Structural Aspects of P2-Type Na0.67Mn0.6Ni0.2Li0.2O2 (MNL) Stabilization by Lithium Defects as a Cathode Material for Sodium-Ion Batteries

A known strategy for improving the properties of layered oxide electrodes in sodium-ion batteries is the partial substitution of transition metals by Li. Herein, the role of Li as a defect and its impact on sodium storage in P2-Na_0.67Mn_0.6Ni_0.2Li_0.2O₂ is discussed. In tandem with electrochemical studies, the electronic and atomic structure are studied using solid-state NMR, operando XRD, and density functional theory (DFT). For the as-synthesized material, Li is located in comparable amounts within the sodium and the transition metal oxide (TMO) layers. Desodiation leads to a redistribution of Li ions within the crystal lattice. During charging, Li ions from the Na layer first migrate to the TMO layer before reversing their course at low Na contents. There is little change in the lattice parameters during charging/discharging, indicating stabilization of the P2 structure. This leads to a solid-solution type storage mechanism (sloping voltage profile) and hence excellent cycle life with a capacity of 110 mAh g^-1 after 100 cycles. In contrast, the Li-free compositions Na_0.67Mn_0.6Ni_0.4O₂ and Na_0.67Mn_0.8Ni_0.2O₂ show phase transitions and a stair-case voltage profile. The capacity is found to originate from mainly Ni³⁺/Ni⁴⁺ and O^2-/O^2-δ redox processes by DFT, although a small contribution from Mn⁴⁺/Mn⁵⁺ to the capacity cannot be excluded.     

Grid implementation of the Apriori algorithm

The paper presents the implementation of an association rules discovery data mining task using Grid technologies. For the mining task we are using the Apriori algorithm on top of the Globus toolkit. The case study presents the design and integration of the data mining algorithm with the Globus services. The paper compares the Grid version with related work in the field and we outline the conclusions and future work.     

Analysis of a Novel Flux-Weakening Structure of High-Speed Permanent-Magnet Motors Based on Soft-Magnetic Ferrite

Soft-magnetic ferrite has advantages of high initial magnetic permeability, high electric resistivity, low loss and low cost in the high-frequency alternating field. Considering the characters of soft-magnetic ferrite, this paper uses a soft-magnetic ferrite ring as stator core and presents a novel field-weakening structure of high speed PM motors. Based on this structure, a novel field-weakening method of PM motors can be presented. The equivalent reluctance of permanent magnetic field circuit can be changed by altering saturation degree of soft-magnetic ferrite core in this method. For the convenience of analysis and calculation, considering the magnetic field distribution in the motors, this paper deduces an equivalent two-dimensional finite element model of three-dimensional magnetic field, by which the field-weakening parameters of high speed PM motor can be conveniently analyzed. The simulation results of finite element model prove: the field-weakening structure of high speed PM motor based on soft-magnetic ferrite, presented in this paper, is valid and feasible, offers a valid and applicative method for field-weakening control of high speed PM motor.     

抗几何失真的视频Hashing算法研究

文中提出了一种基于视频灰度直方图形状的Hashing算法,能有效抵抗各种常见的几何失真和视频处理操作.算法的鲁棒性原理如下:1)由于直方图的形状与像素位置无关,故基于直方图的视频Hashing算法能有效抵抗各种常见的几何攻击;2)由于在计算Hashing前对视频帧进行了平滑预处理,故算法对加噪攻击、模糊滤波、有损压缩等处理操作有很好的鲁棒性;3)由于计算Hashing前在时间轴上进行了低通滤波预处理,故算法能抵抗帧率变化、帧丢失等时域同步攻击.实验结果表明,所提出的Hashing算法有良好的唯一性和鲁棒性能.     

重症监护病房紧急状况预警算法

重症监护病房中的病人身体状况通常很不稳定,常出现各种需要医护人员介入治疗的紧急状况。由于医疗资源有限,医护人员可能无法及时发现并处理这些紧急状况,给病人的存活率带来严重的负面影响。如果可以预测这些紧急状况的发生,并及时通知相关医护人员,将大大提高病人的存活率。常见重症监护病房紧急状况包括突然死亡、败血症、肺部感染、急性低血压、以及器官衰竭等。紧急状况预警建模主要采用病人的长时间生命体征监测数据,预测在一定时间之后发生某种紧急状况的可能性。预警模型所采用的监测数据分为静态数据、事件数据和时间序列数据等三类。静态数据具有容易采集、但预测准确性偏低的特点。事件数据或时间序列数据、以及多种类型数据的混合数据对于紧急状况预警模型的预测性能的提高有重要作用,将会获得更广泛的应用。     

云计算平台的虚拟安全

随着信息技术的发展和环保节能技术的普及和深入人心,越来越多的个人和组织对虚拟化技术感兴趣。然而,敏感数据传输和在线存储的安全是虚拟工作面临的重要挑战之一。在本文中,我们提供一个新的运行在云计算平台上的安全服务解决方案,该方案使用虚拟专有网络(VPN)和透明加密方式来保护虚拟工作的安全。它的优点是:按需使用,方便易用,成本效益高和管理简单。可以为中小型企业节省开支,不需要采购IT设备建立自己的虚拟工作的安全解决方案。     

电动汽车动力学控制研究进展

近年来随着全球资源、环境问题日益严峻,节能、环保的电动汽车得到快速发展。电动汽车采用电机驱动系统,具有转矩快速响应、易于精确测量、可实现动力分散控制、可实现制动能量回收等优点。充分挖掘并利用这些优点可显著提升车辆动力学控制性能。文中从电动汽车动力学控制运行参数的识别、动力学控制结构与方法两个角度综述了十多年来的研究成果,重点介绍了轮胎-路面接触条件识别方法、驱动防滑控制方法等。对车辆横向动力学控制,包括电子差速控制、直接横摆控制、底盘集成控制等研究现状也做了总结。最后对未来电动车辆动力学控制的发展方向作了几点展望。     

Energy-aware application performance management in virtualized data centers

Both performance and energy cost are important concerns for current data center operators. Traditionally, however, IT and mechanical engineers have separately optimized the cyber and physical aspects of data center operations. This paper considers both of these aspects with the eventual goal of developing performance and power management techniques that operate holistically to control the entire cyber-physical complex of data center installations. Toward this end, we propose a balance of payments model for holistic power and performance management. As an example of coordinated cyber-physical system management, the energy-aware cyber-physical system (EaCPS) uses an application controller on the cyber side to guarantee application performance, and on the physical side, it utilizes electric current-aware capacity management (CACM) to smartly place executables to reduce the energy consumption of each chassis present in a data center rack. A web application, representative of a multi-tier web site, is used to evaluate the performance of the controller on the cyber side, the CACM control on the physical side, and the holistic EaCPS methods in a mid-size instrumented data center. Results indicate that coordinated EaCPS outperforms separate cyber and physical control modules.     

多资源公平调度器在Hadoop 中的实现

目前Hadoop的作业调度算法都是将系统中的多类资源抽象成单一资源,分配给作业的资源均是节点资源中固定大小的一部分,称为插槽。这类基于插槽的算法没有考虑到系统多资源的差异性,忽略了不同类型作业对资源的不同需求,因此导致系统在吞吐量和平均作业完成时间上性能低下。本文研究了多资源环境下公平调度算法在Hadoop中的实现,设计了一种多资源公平调度器MFS(Multi-resource Fair Scheduler)。MFS采用了DRF(Dominant Resource Fairness)调度思想,使用需求向量来描述作业对各类资源的需求,并按照需求向量中各资源的大小给作业分配资源。MFS能更加充分有效地使用系统的各类资源,并能满足不同类型作业对资源的不同需求。实验表明相比于基于插槽的Fair Scheduler与Capacity Scheduler,MFS提高了系统的吞吐量,降低了平均作业完成时间。