Attention Drawing of Movie Trailers Revealed by Electroencephography Using Sample Entropy

A movie trailer is a common advertising tool in the entertainment industry. Detection of a viewer’s brain responses to a movie trailer can help film producers to tailor a more appealing trailer of a movie. In this study, we acquired electroencephalographic (EEG) signals from subjects when they watched movie trailers (labeled as Movie session), and compared with their resting state session (labeled as Resting session) or when they watch nature scenes (labeled as Nature session). We used Sample Entropy (SampEn) to analyze the EEG signals between different sessions. Results showed that the complexity ratios at Fp1, Fp2 and Fz channels derived from Movie session were significantly lower than that in Resting state or when subjects watched Nature session (p < 0.001). Our results suggest that the brain status can affect the complexity of their EEG. Further, the attraction of attention of a movie trailer can be observed from the change of EEG.

Scheduling on tractor and trailer transportation considering the influence of disrupted events based on the contract net and simulated annealing algorithm

To provide a much more resilient transport scheme for tractor and trailer transportation systems,this paper explores the generation method of tractor and trailer transport schemes considering the influence of disrupted events.Three states of tractors including towing loaded trailers,towing empty trailers,and idle driving are taken into account.Based on the disruption management theory,a scheduling model is constructed to minimize the total deviation cost including transportation time,transportation path,and number of used vehicles under the three states of tractors.A heuristics based on the contract net and simulated annealing algorithm is designed to solve the proposed model.Through comparative analysis of examples with different numbers of newly added transportation tasks and different types of road networks,the performance of the contract net algorithm in terms of deviations in idle driving paths,empty trailer paths,loaded trailer paths,time,number of used vehicles,and total deviation cost are analyzed.The results demonstrate the effectiveness of the model and algorithm,highlighting the superiority of the disruption management model and the contract net annealing algorithm.The study provides a reference for handling unexpected events in the tractor and trailer transportation industry.

基于PowerBuilder 10.5数据报表系统的设计与实现

在利用PowerBuilder10.5开发数据库应用程序时,大部分的数据报表都可以通过将数据窗口对象设计成Group样式来实现,它除了类似于Excel中的分类汇总功能外,还通过Trailer栏的计算域存放了各个统计项目的汇总值。主要介绍了Group样式明细数据报表的设计、Trailer栏计算域数据的动态获取、基于Trailer栏计算域数据汇总报表的动态生成以及打印模块的设计。

Wheel wear comparison between motor car and trailer of intercity train

To analyze wheel wear discrepancy between motor car and trailer of an intercity train,a novel wheel wear rates calculation model was proposed,which was composed of the intercity train dynamics model,wheel-rail three-dimensional rolling contact FEM model and the wear model.The simulated results were contrasted with measured results in field test.The simulated results showed the motor car wheels had larger rotation rate and longitudinal creepage than the trailer wheels.Meanwhile,the motor car wheels encountered larger vertical forces and longitudinal forces from bogie because of the heavier car body and the impact of traction torque.The traction torque acting on motor car wheel could increase the slip rates in the rear part of wheel contact patch and weaken the spinning phenomenon of relative slip.Larger contact pressure and slip rates caused the higher wear rates of motor car wheel than those of trailer wheel.The overall trends of wheel wear depth in simulated and tested results were similar.And they both showed the motor car wheel encountered the more serious wear than the trailer wheel.These models can be used to study the effect of the traction characteristics curves on the wear of wheel.

A two-phase tabu search approach to scheduling optimization in container terminals

An optimization model for scheduling of quay cranes (QCs) and yard trailers was proposed to improve the overall efficiency of container terminals. To implement this model, a two-phase tabu search algorithm was designed. In the QCs scheduling phase of the algorithm, a search was performed to determine a good QC unloading operation order. For each QC unloading operation order generated during the QC's scheduling phase, another search was run to obtain a good yard trailer routing for the given QC's unloading order. Using this information, the time required for the operation was estimated, then the time of return to availability of the units was fed back to the QC scheduler. Numerical tests show that the two-phase Tabu Search algorithm searches the solution space efficiently, decreases the empty distance yard trailers must travel, decreases the number of trailers needed, and thereby reduces time and costs and improves the integration and reliability of container terminal operation systems.

Lateral Stability Improvement of Car-Trailer Systems Using Active Trailer Braking Control

An active trailer braking controller to improve the lateral stability of car-trailer systems is presented. The special and complex structures of these types of vehicles exhibit unique unstable motion behavior, such as the trailer swing, jack-knifing and rollover. These unstable motion modes may lead to fatal accidents. The effects of passive mechanical parameters on the stability of car-trailer systems have been thoroughly investigated. Some of the passive parameters, such as the center of gravity of the trailer, may be drastically varied during various operating conditions. Even for an optimal design of a car-trailer system, based on a specific passive parameter set, the lateral stability cannot be guaranteed. In order to improve the lateral stability of car-trailer systems, an active trailer braking controller is designed using the Linear Quadratic Regular （LQR） technique. To derive the controller, a vehicle model with 3 Degrees Of Freedom （DOF） is developed to represent the car-trailer system. A single lane-change maneuver has been simulated to examine the performance of the controller and the numerical results are compared with those of the baseline design. The benchmark investigation indicates that the optimal controller based on the LQR technique can effectively improve the high-speed lateral stability of the car-trailer system.

Prediction Research on Ride Comfort of Special Full Trailer used by Precision Equipment

In order to evaluate a full trailer’s vibration performance,lumped mass model of seven degrees of freedom is set up to predict the ride comfort of whole vehicle.The acceleration history and the transfer function of each measuring point can be got from simulation.The analysis results show that the maximum acceleration RMS value of the vehicle mass center is about 0.3g,which satisfies the requirements of attenuating vibration of precision equipment being transported on particular roads and speeds.So the research provides valuable reference for the optimum selection of the suspension system’s parameters.

A Portable and Mobile Rainfall Simulator

An existing Purdue-type rainfall simulator (RFS) was designed to be transported using a commercial flatbed trailer that was modified by cutting out a section of the wooden bed allowing the RFS to be positioned directly above the target area to measure soil erosion and water runoff. To allow water to pass through the trailer undisturbed, the axle of the trailer was removed and replaced with axle-free wheel hubs and springs. Additionally, a remote control mover rated for 2000 kg was incorporated in our design. The final result was a portable and mobile RFS that can be moved to fields using a trailer hitch and can be operated by two individuals. The cost of the hardware, not including the RFS, is $5300 (USD) and detailed design plans are available.

Design of a Preview Controller for Articulated Heavy Vehicles

The paper presents a preview controller design for ATS （active trailer steering） systems to improve high-speed stability of AHVs （articulated heavy vehicles）. An AHV consists of a towing unit, namely tractor or truck, and one or more towed units which called trailers. Individual units are connected to one another at articulated joints by mechanical couplings. Due to the multi-unit configurations, AHVs exhibit unique unstable motion modes, including jack-knifing, trailer swing and rollover. These unstable motion modes are the leading cause of highway accidents. To prevent these unstable motion modes, the preview controller, namely the LPDP （lateral position deviation preview） controller, is proposed. For a truck/full-trailer combination, the LPDP controller is designed to control the steering of the front and rear axle wheels of the trailing unit. The calculation of the corrective steering angle of the trailer front axle wheels is based on the preview information of the lateral position deviation of the trajectory of the axle center from that of the truck front axle center. Similarly, the steering angle of the trailer rear axle wheels is calculated by using the lateral position deviation of the trajectory of the axle center from that of the truck front axle. To perform closed-loop dynamic simulations and evaluate the vehicle performance measure, a driver model is introduced and it ＇derives＇ the AHV model based on well-defined testing specifications. The proposed preview control scheme in the continuous time domain is developed by using the LQR （linear quadratic regular） technique. The closed-loop simulation results indicate that the performance of the AHV with the LPDP controller is improved by decreasing rearward amplification ratio from the baseline value of 1.28 to 0.98 and reducing transient off-tracking by 95.03%. The proposed LPDP control algorithm provides an alternative method for the design optimization of AHVs with ATS systems.

Research on Risk Assessment Method of Long-Tube Trailer Road Transportation

Road transport safety has always been paid attention to by the safety production managers of enterprises. In this study, cloud model and analytic hierarchy process were applied to the safety of long-tube trailer transport. The opinions of 30 experts were analyzed, from which 29 key parameters were selected. The study addressed the relevance of the parameters and the possibility of automatic collection and transmission to obtain 12 core risk factors. The macro-safety risk indicator system for long-tube trailers was established based on the identified risk indicators. Finally, a risk assessment model for road transport of long tube trailers consisting of 3 dimensions of likelihood, severity and sensitivity was constructed. This model provides a technical method for strengthening the risk control of road transport of long-tube trailers.

战术中型车辆使用维护(22)

十六、牵引车和挂车的使用 1.根据行驶地形的特点来相应地调节牵引车和挂车的轮胎气压,适当的轮胎气压和挂车有利于挂车的牵引。 2.战术中型车辆的战术机动性可能比现役挂车的机动性高,因此。

简化cDNA末端快速扩增技术测定基因Ⅲ、Ⅵb和Ⅶd型新城疫病毒基因组末端序列及分析

【目的】简化cDNA末端快速扩增技术(Rapid amplification of cDNAends,RACE)流程,测定基因Ⅲ、Ⅵb和Ⅶd型新城疫病毒(Newcastle disease virus,NDV)基因组两侧末端序列,并对NDV的leader和trailer进行分析。【方法】利用T4 RNA连接酶将特定寡聚核苷酸片段的连接于病毒基因组RNA和cDNA,再利用RT-PCR或PCR方法对病毒基因组的末端进行快速的扩增。【结果】建立一套操作简单、低成本、可重复性高的RACE方法,测定了三种基因型5株NDV3’末端leader和5’末端trailer序列比对分析。【结论】本实验测定的鹅源VII型毒株JS/7/05/Ch基因组的15,184 nt由一个T变为了C,5’端trailer与3’端leader的连续互补序列由8 nt变为12 nt,而其它4株基因Ⅲ型和VI型NDV均未发现该突变。通过RNA的二级结构分析,NDV基因组和反向基因组RNA的3’末端形成一个发卡结构。JS/7/05/Ch等3株NDV U→C(T→C)的突变位于发卡环上,不影响二级结构的形成,发卡环的RNA序列突变为3’-UCUC-5’,与基因组3’端发卡环的3’-UCUUA-5’相似,推测可能影响了基因组RNA的复制速度。

水稻黄矮弹状病毒的leader区和trailer区的序列分析及其体内转录物的鉴定

克隆及测定了水稻黄矮病毒基因组RNA的 3′端leader区和 5′端trailer区的序列 .结果表明 ,RYSV的 3′leader长 2 0 3个核苷酸 ,5′trailer长 191个核苷酸 .两者末端的 9个核苷酸完全互补 ,可形成弹状病毒基因组RNA的典型的锅柄结构 .与其他弹状病毒的leader和trailer相比较 ,RYSV的leader和trailer较长 ,除leader的 3′末端和trailer的 5′末端序列具有一定的保守性外 ,其余的核苷酸序列无明显的同源性 .用 3′RACE方法在感染RYSV的水稻中检测出leader的转录物 ,并证明该leaderRNA具有polyA尾巴 .这是继苦苣菜黄脉病毒的leaderRNA后第 2例弹状病毒leaderRNA带polyA尾巴的报道 .用类似的方法没有检测到带polyA尾巴的trailer的正链转录物 .

Sequence analysis of leader and trailer regions of rice yellow stunt rhabdovirus and characterization of their in vivo transcripts

The 3’ leader and the 5’ trailer of the rice yellow stunt rhabdovirus (RYSV) genomic RNA have been cloned and sequenced. Sequence data indicate that the RYSV leader region is composed of 203 nucleotides (nt) and the trailer region 191 nt. The terminal 9 nt of the two regions are complementary and capable of forming a putative panhandle structure common to rhabdovirus genomes. In comparison with the leader or trailer sequences of other rhab-doviruses reported so far, both the leader and trailer of RYSV are the longest and there is no obvious sequence homolo-gy between the counterparts except for a few terminal nt and the UGUU motif in the leader sequences. Polyadenylated plus-strand leader RNA has been detected in RYSV-infected rice plants by 3’ RACE. This is the second example in rhabdoviruses following the report for sonchus yellow net virus (SYNV) for existence of a polyadenylated leader RNA. No polyadenylated plus-strand transcripts of the RYSV trailer have been found using the similar method.

Evaluation of pavement skid resistance using high speed texture measurement

Skid resistance is an important parameter for highway designs, construction, management, maintenance and safety. The purpose of this manuscript is to propose the correlation between skid resistance, which is measured as skid resistance trailer, and mean profile depth （MPD） or the macro surface texture, which is measured by vehicle mounted laser, so that highway agencies can predict the skid resistance of pavement without the use of expensive and time consuming skid resistance trailer, which also causes disruption of traffic in use. In this research skid numbers and MPD from 5 new asphalt pavements and 4 old asphalt pavements were collected using a locked wheel skid trailer and a vehicle mounted laser. Using the data collected, a correlation between the skid number （SN40R） collected by locked wheel skid tester and the texture data or MPD collected by a vehicle mounted laser operating at highway speeds was developed. The proposed correlation for new pavements was positive for MPD values less than 0.75 mm to reach a peak SN40R value, then there was a negative correlation as the MPD increases until the MPD value was equal to 1.1 mm and beyond the MPD value of 1.1 mm to the maximum value of 1.4 mm, SN40R value remained almost constant. There were significant data scatter for the MPD value of 0.8 mm. To explain these results, water film thickness during the friction test was calculated and the critical MPD was defined. The effect of sealed water pool on the SN40R was discussed. The test result showed a similar trend for older asphalt pavements, but with lower SN40R values due to the polishing of pavement micro-texture by traffic. Hence, a reduction factor was proposed for older pavements based on cumulative traffic volume for the above correlation to predict the skid resistance of older pavements.

一个老外在平遥(英文)

Well, Pingyao would leave you gobsmacked. The wall ringing the city is impressive enough. The gray brick fortification must rise at least 20 meters above the valley floo and the North Gate another 20 above that. Flags ripple a rainbow of colour over the battlements. Clearly visible from the road into Pingyao, I’d have stumbled into this place even without the benefit of friendly advice. And that advice still did not prepare me for what I found inside the walls.

真实

人生若是漫漫长夜,那么,劫难就是突如其来的闪电。霎时间,让人看清了一切,甚至透视人的内心。 最近我读了一篇让人感奋、让人掉泪、让人静思的短文。 夜色宁静。主人公Jay,年仅24岁,午夜刚过他从锯木厂下班回家。