The visual impact of augmented reality during an assembly task

Many studies have shown the benefits of augmented reality (AR) to improve manufacturing and control processes in industry. However, the presentation of AR content through optical see-through head-mounted displays may induce unnatural viewing conditions, which consequences on the user’s visual system have not been investigated yet. This study aimed at assessing whether using AR instructions to guide a manual task, i.e., conditions where the user is forced to repeatedly look at and accommodate in different planes to extract information from both real and virtual environments, could potentially impact the visual system of operators. A before/after design study was carried out, asking 26 participants to perform Lego assemblies for 30 min with either paper or AR instructions. The effects of using AR compared to paper instructions were evaluated both on binocular vision, with classical optometric measurements, and on visual fatigue, with the Virtual Reality Symptoms Questionnaire. No clinically significant differences in optometric measurements (far/near visual acuity, stereoacuity, phoria, convergence, fusional amplitude, accommodation amplitude, accommodative convergence) have been found between AR and paper instructions, and only negligible fatigue symptoms have been seen specifically for AR. Results from both objective and subjective measurements suggest that there is no impact of AR on the oculomotor system and that, in this specific case of use, AR can be safely used for production operators.     

一种适用于混合型分类数据的聚类算法

传统的K-modes算法采用简单的属性匹配方式计算同一属性下不同属性值的距离，并且计算样本距离时令所有属性权重相等。在此基础上，综合考虑有序型分类数据中属性值的顺序关系、无序型分类数据中不同属性值之间的相似性以及各属性之间的关系等，提出一种更加适用于混合型分类数据的改进聚类算法，该算法对无序型分类数据和有序型分类数据采用不同的距离度量，并且用平均熵赋予相应的权重。实验结果表明，改进算法在人工数据集和真实数据集上均有比K-modes算法及其改进算法更好的聚类效果。     

基于Marr小波改进的SIFT算法的遥感影像配准

〖HTH〗通讯作者〖HTSS〗:[ZK（]金〓燕(1991-)，女，山东济宁人，硕士研究生，主要从事图形图像处理，图像与视觉信息计算方面的研究。E\|mail:jyan0529@163.com。[ZK）] 〖ZW)〗〖HT〗 〖AM〗〖HT5SS〗〖MM(〗〖ZZ(S〗〖HT5”〗〖SX(B〗第34卷〓第3期〖〗2019年6月〖SX)〗[KG0.2mm]〖KG7*3〗〖HT〗〖SX(B〗遥〓感〓技〓术〓与〓应〓用〖〗〖WT5，6〗REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATION〖SX)〗〓〓〓〓〖KG6*2〗〖WT5”BX〗〖SX(B〗Vol.34〓No.3〖〗Jun.2019〖WT〗〖SX)〗〖ZZ)〗〖MM)〗〖HT〗 〖HT2H〗〖JZ(〗〖WTHZ〗〖STHZ〗 基于Marr小波改进的SIFT算法的遥感影像配准 〖STBZ〗〖WTBZ〗〖HT4K〗 张海涛，金〓燕，刘万军 〖HT5K〗 (辽宁工程技术大学 软件学院，辽宁 葫芦岛〓125105) 〖JZ)〗〖ＨＴ５Ｈ〗〖GK2!2〗摘要〖HTK〗: [KG(0.1mm]针对遥感图像配准方法中错误匹配点对过多、配准效率低和其他性能，提出了一种基于小波的遥感图像配准方法。首先，利用尺度空间理论下的Marr小波对参考图像和待配准图像进行特征提取，然后利用欧氏距离对参考图像和待配准图像的特征点进行初配准，再根据随机采样一致法，对初配准结果进行精配准。为了验证方法的有效性，选择无人机实时航拍图像、不同时相变化遥感图像以及遥感不同高度的遥感图像。实验结果表明：该方法与SIFT(Scale Invariant Feature Transform)算法以及其他改进SIFT算法相比可以有效剔除错误匹配点对，提高了配准精度，同时提高配准效率两倍以上。该方法可以应用于不同遥感数据源，能够有效地提高配准精度，降低配准时间。[KG)] 〖ＨＴＨ〗关〓键〓词〖ＨＴ５Ｋ〗: 遥感图像配准;Marr小波;欧氏距离;随机采样一致法 〖ＨＴＨ〗中图分类号〖HTSS〗:TP79〓〓〖HTH〗文献标志码〖HTSS〗:A〓〓〖HTH〗文章编号〖HTSS〗:1004 0323(2019)03 0622 08 〖HK〗〖HT5SS〗     

基于词法特征的恶意域名快速检测算法

针对互联网中恶意域名攻击事件频发，现有域名检测方法实时性不强的问题，提出一种基于词法特征的恶意域名快速检测算法。该算法根据恶意域名的特点，首先将所有待测域名按照长度进行正则化处理后赋予权值；然后利用聚类算法将待测域名划分成多个小组，并利用改进的堆排序算法按照组内权值总和计算各域名小组优先级，根据优先级降序依次计算各域名小组中每一域名与黑名单上域名之间的编辑距离；最后依据编辑距离值快速判定恶意域名。算法运行结果表明，基于词法特征的恶意域名快速检测算法与单一使用域名语义和单一使用域名词法的恶意域名检测算法相比，准确率分别提高1.7%与2.5%，检测速率分别提高13.9%与6.8%，具有更高的准确率和实时性。     

基于星座图对射频指纹识别方法的研究

针对星座图的射频(RF)指纹识别方案中,低信噪比环境下识别准确率低的问题,提出一种基于欧式距离与幅度距离的二维识别算法来进行RF指纹识别。该方案通过对星座图进行优化处理,可从优化后的星座图中提取识别性能更好的RF指纹,再通过二维识别算法来提高识别准确率。仿真结果表明:与仅用欧式距离作为判断依据的方法相比,所提出的二维识别算法的识别准确率最高可提升8%,在设备容量为50组的情况下识别准确率为77.8%,并且从优化后的星座图中所提取的RF指纹具有更好的唯一性和稳定性。     

In vivo Kinetic Biodistribution of Nano‐Sized Outer Membrane Vesicles Derived from Bacteria

Evaluation of kinetic distribution and behaviors of nanoparticles in vivo provides crucial clues into their roles in living organisms. Extracellular vesicles are evolutionary conserved nanoparticles, known to play important biological functions in intercellular, inter‐species, and inter‐kingdom communication. In this study, the first kinetic analysis of the biodistribution of outer membrane vesicles (OMVs)—bacterial extracellular vesicles—with immune‐modulatory functions is performed. OMVs, injected intraperitoneally, spread to the whole mouse body and accumulate in the liver, lung, spleen, and kidney within 3 h of administration. As an early systemic inflammation response, increased levels of TNF‐α and IL‐6 are observed in serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. In addition, the number of leukocytes and platelets in the blood is decreased. OMVs and cytokine concentrations, as well as body temperature are gradually decreased 6 h after OMV injection, in concomitance with the formation of eye exudates, and of an increase in ICAM‐1 levels in the lung. Following OMV elimination, most of the inflammatory signs are reverted, 12 h post‐injection. However, leukocytes in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid are increased as a late reaction. Taken together, these results suggest that OMVs are effective mediators of long distance communication in vivo.     

Reducing the complexity of distance measurement methods for circular turbo codes that use structured interleavers

The knowledge of turbo code's minimum Hamming distance (d_min) and its corresponding codeword multiplicity (A_min) is of a great importance because the error correction capability of a code is strongly tied to the values of d_min and A_min. Unfortunately, the computational complexity associated with the search for d_min and A_min can be very high, especially for a turbo code that has high d_min value. This paper introduces some useful properties of turbo codes that use structured interleavers together with circular encoding. These properties allow for a significant reduction of search space and thus reduce significantly the computational complexity associated with the determination of d_min and A_min values. © 2014 The Authors. International Journal of Communication Systems published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Commitment-based device-pairing protocol with synchronized drawings and comparison metrics

This article presents a new method for pairing devices securely. The commitment-based authentication uses a fuzzy secret that the devices only know approximately. Its novel feature is time-based opening of commitments in a single round. We also introduce a new source for the fuzzy secret: synchronized drawing with two fingers of the same hand on two touch screens or surfaces. The drawings are encoded as strings and compared with an edit-distance metric. A prototype implementation of this surprisingly simple and natural pairing mechanism shows that it accurately differentiates between true positives and man-in-the-middle attackers.     

一种低信噪比环境下的语音端点检测算法

端点检测技术是语音信号处理的关键技术之一，为提高低信噪比环境下端点检测的准确率和稳健性，提出了一种非平稳噪声抑制和调制域谱减结合功率归一化倒谱距离的端点检测算法。该算法首先通过抑制非平稳噪声再采用调制域谱减消除残余噪声来提升信噪比，减少语音失真。然后再提取每帧信号的功率归一化倒谱系数，计算每帧信号与背景噪声的功率归一化倒谱距离。最后将该倒谱距离作为检测参数，采用双门限判决方法进行端点检测。实验结果表明，该端点检测算法对语音帧和噪声帧具有较好的区分性。此外，在低信噪比环境下，所提出的算法对于不同类型的噪声都具有较好的稳健性。     

Hydroxyl Group Separation Distances in Anti-Freeze Compounds and Their Effects on Ice Nucleation

Since the discovery of biological antifreeze glycoproteins (AFGPs), which can inhibit ice nucleation, there has been considerable interest in understanding their mechanisms and mimicking them in synthetic polymers. In this study, we used molecular dynamics simulations of modified polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) compounds to show that the hydroxyl (OH) group distance is a key factor in whether certain compounds promote or inhibit ice nucleation. A hydroxyl distance smaller than ~2.8 Å but greater than ~7.1 Å in modified PVA (MPVA) compounds was associated with the promotion of ice nucleation, while a hydroxyl group separation distance of approximately ~5.0 Å was correlated with a delay in ice nucleation, owing to changes in the energy of the system. Thus, these results may help explain some of the mechanisms of current known anti-freeze compounds and may have implications for designing new anti-freeze compounds in the future.