Automatically Determining Semantics for World Wide Web Multimedia Information Retrieval

Search engines are useful because they allow the user to find information of interest from the World Wide Web (WWW). However, most of the popular search engines today are textual; they do not allow the user to find images from the web. For effective retrieval, determining the semantics of the images is essential. In this paper, we describe the problems in determining the semantics of images on the WWW and the approach of AMORE, a WWW search engine that we have developed. AMORE's techniques can be extended to other media like audio and video. We explain how we assign keywords to the images based on HTML pages and the method to determine similar images based on the assigned text. We also discuss some statistics showing the effectiveness of our technique. Finally, we present the visual interface of AMORE with the help of several retrieval scenarios.     

Effects of Ti thickness on epitaxial CoSi2 growth from Co/Ti bilayer

Abstracts are not published in this journal This revised version was published online in November 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Effect of chromium on the phase evolution and microstructure of ZnO doped with bismuth and antimony

Crystalline phase formation and microstructure of ZnO varistors with a basic composition ZnO–Bi₂O₃–Sb₂O₃ were examined. Addition of chromium oxide to this basic varistor resulted in an α-spinel (α-Zn₇Sb₂O₁₂) phase dissolving a significant amount of Cr, while the β-spinel did not. β-spinel transformed to pyrochlore during cooling, whereas α-spinel hardly transformed to pyrochlore irrespective of the cooling conditions. When Sb₂O₃ was completely replaced by Cr₂O₃, ZnCr₂O₄ was formed instead of spinel. α-spinel particles were 1–2 μm in size and intra- as well as intergranular. ZnCr₂O₄ particles, smaller than 1 μm in size, however, were present as aggregates in the bismuth-rich matrix phase at the grain boundaries. This revised version was published online in November 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Surface effects of hybrid vibration-assisted femtosecond laser system for micro-hole drilling of copper substrate

The ultrafast laser based hybrid machining system was studied and a novel approach was demonstrated to improve laser machining quality on metals by vibrating the optical objective lens with a low frequency (500 Hz) and various displacements (0-16.5 μm) during a femtosecond laser machining process.The laser used in this experiment is an amplified Ti:sapphire femtosecond (10-15 s) laser system that generates 100 femtosecond pulses having an energy of 3.5 mJ/pulse with a 5 kHz repetition rate at a central wavelength of 790 nm.It is found that both the wall surface finish of the machined structures and the aspect ratio obtained using the frequency vibration assisted laser machining are improved compared with those derived via laser machining without vibration assistance.     

Microstructure comparison of ZK60 alloy under casting, twin roll casting and hot compression

The microstructures of ZK60 alloy under conventional direct as-casting (DC),twin roll casting (TRC) and twin roll casting followed by hot compression (TRC-HC) were analyzed by optical morphology (OM),electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) and X-ray diffraction (XRD).The deformation condition of hot compression is 350 ℃,0.1 s?1.The microstructural evolution under TRC-HC deformation followed by annealing at different temperatures and time was discussed.The results show that TRC provides more modified microstructure compared with DC.Twins are found in TRC processing;dynamic recrystallization (DRX),shear bands and twins are found in TRC-HC.A short annealing time has little effect on hardness,while during a long time annealing,it is found that low annealing temperatures increase the micro-hardness and high temperature decreases it.     

微波辐射辅助柠檬酸络合法制备的Ho3+/Tm3+/Yb3+共掺杂CaWO4的白光性能（英文）

采用微波辐射辅助柠檬酸络合法制备Ho3+/Tm3+/Yb3+共掺杂CaWO4纳米晶升频转换荧光粉。将柠檬酸络合物前驱体在300~700°C热处理3 h。Ho3+/Tm3+/Yb3+共掺杂CaWO4C在400°C时开始结晶,在600°C时结晶完成。经600°C热处理的Ho3+/Tm3+/Yb3+共掺杂CaWO4主要呈球形,且形态均匀。在980 nm的激光激发下,Ho3+/Tm3+/Yb3+共掺杂CaWO4纳米晶出现肉眼可见的明亮的白色升频转换发射,这种现象来自Tm3+的475 nm蓝光发射以及Ho3+的543 nm绿光和651 nm红光发射。通过调整Tm3+和Ho3+的浓度可以控制Ho3+/Tm3+/Yb3+共掺杂CaWO4的CIE色度图从冷到暖白色之间变化。讨论了Tm3+和Ho3+浓度对升频转换光性能的影响以及与激光泵功率相关的影响机制。     

甲烷/空气预混合气在定容燃烧室内的燃烧试验

为研究进气温度、进气压力、当量燃烧比、射流引燃、压燃(自燃)等对甲烷燃烧的影响,以提高点燃式天然气发动机的性能,在定容燃烧室(CVCC)内进行甲烷/空气预混合气的燃烧试验,通过火焰高速摄影和气体压力测量等手段,获取试验结果并进行分析.试验发现,在燃烧室内安装带通孔的横隔板后,有利于加快火焰传播速度、提高燃烧峰值压力和燃烧的稳定性,在某些试验条件下,下燃烧室会出现混合气压燃(自燃)现象.     

REACTION MECHANISM OF PYROPHOSPHATE-DEPENDENT PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE FROM PINEAPPLE LEAVES

Data obtained from initial velocity, product inhibition and dead-end inhibition patterns indicate that the pyrophosphate-dependent phosphofructokinase from pineapple leaves has a rapid equilibrium random mechanism with E:F6P:MgPP_i and E:MgPP_i:FBP dead-end complexes. The pH dependence of enzyme-reactant dissociation constants suggests that phosphates of F6P (fructose 6-phosphate), FBP (fructose 1,6-bisphosphate), P_i and PP_i must be completely ionized and the lysine is present in the vicinity of the 1- and 6-phosphates of the sugar phosphate and bisphosphate. The pH dependence of kinetic parameters suggests that the enzyme catalyzes the reaction via general acid-base catalysis with the use of a proton shuttle. The base is required to be unprotonated in both reaction directions.