Performance Histogram Curve: Abstractive Visualization and Analysis of NBA Games

NBA game is one of the world’s most exciting sports. Multiple datasets for a NBA game are available, e.g., play-by-play data, shot-position data, twitter and videos. Existing methods for visualizing game data commonly focus on the composition of multi-variate information of a game process. In this paper, we introduce a new parametric modeling approach, Performance Histogram Curve (PHC), that locally and adaptively encodes the game progression with game-related features derived from the play-by-play data. By transforming a PHC into the two-dimensional space with a two-phase projection technique, we create a unique 2D line representation. The 2D representation and auxiliary views abstracts the progress of a game and the performance of each team along the timeline. Our integrated system favor browsing a single play, analyzing game performance, and comparing multiple games. We conducted two case studies to demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach.     

纤维素衍生物液晶相转变和织态结构

本文综述了纤维素衍生物液晶态相转变和织态结构。描述了纤维素衍生物从各向同性态向液晶态的转变过程和液晶态的织构特征。讨论了溶液浓度和温度对液晶相织构的影响。探讨了各种因素,如溶剂、取代基含量、外加力场和外加磁场等对液晶相的形成及织态结构的影响。     

Mark-Houwink-Sakurada coefficients for conventional poly(methyl methacrylate) in tetrahydrofuran

Summary Intrinsic viscosities [] in tetrahydrofuran (THF) at 30°C are reported for ten narrow molecular weight distribution poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) samples covering nearly two orders of magnitude in molecular weight. By combining the viscosity results with absolute weight-average molecular weights determined via low-angle laser light scattering (LALLS) experiments, we have accurately determined the Mark-Houwink-Sakurada (MHS) parameters for this polymer-solvent pair (K=7.56x10⁵ and a=0.731, when [] is in dL g^-1).     

环氧树脂-聚丙烯酸酯乳液型复合薄膜粘合剂

本文主要叙述了环氧-丙烯酸酯聚合乳液的合成,以及该乳液粘合剂的配制;讨论了该乳液粘合剂的粘合性能及耐水、耐溶剂性能。     

Surface morphology and nodule formation mechanism of cellulose acetate membranes by atomic force microscopy

By the use of atomic force microscopy (AFM), formation mechanism of nodular structure in cellulose acetate membranes was systematically investigated. Elementary factors affecting the nodule formation were delineated on the basis of both kinetic and thermodynamic considerations. It was shown that (1) the exact nature of nodular structure is thermodynamic equilibrium glassy state; nodular structure will vanish in the rubbery state; (2) the thermodynamic factor affecting nodule formation is the membrane formation temperature; with the membrane formation temperature decreasing, more chain segments are able to form nodular structures; (3) nodule formation is dependent on the segment rearrangement; variation of the solvent environment is the major kinetic factor affecting the segment rearrangement and nodule formation. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 88: 1328–1335, 2003     

Fabricating Water-Insoluble Polyelectrolyte into Multilayers with Layer-by-layer Self-assembly

Summary A water insoluble azo-containing polyelectrolyte (PEAPB6P-AC) was successfully fabricated into multilayer films based on the layer-by-layer adsorption technique by using N, N-dimethylformamide (DMF) as the assembling media. The multilayer growth and structure were studied with UV-vis spectroscopy, and the multilayer surface were imaged with Atomic Force Microscopy and compared with that fabricated in water. The results show that assembling PEAPB6P-AC in DMF can effectively eliminate the hydrophobic aggregation of the azo units and consequently results in a much smoother multilayer surface than that fabricated in water. This improvement to the layer-by-layer adsorption technique, which can avoid some major difficulties faced when assembling hydrophobic polyelectrolytes in aqueous solutions, seems to be a versatile way to fabricate high quality multilayer films when using the hydrophobic even water-insoluble polyelectrolytes as assembling units.     

浅谈脱硫液中PDS质量浓度测定方法

提出了在以PDS催化剂作为单一的脱硫催化剂时,脱硫循环液中贫富液的PDS质量浓度的测定方法,可有效地指导在脱硫工序投加PDS的操作及生产运行,为确保出脱硫工序煤气中H2S含量稳定控制在20mg/L以内奠定了基础。     

Poly(3‐chlorothiophene) films prepared by the direct electrochemical oxidation of 3‐chlorothiophene in mixed electrolytes of boron trifluoride diethyl etherate and sulfuric acid

3‐Chlorothiophene (CT) was electrochemically polymerized in mixed electrolytes of a boron trifluoride diethyl etherate solution containing 0–20% (by volume) sulfuric acid. The oxidation potentials of the monomer in these media were measured to be only 1.06–1.31 V (vs Ag/AgCl). These values were much lower than that of CT in acetonitrile and 0.1 mol/L (Bu)₄NBF₄ (1.92 V vs Ag/AgCl). Poly(3‐chlorothiophene) (PCT) films with conductivities of 0.1–2 S cm^?1 were obtained. The structure, morphology, and electrochemical behavior of the PCT films also were investigated. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 87: 502–509, 2003     

A binary approximating method for graspable region determination of biped climbing robots

For a biped pole-climbing robot (BiPCR) with grippers, it is an essential demand to determine the target grasp configuration for climbing and transiting between poles, with the graspable region as a priori knowledge. The graspable region on the target pole is critically important for climbing path planning and motion control. To efficiently compute the graspable region for a BiPCR, we propose a novel binary approximating method in this paper. This method may also be applied to generate the three-dimensional (3-D) workspace of a manipulator with constant orientation. The grasping problem and the concept of graspable region for a BiPCR are first introduced. The binary approximating method and the corresponding algorithms are then presented to generate the graspable region. Additional constraints on a biped climbing robot with five degrees of freedom (DoFs) are presented as a supplement to the algorithm. A series of comprehensive simulations are conducted with the five-DoF and six-DoF climbing robots to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method. Finally, the dexterity of biped climbing robots with different DoFs is discussed.     

高帧频激光光斑采集系统设计

随着半导体技术的发展,COMS图像传感器的灵敏度、分辨率动态范围不断提高,采用高速COMS图像传感器替代传统的CCD图像传感器作为激光通信中APT系统的激光光斑探测单元是APT发展的一种趋势。提出了一种基于高速LUPA-300 COMS图像传感器、DSP和FPGA的通用型高帧频光斑采集系统。FPGA内部生成的异步FIFO作为图像传感器与DSP之间的数据缓冲器,简化了系统结构布局,提高了系统稳定性。经过硬件电路设计、调试、软件部分调试等工作,最终实现了每秒钟1 000帧128×128图像的数据采集,可用于高速激光光斑的采集。