代可可脂巧克力浆的屈服应力

研究了可可粉与三种代可可脂组成的巧克力浆的流变性，在可可粉体积分数ψ较低时，三种可可悬服体均呈牛顿性，但当ψ≥０．２时，具有明显剪切稀化特征。悬浮体粘度服从一通用流变模型，当ψ超过某一临界值而悬浮体有屈服应力时该模型自动转化为Ｃａｓｓｏｎ方程。屈服应力与颗粒体积分数的关系服从四参数方程，实验求出了全部模型参数。     

Ranging behaviour of the invasive crayfish,Procambarus clarkii (Girard)

The spreading of the invasive crayfish Procambarus clarkii throughout the world is attributed to human introductions; however, the rapid and widespread diffusion of the species following its establishment is the result of its dispersal capabilities. This study aimed to provide further information for the comprehension of the invasive potential of this crayfish by underlining some aspects of its behavioural flexibility. Radio-telemetry was used to analyse locomotion, home-range faithfulness and dispersal of the species in an Italian irrigation ditch system. Space was used differently by the two sexes, females being more nomadic in their ranging behaviour probably due to their reproductive phase. In addition, an inter-individual variability was found in both speed of locomotion and dispersal pattern. By applying a simulation model, it was shown that (1) both sexes disperse, and (2) ranging behaviour is not the result of a passive dispersion, but that the occupancy of burrows may affect the rate of dispersion. Finally, an intra-individual variability is related to the occurrence of two spatial strategies within the same population.     

管缝式锚杆的轴向受力特征

详细讨论了管缝式锚杆的轴向受力特征，指出了锚杆轴向力，剪应力、轴向应力及轴向位移均呈指数分布，直至临界滑移状态的均匀分布，为了使理论模型更接近实际，提出了以现场拉拔试验确定模型参数的方法。     

一类递推数列渐近性的几个结果

本文讨论了一类形如a_(n+1)=a_n+f(a_n)的递推数列{a_n}的渐近性问题。对满足一定条件的f(x)得到了相应的结果,这些结果是文献[1]—[8]中的总结和推广。文中还给出了许多应用实例,所用方法比文献[1]—[8]中的方法简单。     

环渤海地区地域多功能空间分异与演化特征研究

通过构建多功能性评价指标体系和指数分析模型, 开展了环渤海地区1990年和2008年的经济发展、粮食生产、社会保障、生态保育及综合功能的分级评判。结果表明: 2008年, 经济发展功能一级区主要分布在京津唐地区、沈阳都市区、胶东半岛、鲁中地区、城市辖区及周边县域; 粮食生产功能一级区主要分布在辽宁中部平原、鲁西平原、太行山山前平原和海河冲积平原; 社会保障功能与经济发展功能指数的空间分布基本一致; 生态保育功能强势区集中分布在辽东山地区、辽西北低山丘陵区、冀东北山地丘陵区。与1990年相比, 环渤海地区县域多功能均呈现上升趋势, 其中经济发展功能和社会保障功能迅速提升; 粮食生产功能提升幅度较小, 粮食生产重心进一步向平原农区集中; 生态保育功能变化不显著, 北部山地丘陵区的生态保育功能进一步凸显。     

具有储能功能的聚氨酯固-固相变材料的研究

以高分子量聚乙二醇(PEG)为软段,4,4′-二苯基甲烷二异氰酸酯(MD I)、1,4-丁二醇(BDO)为硬段,采用两步溶液法合成了一种具有固-固相变储能性能的聚氨酯材料,通过差示扫描量热仪(DSC)、热重分析仪(TGA)、广角X射线衍射仪(WAXD)、偏光显微镜(POM)等手段分析了该材料的形态结构和相变行为,并对其储能机理进行了初步探讨。结果表明:该聚氨酯型相变材料具有良好的储热性能,相变焓较大,相变温度适中,热性能稳定,相变过程中不产生液体,其相变实质是聚氨酯软段PEG由结晶固态转变为非晶固态的过程。     

锈蚀钢筋混凝土桥梁力学性能研究综述(Ⅱ)

根据国内外已有的锈蚀钢筋混凝土构件力学性能研究成果,分析了各种研究锈蚀钢筋混凝土构件力学性能的试验方法的特点及其适用性,总结了各种不同受力形式锈蚀钢筋混凝土构件的承载力模型,讨论了各种模型的优缺点和适用范围.最后根据存在的问题,对锈蚀钢筋混凝土构件的力学性能的研究进行了展望和建议.     

Breeding biology of the Pale-bellied Tyrant-manakin Neopelma pallescens (Aves: Pipridae) in south-eastern Brazil

The Pale-bellied Tyrant-manakin (Neopelma pallescens) inhabits semi-deciduous and riparian forests in central-north South America. Contrary to most manakins, there is no evident sexual dichromatism in the species and little is known about its breeding biology. We studied the breeding biology of a colour-banded population of the species from August to December 2016 and from August to October 2017 in the Campus Florestal of the Universidade Federal de Viçosa, south-eastern Brazil. The breeding season extended from early September to late November. The species is promiscuous, with males exhibiting simple courtship displays (exploded leks) in individual arenas. The nest (n = 13) is a cup attached by its top lip between forked branches and is very simple, with a structural layer made with dry grass stems and heads, attached to the branch with spider silk. The outer and lining layers are absent. The mean clutch size was 1.8 eggs (n = 11), which are oval and pale coloured, covered with spots of different shades of brown, often concentrated in the larger pole. Mean egg length and width (± SD) were 21.0 ± 0.9 × 15.8 ± 0.7 mm (n = 14) and the mean weight was 2.8 ± 0.4 g (n = 10). The incubation period could not be estimated, but the nestling period was 15 days (n = 2). The simple percentage of successful nests was 15.4%, with 76.9% of the nests depredated and 7.7% abandoned. This is the first detailed study about the breeding biology of any Neopelma species, providing relevant data for the study of the evolution of life history strategies not only for the genus, but for the whole family Pipridae.     

Natural history of the Lined Seedeater Sporophila lineola (Aves: Thraupidae) in southeastern Brazil

The Lined Seedeater (Sporophila lineola) is a migratory species that inhabits a variety of open habitats in South America. We studied the breeding biology and territorial behaviour of a colour-banded population of the species in the Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Campus Florestal (1–19,8808ºS, –44,4136ºW), during two breeding seasons (2014/2015 and 2015/2016), which spans from December to April. We monitored 74 nests of this species. The nest is a low cup supported between a fork. Nests are mainly built with grass stems and rootlets, with spider-web used to hold the material together and to bind the nest to its supporting plant. Females are solely responsible for nest building and incubation, which is synchronic, and also for feeding nestlings to a large extent. Males are responsible for defending the territory, which corresponds to a small portion of the home range restricted to the nest environs, and also feed the nestlings. Mean clutch size is two eggs (78% of nests monitored), with clutches of three (20.3%) and four (1.7%) eggs also observed. Eggs are whitish, covered with dark brown blotches and spots to a variable extent. Mean incubation period, considered as the period between the onset of incubation and hatching of the first egg, is 11 days. Nestling period, considered as the period between hatching of the first egg and fledging of the last young, is 10 days. During the first breeding season, the simple percentage of successful nests was 34.1%, while the Mayfield success was 29.8%, with slightly higher values observed during the second breeding season, with 39.4% and 35.7%, respectively. We recorded, for the first time, three cases of polygamy in the species. We also recorded breeding site fidelity for the first time in the species, with males returning to the same territory owned in a previous breeding season.     

The behaviour of Cotinis nitida Linnaeus,the green June beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), on mowed lawns makes them especially vulnerable to bird predators

ABSTRACT

Males of the green June beetle Cotinis nitida are regularly attacked by birds as they search for females on lawns but which bird species feeds on the beetle changes from year to year. In 2018 for the first time on a farm in northern Virginia, brown thrashers (Toxostomum rufum) joined blue jays (Cyanocitta cristata) as major predators of the beetles. The two species employed very different tactics when hunting for June beetles, with the thrashers searching while walking forward on the mowed lawn while the jays scanned for beetles when perched in trees about the lawn. The beetles became very scarce at the lawn in early July in 2017 and 2018 and their predators apparently moved elsewhere. Subsequently, male beetles were occasionally observed patrolling a nearby hayfield in search of mates with rare copulations recorded after July 15. Because predatory birds could not exploit the beetles in the tall grass of the hayfield it seems likely that the mowed lawn constituted an evolutionarily novel ecological trap which made searching beetles conspicuous and easily captured by beetle-hunting birds.