Spatio-temporal patterns and changes in environmental attitudes and place attachment in Gauteng,South Africa

In this study, we employed a number of geospatial techniques to examine the spatio-temporal patterns and changes of environmental attitudes and place attachment...     

Atmospheric forcing of fine-sand transport on a low-energy inner shelf: south-central Louisiana,USA

Hydrodynamic and sediment transport measurements from instrumentation deployed during a 54-day winter period at two sites on the Louisiana inner shelf are presented. Strong extratropical storms, with wind speeds of 7.8 to 15.1 m s^-1, were the dominant forcing mechanism during the study. These typically caused mean oscillatory flows and shear velocities about 33% higher than fair weather (averaging 12.3 and 3.2 cm s^-1 at the landward site, and 11.4 and 2.7 cm s^-1 at the seaward site, respectively). These responses were coupled with mean near-bottom currents more than twice as strong as during fair weather (10.3 and 7.5 cm s^-1 at the landward and seaward sites, respectively). These flowed in approximately the same direction as the veering wind, causing a net offshore transport of fine sand. Weak storms were responsible for little sediment transport whereas during fair weather, onshore sand transport of approximately 25-75% of the storm values appears to have occurred. This contradicts previous predictions of negligible fair-weather sediment movement on this inner shelf.     

Kinetics and Mechanism of Trithionate and Tetrathionate Oxidation at Low pH by Hydroxyl Radicals

The oxidation kinetics of trithionate (S₃O₆^2- ) and tetrathionate (S₄O ₆ ^2- ) with hydroxyl radicals (OH^*) have been investigated in systems analogous to acid mine drainage (AMD) environments. The discovery of hydroxyl radical (OH^*) formation on pyrite surfaces (Borda et al., 2003) suggests hydroxyl radicals may affect the oxidation kinetics of intermediate sulfur species such as tetrathionate. Cyclic voltammetry experiments in acidic solutions indicate that the reaction of S₄O ₆ ^2- with OH^* goes through an unknown intermediate, tentatively assigned as S₃O ₄ ^n- . An outer-sphere electron transfer mechanism for the reaction of S₄O ₆ ^2- with OH^* to form S₃O ₄ ^n- is proposed based on experimental results. Oxidation rates for trithionate and tetrathionate in the presence of Fenton's reagent (which forms hydroxyl radicals) are too fast to be directly measured using UV-Vis spectrophotometry, electrochemical, or stop-flow spectrophotometry methods. Competitive reaction kinetics within the context of the Haber—Weiss mechanism suggests that the rate constant for the oxidation of trithionate and tetrathionate with OH^* is in excess of 10⁸ M^-1 sec^-1.     

An Investigation of the Influence of Cyclonic Airstreams on Midwestern Snowfall

Although previous climatological studies have investigated the relationship between cyclone frequency and trajectory and regional weather, analyses of structural airflow features and precipitation have been confined to meteorological case studies. In the following paper, the influence of Colorado cyclone airstreams on Midwestern snowfall is investigated using isentropic streamline maps for five cold season months. Results indicate that Colorado cyclones account for a minor percentage of Midwestern snowfall events and amounts. When snowfall is induced by Colorado cyclogenesis, diffluence and instability in the cold sector portions of the cyclone are the dominant lifting mechanisms.     

Perceptions of Food Safety by Urban Consumers in Nanjing,China

The past decade has seen what could reasonably be called an explosion in the number of food-related crises in China. Food safety issues represent a national crisis threatening the physical and psychological health of Chinese citizens, despite the repeated adoption of stringent food safety laws and regulations. This project, based on a stratified random sample of 337 households in Nanjing, assesses perceptions related to different food safety concerns and issues among urban residents and explores differences in perceptions across social strata as defined by socioeconomic and demographic variables using principal component analysis and standard statistical tests.     

颅脑外伤分类的CT特征

本文目的在于进一步提高对多种颅脑损伤的认识水平。所用材料和方法为本组１３５例,男９８例,女３７例,年龄４＿７７岁,平均年龄２４．８３岁。车祸伤９３例,跌伤２８例,击伤１４伤,１０１例有昏迷史,全部病例均作头颅ＣＴ轴位平扫。从相互伴发的多种颅脑损伤的角度,详细分析了它们的ＣＴ表现。结果得到了１３５例中,有多种类型颅脑损伤１３３例,单纯脑挫裂伤２例;硬膜外血肿１０４例,合并同一部位骨折７５例,占７２．１５％,合并脑挫裂伤占７０．３７％;硬膜下血肿２０例,位于外力对冲部位１５例．占７５％,合并脑挫伤裂伤１２例,其中１１例邻近硬膜下血肿;外伤后２小时内ＣＴ检查,并于外伤后４小时至５天内ＣＴ复查４７例,发现病变进展３８例,占８０．９５％。结论为硬膜外血肿多伴同部位骨折;在硬膜外血肿中,伴发的脑挫裂伤多位于对冲部位;硬膜下血肿多发生于对冲部位;颅脑损伤后,短期内病变可能会继续发展。