International Freight Forwarding Services Network in the Yangtze River Delta, 2005–2015: Patterns and Mechanisms

This study examined the spatio-temporal trajectories of the international freight forwarding service(IFFS) in the Yangtze River Delta(YRD) and explored the driving mechanisms of the service. Based on a bipartite network projection from an IFFS firm-city data source, we mapped three IFFS networks in the YRD in 2005, 2010, and 2015. A range of statistical indicators were used to explore changes in the spatial patterns of the three networks. The underlying influence of marketization, globalization, decentralization, and integration was then explored. It was found that the connections between Shanghai and other nodal cities formed the backbones of these networks. The effects of a city's administrative level and provincial administrative borders were generally obvious. We found several specific spatial patterns associated with IFFS. For example, the four non-administrative centers of Ningbo, Suzhou, Lianyungang, and Nantong were the most connected cities and played the role of gateway cities. Furthermore, remarkable regional equalities were found regarding a city's IFFS network provision, with notable examples in the weakly connected areas of northern Jiangsu and southwestern Zhejiang. Finally, an analysis of the driving mechanisms demonstrated that IFFS network changes were highly sensitive to the influences of marketization and globalization, while regional integration played a lesser role in driving changes in IFFS networks.     

青藏铁路错那湖段沙漠化土地变化及成因分析

青藏铁路格拉段铁路建设对沿线沙漠化土地变化的影响,是大家关注的焦点之一。通过利用地理信息系统和遥感监测技术,根据错那湖段Landsat影像、Google Earth影像和气象资料等数据,结合野外实地考察建立解译标志,采用人机交互的目视解译方法,提取青藏铁路错那湖段2001年、2008年和2015年沙漠化土地信息,并对沙漠化土地变化成因进行分析。同时对铁路沿线沙漠化土地的变化进行缓冲区分析。结果表明：（1） 2001—2008年沙漠化土地面积增加2.21 km²,土地沙漠化程度呈减轻趋势;2008—2015年沙漠化土地面积减少8.9 km²,土地沙漠化程度持续减轻。（2） 2001—2008年,沙漠化土地面积的增加主要与人为因素有关,土地沙漠化程度减轻主要与自然因素有关。2008—2015年,沙漠化土地面积的减少以及土地沙漠化程度的减轻主要与人为因素有关。（3） 青藏铁路错那湖段2 km范围内土地沙漠化程度变化最为明显,以沙漠化程度减轻为主要特征,青藏铁路对周边环境的影响范围为2 km。     

基于无人机遥感的喀斯特高原峡谷区火龙果单株识别提取方法

基于小型无人机搭载可见光镜头作为数据获取手段,通过对比可见光波段差异植被指数（VDVI）、过绿指数（ExG）、过绿减过红指数（ExG-ExR）、归一化绿红差异指数NGRDI和绿叶指数（GLI）5种可见光波段颜色指数方法应用于喀斯特高原峡谷区典型经济作物火龙果植株识别的适宜性,结合可视化空间建模工具模型构建器,提出一种以单植株平均面积分割株丛的思想,对火龙果进行植株识别分割和单株提取方法研究,结果表明：1）VDVI相比EXG、NGRDI、ExG-ExR、GLI等植被指数更适宜作为火龙果的识别分割方法;2）当VDVI的OTSU阈值取0.037时,能最大程度地分割目标地物与背景地物;3）通过人机交互基地实测获取的实际株数与提取株数验证,获得火龙果植株单株提取精度为91.7%。结果证实：以低空无人机可见光波段影像为数据源,VDVI指数作为识别方法,株丛分割应用于喀斯特高原峡谷区火龙果的单株识别提取具有可行性。     

Upper Miocene–Pliocene provenance evolution of the Central Canyon in northwestern South China Sea

Provenance studies of the Central Canyon, Qiongdongnan Basin has provided significant insights into paleographic and sedimentology research of the South China Sea (SCS). A suite of geochemical approaches mainly including rare earth elemental (REE) analysis and detrital zircon U–Pb dating has been systematically applied to the “source-to-sink” system involving our upper Miocene–Pliocene Central Canyon sediments and surrounding potential source areas. Based on samples tracing the entire course of the Central Canyon, REE distribution patterns indicate that the western channel was generally characterized by positive Eu anomalies in larger proportion, in contrast to the dominance of negative values of its eastern side during late Miocene–Pliocene. Additionally, for the whole canyon and farther regions of Qiongdongnan Basin, the number of samples bearing negative Eu anomalies tended to increase within younger geological strata. On the other hand, U–Pb geochronology results suggest a wide Proterozoic to Mesozoic age range with peak complexity in Yanshanian, Indosinian, Caledonian and Jinningian periods. However in detail, age combination of most western samples displayed older-age signatures than the eastern. To make it more evidently, western boreholes of the Central Canyon are mainly characterized with confined Indosinian and Caledonian clusters which show great comparability with mafic-to-ultramafic source of Kontum Massif of Central Vietnam, while eastern samples largely bear with distinguishable Yanshanian and Indosinian peaks which more resemble with Hainan Island. Based on geochemistry and geochronology analyses, two significant suppliers and sedimentary infilling processes are generated: (1) the Indosinian collision orogenic belt in central-northern Vietnam, Indochina has ever played significant role in Central Canyon sedimentary evolution, (2) Hainan Island once as a typical provenance restricted within eastern Central Canyon, has been enlarging its influence into the whole channel, even into the farther western regions of Qiongdongnan Basin.

     

基于磁矩分解的运动舰船磁场模型研究

当前的舰船磁场模型大都是通过其静态特性而构建的,现实适用性较差。围绕运动舰船磁场不同航向、不同航区的适应性模型展开研究。首先分析了舰船磁场建模的等效源方法,接着研究了运动舰船磁场磁矩分解的原理与方法。主要思路是先测量舰船在东、西、南、北 4 个航向上的舰船下方 1 个平面的磁场三分量数据,将这 4 组数据分别作为同一舰船在不同磁化状态下的边界条件,求解出舰船在东、西、南、北 4 种不同磁化状态下的磁矩参数,最后联合求解磁源的固定磁矩和感磁磁矩参数。通过以上过程便可计算出舰船在任意航向、任意航行地点的磁矩,利用磁矩解算磁场得到运动舰船磁场模型。     

Molecular characterization and expression analysis of Lily-type lectin (SmLTL) in turbot Scophthalmus maximus,and its response to Vibrio anguillarum

A full-length lily-type lectin(Sm LTL) was identified from turbot(Scophthalmus maximus) in this study. By searching database for protein identification and function prediction, Sm LTL were confirmed. The full-length c DNA of Sm LTL is composed of 569 bp and contains a 339 bp ORF that encodes 112 amino acid residues. The Sm LTL peptide is characterized by a specific β-prism architecture and contains three mannose binding sites in a three-fold internal repeat between amino acids 30–99; two of the repeats share the classical mannose binding domain(Qx Dx Nx Vx Y) while the third binding site was similar to other fish-specific binding motifs(Tx Tx Gx Rx V). The primary, secondary, and tertiary structures of Sm LTL were predicted and analyzed, indicating that the S m LTL protein was hydrophilic, contained 5.36% α-helices, 39.29% extended strands, 16.07% β-folds, and 39.29% random coils, and three β-folds. Quantitative realtime polymerase chain reaction(qPCR) analysis revealed that the Sm LTL mRNA was abundantly expressed in skin, gill, and intestine. Low levels of Sm LTL expression were observed in other tissues. The expression of Sm LTL in gill, skin and intestine increased at m RNA level after stimulation of V ibrio anguillarum, our results suggest that Sm LTL serve as the first line of defence against microbial infections and play a pivotal role in the innate mucosal immune system. The current study indicates that Sm LTL is a member of the lilytype lectin family and the information reported here will provide an important foundation for future research on the role of this protein.     

An international program on Silk Road Disaster Risk Reduction——a Belt and Road initiative (2016-2020)

Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a Chinese national strategy which calls for cooperative economic, political and cultural exchange at the global level along the ancient Silk Road. The overwhelming natural hazards located along the belt and road bring great challenges to the success of BRI. In this framework, a 5-year international program was launched to address issues related to hazards assessment and disaster risk reduction (DRR). The first workshop of this program was held in Beijing with international experts from over 15 countries. Risk conditions on Belt and Road Countries (BRCs) have been shared and science and technology advancements on DRR have been disseminated during the workshop. Under this program, six task forces have been setup to carry out collaborative research works and three prioritized study areas have been established. This workshop announced the launching of this program which involved partners from different countries including Pakistan, Nepal, Russia, Italy, United Kingdom, Sri Lanka and Tajikistan. The program adopted the objectives of Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 and United Nation Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and was implemented to assess disaster risk in BRCs and to propose suitable measures for disaster control which can be appropriate both for an individual country and for specific sites. This paper deals with the outcomes of the workshop and points out opportunities for the near future international cooperation on this matter.     

闽浙沿岸流扩展范围的季节特征及其对典型海湾的影响

根据2006~2007年春、夏、秋、冬季4个航次的监测数据分析闽浙沿岸流扩展范围和温度、盐度、营养盐含量平面分布季节变化特征,结果显示:调查期间,闽浙沿岸流主要分布于浙闽沿岸海域,具有明显的季节变化特征,冬季闽浙沿岸流扩展范围最大,可影响至广东南澳岛海域,秋季次之,可影响至厦门湾、东山湾海域,春季可扩展至泉州湾附近海域,夏季影响范围最小,仅局限于浙江北部沿岸海域.选取福建罗源湾、厦门湾和东山湾,分析闽浙沿岸流对典型海湾的影响,结果显示:冬季闽浙沿岸流给福建典型海湾带来了大量的营养盐物质,罗源湾、厦门湾和东山湾均受其影响,海水营养盐含量明显提高,秋季次之,春季影响略小,夏季基本不受闽浙沿岸流影响.     

日本9.0级地震后依舒断裂带北段地震活动性分析

结合测震学和大地测量学方法分析日本2011年9级地震之后依舒断裂带北段的地震活动性认为,2012年至今研究区地震活动相对平静是由于日本地震对区域应力场的影响。依舒断裂带北段震后1 a内受影响较大,2 a后地震活动减弱,b值的时间扫描表现出其目前处于低应力场控制。依舒断裂带北段2012年至今5 a未发生4级以上地震,当前存在发生4级地震的可能。