Development of stone tool use by wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).

At the age of 3.5 years, wild chimpanzees at Bossou, Guinea, begin to use hammer and anvil stones to crack oil-palm nuts to get the kernels. To clarify the developmental processes, the authors did a field experiment in which stones and oil-palm nuts were provided. Infant chimpanzees' stone–nut manipulation was observed and video recorded. Data were collected from 3 infants younger than 4 years old from 1992 to 1995. The authors analyzed 692 episodes of infants' stone–nut manipulation and 150 episodes of infants' observation of nut cracking performed by adults. Infants observed other chimpanzees' nut cracking and got the kernels from them. The stone–nut manipulation developed from a single action on a single object to multiple actions on multiple objects. Although infant chimpanzees at the age of 2.5 years already acquired basic actions necessary for nut cracking, they did not combine the actions in an appropriate sequence to perform actual nut cracking. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Self recognition in primates: A comparative approach to the bidirectional properties of consciousness.

Describes a technique in which organisms are provided with extended exposure to mirrors and then given an explicit test of self-recognition (through the unobtrusive application of marks to facial features visually inaccessible without a mirror). Use of this procedure with chimpanzees and orangutans in a series of studies by the present author provided evidence of self-recognition, with patterns of self-directed behavior emerging after only 2–3 days. In support of the widely held view that the self-concept may develop out of social interaction with others, the capacity for self-recognition in chimpanzees appears to be influenced by early social experience. To date, however, attempts to demonstrate self-recognition in all other species except man have failed. The phyletic limits of this capacity may have important implications for claims concerning the evolutionary continuity of mental experience. (64 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Aping expressions? Chimpanzees produce distinct laugh types when responding to laughter of others.

Humans have the ability to replicate the emotional expressions of others even when they undergo different emotions. Such distinct responses of expressions, especially positive expressions, play a central role in everyday social communication of humans and may give the responding individuals important advantages in cooperation and communication. The present work examined laughter in chimpanzees to test whether nonhuman primates also use their expressions in such distinct ways. The approach was first to examine the form and occurrence of laugh replications (laughter after the laughter of others) and spontaneous laughter of chimpanzees during social play and then to test whether their laugh replications represented laugh-elicited laugh responses (laughter triggered by the laughter of others) by using a quantitative method designed to measure responses in natural social settings. The results of this study indicated that chimpanzees produce laugh-elicited laughter that is distinct in form and occurrence from their spontaneous laughter. These findings provide the first empirical evidence that nonhuman primates have the ability to replicate the expressions of others by producing expressions that differ in their underlying emotions and social implications. The data further showed that the laugh-elicited laugh responses of the subjects were closely linked to play maintenance, suggesting that chimpanzees might gain important cooperative and communicative advantages by responding with laughter to the laughter of their social partners. Notably, some chimpanzee groups of this study responded more with laughter than others, an outcome that provides empirical support of a socialization of expressions in great apes similar to that of humans. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)     

Social competence of adult chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) with severe deprivation history: I. An individual approach": Correction to Kalcher-Sommersguter et al. (2011).

Reports an error in "Social competence of adult chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) with severe deprivation history: I. An individual approach" by Elfriede Kalcher-Sommersguter, Signe Preuschoft, Karl Crailsheim and Cornelia Franz (Developmental Psychology, 2011[Jan], Vol 47[1], 77-90). Table 4 (p. 86) contained an error. The development of stationary vicinity for LD (late deprived) chimpanzees is misstated as ns. However, the difference is highly significant as p = .008. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2011-00627-005.) Early social deprivation in highly social mammals interferes with their varying needs for security and stimulation. Toleration of social stimulation was studied in 18 adult ex-laboratory chimpanzees, who had been deprived for 16 to 27 years, during their 1st year after resocialization into 1 of 3 social groups. For this, a model of social competence was developed with 5 grades of social stimulation. The chimpanzees were classified as either early deprived (EDs; M = 1.2 years) or late deprived (LDs; M = 3.6 years) according to their age at entering the laboratory. EDs did not differ significantly from LD chimpanzees in the first 3 grades of social stimulation (i.e., the toleration of stationary vicinity, initiation of brief sociopositive contacts and gentle social play). LDs, however, clearly exceeded EDs in the 4th and 5th grade of social stimulation (i.e., their engagement in allogrooming and their toleration of passive close proximity). Furthermore, LDs showed greater social initiative in changing a social situation and had more expanded grooming networks compared with EDs. Moreover, in LDs and ED females, but not in ED males, toleration of stationary vicinity increased from the 1st to the 2nd year of group living. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)     

What makes us human (Homo sapiens)? The challenge of cognitive cross-species comparison.

Two major theoretical approaches have dominated the quest for uniquely human cognitive abilities: a developmentalist approach stressing the importance of environmental and social conditions, and a predominant approach in experimental and comparative psychology, the deterministic approach suggesting the effect of environmental and social conditions to be minimal. As a consequence, most claims of human cognitive uniqueness are based on comparisons of White middle class Westerner humans (Homo sapiens) with captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). However, humans are much more than only White middle class Westerners, and chimpanzees are much more than only captives. A review of some data available on different populations of humans and chimpanzees reveals that only the predictions of the developmentalist approach are supported. In addition, systematic biases are too often introduced in experiment protocols when comparing humans with apes that further cast doubts on cross-species comparisons. The author argues that only with consideration of within-species population differences in the cognitive domains and the use of well-matched cross-species experimental procedures will an objective understanding of the different cognitive abilities between species emerge. This will require a shift in the theoretical approach adopted by many in experimental and comparative psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

装配对典型螺栓/螺母紧固件盐雾环境腐蚀行为的影响

海军航空装备的快速发展导致飞机必将面临更为严峻的海洋大气腐蚀问题,而军用飞机紧固件的腐蚀,尤其电偶腐蚀将严重影响飞机结构的安全性水平.因此,本文采用盐雾腐蚀模拟、扫描电镜观察与分析、电化学测试分析（自腐蚀电位测试、动电位极化测试、电偶腐蚀电流测试）等试验研究方法,将航空装备常用的30CrMnSiA镀镉钝化螺栓与三种不同螺母（30CrMnSiA镀镉钝化螺母、30CrMnSiA镀锌钝化螺母和0Cr16Ni6钝化螺母）偶接装配,研究由于装配导致的电偶腐蚀效应对典型螺栓/螺母紧固件腐蚀行为的影响.结果表明,在三种不同组合装配中,30CrMnSiA镀镉钝化螺栓与0Cr16Ni6钝化螺母之间电位差最大,电偶腐蚀电流密度最高,对应螺栓电偶腐蚀敏感性评级达到E级,电偶腐蚀作用促进了镀镉钝化螺栓基体表面点蚀的扩展,腐蚀进程被加速,加速系数AF达到3.4;30CrMnSiA镀镉钝化螺栓与30CrMnSiA镀锌钝化螺母之间电偶效应则较弱,且螺母为电偶腐蚀阳极,腐蚀进程被加速,加速系数AF为1.2,电偶腐蚀敏感性评级为D级;相比上述两种组合,30CrMnSiA镀镉钝化螺栓与30CrMnSiA镀镉钝化螺母之间电偶效应最不明显,对应电偶腐蚀敏感性评级为A级.      

Recognizing facial cues: Individual discrimination by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta).

Faces are one of the most salient classes of stimuli involved in social communication. Three experiments compared face-recognition abilities in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). In the face-matching task, the chimpanzees matched identical photographs of conspecifics' faces on Trial 1, and the rhesus monkeys did the same after 4 generalization trials. In the individual-recognition task, the chimpanzees matched 2 different photographs of the same individual after 2 trials, and the rhesus monkeys generalized in fewer than 6 trials. The feature-masking task showed that the eyes were the most important cue for individual recognition. Thus, chimpanzees and rhesus monkeys are able to use facial cues to discriminate unfamiliar conspecifics. Although the rhesus monkeys required many trials to learn the tasks, this is not evidence that faces are not as important social stimuli for them as for the chimpanzees. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Social competence of adult chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) with severe deprivation history: I. An individual approach.

[Correction Notice: An erratum for this article was reported in Vol 47(4) of Developmental Psychology (see record 2011-13792-001). Table 4 (p. 86) contained an error. The development of stationary vicinity for LD (late deprived) chimpanzees is misstated as ns. However, the difference is highly significant as p = .008.] Early social deprivation in highly social mammals interferes with their varying needs for security and stimulation. Toleration of social stimulation was studied in 18 adult ex-laboratory chimpanzees, who had been deprived for 16 to 27 years, during their 1st year after resocialization into 1 of 3 social groups. For this, a model of social competence was developed with 5 grades of social stimulation. The chimpanzees were classified as either early deprived (EDs; M = 1.2 years) or late deprived (LDs; M = 3.6 years) according to their age at entering the laboratory. EDs did not differ significantly from LD chimpanzees in the first 3 grades of social stimulation (i.e., the toleration of stationary vicinity, initiation of brief sociopositive contacts and gentle social play). LDs, however, clearly exceeded EDs in the 4th and 5th grade of social stimulation (i.e., their engagement in allogrooming and their toleration of passive close proximity). Furthermore, LDs showed greater social initiative in changing a social situation and had more expanded grooming networks compared with EDs. Moreover, in LDs and ED females, but not in ED males, toleration of stationary vicinity increased from the 1st to the 2nd year of group living. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)     

轻型面包车车身开裂原因分析

以18台轻型面包车车身开裂为事实依据，通过对车身钢板的成分、组织、工艺进行分析检验，结果表明氢脆和应力腐蚀是造成车身开裂的原因。对车身产生应力腐蚀的条件进行了分析，提出了预防车身开裂的措施和工艺改进方法。     

Language-naive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) judge relations between relations in a conceptual matching-to-sample task.

Three chimpanzees with a history of conditional and numeric token training spontaneously matched relations between relations under conditions of nondifferential reinforcement. Heretofore, this conceptual ability was demonstrated only in language-trained chimpanzees. The performance levels of the language-naive animals in this study, however, were equivalent to those of a 4th animal—Sarah—whose history included language training and analogical problem solving. There was no evidence that associative factors mediated successful performance in any of the animals. Prior claims of a profound disparity between language-trained and language-naive chimpanzees apparently can be attributed to prior experience with arbitrary tokens consistently associated with abstract relations and not language per se. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Kinship and familiarity as factors affecting social transfer of food preferences in adult Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus).

Experiments were carried out with Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) to assess whether a socially mediated acquisition of diet selection exists in this species. Results showed that a gerbil was influenced in its diet choices by information extracted during a brief period of interaction with a familiar conspecific that had recently eaten a novel food. Data revealed that the acquisition of a food preference from a conspecific depends on the existence of a social bond between the interacting gerbils. Either genetic relatedness (being brother or sister raised in different litters) or familiarity (being bred in the same litter or being member of a reproductive pair) is necessary for the transfer of information. Unfamiliar and unrelated observer gerbils did not selectively choose their demonstrator's food. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Reduction of Pellets‐Nut Coke Mixture under Simulating Blast Furnace Conditions

In recent years an intensive work has been carried out to decrease the coke losses of the blast furnace through mixing small‐sized coke called “nut coke” in the iron ore burden layers. In order to clarify the influence of nut coke on the pellets reducibility, industrial iron ore pellets were reduced with and without nut coke participation under different temperatures and atmospheres. Isothermal and non‐isothermal reduction tests under simulating blast furnace conditions were performed using an experimental laboratory rig. Furthermore, reflected light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and X‐ray technique were applied to characterize the microstructure and different phases developed in the origin and reduced pellets. Pellets reduced isothermally without nut coke participation exhibited reduction retardation (RR) at elevated temperature (≥1373 K) whereas the presence of nut coke had a positive effect of preventing such phenomena. The non‐isothermal reduction of pellets showed that, as the amount of nut coke in pellets bed increased, the reducibility of pellets increased, too. The rate controlling mechanism of pellets and pellets‐nut coke mixtures was predicted from the correlation between apparent activation energy calculations and microstructure examination.     

Learning from others' mistakes? Limits on understanding a trap-tube task by young chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and children (Homo sapiens).

A trap-tube task was used to determine whether chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and children (Homo sapiens) who observed a model's errors and successes could master the task in fewer trials than those who saw only successes. Two- to 7-year-old chimpanzees and 3- to 4-year-old children did not benefit from observing errors and found the task difficult. Two of the 6 chimpanzees developed a successful anticipatory strategy but showed no evidence of representing the core causal relations involved in trapping. Three- to 4-year-old children showed a similar limitation and tended to copy the actions of the demonstrator, irrespective of their causal relevance. Five- to 6-year-old children were able to master the task but did not appear to be influenced by social learning or benefit from observing errors. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Informative breath: Olfactory cues sought during social foraging among old world monkeys (Mandrillus sphinx, M. Leucophaeus, and Papio anubis).

Sociality provides a unique opportunity for animals to acquire information and learn from others. Especially during foraging, where trial-and-error food selection might be fatal, conspecifics could act as valuable sources of information. During a six-year study across captive, semifree ranging, and wild Old World monkeys, I investigated whether individuals garnered olfactory-based information from their group mates that could guide their feeding decisions. Each of three study species [mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx), drills (M. leucophaeus), and olive baboons (Papio anubis)] performed a prominent muzzle-muzzle behavior, potentially enabling individuals to smell others' mouths and determine via olfaction what foods their conspecifics had chosen. This muzzle-muzzle behavior (1) was preferentially directed by na?ve, younger individuals toward more experienced, older individuals, (2) occurred specifically while recipients were chewing and hence emitting the most potent chemical cues, (3) was typically followed by the actor consuming the very same food type the recipient had been eating, (4) was elicited most often in response to experiments involving novel foods, and (5) occurred less frequently as initially novel foods became more familiar. In contrast to this evidence for information acquisition, there was little support for previous proposals suggesting that muzzle-muzzle functions as a social display. Instead, the omnivorous diets and intensely social lifestyles of mandrills, drills, and baboons, may have each favored a convergent form of information acquisition: seeking out the breath of knowledgeable conspecifics to help decide what foods are safe to eat. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Investigation of Hot Cracking Behavior in Transverse Mechanically Arc Oscillated Autogenous AA2014 T6 TIG Welds

Hot cracking studies on autogenous AA2014 T6 TIG welds were carried out. Significant cracking was observed during linear and circular welding test (CWT) on 4-mm-thick plates. Weld metal grain structure and amount of liquid distribution during the terminal stages of solidification were the key cause for hot cracking in aluminum welds. Square-wave AC TIG welding with transverse mechanical arc oscillation (TMAO) was employed to study the cracking behavior during linear and CWT. TMAO welds with amplitude?=?0.9?mm and frequency?=?0.5?Hz showed significant reduction in cracking tendency. The increase in cracking resistance in the arc-oscillated weld was attributed to grain refinement and improved weld bead morphology, which improved the weld metal ductility and uniformity, respectively, of residual tensile stresses that developed during welding. The obtained results were comparable to those of reported favorable results of electromagnetic arc oscillation.     

生物质焦油催化裂解过程中二次焦油成分

以秸秆热解产生的焦油为原料,在固定床反应器实验台上进行了催化裂解实验,研究了反应温度和催化剂种类对生物质焦油的裂解反应产物——二次焦油成分的影响规律.在高铝砖作为催化剂作用下,随着温度的升高,二次焦油构成有芳香化的趋势,多环芳烃的种类和含量都在增加.反应温度的提高有利于焦油的深度转化,二次焦油产率降低;但是高温下生成的二次焦油芳化程度更高,更容易引起催化剂积炭失活.当反应温度为900℃时,碱性催化剂白云石和石灰岩作用下二次焦油成分相似,以复杂的大分子环烃为主,而且焦油成分种类减少到10种左右;酸性催化剂高铝砖作用下焦油成分仍然很复杂,有将近30种,除了含有大分子环烃外,还含有部分石蜡烃,芳香族种类很多,多以双环、三环以及四环的形式存在.     

Experimental infection of chimpanzees with hepatitis C virus of genotype 5a: genetic analysis of the virus and generation of a standardized challenge pool

Six major genotypes (genotypes 1-6) of hepatitis C virus (HCV) have been identified. These genetic variants are being transmitted to chimpanzees, the only recognized animal model for the study of HCV. Genotype 5a (strain SA13), a variant found primarily in South Africa, has been transmitted to chimpanzees for the first time. Experimental infection of 2 chimpanzees was characterized by early appearance of viremia and peak virus titers of 10(5)-10(6) genome equivalents/mL. The HCV infection was resolved by week 15 after inoculation in 1 chimpanzee and persisted in the other. Both chimpanzees became anti-HCV-positive by week 14 after inoculation. Both chimpanzees developed viral hepatitis. The infectivity titer of a genotype 5a challenge pool prepared from the first passage of HCV in a chimpanzee was approximately 10(4) infectious doses/mL. Finally, sequence analysis of strain SA13 confirmed that genotype 5a is genetically distinct from other genotypes of HCV.     

Revisiting Stress Corrosion Cracking of Steel in Caustic Solutions for Developing Cracking Susceptibility Diagrams for Improved Applicability

Stress corrosion cracking tests were conducted using Bayer solutions of different chemistry at different temperatures for extraction of alumina from bauxite ores. The validity of the commonly used caustic cracking susceptibility (CS) diagram for steels exposed to plain caustic solutions was assessed by testing the notched and precracked specimens. This study presents first results toward the development of a model susceptibility diagram for actual Bayer solutions, and for improved applicability of the traditional plain caustic diagram. For mechanistic understanding of caustic cracking, tests were also carried out under imposed electrochemical conditions.