适用于高阶QAM信号的混合型盲均衡算法

为了提高高阶QAM信号的盲均衡性能,提出了MMA—DD和SIGN-MMA-DD两种改进的混合型盲均衡算法。首先,MMA—DD算法将多模盲均衡算法和判决引导算法有机结合,并采用均方误差来控制两者在混合误差中的比例,降低了均衡器的稳态误差。然后对MMA．DD算法在误差计算和均衡器系数更新两方面进行简化,得到SIGN—MMA—DD算法,有效地降低了运算复杂度。仿真结果表明,两种算法的盲均衡性能优于多模盲均衡等算法。     

不同时期建造的混凝土框架结构建筑物抗震能力评估

目的 研究依据不同时期<建筑抗震设计规范>建造的混凝土框架结构建筑物抗震能力的差异.方法 基于Pushover分析方法,建立依据不同的<建筑抗震设计规范>建造混凝土框架结构三维分析模型,采用SAP2000软件对结构进行分析,根据能力谱法,将Pushover曲线转换为能力谱曲线,将规范中的设计反应谱转换得到弹塑性需求谱,通过能力谱和需求谱的叠加,求出结构的性能点,进而得到结构的顶点位移及塑性铰分布、层间位移角和楼层位移,从而得到框架结构的抗震能力.结果 通过一个5层混凝土框架结构教学楼的抗震能力分析,分别得到依据我国1974年、1989年和2001年<建筑抗震设计规范>建造的建筑物能力谱曲线和达到性能点时的塑性铰发展过程.结论 依据不同的<建筑抗震设计规范>建造的建筑物抗震能力差异明显,建议在抗震能力评估时,应给予充分考虑.     

脱硫石膏－粉煤灰活性掺合料设计及水化特性

针对电厂两大工业废渣--烟气脱硫石膏及粉煤灰,通过试验研发用于混凝土的活性复合矿物掺合料.以适当比例复合后的脱硫石膏及粉煤灰等量取代水泥掺入到水泥砂浆中,通过活性激发措施,以胶砂流动度、早期强度以及强度发展规律等作为控制指标探索脱硫石膏及粉煤灰的最优配比,同时通过微细观结构的SEM观测评价脱硫石膏-粉煤灰活性矿物掺合料在水泥基材料中的作用效应.结果表明,脱硫石膏及粉煤灰以1:2的比例复合等量取代水泥30%掺入水泥砂浆中,可获得较为优异的胶砂流动度、早期强度,而后期强度能赶上甚至超过基准水泥胶砂;SEM表明由于脱硫石膏及其它外加组分的活性激发效应,粉煤灰的活性得到有效激发,早期有明显的钙矾石生成.脱硫石膏-粉煤灰复合矿物掺合料的研发可大量消纳燃煤电厂的工业废渣,且在水泥基材料体系中具有优异的水化及低成本特性,具有显著的"绿色"效应,符合中国"可持续发展"的战略要求.     

Guanine and plasmid DNA binding of mono- and trinuclear fac-[Re(CO)3]+ complexes with amino acid ligands

We have synthesized and fully characterized four new complexes comprising the fac-[Re(CO)3]+ moiety and the ligands NH3, L-proline (Pro), or N,N-dimethylglycine (dmGly). The reaction of [Re(H2O)3(CO)3]+ with the two amino acids gives trinuclear complexes of general formula [Re(L)(CO)3]3 (where L = amino acid). We have studied the in vitro behavior of these compounds with guanine and DNA in order to understand whether the cytotoxicity exhibited by certain rhenium complexes based on the fac-[Re(CO)3]+ core is due to the formation of nucleobase complexes and inter- or intrastrand links between DNA bases. We have performed model studies with guanine and studied the structural effects induced by different rhenium(I) tricarbonyl complexes on PhiX174 plasmid DNA by electrophoretic methods. Our results show that rhenium complexes with two available coordination sites interact with plasmid DNA to form a stable adduct that is likely to involve two bases.     

Catalytic performance of Co3O4/CeO2 and Co3O4/CeO2–ZrO2 composite oxides for methane combustion: Influence of catalyst pretreatment temperature and oxygen concentration in the reaction mixture

The influence of catalyst pre-treatment temperature (650 and 750 °C) and oxygen concentration (λ = 8 and 1) on the light-off temperature of methane combustion has been investigated over two composite oxides, Co₃O₄/CeO₂ and Co₃O₄/CeO₂–ZrO₂ containing 30 wt.% of Co₃O₄. The catalytic materials prepared by the co-precipitation method were calcined at 650 °C for 5 h (fresh samples); a portion of them was further treated at 750 °C for 7 h, in a furnace in static air (aged samples).

Tests of methane combustion were carried out on fresh and aged catalysts at two different WHSV values (12 000 and 60 000 mL g⁻¹ h⁻¹). The catalytic performance of Co₃O₄/CeO₂ and Co₃O₄/CeO₂–ZrO₂ were compared with those of two pure Co₃O₄ oxides, a sample obtained by the precipitation method and a commercial reference. Characterization studies by X-ray diffraction (XRD), BET and temperature-programmed reduction (TPR) show that the catalytic activity is related to the dispersion of crystalline phases, Co₃O₄/CeO₂ and Co₃O₄/CeO₂–ZrO₂ as well as to their reducibility. Particular attention was paid to the thermal stability of the Co₃O₄ phase in the temperature range of 750–800 °C, in both static (in a furnace) and dynamic conditions (continuous flow). The results indicate that the thermal stability of the phase Co₃O₄ heated up to 800 °C depends on the size of the cobalt oxide crystallites (fresh or aged samples) and on the oxygen content (excess λ = 8, stoichiometric λ = 1) in the reaction mixture. A stabilizing effect due to the presence of ceria or ceria–zirconia against Co₃O₄ decomposition into CoO was observed.

Moreover, the role of ceria and ceria–zirconia is to maintain a good combustion activity of the cobalt composite oxides by dispersing the active phase Co₃O₄ and by promoting the reduction at low temperature.     

Ultra-low power dissipation of improved complementary pass-transistor adiabatic logic circuits based on FinFETs

With the technology scaling down, low power dissipation has become one of the research focuses in the field of integrated circuit design. Various types of adiabatic logics have been invented for low-power applications. However, the expanding leakage current degrades the performance of conventional adiabatic logics. In this article, a novel improved complementary pass-transistor adiabatic logic （ICPAL） based on fin-type field- effect transistor （FinFET） devices with ultra-low power dissipation has been presented. The proposed ICPAL takes full advantage of different FinFET operating modes, that is, shorted-gate mode, independent-gate mode, and low-power mode, to make a tremendous reduction in power dissipation. For explication and verification, the power dissipation of different ICPAL standard cells has been investigated and compared with other types of adiabatic circuits based on FinFETs. The results show that the ICPAL circuits have ultra-low power dissipation in a wide range of clock frequencies（30-800 MHz） under the condition of similar number of transistors, and the average reduction in power dissipation is about 23.1%, 75.0%, and 50.0% relative to 2N-2N2P, improved pass- transistor adiabatic logic, and complimentary pass-transistor adiabatic logic, respectively. Furthermore, ICPAL supports a better pre-evaluation of system power dissipation in VLSI design and has an intrinsic characteristic for the resistance to some types of side channel attacks.     

Lattice-based key exchange on small integer solution problem

In this paper, we propose a new hard problem, called bilateral inhomogeneous small integer solution （Bi-ISIS）, which can be seen as an extension of the small integer solution problem on lattices. The main idea is that, instead of choosing a rectangle matrix, we choose a square matrix with small rank to generate Bi-ISIS problem without affecting the hardness of the underlying SIS problem. Based on this new problem, we present two new hardness problems： computational Bi-ISIS and decisional problems. As a direct application of these problems, we construct a new lattice-based key exchange （KE） protocol, which is analogous to the classic Diffie- Hellman KE protocol. We prove the security of this protocol and show that it provides better security in case of worst-case hardness of lattice problems, relatively efficient implementations, and great simplicity.     

Aspects of nucleosomal positional flexibility and fluidity

Nucleosomes have been considered until recently to be stable and uniquely localized particles. We focus here on two properties of nucleosomes that are emerging as central attributes of their functions: mobility and multiplicity of localization. The biological relevance of these phenomena is based on the fact that chromatin functions depend on the relative stability of nucleosomes, on their covalent or conformational modifications, their dynamics, their localization, and the density of their distribution. In order to understand these complex behaviors both the structure of the nucleosome core particles and the informational rules governing their interaction with defined DNA sequences are here taken into consideration. The fact that nucleosomes solve the problem of how to locate a specific interaction site on a potentially infinite combination of sequences, with interactions recurring to a controlled level of informational ambiguity and stochasticity, is discussed. Nucleosomes have been shown to slide along DNA. This novel facet of their behavior and its implications in chromatin remodeling are reviewed.     

Effective molarities in supramolecular catalysis of two-substrate reactions

Reactivity data related to processes in which molecular receptors promote the reaction of two simultaneously complexed reactants have been surveyed and analyzed in terms of effective molarity (EM). Methods and criteria for the calculation of reliable EM's have been highlighted. Extension of a previous extrathermodynamic treatment of intramolecular reactions of bifunctional chains to the intracomplex reactions of the ternary complexes involved in two-substrate catalyzed reactions has provided a sound framework for a comparative analysis of reactivity and catalytic efficiency in structurally diverse and apparently unrelated systems.     

LFSCA-UNet：基于空间与通道注意力机制的肝纤维化区域分割网络

目的 肝纤维化是众多慢性肝脏疾病的常见表现,如不及时治疗可发展为肝硬化甚至引发肝癌。肝纤维化的准确评估对临床治疗和预后评估等至关重要。目前,肝纤维化的诊断通过肝穿活检判断,有创且有并发症危险。为此,基于影像学的无创诊断方法越来越受到关注。本文提出一种基于通道注意力与空间注意力机制改进的用于肝纤维化区域的自动化分割U-Net （liver fibrosis region segmentation network based on spatial and channel attention mechanisms,LFSCA-UNet）。方法 依据Attention U-Net的改进方式,围绕U-Net的跳跃连接结构进行基于注意力的改进,在AG （attention gate）的基础上,加入以ECA （efficient channel attention）模块为实现方式的通道注意力机制,依据加入ECA的位置,LFSCA-UNet分为A、B、C共3个子型。结果 在肝数据集上与其他实验网络进行评估对比,本文提出的LFSCA-UNet网络结构平均Dice系数达到了93.33%,相比原始U-Net的Dice系数提高了0.539 6%。结论 本文方法将空间注意力机制与通道注意力机制进行结合,有效提高了肝纤维化区域的分割精度,对空间注意力模块使用通道注意力模块优化输入和输出,增加了网络的稳定性,提升了网络的整体效果。