Hydrogen production through dry reforming of biogas using a porous electrochemical cell: Effects of a cobalt catalyst in the electrode and mixing of air with biogas

This paper reports the performance of porous Gd-doped ceria (GDC) electrochemical cells with Co metal in both electrodes (cell No. 1) and with Ni metal in the cathode and Co metal in the anode (cell No. 2) for CO₂ decomposition, CH₄ decomposition, and the dry reforming reaction of a biogas with CO₂ gas (CH₄ + CO₂ → 2H₂ + 2CO) or with O₂ gas in air (3CH₄ +?1.875CO₂ +?1.314O₂ → 6H₂ +?4.875CO +?0.7515O₂). GDC cell No. 1 produced H₂ gas at formation rates of 0.055 and 0.33?mL-H₂/(min?m²-electrode) per 1?mL-supplied gas/(min?m²-electrode) at 600?°C and 800?°C, respectively, by the reforming of the biogas with CO₂ gas. Similarly, cell No. 2 produced H₂ gas at formation rates of 0.40?mL-H₂/(min?m²) per 1?mL-supplied gas/(min?m²) at 800?°C from a mixture of biogas and CO₂ gas. The dry reforming of a real biogas with CO₂ or O₂ gas at 800?°C proceeded thermodynamically over the Co or Ni metal catalyst in the cathode of the porous GDC cell. Faraday's law controlled the dry reforming rate of the biogas at 600?°C in cell No. 2. This paper also clarifies the influence of carbon deposition, which originates from CH₄ pyrolysis (CH₄ → C + 2H₂) and disproportionation of CO gas (2CO → C + CO₂), on the cell performance during dry reforming. The dry reforming of a biogas with O₂ molecules from air exhibits high durability because of the oxidation of the deposited carbon by supplied air.     

An assessment into the characteristics of award winning papers at CHI

Scientometrics - The overall readability of CHI publications is not known. In addition, little is understood about what lexical or demographic characteristics are unique to award winning papers at...     

Adaptive Social Robot for Sustaining Social Engagement during Long-Term Children–Robot Interaction

One of the known challenges in Children–Robot Interaction (cHRI) is to sustain children’s engagement during long-term interactions with robots. Researchers have hypothesized that robots that can adapt to children’s affective states and can also learn from the environment can result in sustaining engagement during cHRI. Recently, researchers have conducted a range of studies where robots portray different social capabilities and have shown that it has positively influenced children’s engagement. However, despite an immense body of research on implementation of different adaptive social robots, a pivotal question remains unanswered: Which adaptations portrayed by a robot can result in maintaining long-term social engagement during cHRI? In other words, what are the appropriate and effective adaptations portrayed by a robot that will sustain social engagement for an extended number of interactions? In this article, we report on a study conducted with three groups of children who played a snakes and ladders game with the NAO robot to address the aforementioned question. The NAO performed 1) game-based adaptations, 2) emotion-based adaptations, and 3) memory-based adaptation. Our results showed that emotion-based adaptations were found out to be most effective, followed by memory-based adaptations. Game adaptation didn’t result in sustaining long-term social engagement.     

节能型自动电源切换系统的应用

在配有油机做备用电源的基站中,对油机发电、基站供电的切换需安全、高效的管理。节能型自动电源切换系统通过将智能切换控制器与动力环境监控系统相结合,完成了对市电、蓄电池、油机的统筹控制,实现了基站供电切换的远程监控,可很大程度地保证基站供电的持续性和油机运行的安全性,降低油机能耗,减少运维工作量。     

Tracking the follow-up of work in progress papers

Academic conferences offer numerous submission tracks to support the inclusion of a variety of researchers and topics. Work in progress papers are one such submission type where authors present preliminary results in a poster session. They have recently gained popularity in the area of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) as a relatively easier pathway to attending the conference due to their higher acceptance rate as compared to the main tracks. However, it is not clear if these work in progress papers are further extended or transitioned into more complete and thorough full papers or are simply one-off pieces of research. In order to answer this we explore self-citation patterns of four work in progress editions in two popular HCI conferences (CHI2010, CHI2011, HRI2010 and HRI2011). Our results show that almost 50% of the work in progress papers do not have any self-citations and approximately only half of the self-citations can be considered as true extensions of the original work in progress paper. Specific conferences dominate as the preferred venue where extensions of these work in progress papers are published. Furthermore, the rate of self-citations peaks in the immediate year after publication and gradually tails off. By tracing author publication records, we also delve into possible reasons of work in progress papers not being cited in follow up publications. In conclusion, we speculate on the main trends observed and what they may mean looking ahead for the work in progress track of premier HCI conferences.     

基于μC/OS-Ⅱ的智能输液控制系统的设计

结合嵌入式实时操作系统μC/OS-Ⅱ,设计了应用于临床上的高精度人体输液控制系统;该系统以ATmega128为主控制器,利用控制器片内的模数转换器,完成了输液管路压力、气泡以及温度信号的采集和处理,同时实时显示系统运行信息,体现了嵌入式系统的特点,实现了智能输液系统的功能要求;实际应用表明,该系统的输液精度能完全满足临床应用的需要,解决了普通输液方法精度不高、不安全的问题,对其他控制系统的设计有一定的参考价值.     

HCI down under: reflecting on a decade of the OzCHI conference

In this study we present a scientometric analysis of the Australian Conference on Human–Computer Interaction (OzCHI) proceedings over the period of a decade (2006–2015). Conference proceedings were manually extracted from the ACM Digital Library and analysed. We observed OzCHI to be a popular conference attracting both submissions and citations. A group of leading researchers dominated the publication count followed by a long list of mid career academics. We observed the themes of Design, Health and Well-being and Education to be growing in importance. We also observed that full papers were cited significantly more than short papers. We conclude with a reflection on our methodology and a proposal of recommendations for the HCI/OzCHI community in Australia.     

融合集对分析和证据理论的风电机组运行状态评估

为及时准确地评估风电机组运行状态,结合集对分析和证据理论各自的特点提出了一种风电机组运行状态评估的新方法。该方法根据风电场数据采集与监控系统的物理量,构建机组运行状态评估的指标体系,建立了一个2层评价模型。模型第1层采用集对分析处理指标不确定性的劣化度,并生成模型第2层的基本概率分配。模型的第2层采用证据理论进行多证据融合,得到机组运行状态的隶属度,同时基于隶属度最大原则与信度准则共同评判风电机组运行状态等级。采用所提评估方法对某风电场1.5 MW并网风电机组进行状态评估,并将评估结果与传统的模糊综合评估方法得到的结果进行比较,结果表明所提评估方法的结果更准确,在状态的趋势分析中也表现较好。     

Improving EEG signal peak detection using feature weight learning of a neural network with random weights for eye event-related applications

The optimization of peak detection algorithms for electroencephalogram (EEG) signal analysis is an ongoing project; previously existing algorithms have been used with different models to detect EEG peaks in various applications. However, none of the existing techniques perform adequately in eye event-related applications. Therefore, we aimed to develop a general procedure for eye event-related applications based on feature weight learning (FWL), through the use of a neural network with random weights (NNRW) as the classifier. The FWL is performed using a particle swarm optimization algorithm, applied to the well-studied Dumpala, Acir, Liu and Dingle peak detection models, where the associated features are considered as inputs to the NNRW with and without FWL. The combination of all the associated features from the four models is also considered, as a comprehensive model for validation purposes. Real EEG data recorded from two channels of 20 healthy volunteers were used to perform the model simulations. The data set consisted of 40 peaks arising in the frontal eye field in association with a change of horizontal eye gaze direction. It was found that the NNRW in conjunction with FWL has better performance than NNRW alone for all four peak detection models, of which the Dingle model gave the highest performance, with 74% accuracy.