WavNet — Visual saliency detection using Discrete Wavelet Convolutional Neural Network

In the recent advancements in image and video analysis, the detection of salient regions in the image becomes the initial step. This plays a crucial role in deciding the performance of such algorithms. In this work, a Multi-Resolution Feature Extraction (MRFE) technique that makes use of Discrete Wavelet Convolutional Neural Network (DWCNN) for generating features is employed. An Enhanced Feature Extraction (EFE) module extracts additional features from the high level features of the DWCNN, which are used to frame both channel as well as spatial attention models for yielding contextual attention maps. A new hybrid loss function is also proposed, which is a combination of Balanced Cross Entropy (BCE) loss and Edge based Structural Similarity (ESSIM) loss that effectively identifies and segments the salient regions with clear boundaries. The method is tested exhaustively with five different benchmark datasets and is proved superior to the existing state-of-the-art methods with a minimum Mean Absolute error (MAE) of 0.03 and F-measure of 0.956.     

Routing Protocols in Delay Tolerant Networks: Comparative and Empirical Analysis

Wireless Personal Communications - A Delay Tolerant Network (DTN) is a network capable of handling long delays and data loss efficiently in various challenged scenarios and environments. Owing to...     

TiI4-doping induced bulk defects passivation in halide perovskites for high efficient photovoltaic devices

Power conversion efficiency (PCE) and stability are two important properties of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Particularly, defects in the perovskite films could cause the generation of trap states, thereby increasing the nonradiative recombination. To address this issue, suitable dopants can be incorporated to react with non-bonded atoms or surface dangling bonds to passivate the defects. Herein, we introduced TiI₄ into CH₃NH₃PbI₃ (MAPbI₃) film and obtained a dense and uniform morphology with large crystal grains and low defect density. The champion cell based on 0.5% TiI₄-doped MAPbI₃ achieved a PCE as high as 20.55%, which is superior to those based on pristine MAPbI₃ (17.64%). Moreover, the optimal solar cell showed remarkable stability without encapsulation. It retained 88.03% of its initial PCE after 300 h of storage in ambient. This work demonstrates TiI₄ as a new and effective passivator for MAPbI₃ film.     

乙醇浓度预测的多元线性回归模型建立及验证

设计了由光源、气室、探测器和控制器等组成的非分散红外吸收系统，往气室内通入不同浓度的多组分气体（含有乙醇、二氧化碳和水蒸气），采用红外光谱仪进行光谱数据采集，得到多组分气体混合光谱图。根据数据集样本求解回归系数，建立了多元线性回归模型，并进行干扰修正以降低二氧化碳和水蒸气对乙醇浓度预测的影响。对建立的多元线性回归模型进行评价，结果表明:模型真实有效且具有良好的线性回归效果，可以用于预测气体浓度，乙醇、二氧化碳和水蒸气浓度预测误差均在可接受的范围之内，其中乙醇浓度预测误差最小，不超过2.0×10-4。通过干扰修正尽可能排除二氧化碳和水蒸气的干扰，能够较准确地预测乙醇浓度。     

Research on children's personalized sports in the environment of smart wearable devices

The audit point is to understand and use to perform the upgrade wearable innovation injuries in sports. Understanding the game's biomechanics is that damage response and performance upgrades are essential, and usually, investigation uses optical motion capture. In any case, this approach may be limited by the amount of limit catch climatic factors and the overwhelmed wearable research center of innovation. Ordered to make queries are used to study in seven information centers and sports car wearable innovation factors. This article was banned because they do not measure the program members on the sensor zero and the motor or motor factors or the application of an innovative set. Thirty-three incorporated into the collection of the full text of the survey carried out to identify members' dynamic development through observation and a slice of wearable progress in the game. Inertial sensors, the sensor and the flexible, attractive and precise speed field sensors are used in the game with more than 15 measured motion gadgets. The use of wearable innovation, the potential of these innovative practices, and the impact of competitors' training methods are still in the exploratory stage.     

Non-Halogenated-Solvent Processed and Additive-Free Tandem Organic Solar Cell with Efficiency Reaching 16.67%

Organic solar cells (OSCs) have recently reached a remarkably high efficiency and become a promising technology for commercial application. However, OSCs with top efficiency are mostly processed by halogenated solvents and with additives that are not environmentally friendly, which hinders large-scale manufacture. In this study, high-performance tandem OSCs, based on polymer donors and two small-molecule acceptors with different bandgaps, are fabricated by solution processing with non-halogenated solvents without additive. Importantly, the two active layers developed from non-halogenated solvents show better phase segregation and charge transport properties, leading to superior performance than halogenated ones. As a result, a tandem OSC with high efficiency of up to 16.67% is obtained, showing unique advantages in future massive production.     

Lithiophilic MXene-Guided Lithium Metal Nucleation and Growth Behavior

The positive effects of a lithiophilic substrate on the electrochemical performance of lithium metal anodes are confirmed in several reports, while the understanding of lithiophilic substrate-guided lithium metal nucleation and growth behavior is still insufficient. In this study, the effect of a lithiophilic surface on lithium metal nucleation and growth behaviors is investigated using a large-area Ti₃C₂T_x MXene substrate with a large number of oxygen and fluorine dual heteroatoms. The use of the MXene substrate results in a high lithium-ion concentration as well as the formation of uniform solid–electrolyte-interface (SEI) layers on the lithiophilic surface. The solid–solid interface (MXene-SEI layer) significantly affects the surface tension of the deposited lithium metal nuclei as well as the nucleation overpotential, resulting in the formation of uniformly dispersed lithium nanoparticles ( ≈ 10–20 nm in diameter) over the entire MXene surface. The primary lithium nanoparticles preferentially coalesce and agglomerate into larger secondary particles while retaining their primary particle shapes. Subsequently, they form close-packed structures, resulting in a dense metal layer composed of particle-by-particle microstructures. This distinctive lithium metal deposition behavior leads to highly reversible cycling performance with high Columbic efficiencies >  99.0% and long cycle lives of over 1000 cycles.