Leakage tests for Am solid sources used for liquid xenon detector monitoring

Experimental tests are described to check solid ²⁴¹Am radioactive sources used to monitor operation of liquid xenon detectors. In particular, radioactive leakage was tested in extreme temperature conditions following immersion in liquid nitrogen for different time periods. No radioactivity loss was detected from the sources considered. The paper describes the source characteristics, test methods and results obtained.     

A New Distribution System Reconfiguration Approach Using Optimum Power Flow and Sensitivity Analysis for Loss Reduction

This paper presents a new approach for distribution system reconfiguration (DSR) based on optimum power flow (OPF) in which the branch statuses (open/close) are represented by continuous functions. In the proposed approach, all branches are initially considered closed, and from the OPF results, a heuristic technique is used to determine the next loop to be broken by opening one switch. Then the list of switches that are candidates to be opened is updated, and the above process is repeated until all loops are broken, making the distribution system radial. This paper includes results and comparisons on test systems utilized in three classical papers published in the technical literature, as well as in a previous paper by the authors. Results obtained on a real large-scale distribution system are also presented     

湖南省各市、州利用外商直接投资绩效和潜力研究

如何吸引外商直接投资已成为各地区政策制定者共同关注的焦点。对不同地区利用外商直接投资绩效、潜力进行对比已成为政策制定的重要工具。对湖南省各市、州利用外商直接投资绩效、潜力进行了研究，供政府部门政策制定时参考。     

Electrical and optical characterization of Na: CuInS2 thin films grown by spray pyrolysis

The structural, electrical and optical properties of Na-doped CuInS₂ thin films grown by spray pyrolysis were studied. These films crystallized in the sphalerite structure of CuInS₂, and showed to contain traces of indium sulfide and CuIn₅S₈ as impurity phases. All films were In-rich and showed p-type conductivity. The film conductivity was strongly affected by Na-doping, which decreased from 10⁻² to 10⁻⁵ S/cm by increasing the [Na]/[Cu] ratio from 0.005 to 0.03 in the spray solution. The band gap energy was observed to increase, from 1.4 to 1.45 eV, with increasing the [Na]/[Cu] ratio. Our results suggested that Na could be an effective acceptor impurity in sprayed CuInS₂.     

Anomalous Thermal Expansion in Superconducting Mg1− x Al x B2 System

The thermal lattice expansion in the superconducting Mg_{1? x} Al _x B₂ system (x = 0, 0.13, and 0.59) has been measured using high-resolution X-ray powder diffraction. An unusual large negative thermal expansion (NTE) appears for temperatures below T ^* = 60 K in the MgB₂. The NTE effect increases in Mg_0.87Al_0.13B₂ and disappears at high Al content in the Mg_0.59Al_0.41B₂ where the temperature dependence of volume follows a standard Einstein model in the whole temperature range. The anomalous behavior of the thermal expansion provides a direct evidence in the physics of diborides for the relevance of the proximity to the 2.5 Lifshitz electronic topological transition where the Fermi surface of the σband changes from a two-dimensional (2D) to a three-dimensional (3D) topology.     

Efficient system-level functional verification methodology for multimedia applications

Multimedia application design exploration should begin at the system level, to meet low-power and minimum-area requirements. Existing validation techniques mainly concentrate on lower abstraction levels. This system-level methodology combines formal verification of loop-oriented transformations with correctness verification of arithmetic constructs and related control flows. A videoconferencing-decoder example illustrates the methodology's efficiency.     

关于最佳鉴别特征维数问题的讨论

该文对最佳鉴别特征的最佳维数问题进行了详细的讨论．文章首先对最佳维数问题进行了界定，然后指出了两种最佳特征维数为c-1维的情况即以某些基于矩的可分性判据(准则函数)为优化目标的最优特征和以某些特殊的分类器错误率为优化目标的最优特征．最后该文运用方差分析法对最佳鉴别特征进行特征选择使之代入最小距离分类器后识别率最大．     

SWRM12冷镦盘条钢试制

阐述了SWRM12冷镦盘条钢试制情况，对采用连铸坯生产的冷镦盘条进行了综合分析检验，并经用户使用证明，该产品完全满足标准件生产要求。