Latchkey children and susceptibility to peer pressure: An ecological analysis.

Data on adolescents' after-school experiences and their susceptibility to peer pressure were derived from surveys administered to a heterogeneous sample of 865 adolescents in Grades 5–9. Consistent with the findings of previous studies, the results show that Ss who reported home after school were not significantly different from those who were supervised by their parents at home during after-school hours. However, when a 2nd sample of latchkey children (n?=?594) was studied to include greater variation in after-school experiences, Ss who were more removed from adult supervision were found to be more susceptible to peer pressure to engage in antisocial activity. Ss who were home alone were less susceptible to peer pressure than are those who were at a friend's house after school, and those who were at a friend's house, in turn, were less susceptible than were those who describe themselves as "hanging out." Moreover, latchkey Ss whose parents knew their whereabouts and those who had been raised authoritatively were less susceptible to peer influence than were their peers, even if their afternoons were spent in contexts in which adult supervision was lax and susceptibility to peer pressure was generally high. (17 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Photothermal radiometric detection and imaging of surface cracks

This paper discusses surface crack detection by photothermal radiometric imaging (PRI). In PRI, also called dynamic infrared scanning, a surface is scanned with a spot of heat. Imperfections are detected by radiometrically sensing changes in the surface temperature of a small area in the vicinity of this spot. In the work described, cracks narrower than 25 µm (0.001 in.) in a lightly rusted steel surface have been detected. Indiscrete scanning an amplitude modulated heating beam is moved in steps, remaining at each location long enough to measure amplitude and phase of the AC temperature. Incontinuous scanning a constant intensity heating beam is moved continuously while the temperature deviations are measured. This paper presents methods of calculating amplitude and phase of surface temperature for discrete scanning and instantaneous temperature for continuous scanning across a surface crack. For a steel surface scanned by a watt-level laser beam, predicted surface temperature deviations when crossing the crack are several degrees Celsius, with expected radiometrically detected power several orders of magnitude above the detector noise. In experiments performed, both techniques easily detected narrow cracks in a smooth, clean surface. Discolorations and pits, on the other hand, generate a disturbing type of surface noise. This noise was minimized by differential detection. Based on results obtained, continuously scanned PRI with a fan-type heating beam and array detection could become a viable way of mapping surface cracks at practical scanning speeds.     

On mapping processes to processors in distributed systems

This paper is concerned with the implementation of parallel programs on networks of processors. In particular, we study the use of the network augmenting approach as an implementation tool. According to this approach, the capabilities of a given network of processors can be increased by adding some auxiliary links among the processors. We prove that the minimum set of edges needed to augment a line-like network so that it can accommodate a parallel program is determined by an optimal path cover of the graph representation of the program. Anoptimal path cover of a simple graphG is a set of vertex-disjoint paths that cover all the vertices ofG and has the maximum possible number of edges. We present a linear time optimal path covering algorithm for a class of sparse graphs. This algorithm is of special interest since the optimal path covering problem is NP-complete for general graphs. Our results suggest that a cover and augment scheme can be used for optimal implementation of parallel programs in line-like networks.A preliminary version of this paper was presented at the 6th IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM '87).This reseach is supported in part by National Semiconductor (Israel), Ltd.     

低碳钢显微结构的EBSD表征

近年来,新开发的电子背散射衍射技术将多晶材料的显微组织、微区成分与结晶学数据分析联系起来,能对晶界类型、取向、位向差和结构及其分布进行观察、统计测定和定量分析,从而建立了晶界结构、取向和织构等与多晶材料性能的定量和半定量关系,成为现代材料研究的重要实验技术。笔者结合低碳钢生产中的一些实际问题,扼要介绍了电子背散射衍射技术中的晶体取向图在多晶材料显微结构表征中的应用。     

基于红外检测的变电站设备热状态诊断

提出了一种基于红外检测的变电站设备热状态诊断方案。首先基于变电站设备的红外图像,采用局部方差映射函数和遗传算法阈值提取了变电站设备的热状态数据,以用于对异常区域进行分割。然后构建了红外图像灰度数与变电站设备温度两者之间的关系。最后采用改进的相对温差法达到了对设备热状态进行分类和诊断的目标,并捕获定位了变电站设备的热状态异常区域。实验结果表明,该方法提高了异常热区提取的精度和效率,提升了变电站设备热状态诊断的容错能力,进一步保证了变电站和整个电力系统的运行稳定性。     

Gap Junctional Communication via Connexin43 between Purkinje Fibers and Working Myocytes Explains the Epicardial Activation Pattern in the Postnatal Mouse Left Ventricle

The mammalian ventricular myocardium forms a functional syncytium due to flow of electrical current mediated in part by gap junctions localized within intercalated disks. The connexin (Cx) subunit of gap junctions have direct and indirect roles in conduction of electrical impulse from the cardiac pacemaker via the cardiac conduction system (CCS) to working myocytes. Cx43 is the dominant isoform in these channels. We have studied the distribution of Cx43 junctions between the CCS and working myocytes in a transgenic mouse model, which had the His-Purkinje portion of the CCS labeled with green fluorescence protein. The highest number of such connections was found in a region about one-third of ventricular length above the apex, and it correlated with the peak proportion of Purkinje fibers (PFs) to the ventricular myocardium. At this location, on the septal surface of the left ventricle, the insulated left bundle branch split into the uninsulated network of PFs that continued to the free wall anteriorly and posteriorly. The second peak of PF abundance was present in the ventricular apex. Epicardial activation maps correspondingly placed the site of the first activation in the apical region, while some hearts presented more highly located breakthrough sites. Taken together, these results increase our understanding of the physiological pattern of ventricular activation and its morphological underpinning through detailed CCS anatomy and distribution of its gap junctional coupling to the working myocardium.     

基于自动机理论的密码匹配方法

针对用户安全登录问题,提出了一种基于自动机的密码匹配模型.首先,对于用户任意输入的密码进行同态映射加密; 其次,构造出可接受加密密码的自动机——状态数目可变自动机(VNS - DFA),该自动机不仅能够匹配加密密码,同时还可以输出加密密码的同态原像以及匹配成功的次数; 最后,在状态数目可变的自动机上对用户输入的密码进行实验验证表明,用户建立的密码经过同态映射后可全部被该自动机接受,且该自动机的时间复杂度优于传统的DFA以及改进的DFA.     

基于数字孪生的飞机总装生产线建模

为了实现飞机制造企业总装生产线车间物理空间与信息空间的实时交互与深度融合,通过分析飞机总装生产线组成单元与生产业务逻辑,提出基于数字孪生的飞机总装生产线车间建模框架. 从“人、机、料、法、环、测”六维视角出发,阐述生产线关键要素建模与实现,并提出飞机总装生产线三维可视化及信息集成平台实现技术流程. 在CATIA中建立车间三维数字模型,基于浏览器和WebGL技术建立虚拟空间,通过采集生产现场过程数据实现物理实体向虚拟空间的实时映射. 以某型飞机总装生产线车间为例,实现总装现场与虚拟可视化的同步映射、WebServices服务、信息查询服务及装配工艺过程查询服务,有效提高作业效率并为工作人员决策提供科学参考.     

基于双目强约束的直接稀疏视觉里程计

为了提高双目直接稀疏里程计(Stereo Direct Sparse Odometry, Stereo DSO)的定位速度和精度, 使得移动机器人可以更有效地执行任务, 提出了一种基于双目强约束的直接稀疏视觉里程计系统。基于直接法的即时定位与地图构建(Simultaneous Localization and Mapping, SLAM)系统直接对图像像素构建光度误差优化函数, 无需提取特征点, 克服了基于特征点法的SLAM系统在弱纹理场景下不鲁棒的缺陷, 并且在前端跟踪阶段效率更高。提出一种快速、准确的双目初始化方法, 结合三角化不确定性为不同类型的点赋予不同的深度范围, 加速深度滤波器的收敛。同时, 在运动估计阶段引入双目约束, 使得该系统在绝对尺度上的定位更加准确。通过在公开的KITTI数据集11个序列上进行实验, 实验结果表明所提出的算法在定位精度上明显优于同样采用直接法的Stereo Large Scale Direct SLAM(LSD-SLAM2)和Stereo DSO, 并达到与基于特征点法的ORB-SLAM3相近的水平, 为直接法SLAM提供一种更优的定位方案。     

基于XML异构数据库集成中间件的设计与实现

为了解决网络环境中异构数据库数据共享和协作问题,提出了基于XML中间件技术实现异构数据库之间信息交换模型.在此模型中对虚拟法或中介法模型进行改进设计了翻译器、集成器和转换器,分别用于数据获取、合并和格式转换.为了更精确地描述XML文件自身结构信息,实现了从DTD到XML Schema的转换.