Digging with ‘hands’: observations of food capture in the flying gurnard Dactylopterus volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)

ABSTRACT

Videofilms of a foraging flying gurnard (Dactylopterus volitans) were collected at Itaipu, Niterói, RJ, Brazil. Analysis revealed details of the use of anterior parts of the pectoral fins which act as digging ‘hands’ to access infaunal prey items that are subsequently captured by oral suction feeding. Each pectoral fin has two distinct sections articulated separately on the pectoral girdle. The digging ‘anterior pectoral fin’ mainly consists of segmented and flexible fin rays but has an anterior robust unsegmented ray that provides an edge to the ‘hand’, allowing penetration of the substratum. The huge ‘posterior pectoral fins’ are supported by unsegmented rays. Most digging episodes involved one ‘hand’ and consisted of 1–7 cycles of movement with frequencies 1.15–3.74 cycles s^?1. During a cycle, the ‘hand’ is moved forwards and medially above the substratum, then is twisted medially and simultaneously depressed so that the anterior unsegmented ray impacts and enters the substratum. The hand is then drawn backwards and laterally to disturb the substratum. To prevent upward pitching of the head during digging, the ‘posterior pectoral fins’ are both moved anteriorly and laterally to shift the centre of gravity forwards while the caudal and ?second dorsal fins continue to provide propulsive force.     

基于WEB方式的电子政务初探

本提出了基于WEB方式的电子政务设计、开发、运营方法和技术平台的总体框架。描述了电子政务数据开发模型的雄度，电子政务系统工程的实施原则、实施步骤及应用系统集成的一整套的实践模型。     

Robustness of alternative non‐linearity tests for SETAR models

In recent years there has been a growing interest in exploiting potential forecast gains from the non‐linear structure of self‐exciting threshold autoregressive (SETAR) models. Statistical tests have been proposed in the literature to help analysts check for the presence of SETAR‐type non‐linearities in an observed time series. It is important to study the power and robustness properties of these tests since erroneous test results might lead to misspecified prediction problems. In this paper we investigate the robustness properties of several commonly used non‐linearity tests. Both the robustness with respect to outlying observations and the robustness with respect to model specification are considered. The power comparison of these testing procedures is carried out using Monte Carlo simulation. The results indicate that all of the existing tests are not robust to outliers and model misspecification. Finally, an empirical application applies the statistical tests to stock market returns of the four little dragons (Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan) in East Asia. The non‐linearity tests fail to provide consistent conclusions most of the time. The results in this article stress the need for a more robust test for SETAR‐type non‐linearity in time series analysis and forecasting. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

高校图书馆开馆时间的合理安排刍议

介绍了高校图书馆开放时间的现状，分析了影响图书馆开放时间的因素，探讨了合理安排图书馆开放时间的措施。     

钢筋混凝土仿木构建筑在贵州建筑中应用的探讨

论述了古建筑的一些结构构造特点及新时期对古建筑的需求.将钢筋混凝土材料和木材的各种性能进行比较,得出用钢筋混凝土仿木构建筑比木构建筑具有更好的耐久性和耐火性.通过对贵州经济现状分析指出旅游业在贵州省经济中所占的比重及在旅游区修复古建筑的重要性.结合贵州省情及全球生态环境指出在贵州用钢筋混凝土材料替代木材的必要性.     

基于GM（1，1）模型的某高校招生人数预测

分析了近年来我国高校招生人数的变化趋势，并利用GM（1，1）模型对某高校2008年的招生人数进行了预测．从而为高校招生人数决策提供了依据。     

论无锡市欣丰电容器厂的优势、劣势以及在企业宏观与微观环境中的威胁与机会

文章从企业组织,员工队伍,经营业务领域以及经营发展轨迹出发,以企业经营所处的宏观环境与微观环境为切入点,对企业在竞争中的优势与劣势,以及企业在经营与发展所处环境中面临的机会与威胁进行了分析。     

输液卡临床应用存在的医疗纠纷隐患及对策

目的提高对输液卡的重要性认识，准确、客观及时地书写输液卡，减少因书写不当造成的医疗纠纷。方法通过对2006年8月至10月本院各科2568份输液卡记录存在的缺陷及潜在的医疗纠纷隐患进行分析，并提出相应的对策。结果输液卡记录存在记录输液滴速与实际滴数有误差，药物输入顺序不正确，未按时巡视，记录内容涂改、漏签名、签名难以辨认，记录漏记、错记或记录不全等问题。结论提高护理人员的法律意识，统一规范输液卡，建立输液观察记录卡，加强输液卡回收保存和管理是防范医疗纠纷的保证。     

自然的世界,自然的人性——试分析霍桑在《红字》中的“自然”思想

霍桑在其代表作《红字》中不仅体现了当时的浪漫主义及其巅峰超验主义的影响,同时也突出了他本人独特的思想和对自然的理解.《红字》里的自然涉及到三方面:物质世界中的自然,自然的人性以及自然的生本质,这也是霍桑本人在现实生活中一直追求和向往的境界.     

保障公民劳动就业权的里程碑

就业促进法这部法律属于经济法中的宏观经济调控法，把它放到宏观经济调控法的结构中看，仍有一些问题值得探讨和研究。