Reduction of sidelobe levels in multicarrier radar signals via the fusion of hill patterns and geometric progression

Multi-carrier waveforms have several advantages over single-carrier waveforms for radar communication. Employing multi-carrier complementary phase-coded (MCPC) waveforms in radar applications has recently attracted significant attention. MCPC radar signals take advantage of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing properties, and several authors have explored the use of MCPC signals and the difficulties associated with their implementation. The sidelobe level and peak-to-mean-envelope-power ratio (PMEPR) are the key issues that must be addressed to improve the performance of radar signals. We propose a scheme that applies pattern-based scaling and geometric progression methods to enhance sidelobe and PMEPR levels in MCPC radar signals. Numerical results demonstrate the improvement of sidelobe and PMEPR levels in the proposed scheme. Additionally, autocorrelations are obtained and analyzed by applying the proposed scheme in extensive simulation experiments.     

Spirobifluorene Dimers: Understanding How The Molecular Assemblies Drive The Electronic Properties

Spirobifluorene (SBF) is one of the most important scaffolds used in the design of organic semi-conductors (OSCs) for electronics. In recent years, among all the structures developed for these applications, SBF dimers have been highlighted due to their great potential in thermally activated delayed fluorescence and in phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes. Attaching two SBF units generate 10 dimers, each possessing its own structural specificity, which in turn drives its electronic properties. These ten SBF dimers are gathered herein. Understanding how the molecular assembly determines the electronic properties has been one of the pillars of organic electronics. This is the goal of this article. As positional isomerism is a key tool to design OSCs, defining the design guidelines for the SBF scaffold appears of interest for the future of this building block. Herein, the importance of the two main parameters involved in the electrochemical and photophysical properties, namely the nature of the phenyl linkages and the steric congestion between the two SBF units is discussed. The combination of these two parameters drives the electronic properties but their respective weight is different as a function of the regioisomer involved or of the property considered (frontier orbitals energy level, absorption, fluorescence, phosphorescence).     

食品中兴奋剂污染研究现状

随着食品和膳食补充剂的市场变得越来越全球化,食品和膳食补充剂的安全性、质量和功效引起人们的高度关注。近年来,食品和膳食补充剂中被检测出兴奋剂阳性的事件屡见不鲜。运动员在误服误用被兴奋剂污染的食品和膳食补充剂后,会导致兴奋剂检测呈阳性,这对运动员和国家都造成了重大损失。由于摄入受污染的食品或膳食补充剂会导致严重的健康损害或意外违反反兴奋剂规定,因此准确了解食品和膳食补充剂中兴奋剂污染种类是十分有必要的。本文主要从食品和膳食补充剂中兴奋剂污染的来源和种类以及常用的检测方法等方面进行简要概述,以提高运动员对高风险食品的警惕和防范,避免因误服被兴奋剂污染的食品、膳食补充剂而导致的不良分析结果。     

Charge source and the charging mechanism of the contact electrification of polymer powder

The charge sources, as well as the charging mechanism of the contact electrification (CE) of polymers, are still debatable. Since CE is accompanied by destruction, it is considered that “hard contacting” via ball milling can induce covalent bond scission and produce naked-activated-charge sources. Regarding “soft contacting” via nano-scale sliding, which does not induce covalent bond scission, a frontier-electron, “f-electron,” of the naked-activated-charge source is crucial to electron transfer among the naked-activated-charge sources. Here, we configure naked-activated-charge-source models, naked-activated-mechano-anion, and naked-activated-mechano-cation, which are produced by mechanical energy induced heterogeneous covalent bond scission, as well as naked-activated-mechano-radicals that are produced by homogeneous covalent bond scission. Regarding “soft contacting” among naked-activated-charge sources in a vacuum, f-electron can be transferred from a donor to an acceptor if the energy level of the donor is higher than that of the acceptor. The net amount of the normalized transferred-f-electrons is obtained by adopting settings in which the average energy level of the naked-activated-charge sources (as the donors) is higher than that of the sources employed as acceptors. Thus, the surfaces comprising the donors and acceptors will exhibit positive and negative net surface charges, respectively. We conclude that net surface charges depend on the average energy level of naked-activated-charge sources. Further, we observe that the alignment of polyethylene (PE)-polyvinyl chloride (PVC)-polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) to the average energy level is identical to that of the triboelectric series.     

无黏土相盐水储层钻开液体系构建及其抗污染性能评价

采用NaCl/KCl/HCOONa复配欠饱和盐水作为钻开液的基础液相,自研的聚合物VIS-B作为流型调节剂,可酸溶的改性淀粉STA作为体系的降失水剂,Dua及Jqw作为暂堵材料,构建了一套无黏土相钻开液体系。该体系在密度1.10~1.28 g/cm^3间稳定可调,抗温可达130℃,具有较高的低剪切速率黏度和较好的润滑性能,且能有效抵抗各类储层污染物的污染,满足了Missan油田不同储层段的作业需求。     

Rapid screening of DON contamination in whole wheat meals by Vis/NIR spectroscopy and computer vision coupling technology

This work intends to develop an online experimental system for screening of deoxynivalenol (DON) contamination in whole wheat meals by visible/near-infrared (Vis/NIR) spectroscopy and computer vision coupling technology. Spectral and image information of samples with various DON levels was collected at speed of 0.15 m s⁻¹ on a conveyor belt. The two-type data were then integrated and subjected to chemometric analysis. Discriminant analysis showed that samples could be classified by setting 1000 μg kg⁻¹ as the cut-off value. The best correct classified rate obtained in prediction was 93.55% based on fusion of spectral and image features, with reduced prediction uncertainty as compared to single feature. However, quantification of DON by quantitative analysis was not successful due to poor model performance. These results indicate that, although not accurate enough to provide conclusive result, this coupling technology could be adopted for rapid screening of DON contamination in cereals and feeds during processing.     

Enhancement of a global lake and reservoir database to aid climate studies and resource monitoring utilizing satellite radar altimetry

Here, we describe the expansion and enhancement of a large (surface area ≥100 km²) lake and reservoir database (1.GREALD). These efforts have also resulted in the spin-off of two additional databases, one containing lakes and reservoirs (2.GREALD, area 10–99 km²), and the other containing ephemeral lakes (3.GELD, area ≥100 km²). These databases are unique sources for projects that utilize satellite radar altimeter data to monitor surface water levels. While 1.GREALD aims to be a complete catalog, 2.GREALD focuses on reservoirs in response to applied sciences programs that monitor water and energy resources. The creation of 3.GELD has climate change objectives as well as water resources and ecosystem conservation applications. The recording of information pertaining to the potential overpasses (waterbody crossings) of the current and archive satellite altimeters is a primary objective as is the need to highlight any form of controlled water level variation. The permanent water databases now contain 6282 entries, half experience some form of anthropogenic influence and ～430 have been identified as potential climatically sensitive terminal lakes. The revised integral surface area distribution is a power law with exponent ?1.016. Statistics reveal that with altimetric repeat visit times of 10-day to monthly, at least 80% of the permanent water bodies (≥10 km²) have been overflown at some period since the 1990s. Current information on water use and reservoir formation date show that the primary use of the reservoir class is hydroelectric power, and that China, Brazil, India, Turkey, and Vietnam dominate the dam building in recent decades.     

基于PSO-ELM模型的潜油柱塞泵冲次优化方法

为改进油井后期泵效低下、能耗高等缺陷，提出了一种基于PSO-ELM模型的潜油柱塞泵冲次优化方法.采用粒子群（PSO）算法与极限学习机（ELM）相结合的方式来实现动液面软测量建模；根据动液面及潜油柱塞泵工作电流变化，以油井运行经济性最优为目的建立目标函数得到潜油柱塞泵冲次，解决了在油井生产时不能准确调节抽油机冲次问题；最后以目标函数关系建立模糊控制器模型，根据输入参数调整潜油柱塞泵冲次.实验结果表明，建立的软测量模型预测动液面精度高，模糊控制器能够更加合理地调整抽油机冲次，最终达到智能调整冲次大小、提高油井采油率及节能的目的.     

医院级CT辐射剂量及诊断剂量水平研究

探讨医院级各部位CT扫描辐射剂量及成人CT检查诊断剂量水平。采集2018年2月—2019年1月本院在GE Light Speed 16 CT设备上进行诊断性CT检查的全部成年人共15 440例的CT检查数据,按照检查部位进行分类,统计各部位的容积剂量指数(CTDI_vol)、剂量长度乘积(DLP)。使用SPSS 19统计软件分析CTDI_vol、DLP的四分位数并计算有效剂量(ED)。结果表明,各部位CTDI_vol的诊断剂量参考水平(DRL)值为:颅脑87.75 mGy、肺部8.09 mGy、上下腹15.82 mGy、上下腹盆腔15.79 mGy;各部位DLP的诊断剂量参考水平(DRL)值为:颅脑1 053.03 mGy·cm、肺部245.19 mGy·cm、上下腹269.96 mGy·cm、上下腹盆腔835.20 mGy·cm。研究中发现肺部CTDI_vol、DLP的DRL值(分别为8.09 mGy、245.19 mGy·cm)低于我国其他地区和其他国家的DRL值;60岁以下患者肺部CT检查CTDI_vol、DLP的DRL值低于8.09 mGy、245.19 mGy·cm,60岁以上患者肺部CT检查CTDI_vol、DLP的DRL值高于8.09 mGy、245.19 mGy·cm。通过研究可以确定医院级各部位CT检查辐射剂量及成人CT检查诊断剂量水平,能为优化CT检查扫描技术和监测辐射剂量提供基础。     

我国大陆地区食品中柄曲霉素和黄曲霉毒素B1的污染调查

为了解我国食品中黄曲霉毒素B1（Aflatoxin B1，AFB1）和柄曲霉素（Sterigmatocystin，STC）污染情况，采集自我国大陆地区1137份的食品样品以及室温储存1-2年的米份样品315份，采用高效液相色谱-串联质谱方法分析其中AFB1和STC的含量。检测结果显示食品中AFB1检出率范围为0%-40%，谷物类和谷物基加工品检出率分别为0.2%和7.8%；坚果检出率为8.7%，其中有两份样品中AFB1含量超标，啤酒中AFB1的检出率为0%。STC检出率为12.9%，平均含量为0.39 μg/kg，谷物类、谷物基加工品、坚果和啤酒中检出率分别为2.6%，28.3%，4.3%和0%。相比于所采集的超市和农贸市场样品，室温储存1-2年的米粉样品中AFB1和STC的阳性率均较高，分别为4.4%和84.8%，平均含量为0.84和2.38 μg/kg。