Signal‐to‐noise ratios for measuring saliency of features extracted by eigenvector methods from ophthalmic arterial Doppler signals

Abstract: Features are used to represent patterns with minimal loss of important information. The feature vector, which is composed of the set of all features used to describe a pattern, is a reduced‐dimensional representation of that pattern. Medical diagnostic accuracies can be improved when the pattern is simplified through representation by important features. By identifying a set of salient features, the noise in a classification model can be reduced, resulting in more accurate classification. In this study, a signal‐to‐noise ratio saliency measure was employed to determine the saliency of input features of recurrent neural networks (RNNs) used in classification of ophthalmic arterial Doppler signals. Eigenvector methods were used to extract features representing the ophthalmic arterial Doppler signals. The RNNs used in the ophthalmic arterial Doppler signal classification were trained for the signal‐to‐noise ratio screening method. The application results of the signal‐to‐noise ratio screening method to the ophthalmic arterial Doppler signals demonstrated that classification accuracies of RNNs with salient input features are higher than those of RNNs with salient and non‐salient input features.     

中国食用菌产业发展现状, 机遇和挑战——走中国特色菇业发展之路, 实现食用菌产业强国之梦

食用菌营养丰富,是优质蛋白质的潜在来源。本研究以18个常见食用菌品种为研究对象,分析了食用菌中的水分、灰分、蛋白、总糖和L-麦角硫因等营养成分,并采用顶空固相微萃取结合气相色谱-质谱联用法（HS-SPME-GC-MS）分析了其中6种食用菌子实体、菌丝体及发酵液的风味物质。结果表明,18种食用菌水分含量为6.7~13.77 g/100 g、灰分含量为2.24~10.9 g/100 g、脂肪含量为0.3~2.92 g/100 g、总糖含量为2.11~10.5 g/100 g。粗蛋白含量在7.88~35.87 g/100 g之间,其中双孢菇的蛋白质含量高达35.87 g/100 g。氨基酸种类齐全、含量丰富且含有人体必需的8种必需氨基酸。主成分分析表明香菇、黑木耳、灰树花、草菇和金针菇等食用菌的氨基酸组成比例与鸡蛋最相似,但与肉类、大豆和小麦等氨基酸组成相差较大。高效液相色谱结果表明香菇中富含麦角硫因,含量高达336 mg/kg,且灰树花、羊肚菌、双孢菇和鸡腿菇的麦角硫因含量也高于100 mg/kg。HS-SPME-GC-MS在6种食用菌中共鉴定出34种主要挥发性化合物,包括醛类、酮类、酯类、醇类、酚类、醚类、烷烃类和杂环化合物。灵芝菌丝体富含己醛、甲基壬基甲酮、反-2-辛烯醛、2-正戊基呋喃、2,4-壬二烯醛等成分,与其他17种样品有明显差异;6种食用菌发酵液的风味物质相似,均具有庚酸乙酯、18-冠醚-6等特有风味物质;而灵芝、鸡腿菇子实体以及杏鲍菇菌丝具有2,6-二叔丁基对甲酚、苯甲酸甲酯等特有风味。本研究通过分析常见食用菌的营养成分及风味物质,为食用菌的高值化开发提供了数据基础。     

某含铷花岗岩矿石中伴生钽铌锂的综合回收试验研究

伴生资源综合利用是绿色矿山建设、节约能源的重要举措。某地花岗岩型独立铷矿中伴生钽、铌、锂金属,为实现该铷矿的资源化利用,对钽、铌、锂进行了详细的综合回收试验研究。矿石中Ta₂O₅、Nb₂O₅、Li₂O品位分别为42.15g/t、184.00g/t和0.086%;钽铌赋存于铌铁矿中,锂主要赋存于铁锂云母中。确定采用磁选优先回收铌铁矿和铁锂云母—磁精矿重选回收钽铌—重选尾矿浮选回收锂的选矿工艺。试验结果表明:在磨矿细度为-0.074mm占61.81%的条件下,经弱磁选除铁—强磁选—两段摇床重选得到含11 650 g/t Ta₂O₅、50 400g/t Nb₂O₅的钽铌精矿,钽、铌回收率分别为38.46%和38.11%,钽、铌富集比均超过270;以碳酸钠、水玻璃作为调整剂,氧化石蜡皂和十二胺作为阴阳离子组合捕收剂,对重选尾矿进行浮选富集铁锂云母,经1次粗选、1次精选、1次扫选获得Li_2<...     

Evaluating π-π-Interactions as a Method for Isolation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Solution

The polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH), chrysene, was linked to the solid support TentaGel S-NH₂ via a linker by means of synthesis. The resulting product 4-(chrysene-1-yloxy)-N-(TentaGel S)butanamide (4) was then evaluated for its ability to isolate PAHs from solution by means of π-π-interactions.     

Dehydration,Water Vapor Adsorption and Desorption Behavior of Zn[B3O3(OH)5] · H2O and Zn[B3O4(OH)3]

The dehydration behaviors of two different hydrated zinc borate species, Zn[B₃O₃(OH)₅] · H₂O and Zn[B₃O₄(OH)₃], which are industrially important flame retardants, were studied by thermal gravimetric(TG) analysis and in situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform (DRIFT) spectroscopy. Dehydration onset temperatures of Zn[B₃O₃(OH)₅] · H₂O and Zn[B₃O₄(OH)₃] were 129 and 320°C, respectively, at a 10°C/min ramp rate. A very small amount of boric acid was volatilized in addition to water vapor when both samples were heated at 250°C. A significant amount of water vapor was adsorbed by Zn[B₃O₃(OH)₅] · H₂O from air at 25°C. However, Zn[B₃O₄(OH)₃] adsorbed a very small amount of water under the same conditions. Both zinc borates did not have a tendency to cake during storage.     

Wall Resistance in Graphite-Block Heat Exchangers

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Accurate data have been obtained on the thermal conductivity of six grades of manufactured graphite. In particular, the effect of orientation, manufacturing process, and impregnant content on the thermal conductivity was investigated. Using the thermal conductivity data, a three-dimensional finite-element model has been set up to determine the wall resistance of a particular graphite block. The effect of the anisotropy of the extruded graphite on the wall resistance was investigated. It was found that the anisotropy can be neglected if the wall resistance is calculated by assuming that the blocks have an isotropic thermal conductivity equal to the thermal conductivity perpendicular to the direction of extrusion. Also, the phenol formaldehyde film on the surface of the heat exchanger channels was determined to have a significant thermal resistance. It was calculated that, for typical operating film coefficients with water on both sides, the overall heat transfer coefficient can be expected to increase by more than 50% if the resin layer is removed.     

Comparison of a sMBR and a CASP system for wastewater reclamation and re-use

The performance of a submerged membrane bioreactor (sMBR) for municipal wastewater reclamation and re-use was compared with that of a current classic activated sludge process (CASP). The average chemical oxygen demand (COD) of CASP effluent was 75 mg/l, while the average COD of sMBR filtrate was 15 mg/l. In general, COD removal was above 98%. However, the best results were obtained at a sludge rentention time (SRT) of 50 days. The total phosphorus (TP) content of the filtrate decreased to a level <1 mg/l under aerobic conditions in which aeration occurred continuously. It was shown that the filtrate TP and orthoposphate (Orto-P) concentrations increased dramatically during the periods of intermittent aeration because phosphorus is released under anoxic conditions. In the CASP effluent, the average TP and Orto-P were 7.9 mg/l and 7.1 mg/l, respectively. The filtrate was free of suspended solids (SS) and total coliform bacteria. The effluent SS in the CASP was 40 mg/l. The turbidity removal in the sMBR reached almost 99%, i.e. generally less than 1 NTU, while the average turbidity of the CASP effluent was almost 15 NTU. The removal of ammonium nitrogen (NH₄⁺-N) in the sMBR was almost 99.8%. In addition, the nitrate concentration in the filtrate decreased to 2.4 mg/l under both aerobic & anoxic conditions. It was shown that both nitrification and denitrification could be successfully reduced through intermittent aeration. Average total Kjeldehl nitrogen (TKN) and NH₄⁺-N in the CASP effluent were 30.2 mg/l and 20 mg/l, respectively, i.e. the nitrification efficiency was 42.9%, and the denitrification value was not available. When these results are compared with those in the CASP, it indicated that the sMBR could be successfully used for reclamation and re-use of municipal wastewater.