Prelabeling Expansion Single-Molecule Localization Microscopy with Minimal Linkage Error

Expansion microscopy combined with single-molecule localization microscopy (ExSMLM) has a potential for approaching molecular resolution. However, ExSMLM faces multiple challenges such as loss of fluorophores and proteins during polymerization, digestion or denaturation, and an increase in linkage error arising from the distance between the fluorophore and the target molecule. Here, we introduce a trifunctional streptavidin to link the target, fluorophore and gel matrix via a biotinylizable peptide tag. The resultant ExSMLM images of vimentin filaments demonstrated high labeling efficiency and a minimal linkage error of ∼5 nm. Our ExSMLM provides a simple and practical means for fluorescence imaging with molecular resolution.     

SRS: Spatial-tagged radio-mapping system combining LiDAR and mobile-phone data for indoor location-based services

One of the most challenging issues in radio received signal strength (RSS)-based localization systems is the generation and distribution of a radio map with a coordinate system linked with spatial information in a large indoor space. This study proposes a novel spatial-tagged radio-mapping system (SRS) that effectively combines the heterogeneous properties of LiDAR and mobile phones to simultaneously perform both spatial and radio mappings. The SRS consists of synchronization, localization, and map building processes, and enables real-time spatial and radio mapping. In the synchronization process, the distance range, motion data, and radio signals obtained through the LiDAR and mobile phone are collected in nodal units according to the sensing time. In the localization process, a feature variance filter is used to control the number of features generated from LiDAR and estimate the positions at which the nodes are generated in real time according to the motion data and radio signals. In map building, the estimated positions of the nodes are used to extract spatial and radio maps by using a unified location coordinate system. To ensure mobility, the SRS is manufactured in the form of a backpack supporting LiDAR and a mobile phone; the usefulness of the system is experimentally verified. The experiments are performed in a large indoor shopping mall with a complex structure. The experimental results demonstrated that a common coordinate system could be used to build spatial and radio maps with high accuracy and efficiency in real time. In addition, the field applicability of the SRS to location-based services is experimentally verified by applying the constructed radio map to well-known fingerprinting algorithms using the heterogeneous mobile phones.     

基于多边限定的室内定位方法设计与系统实现

随着基于位置服务（Location Based Services，LBS）的发展与智能移动设备的普及，室内定位算法与系统受到了广泛研究与关注。为提高室内定位精度、增强系统鲁棒性，提出了基于多边限定的fingerprint定位方法。基于Wi-Fi RSSI（Received Signal Strength Indication）信号处理建立离线fingerprint数据库；通过对拟合距离-RSSI函数分析，提出了多边限定的方法确定一个最佳参考点（Reference Point，RP）集合，缩小在线定位阶段的搜索范围。在此基础上，再利用fingerprint定位方法进行定位。此外，实现了基于提出方法的室内定位系统原型用于算法性能评估。通过大量真实场景实验分析、验证了相较于传统fingerprint方法，基于多边限定的fingerprint定位方法能有效提高室内定位精度，增强系统鲁棒性。     

Hierarchical sampling optimization of particle filter for global robot localization in pervasive network environment

This paper presents a hierarchical framework for managing the sampling distribution of a particle filter (PF) that estimates the global positions of mobile robots in a large‐scale area. The key concept is to gradually improve the accuracy of the global localization by fusing sensor information with different characteristics. The sensor observations are the received signal strength indications (RSSIs) of Wi‐Fi devices as network facilities and the range of a laser scanner. First, the RSSI data used for determining certain global areas within which the robot is located are represented as RSSI bins. In addition, the results of the RSSI bins contain the uncertainty of localization, which is utilized for calculating the optimal sampling size of the PF to cover the regions of the RSSI bins. The range data are then used to estimate the precise position of the robot in the regions of the RSSI bins using the core process of the PF. The experimental results demonstrate superior performance compared with other approaches in terms of the success rate of the global localization and the amount of computation for managing the optimal sampling size.     

基于人工智能算法的投诉用户质差小区定位及预测的方法研究

目前LTE及GSM的质差小区投诉定位主要是依靠用户投诉的地址回放分析附近小区是否存在性能、告警上的裂变,如无则安排人员现场测试信号强度、干扰等。为了解决自动定位投诉质差小区,创新性提出以数据驱动来实现业务规则自动化,充分考虑用户投诉的时间和问题、网络交互信令、无线性能指标和告警等海量数据,运用人工智能技术中的逻辑回归及决策树算法训练出“2G语音、VoLTE语音及数据业务的投诉质差小区定界模型、质差小区预测模型及问题网元”,更快速,更智能,更准确输出语音及数据业务投诉原因、质差小区及质差原因,并对潜在质差小区进行预测,对无线规划、基站建设、故障处理、网络改造等方面的工作也具有积极指导意义。     

纸浆漂白用二氧化氯制备方法及国产化

纸浆漂白采用二氧化氯为漂剂具有得率高、白度高、漂白废水色度和毒性低的特点,是化学纸浆无元素氯(ECF)漂白技术的主流漂白剂。本文主要阐述了二氧化氯发展历程和制备方法,比较了甲醇法和综合法的二氧化氯生产工艺与成本,介绍了国内目前制浆漂白用二氧化氯制备工艺及应用情况。     

Weak Delocalization in Graphene on a Ferromagnetic Insulating Film

Graphene has been predicted to develop a magnetic moment by proximity effect when placed on a ferromagnetic film, a promise that could open exciting possibilities in the fields of spintronics and magnetic data recording. In this work, the interplay between the magnetoresistance of graphene and the magnetization of an underlying ferromagnetic insulating film is studied in detail. A clear correlation between both magnitudes is observed but through a careful modeling of the magnetization and the weak localization measurements, that such correspondence can be explained by the effects of the magnetic stray fields arising from the ferromagnetic insulator is found. The results emphasize the complexity arising at the interface between magnetic and 2D materials.     

Damage evolution around white etching layer during uniaxial loading

Rolling contact fatigue cracks and thermally induced defects are common problems in the railway industry especially as demands for increasing loads, speeds, and safety continue to rise. Often, the two types of defects are found together in the field, however, whether one causes the other to occur is not completely agreed upon. The effect of thermal damage, in the form of a martensite spot on pearlitic steel test bars, on the fatigue life in uniaxial low cycle fatigue experiments was investigated by the authors. However, the focus of the current work was to characterize the damage evolution from the low cycle fatigue (LCF) tests and correlate the crack initiation and propagation with the initial thermal damage. Residual stress measurements, digital image correlation, and X‐ray tomography were used to characterize the effects of the thermal damage before, during, and after fatigue testing, respectively. It was found that the thermal damage causes strain accumulation and crack initiation at the interface between the two materials. The strain evolution was visualized using digital image correlation (DIC), clearly showing the strain concentrations at the top and bottom of the white etching layers (WEL), where the residual stresses are also most tensile. X‐ray tomography confirmed the planar crack growth from the martensite spot.     

大气次声源定位算法及误差分析

逐步多通道相关方法是定位次声源的主要方法。该方法会忽略阵元的海拔高度差,从而引入误差。文章分析了基于广义互相关的时间延迟估计算法,讨论了基于时延的平面波入射角定位方法。着重研究了逐步多通道相关方法的误差来源,确定了基于时延的定位方法是产生误差的主要原因,明确了大气次声源定位误差来源于忽略了阵元间的海拔高度差。基于最小二乘法推导了在不考虑阵元高度的情况下计算次声波入射角的方法。对存在高度差的4元中心三角阵型进行了误差仿真实验,在忽略阵元海拔高度差的条件下,各方向入射的次声波角度定位误差最大达到4°,特定阵型的阵元最大海拔高度差与入射角度计算误差成线性关系,并探讨了入射角度计算误差对主要参数和后续定位的影响。     

In the Right Place at the Right Time: miRNAs as Key Regulators in Developing Axons

During neuronal circuit formation, axons progressively develop into a presynaptic compartment aided by extracellular signals. Axons display a remarkably high degree of autonomy supported in part by a local translation machinery that permits the subcellular production of proteins required for their development. Here, we review the latest findings showing that microRNAs (miRNAs) are critical regulators of this machinery, orchestrating the spatiotemporal regulation of local translation in response to cues. We first survey the current efforts toward unraveling the axonal miRNA repertoire through miRNA profiling, and we reveal the presence of a putative axonal miRNA signature. We also provide an overview of the molecular underpinnings of miRNA action. Our review of the available experimental evidence delineates two broad paradigms: cue-induced relief of miRNA-mediated inhibition, leading to bursts of protein translation, and cue-induced miRNA activation, which results in reduced protein production. Overall, this review highlights how a decade of intense investigation has led to a new appreciation of miRNAs as key elements of the local translation regulatory network controlling axon development.