基于时间重定标的人类行为时间特性成因研究

随着大数据技术的发展,人类社会活动积累了海量的数据。通过这些数据,对人类活动的时空特性进行分析发现人类活动的时间间隔表现出近似幂律分布的特点,并且人类活动的幂律指数随用户活跃性的提高而增长。为了研究这种幂律现象的成因,提出了一种改进的时间重定标算法,选取个体两个相继行为发生的时间间隔内,同一时间其他个体所发生的行为总数与该个体平均时间间隔的乘积作为新的时间度量。新的算法可以消除用户活跃性的周期和波动对实验结果的影响,并且兼顾个体活跃性的作用。最后以该度量重新对个体行为的时间间隔分布进行了分析。实验结果表明,在新的时间度量下,其仍然表现出幂律的分布特点。说明人类活动的幂律特性的成因与用户活跃性的周期和波动无关,而是由个体内禀的特性引起。

基于果蝇-鲍威尔优化的航空高光谱影像大气校正方法

航空高光谱的大气校正是进行高光谱定量反演的基础,但通过空地同步对比分析航空高光谱大气校正的研究较少,论文主要研究了Hyspex高光谱遥感数据不同的大气校正方法。在现有的几种大气校正方法的基础上,提出了一种大气校正的新方法:首先,采用果蝇-鲍威尔优化算法反演光谱的性能参数(中心波长和半波高度的偏移量),对光谱重定标。然后在光谱重定标的基础上,采用MODTRAN模型对Hyspex高光谱数据进行大气校正,得到地表反射率数据。利用同步采集的五种典型地物的地面实测ASD数据将提出的新方法与现有的几种大气校正方法(快速大气校正、经验线性法大气校正、基于6S模型的大气校正、基于FLAASH模型的大气校正、基于MODTRAN模型的大气校正)的大气校正结果进行对比分析,并采用决定系数(R2)和均方根误差(RMSE)来比较各种大气校正方法的精度。结果表明:提出的果蝇-鲍威尔优化MODTRAN模型的大气校正结果最好,决定系数在80%以上,均方根误差在15%以内;基于MODTRAN模型、FLAASH模型、6S模型的方法的校正结果稍次于本文提出的新方法,结果比较稳定,决定系数在70%以上,均方根误差在20%左右;快速大气校正与经验线性法的校正结果不稳定。可以得出结论:本文提出的果蝇-鲍威尔优化算法有效可行,可以精确的反演出中心波长和半波高度的偏移量,其大气校正的精度优于现有的多种大气校正方法。

FFT/DFT旋转因子生成算法误差分析及修正

旋转因子生成是FFT/DFT算法中的重要步骤,直接影响系统实现时的计算速度和资源开销。一种改进的算法给出了一个原理简单、计算速度快、占用存储资源少的旋转因子生成方案。然而系统实现时,乘加单元定点操作会引入截位或舍入误差,且该误差会随着乘加次数的增加而逐级扩散,导致旋转因子精度值下降,无法满足系统性能要求。基于FFT/DFT矩阵分解实现方式,本文给出了旋转因子生成的具体硬件实现结构,以及详细的误差分析。同时采用重定标的误差修订方案以减小误差,并推导出了重定标次数与系统给定条件之间的关系式,便于设计者进行灵活的设计。文章同时引入流水技术提高了系统速率。性能分析表明,相对于以往的算法,本文提出的算法占用的存储资源大大减少;且相对于不进行重定标方案,7次重定标能保证旋转因子精度提高约16个dB。

Segmental Duplications Are Common in Rice Genome

Segmental duplications on rice (Oryza sativa L.) chromosomes 8, 9, 11, and 12 were studied by examining the distributions of sequences resolved by 13 probes detecting multiple copies of DNA sequences. Four of the hybridization bands detected by a repetitive sequence probe, rTRS, were mapped to the ends of all the four chromosomes. Two or three of the bands detected by each of the other 12 probes were also mapped to different chromosomes. The bands detected by the same probe usually occurred in similar locations of different chromosomes. Loci detected by different DNA probes were often similarly arranged on different chromosomes. Chromosomes 8 and 9 showed colinearity of marker loci arrangement indicating a possible common origin. A segment on chromosome 9 was also very similar to the previously reported duplicated fragments on the ends of chromosomes 11 and 12 which were also detected in this study, indicating a likely common origin. Moreover, the various degrees of distributional similarity of the segments suggest a complex relationship among the chromosomes in the evolution of the rice genome. These results support the proposition that chromosome duplication and diversification may be a mechanism for the origin and evolution of the chromosomes in the rice genome.

Reconstruction of shock wave pressure field based on distributed test system

A new distributed test system composed of multiple test nodes was designed by adopting storage test technology to test shock waves in explosion field. The advantage of the system is the application of sensor lattice whose rise time is microsecond level, which can quickly response to transient shock wave signals. In order to reduce dynamic response error, shock tube is employed to conduct dynamic calibration on the system. The overpressure peak values of the explosion shock wave collected by sensor lattice were used to construct a shock wave pressure field with B-spline interpolation algorithm.

Multi-objective planning model for simultaneous reconfiguration of power distribution network and allocation of renewable energy resources and capacitors with considering uncertainties

This research develops a comprehensive method to solve a combinatorial problem consisting of distribution system reconfiguration, capacitor allocation, and renewable energy resources sizing and siting simultaneously and to improve power system's accountability and system performance parameters. Due to finding solution which is closer to realistic characteristics, load forecasting, market price errors and the uncertainties related to the variable output power of wind based DG units are put in consideration. This work employs NSGA-II accompanied by the fuzzy set theory to solve the aforementioned multi-objective problem. The proposed scheme finally leads to a solution with a minimum voltage deviation, a maximum voltage stability, lower amount of pollutant and lower cost. The cost includes the installation costs of new equipment, reconfiguration costs, power loss cost, reliability cost, cost of energy purchased from power market, upgrade costs of lines and operation and maintenance costs of DGs. Therefore, the proposed methodology improves power quality, reliability and security in lower costs besides its preserve, with the operational indices of power distribution networks in acceptable level. To validate the proposed methodology's usefulness, it was applied on the IEEE 33-bus distribution system then the outcomes were compared with initial configuration.

Exploration of Urinary Creatinine to Determine the Carcass and Its Protein Weight in Beef Cattle

This study was aimed to explore the use of creatinine as indicator to predict carcass and its protein weight in beef cattle. Eight Ongole crossbred cattle with initial body weight ranged at 133.5-228 kg and age of 6-18 months were used in this study. The cattle were fed Napier grass ad libitum and concentrate feeding for three months prior to be slaughtered. Concentrate feeding was consisted of rice bran and soybean meal which was provided to fulfill dry matter requirement at 2.1% of body weight （BW）. The availability of creatinine for prediction indicator was done by evaluate the correlation between the amount of daily urinary creatinine and the carcass and its protein weight. Carcass and its protein weight were measured by slaughtering the cattle, and chemically analyzed for determining protein content of carcass. The results showed that creatinine excreted in urine have a strong correlation with the cattle body weight （r = 0.88）, carcass weight （r = 0.67）, body protein （r = 0.70） and carcass protein （r = 0.72）. The conclusion of this study is creatinine excreted in urine have a strong relationship with the carcass and its protein, and therefore could be used to predict the carcass and its protein weight of beef cattle.

Applications of Business Process Management （BPM） in Chinese Firms： A Managerial Accounting Perspective

Based on a questionnaire survey, the aim of this paper is to explore the relationship of business process management （BPM） with managerial accounting system （MAS） and their economic performance consequences in Chinese firms. Statistical data show that more firms accept business process improvement （BPI） other than business process reengineering （BPR） and optimize their activity chains other than supply chains. Through the construction of three elements, i.e., goal-setting, monitoring, and incentive schemes, of MAS, the study finds that when implementing BPM, firms usually use accounting indexes to set goals of the effect of business processes and combine the goals with monitoring and incentive schemes. Statistical data also show that incentive schemes get the lowest usage degree compared with goal-setting and monitoring. In addition, there are differences in their managerial accounting usages for BPM among firms considering ownership, industry, and scale. The main finding of this paper is that BPM empirically brings favorable changes to firms＇ economic performance via managerial accounting in general, and via goal-setting, monitoring, and incentive schemes in particular.

Chinese Business Cycles Identified by Coincident Indexes

In reference to the method of the Conference Board,the coincident indexes for China are constructed from a sample period between January 1990 and May 2012 and by51 chosen component indicators.The resulting coincident indexes have higher correlations with gross domestic product(GDP) growth rates than the China Economic Monitoring and Analysis Center(CEMAC) coincident index over the sample period between February2005 and May 2012.The peaks and troughs of the growth rates in several indicators are identified.The total number of peaks and troughs in the resulting coincident index is the same with the CEMAC coincident index.Unfortunately,these troughs don't signify recessions in the Chinese economy because the financial system has not seen a negative growth rate over the specific sample periods.The impacts of the Southeast Asian Financial Crisis and subprime mortgage crisis on the business cycle could be dated via a smoother index from HP filtering to the coincident index.

Effects of Grain Angle on Reproducibility and Accurate Measurement of Moisture Content of Wood Samples Using a Pin-Style Moisture Meter

Studies were conducted on the effects of grain angle on reproducibility and accurate measurement of moisture content of four wood samples using a pin-style moisture meter. The wood samples were partitioned into four quadrants and moisture contents were measured along the grain direction in the first and second quadrants from 0 degree to 150 degrees insteps of 30 degrees. Experimental results indicated that the average moisture content remained constant as the grain angle increased. Repeated measurements of moisture content at different grain angles or points on the wood surface showed similar patterns of variation. Within-point standard deviations of the moisture contents were greater than between-point standard deviations. A non-destructive method of measuring moisture content at the same location or point on the wood surfaces could not be proposed because of the high variation of moisture content when repeated measurements were taken at the same point. Instead, accurate measurements of moisture content could be obtained at random positions within a radius of 30 mm from the point of intersection of the moisture content axis and the grain angle.

Identification and Analysis of SSRs Derived from Protein-coding Genes in Grape

SSR(Simple Sequence Repeats), also known as microsatellites or STRs(short tandem repeats), are a type of PCRbased markers. So far, the version of grape genome has been updated constantly, but SSRs derived from protein-coding genes in grape have not yet been identified. In this study, 4 337 SSR-containing genes were found among 29 971 protein-coding genes in grape(Vitis vinifera L.), and 5 384 SSRs were found. There were 96 types of repeat motifs in SSRs derived from protein-coding genes in grape, and the most frequently occurring repeat motif was A/T. Among various repeat motifs in dinucleotide SSRs, the most frequently occurring repeat motif was AG/CT. Moreover, many genes exhibited codon usage bias, which was affected by the mutation pressure. GO annotation, KEGG annotation and domain analysis of these genes were performed.Several genes were found to be closely related to the synthesis and metabolism of secondary metabolites, synthesis of flavones or anthocyanins, development and morphology of plant organs, and tolerance to biotic or abiotic stresses, including transcription factors in MYB, Hsf, NBS and TPC families. This study laid a solid foundation for the development of SSR markers and research of QTLs controlling complex agronomic traits in grape.

Light field imaging： models-, calibrations, reconstructions, and applications

Light field imaging is an emerging technology in computational photography areas. Based on innovative designs of the imaging model and the optical path, light field cameras not only record the spatial intensity of three- dimensional （3D） objects, but also capture the angular information of the physical world, which provides new ways to address various problems in computer vision, such as 3D reconstruction, saliency detection, and object recognition. In this paper, three key aspects of light field cameras, i.e., model, calibration, and reconstruction, are reviewed extensively. Furthermore, light field based applications on informatics, physics, medicine, and biology are exhibited. Finally, open issues in light field imaging and long-term application prospects in other natural sciences are discussed.