多径环境中多用户波束形成与DOA估计

该文讨论了多径环境中多用户的波束形成与DOA估计问题,采用了解相关检测器来估计用户空间特征,提出了循环空间平滑算法(CSS)基于空间平滑的保持阵列权值维数不变的多用户波束形成算法,其理论依据是采样信号协方差矩阵的逆矩阵循环传递等效于对其求均值;利用了估计出的用户空间特征构造协方差矩阵进行空间平滑的高分辨DOA估计.仿真结果说明了循环空间平滑算法应用于多用户波束形成具有更优的抗干扰性能。     

用于微流控荧光PCR的高分辨率温度控制系统

微流控荧光PCR产物在高分辨率熔解（HRM）曲线分析的过程中,随着DNA的解链荧光强度发生突变,而能否检测到该突变点则依赖于温控的精度。提出了多阈值PID算法,设计了一种适用于高分辨率熔解曲线分析的FPGA温度控制系统。根据测得温度值与设定值之间的差异,改变FPGA电路系统输出的脉冲宽度调制(pulse width modulation, PWM)波占空比和算法的调节频率实现对温度的准确控制。经过温度标定后,系统温度控制精度优于0.1℃,分辨率达到±0.01℃。HRM分析实验结果表明,本方法成功地辨别出了DNA序列的单碱基差异,温度控制系统达到了设计的要求。     

Bee colony optimization for the p-center problem

Bee colony optimization (BCO) is a relatively new meta-heuristic designed to deal with hard combinatorial optimization problems. It is biologically inspired method that explores collective intelligence applied by the honey bees during nectar collecting process. In this paper we apply BCO to the p-center problem in the case of symmetric distance matrix. On the contrary to the constructive variant of the BCO algorithm used in recent literature, we propose variant of BCO based on the improvement concept (BCOi). The BCOi has not been significantly used in the relevant BCO literature so far. In this paper it is proved that BCOi can be a very useful concept for solving difficult combinatorial problems. The numerical experiments performed on well-known benchmark problems show that the BCOi is competitive with other methods and it can generate high-quality solutions within negligible CPU times.     

基于颜色矢量角的彩色图像检索算法研究

通过分析利用颜色直方图进行图像检索时存在的问题,提出了一种基于图像边缘空间分布特征的图像检索算法.即利用颜色矢量角对亮度不敏感,对色度和饱和度敏感的特性来提取图像的边缘信息.在图像的边缘空间,提取图像边缘点的颜色矢量角直方图,以此来描述图像的内容.该算法充分利用了图像的颜色信息、边缘信息及形状信息,实验表明该算法具有较好的光照不变性、尺度不变性、平移不变性和旋转不变性.     

Prefrontal cortical projections to the hypothalamus in macaque monkeys

The organization of projections from the macaque orbital and medial prefrontal cortex (OMPFC) to the hypothalamus and related regions of the diencephalon and midbrain was studied with retrograde and anterograde tracing techniques. Almost all of the prefrontal cortical projections to the hypothalamus arise from areas within the "medial prefrontal network," as defined previously by Carmichael and Price ([1996] J. Comp. Neurol. 371:179-207). Outside of the OMPFC, only a few neurons in the temporal pole, anterior cingulate and insular cortex project to the hypothalamus. Axons from the OMPFC also innervate the basal forebrain, zona incerta, and ventral midbrain. Within the medial prefrontal network, different regions project to distinct parts of the hypothalamus. The medial wall areas 25 and 32 send the heaviest projections to the hypothalamus; axons from these areas are especially concentrated in the anterior hypothalamic area and the ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus. Orbital areas 13a, 12o, and Iai, which are related to the medial prefrontal network, selectively innervate the lateral hypothalamic area, especially its posterior part. The cellular regions of the paraventricular, supraoptic, suprachiasmatic, arcuate, and mammillary nuclei are conspicuously devoid of cortical axons, but many axons abut the borders of these nuclei and may contact dendrites that extend from them. Areas within the orbital prefrontal network on the posterior orbital surface and agranular insula send only weak projections to the posterior lateral hypothalamic area. The rostral orbital surface does not contribute to the cortico-hypothalamic projection.     

Dense fine-grained biphasic calcium phosphate (BCP) bioceramics designed by two-step sintering

In this study, dense, fine-grained biphasic calcium phosphate bioceramics were designed via the two-step sintering method. The starting powder was nanosized calcium-deficient hydroxyapatite, whose phase composition, average particle size and morphology were characterized by XRD, FTIR, Raman spectroscopy, laser diffraction and FE-SEM. The phase transformations of the initial powder during heating up to 1200 °C were examined using TG/DSC. At first, conventional sintering was performed and the recorded shrinkage/densification data were used to find out the appropriate experimental conditions for two-step sintering. The obtained results show that two-step sintering yields BCP ceramics, consisting of hydroxyapatite and β-TCP, with full dense, homogeneous structure with average grain size of 375 nm. Furthermore, BCP ceramics obtained by the two-step sintering method exhibit improved mechanical properties, compared to conventionally sintered BCP.     

Optimized preparation of alumina based fillers for tuning composite properties

Alumina based particles were prepared from aluminium chloride hydroxide as starting material by sol-gel technique. One series of particles was doped with ferrous oxide. Both series of particles were calcinated at three different temperatures: 700?°C, 800?°C and 900?°C. Poly(methyl methacrylate), PMMA, was used as a matrix and two different types of alumina based particles were added into the matrix to form the composites. All composites consisted of 3?wt% of alumina based particles. The aim of this study was to examine whether and how the temperature of particle calcination affects the microhardness and mechanical properties of the composite. The particles were characterized by the X-ray diffraction (XRD) and physical absorption methods. The morphology of the composites was examined using a field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM). The microhardness of composites was measured using a traditional Vickers hardness (HV) method. The mechanical characteristics of obtained composites were determined using tensile test and impact testing.     

Enhanced properties of pure alumina ceramics by oscillatory pressure sintering

A novel oscillatory pressure sintering (OPS) process to consolidate high-quality pure alumina ceramics is reported. The microstructure of the ceramics prepared by OPS develops into a higher final density, a smaller and a narrower distribution of grain sizes compared with those prepared by conventional pressureless sintering (PS) and hot-pressing (HP) processes. Enhanced mechanical properties of alumina ceramics were investigated by OPS process. The bending strength, hardness and elastic modulus of the OPS specimen reached about 546 MPa, 19.1 GPa and 374 GPa, respectively, i.e values significantly higher than that of the specimens by PS and HP. XRD analysis indicates the strengthening of atomic bonds aided by oscillatory pressure. The results suggest OPS to be an effective technique for preparing high-quality pure alumina ceramics.