Magnet-flux-ing control of interior PM Machine drives for improved steady-state response to short-circuit faults

This paper proposes a control method to the magnet flux in an interior permanent-magnet (IPM) motor following short-circuit-type faults in either the inverter drive or motor stator windings. Phase-based control is employed to implement the flux-ing-control method so that it is possible to take advantage of a zero-sequence current in order to minimize the current in the shorted phase. It is shown that phase-based control results in a smaller induced current than when employing a synchronous-frame dq0 current regulator. The induced torque is also less than that when employing a purposely commanded symmetrical short circuit in response to a short-circuit-type fault. In the paper, the complete magnet-flux-ing-control algorithm is derived with reference to the proposed phase-current-control method. The impact of controlling the zero-sequence current on the resulting phase currents is presented. Both simulation and experimental results are presented, verifying the operation of the proposed methods.     

Low complexity iterative decoding for bit-interleaved coded modulation

Bit-interleaved coded modulation with iterative decoding (ID) is an effective scheme for both AWGN and fading channels because it simultaneously realizes large Euclidean distance and high diversity. In the literature, ID schemes with hard-decision feedback (HDF), as well as soft-decision feedback (SDF), have been investigated. While HDF/ID exhibits a performance inferior to SDF/ID, it is much simpler to implement. To enhance the performance of HDF/ID with moderate additional complexity, we propose a uniform soft-decision feedback ID (USF/ID) scheme. The proposed scheme is applicable in both single antenna and multiple antenna communication systems. The simulation results verify that it achieves impressive performance gain over HDF/ID and has a practically more attractive implementation than SDF/ID, especially for complexity-constrained wireless applications.     

一种可编程ExpressCard解决方案

ExpressCard模块是由PCMCIA推出的一种更薄、更快、更轻的抽屉式插卡,用以取代现有的PC卡和CardBus模块,主要用于笔记本计算机后继市场中的功能性升级和扩展.同样,ExpressCard模块最初旨在服务于笔记本计算机后继市场(图1a).     

Web Discovery and Filtering Based on Textual Relevance Feedback Learning

We develop a new approach for Web information discovery and filtering. Our system, called WID, allows the user to specify long-term information needs by means of various topic profile specifications. An entire example page or an index page can be accepted as input for the discovery. It makes use of a simulated annealing algorithm to automatically explore new Web pages. Simulated annealing algorithms possess some favorable properties to fulfill the discovery objectives. Information retrieval techniques are adopted to evaluate the content-based relevance of each page being explored. The hyperlink information, in addition to the textual context, is considered in the relevance score evaluation of a Web page. WID allows users to provide three forms of the relevance feedback model, namely, the positive page feedback, the negative page feedback, and the positive keyword feedback. The system is domain independent and does not rely on any prior knowledge or information about the Web content. Extensive experiments have been conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of the discovery performance achieved by WID.     

HIGH‐DIMENSIONAL LEARNING FRAMEWORK FOR ADAPTIVE DOCUMENT FILTERING*

We investigate the unique requirements of the adaptive textual document filtering problem and propose a new high‐dimensional on‐line learning framework, known as the REPGER (relevant feature pool with good training example retrieval rule) algorithm to tackle this problem. Our algorithm possesses three characteristics. First, it maintains a pool of selective features with potentially high predictive power to predict document relevance. Second, besides retrieving documents according to their predicted relevance, it also retrieves incoming documents that are considered good training examples. Third, it can dynamically adjust the dissemination threshold throughout the filtering process so as to maintain a good filtering performance in a fully interactive environment. We have conducted experiments on three document corpora, namely, Associated Press, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, and Wall Street Journal to compare the performance of our REPGER algorithm with two existing on‐line learning algorithms. The results demonstrate that our REPGER algorithm gives better performance most of the time. Comparison with the TREC (Text Retrieval Conference) adaptive text filtering track participants was also made. The result shows that our REPGER algorithm is comparable to them.     

User-centric content negotiation for effective adaptation service in mobile computing

We address the challenges of building a good content adaptation service for mobile devices and propose a decision engine that is user-centric with QoS awareness, which can automatically negotiate for the appropriate adaptation decision to use in the synthesis of an optimal adapted version. The QoS-sensitive approach complements the lossy nature of the transcoding operations. The decision engine will look for the best trade off among various parameters in order to reduce the loss of quality in various domains. Quantitative methods are suggested to measure the QoS of the content versions in various quality domains. Based on the particular user perception and other contextual information on the client capability, the network connection, and the requested content, the proposed negotiation algorithm will determine a content version with a good aggregate score. We have built a prototype document adaptation system for PDF documents to demonstrate the viability of our approach.     

A perturbation-incremental scheme for studying Hopf bifurcation in delayed differential systems

A new method, called perturbation-incremental scheme (PIS), is presented to investigate the periodic solution derived from Hopf bifurcation due to time delay in a system of first-order delayed differential equations. The method is summarized as three steps, namely linear analysis at critical value, perturba- tion and increment for continuation. The PIS can bypass and avoid the tedious calculation of the center manifold reduction (CMR) and normal form. Meanwhile, the PIS not only inherits the advantages of t...     

Troglitazone

Troglitazone decreases insulin resistance (improves insulin sensitivity), which results in reduced plasma glucose and insulin levels in patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). Risk factors for cardiovascular disease such as elevated proinsulin and triglyceride levels are also reduced by troglitazone. In clinical trials, troglitazone 200 to 800 mg daily (alone or in combination with other oral antidiabetic agents or insulin) reduced plasma or serum glucose levels and glycosylated haemoglobin compared with both baseline and placebo in patients with NIDDM refractory to other oral antidiabetic agents (usually sulphonylureas). Troglitazone was generally well tolerated in clinical trials. In patients in the US, the incidence of adverse events in troglitazone recipients was similar to that in placebo recipients.     

Upregulation of osteopontin expression in renal cortex of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats is mediated by bradykinin

The model of streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes in Wistar rats was used to study the expression of osteopontin during development of diabetic nephropathy. Diabetes was confirmed by serum glucose levels exceeding 16 mmol/l during the experimental period of 12 weeks. During this period of time, diabetic nephropathy developed, as characterized by a reduced glomerular filtration rate (2.7 +/- 0.3 ml/min in controls vs. 1.7 +/- 0.1 ml/min in diabetic rats) and proteinuria (8.3 +/- 1.7 mg/24 h in controls vs. 22.0 +/- 4 mg/24 h in diabetic rats). Northern blot analysis revealed a time-dependent upregulation of renal cortical osteopontin expression reaching 138 +/- 6% of control levels after 2 weeks and 290 +/- 30% (mean +/- SE, n = 6-9) after 12 weeks. By immunostaining, the increased osteopontin expression could be located to the tubular epithelium of the renal cortex. Chronic treatment of animals with ramipril (3 mg/kg) during the 12-week experimental period led to a further increase in osteopontin mRNA expression in diabetic animals, amounting to 570 +/- 73% (mean +/- SE, n = 6) of controls. Increased levels of osteopontin were not associated with accumulation of monocyte/macrophages that were identified by the cell type specific monoclonal antibody ED-1. The increased osteopontin expression in ramipril-pretreated rats was abolished by application of the bradykinin B2-receptor antagonist, icatibant (0.5 mg/kg). In addition, increased osteopontin expression in diabetic rats, which did not receive any treatment after STZ injection, could as well be reduced by icatibant given for the final 2 weeks of the experimental period. These data suggest that a strong bradykinin B2-receptor-mediated upregulation of osteopontin occurs during the pathogenesis of experimental diabetic nephropathy in rats.