Total systems intervention and human inquiry: The search for a common ground

Total Systems Intervention (TSI) is an approach to intervening in problem situations which has much to offer where complex interacting issues need to be addressed by the complementary use of intervention methodologies. That such an approach has much in common with Action Research (AR) has been recognized, with much recent effort being devoted to the relationship between AR and Critical Systems Thinking (CST), the theoretical endeavor underpinning TSI. This paper further develops this line of debate and relates AR or Human Inquiry (HI) more directly to TSI, using an information systems intervention to enhance the study. The outcome is a demonstration of how TSI implicitly uses techniques informed from the field of Action Research, and how a more thorough synthesis of HI with TSI might serve to improve the overall intervention process.     

The genetic diversity of cen-tral and peripheral popula-tions of ratlike hamster(Cricetulus triton)

The impact of habitat fragmentation and isolation on the genetic diversity of populations has attracted much attention in studies of meta-population and conservation biology. In this work, using the randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) technique, we studied the genetic diversity of central, peripheral and peninsular populations of ratlike hamster, which were collected in five locations of the North China Plain and its surrounding areas, in 1999. The study revealed that, ⅰ) the genetic diversity of central population of Raoyang County＞the sub-central populations of Gu'an County and Taikang County＞the peripheral population of Shunyi District＞the peninsular population of Mentougou District; ⅱ) the genetic diversities of the five populations were positively correlated to the nearest distances to the peripheral line of population distribution; ⅲ) there were significant differences of gene frequencies of some RAPD fragments among the five populations. More RAPD fragments disappeared in peripheral populations than in central or sub-central populations. The frequencies of two RAPD fragments were correlated to the latitude. This study clearly indicated that the variation of the genetic diversities of the five populations was caused by edge effect and frag- mentation through the enhanced inbreeding and genetic drift, and thus supported the view that habitat fragmentation and related edge effect reduce the population genetic diversity.     

多信息水声传输方式及其应用研究

介绍“抗强噪声水层深度遥测装置”专利中,采用频分PPM(Pulse-Position modulation)方式进行多信息水声传输的研究和工程设计,并着重阐述产生PPM数字信号的新方法和应用特殊的数字选频滤波接收的先进技术,并提出所设计的有关电路。     

云南楚雄市鸟类多样性的研究

对楚雄市鸟类栖息环境：即城市市区,城市绿化区,工矿区,农田耕作区,自然保护区的调查,共记录鸟类７２种,隶属于１３目２６科,总计１１４２只个体,并运用物种多样性测定法（Ｓｈａｎｎｏｎｗｅａｖｅｒ指数和Ｓｉｍｐｓｎ指数）评价各环境中鸟类多样性,讨论了有关鸟类物种多样性与栖息环境的关系及其与人类活动干扰程度的关系．     

贺兰山苔藓植物物种多样性,生物量及生态学作用的研究

研究了贺兰山不同海拔高度主要林型种苔藓植物物种多样性,生物量和生态学作用,结果表明,云杉林下藓类地层的生物量最高,９１４７．７ｋｇ／ｈｍ＾２,是林灌木和草本植物总生物量的９．２倍,在饱和吸水状态下,可贮存水２０１７４．５ｋｇ／ｈｍ＾２,通过随机取样按海拔高度,林型和土壤类型等梯度对贺兰苔藓植物被进行了调查,影响苔藓植物生长和分布的主要生态因子是光照,相对湿度,海拔高度和土壤ｐＨ对出现在群落中包拓苔     

中国小冰期区域气候演化研究

在我国不同地区通过不同代用资料如冰芯、树轮、孢粉、湖泊沉积物、历史文献记录等恢复的小冰期气候的基础上, 分析总结了小冰期我国气候演化的区域分异特征,并探讨其原因机制,力图为未来气候变化提供参考。     

小麦近缘种及小麦-簇毛麦染色体代换系、易位系的SSR分析

用20对小麦微卫星引物，对小麦近缘种和小麦-簇毛麦染色体代换系、易位系的基因组DNA进行PCR扩增，14对引物有扩增产物，其中10对引物可以在小麦近缘种间扩增出多态性标记．共扩增出分子量小于500的条带477条，其中342条具有多态性，每个SSR座位的等位基因数目在2～6个之间，平均为3．7个．11个实验材料的基因多态性(PIC)范围在0．4013～0．7281之间，平均为0．5725．根据NeiM的方法进行遗传距离分析，构建系统树，确立小麦及近缘种的亲缘关系，为麦类作物遗传资源的研究及在育种中的应用提供一些理论依据．     

陕西长青自然保护区鱼类资源及其多样性

陕西长青国家级自然保护区共有鱼类 18种 ,隶属于 5目 7科 .主要经济鱼类有拉氏鱼岁、多鳞铲颌鱼、马口鱼、红尾副鳅和黑鳍鱼泉 .海拔越高 ,鱼类种类越少 ,多样性越低 ;鱼类的多样性还与人类的活动密切相关 .本区分布的细鳞鲑为国家Ⅱ级保护野生动物 ,现已移入酉水河上游 ,进行自然增殖 .     

渝西学院后山山林植被物种多样性研究

本选取渝西学院校园后山(黄瓜山)山林植被中6种主要森林类型的19个样方，通过比较这些类型的物种丰富度和Shannon指数，揭示了这些类型物种多样性的差异．结果显示：1)各森林类型乔木层、草本层物种丰富度低，灌木层物种丰富度较高；2)各森林类型的Shannon指数同物种丰富度具有不同的表现规律；3)常绿针阔混交林与落叶阔叶林具有特殊的物种多样性垂直结构特征；4)物种恒有度分析表明，星湖校区山林植被为人工林，景观简单，连续性强，存在明显的环境梯度．     

Genetic Diversity in Populations of Sepiella maindroni Using 16S rRNA Gene Sequence Analysis

Part of the 16S rRNA gene is amplified with PCR and sequenced for 5 populations of common Chinese cuttlefish Sepiella maindroni:three from the South China Sea,one from East China Sea and one from Japan.The result shows that a total of 5 nucleotide positions are found to have gaps or insertions of base pairs among these individuals,and 13 positions are examined to be variable in all the sequences,which range from 494 to 509 base pairs.All of the individuals are grouped into 7 haplotypes (h1-h7).No marked genetic difference is osberved among those populations.All of the individuals from Nagasaki belong to h1 and the h3 haplotype is found only in the coastal waters of China.A→←G transition in Nucleotide 255 is suggested to be taken as a kind of genetic marker to identify the populations distributed in East-South China Sea and the Nagasaki waters of Japan.