Gain optimization for Yagi-Uda arrays

The author presents a personal account of the search for a design procedure for Yagi-Uda antenna arrays yielding a maximum gain, or directivity if element losses are neglected. Results on current distributions in the array are briefly reviewed. The analytical approach used to achieve gain optimization by means spacing and length perturbations is sketched. By using both spacing and length perturbations, it was possible to find the optimized array analytically in a systematic way, some examples having gain increases of nearly 80%. The effects of finite dipole radius and mutual coupling were included in the theoretical treatment     

Dyspnea resulting from phrenic nerve paralysis after interscalene brachial plexus block in an obese male--a case report

While current psychiatric taxonomies recognise a classification of amphetamine dependence, derived from the notion of an alcohol dependence syndrome, little research has validated that such a condition exists for this drug. Current amphetamine users (N = 331), were interviewed using the World Health Organization operationalisation of DSM-III-R substance dependence criteria, and a measure of the psychological components of dependence. Structural analyses indicated that a unidimensional dependence syndrome as assessed by DSM-III-R and DSM-IV criteria exists for amphetamine, and that physiological, psychological and behavioural indicators were all important in accounting for the variance in responses. It was demonstrated that the concept of a dependence syndrome is applicable to amphetamine, and that the inclusion of the amphetamine dependence syndrome in DSM-III-R and DSM-IV is valid.     

计算机轧辊管理软件

使用计算机管理轧辊可以非常方便地查询每一条轧辊的材质、产地、车削情况使用情况及该辊的轧制产量等数据，并可根据要求打印表格或轧辊消耗报表。     

锥形阀压电薄膜泵的初步研究

提出一种适应高频工作状态的压电薄膜泵结构，实步分析了所采用的锥形阀的工作原理与作用，设计了试验泵结构，加工了样机，通过试验证明了锥形阀的有效性，为进一步的研究打下了基础。     

技术杠杆系数的研究——技术进步对企业息税前收益的影响

提出了技术杠杆的概念,并就技术成本杠杆和技术价格杠杆对企业息税前收益变化的影响程度进行了探讨,经理论计算说明了通过技术进步不但可以提高企业的息税前收益,而且当企业的经济效益越差时,技术进步使产品的变动成本降低或使产品的单位售价提高而带来的企业息税前收益提高的速度越快。     

贝氏体钢内水冷穿孔顶头的粘钢及防止措施

从顶头生产工艺控制的角度,分析了贝氏体钢内水冷穿孔顶头产生粘钢的原因、特点和机制,指出掉鼻、缺肉是顶头粘钢的另一种更为严重的失效形式,强化熔炼工艺控制和保证夹杂物总量在A0.5B1C0.5D1级水平,粘钢问题可以得到有效控制。     

高速连续数据记录系统中双页缓存的设计和实现

在高速连续数据记录系统中，存储设备需要速度匹配单元来实现高速连续数据记录，文章讨论了双页缓存在高速连续记录系统中的作用，并以实际开发的记录系统为例，详细介绍了双页缓存的设计和实现。     

The ERPC: an efficient error-resilient technique for encodingpositional information or sparse data

In many source and data compression schemes, information relating to positions of high-energy samples or areas of importance often needs to be relayed to the decoder. The error resilient positional code (ERPC) is an efficient fixed-rate coding scheme for encoding such positional information, or, equivalently, sparse binary data patterns. It has also been designed with good channel error robustness properties, such that the decoded data quality degrades gracefully with worsening channel conditions, without the possibility of catastrophic breakdown or loss of sync. In this work, the coding efficiency of the ERPC is compared to a few other standard schemes. It is found to be efficient and its error extension in terms of the expected number of samples corrupted per bit error is reported and shown to be low and noncatastrophic. The ERPC is applied to an image coding example based on subband coding and vector quantization. It results in an efficient adaptive codec capable of operating in harsh channel conditions, without the aid of error correction or detection techniques     

On the importance of van der Waals interaction in the groove binding of DNA with ligands: restrained molecular dynamics study

Comparison of interaction energy between an oligonucleotide and a DNA-binding ligand in the minor and major groove modes was made by use of restrained molecular dynamics. Distortion in DNA was found for the major groove mode whereas less significant changes for both ligand and DNA were detected for the minor groove binding after molecular dynamics simulation. The conformation of the ligand obtained from the major groove modes resembles that computed with the ligand soaked in water. The van der Waals contact energy was found to be as significant as electrostatic energy and more important for difference in binding energy between these two binding modes. The importance of van der Waals force in groove binding was supported by computations on the complex formed by the repressor peptide fragment from the bacteriophage 434 and its operator oligonucleotide.     

一种新型的消防控制系统

本系统是一个较完整的由单片机控制的消防系统，其功能是在查到消防报警信号后，通过串行通讯口给各控制点发出控制信号如起动加压水泵，打开喷水龙头的电磁阀或灭火器的气体阀等等。讯号由键盘发出。各被控点如已正确动作，在控制板上会有所显示。误动作或未动作也可显示在控制板上。控制的时间和路数可由打印机记录下来、相应的软件有数据处理、显示、通讯、结果打印等。