Voluntarism,defensive localism and spaces of resistance to health care restructuring

This paper examines the evolving role of volunteers and the voluntary sector in shaping community responses to structural change in health care systems. It contributes to the emerging understanding of the different forms voluntarism can take within and among places, including as a space of resistance to contemporary restructuring initiatives such as regionalization. Within the geographies of voluntarism literature, however, little attention has been directed towards interrogating the local dynamics of such voluntarism, especially as it is reflected in public discourse. We address this deficiency through a media-based case study of public reaction to the recent implementation of Ontario’s Local Health Integration Networks (a type of regional health authority). Specifically, we examine a decade of newspaper coverage in a mid-size Canadian city region to document and characterize how the activities of volunteers and voluntary sector organizations in the community are portrayed in light of the structural imperatives to integrate health care services and regionalize health care governance. The media findings reveal a suite of public concerns and related activities, with the voluntary sector called upon in various ways to defend the autonomy of the community against the perceived threats to local services, employment and vulnerable populations. We interpret the evident complexity of voluntary sector resistance as a form of ‘defensive localism’ and discuss implications for developing informed policy on health care restructuring and for advancing knowledge on the local geographies of voluntarism.     

Finite element analysis for a finite conductivity fracture in an infinite poroelastic medium

In the technology of oil recovery, oil production rate can be increased by generation of a vertical conductive fracture adjacent to the well-bore. In this paper the seepage flow and isothermal deformation in both the oil formation and the fracture are studied by modelling the formation as a two-dimensional infinite poroelastic medium and the conductive fracture as a one-dimensional poroelastic material, saturated by a one-phase compressible fluid. The plane strain condition is employed. Solutions for a growing conductive fracture and a stationary conductive fracture in the infinite medium are obtained by means of the finite element method based on a variational principle for the formation which can impose the governing equations of the fracture. Infinite elements are used outside the finite element domain. Numerical results indicate that the injection rate, the applied pressure and the crack mouth opening displacement at the well-bore oscillate during the propagation of the conductive fracture. The production rate of a well with the conductive fracture is compared with that of a well without the conductive fracture. Finally, a new definition of the conductivity coefficient for the conductive fracture is presented. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

祖母绿水热法生长工艺对比及进展

祖母绿是古今中外最受人们所喜爱的四大名贵宝石（钻石、红宝石、蓝宝石、祖母绿）之一,是绿色宝石之王。近年来的晶体学研究又证实,它可以作为一种优秀的可调谐激光晶体。由于自然界中高档祖母绿十分稀少,价格昂贵,因此祖母绿的人工合成受到广泛关注。世界上第一个利用水热法成功地合成出祖母绿并达到了商业性生产的是澳大利亚化学家ＪｏｈａｎＬｅｃｈｌｅｉｔｎｅｒ,他在１９５９年至１９７２年期间一直在生产,产品名称为“Ｌｅｃｈｌｅｉｔｎｅｒ”或“Ｅｍｅｒｉｔａ”或“Ｓｙｍｅｒａｌｄ”［１］;１９７１年澳大利亚的Ｂｉｒ…     

关于地质灾害孕灾因子权重确定的探讨

地质灾害易发区划模型中,不同地区孕灾因子权重不同。因子权重的确定、求解权重的准确性将直接关系到区划结果的可靠度。本文根据地质灾害点在不同孕灾因子分区中的分布频率,推出不同孕灾因子对地质灾害发育的贡献率的相对大小。不同因子对地质灾害发育的贡献率实际上就是各因子在地质灾害易发模型中的权重,因此通过以上分析可得出不同孕灾因子的相对权重,再利用层次分析法(AHP法)得出孕灾因子的权重。通过统计分析得出各因子相对权重的方法弥补了层次分析法确定权重的人为随意性,提高了区划的准确度。     

中国南方震旦纪大地构造单元划分与地层分区

本文以板块理论为指导，重点探讨地层分区与大地构造单元划分及沉积相展布的关系，提出以构造为主导，构造－地层－沉积相三位一体的地层分区原则和方法。中国南方震旦纪基底构造格架是两隆一坳，即扬子板块、华夏板块及其间的华南残留盆地，晋宁运动使扬子板块与华夏板块拼接在一起，进入相对稳定的发展阶段。震旦纪沉积作用与相带展布与上述古构造格局是一致的。根据上述区划原则和古构造、沉积相的研究结论，将中国南方震旦系划分为２个Ⅰ级地层区，６个Ⅱ级地层分区和１２个Ⅲ级地层小区。     

Dry spells assessment with reference to the maize crop in the Luvuvhu River catchment of South Africa

Agricultural productivity in South Africa is negatively affected by drought as a result of frequent periodic dry spells and increasing crop water demands resulting in poor crop development and low yields. Thus, we embarked on this study which aims at investigating dry spell occurrences in relation to growing season of maize in the Luvuvhu River Catchment. Daily rainfall data (1945–2014) from 12 stations which represent the catchment fairly well was utilized in this study. Three consecutive planting dates were staggered based on three consecutive onsets of the rainy season. Dry spells were categorized into three groups: short, medium and long dry spells. The data was then subjected to theoretical distribution fitting using the Anderson–Darling goodness-of-fit test; and probabilities of occurrence were computed using a probabilistic model that best fits the data. Trend analysis was performed on the frequency of dry spells per growing period using the non-parametric Spearman's rank correlation test. Out results indicated high probabilities (≥80%) of short dry spells at all the stations irrespective of the timing of planting. Further analysis revealed that a risk of yield reduction with planting following the first onset of rains was higher than that with planting following the second and third onsets. In order to minimize this risk, farmers can be advised to plant between mid-November to mid-December. Trend analysis indicated no trend for all the various dry spell lengths except for Thohoyandou with a decreasing trend and Sigonde with a weak increasing trend in long dry spells. Such findings can be used to describe drought conditions for improvement of agricultural productivity and food security, in a given area.     

利用生育期水分供应系数进行旱涝区划的研究

根据不同作物不同发育阶段的需水特性，建立了作物蒸腾耗水模型。利用水分平衡方程。根据降水量及前期土壤水分储存量与作物蒸散耗水量的差，确定作物不同生育期水分满足程度的时间变化曲线，用以衡量水分的满足程度。     

基于雷电监测资料的南充市雷电灾害风险区划研究

选取闪电密度、雷暴日、经济损失风险、生命损失风险等作为各县(市、区)雷电灾害易损性评估指标;并在此基础上,建立雷电灾害评估体系,对各县(市、区)的雷灾易损性进行了综合评价,进行区划分析。基于南充市雷电监测数据和人文经济指标而制作的全市雷电灾害风险区划,可以为全市雷电灾害防御提供科学依据,能有效降低因雷电灾害带来的生命财产损失和社会影响,提高灾害天气预报、预警能力,提升气象防灾减灾能力。基于南充市雷电监测数据而统计出的闪电密度、雷暴日数更具客观性。     

基于GIS的重庆市秋玉米气候区划

本文分析了重庆秋玉米栽培与气象条件关系和主要气候问题,指出秋季热量资源是影响秋玉米分布的主要原因,将秋玉米生育期间80%保证率≥16℃活动积温作为重庆市秋玉米气候区划指标。利用ARCGIS和数字高程模型(DEM)得到了重庆市秋玉米生育期间80%保证率≥16℃活动积温的空间分布,以此为基础将重庆市秋玉米栽培区划分为:热量丰富中熟秋玉米适宜栽培区,热量较丰中熟鲜食秋玉米适宜栽培区、热量一般早熟秋玉米适宜栽培区、热量较差早熟鲜食秋玉米适宜栽培区以及热量不足秋玉米不适宜栽培区等5种类型区,并提出了相应的措施建议。     

A New Scheme for Predicting Leaf Onset in Summer-Green Vegetation in the Northern Hemisphere

A modified thermal time model(MTM) was developed to reproduce the leaf onset for summer-green vegetation in the Northern Hemisphere. The model adopts the basic concept of a thermal time model(TM) in that leaf onset is primarily triggered by growing degree days(GDD). Based on global phenology data derived from satellite observations, a new parameterization for the critical model parameter Tb(i.e., baseline temperature for GDD calculation) has been introduced, and the spatial distribution of Tb was calculated. Simulations of leaf onset during 1982–2000 in the range 30–90°N showed a significant improvement of MTM over the standard TM model with constant Tb. The mean error and mean absolute error of the climatological simulation were 1.11 and 6.8 days, respectively, and 90% of the model error(5th and 95 th percentiles) was between-12.4 and 13.7 days.