3D fingerprint reconstruction system using feature correspondences and prior estimated finger model

The paper studies a 3D fingerprint reconstruction technique based on multi-view touchless fingerprint images. This technique offers a solution for 3D fingerprint image generation and application when only multi-view 2D images are available. However, the difficulties and stresses of 3D fingerprint reconstruction are the establishment of feature correspondences based on 2D touchless fingerprint images and the estimation of the finger shape model. In this paper, several popular used features, such as scale invariant feature transformation (SIFT) feature, ridge feature and minutiae, are employed for correspondences establishment. To extract these fingerprint features accurately, an improved fingerprint enhancement method has been proposed by polishing orientation and ridge frequency maps according to the characteristics of 2D touchless fingerprint images. Therefore, correspondences can be established by adopting hierarchical fingerprint matching approaches. Through an analysis of 440 3D point cloud finger data (220 fingers, 2 pictures each) collected by a 3D scanning technique, i.e., the structured light illumination (SLI) method, the finger shape model is estimated. It is found that the binary quadratic function is more suitable for the finger shape model than the other mixed model tested in this paper. In our experiments, the reconstruction accuracy is illustrated by constructing a cylinder. Furthermore, results obtained from different fingerprint feature correspondences are analyzed and compared to show which features are more suitable for 3D fingerprint images generation.     

Boosting performance of transactional memory through O-GEHL predictors

Time-based Software Transactional Memory (STM) exploits a global clock to validate transactional data and guarantee consistency of transactions. While this method is simple to implement it results in contentions over the clock if transactions commit simultaneously. The alternative method is thread local clock (TLC) which exploits local variables to maintain consistency of transactions. However, TLC may increase false aborts and degrade performance of STMs. In this paper, we analyze global clock and TLC in the context of STM systems, highlighting both the implementation trade-offs and the performance implications of the two techniques. We demonstrate that neither global clock nor TLC is optimum across applications. To counter this challenge, we introduce two optimization techniques: The first optimization technique is Adaptive Clock (AC) which dynamically selects one of the two validation techniques based on probability of conflicts. AC is a speculative approach and relies on software O-GEHL predictors to speculate future conflicts. The second optimization technique is AC+ which reduces timing overhead of O-GEHL predictors by implementing the predictors in hardware. In addition, we exploit information theory to eliminate unnecessary computational resources and reduce storage requirements of the O-GEHL predictors. Our evaluation with TL2 and Stamp benchmark suite reveals that AC is effective and improves execution time of transactional applications up to 65%.     

铸膜液结构对PVC/PMMA合金微滤膜性能的影响

通过高分子合金化,以L-S相转化法制备了PVC/PMMA非对称型合金微滤膜,考察了铸膜液结构对微滤膜结构与性能的影响.结果表明:随聚合物浓度、铸膜液温度升高合金膜水通量降低,平均孔径减小;增大PMMA含量,水通量上升,平均孔径增大;随添加剂量的增加,合金膜水通量上升,平均孔径减小.     

飞机蒙皮局部腐蚀的原位快速修复工艺

采用电刷镀设备对飞机硬铝合金蒙皮表面局部的腐蚀进行阳极化，然后实施喷漆，从而达到了原位快速修复的目的。介绍了快速修复的原理及工艺过程、采用间隙盐雾试验考察了修复层的耐蚀性能结果表明，飞机铝舍金蒙皮修复后耐蚀性能为处理前的4倍，使用寿命得以延长：     

高稳定性化学镀镍磷合金工艺

采用正交试验法筛选络合剂，确定了以柠檬酸，琥珀酸和苹果酸复配作为络合剂的化学镀镍磷工艺，该工艺具有高稳定性，高装载量等优点，易在工业生产中应用。     

Improving cache locality for GPU-based volume rendering

We present a cache-aware method for accelerating texture-based volume rendering on a graphics processing unit (GPU). Because a GPU has hierarchical architecture in terms of processing and memory units, cache optimization is important to maximize performance for memory-intensive applications. Our method localizes texture memory reference according to the location of the viewpoint and dynamically selects the width and height of thread blocks (TBs) so that each warp, which is a series of 32 threads processed simultaneously, can minimize memory access strides. We also incorporate transposed indexing of threads to perform TB-level cache optimization for specific viewpoints. Furthermore, we maximize TB size to exploit spatial locality with fewer resident TBs. For viewpoints with relatively large strides, we synchronize threads of the same TB at regular intervals to realize synchronous ray propagation. Experimental results indicate that our cache-aware method doubles the worst rendering performance compared to those provided by the CUDA and OpenCL software development kits.     

Preparation and characterization of electroplated amorphous gold-nickel alloy film for electrical contact applications

A process for electroplating amorphous gold-nickel alloy with the atomic ratio of unity was developed. The plating bath was prepared by adding potassium cyanoaurate(I) into a known plating bath which produces amorphous nickel-tungsten alloy. At a sufficiently high gold concentration, the alloy deposit did not contain any tungsten. The amorphous nature of the Au-Ni alloy produced in the new bath was confirmed by using TEM and THEED. Hardness, resistivity, and contact resistance of this new alloy were determined, and the results are discussed for applications as an electrical contact material.     

高硅铸铝合金镀前浸锌液

针对高硅铸铝件在组成，组织与性能上的特点，研究了8种高硅铝合金镀前浸锌液。用扫描电镜（SEM）观察了8种不同的浸锌液配方浸锌的试片的表面浸锌膜的微观形貌，测定了浸锌后镀镍层与试片的结合力，优选了能获得良好结合力的最佳浸锌液配方。并研究了随浸锌时间的增加，锌晶核的析出与成长的过程，结果表明，当氢氧化钠140g/L，氧化锌14～20g/L、氯化镍1.5g/L时，试片镀镍后结合力良好。发现浸锌液能够溶解铝合金部分组织，并在铝表面造成孔洞，这种孔洞对镀层起着锚链作用，铝合金表面孔洞的均匀分散以及细小锌晶粒的高度弥散是得到良好结合力的前提。     

锌镍合金镀层在海洋大气环境紧固件防护上的应用

分别介绍了锌镍合金无氰碱性电镀工艺流程、工艺配方、钝化工艺和钝化膜老化处理工艺。研究了镀液的分散能力。分析了锌镍合金镀层特点。4年的应用实践证明,锌镍合金镀层对海洋大气环境中紧固件的防护效果明显。     

ON GENERALIZED FRACTIONAL PROCESSES

Abstract. A class of stationary long-memory processes is proposed which is an extension of the fractional autoregressive moving-average (FARMA) model. The FARMA model is limited by the fact that it does not allow data with persistent cyclic (or seasonal) behavior to be considered. Our extension, which includes the FARMA model as a special case, makes use of the properties of the generating function of the Gegenbauer polynomials, and we refer to these models as Gegenbauer autoregressive moving-average (GARMA) models. While the FARMA model has a peak in the spectrum at f = 0, the GARMA process can model long-term periodic behavior for any frequency 0 f 0.5. Properties of the GARMA process are examined and techniques for generation of realizations, model identification and parameter estimation are proposed. The use of the GARMA model is illustrated through simulated examples as well as with classical sunspot data.