Content-centric networking(CCN) is rising to solve the problems suffered by traditional networks,especially in terms of content delivery.One of the critical issues for basic CCN is supporting mobility.Handoff of Mobil...Content-centric networking(CCN) is rising to solve the problems suffered by traditional networks,especially in terms of content delivery.One of the critical issues for basic CCN is supporting mobility.Handoff of Mobile Content Source(MCS) will result in a large scale routing update,which generates huge amount of routing overhead and leads to service interruption.Most of the existing CCN mobility mechanisms are transplanted from the IP mobility solutions,which are unnaturally integrated with CCN.Different from previous works,a mobility strategy from the perspective of CCN architecture is proposed to support the handoff of MCS in this paper.Especially,we define the critical network routers that can limit the routing update scale effectively when MCS handoff is conducted.Based on the defined critical network routers,the proposed scheme can provide lower routing update overhead,faster routing convergence and shorter service interruption time.Finally,series of simulations are conducted to validate the effectiveness of our proposed scheme.展开更多
As the most import fault of the Late Pleistocene in the Lhasa area,the Nalinlaka fault is a left-lateral thrust fault,striking NWW,dipping SSW with a high dip angle,and extending over 33km.According to studies on the ...As the most import fault of the Late Pleistocene in the Lhasa area,the Nalinlaka fault is a left-lateral thrust fault,striking NWW,dipping SSW with a high dip angle,and extending over 33km.According to studies on the latest strata on the Nalinlaka fault zone,this fault zone has been obviously active since the Late Pleistocene and the movement left behind some geomorphologic phenomena on the earth's surface,especially at the sites of the gully west of Cijiaolin and around Xiecun village.For example,some rivers,ridges and terraces are displaced,forming beheaded gullies and fault escarps.The horizontal displacements since the Late Pleistocene at the above two places are 54m ~ 87m,20m ~ 67m,respectively.Based on studies on the 4 trenches along the fault using the progressive constraining method,we conclude that there might have been 5 paleoearthquake events along the Nalinlaka fault since 70ka B.P.,the ages of each paleoearthquake are 68.53,54.40,< 41.23,21.96,9.86ka B.P.,and the average recurrence interval is 14.67ka.Because of the limits of trenches and earthquake events exposed by each trench,no single trench completely revealed all 5 events.There may therefore be some errors in determining the upper and lower limits of some events in this article.展开更多
An indisputable fact is that human beings originated from Africa,where a nearly complete,but severely deformed fossil human cranium dating back about 7 million years was discovered and named as Sahelanthropus tchadens...An indisputable fact is that human beings originated from Africa,where a nearly complete,but severely deformed fossil human cranium dating back about 7 million years was discovered and named as Sahelanthropus tchadensis,which is the oldest member of Family Hominidae in the world.Homo erectus was the first ancient human to move out of Africa and spread to Asia and Europe.Homo rhodesiensis was found from Africa,and Homo heidelbergensis was found from Europe.The fossils of Homo sapiens dating back about 300,000 years were found in Africa and considered to be the oldest fossil record of Homo sapiens.However,only some fossils of Homo erectus and Late Homo sapiens had been found in East Asia by that point,but Homo heidelbergensis or related human fossils had not been found in East Asia.According to the distribution of human fossils in the world at that time,some scholars suggested that Homo heidelbergensis was not only a descendant of African Homo erectus,but also the common ancestor of Homo sapiens,Homo neanderthalensis and Denisovans,leading to the formulation of the single African origin hypothesis of human beings.Clearly,the hypothesis is based largely on the assumption that Homo erectus in East Asia left no descendants.That is why any new human fossils found in China or East Asia would challenge the hypothesis.The discovery of Homo longi is a case in point.At that time,many scholars questioned the original location of the Harbin cranium,and even suggested that it came from the Middle East or Europe.Recently,we re-examined two Early Pleistocene human skulls(EV9001 and EV9002)from Yunxian County,Hubei Province,the age of which is approximately 0.96 to 1.1 million years.The two fossil human skulls were named as Homo erectus yunxianensis by Li Tianyuan and others in 1991.The cranium of EV9001 is marked by developing no sagittal ridge on the cranial roof and developing 16 teeth on the maxilla.The cranium of EV9002 is characterized by developing no sagittal ridge on the cranial roof and 15 teeth on the maxilla(the right third molar disappeared,the left third molar became small).It is clear that the two fossil human skulls were at a critical appearance time and a critical period of Pleistocene human evolution.We believe that the two fossil human skulls unearthed in Yunxian County,Hubei Province represent not only the common ancestor of the longi lineage and the sapiens lineage,but also the direct evidence of the first descendants of Homo erectus in East Asia.展开更多
Tourism-oriented revitalization of historic districts has been identified as a form of sustainability which is believed to contribute to both conservation and development.Comprehensive assessments of the effects of su...Tourism-oriented revitalization of historic districts has been identified as a form of sustainability which is believed to contribute to both conservation and development.Comprehensive assessments of the effects of such tourism-oriented revitalizations in historic districts are thus a great challenge,and are needed to support sustainable development and management efforts.In this study criteria and indicators were identified by using the AHP method with experts scoring four aspects on two levels.We assess a case in China using this system and outputs indicated infrastructure and environment performed best,while the score for residents’living condition and participation was the lowest.Finally,we offer some suggestions to improve the relatively poor status in order to assist historic districts in achieving sustained revitalization.展开更多
The community forest program in Nepal is one of the successful conservation initiatives.Tree species in a forest ecosystem have a fundamental role in maintaining the vegetation structure,complexity,and heterogeneity.T...The community forest program in Nepal is one of the successful conservation initiatives.Tree species in a forest ecosystem have a fundamental role in maintaining the vegetation structure,complexity,and heterogeneity.This study analyzes the composition and regeneration of tree species in five community forests(CFs)of the sub-tropical region,Lamjung district,Nepal for preparing baseline data for long-term research projects and helps the community to manage their CFs scientifically.Tree species data were generated by stratified random sampling using 35 quadrate plots(size:20 m x 20 m).The density of adult trees in the forests ranged from 575 Ind ha^(-1)(Tilahar CF)to 1196 Ind/ha(Deurali Thadopakha CF).The sapling ranged from 2533 Ind ha^(-1)(Tilahar CF)to 4000 Ind ha^(-1)(Thuliban CF)and seedling from 19583 Ind ha^(-1)(Tilahar CF)to 37500 Ind ha^(-1)(Thuliban CF).Similarly,the adult tree basal area varied from 28.34 m^(2) ha^(-1)(Tilahar CF)to 49 m^(2) ha^(-1)(Deurali CF).The adult tree diversity index(Shannon-Weiner’s H)also ranged from 1.08(Thuliban CF)to 1.88(Tilahar CF).The tree species such as Sapium insigne,Ficus benghalensis,Lagerstroemia parviflore,Albizia sp.and Pinus roxburghii were weak regeneration.In general,the forests have good regeneration status except for Tilahar Community Forest,but based on the DBH size class distribution diagram,there is no sustainable regeneration.Among the five community forests the DBH size of adults was significantly different,and the DBH of Deurali Thadopakha was the lowest.But only few species have good regeneration and most of the species have weak,poor to no regeneration.The dominancy of fewer species like Shorea robusta,Castanopsis indica,and Schima wallichii accordingly maintain the overall regeneration of tree of CFs,so further plantation needs to be done inside the CF by triage accordingly those species whose regeneration has poor.展开更多
The palaeolake evolution across the Tibetan Plateau and adjacent areas has been extensively studied, but the timing of late Pleistocene lake highstands remains controversial. Robust dating of lacustrine deposits is of...The palaeolake evolution across the Tibetan Plateau and adjacent areas has been extensively studied, but the timing of late Pleistocene lake highstands remains controversial. Robust dating of lacustrine deposits is of importance in resolving this issue. This paper presents 14 C or optically stimulated luminescence(OSL) age estimates from two sets of late Quaternary lacustrine sequences in the Qaidam Basin and Tengger Desert(northeastern Tibetan Plateau). The updated dating results show:(1) the radiocarbon dating technique apparently underestimated the age of the strata of >30 ka BP in Qaidam Basin;(2) although OSL and 14 C dating agreed with each other for Holocene age samples in the Tengger Desert area, there was a significant offset in dating results of sediments older than ~30 ka BP, largely resulting from radiocarbon dating underestimation;(3) both cases imply that most of the published radiocarbon ages(e.g., older than ~30 ka BP) should be treated with caution and perhaps its geological implication should be revaluated; and(4) the high lake events on the Tibetan Plateau and adjacent areas, traditionally assigned to MIS 3a based on 14 C dating, are likely older than ~80 ka based on OSL chronology.展开更多
There has been a significant debate about the nature and causes of the Pleistocene evolution of the Nihewan Basin, North China. We studied the eastern Nihewan Basin sedimentary facies at two main sites, Hutouliang and...There has been a significant debate about the nature and causes of the Pleistocene evolution of the Nihewan Basin, North China. We studied the eastern Nihewan Basin sedimentary facies at two main sites, Hutouliang and Donggou. A combination of field observations and measurements of sediment grain-size distribution was used to reconstruct the sequence of sedimentary environments since the middle Pleistocene, and optically-stimulated luminescence measurements were used to date the sediments. Our results indicate that a shallow lake occupied the basin center along the Sanggan River, probably lasting until -440 kyr ago before disappearing completely -340 kyr ago. It was succeeded by a phase of fluvial-dominated sediment accumulation which ended -30 kyr ago. We suggest that the formation of the gorge resulted from the relative uplift of the Niuxin Mountain along the Liulengshan fault -140 kyr ago. However, since -30 kyr ago the fault may have become inactive and the river downcutting near Shixia was no longer offset by the relative uplift, which caused a shift from deposition to denudation in the Nihewan Basin from then on. The disappearance of the paleolake -340 kyr ago may have been the culmination of the ongoing process of basin infilling.展开更多
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program(973) of China(No.2012CB315801)the National Natural Science Fund(No.61302089,61300184)
文摘Content-centric networking(CCN) is rising to solve the problems suffered by traditional networks,especially in terms of content delivery.One of the critical issues for basic CCN is supporting mobility.Handoff of Mobile Content Source(MCS) will result in a large scale routing update,which generates huge amount of routing overhead and leads to service interruption.Most of the existing CCN mobility mechanisms are transplanted from the IP mobility solutions,which are unnaturally integrated with CCN.Different from previous works,a mobility strategy from the perspective of CCN architecture is proposed to support the handoff of MCS in this paper.Especially,we define the critical network routers that can limit the routing update scale effectively when MCS handoff is conducted.Based on the defined critical network routers,the proposed scheme can provide lower routing update overhead,faster routing convergence and shorter service interruption time.Finally,series of simulations are conducted to validate the effectiveness of our proposed scheme.
基金sponsored by the Specialized Project of Earthquake Profession(201008007),CEA
文摘As the most import fault of the Late Pleistocene in the Lhasa area,the Nalinlaka fault is a left-lateral thrust fault,striking NWW,dipping SSW with a high dip angle,and extending over 33km.According to studies on the latest strata on the Nalinlaka fault zone,this fault zone has been obviously active since the Late Pleistocene and the movement left behind some geomorphologic phenomena on the earth's surface,especially at the sites of the gully west of Cijiaolin and around Xiecun village.For example,some rivers,ridges and terraces are displaced,forming beheaded gullies and fault escarps.The horizontal displacements since the Late Pleistocene at the above two places are 54m ~ 87m,20m ~ 67m,respectively.Based on studies on the 4 trenches along the fault using the progressive constraining method,we conclude that there might have been 5 paleoearthquake events along the Nalinlaka fault since 70ka B.P.,the ages of each paleoearthquake are 68.53,54.40,< 41.23,21.96,9.86ka B.P.,and the average recurrence interval is 14.67ka.Because of the limits of trenches and earthquake events exposed by each trench,no single trench completely revealed all 5 events.There may therefore be some errors in determining the upper and lower limits of some events in this article.
文摘An indisputable fact is that human beings originated from Africa,where a nearly complete,but severely deformed fossil human cranium dating back about 7 million years was discovered and named as Sahelanthropus tchadensis,which is the oldest member of Family Hominidae in the world.Homo erectus was the first ancient human to move out of Africa and spread to Asia and Europe.Homo rhodesiensis was found from Africa,and Homo heidelbergensis was found from Europe.The fossils of Homo sapiens dating back about 300,000 years were found in Africa and considered to be the oldest fossil record of Homo sapiens.However,only some fossils of Homo erectus and Late Homo sapiens had been found in East Asia by that point,but Homo heidelbergensis or related human fossils had not been found in East Asia.According to the distribution of human fossils in the world at that time,some scholars suggested that Homo heidelbergensis was not only a descendant of African Homo erectus,but also the common ancestor of Homo sapiens,Homo neanderthalensis and Denisovans,leading to the formulation of the single African origin hypothesis of human beings.Clearly,the hypothesis is based largely on the assumption that Homo erectus in East Asia left no descendants.That is why any new human fossils found in China or East Asia would challenge the hypothesis.The discovery of Homo longi is a case in point.At that time,many scholars questioned the original location of the Harbin cranium,and even suggested that it came from the Middle East or Europe.Recently,we re-examined two Early Pleistocene human skulls(EV9001 and EV9002)from Yunxian County,Hubei Province,the age of which is approximately 0.96 to 1.1 million years.The two fossil human skulls were named as Homo erectus yunxianensis by Li Tianyuan and others in 1991.The cranium of EV9001 is marked by developing no sagittal ridge on the cranial roof and developing 16 teeth on the maxilla.The cranium of EV9002 is characterized by developing no sagittal ridge on the cranial roof and 15 teeth on the maxilla(the right third molar disappeared,the left third molar became small).It is clear that the two fossil human skulls were at a critical appearance time and a critical period of Pleistocene human evolution.We believe that the two fossil human skulls unearthed in Yunxian County,Hubei Province represent not only the common ancestor of the longi lineage and the sapiens lineage,but also the direct evidence of the first descendants of Homo erectus in East Asia.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(41801139)Science and Technology Support Program of the Institute of Geographic Sciences & Natural Resources Research,CAS(Y8V80105YZ)+1 种基金Social Science Planning Project of Beijing Municipal Education Commission(SM201810017002)The Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA23100302)
文摘Tourism-oriented revitalization of historic districts has been identified as a form of sustainability which is believed to contribute to both conservation and development.Comprehensive assessments of the effects of such tourism-oriented revitalizations in historic districts are thus a great challenge,and are needed to support sustainable development and management efforts.In this study criteria and indicators were identified by using the AHP method with experts scoring four aspects on two levels.We assess a case in China using this system and outputs indicated infrastructure and environment performed best,while the score for residents’living condition and participation was the lowest.Finally,we offer some suggestions to improve the relatively poor status in order to assist historic districts in achieving sustained revitalization.
文摘The community forest program in Nepal is one of the successful conservation initiatives.Tree species in a forest ecosystem have a fundamental role in maintaining the vegetation structure,complexity,and heterogeneity.This study analyzes the composition and regeneration of tree species in five community forests(CFs)of the sub-tropical region,Lamjung district,Nepal for preparing baseline data for long-term research projects and helps the community to manage their CFs scientifically.Tree species data were generated by stratified random sampling using 35 quadrate plots(size:20 m x 20 m).The density of adult trees in the forests ranged from 575 Ind ha^(-1)(Tilahar CF)to 1196 Ind/ha(Deurali Thadopakha CF).The sapling ranged from 2533 Ind ha^(-1)(Tilahar CF)to 4000 Ind ha^(-1)(Thuliban CF)and seedling from 19583 Ind ha^(-1)(Tilahar CF)to 37500 Ind ha^(-1)(Thuliban CF).Similarly,the adult tree basal area varied from 28.34 m^(2) ha^(-1)(Tilahar CF)to 49 m^(2) ha^(-1)(Deurali CF).The adult tree diversity index(Shannon-Weiner’s H)also ranged from 1.08(Thuliban CF)to 1.88(Tilahar CF).The tree species such as Sapium insigne,Ficus benghalensis,Lagerstroemia parviflore,Albizia sp.and Pinus roxburghii were weak regeneration.In general,the forests have good regeneration status except for Tilahar Community Forest,but based on the DBH size class distribution diagram,there is no sustainable regeneration.Among the five community forests the DBH size of adults was significantly different,and the DBH of Deurali Thadopakha was the lowest.But only few species have good regeneration and most of the species have weak,poor to no regeneration.The dominancy of fewer species like Shorea robusta,Castanopsis indica,and Schima wallichii accordingly maintain the overall regeneration of tree of CFs,so further plantation needs to be done inside the CF by triage accordingly those species whose regeneration has poor.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.41271002,41430530)the State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology(Grant No.SKLLQG1101)+2 种基金the NIGLAS 1-3-5 Project(Grant No.NIGLAS2012135004)the State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment(Grant No.2012SKL002)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant Nos.2012M520061,2013T60567)
文摘The palaeolake evolution across the Tibetan Plateau and adjacent areas has been extensively studied, but the timing of late Pleistocene lake highstands remains controversial. Robust dating of lacustrine deposits is of importance in resolving this issue. This paper presents 14 C or optically stimulated luminescence(OSL) age estimates from two sets of late Quaternary lacustrine sequences in the Qaidam Basin and Tengger Desert(northeastern Tibetan Plateau). The updated dating results show:(1) the radiocarbon dating technique apparently underestimated the age of the strata of >30 ka BP in Qaidam Basin;(2) although OSL and 14 C dating agreed with each other for Holocene age samples in the Tengger Desert area, there was a significant offset in dating results of sediments older than ~30 ka BP, largely resulting from radiocarbon dating underestimation;(3) both cases imply that most of the published radiocarbon ages(e.g., older than ~30 ka BP) should be treated with caution and perhaps its geological implication should be revaluated; and(4) the high lake events on the Tibetan Plateau and adjacent areas, traditionally assigned to MIS 3a based on 14 C dating, are likely older than ~80 ka based on OSL chronology.
基金supported by the Chinese Geological Survey(Grant No.12120113005600)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.41472138&41371203)
文摘There has been a significant debate about the nature and causes of the Pleistocene evolution of the Nihewan Basin, North China. We studied the eastern Nihewan Basin sedimentary facies at two main sites, Hutouliang and Donggou. A combination of field observations and measurements of sediment grain-size distribution was used to reconstruct the sequence of sedimentary environments since the middle Pleistocene, and optically-stimulated luminescence measurements were used to date the sediments. Our results indicate that a shallow lake occupied the basin center along the Sanggan River, probably lasting until -440 kyr ago before disappearing completely -340 kyr ago. It was succeeded by a phase of fluvial-dominated sediment accumulation which ended -30 kyr ago. We suggest that the formation of the gorge resulted from the relative uplift of the Niuxin Mountain along the Liulengshan fault -140 kyr ago. However, since -30 kyr ago the fault may have become inactive and the river downcutting near Shixia was no longer offset by the relative uplift, which caused a shift from deposition to denudation in the Nihewan Basin from then on. The disappearance of the paleolake -340 kyr ago may have been the culmination of the ongoing process of basin infilling.