Efficient Skyline and Top-k Retrieval in Subspaces

Skyline and top-k queries are two popular operations for preference retrieval. In practice, applications that require these operations usually provide numerous candidate attributes, whereas, depending on their interests, users may issue queries regarding different subsets of the dimensions. The existing algorithms are inadequate for subspace skyline/top-k search because they have at least one of the following defects: 1) they require scanning the entire database at least once, 2) they are optimized for one subspace but incur significant overhead for other subspaces, or 3) they demand expensive maintenance cost or space consumption. In this paper, we propose a technique SUBSKY, which settles both types of queries by using purely relational technologies. The core of SUBSKY is a transformation that converts multidimensional data to one-dimensional (1D) values. These values are indexed by a simple B-tree, which allows us to answer subspace queries by accessing a fraction of the database. SUBSKY entails low maintenance overhead, which equals the cost of updating a traditional B-tree. Extensive experiments with real data confirm that our technique outperforms alternative solutions significantly in both efficiency and scalability.     

感光性材料在火箭发动机上的应用

主要介绍感光性材料的制备及其在火箭发动机包覆层中的应用，即用感光性树脂通过紫外光辐射固化，以简化现有的包覆工艺，并提高包覆层的性能。     

LiMn2O4纳米粉的湿化学合成与表征

采用湿化学方法，通过水溶液中的化学反应直接合成纳米级LiMn2O4化合物，其结构基本上为无定型，但XRD图谱中已出现LiMn2O4特征峰，说明在水溶液中已初步形成尖晶石结构，运用XRD，SEM，TG－DTA等现代检测手段对样品的性能进行进行了表征，XRD及SEM等分析结果表明，合成样品经简单热处理后，晶型结构完善，形貌规整，均匀，比表面积积显著减小，粒度明显变粗。TG－DTA热分析证明，样品在低于900℃的温度下进行热处理时，仅发生LiMn2O4的晶化过程，产物的化学组成稳定，该法合成锂离子电池正极材料LiMn2O4，具有工艺流程简单，产物的成分，结构及粒度均匀等特点。     

激光熔覆用钴基合金粉末的研究

对激光熔覆用WFLC－11钴基合金粉末的激光熔覆工艺和熔覆层性能进行了研究，获得了WFLC－11钴基合金粉末激光熔覆层厚度与最小比能量关系曲线和熔覆层的组织、高温硬度等性能数据，为选择和使用WFLC－11钴基合金粉末提供了依据。     

莺歌海盆地底辟构造的成因及石油地质意义

在总结莺歌海盆地底辟构造特征及其伴生的温度和压力异常资料的基础上,提出了流体底辟模式,并进一步讨论了流体底辟在石油地质中的意义.     

N-Methyl-D-aspartate attenuates opioid receptor-mediated G protein activation and this process involves protein kinase C

The effects of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) on opioid receptor-mediated G protein activation were explored in neuroblastoma X glioma hybrid (NG108-15) cells. Treatment of the cells with NMDA resulted in a remarkable attenuation of [35S]guanosine-5'-O-(3-thio)triphosphate binding stimulated by [D-Pen2,D-Pen5]-enkephalin (DPDPE), a delta-opioid receptor agonist. The effects of NMDA were dose and time dependent with an IC50 value of 5 nM and could be blocked by NMDA receptor antagonists. After NMDA treatment, the DPDPE dose-response curve shifted to the right (EC50 value increased approximately 7-fold, from 6 to 40 nM), and the maximal response induced by DPDPE was reduced by approximately 60%. The effects of NMDA were reversible, and the DPDPE response could recover within 60 min. The functional responses of delta-, mu-, and kappa-opioid receptors in primarily cultured neurons also were attenuated significantly by NMDA treatment. The inhibitory effects of NMDA on opioid receptor-mediated G protein activation could be blocked by coadministration of the protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitors or by elimination of the extracellular Ca2+. Correspondingly, NMDA treatment of NG108 cells significantly elevated cellular PKC activity and stimulated Gialpha2 phosphorylation. Transient transfection into NG108-15 cells of the wild-type Gialpha2 and a mutated Gialpha2 (Ser144Ala) resulted in a 2-fold increase in DPDPE-stimulated G protein activation. The DPDPE responses were greatly inhibited by NMDA treatment in the wild-type Gialpha2-transfected cells but much less affected in the mutant Gialpha2-transfected cells. In summary, NMDA attenuates opioid receptor/G protein coupling, and this process requires activation of PKC.     

A variational method for contour tracking via covariance matching

This paper presents a novel formulation for contour tracking.We model the second-order statistics of image regions and perform covariance matching under the variational level set framework.Specifically,covariance matrix is adopted as a visual object representation for partial differential equation(PDE) based contour tracking.Log-Euclidean calculus is used as a covariance distance metric instead of Euclidean distance which is unsuitable for measuring the similarities between covariance matrices,because the matrices typically lie on a non-Euclidean manifold.A novel image energy functional is formulated by minimizing the distance metric between the candidate object region and a given template,and maximizing the one between the background region and the template.The corresponding gradient flow is then derived according to a variational approach,enabling partial differential equations(PDEs) based contour tracking.Experiments on several challenging sequences prove the validity of the proposed method.     

基于山区地质灾害危险性分区的建设用地适宜性评价

地质灾害是建设用地选址时考虑的关键因素之一,也是危险性区划的主要参考要素,其直接或间接危害到人类安全并给社会和经济建设造成重大损失。为了降低建设用地规划中地质灾害的影响,应将地质灾害危险性分区考虑到建设用地适宜性评价当中。以干旱河谷山区丹巴县为研究区,运用确定系数和逻辑回归相结合的方法,构建地质灾害危险性评价体系对该区进行地质灾害危险性分区。选择安全因子、自然因子、社会因子和生态因子共同构成建设用地适宜性评价指标体系,利用层次分析法对研究区进行建设用地适宜性评价。结果表明:(1)对丹巴县进行危险性分区,极高危险区217.20km2,高危险区744.95km2,中度危险区1352.44km2,低度危险区1295.08km2以及极低危险区875.32km2。(2)丹巴县建设用地最适宜区面积为115.72km2,占县域总面积的2.57%,适宜建设的土地少且多集中在小金川、革什扎河、东谷河和大渡河沿岸河谷地区。较适宜区、基本适宜区、较不适宜区和禁止建设区面积分别为683.47km2、623.21km2、590.66km2、2494.21km2。(3)已建成的城镇空间中38.50%和37.62%分布在最适宜区和较适宜区,整体分布状况良好。有5.85%的城镇空间建设在较不适宜区,2.67%在禁止建设区,存在生态安全风险,该区域应加强灾害预警与防灾减灾工作,有条件地适度搬迁。     

湖库疏浚技术及淤积物资源化利用技术进展

文章介绍了我国部分河湖水库的淤积现状,评述了当前国内外对河湖疏浚设备和淤泥资源化利用的几种主要途径,包括物理利用、生物处理以及化学处理方法等,同时对新型的干馏法进行了介绍,指出了未来淤泥资源化利用的主要发展方向.