A note on circle packing

The problem of packing circles into a domain of prescribed topology is considered. The circles need not have equal radii. The Collins-Stephenson algorithm computes such a circle packing. This algorithm is parallelized in two different ways and its performance is reported for a triangular, planar domain test case. The implementation uses the highly parallel graphics processing unit (GPU) on commodity hardware. The speedups so achieved are discussed based on a number of experiments.     

重症监护病房紧急状况预警算法

重症监护病房中的病人身体状况通常很不稳定,常出现各种需要医护人员介入治疗的紧急状况。由于医疗资源有限,医护人员可能无法及时发现并处理这些紧急状况,给病人的存活率带来严重的负面影响。如果可以预测这些紧急状况的发生,并及时通知相关医护人员,将大大提高病人的存活率。常见重症监护病房紧急状况包括突然死亡、败血症、肺部感染、急性低血压、以及器官衰竭等。紧急状况预警建模主要采用病人的长时间生命体征监测数据,预测在一定时间之后发生某种紧急状况的可能性。预警模型所采用的监测数据分为静态数据、事件数据和时间序列数据等三类。静态数据具有容易采集、但预测准确性偏低的特点。事件数据或时间序列数据、以及多种类型数据的混合数据对于紧急状况预警模型的预测性能的提高有重要作用,将会获得更广泛的应用。     

OMAPL138和FPGA的合并单元设计方案

提出了一种基于ARM9+DSP双核处理器OMAPL-138和FPGA的合并单元设计方案。给出了该方案的原理框图,以及具体的程序流程图,并在CCS开发环境下完成了软件编程,实现了合并单元按照IEC61850标准规定的格式进行数字量以太网传输。实验结果证明了该设计方案的可行性与正确性,为合并单元的设计提供了一种新的思路。     

Roll‐to‐roll UV embossing process applied for light bar‐based sub‐wavelength gratings for backlight

This study proposes a roll‐to‐roll process‐based sub‐wavelength grating, which is attached on a light bar to turn the side‐lit red/green/blue (620, 520, and 450 nm) incident rays into a uniformly and normally output white light with high illuminance from the light bar's surface. On the basis of the rigorous coupling wave analysis, the relationship between the first‐order transmission/reflection efficiency and the pitch of the gratings with different shapes was analyzed. The optimal design can effectively reduce the coupling length and enhance the white color balance for display applications.     

Nodal ant colony optimization for solving profit based unit commitment problem for GENCOs

This paper proposes a nodal ant colony optimization (NACO) technique to solve profit based unit commitment problem (PBUCP). Generation companies (GENCOs) in a competitive restructured power market, schedule their generators with an objective to maximize their own profit without any regard for system social benefit. Power and reserve prices become important factors in decision process. Ant colony optimization that mimics the behavior of ants foraging activities is suitably implemented to search the UCP search space. Here a search space consisting of optimal combination of binary nodes for unit ON/OFF status is represented for the movement of the ants to maintain good exploration and exploitation search capabilities. The proposed model help GENCOs to make decisions on the quantity of power and reserve that must be put up for sale in the markets and also to schedule generators in order to receive the maximum profit. The effectiveness of the proposed technique for PBUCP is validated on 10 and 36 generating unit systems available in the literature. NACO yields an increase of profit, greater than 1.5%, in comparison with the basic ACO, Muller method and hybrid LR-GA.     

深海剖面测量系统设计

文章介绍了一种深海剖面测量系统的总体和软硬件设计,并给出了试验数据。该深海剖面测量系统利用浮力调节来控制测量平台升降,升降测量平台搭载CTD传感器、海流计等测量仪器,在升降过程中完成长时间深海环境参数剖面测量,是一种低功耗、高效率的海洋观测系统。     

基于MCS-51系列单片机时间控制器软件的设计与实现

本文设计的基于MCS-51系列单片机时间控制器主要应用AT89C51作为控制核心,采用实时时钟芯片DSl302、EipROM24C02及动态数码显示相结合。具有硬件电路简单、软件功能完善、控制系统可靠、性价比较高等特点,具有一定的使用和参考价值。     

车联网基于信任度的RSU识别及资源分配算法

在车联网中,由于部分路侧单元（RSU）的位置比较偏远,无法得到网络管理员的及时维护,可能遭到攻击,变为不可信任的路侧单元,降低了车辆的通信质量和网络能效.为了有效地识别RSU的可靠性,提出了一种基于信任度的路侧单元识别及资源分配算法,将路侧单元识别、传输模式的选择和功率分配联合建模为网络能效的优化问题,并分成3个子优化问题,分别求解.首先,采用基于信任度的RSU识别算法,识别出可信任和不可信任的路侧单元;其次,优化车辆资源块配置和链路选择;最后,通过次梯度算法优化传输功率,最大化网络能效.理论分析和仿真结果表明,所提算法具备较低的复杂度,可以达到较高的路侧单元识别准确度,并有效地提升网络总能效.     

基于信息元的教学资源组织系统设计与实现 *

以文本类型教学资源为研究对象,在领域知识可拓信息网模型和CELTS-3的基础上,阐述了基于信息元的教学资源组织系统设计与实现过程,包括信息特征元数据描述框架、特征词获取、信息元距离度量、信息元匹配规则以及匹配算法等.该系统通过有限的信息元描述无限的资源,实现了教学资源的高效组织,支持学习过程中资源自动重组.     

Differential Subcellular Distribution of Cytokinins: How Does Membrane Transport Fit into the Big Picture?

Cytokinins are a class of phytohormones, signalling molecules specific to plants. They act as regulators of diverse physiological processes in complex signalling pathways. It is necessary for plants to continuously regulate cytokinin distribution among different organs, tissues, cells, and compartments. Such regulatory mechanisms include cytokinin biosynthesis, metabolic conversions and degradation, as well as cytokinin membrane transport. In our review, we aim to provide a thorough picture of the latter. We begin by summarizing cytokinin structures and physicochemical properties. Then, we revise the elementary thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of cytokinin membrane transport. Next, we review which membrane-bound carrier proteins and protein families recognize cytokinins as their substrates. Namely, we discuss the families of “equilibrative nucleoside transporters” and “purine permeases”, which translocate diverse purine-related compounds, and proteins AtPUP14, AtABCG14, AtAZG1, and AtAZG2, which are specific to cytokinins. We also address long-distance cytokinin transport. Putting all these pieces together, we finally discuss cytokinin distribution as a net result of these processes, diverse in their physicochemical nature but acting together to promote plant fitness.