Two Stages Segmentation Algorithm of Breast Tumor in DCE-MRI Based on Multi-Scale Feature and Boundary Attention Mechanism

Nuclearmagnetic resonance imaging of breasts often presents complex backgrounds.Breast tumors exhibit varying sizes,uneven intensity,and indistinct boundaries.These characteristics can lead to challenges such as low accuracy and incorrect segmentation during tumor segmentation.Thus,we propose a two-stage breast tumor segmentation method leveraging multi-scale features and boundary attention mechanisms.Initially,the breast region of interest is extracted to isolate the breast area from surrounding tissues and organs.Subsequently,we devise a fusion network incorporatingmulti-scale features and boundary attentionmechanisms for breast tumor segmentation.We incorporate multi-scale parallel dilated convolution modules into the network,enhancing its capability to segment tumors of various sizes through multi-scale convolution and novel fusion techniques.Additionally,attention and boundary detection modules are included to augment the network’s capacity to locate tumors by capturing nonlocal dependencies in both spatial and channel domains.Furthermore,a hybrid loss function with boundary weight is employed to address sample class imbalance issues and enhance the network’s boundary maintenance capability through additional loss.Themethod was evaluated using breast data from 207 patients at RuijinHospital,resulting in a 6.64%increase in Dice similarity coefficient compared to the benchmarkU-Net.Experimental results demonstrate the superiority of the method over other segmentation techniques,with fewer model parameters.

Existence and Uniqueness of Positive Solutions for Some Singular Boundary Value Problems with Linear Functional Boundary Conditions

By using the upper and lower solution method and fixed point theory, we investigate some nonlinear singular second-order differential equations with linear functional boundary conditions. The nonlinear term f（t, u） is nonincreasing with respect to u, and only possesses some integrability. We obtain the existence and uniqueness of the C[0, 1] positive solutions as well as the C1 [0, 1] positive solutions.

Solving the Inverse Problems of Wave Equation by a Boundary Functional Method

The inverse problems of wave equation to recover unknown space-time dependent functions of wave speed and wave source are solved in this paper, without needing of initial conditions and no internal measurement of data being required. After a homogenization technique, a sequence of spatial boundary functions at least the fourth-order polynomials are derived, which satisfy the homogeneous boundary conditions. The boundary functions and the zero element constitute a linear space, and then a new boundary functional is proved in the linear space, of which the energy is preserved for each dynamic energetic boundary function. The linear systems and iterative algorithms used to recover unknown wave speed and wave source functions with the dynamic energetic boundary functions as bases are developed, which converge fast at each time step. The input data are parsimonious, merely the measured boundary strains and the boundary values and slopes of unknown functions to be recovered. The accuracy and robustness of present methods are confirmed by comparing exact solutions with estimated results under large noises up to 20%.

SINGULARLY PERTURBED SEMI-LINEAR BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM WITH DISCONTINUOUS FUNCTION

A class of singularly perturbed semi-linear boundary value problems with discontinuous functions is examined in this article. Using the boundary layer function method, the asymptotic solution of such a problem is given and shown to be uniformly effective. The existence and uniqueness of the solution for the system is also proved. Numerical result is presented as an illustration to the theoretical result.

AN ANALYTICAL METHOD FOR A MIXED BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM OF CIRCULAR PLATES UNDER ARBITRARY LATERAL LOADS

In this paper by using the concept of mixed boundary funetions, an analytical method is proposed for a mixed boundary value problem of circular plates. The trial functions are constructed by using the series of particular solutions of the biharmonic equations in the polar coordinate system. Three examples are presented to show the stability and high convergence rate of the method.

Contrast structure for singular singularly perturbed boundary value problem

The step-type contrast structure for a singular singularly perturbed problem is shown. By use of the method of boundary function, the formal asymptotic expansion is constructed. At the same time, based on sewing orbit smooth, the existence of the step- type solution and the uniform validity of the asymptotic expansion are proved. Finally, an example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the present results.

A simplified two-dimensional boundary element method with arbitrary uniform mean flow

To reduce computational costs, an improved form of the frequency domain boundary element method（BEM） is proposed for two-dimensional radiation and propagation acoustic problems in a subsonic uniform flow with arbitrary orientation. The boundary integral equation（BIE） representation solves the two-dimensional convected Helmholtz equation（CHE） and its fundamental solution, which must satisfy a new Sommerfeld radiation condition（SRC） in the physical space. In order to facilitate conventional formulations, the variables of the advanced form are expressed only in terms of the acoustic pressure as well as its normal and tangential derivatives, and their multiplication operators are based on the convected Green＇s kernel and its modified derivative. The proposed approach significantly reduces the CPU times of classical computational codes for modeling acoustic domains with arbitrary mean flow. It is validated by a comparison with the analytical solutions for the sound radiation problems of monopole,dipole and quadrupole sources in the presence of a subsonic uniform flow with arbitrary orientation.

Boundary Correlation Functions of the gl(1|1) Supersymmetric Vertex Model

The gl（1/1） supersymmetric vertex model with domain wall boundary conditions （DWBC） on an N × N square lattice is considered. We derive the reduction formulae for the one-point boundary correlation functions of the model. The determinant representation for the boundary correlation functions is also obtained.

Singularly perturbed first-order differential equations with integral boundary condition

In this paper, a kind of singularly perturbed first-order differential equations with integral boundary condition are considered. With the method of boundary layer function and the Banach fixed-point theorem, the uniformly valid asymptotic solution of the original problem is obtained.

Stokes flow before plane boundary with mixed stick-slip boundary conditions

A general theorem for the Stokes flow over a plane boundary with mixed stick-slip boundary conditions is established. This is done by using a representation for the velocity and pressure fields in the three-dimensional Stokes flow in terms of a biharmonic function and a harmonic function. The earlier theorem for the Stokes flow due to fundamental singularities before a no-slip plane boundary is shown to be a special case of the present theorem. Furthermore, in terms of the Stokes stream function, a corollary of the theorem is also derived, providing a solution to the problem of the axisymmetric Stokes flow along a rigid plane with stick-slip boundary conditions. The formulae for the drag and torque exerted by the fluid on the boundary are established. An illustrative example is given.

Numerical analysis of added mass and damping of floating production,storage and offloading system

An integral equation approach is utilized to in- vestigate the added mass and damping of floating produc- tion, storage and offloading system （FPSO system）. Finite water depth Green function and higher-order boundary ele- ment method are used to solve integral equation. Numeri- cal results about added mass and damping are presented for odd and even mode motions of FPSO. The results show ro- bust convergence in high frequency range and can be used in wave load analysis for FPSO designing and operation.

An Exploration on Adaptive Iterative Learning Control for a Class of Commensurate High-order Uncertain Nonlinear Fractional Order Systems

This paper explores the adaptive iterative learning control method in the control of fractional order systems for the first time. An adaptive iterative learning control(AILC) scheme is presented for a class of commensurate high-order uncertain nonlinear fractional order systems in the presence of disturbance.To facilitate the controller design, a sliding mode surface of tracking errors is designed by using sufficient conditions of linear fractional order systems. To relax the assumption of the identical initial condition in iterative learning control(ILC), a new boundary layer function is proposed by employing MittagLeffler function. The uncertainty in the system is compensated for by utilizing radial basis function neural network. Fractional order differential type updating laws and difference type learning law are designed to estimate unknown constant parameters and time-varying parameter, respectively. The hyperbolic tangent function and a convergent series sequence are used to design robust control term for neural network approximation error and bounded disturbance, simultaneously guaranteeing the learning convergence along iteration. The system output is proved to converge to a small neighborhood of the desired trajectory by constructing Lyapnov-like composite energy function(CEF)containing new integral type Lyapunov function, while keeping all the closed-loop signals bounded. Finally, a simulation example is presented to verify the effectiveness of the proposed approach.

A state space solution for the bending problem of thick laminated piezoelectric open cylindrical shells

Based on the theories of three-dimensional elasticity and piezoelectricity, and by assuming appropriate boundary functions, we established a state equation of piezoelectric cylindrical shells. By using the transfer matrix method, we presented an analytical solution that satisfies all the arbitrary boundary conditions at boundary edges, as well as on upper and bottom surfaces. Our solution takes into account all the independent elastic and piezoelectric constants for a piezoelectric orthotropy, and satisfies continuity conditions between plies of the laminates. The principle of the present method and corresponding results can be widely used in many engineering fields and be applied to assess the effectiveness of various approximate and numerical models.

SOLUTION OF DIFFERENT HOLES SHAPE BORDERS OF FIBRE REINFORCED COMPOSITE PLATES BY INTEGRAL EQUATIONS

Accurate boundary conditions of composite material plates with different holes are founded to settle boundary condition problems of complex holes by conformal mapping method upon the nonhomogeneous anisotropic elastic and complex function theory. And then the two stress functions required were founded on Cauchy integral by boundary conditions. The final stress distributions of opening structure and the analytical solution on composite material plate with rectangle hole and wing manholes were achieved. The influences on hole-edge stress concentration factors are discussed under different loads and fiber direction cases, and then contrast calculates are carried through FEM.

First-Principles Study of the High-Temperature Behaviors of the Willemite-Ⅱ and Post-Phenacite Phases of Silicon Nitride

The structural and elastic properties of the recently-discovered wⅡ- and δ-Si3N4 are investigated through the plane-wave pseudo-potential method within ultrasoft pseudopotentials.The elastic constants show that wⅡ- and δ-Si3N4 are mechanically stable in the pressure ranges of 0-50 GPa and 40-50 GPa,respectively.The α→wⅡ phase transition can be observed at 18.6 GPa and 300 K.The β→δ phase transformation occurs at pressures of 29.6,32.1,35.9,39.6,41.8,and 44.1 GPa when the temperatures are100,200,300,400,500,and 600 K,respectively.The results show that the interactions among the N-2s,Si-3s,3p bands（lower valence band） and the Si-3p,N-2p bands（upper valence band） play an important role in the stabilities of the wⅡ and S phases.Moreover,several thermodynamic parameters（thermal expansion,free energy,bulk modulus and heat capacity） of δ-Si3N4 are also obtained.Some interesting features are found in these properties.δ-Si3N4 is predicted to be a negative thermal expansion material.The adiabatic bulk modulus decreases with applied pressure,but a majority of materials show the opposite trend.Further experimental investigations with higher precisions may be required to determine the fundamental properties of wⅡ- andδ-Si3N4.

A Meshless Method for Retrieving Nonlinear Large External Forces on Euler-Bernoulli Beams

We retrieve unknown nonlinear large space-time dependent forces burdened with the vibrating nonlinear Euler-Bernoulli beams under varied boundary data,comprising two-end fixed,cantilevered,clamped-hinged,and simply supported conditions in this study.Even though some researchers used several schemes to overcome these forward problems of Euler-Bernoulli beams;however,an effective numerical algorithm to solve these inverse problems is still not available.We cope with the homogeneous boundary conditions,initial data,and final time datum for each type of nonlinear beam by employing a variety of boundary shape functions.The unknown nonlinear large external force can be recuperated via back-substitution of the solution into the nonlinear Euler-Bernoulli beam equation when we acquire the solution by utilizing the boundary shape function scheme and deal with a smallscale linear system to gratify an additional right-side boundary data.For the robustness and accuracy,we reveal that the current schemes are substantiated by comparing the recuperated numerical results of four instances to the exact forces,even though a large level of noise up to 50%is burdened with the overspecified conditions.The current method can be employed in the online real-time computation of unknown force functions in space-time for varied boundary supports of the vibrating nonlinear beam.

Fundamental Solution for Welding Problem by Two Dissimilar Isotropic Semi－Planes

A fundamental solution was obtained for an infinite plane bonded by two dissimilar isotropic semi-planes by employing plane elastic complex variable method and theory of boundary value problems for analytic functions.Fundamental solution was prepared for solving these types of problems with boundary element method.

FREE VIBRATION AND STABILITY OF MODERATE-THICKCANTILEVER PLATES

By means of the constitution of the two displacement functions and theapplication of the least square method and the energy method this paper gives theReissner approximate solutions of the free vibration and the stability for the moderate-thick cantilever rectangular plate.

Improvement and application of wall function boundary condition for high-speed compressible flows

In order to develop a wall function boundary condition for high-speed flows so as to reduce the grid-dependence of the simula- tion for the skin friction and heat flux, a research was performed to improve the compressible wall function boundary condition proposed by Nichols. Values of parameters in the velocity law-of-the-wall were revised according to numerical experiments and the expression of temperature law-of-the-wall was modified based on theoretical analysis and numerical simulation. Be- sides, the formula of the heat conduction term in near-wall region was derived so that the coupling between the wall function boundary condition and CFD code was realized more accurately. Whereafter, the application study of the modified wall func- tion was carried out. The numerical case of supersonic turbulent boundary layer on a flat plate illustrated that the modified wall function produces reasonable results of skin friction and heat flux, and profiles of velocity, temperature and turbulent eddy viscosity for coarse grids with the initial wall spacing of y＋〈400, and that the modifications to the original wall function can obviously improve the simulation precision. As for the application of separation flows, it was found from the numerical cases of supersonic cavity flow and hypersonic axisymmetric compression comer that the compressible velocity law-of-the-wall originally established based on the fully-developed attached turbulent boundary layer approximately holds in the near-wall re- gion inside the separation flows, which ensures that reliable skin friction and heat flux can be given by the wall function inside the separation flows, while for the region near separation and reattachment points, the wall function gives results with a rela- tively large error, because the velocity law-of-the-wall used in the wall function takes on obvious deviation from the real ve- locity profiles near the separation and reattachment points.

Multiple Positive Solutions for Semi-positone m-point Boundary Value Problems

In this article, we establish the existence of at least two positive solutions for the semi-positone m-point boundary value problem with a parameter u （t） ＋ λf （t, u） = 0, t ∈ （0, 1）, u （0） = sum （biu （ξ i ）） from i=1 to m-2, u（1）= sum （aiu（ξ i ）） from i=1 to m-2, where λ 〉 0 is a parameter, 0 〈 ξ 1 〈 ξ 2 〈 ··· 〈 ξ m 2 〈 1 with 0 〈sum ai from i=1 to m-2 〈 1, sum bi from i=1 to m-2 =1 b i 〈 1, a i , b i ∈ [0, ∞） and f （t, u） ≥ M with M is a positive constant. The method employed is the Leggett-Williams fixed-point theorem. As an application, an example is given to demonstrate the main result.