Text-to-picture tools,systems, and approaches: a survey

Multimedia Tools and Applications - Text-to-picture systems attempt to facilitate high-level, user-friendly communication between humans and computers while promoting understanding of natural...     

Influence of n-alkanes on wettability and zeta potential of quartz

Contact angles were measured in the following systems: quartz/water droplet/saturated vapor of water + n-alkane and quartz/water droplet/saturated vapor of n-alkane. The alkanes tested were from hexane to pentadecane. In both systems non-smooth changes of contact angle as a function of the chain length were observed. These changes are similar to the zeta-potential changes measured previously for two different samples of quartz in the quartz/n-alkana/water system. On the basis of the results and calculations it is suggested that the observed non-smooth changes of contact angle are due to similar changes in film pressures of the water and n-alkanes.     

具有多重PRF的雷达回波脉冲视频仿真电路的实现

在目标回波仿真原理的基础上，给出了一种新颖的脉冲多普勒雷达目标回波视频频脉冲仿真电路。通过计数分频和计数延时技术，该电路获得了大范围可变的脉冲重复频率和高精度的脉冲时延，能对距离不断变化的动目标进行实时模拟。给出了电路的结构框图，并对设计原理作了必要说明。     

Monolithic SiGe Up‐/Down‐Conversion Mixers with Active Baluns

The purpose of this paper is to describe the implementation of monolithically matching circuits, interface circuits, and RF core circuits to the same substrate. We designed and fabricated on‐chip 1 to 6 GHz up‐conversion and 1 to 8 GHz down‐conversion mixers using a 0.8 µm SiGe hetero‐junction bipolar transistor (HBT) process technology. To fabricate a SiGe HBT, we used a reduced pressure chemical vapor deposition (RPCVD) system to grow a base epitaxial layer, and we adopted local oxidation of silicon (LOCOS) isolation to separate the device terminals. An up‐conversion mixer was implemented on‐chip using an intermediate frequency (IF) matching circuit, local oscillator (LO)/radio frequency (RF) wideband matching circuits, LO/IF input balun circuits, and an RF output balun circuit. The measured results of the fabricated up‐conversion mixer show a positive power conversion gain from 1 to 6 GHz and a bandwidth of about 4.5 GHz. Also, the down‐conversion mixer was implemented on‐chip using LO/RF wideband matching circuits, LO/RF input balun circuits, and an IF output balun circuit. The measured results of the fabricated down‐conversion mixer show a positive power conversion gain from 1 to 8 GHz and a bandwidth of about 4.5 GHz.     

Specific consumption of liquid biofuels in gasoline fuelled engines

Oxygenated fuels increase fuel consumption due to their low enthalpy of combustion; however, their high antiknock index renders them suitable for use in engines with a high compression rate, increasing their thermal yield. This study evaluated the performance of biorenewable oxygenated fuels (ethanol and isoamyl alcohol) and partially renewable fuels (ETBE: ethyl tert-butyl ether, TAEE: tert-amyl ethyl ether and di-TAE: di-tert-amyl ether) with high degree of purity and in mixtures with automotive gasoline, based on tests with Otto cycle engines. Among the oxygenated fuels evaluated here, di-TAE was found to present the best characteristics of performance, both individually and in mixtures with gasoline.     

A new synthesis procedure for titanium-containing zeolites under strong alkaline conditions and the catalytic activity for partial oxidation and photocatalytic decomposition

A new synthesis procedure for titanium-containing aluminosilicate zeolites has been obtained using a clear colloidal dispersion (sol) which was prepared with titanium isopropoxide, water, hydrochloric acid and colloidal silica, Ludox. When NaY, KL, offretite, mordenite and ZSM-5 zeolites were crystallized from the sol following conventional hydrothermal crystallization procedures, all the aluminosilicate zeolites showed the same X-ray absorption fine structure at the Ti K edge indicating framework Ti. The zeolites showed remarkable catalytic activity for the partial oxidation of cyclohexene using H₂O₂ as an oxidant and the photocatalytic decomposition of trichloroethene using water.