简介:Ozoneisagreenhousegas.Ozoneabsorptioncrosssectionshavebeenreportedwithdiscrepanciesandinconsistencies.Inthispaper,simultaneouseffectsoftheopticalpathlengthandtemperaturevariationsonozonegasabsorptioncrosssectionsareinvestigatedatdifferentwavelengths.HITRAN2012,thelatestavailablelinelistonspectralcalc.comsimulator,isusedinthisstudytosimulateozonegasabsorptioncrosssectionsinrelationtothesimultaneouseffectsoftheopticalpathlengthandtemperatureatthewavelengthsof603nmand575nm.Resultsobtainedforgascellswiththeopticalpathlengthfrom10cmto120cmshowthatthedecreaseintemperaturesfrom313Kto103Kresultsintheincreaseinozonegasabsorptioncrosssections.Atwavelengthsof603nmand575nm,thepercentageincreaseofozonegasabsorptioncrosssectionsis1.22%and0.71%,respectively.Resultsobtainedinthisstudyshowthatinthevisiblespectrum,atconstantpressure,ozonegasabsorptioncrosssectionsaredependentonthetemperatureandwavelengthbutdonotdependontheopticalpathlength.Analysisinthisworkaddressesdiscrepanciesinozonegasabsorptioncrosssectionsinrelationtothetemperatureinthevisiblespectrum;thus,theresultscanbeappliedtogetoptimalconfigurationofhighaccuracyozonegassensors.
简介:Twenty-oneyearsaftermalariaantigenswerefirstclonedavaccinestillappearstobealongwayoff.Therehavebeenperiodsofgreatexcitementandinmodelsystemssubunitvaccinehomologuescaninducerobustprotection.However,significantchallengesexistconcerningantigenicvariationandpolymorphism,immunologicalnon-respons-ivenesstoindividualvaccineantigens,parasite-inducedapoptosisofimmuneeffectorandmemorycellsandimmunedeviationasaresultofmaternalimmtmityandalterationsofdendriticcellfunction.
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简介:ThedramaticchangesintheArcticclimatesystemduringrecentdecadesareoneofthemostprominentfeaturesofglobalclimatechange.Twomoststrikingandfundamentalcharacteristicsaretheamplifiednear-surfacewarmingataratetwicetheglobalaveragesincethemid20thcentury(e.g.,BlundenandArndt,2012;Huangetal.,2017),andtherapiddeclineofsea-iceextentatapaceof12.9%(10yr)-landthinningoficethicknessby40%since1979(e.g.,KwokandRothrock,2009;Meieretal.,2012).Inconjunctionwiththesechanges,thefrequencyofoccurrenceofextremeclimateandweathereventshasostensiblyincreasedacrosstheNorthernHemispheremid-latitudes,includingadversecoldspells,severeheatwaves,destructivefloods,andpersistentdroughts(e.g.,CoumouandRahmstorf,2012).ThefactthatArcticclimatechangeshavecoincidedwithanincreaseinthefrequencyofoccurrenceofextremeeventshasinspiredbroadinterestinpossiblelinkages--notonlyintheclimatecommunity,butalsothegeneralpublic,mediaagencies,anddecisionmakers--inparticularconsideringtheprojectedfuturecontinuationandaccelerationofArcticwarmingandsea-icedecline(e.g.,ZhangandWalsh,2006;Zhang,2010;Stroeveetal.,2012;WangandOverland,2012).
简介:Thispaperpresentsresultsoftheassessmentonbenefitsharingandpaymentmechanismstestedbysixnon-governmentalorganizations(NGOs)-pilotedReducingEmissionsfromDeforestationandForestDegradation(REDD+)initiativesinTanzania.ResultsfromtheassessmentindicatethatmodelsappliedbymostoftheREDD+pilotprojectshaveprovidedmostofdecisionsforthedistributionofbenefitstothecommunitiesthroughvillagegeneralassemblies.Basedonrequirementsofthetestedmodels,nationalbenefit-sharingmechanismmodelsareproposed.Majorattributestobeconsideredinthedevelopmentofnationalbenefit-sharingmodelsshouldinclude:(i)ensuringthattheexistinggovernmentstructureisnotexcludedtoensuresustainability;(ii)villagegeneralassemblyisinvolvedindeterminingthedistributionofthebenefitsaccrued;and(iii)transparencyinhandlingthecarbonfinanceisensured.ModelsthatareproposedforthenationalREDD+benefitsharingapplytotwoforestmanagementsystems,namelyJointForestManagement(JFM)andCommunityBasedForestManagement(CBFM).ThepaperrecommendstestingofthetwoproposedmodelstodeterminewhethertheycouldbeusefulinsharingbenefitsresultingfromREDD+inTanzania.
简介:Inthisreviewpaper,weintroduceaself-phasecontrolledstimulatedBrillouinscatteringphaseconjugatemirror(SCSBS-PCM)andtheKumganglaser.TheSC-SBS-PCMwasproposedanddemonstrateditssuccessattheacademiclowpowerlevel,~100mJ@10Hz.TheKumganglaserisunderdevelopmenttoverifywhethertheSC-SBS-PCMisoperableatthekWlevel.Itisa4kWbeamcombinationlasercombiningfour1kWbeamsusingtheSC-SBS-PCM.IftheKumganglaserfunctionssuccessfully,itwillbethemostimportantsteptowardsaDreamlaser,ahypotheticallaserwithunlimitedpowerandahighrepetitionrate.
简介:Effectsonsustainabledevelopmentofclimatechangehavebeengoingfurthernowadays.NationalFiveYearDevelopmentPlaninChinashouldhavespecificpoliciesonhowtotakeclimatechangeimpactsintoaccountthroughtheenvironmentalplanning.Keyfieldsdistributeinthreelevelsofnaturalbearingcapacity,productionsystemandhumansettlements,andincludesevenaspects:ecosystems,waterresources,disastersandrisks,low-carboneconomy,vulnerabledepartments,urbanization,andcoastland.
简介:Anewdinudeatingligandconsistingofatetraphanylporphyrinderivativecovalentlylinkedwithtris(2-benzimidazylmethyl)-amineanditshomodinudearCo-CoandheterodinnelearCo-Cucomplexesweresynthesizedandspectroscopicallycharacter-ized.Theheterobimetalliecobalt-coppercomplexbearingthreebenzimidazoleligandsforcopper,ascytochromecoxidaseac-tivesitemodel,wasappliedtothesurfaceofglassycarbonelec-trodetoshowelectrocatalytieactivityforO2reductioninaque-oussolutionatanaddityleveldosetophysiologicalpHvalue.Thekineticparametersofthiselectrocatalyticprocesswereob-tained.
简介:Uptothisdate,researchersarestillfacingdifficultiestoexpandthetechnologyofdirectmethanolfuelcells(DMFCs)becauseofthehighoverpotentialrequiredtooxidizethemethanolanditsrelativelypoorperformanceduetoCOpoisoningoftheleading-highcostanodecatalyst.Inlinewiththis,wehavesuccessfullymodifiedthemorphologicalstructureandcompositionoflowcostcobaltbased-metaloxides,MCo2O4(M=ZnandNi),withthesimpleandnobleuseofpolyvinylpyrrolidone(PVP)asgrowthmodifierandsurfacestabilizerduringthesynthesisofnanoparticlesinourpreviousreports,whichshownhighelectrocatalyticactivityandstrongstability.DuetothegoodperformanceofourPVPmodifiedMCo2O4towardspseudocapacitorandoxygenevolutionreactionapplications,wedecidedtoextendourresearchstudytomethanoloxidationreaction.Remarkably,PVPmodifiedNiCo2O4electrodedirectlygrownonnickelfoamsubstrateviaasimplehydrothermalprocessexhibitedbetterperformancecomparedwithPVPmodifiedZnCo2O4andNiCo2O4withoutPVP.Ithadobtainedaremarkablylowonsetpotentialof0.285Vandhighcurrentdensityof280mAcm-2,andshowngreatstabilityandhighpoisontoleranceduringacontinuousCVcyclingandChronoamperometrytest,whichattainedhighefficiencyof86.86%and98.52%,respectively.ThesepositiveresultsofPVPmodifiedNiCo2O4electrodetowardsMORmightbeattributedtoitshierarchical3Dnanostructureswithhighlymesoporoussurfaceandlargesurfaceareawhichmayhaveprovidednumerouselectroactivesites,andtheexceptionalcorrosionstabilityofNiCo2O4electrodeinalkalinesolution.