Transport of the dicyanogold(i) anion

We have shown that dicyanogold(I), [Au(CN)(2)](-) is a common metabolite found in blood and urine samples of patients treated with different gold based drugs. Some patients have high levels of gold within their red blood cells (RBCs). Size exclusion and C18 reversed phase chromatography show that the majority of the gold in RBC lysates is bound to protein, but small molecules such as dicyanogold(I) and gold-glutathione complexes are also present. Dicyanogold incubation with red blood cells in vitro leads to a rapid and complete uptake of gold. This uptake is unaffected by DIDS, an inhibitor of the anion channel, but is blocked by the addition of external cyanide. Dicyanogold is also readily taken up by H9 cells, a continuous CD(4+) cell line. This uptake is significantly inhibited by N-ethylmaleimide, suggesting a requirement for sulfhydryl groups. Dicyanogold inhibits the replication of the AIDS virus, HIV, in a cell culture model.     

Tunable dispersion compensation by an angular conserved grating-pair system

To our knowledge the concept of an angular conserved grating-pair dispersion compensation system is proposed for the first time, and furthermore a model of such a system is developed and applied to the study of two- and three-lens special cases. A set of easy-to-use dispersion compensation formulas based on geometric optics has been derived and confirmed by our experimental results. Tunability and a compensation ratio as high as 27,600 have been achieved with two- and three-lens systems, respectively.     

Microwatt shot-noise measurement

We report a simple scheme for sensitive measurements of optical-noise spectra. Optical noise is separated from electronic noise when the output of an analog spectrum analyzer is real-time squared and then lock-in detected. This method directly yields the desired mean-square noise voltage, i.e., the power spectrum of the optical noise on a linear scale. To demonstrate this technique, the mean-square shot noise of a laser beam is measured and found to vary linearly with the laser power from several milliwatts down to one microwatt, in excellent quantitative agreement with predictions.     

CDZoom: a human-like sequential zoom agent for efficient change detection in large scenes

Neural Computing and Applications - High-resolution (HR) remote sensing images provide rich information for human activities. However, processing entire HR images is time-consuming, and many...     

Robust semi-supervised discriminant embedding method with soft label in kernel space

Neural Computing and Applications - Considering some problems of local linear embedding methods in semi-supervised scenarios, a robust scheme for generating soft labels is designed and a...     

Semi-supervised transformable architecture search for feature distillation

Pattern Analysis and Applications - The designed method aims to perform image classification tasks efficiently and accurately. Different from the traditional CNN-based image classification methods,...     

Confidence regions of two-stage stochastic linear complementarity problems

Two-stage stochastic linear complementarity problems (TSLCP) model a large class of equilibrium problems subject to data uncertainty, and are closely related to two-stage stochastic optimization problems. The sample average approximation (SAA) method is one of the basic approaches for solving TSLCP and the consistency of the SAA solutions has been well studied. This paper focuses on building confidence regions of the solution to TSLCP when SAA is implemented. We first establish the error-bound condition of TSLCP and then build the asymptotic and nonasymptotic confidence regions of the solutions to TSLCP by error-bound approach, which is to combine the error-bound condition with central limit theory, empirical likelihood theory, and large deviation theory.     

A multi-agent model for decision making on environmental regulation in urban agglomeration

The Journal of Supercomputing - The incomplete enforcement of environmental regulation by local governments will lead to environmental degradation. While the strategy selection for local...     

卫星USB测控副载波同步算法研究

吉林一号卫星测控采用USB测控体制,遥控接收采用FFT+DPLL1+DPLL2的架构,FFT主要实现对载波的粗捕,DPLL1在FFT的基础上实现对载波相位的精跟踪,DPLL2实现副载波的跟踪。对遥控副载波跟踪所用到的数字PLL技术进行了研究,首先给出了载波多普勒折算到副载波上的方法,然后对模拟PLL数字化进行了详细的论述,并设计了遥控副载波同步用的PLL2,对其稳定性、快捕带及快捕时间、捕获带和捕获时间、同步速率等进行了分析和仿真。结果表明,该方法具有捕获时间短、跟踪精度高、稳定性好等特点,易于数字化实现,已成功在吉林一号系列卫星中得到应用。     

Low-rank tensor completion via combined Tucker and Tensor Train for color image recovery

Applied Intelligence - In recent years, low-rank tensor completion has been widely used in color image recovery. Tensor Train (TT), as a balanced tensor rank minimization method, has achieved good...