Industrial Policies In A Maturing Taiwan Economy

Taiwan's successful industrialisation process with significant structural change now spans four decades. This paper analyses the role of small and medium enterprises and the development of secondary import substitution industries in Taiwan in relation to some policy debates. It is argued that market friendly and self-restrained industrial policies were key to the success of Taiwan's fast industrialisation. However, when Taiwan entered a more matured economy in the 1980s, a more liberal industrial policy was introduced.     

基于组反馈融合机制的视频超分辨率模型

视频超分辨率（video super-resolution,VSR）的目的是利用多个相邻帧的信息来生成参考帧的高分辨率版本。现有的许多VSR工作都集中在如何有效地对齐相邻帧以更好地融合相邻帧信息,而很少在相邻帧信息融合这一重要步骤上进行研究。针对该问题,提出了基于组反馈融合机制的视频超分辩模型（GFFMVSR）。具体来说,在相邻帧对齐后,将对齐视频序列输入第一重时间注意力模块;然后,将序列分成几个小组,各小组依次通过组内融合模块实现初步融合。不同小组的融合结果经过第二重时间注意力模块;然后,各小组逐组输入反馈融合模块,利用反馈机制反馈融合不同组别的信息,最后将融合结果输出重建。经验证,该模型具有较强的信息融合能力,在客观评价指标和主观视觉效果上都优于现有的模型。     

爆破荷载诱发节理岩体边坡位移突变的能量机理研究

爆破荷载是水利水电工程岩石边坡开挖主要动力扰动因素之一,在爆破开挖过程中常会出现位移突变。首先根据某节理岩质边坡实测位移数据进行分析,然后结合数值模拟研究了爆破荷载诱发节理岩体边坡位移突变机理及其变化规律,最后探讨爆破设计参数对节理岩体边坡位移突变的影响。研究表明:爆破荷载下,节理岩体的位移突变是由爆破荷载升压阶段岩体的应变能积累突然释放引起的,位移突变量由积聚的应变能密度峰值和应变能密度释放速率共同决定;爆破荷载峰值越大、升压时间越长,积聚的应变能越多;降压时间越短,应变能密度释放速率越快,从而导致突变位移越大。研究结果可为类似边坡工程的爆破开挖安全控制提供参考。     

Roll‐to‐roll UV embossing process applied for light bar‐based sub‐wavelength gratings for backlight

This study proposes a roll‐to‐roll process‐based sub‐wavelength grating, which is attached on a light bar to turn the side‐lit red/green/blue (620, 520, and 450 nm) incident rays into a uniformly and normally output white light with high illuminance from the light bar's surface. On the basis of the rigorous coupling wave analysis, the relationship between the first‐order transmission/reflection efficiency and the pitch of the gratings with different shapes was analyzed. The optimal design can effectively reduce the coupling length and enhance the white color balance for display applications.     

Scalable influence maximization for independent cascade model in large-scale social networks

Influence maximization, defined by Kempe et al. (SIGKDD 2003), is the problem of finding a small set of seed nodes in a social network that maximizes the spread of influence under certain influence cascade models. The scalability of influence maximization is a key factor for enabling prevalent viral marketing in large-scale online social networks. Prior solutions, such as the greedy algorithm of Kempe et al. (SIGKDD 2003) and its improvements are slow and not scalable, while other heuristic algorithms do not provide consistently good performance on influence spreads. In this article, we design a new heuristic algorithm that is easily scalable to millions of nodes and edges in our experiments. Our algorithm has a simple tunable parameter for users to control the balance between the running time and the influence spread of the algorithm. Our results from extensive simulations on several real-world and synthetic networks demonstrate that our algorithm is currently the best scalable solution to the influence maximization problem: (a) our algorithm scales beyond million-sized graphs where the greedy algorithm becomes infeasible, and (b) in all size ranges, our algorithm performs consistently well in influence spread—it is always among the best algorithms, and in most cases it significantly outperforms all other scalable heuristics to as much as 100–260% increase in influence spread.     

不平衡样本下基于变分自编码器预处理深度学习和DGA的变压器故障诊断方法

为提高变压器故障诊断效果,并改善训练样本数量不平衡对故障诊断的不利影响,提出了一种基于变分自编码预处理深度学习和油中溶解气体分析(dissolved gas-in-oil analysis,DGA)的变压器故障诊断方法。该方法以各样本DGA特征量为诊断模型输入,以各故障状态概率分布为诊断模型输出。首先通过变分自编码器对少数类训练样本进行预处理,在学习确定少数类训练样本分布特征的基础上实现训练样本自动生成,进而提高训练样本的均衡性。基于3隐层结构堆栈稀疏自编码器深度学习网络构建变压器故障诊断模型,并以经变分自编码器预处理后的均衡训练样本对诊断模型参数进行更新优化。基于实例验证了所提方法的有效性。实验结果表明,所提方法可改善训练样本不平衡的不利影响,各训练集下,采用所提方法的变压器故障诊断结果准确率均保持在91%以上,且漏报率较低。     

Choline Acetyltransferase Induces the Functional Regeneration of the Salivary Gland in Aging SAMP1/Kl -/- Mice

Salivary gland dysfunction induces salivary flow reduction and a dry mouth, and commonly involves oral dysfunction, tooth structure deterioration, and infection through reduced salivation. This study aimed to investigate the impact of aging on the salivary gland by a metabolomics approach in an extensive aging mouse model, SAMP1/Klotho -/- mice. We found that the salivary secretion of SAMP1/Klotho -/- mice was dramatically decreased compared with that of SAMP1/Klotho WT (+/+) mice. Metabolomics profiling analysis showed that the level of acetylcholine was significantly decreased in SAMP1/Klotho -/- mice, although the corresponding levels of acetylcholine precursors, acetyl-CoA and choline, increased. Interestingly, the mRNA and protein expression of choline acetyltransferase (ChAT), which is responsible for catalyzing acetylcholine synthesis, was significantly decreased in SAMP1/Klotho -/- mice. The overexpression of ChAT induced the expression of salivary gland functional markers (α–amylase, ZO-1, and Aqua5) in primary cultured salivary gland cells from SAMP1/Klotho +/+ and -/- mice. In an in vivo study, adeno-associated virus (AAV)-ChAT transduction significantly increased saliva secretion compared with the control in SAMP1/Klotho -/- mice. These results suggest that the dysfunction in acetylcholine biosynthesis induced by ChAT reduction may cause impaired salivary gland function     

Utilizing an Animal Model to Identify Brain Neurodegeneration-Related Biomarkers in Aging

Glycine N-methyltransferase (GNMT) regulates S-adenosylmethionine (SAMe), a methyl donor in methylation. Over-expressed SAMe may cause neurogenic capacity reduction and memory impairment. GNMT knockout mice (GNMT-KO) was applied as an experimental model to evaluate its effect on neurons. In this study, proteins from brain tissues were studied using proteomic approaches, Haemotoxylin and Eosin staining, immunohistochemistry, Western blotting, and ingenuity pathway analysis. The expression of Receptor-interacting protein 1(RIPK1) and Caspase 3 were up-regulated and activity-dependent neuroprotective protein (ADNP) was down-regulated in GNMT-KO mice regardless of the age. Besides, proteins related to neuropathology, such as excitatory amino acid transporter 2, calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type II subunit alpha, and Cu-Zn superoxide dismutase were found only in the group of aged wild-type mice; 4-aminobutyrate amino transferase, limbic system-associated membrane protein, sodium- and chloride-dependent GABA transporter 3 and ProSAAS were found only in the group of young GNMT-KO mice and are related to function of neurons; serum albumin and Rho GDP dissociation inhibitor 1 were found only in the group of aged GNMT-KO mice and are connected to neurodegenerative disorders. With proteomic analyses, a pathway involving Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) signal was found to be associated with aging. The GnRH pathway could provide additional information on the mechanism of aging and non-aging related neurodegeneration, and these protein markers may be served in developing future therapeutic treatments to ameliorate aging and prevent diseases.     

火力发电厂储能调频电池系统设计

针对电网辅助服务市场储能调频项目缺乏成熟的电池系统设计方案,一定程度上限制了储能联合火电机组调频项目的发展,为推动国内储能系统发展的规模化、标准化,提升储能火电联合调频系统的设计水平,结合某发电公司2×350 MW储能调频项目,总结出该储能调频系统设计的电池系统关键技术,并提出电池系统设计中应注意的分选、热管理和均衡控制问题.