Noncontact Material Identification and Distance Measurement Using Effective Capacitance With CdS Cells

We propose a novel noncontact sensing method for material identification and for detection of the distance between the sensor and the surface of a material by using its electrical and optical properties. In the proposed method, capacitance between the terminals of a pair of CdS cells, called the effective capacitance, is measured, and several capacitance values are obtained by changing the emission strength of the light emitting diode, thus changing the resistance value of the CdS cells. From these values, it is possible to identify the materials and to detect the distance between the CdS cells and the material. In this paper, we compare four kinds of effective capacitance measurement methods using a pair of CdS cells and describe the proposed measurement method. In addition, this paper discusses the measurement accuracy of effective capacitance values in the proposed method and demonstrates its ability to identify six material samples-clear, white, and black acrylic, clear vinyl chloride, brown bakelite, and aluminum-and to detect the distance between the CdS cells and the material.     

Subarachnoid haemorrhage induced proliferation of leptomeningeal cells and deposition of extracellular matrices in the arachnoid granulations and subarachnoid space. Immunhistochemical study

Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) often leads to subarachnoid fibrosis and resultant normal pressure hydrocephalus; however, how subarachnoid fibrosis occurs is unknown. We examined the changes within arachnoid granulations (AGs) and the subarachnoid space (SAS) chronologically at the parasagittal region obtained from patients with SAH at autopsy and made comparison with controls by immunostaining for cytokeratin, specific marker for leptomeningeal cells and by the elastica Masson-Goldner methods. Within a week some AGs were torn, and many inflammatory cells filled the AGs and SAS. Cytokeratin positive cells were scarce. During the next two weeks cytokeratin positive cells increased. After three weeks, AGs and SAS were filled by dense deposits of extracellular matrices surrounded by multiple layers of leptomeningeal cells.     

分子束外延CdTe（211）B／GaAs（211）B的特性研究

ＣｄＴｅ／ＧａＡｓ是ＨｇＣｄＴｅ分子束外延的重要替代衬底材料。用Ｘ双晶衍射和光致发光测试研究了分子束外延生长的ＣｄＴｅ（２１１）Ｂ／ＧａＡｓ（２１１）Ｂ的晶体结构质量，表明外延膜晶体结构完整，具有很高的质量。用高分辨率的透射电镜研究其界面特性，观察到ＣｄＴｅ（２１１）Ｂ相对于ＧａＡｓ（２１１）Ｂ向着［１１１］方向倾斜一个小角度（约３°），界面的四面体键网发生扭曲，由于晶格失配，在界面存在很高的失配位错密度。用二次离子质谱分析仪分析了ＧａＡｓ衬底中的Ｇａ和Ａｓ向ＣｄＴｅ外扩散的情况。结果表明：如果要在ＧａＡｓ衬底上生长ＨｇＣｄＴｅ外延膜，必须先生长一层具有一定厚度的ＣｄＴｅ来阻止Ｇａ和Ａｓ向ＨｇＣｄＴｅ的外扩散和失配位错的延伸。     

Molecular analysis of p21 and p27 genes in human pituitary adenomas

OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in institutionalised elderly people in Cape Town and to assess the usefulness of an abnormal thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) concentration as a screening test in this group. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey. SETTING: Four old-age homes in Cape Town. SUBJECTS: Old-age home residents aged 60 years and over. OUTCOME MEASURES: Serum concentrations of TSH, free thyroxine and free tri-iodothyronine. RESULTS: Serum TSH estimations were performed on 658 participants, and were abnormal in 103 (15.6%)-41 (6.2%) being elevated (> 5.0 microU/ml) and 62 (9.4%) being low (> 0.4 microU/ml). There were 3 newly diagnosed cases of hyperthyroidism and 7 of hypothyroidism. Subclinical disease was diagnosed in 40 subjects. The overall prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in this population was 11.2%. In 22 (3.4%) this had previously been recognised, while in 50 (7.8%) the dysfunction was newly diagnosed by the current survey. The positive predictive value of a TSH concentration > 20 microU/ml in predicting hypothyroidism is 67%, while it will predict 100% of cases of subclinical hypothyroidism. A TSH concentration < 0.1 microU/ml will predict 23% of cases of hyperthyroidism, but 81% of cases of subclinical disease. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in institutionalised elderly people in Cape Town is similar to that reported for elderly people in other centres. Thyroid dysfunction had not previously been recognised in approximately two-thirds of the subjects in this study. The serum TSH concentration is a reliable screening test for thyroid dysfunction in the elderly, but is less useful if used to identify biochemical thyroid disease. An elevated TSH concentration is a better predictor of thyroid dysfunction in the elderly than a depressed TSH concentration.     

Painting-91: a large scale database for computational painting categorization

Computer analysis of visual art, especially paintings, is an interesting cross-disciplinary research domain. Most of the research in the analysis of paintings involve medium to small range datasets with own specific settings. Interestingly, significant progress has been made in the field of object and scene recognition lately. A key factor in this success is the introduction and availability of benchmark datasets for evaluation. Surprisingly, such a benchmark setup is still missing in the area of computational painting categorization. In this work, we propose a novel large scale dataset of digital paintings. The dataset consists of paintings from 91 different painters. We further show three applications of our dataset namely: artist categorization, style classification and saliency detection. We investigate how local and global features popular in image classification perform for the tasks of artist and style categorization. For both categorization tasks, our experimental results suggest that combining multiple features significantly improves the final performance. We show that state-of-the-art computer vision methods can correctly classify 50 % of unseen paintings to its painter in a large dataset and correctly attribute its artistic style in over 60 % of the cases. Additionally, we explore the task of saliency detection on paintings and show experimental findings using state-of-the-art saliency estimation algorithms.     

激电测深法在贵州大观金矿区勘查中的应用

介绍了激电测深在大观金矿区的应用,在简要阐述矿区的地质和地球物理特征的基础上,介绍了物探的工作方法,重点对激电测深异常进行了推断解释.通过开展激电测深工作,大致确定F1断裂蚀变带的规模、性质,结合矿床地质资料,推测矿(化)体的大致位置,为深入开展地质找矿工作提供了有利的依据.     

分布式计算机软件数据整合平台设计

为实现当前经济市场中各应用软件的整合,提高我国各行业间个性化软件的开发能力,加强企业间的科学化系统软件设立,保证企业的高效运行,以及质量和系统维护能力;根据较为常用的分布式计算机系统,提出一种软件数据整合平台的设计;以商用软件整合平台设计为例,以开发模式、服务、技术结构、功能为研究方向,在企业正常运行时,可以实现业务系统功能开发以及门户单点登录,提高企业的个性化系统应用和经济效益;本文根据以上基本需求提出该功能软件平台进行设计,并在实际应用中分析出对于当前企业发展所提供的助力;结果显示,在当前经济发展状况下,有效地使用软件数据整合平台可以很大程度上提高企业的科学化管理和有效的资源分配,使企业在市场竞争中提高经济效益和社会效益。