Desertification caused by land degradation and overexploitation of natural resources is threatening large parts of eastern and southern Mediterranean. The actual state of desertification sensitivity in Lebanon was spa...Desertification caused by land degradation and overexploitation of natural resources is threatening large parts of eastern and southern Mediterranean. The actual state of desertification sensitivity in Lebanon was spatially assessed using site specific environmental bio-physical indicators, demographic pressure and socioeconomic conditions. Bio-physical assessment included the aridity index derived from integrated assessment of the historical data for 48 climatic stations spread throughout the country, the new detailed soil map at 1：50,000 scale, and the updated land cover/use map at 1：20,000 derived from IKONOS 2005. The methodology also included livelihood conditions and poverty at local administrative ＂Caza＂ level. Results showed the integrated impact of local climate, soil and vegetation quality and socioeconomic conditions on sensitivity to desertification. A total of 78% of the territories have low and very low climate quality index preconditioning the sensitivity to desertification. Fourteen Cazas out of 26 in total, representing more than 66% of the country, have low socioeconomic satisfaction index. Furthermore, negative trends are alleviated by good quality relict soils and vegetation cover. The actual extent of desertification covers 40.48% of the national territory, much of which occurs under semi-arid climate, moderate or low soil and vegetation quality and poor living conditions. The outcome of this research adjusted the previous coarse estimates of desertification prone areas at the national level. Results allow for realistic, policy oriented local assessment for responsive land use planning and proactive sustainable, national and local land management in the context of the national action plan to combat desertification.展开更多
In this article, we study the pentaquark state Θ＋（1540） with a （scalar） diquark-（pseudoscalar） diquarkantiquark type interpolating current in the framework of the QCD sum rules approach by including the contri...In this article, we study the pentaquark state Θ＋（1540） with a （scalar） diquark-（pseudoscalar） diquarkantiquark type interpolating current in the framework of the QCD sum rules approach by including the contributions from the direct instantons. The numerical results indicate that the contributions from the direct instantons are very small and can be safely neglected.展开更多
We compute the Dirac indexes for the two spin structures κ_0 and κ_1 forEguchi-Hanson metrics with nonzero total mass. It shows that the Dirac indexes do not vanish ingeneral, and axial anomaly exists. When the metr...We compute the Dirac indexes for the two spin structures κ_0 and κ_1 forEguchi-Hanson metrics with nonzero total mass. It shows that the Dirac indexes do not vanish ingeneral, and axial anomaly exists. When the metric has zero total mass, the Dirac index vanishes forthe spin structure κ_0 , and no axial anomaly exists in this case.展开更多
文摘Desertification caused by land degradation and overexploitation of natural resources is threatening large parts of eastern and southern Mediterranean. The actual state of desertification sensitivity in Lebanon was spatially assessed using site specific environmental bio-physical indicators, demographic pressure and socioeconomic conditions. Bio-physical assessment included the aridity index derived from integrated assessment of the historical data for 48 climatic stations spread throughout the country, the new detailed soil map at 1：50,000 scale, and the updated land cover/use map at 1：20,000 derived from IKONOS 2005. The methodology also included livelihood conditions and poverty at local administrative ＂Caza＂ level. Results showed the integrated impact of local climate, soil and vegetation quality and socioeconomic conditions on sensitivity to desertification. A total of 78% of the territories have low and very low climate quality index preconditioning the sensitivity to desertification. Fourteen Cazas out of 26 in total, representing more than 66% of the country, have low socioeconomic satisfaction index. Furthermore, negative trends are alleviated by good quality relict soils and vegetation cover. The actual extent of desertification covers 40.48% of the national territory, much of which occurs under semi-arid climate, moderate or low soil and vegetation quality and poor living conditions. The outcome of this research adjusted the previous coarse estimates of desertification prone areas at the national level. Results allow for realistic, policy oriented local assessment for responsive land use planning and proactive sustainable, national and local land management in the context of the national action plan to combat desertification.
基金The project supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 10405009 and the Key Program Foundation of North China Electric Power University
文摘In this article, we study the pentaquark state Θ＋（1540） with a （scalar） diquark-（pseudoscalar） diquarkantiquark type interpolating current in the framework of the QCD sum rules approach by including the contributions from the direct instantons. The numerical results indicate that the contributions from the direct instantons are very small and can be safely neglected.
文摘We compute the Dirac indexes for the two spin structures κ_0 and κ_1 forEguchi-Hanson metrics with nonzero total mass. It shows that the Dirac indexes do not vanish ingeneral, and axial anomaly exists. When the metric has zero total mass, the Dirac index vanishes forthe spin structure κ_0 , and no axial anomaly exists in this case.
