Spatio-temporal association analysis of county potential in the Pearl River Delta during 1990-2009

According to the highway data and some socioeconomic data of 1990, 1994, 2000, 2005 and 2009 of county units in the Pearl River Delta, this paper measured urban integrated power of different counties in different years by factor analysis, and estimated each county＇s potential in each year by means of expanded potential model. Based on that, the spa- tio-temporal association patterns and evolution of county potential were analyzed using spa- tio-temporal autocorrelation methods, and the validity of spatio-temporal association patterns was verified by comparing with spatial association patterns and cross-correlation function. The main results are shown as follows： （1） The global spatio-temporal association of county po- tential showed a positive effect during the study period. But this positive effect was not strong, and it had been slowly strengthened during 1994-2005 and decayed during 2005-2009. The local spatio-temporal association characteristics of most counties＇ potential kept relatively stable and focused on a positive autocorrelation, however, there were obvious transformations in some counties among four types of local spatio-temporal association （i.e., HH, LL, HL and LH）. （2） The distribution difference and its change of local spatio-temporal association types of county potential were obvious. Spatio-temporal HH type units were located in the central zone and Shenzhen-Dongguan region of the eastern zone, but the central spatio-temporal HH area shrunk to the Guangzhou-Foshan core metropolitan region only after 2000; the spatio-temporal LL area in the western zone kept relatively stable with a surface-shaped continuous distribu- tion pattern, new LL type units emerged in the south-central zone since 2005, the eastern LL area expanded during 1994-2000, but then gradually shrunk and scattered at the eastern edge in 2009; the spatio-temporal HL and LH areas varied significantly. （3） The local spa- tio-temporal association patterns of county potential among the three zones presented significant disparity, and obvious difference between the eastern and central zones tended to decrease, whereas that between the western zone and the central and eastern zones further expanded. （4） Spatio-temporal autocorrelation methods can efficiently mine the spatio-temporal asso- ciation patterns of county potential, and can better reveal the complicated spatio-temporal inter- action between counties than ESDA methods.

Study of Infection of Echinococcus granulosus in Yak in Spring and Its Potential Role in Transmission of Cystic Echinococcosis in Rangtang County of Sichuan,China

Dear Editor, Cystic echinococcosis （CE）, caused by Echinococcus granulosus in larval stage, is considered as one of the most dangerous parasitic zoonosis in the world. The obligate 2-host parasitic cycle of Echinococcus granulosus is predominantly synanthropic. Dogs are the usual definitive hosts, and lots of mammalian species can be intermediate hosts, including domestic livestock and human[I2]. In the Tibetan plateau, China, the population is mainly Tibetans primarily engaged in livestock husbandry and CE is therefore a health problem for both people and animal in Tibetan communities. The reported infection rate of Echinococcus gronulosus in slaughtered yak in slaughterhouses is usually very high, being about 50% or higher as reported, and the liver and lungs are the main affected organs[34].

Analysis on Prospecting Potential of Tungsten Polymetallic Ore in Haergeng of Gonghe County, Qinghai Province

The discovery of Gonghe County Haergeng tungsten polymetallic deposit is one of the most important tungsten deposits discovered in Qinghai Province in recent years.It has important theoretical and practicalsignificance.1 Regional geological background The research area lies in the northwest edge of