[Impact of a Sewage Treatment Plant on the Accumulation of Microplastics in Freshwater Organisms in the Lijiang River of the Guilin Urban Section].

Microplastics (MPs, particle size<5 mm), as a new pollutant, have attracted wide attention in recent years. The distributions of MPs in effluent of a sewage treatment plant (STP) were examined. Surface water, sediment, and freshwater organism samples were taken from the STP discharge outlet in the Lijiang River tributary (S1), the confluence of tributaries and main streams in the Lijiang River (S2), and downstream locations in the Lijiang River (S3).

[Effects of fertilization on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Elymus nutans roots].

By using traditional staining and DNA cloning and sequencing techniques, this paper studied the effects of fertilization on the arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) colonization and AM fungal community in Elymus nutans roots across an 8-year nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) fertilization gradient. With the increasing level of fertilization, the AM colonization and arbuscular colonization per unit root length reduced from 67.5% to 7.

[Automobile versus pedestrian accidents analysis by fixed-parameters computer simulation].

Objective: Using computer simulation to analyze the effects of speed, type of automobile and impacted position on crash-course and injuries of pedestrians in automobile vs. pedestrian accidents.

Methods: Automobiles (bus, minibus, car and truck) and pedestrian models were constructed with multi-body dynamics computing method.