了不同的甲烷浓度对金刚石薄膜(100)织构生长趋势的影响。分别采用扫描电子显微镜(SEM),Ram an光谱对金刚石膜的表面形貌、质量进行了分析。结果表明,当基体温度为750℃,气压为4.8×103Pa,甲烷浓度为1.4%时,薄膜表面为(100)织构。     

Pulse height defect in pCVD and scCVD diamond based detectors

Polycrystalline (pCVD) and single crystal (scCVD) diamond films grown from Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD), if sufficiently pure at Raman analysis, are very good materials for beam or flux monitors inside accelerators or nuclear reactors. This is because they are very hard to damage in high radiation fields and very resistant to high temperatures. Films of pCVD diamond are, however, not so good as spectroscopy detectors due to inhomogeneities induced by their growth in grains with the consequent presence of grain boundaries which worsen their energy resolution. The latter can be significantly improved by growing scCVD diamond films onto HPHT synthetic diamond substrates. We have shown that it is possible to measure the density of defects inside diamond specimens using as probes suitable penetrating nuclear radiations. With the preliminary results reported here we'll show that, bombarding CVD diamond films grown at Roma “Tor Vergata” with energetic protons and ⁴He, ⁶Li and ¹²C ions produced in the accelerators of Catania laboratories, the pulse height defects are higher than those in silicon detectors and likewise well described by a power law in the deposited energy. Furthermore, we'll show that pulse heights for the same particles seem to depend on the duration of the measurement, thus exhibiting a sort of depolarization of the insulator when exposed to the electric voltage which makes it a particle detector.     

华润贵港5000t/d燃无烟煤生产线预分解系统的设计与工程应用

分解炉是烧成系统的关键设备，尤其是对于燃无烟煤的分解炉，既要保证无烟煤粉在炉内的充分燃烧．又要利于系统的操作控制。基于分解炉煤粉燃烧机理，并通过分析影响炉内煤粉燃烧的各种因素及依据所用无烟煤的热失重分析结果，中材国际南京水泥设计研究院开发设计出了用于华润贵港5000砌工程的喷旋管道式在线分解炉，并与高效、低阻、防堵的旋风预热系统组成了性能优异的预分解系统。从实际运行情况看，该预分解系统易于操作控制，且对物料适应性强、阻力损耗小。