Defect inspection of specular curved surface is a challenging job. Taking steel balls for example, a new method based on reflected pattern integrity recognition is put forward. The specular steel ball surfac...Defect inspection of specular curved surface is a challenging job. Taking steel balls for example, a new method based on reflected pattern integrity recognition is put forward. The specular steel ball surface will totally reflect the patterns when it is placed inside a dome-shaped light source, whose inner wall is modified by patterns with certain regular. Distortion or intermittence of reflected pattern will occur at the defective part, which indicates the pattern has lost its integrity. Based on the integrity analysis of reflected pattern images？ surface defects can be revealed. In this paper, a set of concentric circles are used as the pattern and an image processing algorithm is customized to extract the surface defects. Results show that the proposed method is effective for the specular curved surface defect inspection展开更多
Pulsatile blood flows in curved atherosclerotic arteries are studied by computer simulations. Computations are carried out with various values of physiological parameters to examine the effects of flow parameters on t...Pulsatile blood flows in curved atherosclerotic arteries are studied by computer simulations. Computations are carried out with various values of physiological parameters to examine the effects of flow parameters on the disturbed flow patterns downstream of a curved artery with a stenosis at the inner wall. The numerical results indicate a strong dependence of flow pattern on the blood viscosity and inlet flow rate, while the influence of the inlet flow profile to the flow pattern in downstream is negligible.展开更多
By means of ink trace visualization of the flows in conventional straight, positively curved and negatively curved cascades with tip clearance, and measurement of the aerodynamic parameters in transverse section, and...By means of ink trace visualization of the flows in conventional straight, positively curved and negatively curved cascades with tip clearance, and measurement of the aerodynamic parameters in transverse section, and by appling topology theory, the topological structures and vortex structure in the transverse section of a blade cascade were analyzed. Compared with conventional straight cascade, blade positive curving eliminates the separation line of the upper passage vortex, and leads the secondary vortex to change from close separation to open separation, while blade negative curving effects merely the positions of singular points and the intensities and scales of vortex.展开更多
Understanding the relationship between landscape pattems and ecological processes has been a central yet challenging research theme in landscape ecology. Over the past decades, many landscape metrics have been propose...Understanding the relationship between landscape pattems and ecological processes has been a central yet challenging research theme in landscape ecology. Over the past decades, many landscape metrics have been proposed but few directly incorporated ecological processes. In this paper, we developed a landscape index, namely, location-weighted landscape index （LWLI） to highlight the role of landscape type in ecological processes, such as nutrient losses and soil erosion. Within the framework of the Lorenz curve theory, we develop this index by integrating land- scape pattern and point-based measurements at a watershed scale. The index can be used to characterize the contribution of landscape pattern to ecological processes （e.g. nutrient losses） with respect to a specific monitoring point in a watershed. Through a case study on nutrient losses in an agricultural area in northeastern China, we found that nutrient losses tended to be higher for a watershed with a higher LWLI value, and vice versa. It implied that LWLI can be used to evaluate the potential risk of nutrient losses or soil erosion by comparing their values across watersheds. In addition, this index can be extended to characterize ecological processes, such as the effect of landscape pattern on wildlife inhabitation and urban heat island effect. Finally, we discuss several problems that should be paid attention to when applying this index to a heterogeneous landscape site.展开更多
A new mathematical integral representation including five integrals about the far field wave shape fimction of Havelock form translating-pulsating source is obtained by performing variable substitution. Constant-phase...A new mathematical integral representation including five integrals about the far field wave shape fimction of Havelock form translating-pulsating source is obtained by performing variable substitution. Constant-phase curves and propagation wave patterns are investigated by applying stationary phase analysis method to the new representation. Some findings are summarized as follows： （1） when 0〈r 〈0.25 （where r is the Strouhal number）, three types of stationary phase curves corresponding to three propagation wave patterns such as fan wave pattern, inner V and outer V wave patterns, are found in the integral representation. （2） When r 〉0.25, besides three types of wave patterns such as a ring-faning wave pattern, a fan wave pattern and an inner V wave pattern, a new one called parallel wave pattern is also found which not only exists in the integrals about the ring-fan wave and fan wave, but also in the integrals whose interval is [0, 7＇] ~ In addition, Characteristics about these parallel waves such as mathematical expressions, existence conditions, propagation directions and wave lengths are obtained, and cancellation relationships between these parallel waves are stated, which certificates the fact that there are no parallel waves existing in the far field.展开更多
In this work,we describe the development of Polar Gini Curve,a method for characterizing cluster markers by analyzing single-cell RNA sequencing(scRNA-seq)data.Polar Gini Curve combines the gene expression and the 2D ...In this work,we describe the development of Polar Gini Curve,a method for characterizing cluster markers by analyzing single-cell RNA sequencing(scRNA-seq)data.Polar Gini Curve combines the gene expression and the 2D coordinates(“spatial”)information to detect patterns of uniformity in any clustered cells from scRNA-seq data.We demonstrate that Polar Gini Curve can help users characterize the shape and density distribution of cells in a particular cluster,which can be generated during routine scRNA-seq data analysis.To quantify the extent to which a gene is uniformly distributed in a cell cluster space,we combine two polar Gini curves(PGCs)—one drawn upon the cell-points expressing the gene(the“foreground curve”)and the other drawn upon all cell-points in the cluster(the“background curve”).We show that genes with highly dissimilar foreground and background curves tend not to uniformly distributed in the cell cluster—thus having spatially divergent gene expression patterns within the cluster.Genes with similar foreground and background curves tend to uniformly distributed in the cell cluster—thus having uniform gene expression patterns within the cluster.Such quantitative attributes of PGCs can be applied to sensitively discover biomarkers across clusters from scRNA-seq data.We demonstrate the performance of the Polar Gini Curve framework in several simulation case studies.Using this framework to analyze a real-world neonatal mouse heart cell dataset,the detected biomarkers may characterize novel subtypes of cardiac muscle cells.The source code and data for Polar Gini Curve could be found at http://discovery.informatics.uab.edu/PGC/or https://figshare.com/projects/Polar_Gini_Curve/76749.展开更多
Digital speckle pattern interferometry （DSPI） is a high-precision deformation t technique for planar objects. However, for curved objects, the three-dimensional （3D） shape information is needed in order to obtain ...Digital speckle pattern interferometry （DSPI） is a high-precision deformation t technique for planar objects. However, for curved objects, the three-dimensional （3D） shape information is needed in order to obtain correct deformation measurement in DSPI. Thus, combined shape and deformation measurement techniques of DSPI have been proposed. However, the current techniques are either complex in setup or complicated in operation. Furthermore, the operations of some techniques are too slow for real-time measurement. In this work, we propose a DSPI technique for both 3D shape and out-of-plane deformation measurement. Compared with current techniques, the proposed technique is simple in both setup and operation and is capable of fast deformation measurement. Theoretical analysis and experiments are performed. For a cylinder surface with an arch height of 9 mm, the error of out-of-plane deformation measurement is less than 0.15 μm. The effectiveness of the proposed scheme is verified.展开更多
基金Tianjin Research Program of Application Foundation and Advanced Technology(No.14JCYBJC18600,No.14JCZDJC39700)National Key Scientific Instrument and Equipment Development Project(No.2013YQ17053903)
文摘Defect inspection of specular curved surface is a challenging job. Taking steel balls for example, a new method based on reflected pattern integrity recognition is put forward. The specular steel ball surface will totally reflect the patterns when it is placed inside a dome-shaped light source, whose inner wall is modified by patterns with certain regular. Distortion or intermittence of reflected pattern will occur at the defective part, which indicates the pattern has lost its integrity. Based on the integrity analysis of reflected pattern images？ surface defects can be revealed. In this paper, a set of concentric circles are used as the pattern and an image processing algorithm is customized to extract the surface defects. Results show that the proposed method is effective for the specular curved surface defect inspection
文摘Pulsatile blood flows in curved atherosclerotic arteries are studied by computer simulations. Computations are carried out with various values of physiological parameters to examine the effects of flow parameters on the disturbed flow patterns downstream of a curved artery with a stenosis at the inner wall. The numerical results indicate a strong dependence of flow pattern on the blood viscosity and inlet flow rate, while the influence of the inlet flow profile to the flow pattern in downstream is negligible.
文摘By means of ink trace visualization of the flows in conventional straight, positively curved and negatively curved cascades with tip clearance, and measurement of the aerodynamic parameters in transverse section, and by appling topology theory, the topological structures and vortex structure in the transverse section of a blade cascade were analyzed. Compared with conventional straight cascade, blade positive curving eliminates the separation line of the upper passage vortex, and leads the secondary vortex to change from close separation to open separation, while blade negative curving effects merely the positions of singular points and the intensities and scales of vortex.
基金Under the auspices of Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. KZCX2-YW-421)National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 40621061, 30570319)
文摘Understanding the relationship between landscape pattems and ecological processes has been a central yet challenging research theme in landscape ecology. Over the past decades, many landscape metrics have been proposed but few directly incorporated ecological processes. In this paper, we developed a landscape index, namely, location-weighted landscape index （LWLI） to highlight the role of landscape type in ecological processes, such as nutrient losses and soil erosion. Within the framework of the Lorenz curve theory, we develop this index by integrating land- scape pattern and point-based measurements at a watershed scale. The index can be used to characterize the contribution of landscape pattern to ecological processes （e.g. nutrient losses） with respect to a specific monitoring point in a watershed. Through a case study on nutrient losses in an agricultural area in northeastern China, we found that nutrient losses tended to be higher for a watershed with a higher LWLI value, and vice versa. It implied that LWLI can be used to evaluate the potential risk of nutrient losses or soil erosion by comparing their values across watersheds. In addition, this index can be extended to characterize ecological processes, such as the effect of landscape pattern on wildlife inhabitation and urban heat island effect. Finally, we discuss several problems that should be paid attention to when applying this index to a heterogeneous landscape site.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 50879090)Key Research Program of Hydrodynamics of China (Grant No. 9140A14030712JB11044)
文摘A new mathematical integral representation including five integrals about the far field wave shape fimction of Havelock form translating-pulsating source is obtained by performing variable substitution. Constant-phase curves and propagation wave patterns are investigated by applying stationary phase analysis method to the new representation. Some findings are summarized as follows： （1） when 0〈r 〈0.25 （where r is the Strouhal number）, three types of stationary phase curves corresponding to three propagation wave patterns such as fan wave pattern, inner V and outer V wave patterns, are found in the integral representation. （2） When r 〉0.25, besides three types of wave patterns such as a ring-faning wave pattern, a fan wave pattern and an inner V wave pattern, a new one called parallel wave pattern is also found which not only exists in the integrals about the ring-fan wave and fan wave, but also in the integrals whose interval is [0, 7＇] ~ In addition, Characteristics about these parallel waves such as mathematical expressions, existence conditions, propagation directions and wave lengths are obtained, and cancellation relationships between these parallel waves are stated, which certificates the fact that there are no parallel waves existing in the far field.
基金the State Basic Science and Technology Key Project of China (No. 2007FY110300)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No. 40671062)+3 种基金the Project of the Chinese Academy of Science Action-plan for West development(the Second Phase)the China Meteorological Administration Research Project on Climate Changethe Innovation Project of the Institute of Geographic SciencesNatural Resources Research,Chinese Academy of Sciences
基金The work is partly supported by the National Institutes of Health,Center for Clinical and Translational Science grant award,USA(Grant No.U54TR002731)to the University of Alabama at Birmingham(UAB)where JYC is a co-investigator,the Network Biology Modeling to Enhance Bioinformatic Characterization of Heart Regeneration grant by University of Maryland where JYC is a co-investigator,a research start-up fund provided by the UAB Informatics Institute to JYC,and the National Cancer Institute grant award,USA(Grant No.U01CA223976),to which JYC is a co-investigator.
文摘In this work,we describe the development of Polar Gini Curve,a method for characterizing cluster markers by analyzing single-cell RNA sequencing(scRNA-seq)data.Polar Gini Curve combines the gene expression and the 2D coordinates(“spatial”)information to detect patterns of uniformity in any clustered cells from scRNA-seq data.We demonstrate that Polar Gini Curve can help users characterize the shape and density distribution of cells in a particular cluster,which can be generated during routine scRNA-seq data analysis.To quantify the extent to which a gene is uniformly distributed in a cell cluster space,we combine two polar Gini curves(PGCs)—one drawn upon the cell-points expressing the gene(the“foreground curve”)and the other drawn upon all cell-points in the cluster(the“background curve”).We show that genes with highly dissimilar foreground and background curves tend not to uniformly distributed in the cell cluster—thus having spatially divergent gene expression patterns within the cluster.Genes with similar foreground and background curves tend to uniformly distributed in the cell cluster—thus having uniform gene expression patterns within the cluster.Such quantitative attributes of PGCs can be applied to sensitively discover biomarkers across clusters from scRNA-seq data.We demonstrate the performance of the Polar Gini Curve framework in several simulation case studies.Using this framework to analyze a real-world neonatal mouse heart cell dataset,the detected biomarkers may characterize novel subtypes of cardiac muscle cells.The source code and data for Polar Gini Curve could be found at http://discovery.informatics.uab.edu/PGC/or https://figshare.com/projects/Polar_Gini_Curve/76749.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Project of China(No.2016YFF0200700)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61405111)
文摘Digital speckle pattern interferometry （DSPI） is a high-precision deformation t technique for planar objects. However, for curved objects, the three-dimensional （3D） shape information is needed in order to obtain correct deformation measurement in DSPI. Thus, combined shape and deformation measurement techniques of DSPI have been proposed. However, the current techniques are either complex in setup or complicated in operation. Furthermore, the operations of some techniques are too slow for real-time measurement. In this work, we propose a DSPI technique for both 3D shape and out-of-plane deformation measurement. Compared with current techniques, the proposed technique is simple in both setup and operation and is capable of fast deformation measurement. Theoretical analysis and experiments are performed. For a cylinder surface with an arch height of 9 mm, the error of out-of-plane deformation measurement is less than 0.15 μm. The effectiveness of the proposed scheme is verified.
