Long-term increases in clutch size in common snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina) and diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin)

Clutch size (CS) is a well-studied life history characteristic, and optimal egg size theory predicts that CS should correlate positively with reproductive investment. Turtles are good subjects for studies of reproductive strategies because few turtle species exhibit parental care; therefore quantifying their short-term reproductive investment is mostly limited to measuring egg size and number. Clutch size is usually reported as an average value for each turtle population, and where CS variation is noted, it is usually attributable to variation in adult body size. In two long-term studies of ecologically dissimilar species we detected a dramatic increase in CS in a common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) population and in a diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) population. It is unknown whether these changes are due to either variation in adult body size or resource availability; but the temporal patterns we observed have apparently never been reported previously. These trends remain unexplained and should be explored further.     

Variations in Variation and Selection: The Ubiquity of the Variation-and-Selective-Retention Ratchet in Emergent Organizational Complexity, Part II: Quantum Field Theory

If the general arguments concerning theinvolvement of variation and selection inexplanations of ``fit'' are valid, then variationand selection explanations should beappropriate, or at least potentiallyappropriate, outside the paradigm historisticdomains of biology and knowledge. In thisdiscussion, I wish to indicate some potentialroles for variation and selection infoundational physics – specifically inquantum field theory. I will not be attemptingany full coherent ontology for quantum fieldtheory – none currently exists, and none islikely for at least the short term future. Instead, I wish to engage in some partiallyspeculative interpretations of some interestingresults in this area with the aim ofdemonstrating that variation and selectionnotions might play a role even here. Ifvariation and selection can survive in even asinhospitable and non-paradigmatic a terrain asfoundational physics, then it can surviveanywhere.     

自主机器人人工进化方法研究

在介绍人工进化研究状况的基础上 ,着重阐述了进化机器人学的关键问题 :基本概念、进化技术、进化计算和实验研究方法等 ,探索了进化机器人学未来的研究趋势及所面临的挑战 .     

Environmental Friendly Route and Wool Shrink Proofing

The shrink proofing on wool with treatment of protease named Argaenzyme STL was studied. The various pretreating auxiliaries, different parameters for protease treating process and the effect of stabilizer were discussed in detail. The varieties of some properties before and after protease treatment were also investigated.     

Permutation Analysis of Track and Column Braiding

Introduction Trackandcolumnbraidingisanavailable3D braidingmethod[1～3],whichperformsbraidingprocessbymovingbraidingcarriersalongroworcolumndirection alternatively.LiandDing[4]examinethebraidingmethod andconcentratetheirstudyonthemovementofbraiding carriersonthebraidingplatform,onwhichthebraiding tracksarelocated.Accordingtothebraidingprinciple,a studyofbraidingprocessisactuallyastudyofthemovingpatternofyarnendsonthebraidingplatform.Intheiranotherpaper[6],thepositionsofbraidingcarriersare r…     

用于CIMSERC网络性能评价的NPES设计与实现

分析建模的方法用于CIMS网络性能评价是有其局限性的。本文介绍的是一个基于仿真方法的CIMSERC网络性能评估模拟器——NPES的设计与实现。该NPES可作为进行CIMSERC网络性能评价的“实验床”和评估工具.CIMSERC网络的基本结构是二个互连的基于Ethernet的TCP/IP网,设计中用于观测和评价的性能指标包括:网络系统的吞吐量、利用率、以及信息包传输延迟等。CIMSERC的NPES用SIMAN和FORTRAN语言混合实现。