Right Hemisphere Sensitivity to Word- and Sentence-Level Context: Evidence From Event-Related Brain Potentials.

Researchers using lateralized stimuli have suggested that the left hemisphere is sensitive to sentence-level context, whereas the right hemisphere (RH) primarily processes word-level meaning. The authors investigated this message-blind RH model by measuring associative priming with event-related brain potentials (ERPs). For word pairs in isolation, associated words elicited more positive ERPs than unassociated words with similar magnitudes and onset latencies in both visual fields. Embedded in sentences, these same pairs showed large sentential context effects in both fields. Small effects of association were observed, confined to incongruous sentences after right visual hemifield presentation but present for both congruous and incongruous sentences after left visual hemifield presentation. Results do not support the message-blind RH model but do suggest hemispheric asymmetries in the use of word and sentence context during real-time processing. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

一种网格环境的服务查找算法

网格计算为大规模Internet应用提供了必要的基础架构,服务查找是网格计算的重要研究内容之一。但是目前常见的服务查找算法不太适应于网格环境的分散性和松耦合等特点。提出了一种分布式的、综合考虑网络延迟和节点负载情况及处理能力、适合于网格环境的服务查找算法DDCA。实验结果表明,DDCA算法能有效提高网格环境下应用的整体性能。     

A Meta-Analytic Review of Stopping Performance in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Deficient Inhibitory Motor Control?

This review discusses whether deficient inhibitory motor control is the core deficit of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Inhibitory motor control is commonly assessed using the stop-signal paradigm. Since the last meta-analysis that was performed, 33 new studies have appeared. The current meta-analysis revealed a significant difference between ADHD patients and matched controls in stop latency (stop-signal reaction time) in both children and adults. Basic reaction time was significantly longer in children with ADHD, but not in adults, and there was a significant interaction between the elongation of the latency to stop and to respond in adults, but not in children. Deficient inhibitory motor control may be less crucial in children than in adults with ADHD. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

On the complexities of measuring naming.

The aims of this study were to investigate the adequacy of electronic voice keys for the purpose of measuring naming latency and to test the assumption that voice key error can be controlled by matching conditions on initial phoneme. Three types of naming latency measurements (hand-coding and 2 types of voice keys) were used to investigate effects of onset complexity (e.g., sat vs. spat) on reading aloud (J. R. Frederiksen & J. F. Kroll, 1976, A. H. Kawamoto & C. T. Kello, 1999). The 3 measurement techniques produced the 3 logically possible results: a significant complexity advantage, a significant complexity disadvantage, and a null effect. Analyses of the performance of each voice key are carried out, and implications for studies of naming latency are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

设备级OS中任务调度的IO抖动优化策略

 为了减小任务调度产生的抖动对设备级操作系统的稳定性和可靠性的影响,提出了一种带有抢占阈值的任务分割模型RJPS.根据抢占阈值对任务调度的抖动与延迟的影响及该模型下任务可调度性的分析,分别设计了基于固定优先级调度和动态优先级调度策略的最小阈值分配算法.仿真结果表明,该模型可以在保证任务集可调度的前提下明显减少任务的IO抖动.     

ON-CRP：机会网络缓存替换策略研究

提出了一种新的机会网络缓存替换策略(ON-CRP,opportunistic networking cache replacement policy).与现有策略不同,该策略基于节点与数据项的相关度来选择要替换的缓存数据,并利用人类移动模式提取了目标地址匹配概率这一关键因素来对相关度进行判定;同时结合数据项的访问与更新频率比值这一重要因素来对缓存数据替换标准进行设计.仿真实验结果表明ON-CRP能够有效降低数据的远程访问延迟,与其他缓存替换算法相比网络开销降低了约30%,而数据的缓存命中率性能有约10%～30%的提高.     

广东电网厂站及输电线路调度命名规范研究

随着电网建设的快速发展,厂站、线路的数量不断增多,模糊、不完善的电厂、变电站及输电线路调度命名方法或惯例已经成为制约广东电网调度命名与科学管理工作的重要影响因素。通过深入调研,针对性地提出了一套适用于广东电网电厂、变电站及输电线路调度命名规范,依托此规范科学地进行了流程设计,并在生产管理中得到试运行且运行情况良好。本文的工作提高了广东电网调度命名管理工作水平,是广东电网在管理创先方面的具体体现,具有良好的实用价值。     

Optimal chunk caching in network coding-based qualitative communication

Network processing in the current Internet is at the entirety of the data packet, which is problematic when encountering network congestion. The newly proposed Internet service named Qualitative Communication changes the network processing paradigm to an even finer granularity, namely chunk level, which obsoletes many existing networking policies and schemes, especially the caching algorithms and cache replacement policies that have been extensively explored in Web Caching, Content Delivery Networks (CDN) or Information-Centric Networks (ICN). This paper outlines all the new factors that are brought by random linear network coding-based Qualitative Communication and proves the importance and necessity of considering them. A novel metric is proposed by taking these new factors into consideration. An optimization problem is formulated to maximize the metric value of all retained chunks in the local storage of network nodes under the constraint of storage limit. A cache replacement scheme that obtains the optimal result in a recursive manner is proposed correspondingly. With the help of the introduced intelligent cache replacement algorithm, the performance evaluations show remarkably reduced end-to-end latency compared to the existing schemes in various network scenarios.     

Development of a high curing latency no-flow underfill with self-fluxing ability for lead-free solder interconnects

Tin-lead solders have been used as joining materials in the electronics industry for many years. As present there are great concerns about the potential harm of lead-containing solders to human beings and many efforts have been made to remove the lead from the electronics packages. However, there is no no-flow underfill currently on the market that is compatible with the lead-free solder. In this study, a new no-flow underfill for flip chip bumped with lead-free solder has been developed based on a curing agent and catalysts with high curing latency. The curing agent itself has the fluxing ability, so the need of extra flux is eliminated. Compared with the underfill for lead-containing solder, the new underfill has a higher curing temperature, compatible with the melting profile of lead-free solder. The wetting compatibility of the underfill with the lead-free solder has been studied by wetting experiments. The material properties of the underfill have been investigated using DSC, TGA, TMA and DMA. The results show that the newly developed underfill material has the potential to be used in lead-free interconnects.     

Stimulant medication improves recognition memory in children diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

The effect of stimulant medication on recognition memory was examined in 18 children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Recognition memory was assessed using a delayed matching-to-sample task at 6 delays ranging from 1 to 32 s. Each child was tested on 2 separate occasions, once 60 to 90 min after taking stimulant medication and the other at least 18 hr after taking medication. Children performed significantly better on medication than off. Stimulant administration significantly increased accuracy and the number of nickel reinforcers earned. Decreases in observing response latency and correct choice response latency occurred after taking stimulant medication. The results indicate that stimulant medication improved recognition memory for children with ADHD. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)