Variation in low food access areas due to data source inaccuracies

Several spatial measures of community food access identifying so called “food deserts” have been developed based on geospatial information and commercially-available, secondary data listings of food retail outlets. It is not known how data inaccuracies influence the designation of Census tracts as areas of low access. This study replicated the U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service (USDA ERS) food desert measure and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) non-healthier food retail tract measure in two secondary data sources (InfoUSA and Dun & Bradstreet) and reference data from an eight-county field census covering 169 Census tracts in South Carolina. For the USDA ERS food deserts measure accuracy statistics for secondary data sources were 94% concordance, 50–65% sensitivity, and 60–64% positive predictive value (PPV). Based on the CDC non-healthier food retail tracts both secondary data demonstrated 88–91% concordance, 80–86% sensitivity and 78–82% PPV. While inaccuracies in secondary data sources used to identify low food access areas may be acceptable for large-scale surveillance, verification with field work is advisable for local community efforts aimed at identifying and improving food access.     

史料考证与找矿(之四)：个旧锡矿

著名的个旧锡矿，据史料在元廿七年（1290年），率先在老厂矿区银铜矿开始采银（铅）-锌矿。清康熙四十六年（1707年），始由官方主持大规模开发砂锡矿，直至民国初年（1910年）都以采-冶砂锡为主，元廿七年后，银硐，黄茅山，竹林山，龙树脚等老硐深部，相继发现并转入原生锡矿开采。个旧300余年的采-选-冶开发史，使当地矿工在识别砂锡，脉锡不同矿石类型（荒），涮碗目测品位，水力采矿（冲荒尖），水力洗选（溜口），土法炼锡，锡锭表面“花口”识别等诸多领域，创造出一套完整的采-选-冶工艺，在中国矿业史上作出重大贡献。     

积云对流参数化方案对东亚夏季环流和降水模拟的影响

利用WRF（Weather Research and Forecasting）模式对东亚夏季区域气候模拟中最常选用的两种积云对流参数化方案进行对比分析,研究积云对流参数化方案选用对大尺度环流模拟的影响。结果表明:Kain-Fritsch（KF）方案对西太平洋副热带高压（简称副高）及环流的模拟效果较好,虽然KF方案模拟降水偏多,但是时空分布与TRMM降水分布接近;Grell-Freitas（GF）方案对流加热率过大,从而模拟的南海—菲律宾区域对流异常增强,在南海—菲律宾洋面上的垂直输送异常增大,非绝热加热的范围偏大,导致副高南侧下沉区辐散减弱,抑制了副高北抬西伸,进而影响到水汽输送和季风环流,最终对东亚夏季降水的模拟产生不利影响。修改GF方案对流加热率和干燥率的敏感性试验表明,减小对流加热率和干燥率参数能有效抑制南海—菲律宾区域过强的对流,东亚大尺度环流的模拟得到明显改进。     

昆仑山地震亚区地震趋势建模探讨

按照中国大陆及邻近地区活动地块和地震区带的研究成果,选择昆仑山地震亚区为研究单元,提取研究单元1970年以来半年极大值地震.该极值地震资料具有地质单元一致的特征,也代表研究单元地震趋势水平的变化.极值地震具正态分布特征,使用7阶高斯函数模型,对资料进行最佳逼近拟合,模型中参数用最小二乘法求取,递推未来1～2年时间进行地震趋势探讨.引用定量方法探讨有关研究单元的地震趋势值得深入研究.     

多环芳烃来源与分布及迁移规律研究概述

概述了多环芳烃的来源,就近年来多环芳烃(PAHs)在大气、土壤、植被和水体沉积物中分布与迁移规律的研究成果进行了综述,并展望了未来PAHs研究方向。     

Numerical modeling of flow characteristics in a rotating annular flume

A rotating annular flume (RALF) has been constructed at the Center of Coastal and Land-Margin Research (CCALMR) to study the biogeochemistry of sediment–water interfaces. The flume was designed to allow for evolving, integrated measurements of physical, chemical, and biological parameters, as often as possible in a real-time, computer-controlled mode. Several numerical models have or are being developed/applied to provide a virtual representation of the flume, with the dual objective of assisting the design of experiments and of assessing our level of understanding of processes and process interactions. We will concentrate here on the characterization of the flow in the flume, a basic but interestingly complex problem. The operational challenge is to minimize secondary circulation and lateral variability of shear stress, factors that prevent the flume flow to match the idealized concept of an endless channel flow. Satisfactory minimization of these factors can be achieved by allowing both the top and the bottom rings of the flume to rotate in contrary directions, a concept introduced by earlier research efforts and verified in RALF via Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter (ADV) measurements and 3D numerical modeling. Once logistics (e.g., in the form of the size of the ADV's sampling volume and of the vertical discretization of the numerical grids) are appropriately handled, observations and model results show good agreement. This agreement legitimates the use of the model as a design and investigative tool, in particular to define optimal rotation ratios of the top and bottom rings. The ratios that minimize secondary flow and lateral variability of shear stress are distinct. This is a logical (generating mechanisms are different) but often not recognized aspect of the operation of annular flumes.     

大气气溶胶吸湿性质国内外研究进展

大气气溶胶的吸湿性质是联系气溶胶微物理、化学参数的桥梁和纽带之一,更是气溶胶基本光学性质的决定性参数之一,因此研究气溶胶吸湿性质在整个大气气溶胶科学研究中处于基础地位。对气溶胶吸湿性质的研究意义、研究方法与技术、主要研究结论做了系统回顾,并指出该研究领域存在的不足并对未来的研究方向做出展望。众多研究者从实验室分析、外场实验、数值模拟3个方面来研究颗粒物的吸湿性质,研究表明大气气溶胶的吸湿性质对研究大气能见度、大气辐射强迫具有重要影响。国内对大气气溶胶吸湿性质的研究数量偏少,研究方法单一,在国内广泛开展气溶胶吸湿性质的研究非常必要。     

局部地形下入射波散射效应对地震动影响解析解研究进展

局部地形条件对地震动放大有显著影响,解析法和数值法均可研究该问题,而解析法可以分析问题的物理本质和检验数值法的精度.将局部地形分为无盖层凹陷地形、有盖层凹陷地形(沉积谷地)、凸起地形和复合地形;分别综述了国内外关于各种局部地形对地震动影响的解析解研究成果.从以下4个方面分析和讨论当前研究成果:①研究方法;②计算介质模型;③各局部地形研究水平的不均衡;④研究存在不足之处.提出了未来发展方向:未来该领域应加强研究局部地形对Rayleigh波地震动响应规律,开展局部地形对多种波耦合入射下的地震动响应规律的研究,运用非线性波动理论研究局部地形对地震动的影响和开展三维非线性地震动数值模拟研究.     

我国不同赋存状态烃类气体的研究现状与展望

不同赋存状态烃类气体（包括游离的天然气、吸附气、酸解气、水溶气和油溶气）研究对于烃源岩评价、天然气成因判识、油气复合关系研究，油气源对比和油气勘探均具有十分重要的理论和应用价值。我国经过“六五”、“七五”和“八五”期间组织天然气地学攻关，在该领域内取得了较大进展。综述了我国不同赋存状态烃类气体的研究现状，分析了研究中存在的几个问题，并展望了其理论和应用前景。