Mitigative Effect of La on Glycine max seedlings under Pb-Cd Compound Pollution

Mitigative effect of La on Glycine max seedlings under combined Pb and Cd pollution was studied through pot culture experiment. The results show that the growth and metabolism of Glycine max seedlings are inhibited by the solution with 500 mg.L-1 Pb + 100 mg.L-1 Cd. When 30 mg. L-1 LaCl3 is used to spray Glycine max seedlings once, the injury effect of combined Pb and Cd pollution is reduced. The experiment proves that the effect is related to La which can raise photosynthetic rate, chlorophyll content and activity of nitrate reductase, and reduce cell membrane permeability, content of Pb and Cd, and keep TTC reduction ability of Glycine max seedling.

Foliar application of sodium hydrosulfide(NaHS),a hydrogen sulfide(H2S) donor,can protect seedlings against heat stress in wheat(Triticum aestivum L.)

Temperature extremes represent an important limiting factor to plant growth and productivity. Low concentration of hydrogen sulfide （H2S） has been proven to function in physiological responses to various stresses. The present study evaluated the effect of foliar application of wheat seedlings with a H2S donor, sodium hydrosulfide （NariS）, on the response to acute heat stress. The results showed that pretreatment with NariS could promote heat tolerance of wheat seedlings in a dose-depen- dent manner. Again, it was verified that H2S, rather than other sulfur-containing components or sodion derived from NariS solution, should contribute to the positive role in promoting wheat seedlings against heat stress. To further study antioxidant mechanisms of NariS-induced heat tolerance, superoxide dismutase （SOD, EC 1.15.1.1 ）, catalase （CAT, EC 1.11.1.6） and ascorbate peroxidase （APX, EC 1.11.1.11 ） activities, and HzS, hydrogen peroxide （H2O2）, malonaldehyde （MDA）, and soluble sugar contents in wheat seedlings were determined. The results showed that, under heat stress, the activities of SOD, CAT, and APX, H2S, H2O2, MDA, and soluble sugar contents in NaHS-pretreated seedlings and its control all increased. Meanwhile, NaHS-pretreated seedlings showed higher antioxidant enzymes activities and gene expression levels as well as the H2S and soluble sugar levels, and lower H2O2, MDA contents induced by heat stress. While little effect was detected in antioxidant enzymes activities and soluble substances contents in pretreated wheat seedlings compared with its control under normal culture conditions （data not shown）. All of our results suggested that exogenous NariS could alleviate oxidative damage and improve heat tolerance by regulating the antioxidant system in wheat seedlings under heat stress.

Synthesis and Application of Lanthanide Complexes with Schiff Base of Pridoxylidence-Glycine

A series of novel rare earths complexes with Schiff base of pridoxylidence-glycine acid (HL) were synthesized in absolute methanol under argon atmosphere. The complexes were characterized by elemental analysis, molar conductivity, IR, UV spectra, and H-NMR spectra et al. Data indicate that the complexes have a general formula Ln LCl2.3H(2)O (Ln = La, Y, Sm, Gd, Dy, Yb; L = C10H11N2O4). Effects of the complexes (Ln = La) on physiological and biochemical indexes of plants under Pb stress were studied. The experiments shown that the complexes obviously mitigated Pb pollution results in decreasing of chlorophyll content, rising of cell membrane permeability, changing catalase(CAT) and distribution of Pb.

Mitigation of blast loadings on structures by an anti-blast plastic water wall

Seven in-situ tests were carried out in far field to study the blast mitigation effect of a kind of water filled plastic wall. Test results show that the mitigation effect of water filled plastic wall is remarkable. The maximum reduction of peak reflected overpressure reaches up to 94.53%, as well as 36.3% of the minimum peak reflected overpressure reduction in the scaled distance ranging from 1.71 m/kg1/3 to 3.42 m/kg1/3. Parametric studies were also carried out. The effects of the scaled gauge height, water/charge scaled distance(the distance between the explosive charge and the water wall), water wall scaled height and water/structure scaled distance(the distance between the water wall and the structure) were systematically investigated and compared with the usual rigid anti-blast wall. It is concluded that these parameters affect the mitigation effects of plastic water wall on blast loadings significantly, which is basically consistent to the trend of usual rigid anti-blast wall. Some formulae are also derived based on the numerical and test results, providing a simple but reliable prediction model to evaluate the peak overpressure of mitigated blast loadings on the structures.

Impacts of Carbon Tax Policy on CO_2 Mitigation and Economic Growth in China

In this paper we examine the impacts of carbon tax policy on CO2 mitigation effects and economic growth in China by using a dynamic energy-environment-economy computable general equilibrium （CGE） model. The results show that 30, 60, and 90 RMB per ton CO2 of carbon tax rate will lead to a reduction of CO2 emissions by 4.52%, 8.59%, and 12.26%, as well as a decline in the GDP by 0.11%, 0.25%, and 0.39% in 2020, respectively, if carbon tax revenues are collected by the government. Moreover, with energy efficiency improvements the CO2 emission per unit of GDP will equally drop by 34.79%, 37.49%, and 39.92% in 2020, respectively. Negative impacts on sectors and households will be alleviated if carbon tax revenues are returned to these sectors and households.

Study on optimum arrangement of hysteretic dampers in frame structure

The earthquake mitigation effect of hysteretic dampers is not only related to the number, stiffness, strength, deformation ability of dampers but also to the strength and stiffness of the structure. This paper studied the condition that structures should be in when the hysteretic dampers mitigated seismic action most effectively and made appropriate numerical analysis to verify the effectiveness of theory derivation. The inelastic seismic responses were analyzed for the SDOF system that the shear strength ratio of the damper system was taken differently and the result showed that when the ratio was in the vicinity of the optimum strength ratio of the damper system, the displacement of the structure was minimum and the energy dissipation of dampers was maximum, which indicated that the dampers mitigated seismic action most effectively. The result also indicated that the hysteretic dampers had significant earthquake mitigation effect when the strength ratio β changed in a relatively wide range.

Seismic performance of two-story subway station structures with different isolating systems

When the sliding bearing is fixed only at the top of the middle column of the underground structure,the cracks at the side end of the middle plate should be aggravated while the seismic damage of the mid-column should be alleviated.To enhance the seismic performance of the mid-plate,a new isolation design method has been mentioned while the elastic sliding bearings are set at the top of the mid-columns and between the side end of the mid-plate and the side wall at the same time.By establishing a nonlinear finite element analysis model for the static-dynamic coupling interaction system,the seismic response characteristics of the cast-in-place station structure without a sliding bearing have been analyzed and compared with those of the station structure with the sliding bearing fixed only at the top of the middle columns,and those of the station structure with sliding bearing be fixed between the mid-plate and the sidewall at the same time.The results show that the new isolation station structures suffer fewer earthquake damages at the mid-plate and mid-columns at the same time,which can improve the overall seismic performance of the subway station structure.

Pareto optimal allocation of fault current limiter based on immune algorithm considering cost and mitigation effect

This paper presents a multi-objective Pareto optimal method for allocation of fault current limiters based on an immune algorithm, which takes into account two objectives of the cost and fault current mitigation effect. A sensitivity factor calculation method based on the rate of fault current mitigation is proposed to reduce the search space and improve the efficiency of the algorithm.In this approach, the objective functions related to the cost and fault current mitigation effect are established. A modified inversion operator based on equal cost is proposed to converge to global optimal solutions more effectively. The proposed algorithm is tested on the IEEE39-bus system, and obtains the Pareto optimal solutions,from which the user can select the most suitable solutions according to the preferences and relative importance of the objective functions. Simulation results are used to verify the proposed method.

Nonlinear polarization effects and mitigation in polarization-division-multiplexed coherent transmission systems

Using numerical simulations, the nonlinear transmission performance of polarization-division-multiplexed quadrature-phase-shift-keying （PDM-QPSK） coherent systems is studied. It is found that inter-channel cross-polarization modulation （XPolM） induced nonlinear polarization scattering can significantly degrade the transmission performance of PDM-QPSK coherent systems and change the perspective of dispersion management in optical coherent transmission systems. Some techniques to mitigate nonlinear polarization scattering in dispersion-managed PDM coherent transmission systems are discussed, including the use of time-interleaved return-to-zero （RZ） PDM formats, the use of periodic-group-delay PGD dispersion compensators, and the judicious addition of some polarization-mode-dispersion （PMD） in the transmission link. It is shown that if nonlinear polarization scattering can be well mitigated, a polarization multiplexed optical coherent transmission system with dispersion management could perform better than that without it.

Carbon neutrality and mitigating contribution of terrestrial carbon sink on anthropogenic climate warming in China,the United States,Russia and Canada

Carbon dioxide(C0_(2))is a major climate forcing factor,closely related to human activities.Quantifying the contribution of C0_(2)emissions to the global radiative forcing(RF)is therefore important to evaluate climate effects caused by anthropogenic and natural factors.China,the United States(USA),Russia and Canada are the largest countries by land area,at different levels of socio-economic development.In this study,we used data from the Car-bonTracker C0_(2)assimilation model(CT2017 data set)to analyze anthropogenic C0_(2)emissions and terrestrial ecosystem carbon sinks from 2000 to 2016.We derived net RF contributions and showed that anthropogenic C0_(2)emissions had increased significantly from 2000 to 2016,at a rate of 0.125 PgC yr^(-1).Over the same period,carbon uptake by terrestrial ecosystems increased at a rate of 0.003 PgC yr^(-1).Anthropogenic C0_(2)emissions in China and USA accounted for 87.19% of the total,while Russian terrestrial ecosystems were the largest carbon sink and absorbed 14.69 PgC.The resulting cooling effect was-0.013 W m~2 in 2016,representing an offset of-45.06% on climate warming induced by anthropogenic C0_(2).This indicates that net climate warming would be significantly overestimated if terrestrial ecosystems were not included in RF budget analyses.In terms of cumulative effects,we analyzed RFs using reference atmospheres of 1750,at the start of the Industrial Revolution,and 2000,the initial year of this study.Anthropogenic C0_(2)emissions in the study area contributed by+0.42 W m^(-2) and+0.32 W m^(-2) to the global RF,relative to C0_(2)levels of 1750 and 2000,respectively.We also evaluated correlations between global mean atmospheric temperature and net,anthropogenic and natural RFs.We found that the combined(net)RF caused by C0_(2)emissions accounted for 30.3% of global mean temperature variations in 2000-2016.

Multi-antenna synchronized global navigation satellite system receiver and its advantages in high-precision positioning applications

The multi-antenna synchronized global navi- gation satellite system receiver is a high precision, low cost, and widely used emerging receiver. Using this type of receiver, the satellite and receiver clock errors can be eliminated simultaneously by forming between antenna single-differences, which is equivalent to the conventional double-difference model. However, current multi-antenna synchronized global navigation satellite system receiver products have not fully realized their potential to achieve better accuracy, efficiency, and broader applications. This paper introduces the conceptual design and derivable products of multi-antenna synchronized global navigation satellite system receivers involving the aspects of attitude determination, multipath effect mitigation, phase center variation correction, and ground-based carrier phase wind- up calibration. Through case studies, the advantages of multi-antenna synchronized global navigation satellite system receivers in high-precision positioning applications are demonstrated.