Effect of an abrupt change in pulling rate on microstructures of directionally solidified Al2O3-Er3Al5O12 eutectic and off-eutectic composite ceramics

Directionally solidified microstructures of Al₂O₃-Er₃Al₅O₁₂ eutectic and off-eutectic in situ composite ceramics were explored under abrupt-change pulling rate conditions. Corresponding temperature distributions and interface locations were studied. In eutectic composition, fluctuation of eutectic spacing occurred when the pulling rate increased abruptly. A gradually increase or abrupt increase in eutectic spacing was observed when the pulling rate decreased abruptly. In hypoeutectic and hypereutectic compositions, formation of the primary phases were suppressed when the pulling rate increased abruptly from 10?µm/s to 100?µm/s, while primary phases precipitated when the pulling rate decreased abruptly from 100?µm/s to 10?µm/s. The interface altitude decreased after the pulling rate increased abruptly, but increased after the pulling rate decreased abruptly. The liquid composition restriction (around the eutectic composition) at the eutectic interface plays an important role in the suppression of the primary dendrite and coupled eutectic oxides can be obtained in off-eutectic compositions even under higher solidification rate conditions.     

Grain growth kinetics and growth mechanism of columnar Al2O3 crystals in xNb2O5–7.5La2O3-Al2O3 ceramic composites

xNb₂O₅–7.5La₂O₃-Al₂O₃ ceramic composites with in-situ-grown columnar Al₂O₃ crystals were successfully prepared by microwave sintering at 1450–1525?°C using α-Al₂O₃, Nb₂O₅, and La₂O₃ powders as raw materials. X-ray diffraction results indicated that the main phases were Al₂O₃, LaNbO₄, and Nb₂O₅ in the prepared samples. A field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) showed that the Al₂O₃ crystals appeared as columnar in the structure. Moreover, the grain size of the columnar Al₂O₃ crystals increased with the Nb₂O₅ content. The ratio of the major axis to the minor axis of the crystals was largest when the Nb₂O₅ content was 15?vol%. Furthermore, the grain-growth kinetics index (n), growth activation energy (Q), and growth mechanism of the columnar Al₂O₃ crystals were studied. The results indicated that the Nb₂O₅ addition could promote formation and growth of columnar Al₂O₃ crystals, and the grain-growth activation energy indicated that the dissolution process controls the crystal growth. The growth mechanism of the columnar Al₂O₃ crystals was also studied. The present work demonstrated that Nb₂O₅ is a good additive for the preparation of Nb₂O₅–7.5La₂O₃-Al₂O₃ composite ceramics with columnar Al₂O₃ crystals.     

Selective clustering for representative paintings selection

Multimedia Tools and Applications - Selective classification (or rejection based classification) has been proved useful in many applications. In this paper we describe a selective clustering...     

超声提取-离子色谱法测定银精矿中水溶性氟

银精矿中水溶性氟会随雨水的冲刷进入生物圈,直接对土壤、水体、大气、人类健康产生危害。实验提出超声提取-离子色谱法测定银精矿中水溶性氟,为银精矿中水溶性氟的检测及后续环境影响评估提供重要的技术支撑。称取0.2g样品(过150目筛),加入30mL水,在40℃时超声提取20min后,使用阴离子交换柱进行分离,使用碳酸钠-碳酸氢钠混合溶液作为淋洗液进行淋洗,洗脱时间为25min,通过电导检测器进行F^-检测。F^-质量浓度在0.5~10mg/L范围内与对应的峰面积呈线性关系,校准曲线线性相关系数为0.9998;方法检出限为0.062mg/L,测定下限为0.21mg/L。按照实验方法测定两个银精矿中水溶性氟,测定结果的相对标准偏差(RSD,n=6)为3.8%和4.3%;加标回收率为92%~102%。     

基于注意力机制与文本信息的用户关系抽取

随着社交媒体的发展,用户之间的关系网络对于社交媒体的分析有很大的帮助。因此,该文主要研究用户好友关系检测。以往的关于用户好友关系抽取的研究主要基于社交媒体上的结构化信息,比如其他好友关系,用户的不同属性等。但是,很多时候用户本身并没有大量的好友信息存在,同时也不一定有很多确定的属性。因此,我们希望基于用户发表的文本信息来对用户关系进行预测。不同于以往的潜在好友推荐算法,该文提出了一种基于注意力机制以及长短时记忆网络(long short-term memory,LSTM)的好友关系预测模型,将好友之间的评论分开处理,通过分析用户之间的评论来判断是否具备一定的好友关系。该模型将好友双方信息拼接后的结果作为输入,并将注意力机制应用于LSTM的输出。实验表明,用户之间的评论对于好友关系预测确实有较大的实际意义,该文提出的模型较之于多个基准系统的效果,取得了明显的提升。在不加入任何其它非文本特征的情况下,实验结果的准确率达到了77%。     

On Cost Aware Cloudlet Placement for Mobile Edge Computing

As accessing computing resources from the remote cloud inherently incurs high end-to-end (E2E) delay for mobile users, cloudlets, which are deployed at the edge of a network, can potentially mitigate this problem. Although some research works focus on allocating workloads among cloudlets, the cloudlet placement aiming to minimize the deployment cost (i.e., consisting of both the cloudlet cost and average E2E delay cost) has not been addressed effectively so far. The locations and number of cloudlets have a crucial impact on both the cloudlet cost in the network and average E2E delay of users. Therefore, in this paper, we propose the Cost Aware cloudlet PlAcement in moBiLe Edge computing (CAPABLE) strategy, where both the cloudlet cost and average E2E delay are considered in the cloudlet placement. To solve this problem, a Lagrangian heuristic algorithm is developed to achieve the suboptimal solution. After cloudlets are placed in the network, we also design a workload allocation scheme to minimize the E2E delay between users and their cloudlets by considering the user mobility. The performance of CAPABLE has been validated by extensive simulations.      

Applying modified cuckoo search algorithm for solving systems of nonlinear equations

Neural Computing and Applications - In the present paper, a modified cuckoo search algorithm is proposed for solving nonlinear equations, that is, the niche cuckoo search algorithm (NCSA) based on...     

Catalytic oxidation of CO on mesoporous codoped ceria catalysts:Insights into correlation of physicochemical property and catalytic activity

Codoping approach is an appealing strategy to further improve the catalytic activity of Ce-based catalysts. In the present study,Mn and/or Cu doped ceria solid solutions MnxCuyCe_(1-x-y)O_2,Cu_xCe_(1-x)O_2,Mn_xCe_(1-x)O_2 and pure CeO_2 were prepared by CTAB-assisted hydrothermal method for CO oxidation.XRD, SEM, EDS, BET, Raman, H2-TPR, XPS and in situ DRIFTS techniques were carried out to study the physicochemical properties and to correlate them to the activity. The doped samples maintain the cubic fluorite structure of CeO_2 with high crystallinity and small crystallite size, forming Ce-based solid solutions. The obtained catalysts have large mesoporous structure with average pore size of 10-14 nm. The doped transition metal enhances the oxygen vacancies and improves reducibility of the solids. The synergistic interaction of Mn and Cu codoping induces mo re oxygen vacancies, pro moting the increase of surface adsorbed oxygen and the transfer of bulk oxygen of catalyst, thereby enhancing the catalytic activity for CO oxidation. Besides, the decomposition rate of the carbonate species which is derived from in situ DRIFTS for each catalyst can provide a measure to evaluate its catalytic activity of CO oxidation.     

A three-stage real-time detector for traffic signs in large panoramas

Computational Visual Media - Traffic sign detection is one of the key components in autonomous driving. Advanced autonomous vehicles armed with high quality sensors capture high definition images...