Mangrove forests as a nature-based solution for coastal flood protection: Biophysical and ecological considerations

Nature-based coastal protection is increasingly recognised as a potentially sustainable and cost-effective solution to reduce coastal flood risk. It uses coastal ecosystems such as mangrove forests to create resilient designs for coastal flood protection. However, to use mangroves effectively as a nature-based measure for flood risk reduction, we must understand the biophysical processes that govern risk reduction capacity through mangrove ecosystem size and structure. In this perspective, we evaluate the current state of knowledge on local physical drivers and ecological processes that determine mangrove functioning as part of a nature-based flood defence. We show that the forest properties that comprise coastal flood protection are well-known, but models cannot yet pinpoint how spatial heterogeneity of the forest structure affects the capacity for wave or surge attenuation. Overall, there is relatively good understanding of the ecological processes that drive forest structure and size, but there is a lack of knowledge on how daily bed-level dynamics link to long-term biogeomorphic forest dynamics, and on the role of combined stressors influencing forest retreat. Integrating simulation models of forest structure under changing physical (e.g. due to sea-level change) and ecological drivers with hydrodynamic attenuation models will allow for better projections of long-term natural coastal protection.     

一种基于决策树和词义相似度的N1+N2结构语法关系判定方法

设计了一种基于决策树算法的N1+N2结构语法关系判定方法.首先建立了该结构的语料库,对每条语料都标注构建特征集所需的词性、《同义词词林》语义编码、语法关系和词义相似度等信息;然后为证明相似度在判断语法关系中的合理性,根据语言学原理研究了N1+N2结构两个名词间语义相似度与语法关系之间的内在规律:①从语法关系的角度比较两个名词间的语义相似度结果为:并列关系>复指关系>定中关系>主谓关系;②从语言功能焦点的角度比较两个名词间的语义相似度结果为:并焦型短语>后焦型短语.最后以此为基础构建了特征集,运用决策树C4.5算法建立了自动判定N1+N2结构语法关系的方法.运用该算法在自建语料库的测试集中进行测试,正确率为89.39％.     

融入时间的兴趣点协同推荐算法

兴趣点（POI）推荐可以帮助用户发现其没有访问过但可能感兴趣的地点,是重要的基于位置的服务之一。时间在POI推荐中是一个重要因素,而现有POI推荐模型并没有较好地考虑时间因素,因此通过考虑时间因素来提出融入时间的POI协同推荐（TUCF）算法,从而提高POI推荐的效果。首先,分析基于位置的社交网络（LBSN）的用户签到数据,以探索用户签到的时间关系;然后,利用时间关系对用户签到数据进行平滑处理,以融入时间因素并缓解数据稀疏性;最后,根据基于用户的协同过滤方法,在不同时间推荐不同POI给用户。在真实签到数据集上的实验结果表明,与基于用户的协同过滤（U）算法相比,TUCF算法的精确率和召回率分别提高了63%和69%;与具有平滑增强时间偏好的协同过滤（UTE）算法相比,TUCF算法的精确率和召回率分别提高了8%和12%;并且TUCF算法的平均绝对误差（MAE）比U算法和UTE算法分别减小了1.4%和0.5%。     

面向交通流量预测的时空超关系图卷积网络

交通流量预测是智能交通系统中的重要研究课题,然而,交通对象（如站点、传感器）之间存在的复杂局部时空关系使得这项研究颇具挑战。尽管以往的一些研究将流量预测问题转化为一个时空图预测问题从而取得了较大的进展,但是它们忽略了交通对象们跨时空维度的直接关联性。目前仍缺乏一种全面建模局部时空关系的方法。针对这一问题,首先提出一种新颖的时空超图建模方案,通过构造一种时空超关系来全面地建模复杂的局部时空关系;然后提出一种时空超关系图卷积网络（STHGCN）预测模型来捕获这些关系用于交通流量预测。在四个公开交通数据集上进行了大量对比实验,结果表明,相比ASTGCN、时空同步图卷积网络（STSGCN）等时空预测模型,STHGCN在均方根误差（RMSE）、平均绝对误差（MAE）、平均绝对百分比误差（MAPE）这三个评价指标上均取得了更优的结果,不同模型运行时间的对比结果也表明,STHGCN有着更高的推理速度。     

长江中游监利段近10年水位流量响应关系新特点

为了掌握三峡水库试验性蓄水以后长江监利河段水位流量响应关系新特点,以监利水文站为代表,采用数理统计、影响因素相关分析等方法进行了研究。结果表明:三峡水库蓄水后,尤其是试验性蓄水后监利河段河床冲刷,同水位过水面积增加,但监利站水位流量关系随断面冲淤调整的特征与下荆江裁弯及三峡水库蓄水初期河床冲刷引起的水位流量关系变化特征有较大不同。下荆江裁弯引起监利站各流量级相应水位降低0.62～0.95 m;蓄水初期(2003～2008年),监利站实测流量点群中心线同流量对应水位比蓄水前有所下降。试验性蓄水期(2009～2018年),同流量对应水位仅在枯水期有明显降低,随着流量级增加,水位降低幅度逐渐减小,当流量超过平滩流量,对应水位基本无变化。水面比降是监利段水位流量关系的主要影响因素,河床冲刷是次要影响因素;该河段水位流量特征的变化受洞庭湖出流顶托影响不明显。     

荆江门弯道近期滩槽演变特点及影响因素分析

三峡水库运用改变了下泄水沙条件,坝下游弯曲河型均呈现“凸冲凹淤”演变规律,以致碍航问题日益突出。为研究弯曲河型滩槽演变特点及其成因,以下荆江河段荆江门弯道为例,利用三峡蓄水后近15 a实测地形资料,采用逻辑推理及统计分析方法分析其影响因素并预测了航道变化趋势。结果表明:三峡工程运用后,凸岸边滩年际间呈持续冲刷趋势,冲刷位置不断下移导致河段展宽引起航道条件恶化;在平滩流量(20 000~25 000 m³/s)持续时间＞15 d的年份,凸岸边滩冲刷后退,反之淤长;冲淤幅度与年均来沙量,尤其细沙(d≤0.125 mm)含量密切相关,基本呈同步变化趋势;荆江一期工程实施后,在当前水沙条件下凸岸边滩会继续受冲,形成枯水双槽,航道条件将恶化。水沙过程的改变是弯曲河型滩槽演变的主要原因,遇大水且来沙量较少的年份,荆江门河段很可能出浅碍航,这可为下荆江弯曲河段航道治理提供一定的参考价值。     

光纤通信中自相位调制与四波混频影响因素仿真

为了解决在高速率传输过程中,光纤介质的非线性效应及其在波分复用(WDM)系统中光信号造成的严重衰减问题,围绕自相位调制和四波混频两种非线性效应进行分析,采用Opti System模拟软件分析了造成SPM和FWM效应的主要变量因素.结果表明,输入功率、信道间隔以及色散是造成自相位调制和四波混频性能变化的主要原因,通过调整这些参数可以提高光纤传输性能,为进一步优化奠定了基础.     

A review of the health effects and exposure-responsible relationship of diesel particulate matter for underground mines

The increasing use of diesel-powered equipment in confined spaces(underground mines) has the potential to over expose underground miners under the threat of diesel particulate matter(DPM). Miners in underground mines can be exposed to DPM concentrations far more than works in other industries. A great number of animal and epidemiological studies have shown that both short-term and long-term DPM exposure have adverse health effect. Based on reviews of related studies, especially some recent evidence, this paper investigated the long and short-term health effects based on animal studies and epidemiological studies. The exposure-response relationship studies were also explored and compared to the current DPM regulation or standards in some countries. This paper found that the DPM health effect studies specifically for miners are not sufficient to draw solid conclusions, and a recommendation limit of DPM concentration can be put in place for better protection of miners from DPM health risk. Current animal studies lack the use of species that have similar lung functions as human for understanding the cancer mode of action in human. And finally, the DPM health hazard will continue to be a challenging topic before the mode of action and reliable exposure-response relationship are established.     

基于弹性网络模型的蛋白质结构-功能关系

蛋白质结构-功能关系研究是结构生物学领域的热点问题之一,具有重要的理论和实际应用价值.弹性网络模型(elastic network model,ENM)是获取蛋白质结构本身固有动力学性质,进而揭示其生物学功能的有效方法,在蛋白质结构-功能关系研究中得到了广泛应用.简要介绍了ENM的基本原理及其在蛋白质结构-功能关系中的应用,主要包括蛋白质功能性运动分析和关键位点识别等.     

Support principles of NPR bolt/cable and control techniques of large-deformation disasters

Deep mining has been paid much more attention because of the depletion of shallow mining resources.Traditional bolts could be invalid to accommodate large displacement and deformation in geomaterials.Consequently, alternative support and reinforcement bolts need to be studied and their constitutive models also need to be developed to help understanding for the complex stress-strain responses of rock masses under loadings. The effect of Negative Poisson's Ratio(NPR) that is attributed to the swelling phenomenon along the lateral direction may appear in metal materials under tensional loadings. Thence NPR materials often have an advantage over NPR ones in mechanical behavior such as impact resistance, antishearing, and energy absorbed. From the characteristics of NPR materials, a series of bolt and cable supports with the effect of NPR and constant-resistance have been recently developed. We here firstly introduce the structural features of NPR support. Then the constitutive model of NPR support is presented and its corresponding equation of energy equilibrium. Its basic principle interacted on rock masses is further discussed. Finally, NPR cables are employed to support the slope of an open-pit mine. The applications show that NPR cables can ease failure within the slope and play an important role in predicting and providing early warning of slope failure, together with a monitoring system of slope stability.