Improved Repeatability of Pulsed Field Magnetometry Measurements Through Peltier Effect Temperature Control of Measurement Coils

Pulsed Field Magnetometers (PFMs) offer a method for high speed full loop characterisation of hard magnetic materials. As there is no dependency on iron to close a circuit, the repeatability of the technique is good. By utilising Peltier effect techniques to control the temperature of the measurement coil systems employed in a Pulsed Field Magnetometer, the level of repeatability of measurements can be significantly improved.     

Small volume PCR in PDMS biochips with integrated fluid control and vapour barrier

In this paper we demonstrate a new method for microfabricating PDMS devices that controls vapour diffusion, thereby reducing water loss at elevated temperatures and greatly increasing the reliability of the PCR. In the past, the vapour and liquid diffusion properties of the PDMS material in microfluidic devices have impaired performance. We show that this water loss is primarily due to vapour diffusion from the PDMS biochip and by implanting a polyethylene vapour barrier layer in the PDMS, the overall fluid loss was almost eliminated (reduced by a factor of 3). We have also developed a procedure to ensure irreversible bonding between the PDMS and the implant. With this improved microfabrication method we demonstrate the feasibility and advantages of performing small volume PCR genetic amplification (i.e. with less than 2 μl of PCR sample) within a PDMS–glass hybrid biochip. Diaphragm pumps and pinch-off valves were integrated in the system and these enabled fluid retention during the amplification stage and will facilitate higher levels of on-chip automation.     

Elastic and optical properties of BeS,BeSe and BeTe under pressure

We have performed the first principles full-potential linearized augmented plane wave calculations (FP-LAPW) with density functional theory in local density approximations (LDA), in aim to determine and to predict the pressure dependence of structural and optical properties of zinc-blende BeS, BeSe and BeTe compounds. The elastic constant, refractive index and its variation with hydrostatic pressure are well described.     

Enhanced Ruiz criterion for the evaluation of crack initiation in contact subjected to fretting fatigue

The fatigue-fretting damage parameter (FFDP) introduced by Ruiz is comprehensively discussed in this paper. Shortcomings and limitations of this criterion are presented resulting in a combined energetic-multiaxial enhancement (eFFDP). Specific frictional power was supposed to control the fretting damage and the critical plane approach is used to solve the multiaxial stress state in the fretting contact. The significance of the eFFDP is evaluated for the key–shaft–hub connection under combined torque and bend loading. Applying the analysis to recent fatigue tests, a comparison of stress and fretting parameters is made for different loading conditions including estimation of the fretting fatigue limit.     

Monitoring unit root and multiple structural changes: An information criterion approach

An information criterion-based model selection method is proposed for monitoring unit root and multiple structural changes. In this method, a battery of possible models is considered by changing the integration order (I(0) or I(1)) and the combinations of change points. Next, the best model is selected from among alternative models via a modified Bayesian information criterion (BIC). Accordingly, on the basis of the selected model, the process that generates the observed time series is determined. The BIC is modified in order to adjust the frequency count of incorrectly selecting stationary models via the conventional BIC. The simulation results of monitoring unit root and structural change suggest that the proposed method outperforms the conventional hypothesis testing method in terms of detection accuracy and detection speed. Furthermore, the empirical results suggest that the proposed method exhibits better performances with regard to detection stability and forecastability.     

网络对抗训练混合虚拟化平台设计研究

讨论了虚拟化技术实现原理及其在网络对抗教学中的应用上,分析了各类虚拟化技术的优缺点和构建网络对抗训练环境存在的问题。提出了一种混合虚拟化平台设计,该平台利用Libvirt虚拟化的应用程序编程接口（API）调用两种虚拟化技术同时运行在同一物理主机上。并详细叙述了混合虚拟化平台的实现过程和方法,并在多个虚拟机内同时运行测试基准,分析其可扩展性。多种虚拟化技术在同一物理机上的混合,实现了复杂实验环境的创建,对构建大规模的网络实验平台具有一定的参考价值。     

Design of ACO based PID controller for zeta converter using reduced order methodology

DC-DC conversion playing major role in many applications of power electronics and widely used in power circuit. Enormous methodology's of PID based converters are created in recent decades. The zeta converter is basically a DC – DC converter and its control the output voltage from an input voltage step up and step down the output voltage. The main scope of this paper is to design of ACO(Ant colony Optimization)based PID controller for zeta converter using model order technique with minimum of error, the zeta converter is basically fourth order system, design of PID controller for fourth order system is quite complex so model order reduction is used for controller design of zeta Converter, Therefore, the higher order system is reduced to second order using three different reduction techniques, then the ACO based PID controller is designed for reduced order system and is matched with the zeta converter, the results shows that designed controller for zeta converter gives quite good response for both the transfer function and is attached with zeta converter circuit, controller gives good performance indices is made on the basis of ISE, IAE and ITAE with minimum value of errors.     

Design of composite data acquisition gateway based on 5G network

The integrated data collection system hasn't changed much over the years. Their growth is dominated by digital filtering, and they get a new avionics bus. Time division multiplexing is still used to communicate with the system's data collector. These schemes make use of commands and data buses. While this method works, it has many drawbacks. These shortcomings are overwhelming the strict system architecture, system bandwidth limits, and expertise to only obtain an avionics bus, otherwise system bandwidth and one-way flow of data and control. This lead for high-end video recorders. To quietly monitor our actions and valuable information provides important warnings. However, it is usually completed by a device with this small processing power, which tracks the device, stores the data of the user's data, and is limited in processing. Therefore, it is important to store and process user data in the cloud to track 5 G network activity. This article proposes a simple 5G network gateway solution for custom user monitoring equipment. Collects charge data on Network 5G and Charging-aware multi-mode based routing protocol (CMRP). The CMRP routing mechanism is not yet stable, but the changes depend on the state of the energy charge sensor. This cannot be complemented by energy-efficient sensors and routing protocols that consume less energy.     

RAFNet: RGB-D attention feature fusion network for indoor semantic segmentation

Semantic segmentation based on the complementary information from RGB and depth images has recently gained great popularity, but due to the difference between RGB and depth maps, how to effectively use RGB-D information is still a problem. In this paper, we propose a novel RGB-D semantic segmentation network named RAFNet, which can selectively gather features from the RGB and depth information. Specifically, we construct an architecture with three parallel branches and propose several complementary attention modules. This structure enables a fusion branch and we add the Bi-directional Multi-step Propagation (BMP) strategy to it, which can not only retain the feature streams of the original RGB and depth branches but also fully utilize the feature flow of the fusion branch. There are three kinds of complementary attention modules that we have constructed. The RGB-D fusion module can effectively extract important features from the RGB and depth branch streams. The refinement module can reduce the loss of semantic information and the context aggregation module can help propagate and integrate information better. We train and evaluate our model on NYUDv2 and SUN-RGBD datasets, and prove that our model achieves state-of-the-art performances.     

Investigation of oil palm harvesting tools design and technique on work-related musculoskeletal disorders of the upper body

The oil palm industry is one of the important sectors in Malaysia. The growth and development of this industry shows that Malaysia is the world second-largest oil palm producers. However, in the fresh fruit bunch (FFB) harvesting process, the harvesters are exposed to many types of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs). The FFB harvesters tend to develop WMSDs especially the shoulders and trunk. Hence, it is important to identify the exposure levels, awkward postures and the reaction forces of muscle activity based on the posture and movement of the harvesters when using pole, chisel and loading spike during the harvesting process. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of the design of oil palm FFB harvesting tools on WMSDs of the upper body. Rapid Upper Limb Analysis (RULA) was used to investigate and assess the exposure level on the harvester body during the harvesting process. The assessment showed that the shoulders and trunk have high exposure level and undergo awkward posture. Human Musculoskeletal Model Analysis (HMMA) was used to identify the reaction force exerted on the muscle during the FFB harvesting process. In this study, 4 muscles were analysed including Triceps, Biceps, Erector Spinae and Psoas Major. The highest reaction force of 16.36 N was found on the left triceps when handling a loading spike. In conclusion, it is important to address the risks by reviewing all possible aspects that contribute to the WMSDs and interventions on the tool design, task and working shifts may be required.