The gas outburst, resulting in substantial economic losses and even casualties, is the biggest obstacle in coal mines, mostly caused by an imbalance of gas-geological structure. For accurately measuring this proneness, in this paper, a novel evaluation method was proposed based on the gas-geology theory. In this method, a standardization model of statistical units was presented first, which was used to standardize and quantify the 12 chosen gas-geological factors; and then, an associated function was established for computing the gas-geological complexity index (GCI). With increasing GCI values, the evaluated area was divided into four grades: simple, medium, complex, and extremely complex region, in which the associated proneness of outbursts was SAFE, POTENTIAL, HIGH, STRONG, respectively. Taking the XueHu Coal Mine as an example, site verification was carried out with a good result. Research and application indicate that (1) gas outburst is unbalanced and closely related to the complex of the gas geological structure, showing a greater GCI leads to a higher outburst possibility; (2) the most likely area for the gas outburst is the extremely complex region and the transition zone between adjacent areas with different GCI grades; (3) upgrading-targeted control measures are the best way for preventing and controlling disasters caused by the gas and outburst unbalanced distribution. This novel method provided a reliable quantity approach for predicting and zonally managing gas outbursts and improving the effectiveness of outbursts prevention.
Groundwater, surface water, soil and river sediment samples, and information on land use in the Nanfei River basin (NRB) of China have been analyzed to study the geochemistry, distribution, and mobilization of phosphorus. The distribution of phosphate (PO43??/sup> ) and the relationships between PO43??/sup> and several constituents in groundwater were studied. Partial correlation analysis relating PO43??/sup> to types of land use was conducted using the data analyzing tool SPSS 15.0. The processes controlling the transport of PO43??/sup> are discussed. The conclusions from this study are: (1) urban land use has obvious impact on PO43??/sup> in groundwater, the average concentration of PO43??/sup> being 4.37?mg/L, greater than that resulting from farmland and mixed land use, which have average PO43??/sup> concentrations of 0.10 and 0.18?mg/L, respectively; (2) the partial correlation between PO43??/sup> and types of land use is significant with a coefficient of 0.760; (3) the PO43??/sup> concentrations in surface water are generally higher than those in groundwater, and the total phosphorus (TP) concentrations in river sediments are generally higher than those in soil samples; (4) groundwater is a carrier of PO43??/sup> and is likely responsible for the redistribution of PO43??/sup> in different regions of NRB. 相似文献
Having the ability to predict enrollment is an important task for any school’s recruiting team. The purpose of this study
was to identify significant factors that can be used to predict the spatial distribution of enrollments. As a case study,
we used East Tennessee State University (ETSU) pharmacy school, a regional pharmacy school located in the Appalachian Mountains.
Through the application of a negative binomial regression model, we found that the most important indicators of enrollment
volume for the ETSU pharmacy school were Euclidean distance, probability (based on competing pharmacy schools’ prestige, driving
distance between schools and home and tuition costs), and the natural barrier of the Appalachian Mountains. Using these factors,
together with other control variables, we successfully predicted the spatial distribution of enrollments for ETSU pharmacy
school. Interestingly, gender also surfaced as a variable for predicting the pharmacy school’s enrollment. We found female
students are more sensitive to the geographic proximity of home to school. 相似文献