Numerical modeling of deep-seated landslides interacting with man-made structures

This paper describes the interaction between deep-seated landslides and man-made structures such as dams, penstocks, viaducts, and tunnels. Selected case studies are reported first with the intent to gain insights into the complexities associated with the interaction of these structures with deep-seated landslides(generally referred to as deep-seated gravity slope deformations, DSGSDs). The main features, which characterize these landslides, are mentioned together with the interaction problems encountered in each case. Given the main objective of this paper, the numerical modeling methods adopted are outlined as means for increase in the understanding of the interaction problems being investigated. With the above in mind, the attention moves to an important and unique case history dealing with the interaction of a large-size twin-tunnel excavated with an earth pressure balance(EPB)tunnel boring machine(TBM) and a deep-seated landslide, which was reactivated due to the stress changes induced by tunnel excavation in landslide shear zone. The geological and geotechnical conditions are described together with the available monitoring data on the landslide movements, based on the advanced and conventional monitoring tools used. Numerical modeling is illustrated as an aid to back-analyze the monitored surface and subsurface deformations and to assist in finding the appropriate engineering solution for putting the tunnel into service and as a follow-up means for future understanding and control of the interaction problems. The simulation is based on a novel time-dependent model representing the landslide behavior.

Considering and comparing regeneration in natural and man-made stands in northern Iran

In this study the regeneration diversity of Syahkal forests afforestated and natural stands in north of Iran was studied and compared from the point of view of evenness and diversity index. In order to accomplish this study two natural and man-made stands that almost are located in the same height above the sea level were chosen. The area of each stand was 30 ha and the inventory was done by the random-systematic method with a 5R land measurement （500 m2） selected. Also, in order to study the regeneration in the center of each sample piece 125 square meters micro plots were formed. The results show that regeneration diversity index in natural stands is more than that in man-made stands which in this case Mc-Arthur index with 2.41 has the most amount while Simpson index with 0.543 has the least amount. But the evenness indexes in man-made stands are more than that in natural stand which the main reason is the purity of the man-made stand.

Ecology and Fish Biodiversity of Man-Made Lakes of Southern Benin (West Africa): Implications for Species Conservation and Fisheries Management

Man-made lakes are alternative and potential habitats for biodiversity conservation, fisheries and extensive aquaculture. We investigated the ecology and the fish community structure of two (2) sand-dragged man-made lakes, Lake Ahozon and Lake Bewacodji of Southern Benin, with implications for species conservation, fisheries management and aquaculture valorization. From August 2014 to July 2015, habitats conditions were evaluated and fishes were sampled monthly with seine, cast net, experimental gill net and hooks in the open water and aquatic vegetation habitats of both lakes. Overall, the water quality of Lake Ahozon was globally favorable for the growth and the survival of the fish resources whereas Lake Bewacodji exhibited a poor water quality indicated mainly by an acid pH (mean: 6.32 ± 0.58) and low dissolved oxygen concentrations (mean: 3.52 ± 1.25 mg/l) caused by dense floating plants, Nymphea sp mainly and huge daily dumping of domestic wastes. The study revealed low species richness, d = 5.89 and d = 3.87, and low species diversity, H’ = 0.76 and H’ = 0.48 for Lakes Ahozon and Bewacodji, respectively, with Lake Ahozon more diverse than Lake Bewacodji. The fish community of Lake Ahozon comprised six (6) species, 3 cichlids Sarotherodon galilaeus, Oreochromis niloticus and Tilapia guineensis, the silver catfish, Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (Claroteidae), the African bonytongue, Heterotis niloticus (Osteoglossidae), and the African catfish, Clarias gariepinus (Clariidae). Numerically, S. galilaeus dominated Lake Ahozon and made 85.21% of the sample. In Lake Bewacodji, the fish composition comprised four (4) species, Sarotherodon galilaeus multifasciatus, the dominant species making numerically 91.58% of the total sample, T. guineensis, C. gariepinus and C. nigrodigitatus. With regard to trophic structure, the fish assemblages of both lakes were numerically dominated by planktinovores/ detritivores, mainly S. galilaeus, O. niloticus, T. guineensis and C. nigrodigitatus making together 99.46% of Lake Ahozon fish community, and S. galilaeus multifasciatus, T. guineensis and C. nigrodigitatus accounting together for about 98.59% of Lake Bewacodji. In Lake Ahozon, standard length (SL) frequencies histograms showed an unimodal size distribution for H. niloticus, the nile tilapia O. niloticus and C. gariepinus whereas the two cichlids, S. galilaeus and T. guineensis exhibited a bimodal size distribution. In Lake Bewacodji, S. galilaeus multifasciatus, C. nigrodigitatus and C. gariepinus exhibited an unimodal size distribution. A sustainable exploitation of both man-made lakes requires the implementation of an integrated management scheme which should include habitat restoration and protection plan, fisheries/aquacultural valorization, ecological sound agriculture/ecotourism and environmental monitoring.

The 25th CIMFC(Bengbu 2019):Exploring the future of the man-made fibers

The 25th China International Man-made Fiber Conference (Bengbu 2019)(hereinafter referred to as CIMFC 2019), themed on “Opening and Integaration for Interactive Development — Coordinated Progress of Global Man-Made Fiber Industry”, was convened in Bengbu City, Anhui Province. CIMFC 2019 was sponcored by China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC), organized by China Chemical Fibers Association, Chi-na Textile International Exchange Center, and China BBCA Group Corp., supported by Bengbu Municipal People’s Goverment, and co-organized by Bengbu Investment Promotion and Foreign cooperation Center, Bengbu Municipal Bureau of Commerce and Foreign Affairs, and Oerlikon Man-made Fiber.

MAN-MADE

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名月背叛了虎帝大人，他要所有的新型M-M战士听命于他。于是，被博士利用变身药丸救出的流年他们决定要阻止名月。

THE CAS AND CHINA'S FIRST MAN-MADE EARTH SATELLITE Lu Shouguan(Chinese Academy of Sciences)

In the festivedays whencelebrating the50th anniversa-ry of the found-ing of the Peo-ple’s Republic,and the 50th an-niversary of thefounding of theChinese Acad-emy of Scienc-es (CAS), it isnatural for thepeople to thinkwith pride ofChina’s

Man-made fiber industry enjoys optimistic transformation and upgrading

As an important fundamental industry of the national economy,the man-made fiber industrial chain is integrated into the era development and it assumes the responsibility of advancing.Each link of the industrial chain is connected with each other.After the development and accumulation of several decades,the new produced polyester,PTA and other plants keep

Notable effects on comprehensive techniques of man-made biosphere in rice fields

Studied by Mr. LIU Zhongzhu, ex Chairman of Fujian Academy of Agri Sciences, a combined technique of man—made biosphere in rice fields deserves notice. The research indicated that using man—made biosphere in rice fields can enrich soil, reduce the infects of diseases, insects and weeds, economize the use of pesticide and herbicide, decrease green house effect, and improve atmosphere. As tested, the yield for rice is usually 10500—12000 kg/ha, for fish is usually 2250—3250 kg/ha. Again, about 50%—60% fertilizer and 30%—50% pesticide can be saved. The net income increased $ 1,080—1,800 per ha.

Functional MRI mapping of category-specific sites associated with naming of famous faces,animals and man-made objects

Objective Category-specific recognition and naming deficits have been observed in a variety of patient populations. However, the category-specific cortices for naming famous faces, animals and man-made objects remain controversial. The present study aimed to study the specific areas involved in naming pictures of these 3 categories using functional magnetic resonance imaging. Methods Functional images were analyzed using statistical parametric mapping and the 3 different contrasts were evaluated using t statistics by comparing the naming tasks to their baselines.The contrast images were entered into a random-effects group level analysis.The results were reported in Montreal Neurological Institute co-ordinates,and anatomical regions were identified using an automated anatomical labeling method with XJview 8.Results Naming famous faces caused more activation in the bilateral head of the hippocampus and amygdala with significant left dominance. Bilateral activation of pars triangularis and pars opercularis in the naming of famous faces was also revealed. Naming animals evoked greater responses in the left supplementary motor area, while naming man-made objects evoked more in the left premotor area,left pars orbitalis and right supplementary motor area. The extent of bilateral fusiform gyri activation by naming man-made objects was much larger than that by naming of famous faces or animals.Even in the overlapping sites of activation,some differences among the categories were found for activation in the fusiform gyri.Conclusion The cortices involved in the naming process vary with the naming of famous faces,animals and man-made objects.This finding suggests that different categories of pictures should be used during intra-operative language mapping to generate a broader map of language function, in order to minimize the incidence of false-negative stimulation and permanent post-operative deficits.

Effects of sand burial on biomass, chlorophyll fluores-cence and extracellular polysaccharides of man-made cyanobacterial crusts under experimental conditions

Soil cyanobacterial crusts occur throughout the world, especially in the semiarid and arid regions. It always encounters sand burial, which is an important feature of mobile sand dunes. A greenhouse study was conducted to determine the effects of sand burial on biomass, chlorophyll fluorescence and extracellular polysaccharides of man-made cyanobacterial crusts in six periods of time (0, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30 d after burying) and at five depths (0, 0.2, 0.5, 1 and 2cm). The results indicated that with the increase of the burial time and burial depth extracellular polysaccharides content and Fv/Fm decreased correspondingly and there were no significant differences between 20 and 30 burial days under dif-ferent burial depths. The degradation of chlorophyll a content appeared only at 20 and 30 burial days and there was also no significant difference between them under different burial depths. It was also observed a simultaneous decrease of the values of the Fv/Fm and the content of extracellular poly-saccharides happened in the crusted cyanobacterium Microcoleus vaginatus Gom. It may suggest that there exists a relationship between extracellular polysaccharides and recovery of the activity of pho-tosystem II (PS II) after rehydration.

A man-made object detection algorithm based on contour complexity evaluation

Man-made object detection is of great significance in both military and civil areas, such as search-and-rescue missions at sea, traffic signs recognition during visual navigation, and targets location in a military strike. Contours of man-made objects usually consist of straight lines, corner points, and simple curves. Motivated by this observation, a man-made object detection method is proposed based on complexity evaluation of object contours. After salient contours which keep the crucial information of objects are accurately extracted using an improved mean-shift clustering algorithm, a novel approach is presented to evaluate the complexity of contours. By comparing the entropy values of contours before/after sampling and linear interpolation, it is easy to distinguish between man-made objects and natural ones according to the complexity of their contours.Experimental results show that the presented method can effectively detect man-made objects when compared to the existing ones.

Mathematical modeling of microwave drying of crashed cotton stalks for man-made composite material

Drying characteristics,energy consumption and drying kinetics modeling of crashed cotton stalks dried in a microwave dryer were investigated in this research.A microwave dryer with an output power of 1000 W and 2450 MHz was employed,and the effects of material load ranging from 50 g to 250 g on drying time,drying rate,drying efficiency and specific energy consumption were evaluated.The results showed that drying rate decreased with drying duration.A rising rate period was followed by a falling rate period and the overall drying process occurred in the falling rate period.Six mathematical models were used to fit the drying rates data of crashed cotton stalks,and Midilli et al.model was found the best prediction model by comparing R2,RMSE andχ^(2)values between experimental and predicted moisture ratios.With decrease in material load from 250 g to 50 g,effective moisture diffusivity increased from 2.8668×10^(-8)m^(2)/s to 7.9817×10^(-8)m^(2)/s.Results also indicated that drying efficiency and specific energy consumption significantly increased with the increase of the material load.Average drying efficiency and specific energy consumption varied in the range of 7.52%-19.78%and 12.49-35.90 MJ/kg water,respectively.There were a lowest energy consumption of 10.99 MJ/kg water and a highest drying efficiency of 17.13%at the material load level of 250 g.

Skiers Take to Man-made Slopes

人造雪技术在许多滑雪场地已经得到广泛应用:它制造足够的雪量使比赛顺利进行,也能制造出维持较久且状况较好的冰雪表面,使竞赛选手更容易创造新纪录。这项技术能缓解因全球气温变暖使得滑雪场地愈加难找这一难题。可是过度依赖人造雪也产生一些问题。国际保护阿尔卑斯山组织的人士表示,制造人造雪要消耗水及能量,而这些人造雪溶水则会对周围的生态系统造成影响。

Impacts of artificial dams on terrestrial water storage changes and the Earth's elastic load response during 1950-2016: A case study of medium and large reservoirs in Chinese mainland

The construction of dams for intercepting and storing water has altered surface water distributions, landsea water exchanges, and the load response of the solid Earth. The lack of accurate estimation of reservoir properties through the land surface and hydrological models can lead to water storage simulation and extraction errors. This impact is particularly evident in many artificial reservoirs in China. The study aims to comprehensively assess the spatiotemporal distribution and trends of water storage in medium and large reservoirs(MLRs) in Chinese mainland during 1950-2016, and to investigate the gravity,displacement, and strain effects induced by the reservoir mass concentration using the load elasticity theory. In addition, the impoundment contributions of MLRs to the relative sea level changes were assessed using a sea-level equation. The results show impoundment increases in the MLRs during1950-2016, particularly in the Yangtze River(Changjiang) and southern basins, causing significant elastic load effects in the surrounding areas of the reservoirs and increasing the relative sea level in China's offshore. However, long-term groundwater estimation trends are overestimated and underestimated in the Yangtze River and southwestern basins, respectively, due to the neglect of the MLRs impacts or the uncertainty of the hydrological model's output(e.g., soil moisture, etc.). The construction of MLRs may reduce the water mass input from land to the ocean, thus slowing global sea level rise. The results of the impact of human activities on the regional water cycle provide important references and data support for improving the integration of hydrological models, evaluating Earth's viscoelastic responses under longterm reservoir storage, enhancing in-situ and satellite geodetic measurements, and identifying the main factors driving sea level changes.

人为水土流失生态环境损害“一案双查”机制研究

为强化人为水土流失生态环境损害赔偿工作,进一步创新人为水土流失生态环境损害救济体系,分析了人为水土流失生态环境损害救济现状,提出了行政执法与生态环境损害赔偿的“一案双查”机制;根据行政执法与生态环境损害赔偿两者存在的补强优势与协作优势,指出“一案双查”应遵循权责一致、依法处置、协同共治的理念;通过明晰行政执法与损害赔偿主体、厘清行政执法与损害赔偿适用情景、加强行政执法与损害赔偿协同等措施,优化完善“一案双查”机制。

新疆生产建设兵团水土保持遥感监管实施成效及相关建议

新疆生产建设兵团自2019年以来创新水土保持监管模式,通过连年7次开展生产建设项目水土保持遥感监管,总体实现从问题导向被动监管转为目标靶向主动监管。文章系统总结了兵团生产建设项目水土保持遥感监管实施情况和工作成效,分析兵团水土保持监管目前存在的问题,从重点关注项目建设期过程监管,推动水土保持执法能力建设,提高监管智能化水平,加强生产建设项目“全链条”监管等方面提出建议,以期为兵团及其他地区水土保持遥感监管提供有益参考。

灾度模型的一般表达式及应用

灾害(自然灾害和人为灾害)等级评定有利于灾害分级管理。本文选取直接经济损失相对值(直接经济损失/人均GDP)、死亡人数、受伤(重伤+轻伤)人数、转移安置指标(转移安置人数×平均安置时间)等灾情指标,给出自然灾害等级划分方案,初步建立统一的自然灾害灾度计算模型,通过具体灾例验证本模型适用于地震、洪涝和台风等灾害的等级评定;在此基础上给出灾度计算模型的一般表达式,并将其推广应用到人为灾害(如生产安全事故等)的分级与评价;讨论目前生产安全事故等级评价标准的不足之处,选取死亡人数、重伤人数、轻伤人数、直接经济损失相对值等灾情指标,给出适用于生产安全事故的等级划分方案、灾度计算模型及等级评定工作流程,通过典型生产安全事故等级评定验证了模型的合理性。本文给出的灾害等级划分方案可扩充性好,灾度计算模型有严格的数学推导,具有统一的形式,灾度值受单项评级最高的损失指标控制,并考虑其他损失指标的贡献。对不同的灾害类型,即使选用的损失指标类型和数量不同,也能进行统一的灾害等级评定和比较。本文的灾度模型可视为修正的“或模型”,能考虑多个损失指标的影响和贡献。对自然灾害的灾情统计建议:加强受伤(重伤+轻伤)人员分类统计、转移安置人数及时长的分类统计,以更好地反映自然灾害损失大小、影响程度及范围。

测色仪几何条件对化纤短纤维测色结果的影响

讨论了测色仪几何条件对化纤短纤维测色的影响,研究了不同化纤短纤维样品在di:8°(包含镜面反射)、de:8°(去除镜面反射)、0/45°几何条件下的色差、CIE白度结果。结果显示,di:8°比de:8°几何条件下的仪器评级变色级数跟目视评级变色级数更接近,0/45°几何条件下的CIE白度测色结果要远高于de:8°。

联系数-图论耦合的城市河网水系连通性评价

为分析城市化背景下洛阳市河网水系的连通性,根据其主要河流和人工河渠构建了河网图模型,应用五元联系数对河道连通性进行评价,利用集对分析与图论法耦合模型计算连通度,计算得到洛阳河网水系的连通度为1.34。在图模型中分别去掉6条人工河渠连通通道,构建新的图模型作为6个连通方案。6个方案连通度值分别为1.06、1.25、1.23、1.29、1.19、1.27。结果表明6条人工河渠对洛阳市河网水系格局连通性影响程度大小为:引黄入洛>伊洛连通>引黄济瀍>引畛济涧>中州渠>引洛济伊。该耦合模型实现了功能连通性与结构连通性的综合评价,并利用五元减法集对势分析影响连通性的因素,提出从水量、水库调度能力、河岸生态、水质等改善水系连通性。