DDNSR: a dual-input degradation network for real-world super-resolution

Pattern Analysis and Applications - Recently, Real-World Super-Resolution has become one of the most popular research fields in the scope of Single Image Super-Resolution, as it focuses on...     

基于网源协同的300MW 机组负荷快调及综合调频技术研究

大力发展新能源和大规模外电入鲁是山东实现新旧动能转换、推动经济快速平稳发展的关键之举,截至017年,新能源发电量和外电入鲁电量已占全省发电量的40.98％,到2018年风电和光电装机容量已达到千万千瓦 级别.但是,新能源受天气因素制约,一直处于随机波动状态,实时干扰电网频率,直接影响人民生活和工业生产, 甚至会产生弃风弃光事件;而特高压直流输电线路一旦出现故障,就会产生巨大供电缺口,导致电网频率突降,极有 可能引发大面积停电事故,造成重大经济损失和不良社会影响.因此,火电机组必须具备良好的一次调频和 AGC等 涉网性能,才能弥补新能源发电量波动和外电入鲁故障造成的频率波动,才能破解新能源消纳难题,为准确应对外电 故障提供数据支撑。     

Design of a 2-DOF-PID controller using an improved sine–cosine algorithm for load frequency control of a three-area system with nonlinearities

This paper proposes an improved sine–cosine algorithm (ISCA) based 2-DOF-PID controller for load frequency control. A three-area test system is built for study, while some physical constraints (nonlinearities) are considered for the investigation of a realistic power system. The proposed method is used as the parameter optimizer of the LFC controller in different scenarios. The 2-DOF-PID controllers are used because of their capability of fast disturbance rejection without significant increase of overshoot in set-point tracking. The 2-DOF-PID controllers’ efficacy is observed by examining the responses with the outcomes obtained with PID and FOPID controllers. The simulation results with the suggested scheme are correlated with some of the existing algorithms, such as SCA, SSA, ALO, and PSO in three different scenarios, i.e., a disturbance in two areas, in three areas, and in the presence of physical constraints. In addition, the study is extended to a four-area power system. Statistical analysis is performed using the Wilcoxon Sign Rank Test (WSRT) on 20 independent runs. This confirms the supremacy of the proposed method.     

Bioinspired yeast microcapsules loaded with self-assembled nanotherapies for targeted treatment of cardiovascular disease

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A facile synthesis of supported amorphous iron oxide with high performance for Cr(Ⅵ) removal from aqueous solution under visible light irradiation

A series of supported iron oxide nanoparticles were prepared by impregnation with Fe(NO_3)_3 supported on TiO_2,followed by low-temperature calcination. Scanning electron microscopy(SEM), X-ray diffraction(XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS), UV–vis diffuse reflectance spectra and BET have been used to characterize the samples. These iron oxide-impregnated TiO_2 were examined for photocatalytic reduction of Cr(Ⅵ). The experiments demonstrated that Cr(Ⅵ) in aqueous solution was more efficiently reduced using Fe_2O_3/TiO_2 heterogeneous photocatalysts than either pure Fe_2O_3 or TiO_2 under visible light irradiation. All TiO_2 supported samples were somewhat active for visible light photoreduction. With an optimal mole ratio of 0.05-Fe/Ti, the highest rate of Cr(Ⅵ) reduction was achieved under the experimental conditions. We also compared the photoreactivity of TiO_2 supported iron oxide samples with that supported on Al_2O_3 and ZrO_2. It can be noted that iron oxide nanoparticles deposited on high surface area supports to increase the solid-liquid contact area renders it considerably more active. Noticeably,iron oxide cluster size and dispersion are important parameters in synthesizing active, supported Iron oxide nanoparticles. In addition, the interaction between iron oxide and TiO_2 was proposed as the source of photoactivity for Cr(Ⅵ) reduction.     

Silicon-based microelectrode arrays for stimulation and signal recording of in vitro cultured neurons

Microelectrode arrays (MEAs) for stimulation and signal recording of in vitro cultured neurons are presented.Each MEA is composed of 60 independent electrodes with 59 working ones and one reference one.These electrodes are divided into 30 pairs.Through each pair of electrodes,four independent states can be realized to define the accessing modes of neurons cultured on the surface of the electrodes.A total MEA covers an area of 10 mm×10 mm.MEAs are fabricated in a silicon-based semiconductor process.An implemented MEA is bonded on a specially designed printed-circuit-board (PCB) and surrounded by a culture chamber.An impedance measurement has been made to verify the electrical characteristics of MEAs.The surface was modified to enhance the biocompatibility.A series of PC12 cells culture experiments validates the effectiveness of the modification.An extracellular signal recording experiment with acetylcholine (Ach) as a stimulant has been carried out,and the results show the feasibility of MEAs for extracellular action potential recording.Extracellular electrical stimulation and recording experiments have been carried out too.They indicate that MEAs can be used for extracellular stimulation,recording,simultaneous stimulation and recording,and isolation of PC12 cells network cultured in vitro.     

The establishment of edge-based loop algebra theory of kinematic chains and its applications

Based on the edge-based array representation of loops in the topological graphs of kinematic chains, this paper first proposes three arithmetic operations of loops. Then the concept of the independent loop set as well as its determination rules is introduced, and a new structure decomposition algorithm of kinematic chains is presented. Based on the algorithm, an automatic and efficient method for rigid sub-chain detection and driving pair selection of kinematic chains is proposed. Finally, an index is proposed to assess computation complexity of kinematic analysis with respect to different driving pair selections.     

A passive tree-based backbone construction scheme for MANETs

Backbone-based broadcast schemes are effective in alleviating the broadcast storm problem in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs). However, periodically hello packets used to maintain a backbone usually lead to extra control overhead. In this paper, passive tree-based backbone construction scheme (PTBCS) is proposed as a backbone construction scheme for MANETs. Different from other schemes, each node in PTBCS determines its role by intercepting packet transmissions in the air during a special waiting period. Hence, its most remarkable advantage is that there are no periodical packet transmissions specially for backbone construction. The property that the nodes selected by PTBCS make up a connected dominating set (CDS) of the network is proven with several ideal assumptions. Simulation results show that PTBCS is effective when compared with some other typical backbone construction schemes.