Comparative mitochondrial genome analysis of Sesarmidae and its phylogenetic implications

Here, we sequenced the complete mitogenome of Parasesarma eumolpe (Brachyura: Grapsoidea: Sesarmidae) for the first time. The characteristics of this newly sequenced mitogenome were described and compared with other Sesarmidae species. The 15 646-bp mitogenome contains 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), two ribosomal RNA genes (rRNAs), 22 transfer RNA genes (tRNAs), and an A-T rich region. All of the PCGs are initiated by the start codon ATN and terminated by the standard TAN codon or an incomplete T. The pairwise Ka/Ks ratio analysis shows that all 13 PCGs are under purifying selection, whereas the ATP8 gene is an outlier, with pairwise comparison values ranging from neutral selection (0.000) to positive selection (1.039). The gene arrangement of P. eumolpe compared with ancestral Decapoda shows the translocation of two tRNAs (tRNA-His and tRNA-Gln), which is identical to other Sesarmidae species. Phylogenetic analyses show that all Sesarmidae species are placed into one group, and the polyphyly of Eriphioidea, Ocypodoidea, and Grapsoidea is well supported. The relationship between gaps in the QIM region and the phylogeny of Sesarmidae is analyzed. It is obvious that both the G5 (the gap between Q and I) and G6 (the gap between I and M) decrease progressively with the evolution process. These results will help to better understand the genomic evolution within Sesarmidae and provide insights into the phylogeny of Brachyura.     

Construction and analysis of a coral reef trophic network for Qilianyu Islands,Xisha Islands

Qilianyu Islands coral reefs (QICR), located in the northeastern part of the South China Sea, has been affected by human activities and natural disturbance. To characterize the trophic structure, ecosystem properties and keystone species of this region, a food-web model for the QICR is developed using methods involving a mass-balance approach with Ecopath with Ecosim software. Trophic levels range from 1.00 for detritus and primary producers to 3.80 for chondrichthyes. The mean trophic transfer efficiency for the entire ecosystem is 13.15%, with 55% of total energy flow originating from primary producers. A mixed trophic impact analysis indicates that coral strongly impacts most components of this ecosystem. A comparison of our QICR model with that for other coral reef ecosystems suggests that the QICR ecosystem is immature and/or is degraded.     

Study on Unloading Creep Characteristics of the Soil and Application of the Stress-Dependent Creep Model in Suction Caisson Foundation

As the anchoring foundation of the tension leg platform(TLP), suction caisson foundation is subjected to the longterm vertical pullout loads. But there are few studies on the mechanism of the unloading creep of soft clay and longterm uplift bearing capacity of suction caisson foundations. To address this problem, unloading creep tests of soft clay were carried out to analyze the strain development with time under different confining pressures. The test results show that the creep curve rapidly d...     

农业干旱业务化监测研究进展与展望

业务化农业干旱监测系统是农业干旱监测和预测以及农业风险评价和防范的有力工具,为了更好地促进农业干旱业务化监测的发展,系统回顾了基于气象变量、土壤湿度、植被状态和多变量等4类常用干旱指数,详细分析了美国、中国、欧洲和联合国粮食及农业组织等业务化农业干旱监测系统的特征,讨论了业务化农业干旱监测系统中存在的问题：如数据的质量及融合不稳定、综合干旱指数的构建不确定、监测的时间分辨率有待提高、缺乏考虑水文条件以及作物的生长过程等影响的问题。展望了未来农业干旱业务化监测,应从利用多源数据监测干旱、构建综合指标时需考虑区域时空差异及不同指标间的累积性和滞后性、加强机器及深度学习在综合指标构建中的作用、发展日时间尺度监测干旱以应对骤旱事件的发生、强化作物生长过程模型和先进的技术手段在干旱监测中的作用等方面深入发展。     

Speech recognition technology applied to intelligent mobile navigation system

The capability of human-computer interaction reflects the intelligent degree of mobile navigation system. The navigation data and functions of mobile navigation system are divided into system commands and non-system commands in this paper. And then a group of speech commands are abstracted. This paper applies speech recognition technology to intelligent mobile navigation system to process speech commands and does some deep research on the integration of speech recognition technology with mobile navigation system. The navigation operation can be performed by speech commands, which makes human-computer interaction easy during navigation. Speech command interface of navigation system is implemented by Dutty ++ Software, which is based on speech recognition system-Via Voice of IBM. Through navigation experiments, navigation can be done almost without keyboard, which proved that human-computer interaction is very convenient by speech commands and the reliability is also higher.     

An intelligent agent based on virtual geographic environment system

On the basis of previous work, this paper designs an intelligent agent based on virtual geographic environment (VGE) system that is characterized by huge data, rapid computation, multi-user, multi-thread and intelligence and issues challenges to traditional GIS models and algorithms. The new advances in software and hardware technology lay a reliable basis for system design, development and application.     

Fast Construction of Global Pyramids for Very Large Satellite Images

Satellite imagery plays a critical role in recent popular Virtual Globe systems since it delivers spatially‐related information in a direct and intuitive way. A satellite image may be very large in size due to large coverage, high resolution, or both, and therefore the construction of global pyramids, a core data structure of Virtual Globe, will be time‐consuming if designed improperly. This article, based on the idea of divide‐and‐conquer, proposes an efficient algorithm, termed CGP, for the Construction of Global Pyramids, which builds global pyramids with only a single sequential scan of input imagery. By analyzing the space complexity of CGP, the memory‐minimum pyramid level is derived, at which the memory requirement of CGP is minimized to a practical level, even for very large satellite images. This article also discusses a parallel implementation of CGP, which parallelizes the two main actions in CGP, thus further improving the pyramid construction performance. Both theoretical analysis and experimental results show that our approach outperforms other methods and, more importantly, this advantage increases considerably as the size of input imagery increases.     

Dynamic shear modulus of undisturbed soil under different consolidation ratios and its effects on surface ground motion

The dynamic shear modulus for three types of undisturbed soil under different consolidation ratios is presented by using the resonant column test method. Its effects on surface ground motion is illustrated by calculation. The test results indicate that the power function is a suitable form for describing the relationship between the ratio of the maximum dynamic shear modulus due to anisotropic and isotropic consolidations and the increment of the consolidation ratio. When compared to sand, the increment of the maximum dynamic shear modulus for undisturbed soil due to anisotropic consolidation is much larger. Using a one-dimensional equivalent linearization method, the earthquake influence factor and the characteristic period of the surface acceleration are calculated for two soil layers subjected to several typical earthquake waves. The calculated results show that the difference in nonlinear properties due to different consolidation ratios is generally not very notable, but the degree of its influence on the surface acceleration spectrum is remarkable for the occurrence of strong earthquakes. When compared to isotropic consolidation, the consideration of actual anisotropic consolidation causes the characteristic period to decrease and the earthquake influence factor to increase.     

芦山地震前后龙门山断裂带南段视应力研究

利用四川台网数字地震记录资料,计算了2008年汶川地震之后、2013年芦山地震之前5年内,龙门山断裂带南段ML3.0级以上地震视应力随时间的变化,以及芦山M7.0级地震序列的视应力值及其时空分布特征.结果表明：①从芦山地震之前1年的时间开始,龙门山断裂带南段有视应力的上升过程;②芦山地震余震序列视应力存在几次比较突出的视应力与震级相关性的被打破以及视应力的突降异常,且在震后3个小时之后,视应力即有明显下降的过程;③从归准化的芦山地震序列视应力σapp的空间分布来看,视应力高值区域分布在主震的西南方向和整个余震区东南边缘,并且这两个高视应力区正好分布在该断层面与华南地块紧密接触的边缘;④主震西侧有一片视应力相对较高的区域;⑤主震以北区域的视应力则相对较低.     

基于横波射线弹性阻抗的岩性和流体识别研究(英文)

本文推导了关于射线参数的横波(SS)反射系数近似及横波射线弹性阻抗(SREI)表达式。SREI可以写成S-波入射角或者P-波反射角的表达式,分别记作SREIS和SREIP。由井资料计算得到的弹性模型表明SREIP比SREIS及一般的横波弹性阻抗(SEI)具有更强的储层岩性和流体识别能力。Castagna和Smith(1994)收集的25种样本表明大角度SREIP比一般流体因子具有更好的流体识别能力。每个样本包含一组泥岩、含水砂岩和含气砂岩。实际应用也表明,由纵横波阻抗计算得到的大角度SREIP能有效识别致密含气砂岩储层。