Seasonal movements of muskellunge in the St. Clair – Detroit River System: Implications for multi-jurisdictional fisheries management

The St. Clair-Detroit River System contains a world-class Great Lakes muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) fishery that has avoided the declines observed in many Great Lakes muskellunge populations. Muskellunge are an upper trophic level predator, and therefore a naturally low-density species. Limited fishery-independent data exist on which to base management decisions. To remedy this, we initiated an acoustic telemetry study in May of 2016, in collaboration with the Great Lakes Acoustic Telemetry Observation System. Our objective was to describe patterns of movement of muskellunge in this large and open system to better understand their spatial ecology. We acoustically tagged 133 muskellunge in the Detroit River and Lake St. Clair, and movements of 58 fish that passed our data quality control screens were analyzed. We utilized mixed modelling to assess the effects of sex, length, release location, and season on daily movement rates. We found that movement rates only differed among seasons, with highest movement rates occurring in the fall and lowest movement rates in the winter. Muskellunge tagged at different locations exhibited distinct residency patterns, and fish frequently crossed jurisdictional and waterbody boundaries. Ultimately our study highlights the scope and patterns of muskellunge movement in a large, unimpounded system and demonstrates that management of these fish would benefit from consideration of their full distribution covering multiple management jurisdictions.     

NiMo/Cu-nanosheets/Ni-foam composite as a high performance electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution over a wide pH range

We designed and fabricated non-precious and highly efficient electrocatalysts of nickelmolybdenum/copper-nanosheets/nickel-foam composites (NiMo/Cu-NS/NF) by step electrodepositions, combining with chemical oxidation method. The catalysts were charaterized by means of SEM, XRD and XPS spectra. Their electrocatalytic activities were assessed by hydrogen evolution reactions (HER) over a wide pH range, where acidic, neutral and alkaline electrolytes were used, respectively. Benefiting from the unique midlayer Cu nanosheets (NS) architecture and optimum Mo–Ni composition at the surface layer which led to high electronic conductivity and large electrochemically active surface area (ECSA), the NiMo/Cu-NS/NF-2 catalyst displayed superior electrocatalytic activities with low overpotentials of η₁₀ = 43, 86 and 89 mV in 0.5 M H₂SO₄, 1.0 M PBS and 1.0 M KOH electrolyte, respectively. Especially in the acidic condition, it exhibited the best electrocatalytic activity with smaller Tafel slope of 54 mV dec^?1 and higher exchange current density of 1.93 mA cm^?2.     

Controllable 1D Patterned Assembly of Colloidal Quantum Dots on PbSO4 Nanoribbons

Control of the 1D self‐assembly pattern of colloidal quantum dots (QDs) on PbSO₄ nanoribbon (NRb) templates is achieved. The internal structure of the NRbs is investigated by X‐ray diffraction, revealing the isotropic packing of the PbSO₄ nanoclusters in the NRbs. Colloidal QDs in a chloroform/hexane mixture are adsorbed onto the region close to the edges of the NRbs and form a 1D assembly of straight single line or double lines by controlling the amount of OAm. This is the first demonstration of a densely packed 1D self‐assembly of colloidal QDs with a straight line pattern without the use of any molecular bridge or adhesive. Atomic force microscopy measurements of the NRbs show depressions in the phase profile along the width of the NRbs, corresponding to the position of the 1D QD chain. The amount of adsorbed QDs on the NRbs in solution decreases as the addition of OAm increases, suggesting that additional OAm prevents interaction between the QDs and NRbs but facilitates the uniform adsorption of the 1D assembly. The low‐dimensional self‐assembly of colloidal QDs in this study opens up the possibility for the creation of anisotropically assembled QD superstructures.     

宽带数字接收机IQ不平衡估计与自适应补偿算法

针对宽带调制解调技术中广泛存在的IQ不平衡问题,在IQ不平衡模型及补偿原理的分析基础上提出了一种宽带数字接收机IQ不平衡估计与自适应补偿算法。首先利用解调数据对IQ不平衡参数进行实时估计,然后利用估计参数对接收信号进行自适应补偿。实验结果表明,所提算法可以有效解决宽带调制解调系统中普遍存在的IQ不平衡问题,提升系统误码性能。     

Injury Analysis of Vehicle-Pedestrian Collision Based on Orthogonal Experiments

This paper studies the influence of different factors on pedestrian head injury in vehicle-pedestrian collisions. PC-Crash software is used to construct simulation experiments under ten factors. The research shows that the injury to pedestrians in reverse impact is greater than that to pedestrians in forward impact. With the acceleration of vehicle speed, the HIC value of pedestrians will increase with the increase of the height of the front hood from the ground. When the vehicle speed is less than 40 km/h, the injury to pedestrians in a forward-leaning emergency posture is smaller, and the injury to a standing emergency posture is the highest.     

Numerical modelling and optimisation of natural convection heat loss suppression in a solar cavity receiver with plate fins

This study details the numerical modelling and optimization of natural convection heat suppression in a solar cavity receiver with plate fins. The use of plate fins attached to the inner aperture surface is presented as a possible low cost means of suppressing natural convection heat loss in a cavity receiver. In the first part of the study a three-dimensional numerical model that captures the heat transfer and flow processes in the cavity receiver is analyzed, and the possibilities of optimization were then established. The model is laminar in the range of Rayleigh number, inclination angle, plate height and thickness considered. In the second part of the study, the geometric parameters considered were optimized using optimization programme with search algorithm. The results indicate that significant reduction on the natural convection heat loss can be achieved from cavity receivers by using plate fins, and an optimal plate fins configuration exit for minimal natural convection heat loss for a given range of Rayleigh number. Reduction of up to a maximum of 20% at 0° receiver inclination was observed. The results obtained provide a novel approach for improving design of cavity receiver for optimal performance.     

一种广义不可分支持向量机算法

针对标准的C-SVM(C-support vector machine)算法在处理很多实际分类问题时，对识别错误代价损失差异很大的极端情况表现出的局限性，提出一种通用的 广义支持向量机算法。根据识别错误后所付出的代价，可以把最优分类面向代价损失低的一方进行推移，留给代价损失高的一方更大的空间，提高其识别率，从而减小识别错误后带来的代价损失。该方法进一步提高了标准C SVM的适用性以及样本的正确识别率，将新算法应用到高分辨雷达距离像的识别中，实验证明,广义C-SVM能取得比传统C-SVM更好的识别效果。     

Effect of Solute Elements and Cooling Rate on Strain in Brittle Temperature Range of Continuously Cast Strand

A micro-segregation model of solute elements in mushy zone withδ/γtransformation during solidification was established based on the regular hexagon transverse cross section of dendrite shape proposed by finite difference method under the non-equilibrium solidification condition.The model was used to calculate the non-equilibrium pseudo binary Fe-C phase diagram and the strain of steels induced by variation of temperature in brittle temperature range.On the basis of the phase diagram and the strain,the strain curve in brittle temperature range as a function of carbon content for continuously cast strand was introduced and obtained.Solute elements change the position of the strain curve.And cooling rate changes the position and the shape of the strain curve.The comprehensive formula of the strain as functions of solute elements and cooling rate in brittle temperature range has been obtained by nonlinear fitting program.     

基于Nef的组网雷达包络三维可视化研究

提出了采用基于CGAL库定义的Nef多面体数据结构,并结合Nef多面体之间的三维布尔操作来解决组网雷达探测范围相互重叠的雷达包络可视化问题。试验测试结果表明,每组试验样本求交后的三角网格正常,可视化效果好,满足项目应用需求。     

Modeling for the electromagnetic properties and EMI shielding of Cf/mullite composites in the gigahertz range

The electromagnetic properties and EMI shielding effectiveness of C_f/mullite composites via the spark plasma sintering were intensively investigated in the gigahertz range (8.2–12.4 GHz). Experimental results have revealed excellent electromagnetic properties and a high value of EMI shielding effectiveness (nearly 40 dB) for C_f/mullite composites with 1.65 vol% carbon fillers at thickness of 2 mm. We quantitatively characterize the contributions of microstructural features to overall EMI shielding effectiveness using a micromechanics-based homogenization model. The EMI shielding effectiveness enhances with respect to the C_f volume concentration before the threshold. The increasing trend of EMI shielding effectiveness with respect to AC (alternating current) frequency can be attributed to enhanced conductivity at high gigahertz range. It is demonstrated that filler and frequency dependent interface effects are essential to obtain excellent electromagnetic properties of C_f/mullite composite. The present research can provide guidances for the design of ceramic-based composites applied in high-temperature EMI shielding devices.