集成电路测试管理信息系统的设计与实现

本文全面地介绍了集成电路测试管理信息系统的设计与实现技术，包括管理业务分析，系统设计目标、数据库设计、功能模块设计等方面。     

Adding a path connectedness operator to FO+poly (linear)

In the constraint database community FO+poly and FO+linear have been proposed as foundations for spatial database query languages. One of the strengths of this approach is that these languages are a clean and natural generalization of Codd's relational model to a spatial setting. As a result rigorous mathematical study of their expressiveness and complexity can be carried out. Along this line important geometric queries involving connectivity have been shown to be inexpressible in FO+poly and FO+linear. To address this problem we extend both languages with a parameterized path-connectivity predicate Pconn. We show that FO+linear+Pconn and FO+poly+Pconn[3D] are closed and have PTIME data complexity. We also examine the expressiveness of FO+poly+Pconn and FO+linear+Pconn and show that parity and transitive closure are expressible in each. Received: 8 January 2001 / 22 February 2002     

Polymer‐based transistors used as pixel switches in active‐matrix displays

A 2‐in. active‐matrix display was demonstrated, containing 4096 solution‐processed polymer‐based transistors. By using the polymer‐dispersed liquid‐crystal display (LCD) effect, this results in a reflective, low‐power display with paper‐like contrast. The influence of the transistor parameters on the display performance is analyzed by use of a model for charging and discharging of the pixel capacitors. Good agreement was obtained between the model and the experimental data. Scaling behavior allows estimation of the performance required for transistors in a quarter‐VGA display. These requirements are met by solution‐processed pentacene transistors.     

On Average Versus Discounted Reward Temporal-Difference Learning

We provide an analytical comparison between discounted and average reward temporal-difference (TD) learning with linearly parameterized approximations. We first consider the asymptotic behavior of the two algorithms. We show that as the discount factor approaches 1, the value function produced by discounted TD approaches the differential value function generated by average reward TD. We further argue that if the constant function—which is typically used as one of the basis functions in discounted TD—is appropriately scaled, the transient behaviors of the two algorithms are also similar. Our analysis suggests that the computational advantages of average reward TD that have been observed in some prior empirical work may have been caused by inappropriate basis function scaling rather than fundamental differences in problem formulations or algorithms.     

Stabilization of New Phases in Ion-Conducting Nanocomposites

Physical properies of ion-conducting nanocomposites are reviewed. Special attention is paid to the change of the bulk characteristics of ionic salts in the nanocomposites due to the formation of the interface phases. The main thermodynamic reason of the formation of the nanocomposite as well as the stabilization of the interface phases is the adhesion energy _a. At sufficiently high _a values, the ionic salt tends to spread along the oxide surface, which leads to the formation of the nanocomposite on sintering. The adhesion is the result of the interface interaction and incorporates the stage of the specific adsorption of the interface ions. It leads to the formation of the double layer formed by the point defects in the interface region of the ionic salt. In the case of the strong adhesion, the structural reconstruction or the formation of the metastable interface phase takes place. Analysis of the experimental data shows that interface phases exist in composites AgI–Al₂O₃, MeNO₃–Al₂O₃ (Me = Li, Na, K, Rb, and Cs), CsHSO₄–SiO₂, RbNO₃–SiO₂ and CsCl–Al₂O₃. Their structure may be either epitaxial crystalline, or amorphous. The thickness of the interface phase as estimated on the basis of the brick-wall model is about 3–4 nm.     

Report of the U.S. Department of Energy Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (FESAC) Panel Reviewing the Theory and Computing Program

This Panel was set up by the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (FESAC) at its November 2000 meeting for the purpose of addressing questions from the Department of Energy concerning the theory and computing/simulation program of the Office of Fusion Energy Sciences. Although the Panel primarily addressed programmatic questions, it acknowledges that the theory and computing in fusion energy sciences has a stellar record of research successes. (A recent FESAC report entitled Opportunities in the Fusion Energy Sciences Program listed a number of theory and computing research highlights.) Last year the National Research Council performed an assessment of the quality of the fusion energy sciences program—including theory and computing—and concluded that the quality of its research is on a par with that of other leading areas of contemporary physical science.     

Ergonomics, gerontechnology, and design for the home-environment

An ergonomic approach could improve the quality of life and activities in daily living. Gerontechnology reduces the effects of age-related impairments with technological devices and particular design for the home-environment. Physiological decline with increasing age renders the daily activities at home more difficult. This paper highlights some "common sense" and specific design suggestions in the entrance and kitchen, aimed to increase the self-sufficiency of elderly people. We suggest that gerontechnology may have a particular role in the improvement of comfort and safety for aged people.     

Decorrelation characteristics of transverse blood flow along an intravascular array catheter

In recent years, a new method to measure transverse blood flow based on the decorrelation of radio frequency (RF) signals has been introduced. In this paper, we investigated the decorrelation characteristics of transverse blood flow measurement using an intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) array catheter by means of computer modeling. Blood was simulated as a collection of randomly located point scatterers. Moving this scattering medium transversally across the acoustical beam represented flow. First-order statistics were evaluated, and the signal-to-noise ratio from the signals was measured. The correlation coefficient method was used to present the results. The decorrelation patterns for RF and for RF-envelope signals were studied. The decorrelation patterns from the RF signals were in good agreement with those obtained from theoretical beam profiles. This agreement suggests that the decorrelation properties of an IVUS array catheter for measuring quantitative transverse blood flow can be assessed by measuring the ultrasound beam. A line of point scatterers, moved transversally across the acoustical beam (line spread function), can determine this decorrelation behaviour.     

Effect of several additives and their admixtures on the physico-chemical properties of a calcium phosphate cement

Combinations of citrate (C₆H₅O ₇ ^3-– ), pyrophosphate (P₂O ₇ ^4– ) and sulfate (SO ₄ ^2– ) ions were used to modify the physico-chemical properties of a calcium phosphate cement (CPC) composed of -tricalcium phosphate (-TCP) and phosphoric acid (PA) solution. The results obtained with only one additive at a time are similar to those previously published. New facts are: the positive effect of C₆H₅O ₇ ^3– ions on cement failure strain and their negative effect on cement pH. The position of the setting time maximum measured at an SO ₄ ^2– concentration of 0.09 M was not displaced by the addition of C₆H₅O ₇ ^3– and P₂O ₇ ^4– ions. However, the effect of SO ₄ ^2– ions on the setting time was depressed by C₆H₅O ₇ ^3– ions. Moreover, no increase in tensile strength was observed when increasing amounts of SO ₄ ^2– were added into a C₆H₅O ₇ ^3– -containing cement. The latter results suggest a competitive effect of C₆H₅O ₇ ^3– and SO ₄ ^2– on setting time and tensile strength. Anhydrous dicalcium phosphate (DCP; CaHPO₄) appeared in cement samples dried just after setting, but not in cement samples incubated for 24 h in deionized water before the drying step. It is believed that the setting reaction is stopped by the drying step, leaving a low internal pH in the sample, hence providing favorable conditions for the transformation of dicalcium phosphate dihydrate (DCPD) into DCP. Interestingly, even though C₆H₅O ₇ ^3– ions dramatically lowered the equilibrium pH of the cement with 5 ml of deionized water, they still prevented the occurrence of the transformation of DCPD into DCP.