Efficient fine granularity scalability using adaptive leaky factor

Fine Granularity Scalability (FGS) video coding has been adopted by the MPEG-4 standard for video streaming applications. In this paper, we propose a novel FGS coding scheme, which applied adaptive leaky factors for the enhancement layer prediction to further improve the coding efficiency of FGS. A flexible method that can dynamically determine the leaky factors according to the network conditions is also presented. With the proposed method, a better trade-off between the coding efficiency and drifting reduction can be achieved, and the coding performance is further improved compared with using a fixed leaky factor. Experimental results show that the proposed method can further improve the coding efficiency over a wide range of bitrate and packet loss ratio, and still keep the original characteristics, such as fine granularity, and bandwidth adaptation.     

发射极δ掺杂的InGaAs/InPDHBT的特性分析

设计了一种新结构的InGaAs/InP双异质结晶体管(DHBT),其中发射结采用δ掺杂和阻挡层结构,集电极采用N+掺杂复合结结构.考虑隧穿作用和发射结空间电荷区复合电流的影响,计算了δ掺杂浓度和N+、n-层厚度等参数变化对InGaAs/InP DHBT电流、I-V输出特性、电流增益的影响,计算结果表明,随着这些参数值增大,InGaAs/InP DHBT输出特性逐渐改善.当δ掺杂浓度大于2×1012cm-3时,电流增益趋于饱和.     

Towards a Dual-Tip STM Application in Mesoscopic Electron Transport

A new design for a dual-tip scanning tunneling microscope (STM) is presented. The design is a variation on the mechanically controllable break-junction with two electron beam-induced deposition nano-tips. The new design enables one to scan surfaces simultaneously with two probes having a nano-gap separation. By collecting the lateral current flowing between the tips, the transconductance map can then be compared with the STM images for local characterizations of the electron transport. Since the lateral beam carries the property of the density of states of the surface at momentum space, the dispersion of the electronic structure should give an orientation and position dependence of the local transconductance current. In addition, the reduced terminal separation, on the order of the characteristic mesoscopic length scales, is likely to be sensitive to a variety of typically observed interactions and interference effects.     

Synthesis and aqueous solution behaviors of sodium sulfonate‐terminated dendritic poly(ester‐amine)

Sodium sulfonate‐terminated dendritic poly(ester‐amine) (SPEA) was synthesized by sulfonation of acrylic double bond‐terminated dendritic poly(ester‐amine) (APEA) with sodium hydrogen sulfite (NaHSO₃) in mixture of diglycol and 2‐butanone under normal pressure. The structure of SPEA was characterized by IR, ¹H‐NMR, and elemental analysis. SPEA was water‐soluble. 1.0–40.0% (mass) SPEA aqueous solutions appeared as dilatant fluid. When pH value varied from 1.5 to 12.0, the viscosity of 1–5% (mass) SPEA aqueous solutions changed very small, and the electric conductivity almost kept stable within pH 3.0–10.0. The relationship between the viscosity and the concentration of SPEA water solutions was similar to that of NaCl water solutions. The surface tension of SPEA water solutions was lower than that of polyethylene glycol 2000 water solutions with the same concentration. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2008     

Shear-induced crystallization of poly(phenylene sulfide)

The crystalline morphology of poly(phenylene sulfide) (PPS) isothermally crystallized from the melt under shear has been observed by polarized optical microscope (POM) equipped with a CSS450 hot-stage. The shish–kebab-like fibrillar crystal structure is formed at a higher shear rate or for a longer shear time, which is ascribed to the tight aggregation of numerous oriented nuclei in the direction of shear. The crystallization induction time of PPS decreases with the shear time, indicating that the shear accelerates the formation of stable crystal nuclei. Under shear, the increase of spherulite growth rate results from highly oriented chains. The melting behavior of shear-induced crystallized PPS performed by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) shows multiple melting peaks. The lower melting peak corresponds to melting of imperfect crystal, and the degree of crystal perfection decreases as the shear rate increases. The higher melting peak is related to the orientation of molecular chains. These oriented molecular chains form the orientation nuclei which have higher thermal stability than the kebab-like lamellae that are developed later. A new model based on the above observation has been proposed to explain the mechanism of shish–kebab-like fibrillar crystal formation under shear flow.     

支持专业知识获取的中间件的研究

 分析了如何利用中间件技术支持专业知识获取的问题．提出了基于XML，SOAP，UDDI和WSDL的web服务技术的专业知识获取的中间件应用模式，它可以有效解决消息传送、服务功能的抽象描述以及服务在网络上的发布与发现等问题。以固定瓦推力滑动轴承的性能参数计算Web服务为实例，指出web服务是分布式设计知识获取和知识资源集成的有效途径．     

宝钢曲轴用非调质钢的生产与展望

在实验室研究的基础上，开发了屈服强度为520MPa级的曲轴用微合金化非调质钢48MnV。工业生产了6000余吨φ151mm大规格圆钢，其各项性能满足了用户要求。指出了宝钢曲轴用非调质钢开发和努力的方向。     

Al2O3/TiB2/SiCw三元复合材料的力学性能及显微结构

以Al₂O₃为基体,SiC晶须和TiB₂颗粒两种增韧剂,采用热压烧结工艺制备了Al₂O₃/TiB₂/SiC_w三元复合陶瓷材料。研究了热压工艺参数对材料致密度的影响和晶须含量对该复合材料的力学性能和显微结构的影响。结果表明;随晶须含量的增加,该复合材料的热压温度和保温时间需要相应的增加;晶须拔出、裂纹偏转和晶须的桥接为该复合材料的主要增韧机理;随晶须含量的增加,该材料的室温断裂韧性增加;该材料的断裂韧性随温度的升高而呈增大趋势,并且晶须含量越高,材料的高温断裂韧性增幅越大。     

Intraocular concentrations of chemotherapeutic agents after systemic or local administration

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the concentrations of carboplatin and etoposide achieved in the aqueous and vitreous humors after intravenous infusion in nonhuman primates, and to investigate whether local administration of carboplatin might result in higher concentrations in the vitreous humor. METHODS: Macaca fascicularis primates were treated with 1 of 3 regimens: (1) intravenous carboplatin (18.7 mg/kg), etoposide (5 mg/kg), and vincristine sulfate (0.05 mg/kg), (2) peribulbar carboplatin (10 mg/mL), or (3) episcleral balloon carboplatin (10 mg/mL). Concentrations of chemotherapeutic agents were measured in the plasma and in the aqueous and vitreous humors. RESULTS: No measurable amount of etoposide was detected in the aqueous or vitreous humor after intravenous administration. Mean measured peak vitreous concentration of carboplatin after intravenous administration was 0.31 microg/mL, which was 1% of the peak plasma value. Mean measured peak vitreous concentrations of carboplatin after peribulbar or episcleral balloon administration were 2.38 microg/mL and 2.95 microg/mL, respectively, which represent 7.68- and 9.52-fold increases over the concentration achieved after intravenous administration. No serious toxic effect was observed in any animal. CONCLUSIONS: Peribulbar and episcleral balloon administration of carboplatin seemed to be safe and resulted in higher vitreous concentrations than intravenous administration in this model. These results suggest that these alternate routes of delivery should be explored in children with vitreous seeding of retinoblastoma.     

Practical Application of Hybrid Modelling to Naturally Fractured Reservoirs

This article presents application of a hybrid method for modelling discrete fracture network in an actual naturally fractured reservoir (NFRs) (Palm Valley, Australia). The hybrid method integrates features of geological, statistical, artificial intelligence, and conditional hierarchical stochastic simulation techniques. Both discrete and continuum fracture information could be utilized, such as statistical distributions of fracture orientations, spatial distributions of fracture density, and discrete multi-fractal dimensions. The final output is a 3D network model of discrete fractures, with their corresponding details of location, size, and orientation. The results show an improvement of the hybrid method over previous fracture models.