Animals,Governance and Ecology: Managing the Menace of Venomous Snakes in Colonial India

During the nineteenth century, the British Raj launched a campaign to reduce the number of people killed annually by venomous snakes on the Indian subcontinent. Unlike its successful effort to cull large mammals, the colonial government was forced to abolish its bounty scheme in 1890 and instead seek to use sanitation to reduce interactions between humans and snakes. This article will assess this transition in policy as a means to understand how attitudes towards the governance of animals were shaped by cultural and ecological factors. It will be shown that during its inception, discourses of scientific governance statistically augmented perceptions of the threat posed by snakes, presenting them as a direct yet manageable danger within an anthropocentric cultural model. However, financial and practical limitations forced the government to recognise that the behaviour, seasonal patterns and territorial movements of snakes influenced the rate of mortality, and thus adjust its policy to acknowledge the experience of cohabitation in India’s diverse ecological contexts.     

哈萨克语和汉语动物词汇文化内涵异同分析

语言是民族文化的镜子,一个民族的文化特点、文化传统、文化心态、习俗风尚和宗教信仰等文化背景必定反映到该民族的语言中来。词汇又是语言中最积极、最活跃的部分,它可透视民族文化的差异,而动物词语所表述的文化内涵则更为突出。深入了解哈萨克语和汉语动物词汇的文化内涵,有利于更好地进行跨文化交际。     

哈代小说中的生态伦理叙事

托马斯·哈代的小说中有着独特的生态伦理叙事。他对自然的描写,体现了生态整体观,强调人与自然的和谐一体,也控诉了工业文明和人类欲望对生态环境的破坏;他对女性的塑造,表现了女性与自然的天然联系,揭示了女性与自然都是男性、理性和工业文明的压迫对象;他通过对动物活动的叙述,赋予动物以主体性,提倡尊重动物的权利,认同动物的情感。哈代小说中的生态伦理思想虽然复杂,却有着内在的统一性,既在一定程度上超越了人类中心主义,又体现了道德关注的"同心圆"倾向。     

英语中“水”的概念分析

与科学世界图景中的水概念不同,语言世界图景中水的概念化呈现出自己的特点。通过对以水为关键词的搭配为语料对水进行的概念分析发现,英语中将水概念化为动物、人、有固定外形的物体和无固定外形的物体。尽管其概念化呈现出无序性和非逻辑性,但反映出在英伦民族意识中对水这一概念的初始认识。     

Convergent genomic signatures of high-altitude adaptation among domestic mammals

Abundant and diverse domestic mammals living on the Tibetan Plateau provide useful materials for investigating adaptive evolution and genetic convergence. Here, we used 327 genomes from horses, sheep, goats, cattle, pigs and dogs living at both high and low altitudes, including 73 genomes generated for this study, to disentangle the genetic mechanisms underlying local adaptation of domestic mammals. Although molecular convergence is comparatively rare at the DNA sequence level, we found convergent signature of positive selection at the gene level, particularly the EPAS1 gene in these Tibetan domestic mammals. We also reported a potential function in response to hypoxia for the gene C10orf67, which underwent positive selection in three of the domestic mammals. Our data provide an insight into adaptive evolution of high-altitude domestic mammals, and should facilitate the search for additional novel genes involved in the hypoxia response pathway.     

从某变电站1号主变跳闸原因分析中想到的防小动物措施

文章从某500千伏变电站1号主变跳闸事故中分析跳闸原因,并针对跳闸原因提出了变电站防小动物措施。     

反序运动与仿生运动的结合体:现代“五兽行”运动研究

在对反序运动、仿生运动和“五兽行”运动进行概述的基础上,对现代“五兽行”运动的练习方法、注意事项、价值及推广对策进行了较全面的分析。研究认为,“五兽行”运动是反序运动与仿生运动的结合体,是我国古老的五禽戏运动的现代创新。同时有针对性的提出了推广“五兽行”运动的对策。     

广西实验动物信息平台电子物理网络支撑体系建设应用

为了协助广西壮族自治区科技厅、自治区实验动物管理委员会对全区实验动物的生产、使用、科研及教育培训提供管理支持,提高全区实验动物资源的利用效率,完成了对广西实验动物信息平台电子物理网络支撑环境的建设。文章主要从广西实验动物信息平台电子物理网络支撑体系建设的目的和意义,以及拟解决的关键问题入手,详细介绍了广西实验动物信息平台电子物理网络支撑体系建设内容和技术构建方案。     

动物地位之法学探析

分析了动物主体论与动物客体论两种观点。认为:动物主体论忽视了动物义务的构建,在法理上存在很大缺陷;动物客体论承认动物作为特殊的物,能合理解释人类利用动物的必然性行为。主张利用动物时应保护动物福利,这是对动物的最佳保护。     

安阳市野生动物特种养殖业现状及发展对策

随着人类生活水平提高,对野生动物需求量越来越大,驯养繁殖与经营利用野生动物的前景日益广阔,重点就现状与发展对策两大方面加以详细阐述,介绍了安阳市野生动物特种养殖业的现状和发展对策,其中发展对策又从4个方面作了详尽阐述,力求推动野生动物特种养殖业的发展,开创野生动物特种养殖业的新局面。