TOWARD A STATUS-OF-WOMEN INDEX     

Alice C. Andrews 《The Professional geographer》1982,34(1):24-31

A useful index of the status of women should be mappable, in order to allow global and regional comparisons. Ideally, such an index should include political, economic, and social components. In actuality, data that measure political and economic equality are available only in Western societies. An index that measures the general well-being of women, however, can be mapped and used crossculturally. An index is proposed that includes indicators from the areas of health, education and fertility.  相似文献   

Towards identifying sources of subsurface flow: A comparison of components identified by a physically based runoff model and those determined by chemical mixing techniques     

Alice Robson  Keith Beven  Colin Neal 《水文研究》1992,6(2):199-214

A physically-based semidistributed model, TOPMODEL, is applied to a 340 hectare spruce forested catchment in mid-Wales. the model is calibrated to runoff and the subsurface flow is divided into components of flow identified by depth of origin. in addition, chemical mixing techniques are used to provide a hydrograph separation between acidic soil waters and well buffered deep waters. the short-term variations in the components of flow identified by these two approaches compare well.  相似文献   

Partnering between a geography department and a community initiative to provide a wind resource assessment for the Blueskin Bay region,Otago, New Zealand     

Nicolas Cullen  Alice Bowden  Rachel Spronken‐Smith 《New Zealand geographer》2012,68(1):49-61

This paper explores the partnership between a community group and a geography department to assess the wind energy potential of the Blueskin Bay region in southern New Zealand. The partnership has provided opportunities for research and is of strategic importance. Year‐long wind observations and numerical modelling have revealed that the hills surrounding Blueskin Bay show potential for wind energy generation. Despite challenges for both parties, the university–community partnership has allowed a successful research platform to be established.  相似文献   

Contraction and convergence: an assessment of the CCOptions model     

Alice Bows  Kevin Anderson 《Climatic change》2008,91(3-4):275-290

Well before President Putin ratified the Kyoto Protocol, the debate had begun as to the appropriate form of any post-Kyoto agreement. Amongst the emission reduction regimes being considered is that of Contraction and Convergence; conceived by Global Commons Institute (GCI) as a practical interpretation of the philosophy that “every adult on the planet has an equal right to emit greenhouse gases”. To support the Contraction and Convergence regime, the GCI have developed a computer model, CCOptions, to correlate CO₂ stabilisation levels with global, regional and national carbon reduction targets. This paper analyses the model, concluding that, whilst the aim of CCOptions is laudable, the application of the model in its current form is unnecessarily ambitious and as a consequence potentially misleading to all but the well-informed user.  相似文献   

The vertical structure of planet-induced gaps in protoplanetary discs     

Richard G. Edgar  Alice C. Quillen 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2008,387(1):387-396

Giant planets embedded in circumstellar discs are expected to open gaps in these discs. We examine the vertical structure of the gap edges. We find that the planet excites spiral arms with significant (Mach number of a half) vertical motion of the gas, and discuss the implications of these motions. In particular, the spiral arms will make the edge appear 'puffed up' relative to the bulk of the disc. Infrared observations (sensitive to dust) would be dominated by the light from the thick inner edge of the disc. Submillimetre observations (sensitive to gas velocities) would appear to be hot in 'turbulent' motions (actually the ordered motion caused by the passage of the spiral arms), but cold in chemistry. Resolved submillimetre maps of circumstellar discs might even be able to detect the spiral arms directly.  相似文献   

Messung von kurzperiodigen Schwankungen der Luftionisation     

J. Schaffhauser 《Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics》1952,5(2):179-186

Zusammenfassung Es wird eine aus Aspirationskondensator, Röhrenelektrometer und Verstärker bestehende Apparatur beschrieben, welche gestattet, kurzzeitige Änderungen der Luftionisation zu messen. Die Registrierung erfolgt mit einem Galvanometer kleiner Einstellzeit (Eigenfrequenz 5 Hz). Die Zeitkonstante des Elektrometers beträgt 2,5 bzw. 25 sec. Durch eine frequenzabhängige Gegenkopplung im Verstärker wird die Nullpunktswanderung klein gehalten. Ferner wird dadurch erreicht, daß die Empfindlichkeit der Anordnung für kurzzeitige Änderungen bedeutend größer ist als für stationäre Zustände (Gesamtionisation). Die Empfindlichkeit ist so groß, daß der Zerfall einzelner Emanationsatome nachgewiesen werden kann. Es werden Beispiele von Registrierungen wiedergegeben, welche durchLenard-Effekt erzeugte Schwankungen bei Regen, ferner vermutlich durch Stoßionisation erzeugte Schwankungen bei Gewittertendenz zeigen.

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Summary The described apparatus for the measurement of short variations of ionisation is composed of an aspiration condensator and a tube electrometer coupled with an amplifier. The records are made with a galvanometer of a relatively quick response (proper vibration frequency 5 cps). The time constant of the tube electrometer is 2,5 and 25 sec resp. By means of a frequency dependent feed-back the shift of the zero can be reduced. In addition to this advantage the sensitivity for rapid variations is increased as compared with the sensitivity for stationary states (total ionisation). The sensitivity is so high, that the decay of single emanation atoms can be recorded. Some examples of record curves are reproduced showing variations due to theLenard effect during rainfall; further curves show variations which are probably due to ionisation by collision during thunderstorm tendency.

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Résumé On décrit un appareil pour la mesure des variations rapides de l'ionisation atmosphérique. Il se compose d'un condensateur à aspiration et d'un électromètre à lampe suivi d'un amplificateur. L'enregistrement se fait au moyen d'un galvanomètre d'une période d'établissement très courte (fréquence propre 5 Hz). La constante de temps de l'éléctromètre est 2,5 resp. 25 sec. Par une contre-réaction appropriée de l'amplificateur il est possible d'éviter les inconvénients dûs à l'instabilité du zéro. Par cette méthode on atteint une sensibilité plus grande pour des variations rapides que pour des états stationnaires (ionisation totale). La sensibilité de l'appareil est telle qu'on est en mesure de saisir la désintégration d'un atome d'émanation. On décrit d'une part des exemples d'enregistrement des variations de l'ionisation atmosphérique par pluie dues à l'effetLenard, d'autre part des variations dont la cause probable est l'ionisation par choc lors d'une tendance à l'orage.

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Subaquatic slope instabilities: The aftermath of river correction and artificial dumps in Lake Biel (Switzerland)     

Nathalie Dubois  Love Råman Vinnå  Marvin Rabold  Michael Hilbe  Flavio S. Anselmetti  Alfred Wüest  Laetitia Meuriot  Alice Jeannet  Stéphanie Girardclos 《Sedimentology》2020,67(2):971-990

River engineering projects are developing rapidly across the globe, drastically modifying water courses and sediment transfer. Investigation of the impact of engineering works focuses usually on short-term impacts, thus a longer-term perspective is still missing on the effects that such projects have. The ‘Jura Water Corrections’ – the largest river engineering project ever undertaken in Switzerland – radically modified the hydrological system of Lake Biel in the 19th and 20th Century. The deviation of the Aare River into Lake Biel more than 140 years ago, in 1878, thus represents an ideal case study to investigate the long-term sedimentological impacts of such large-scale river rerouting. Sediment cores, along with new high-resolution bathymetric and seismic reflection datasets were acquired in Lake Biel to document the consequences of the Jura Water Corrections on the sedimentation history of Lake Biel. Numerous subaquatic mass transport structures were detected on all of the slopes of the lake. Notably, a relatively large mass transport complex (0·86 km²) was observed on the eastern shore, along the path of the Aare River intrusion. The large amount of sediment delivered by the Aare River since its deviation into the lake likely caused sediment overloading resulting in subaquatic mass transport. Alternatively, the dumping since 1963 in a subaquatic landfill of material excavated during the second phase of river engineering, when the channels flowing into and out of Lake Biel were widened and deepened, might have triggered the largest mass transport, dated to 1964 or 1965. Additional potential triggers include two nearby small earthquakes in 1964 and 1965 (M_W 3·9 and 3·2, respectively). The data for this study indicate that relatively large mass transports have become recurrent in Lake Biel following the deviation of the Aare River, thus modifying hazard frequency for the neighbouring communities and infrastructure.  相似文献   

New Reference Materials and Assessment of Matrix Effects for SIMS Measurements of Oxygen Isotopes in Garnet     

Alice Vho  Daniela Rubatto  Benita Putlitz  Anne‐Sophie Bouvier 《Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research》2020,44(3):459-471

Accurate ion microprobe analysis of oxygen isotope ratios in garnet requires appropriate reference materials to correct for instrumental mass fractionation that partly depends on the garnet chemistry (matrix effect). The matrix effect correlated with grossular, spessartine and andradite components was characterised for the Cameca IMS 1280HR at the SwissSIMS laboratory based on sixteen reference garnet samples. The correlations fit a second‐degree polynomial with maximum bias of ca. 4‰, 2‰ and 8‰, respectively. While the grossular composition range 0–25% is adequately covered by available reference materials, there is a paucity of them for intermediate compositions. We characterise three new garnet reference materials GRS2, GRS‐JH2 and CAP02 with a grossular content of 88.3 ± 1.2% (2s), 83.3 ± 0.8% and 32.5 ± 3.0%, respectively. Their micro scale homogeneity in oxygen isotope composition was evaluated by multiple SIMS sessions. The reference δ¹⁸O value was determined by CO₂ laser fluorination (δ¹⁸O_LF). GRS2 has δ¹⁸O_LF = 8.01 ± 0.10‰ (2s) and repeatability within each SIMS session of 0.30–0.60‰ (2s), GRS‐JH2 has δ¹⁸O_LF = 18.70 ± 0.08‰ and repeatability of 0.24–0.42‰ and CAP02 has δ¹⁸O_LF = 4.64 ± 0.16‰ and repeatability of 0.40–0.46‰.  相似文献   

The degree of urbanization across the globe is not reflected in the δN of seagrass leaves     

Bart Christiaen  Rebecca J. Bernard  Behzad Mortazavi  Just Cebrian  Alice C. Ortmann 《Marine pollution bulletin》2014

Many studies show that seagrass δ¹⁵N ratios increase with the amount of urbanization in coastal watersheds. However, there is little information on the relationship between urbanization and seagrass δ¹⁵N ratios on a global scale. We performed a meta-analysis on seagrass samples from 79 independent locations to test if seagrass δ¹⁵N ratios correlate with patterns of population density and fertilizer use within a radius of 10–200 km around the sample locations. Our results show that seagrass δ¹⁵N ratios are more influenced by intergeneric and latitudinal differences than the degree of urbanization or the amount of fertilizer used in nearby watersheds. The positive correlation between seagrass δ¹⁵N ratios and latitude hints at an underlying pattern in discrimination or a latitudinal gradient in the ¹⁵N isotopic signature of nitrogen assimilated by the plants. The actual mechanisms responsible for the correlation between δ¹⁵N and latitude remain unknown.  相似文献   

iTRAQ-based proteomic profiling of the marine medaka (Oryzias melastigma) gonad exposed to BDE-47     

C.C. Fong  Y.F. Shi  W.K. Yu  F. Wei  J.P. van de Merwe  Alice K.Y. Chan  R. Ye  Doris W.T. Au  Rudolf S.S. Wu  M.S. Yang 《Marine pollution bulletin》2014

A recent study demonstrated that 2,2′,4,4′-tetrabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-47) may have an adverse effect on the reproduction in marine medaka (Oryzias melastigma), but the molecular mechanisms remain largely unknown. In this study, we investigated the protein expression profiles of male and female gonads of O. melastigma exposed to dietary BDE-47 at two dosages (0.65 and 1.30 μg/g/day, respectively) for 21 days. Extracted proteins were labeled with iTRAQ and analyzed on a MALDI TOF/TOF analyzer, as results, 133 and 144 unique proteins were identified in testis and ovary, respective, and they exerted dose- and sex-dependent expression patterns. In testis, among the 42 differentially expressed proteins; down-regulation of histone variants and parvalbumins implicated BDE-47 may disrupt the spermatogenesis and induce sterility in fishes. In ovary, 38 proteins were differentially expressed; the elevation of vitellogenins and apolipoprotein A–I expression indicated BDE-47 acts as an estrogen-mimicking compound and led to reproductive impairment in O. melastigma.  相似文献