基于小波高频分量的浮游植物活体荧光识别技术研究

提出了一种基于小波高频分量的浮游植物活体荧光识别技术。通过测量近海常见52种浮游植物的三维荧光光谱,利用小波函数将光谱分解6层后得到系列正交高频分量cd1～cd6,通过标准偏差选择稳定而特异性强的分量特征点及其组合作为浮游植物荧光识别特征谱,并对其稳定性和判别能力进行贝叶斯判别分析,以判别正确率为基准选择分量组合cd3～cd6作为最佳荧光识别特征谱构建浮游植物荧光标准特征谱库,结合非负最小二乘法实现了浮游植物群落组成门、属水平上的识别测定:单种浮游植物在门、属水平上的识别正确率分别为95.5%和85.7%;浮游植物混合样品(混合比例分别为100%,75%,25%)在门水平上的识别正确率分别为100%,90.9%,53.3%,平均识别相对含量分别为79.7%,68.3%,17.5%;优势藻(单种优势度达75%)在属水平上的识别正确率为81.2%。将该技术用于围隔实验和现场调查采集水样,有效实现了浮游植物在门水平上的定性定量识别测定。     

Timber Rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) Use Chemical Cues to Select Ambush Sites

Chemicals left by organisms moving through the environment are used by other organisms to mediate interspecific interactions. Most studies of chemical eavesdropping focus on prey responding to chemical cues from predators, despite the fact that chemical cues are frequently used by predators as a source of information about prey. Crotalus horridus uses a foraging strategy that is widespread among sedentary predators: the snake chooses a site where it is likely to encounter prey and remains immobile for many hours. I investigated this ambush hunting behavior in captive-raised timber rattlesnakes and provide evidence that sit-and-wait predators may discriminate among prey chemical cues, even when they have no prior experience with the prey. Snakes explored chemical cues with chemosensory behaviors, and more frequently adopted a stereotyped ambush foraging posture toward chemical cues from prey sympatric with their population of origin than either allopatric prey or sympatric nonprey species that are eaten by other viperids. These results support the notion that intra- and interspecific variation in diet may be mediated proximally by innate recognition of cues from particular prey items. This system also describes a bioassay that may be used in the isolation and identification of prey-derived kairomones. Studies such as this can be used to determine more realistic parameters for models of predator-prey interaction and foraging behavior that involve secretive, less active predators.     

Chiral sensing system based on the formation of diastereomeric metal complex on a homocysteine monolayer using field effect transistor

A self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of l-homocysteine (l-Hcy) formed on the surface of a gold-deposited gate of a field effect transistor (FET) was used to differentiate between enantiomers of amino acids, for which the formation of diastereomeric metal complexes is fundamental for chiral discrimination. Here, we focus our attention on the dependence of the FET response on the analyte amino acids, the central metal ions involved in complex formation, and the solution pH. Using the l-Hcy SAM-modified gate with added Cu(II), notable negative FET responses were enantioselectively observed for the l-enantiomers of alanine (Ala), phenylalanine, and tryptophan, whereas differences in the FET responses between enantiomers were negligible for asparagine and aspartic acid. Regarding the enantioselectivity for Ala, the addition of Cu(II) was demonstrated to show higher selectivity as compared to other metal ions such as Co(II) and Ni(II). Moreover, for the addition of l-Ala and Cu(II), a particularly strong negative FET response was observed at pH 5.5.     

Method for discrimination of false targets in multistation radar systems based on the deep neural network

For the existing jamming discrimination methods for multistation radar systems,only the single feature of target echo space correlation is utilized as the metric,which leads to insufficient comprehensiveness of feature extraction,so that effectiveness and universality are insufficient for the discrimination algorithm.In this paper,an identification method in multistatic radar systems based on the deep neural network is proposed.This method combines the characteristics of multistatic radar systems cooperative detection technology,which has many available resources and strong scheduling ability in space,time and frequency domain,with the strong model learning and feature representation ability in the process of information processing on the deep neural network,so that it can effectively apply to the field of anti-deception jamming.Full use is made of unknown information about echo data to obtain more multi-dimensional,more comprehensive,more complete and deeper feature differences besides correlation,so as to achieve a better jamming discrimination effect.Simulation results show that the proposed method can effectively reduce the influence of noise and pulse number on the jamming discrimination performance.At the same time,the limitation of the target echo correlation coefficient on anti-jamming technology under nonideal conditions is alleviated,which broadens the boundary conditions of the application process.     

基于模糊识别的驾驶员疲劳检测

汽车驾驶员疲劳驾驶是导致交通事故的重要原因之一,通过监测驾驶员的眼睛可以判别驾驶员的疲劳程度。对驾驶员眼睛的张开程度、眨眼频率、闭眼持续时间占空比等状态量进行检测和运算分析,提出利用模糊识别算法判别驾驶员眼睛疲劳状态。实验结果表明,该方法能有效识别驾驶员的疲劳状态,实时性好,准确率高。     

Sequential design including initial experimental runs for a kinetic study of propylene oxidation

A sequential design strategy for selecting experimental runs to obtain model discrimination and precise parameter estimation is tested via a simulation study of propylene oxidation kinetics. The strategy is used to design all runs including the preliminary ones which were arbitrarily chosen by earlier researchers. To design initial runs, crude initial parameter guesses may be used in the rival models until least squares estimates can be calculated. Even under conditions of very bad initial guesses and high error variances, this procedure selects whichever model is the correct one and estimates with precision its parameters, in fewer runs than previously reported.     

Associative Olfactory Learning of Honeybees to Differential Rewards in Multiple Contexts—Effect of Odor Component and Mixture Similarity

Discrimination among differentially rewarding flowers allows honeybees to maximize their foraging efficiency. We studied how honeybees are able to relate to differential positive rewards when the odor representations are either structurally dissimilar, structurally similar (or form a substrate–product duo in planta), or form a binary mixture sharing a common constituent. Bees were tested both in conditioning of the proboscis-extension response (PER) and in a free-flying context. Our results point to honeybees using olfactory associative learning to differentiate between two positively rewarded odors. In PER, subjects discriminated best between dissimilar odors; they initially generalized between similar odors, but eventually learned to discriminate between them. The discrimination between mixtures sharing a common constituent remained poor. Likewise, the difference in visits to low- and high-rewarding flowers of free-flying bees was greater for dissimilar odors than for binary mixtures sharing a common constituent. Consequences of the operant conditioning nature of the free-flying context are discussed.     

Detection and Discrimination of Conspecific Scents by the Anguid Slow-Worm Anguis fragilis

We tested the ability of male slow-worms, Anguis fragilis, a limbless anguid lizard with secretive, semifossorial habits, to detect chemical associated with conspecifics by using a T-maze in the laboratory. Male slow-worms discriminated conspecific male and female scent deposits. Males selected the arm with female scent, suggesting that scent deposits may be used to locate potential mates. Also, male slow-worms did not avoid the chemicals of other males, suggesting that they are not territorial. However, males discriminated their own scent from those of other males, and spent more time exploring the arm with other male scent, which suggests that scent marks may bear information that could be used in future intrasexual social contexts. We conclude that discrimination of conspecifics based on scents may be more widespread than previously expected among lizards inhabiting visually restricted environments.     

Wolf Spiders Show Graded Antipredator Behavior in the Presence of Chemical Cues from Different Sized Predators

The wolf spider, Pardosa milvina, displays effective antipredator behavior (reduced activity) in the presence of silk and excreta cues from adults of another cooccurring wolf spider, Hogna helluo. However, Pardosa and Hogna engage in size-structured intraguild predation, where Pardosa may be either the prey or predator of Hogna. We tested the ability of adult female Pardosa to vary antipredator responses toward kairomones produced by Hogna that vary in size. Hogna were maintained on filter paper for 24 hr. We then presented the paper to adult female Pardosa simultaneously paired with a blank sheet of paper. One treatment had two sheets of blank paper to serve as a control. The Hogna stimulus treatments were as follows (N = 15/treatment): (1) 1 Hogna half the mass of Pardosa; (2) 1 Hogna of equal mass of a Pardosa; (3) 1 adult Hogna, 30 times the mass of Pardosa; and (4) 8 Hogna each 0.25 the mass of Pardosa. Pardosa decreased activity in the presence of kairomones from Hogna of equal or larger size, but showed no change in activity in the presence of a blank control or from a single Hogna smaller than itself. Pardosa showed a reduction in activity in the presence of cues from eight small Hogna. Pardosa avoided substrates with adult Hogna cues, but showed no avoidance response to any other treatment. These results suggest that Pardosa is showing graded antipredator behavior relative to the quantity of predator kairomones present rather than directly discriminating among the different sizes of the predator.