Who governs here? Informal resource extraction,state enforcement,and conflict in Ghana     

《Global Environmental Change》2019

Over the past two decades, “illegal” natural resource extraction has become a significant driver of environmental change and social conflict across the Global South. In response, numerous Sub-Saharan African states have engaged in governance reforms that heed calls to securitize – or, establish and consolidate state control over – natural resources. In Ghana, securitization has served to entrench the informal economy as domestic producers, marginalized in the process of reform, continue to utilize non-state institutions to maintain access. While the Ghanaian state has branded “illegal” resource extraction a major environmental, social, and national security concern, it has responded to this threat unevenly; it has violently enforced its authority in some contexts but remained relatively indifferent in others. This article explores the phenomenon of selective enforcement to explain patterns of violence that have emerged between state and society in response to both securitization and informality. Drawing on a multimethod approach, I find that natural resource governance authority remains fragmented across resource contexts, and that the configuration of authority and interests on the ground shapes the extent of state intervention. I propose a natural resource typology that identifies when the state is most likely to enforce its authority, and the degree of violent conflict likely to result. Ultimately, I contend that domestic patterns of enforcement are shaped primarily by: 1) competition with local power holders over resource entitlements and 2) global conservation and extraction priorities. While specific to Ghana, this argument can provide important insights into the relationship between informal extraction, state enforcement, and social conflict in other Global South contexts.  相似文献   

面向带电作业的手臂末端输出力评估方法     

林子  熊鹏文  何孔飞  张发辉 《南京气象学院学报》2019,11(2):186-191

为了解决带电作业时手臂末端输出力的准确控制,提出一种基于表面肌电信号（sEMG信号）和支持向量机回归（SVR）实现对手臂末端施力的评估方法.通过手握机械手臂末端的手柄,做往复推拉运动,记录此时手柄处的力传感器的数据F,同时利用3组肌电信号传感器同步采集手臂的肌电信号.将肌电信号提取特征后,与力F组合成样本集合S,在样本集合中随机抽取50%的样本数据作为训练集,分别训练BP神经网络、GRNN神经网络以及SVR神经网络.最后用训练好的神经网络对整个样本集中的力F进行预测,并用均方根误差和相关系数评估模型的预测效果.结果显示,SVR神经网络的预测效果较好,其均方根误差为3.074 0,相关系数为0.951 7.  相似文献   

文本特征提取的研究进展     

曾明睿  袁梦奇  邵曦  鲍秉坤  徐常胜 《南京气象学院学报》2019,11(6):706-715

文本理解是人工智能的一个重要分支,其技术推动了人与计算机之间在自然语言上的有效交互.为了让计算机准确地理解和感知文本数据,文本特征提取是最为基础和关键的步骤之一.基于此,本文介绍文本特征提取研究的发展历史,以及近年来主流特征提取的方法,并对未来的研究方向进行展望.首先,介绍语义最底层的词级表示;接着,总结在词级表示基础上衍生出的句级表示上的研究进展;随后,介绍比词级表示和句级表示更高层的篇分析;最后,通过文本特征提取的一个典型应用——问答系统的介绍,阐述文本特征提取的最新方法和技术在问答系统上的应用,并对未来的研究方向做了展望.  相似文献   

Engineering characteristics and uses of duricrusts in Australia     

G. H. McNally 《Australian Journal of Earth Sciences》2013,60(6):535-547

The uses and shortcomings of duricrusts (ferricrete, calcrete and silcrete) in engineering construction (as used for road‐base, aggregate, foundation materials and aquifers) are reviewed. Australian production of these materials represents about one‐third of all unprocessed road‐base and they are especially important as pavement courses for lightly trafficked, low‐cost rural and outback roads. However, duricrusts are regarded as marginal materials at best because of their typically poor grading, particle unsoundness, high fines plasticity, and absorption of water and bitumen. These materials are used because they are available locally in areas that are otherwise lacking in hard rock materials, such as deeply weathered and sedimentary rock terrains. The weathering profiles of which they form part are characterized by high permeability (despite being clay‐rich), variable cementation, low compressibility and a tendency to become weaker with depth. Although the more indurated layers are unrippable, they are also difficult to blast. Pedogenic (nodular) duricrusts were formerly sought for natural road‐base, because they occur widely and require only rudimentary processing. However, well‐cemented groundwater (vadose) duricrusts are now the preferred deposits, even though they require crushing and screening. Ferricrete is the most widely exploited of the duricrusts for engineering purposes, especially in northern and southwestern Australia, although calcrete is important in South Australia and in the Murray Basin. Silcrete is only a minor source of aggregate and road‐base, mainly in western Queensland.  相似文献   

基于物理特征的平面流场拓扑简化算法     

秦勃  李兵  王庆江 《中国海洋大学学报(自然科学版)》2010,40(2)

基于网格合并思想实现的平面流场拓扑简化,存在物理特征被忽略和并行实现困难的问题,难以满足远程可视化的要求。文中提出1种基于物理特征的平面流场拓扑简化算法。算法通过计算生成平面流场的物理特征参数图像,利用图像分割提取平面流场的特征区域达到流场简化的目的。实验结果表明,算法能从物理特征和宏观的角度出发快速、准确描述平面流场的拓扑结构,为平面流场可视化提供了1种新方法。  相似文献   

序贯一维型边缘检测新算法     

吕言 《武汉大学学报(信息科学版)》1988,(4)

本文提出一种既可用于从图象上提取具有某种用途的一维边缘,又可用于提取具有多种用途的二维边缘的序贯一维型边缘检测新算法。由于构成该算法重要组成部分的基础算子的作用,以及将二维问题化为一维问题求解而使其明显具有简单,快速、有效的特点。该算法还具有Abdou等所建议的边缘检测算子应具有的两个特性。  相似文献   

遥感筛选评价区化异常的初步探索   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

袁佩新  张柏青  赵琦  付育勇  黄秀英  张振宁 《物探与化探》1993,17(6):456-464

近年来,作者发展了七种以上重要找矿指示元素的野外快速分析法,此乃其一。文中提出一种新的金样冷浸技术,引进了新的光导光度检测方法,样品经溴化钠—硫酸—过氧化氢冷浸,用经丙酮—MIBK处理的泡沫塑料富集金,经混合解脱剂解脱并直接取解脱液用改进的微珠析出法或用光导光度法测定。取10g样品,可测定0．0005- 50g/t范围内的金。方法简便、快速,可在普查分队驻地进行,每一工作日可测定80多个样品,由于废弃了王水分解样品和泡沫塑料的灰化,具有广阔的应用前景。  相似文献   

矿石中金的在线固相萃取及缝管火焰原子吸收测定   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

徐淑坤  孙励敬 《岩矿测试》1994,13(3):203-206

介绍了将流动注射在线因相萃取预浓集与石英缝管火焰原子吸收相结合测定矿石中金的方法，用ＸＡＤ－８吸附树脂填充的微型柱（１００μｌ）在６ｍｌ／ｍｉｎ的流速下，从０．５ｍｏｌ／ＬＨＣｌ介质的试样溶液中浓集金氯络合物，再用乙醇洗脱，最后由火焰原子吸收检测，在采样频率为１０３样／ｈ的流速下灵敏度提高４７倍，分析精度为１．３％，检出限为１．０μｇ／Ｌ；在６５样／ｈ的采样频率下灵敏度提高９５倍，检出限可达０．７  相似文献   

Valency Study of Vanadium in Stone Coal Ash of Jiangxi Province     

Xu Guozhen Ge Naie Li Jigui 《中国地质大学学报(英文版)》1990,(1)

Vanadium-bearing stone coal is a new vanadium resource;recovery ofV_2O_5 from the coal has been investigated.It has been found that a satisfactoryextraction of V_2O_5 depends on both the oxidation of V and its reaction with so-dium salt.V in the coal ash of Yushan mainly exists in two oxidation states:98％V(Ⅲ)and2％V(Ⅳ).The distribution of valency of V shows that organicmatter determines V valency at low temperatures,at about470℃,V(Ⅲ)iscompletely oxidized to V(Ⅳ);above500℃,the temperature is the most impor-tant factor for the oxidation of V .At higher temperatures no more V is oxidizedto V(Ⅴ);an equilibrium is established after92％of V is oxidized to V(Ⅴ).The roles of NaCl in the recovery of V_2O_5 from the coal ash were discussed.The best conditions for roasting are temperature750-800℃for1 h.underthe oxidation-chlorination atmosphere.When the ore:NaCl=100:10 by weight,η_roast reaches85.5％.According to the results,a flowsheet for V_2O_5 extrac-tion from coal ash has been proposed.  相似文献   

Chemistry of alkali extraction of brown coals—I. Kinetics, characterisation and implications to coalification     

Louis S.K. Pang  Anthony M. Vassallo  Michael A. Wilson   《Organic Geochemistry》1990,16(4-6)

Three Australian brown coals have been separated into humin and humic acid fractions and studied by high resolution solid state ¹³C NMR spectroscopy and Fourier transform IR spectroscopy. The aromatic rings of the humic acids are highly substituted showing that extensive cross linking must have occurred during formation from wood lignin and tannin. However, the humins contain more aliphatic carbon and hydrogen than the corresponding humic acids. This shows that little cross linking has occurred with other components of the brown coal such as resins, waxes cutin and algal detritus, and cross linking has not rendered the aromatics alkali insoluble. The kinetics of extraction are complex and not simple first order. This is reflected in the chemical composition of the humic acid which is extraction temperature dependent. We also observed that there is a conversion of aromatic carbon to aliphatic carbon and gas during extraction, probably by alkaline oxidation, resulting in ring opening. A range of suitable model compounds have been studied to confirm this finding. Such a mechanism may account for the modification of lignin in oxidising environments such as those occurring in the initial stages of coalification (lignite or brown coal formation) and in soils.  相似文献