Entropy-based measures for quantifying sleep-stage transition dynamics: relationship to sleep fragmentation and daytime sleepiness

We present two novel entropy-based measures that quantify sleep-stage transition dynamics (sleep structure) from polysomnogram derived hypnograms: Walsh spectral entropy (WSE) and Haar spectral entropy (HSE). These measures quantify patterns of temporal regularity of a categorical time series without requiring numerical encoding (scaling) of the (categorical) sleep stages. Additionally, we show that conditional entropy (CE) is well suited for quantifying predictability of the hypnogram. The relationship of those measures with traditional sleep fragmentation indices (arousal index, total sleep time, and sleep efficiency) is explored for a 394 participant sample of the Cleveland Family Study, an epidemiologic study in which standardized single-night polysomnogram data were collected. The new entropy-based sleep structure measures (WSE, HSE, and CE) are positively correlated (moderate to weak) with the traditional sleep fragmentation indices. Because the sleep structure measures developed in this paper provide direct information related to temporal patterns of sleep that is not contained in traditional sleep fragmentation measures, the correlation between these new alternative sleep structure measures and the traditional sleep fragmentation measures is less important. Our goal is not to develop alternative measures that correlate highly with traditional measures of sleep fragmentation, but rather to provide methods to quantify sleep structure by examining other (e.g., dynamic sleep-stage transition) properties of the hypnogram. Additionally, the relationship of the new entropy-based and traditional measures with daytime sleepiness as quantified by the Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS) is investigated. Multiple linear regression analysis shows that WSE has a stronger relationship with ESS than the traditional measures, even after both are adjusted for common confounders (age, race, gender, and body mass index). This further suggests that the entropy-based measures, especially WSE, are capturing additional temporal patterns of sleep not captured in the traditional sleep fragmentation measures, and have a relationship with daytime sleepiness.     

一种适于受限资源环境的远程用户认证方案的分析与改进

该文讨论了Fang等人(2011)新近提出的一个安全高效的基于智能卡的远程用户口令认证方案,指出原方案无法实现所声称的抗离线口令猜测攻击,对平行会话攻击和已知密钥攻击是脆弱的,并且存在用户口令更新友好性差问题。给出一个改进方案,对其进行了安全性和效率分析。分析结果表明,改进方案弥补了原方案的安全缺陷,保持了较高的效率,适用于安全需求较高的资源受限应用环境。     

高k材料用作纳米级MOS晶体管栅介质薄层(上)

随着45 nm和32 nm技术节点的来临,传统的SiO2作为栅介质薄膜材料的厚度需缩小到1 nm之下,材料的绝缘性、可靠性等受到了极大的挑战,已不能满足技术发展的要求.高k材料成为代替SiO2作为栅介质薄层材料的不错选择,但是大多数高k材料是离子金属氧化物,其基本物理和材料特性导致产生很多不可靠因素.从高k材料的基本物理和材料特性角度,回顾了高k材料代替SiO2用作纳米级MOS晶体管栅介质薄层时产生的主要不可靠因素及根本原因.     

Estimation of High-Frequency Currents From Near-Field Scan Measurements

High-frequency currents on the pins of integrated circuits (ICs) and on printed circuit board (PCB) traces are needed to predict and analyze electromagnetic interference in high-speed devices. These currents can, however, be difficult to measure when traces are buried within the PCB or chip-package, especially when several current-carrying traces are in close proximity. Techniques for estimating high-frequency currents from near-field scan data are proposed in this paper. These techniques are applied to find currents on the pins of an IC, on traces buried beneath other traces in a PCB, and on traces over a slot in the ground plane. Methods of dealing with the ill-posed nature of the current-estimation problem are discussed, as are applications to electrically large structures. A study of the sensitivity of the technique to errors in the measured fields, errors in the circuit geometry, and errors in the estimated dielectric constant of the PCB or chip package show that, for reasonable errors in these parameters, currents can be estimated to within an average of 20% (1.6 dB) or less of their correct values.     

A Linear Phase Condition for Volterra Filters

In linear finite-impulse-response filter design, it is desirable that the filter frequency response has linear phase (LP). In this brief, we investigate the LP concept for nonlinear Volterra filters. The LP condition of Volterra filters is defined in terms of its output spectrum in which the phase term introduced by the Volterra kernels is linear. It is shown that under certain symmetry conditions, the LP condition is satisfied by Volterra filters. Moreover, the LP condition for Volterra filters can be considered as an extension to the linear filter case.     

ATM中话音源的统计模型分析

本文根据ＡＴＭ网的传输特点,从统计的角度分析话音源的特点,建立统计模型并对其统计特性进行分析。     

虚拟专用网络技术

对ＶＰＮ的基本概念作简要介绍后,着重分析了ＶＰＮ的三种典型的应用方式,即Ｉｎｔｒａｎｅｔ ＶＰＮ,远程接入ＶＰＮ和Ｅｘｔｒａｎｅｔ ＶＰＮ,并对现有的一些ＶＰＮ技术进行了总结,提出了一个一般的ＶＰＮ体系结构模型。     

基于IPSec的网络层VPN技术

文章就ＩＰＳｅｃ提供的、与网络层ＶＰＮ技术密切相关的协议隧道封装,用户信息加密,用户认证等关键技术及与之相关的系统管理等方面的技术细节进行分析,并就利用ＩＰＳｅｃ技术实现ＶＰＮ的具体方式进行了归纳。     

Multistage interference cancellation with diversity reception forasynchronous QPSK DS/CDMA systems over multipath fading channels

This paper introduces a multistage interference cancellation (MIC) technique with diversity reception for quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) asynchronous direct-sequence code division multiple access (DS/CDMA) systems over frequency-selective multipath Rayleigh fading channels. Unlike the previous MIC, which tries to remove the lump sum of the multiple-access interference (MAI) and self-interference (SI), this introduced MIC attempts to cancel only the MAI and part of the SI due to the intersymbol interference, while treating the remaining SI created by the current symbol as useful information for symbol decision. In this technique, the RAKE combining is used to collect signal replicas over multiple fading paths. Upper and lower bounds on the bit error probability are derived using a Gaussian approximation and the characteristic function method. Furthermore, effects of channel estimation error on the performance are studied. Analytical and simulation results show that the introduced MIC can provide a performance extremely close to that in an ideal single-user environment and outperforms the previous MIC even in the presence of channel estimation error     

移动梦网:辉煌与转型

短信成就了移动梦网,移动梦网更进一步促进了短信的大发展。两者的结合促成了i-mode在中国的成功移植,盘活了互联网产业。初步建立了小额支付平台,开中国电信运营业商业模式创新先河。通过对以前问题的整治。移动梦网将面临着一系列的问题,如寻找杀手级应用,商业模式的完善,以及重塑管理环境等。