Local motion feature aided ground moving target tracking with GMTI and HRR measurements

Tracking ground moving targets with ground moving target indicator (GMTI) measurements only could face a potential problem of losing tracks or track mingling, if the targets move together within the range of GMTI sensing uncertainty for an extended period of time. We propose a remedy for this problem by using local motion features extracted from high resolution range (HRR) profiles to assist data association. Unlike other HRR features, the new local motion features carry both spatial and temporal information and are ideal for feature aided tracking. A probabilistic logic based tracker is developed for local motion feature aided tracking.     

运营控制与项目治理

在过去的三期文章里，我主要阐述了项目的治理问题。本期我们来讨论运营控制和单个项目的治理，如图1所示。达两个主题涵盖了传统的项目管理的所有内容，在这里我只着重阐述以下两方面：     

A neglected lesbian health concern: cervical neoplasia

OBJECTIVE: The role of a deficiency of vitamin B1 in the development of alcoholic complaints is confined to the case of the Wernicke-Korsakov syndrome. Findings concerning a deficiency of thiamine in alcoholics in comparison with normal persons are contradictory and there are no differentiated tests in the case of delirium tremens. In this study the vitamin B1 absorption in patients with delirium tremens was of interest in connection with the presence or absence of hallucinations and autonomic symptoms. METHOD: Male patients (N = 70) with delirium tremens were compared with a group of 13 controls. The controls and patients were hospitalized in order to ensure abstinence from alcohol. The examination of the delirium patients was carried out with their consent after termination of the delirium tremens and again on discontinuance of drug therapy. In the case of 33 delirium patients the absorption of thiamine was tested again 4 weeks after the first examination. RESULTS: The absorption of vitamin B1 was in general only minimally lower in the case of the delirium patients in comparison with the nonalcoholics. The results showed, however, a considerably greater range of scattering of vitamin B1 absorption in the delirium patients. The absorption conditions showed marked improvement in the 4 weeks after delirium. The extent of absorption of vitamin B1 showed no influence on the duration of delirium. The patients with visual hallucinations, however, showed lower thiamine absorption than patients without such symptoms, whereas no dependence of autonomic symptoms on vitamin B1 absorption was seen. CONCLUSIONS: The disturbed absorption conditions in the delirium patients were obvious at the time of the examination as demonstrated by the wide range of absorption values. Improvement or near normal conditions were registered 4 weeks after the delirium. The absorption conditions had possibly already improved during the few days of alcohol abstinence in the course of the delirium treatment. The reduced vitamin B1 absorption of patients suffering from visual hallucination corresponds to observations of alcoholic hallucinosis.     

Calculation of Viscous EHL Traction for Squalane Using Molecular Simulation and Rheometry

Recently, remarkable agreement was reported between nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulation and high-pressure Couette rheometry on squalane. We have utilized the viscosity-strain rate relationship obtained from this unique combination of experimental and simulation data along with high-pressure viscometer measurements to calculate the viscous traction curve in the elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) regime. A comparison with measured traction at 0.57 and 1.29 GPa shows excellent agreement, confirming the validity of the measurements and simulations. Thus, we present for the first time, a successful calculation of EHL traction from the liquid shear response obtained from both molecular dynamics and rheometry.     

Manipulation of smoking urges and affect through a brief-imagery procedure: Self-report, psychophysiological, and startle probe responses.

The extent to which sentence imagery elicits effects comparable to those produced by long narratives was investigated. Smokers imagined sentences with varying affective content and that either contained or were devoid of smoking cues. Physiological responses were monitored, and smokers rated their urges and affect. Startle responses were also collected as an index of negative affect processing. Smoking-cue sentences produced augmented urges and startle responding. Smoking material also elevated negative affect during imagery of positive affect sentences. The affect manipulation produced changes in self-reported affect and facial electromyography consistent with the affective valence of the sentences. This procedure is similar to narrative imagery in the manipulation of smoking urges and affect under laboratory conditions. Results support the hypothesis that smoking urges enhance negative affect processing. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)