Carbon sequestration in agricultural soils is a complex process controlled by farming practices, climate and some other environment factors. Since purple soils are unique in China and used as the main cropland in Sich...Carbon sequestration in agricultural soils is a complex process controlled by farming practices, climate and some other environment factors. Since purple soils are unique in China and used as the main cropland in Sichuan Basin of China, it is of great importance to study and understand the impacts of different fertilizer amendments on soil organic carbon(SOC) changes with time. A research was carried out to investigate the relationship between soil carbon sequestration and organic carbon input as affected by different fertilizer treatments at two long-term rice-based cropping system experiments set up in early 1980 s. Each experiment consisted of six identical treatments, including(1) no fertilizer(CK),(2) nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers(NP),(3) nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizers(NPK),(4) fresh pig manure(M),(5) nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers plus manure(MNP), and(6) nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizers plus manure(MNPK). The results showed that annual harvestable carbon biomass was the highest in the treatment of MNPK, followed by MNP and NPK, then M and NP, and the lowest in CK. Most of fertilizer treatments resulted in a significant gain in SOC ranging from 6.48 to 2 9.13% compared with the CK, and raised soil carbon sequestration rate to 0.10–0.53 t ha–1 yr-1. Especially, addition of manure on the basis of mineral fertilizers was very conducive to SOC maintenance in this soil. SOC content and soil carbon sequestration rate under balanced fertilizer treatments(NPK and MNPK) in the calcareous purple soil(Suining) were higher than that in the acid purple soil(Leshan). But carbon conversion rate at Leshan was 11.00%, almost 1.5 times of that(7.80%) at Suining. Significant linear correlations between soil carbon sequestration and carbon input were observed at both sites, signifying that the purple soil was not carbon-saturated and still had considerable potential to se questrate more carbon.展开更多
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between evidence-based practice (EBP) and job satisfaction among nurses working in long-term care facilities. Methods: The study used a descriptive c...Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between evidence-based practice (EBP) and job satisfaction among nurses working in long-term care facilities. Methods: The study used a descriptive cross-sectional design. A total of 146 nurses working in 6 long-term care facilities in South Korea self-reported their perception of EBP implementation, barriers to research utilization, and job satisfaction. Results: The level of job satisfaction was higher in nurses who were single, older, more experienced, and had a higher income. Lower perceived barriers to research utilization were associated with greater job satisfaction. However, there was no significant relationship between a level of EBP implementation and job satisfaction. Factors influencing job satisfaction included lower barriers to the organization and communication domains of research utilization, being unmarried and older. Conclusion: Decreasing barriers to research utilization may improve the job satisfaction of nurses working in long-term care facilities.展开更多
The priority of the filled patch play a key role in the exemplar-based image inpainting, and it should be determined firstly to optimize the process of image inpainting. A modified image inpainting algorithm is propos...The priority of the filled patch play a key role in the exemplar-based image inpainting, and it should be determined firstly to optimize the process of image inpainting. A modified image inpainting algorithm is proposed by weighted-priority based on the Criminisi algorithm. The improved algorithm demonstrates better relationship between the data term and the confidence term for the optimization of the priority than the classical Criminisi algorithm. By comparing the effect of the inpainted images with different structure, conclusion can be drawn that the optimal priority should be chosen properly for different images with different structures.展开更多
Recently, an edge adaptive image stegano- graphic method based on least significant bit (LSB) matching revisited (EA-LSBMR) has been proposed, which holds good visual quality and proper security under appropriate ...Recently, an edge adaptive image stegano- graphic method based on least significant bit (LSB) matching revisited (EA-LSBMR) has been proposed, which holds good visual quality and proper security under appropriate embedding rates. However, from the extensive experiments to EA-LSBMR, we find that the discrete Fourier transform (DFT) spectrum of pixelpairs differences histogram still reveals the presence of a secret message even in a low embedding rate. To enhance the security, a modified scheme is proposed in this paper, which can defeat the above-mentioned analysis and keep the visual quality better than EA-LSBMR in higher embedding rates. Experimental results using a latest universal steganalysis method have demonstrated the proposed method's good performance.展开更多
Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors with SiGe base and Si emitter and collector have increasingly become important in high speed applications in electronics due to better performance of these devices with a modest incr...Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors with SiGe base and Si emitter and collector have increasingly become important in high speed applications in electronics due to better performance of these devices with a modest increase in complexity of fabrication process. Speed of these devices is mainly determined by transit time of minority carriers across the device. Base transit time is the most important component of the total transit time. An analytical model is developed here to predict the variation of base transit time with Ge content, base doping concentration, temperature, and other device parameters. Studies have been made for both uniform and exponential doping distributions with different Ge profiles in the base region. Band gap narrowing effect due to high doping concentration is also taken into account in the model.展开更多
With the advance of multimedia technology and communications, images and videos become the major streaming information through the Internet. How to fast retrieve desired similar images precisely from the Internet scal...With the advance of multimedia technology and communications, images and videos become the major streaming information through the Internet. How to fast retrieve desired similar images precisely from the Internet scale image/video databases is the most important retrieval control target. In this paper, a cloud based content-based image retrieval (CBIR) scheme is presented. Database-categorizing based on weighted-inverted index (DCWII) and database f'dtering algorithm (DFA) is used to speed up the features matching process. In the DCWII, the weights are assigned to discrete cosine transform (DCT) coefficients histograms and the database is categorized by weighted features. In addition, the DFA filters out the irrelevant image in the database to reduce unnecessary computation loading for features matching. Experiments show that the proposed CBIR scheme outperforms previous work in the precision-recall performance and maintains mean average precision (mAP) about 0.678 in the large-scale database comprising one million images. Our scheme also can reduce about 50% to 85% retrieval time by pre-filtering the database, which helps to improve the efficiency of retrieval systems.展开更多
This paper introduces the base-X notation and discusses the conversion between numbers of different bases. It also introduces the tri-value logic that is associated with the base-3 system.
A novel content based image retrieval (CBIR) algorithmusing relevant feedback is presented. The proposed frameworkhas three major contributions: a novel feature descriptor calledcolor spectral histogram (CSH) to ...A novel content based image retrieval (CBIR) algorithmusing relevant feedback is presented. The proposed frameworkhas three major contributions: a novel feature descriptor calledcolor spectral histogram (CSH) to measure the similarity betweenimages; two-dimensional matrix based indexing approach proposedfor short-term learning (STL); and long-term learning (LTL).In general, image similarities are measured from feature representationwhich includes color quantization, texture, color, shapeand edges. However, CSH can describe the image feature onlywith the histogram. Typically the image retrieval process starts byfinding the similarity between the query image and the imagesin the database; the major computation involved here is that theselection of top ranking images requires a sorting algorithm to beemployed at least with the lower bound of O(n log n). A 2D matrixbased indexing of images can enormously reduce the searchtime in STL. The same structure is used for LTL with an aim toreduce the amount of log to be maintained. The performance ofthe proposed framework is analyzed and compared with the existingapproaches, the quantified results indicates that the proposedfeature descriptor is more effectual than the existing feature descriptorsthat were originally developed for CBIR. In terms of STL,the proposed 2D matrix based indexing minimizes the computationeffort for retrieving similar images and for LTL, the proposed algorithmtakes minimum log information than the existing approaches.展开更多
基金financially supported by the Special Fund for Agro-scientific Research in the Public Interest of China(201203030)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41201295)+1 种基金the Financial Fund for Young Scholars of Sichuan Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina(2014QNJJ-014)
文摘Carbon sequestration in agricultural soils is a complex process controlled by farming practices, climate and some other environment factors. Since purple soils are unique in China and used as the main cropland in Sichuan Basin of China, it is of great importance to study and understand the impacts of different fertilizer amendments on soil organic carbon(SOC) changes with time. A research was carried out to investigate the relationship between soil carbon sequestration and organic carbon input as affected by different fertilizer treatments at two long-term rice-based cropping system experiments set up in early 1980 s. Each experiment consisted of six identical treatments, including(1) no fertilizer(CK),(2) nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers(NP),(3) nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizers(NPK),(4) fresh pig manure(M),(5) nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers plus manure(MNP), and(6) nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizers plus manure(MNPK). The results showed that annual harvestable carbon biomass was the highest in the treatment of MNPK, followed by MNP and NPK, then M and NP, and the lowest in CK. Most of fertilizer treatments resulted in a significant gain in SOC ranging from 6.48 to 2 9.13% compared with the CK, and raised soil carbon sequestration rate to 0.10–0.53 t ha–1 yr-1. Especially, addition of manure on the basis of mineral fertilizers was very conducive to SOC maintenance in this soil. SOC content and soil carbon sequestration rate under balanced fertilizer treatments(NPK and MNPK) in the calcareous purple soil(Suining) were higher than that in the acid purple soil(Leshan). But carbon conversion rate at Leshan was 11.00%, almost 1.5 times of that(7.80%) at Suining. Significant linear correlations between soil carbon sequestration and carbon input were observed at both sites, signifying that the purple soil was not carbon-saturated and still had considerable potential to se questrate more carbon.
文摘Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between evidence-based practice (EBP) and job satisfaction among nurses working in long-term care facilities. Methods: The study used a descriptive cross-sectional design. A total of 146 nurses working in 6 long-term care facilities in South Korea self-reported their perception of EBP implementation, barriers to research utilization, and job satisfaction. Results: The level of job satisfaction was higher in nurses who were single, older, more experienced, and had a higher income. Lower perceived barriers to research utilization were associated with greater job satisfaction. However, there was no significant relationship between a level of EBP implementation and job satisfaction. Factors influencing job satisfaction included lower barriers to the organization and communication domains of research utilization, being unmarried and older. Conclusion: Decreasing barriers to research utilization may improve the job satisfaction of nurses working in long-term care facilities.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 60972106)Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 20090450750)the Science Foundation of Tianjin(No. 11JCYBJC00900)
文摘The priority of the filled patch play a key role in the exemplar-based image inpainting, and it should be determined firstly to optimize the process of image inpainting. A modified image inpainting algorithm is proposed by weighted-priority based on the Criminisi algorithm. The improved algorithm demonstrates better relationship between the data term and the confidence term for the optimization of the priority than the classical Criminisi algorithm. By comparing the effect of the inpainted images with different structure, conclusion can be drawn that the optimal priority should be chosen properly for different images with different structures.
基金supported in part by the National Science Foundation of China for Distinguished Young Scholars under Grant No. 61025013Sino-Singapore JRP under Grant No. 2010DFA11010+1 种基金National NSF of China under Grant No. 61073159Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities under Grant No. 2009JBZ006
文摘Recently, an edge adaptive image stegano- graphic method based on least significant bit (LSB) matching revisited (EA-LSBMR) has been proposed, which holds good visual quality and proper security under appropriate embedding rates. However, from the extensive experiments to EA-LSBMR, we find that the discrete Fourier transform (DFT) spectrum of pixelpairs differences histogram still reveals the presence of a secret message even in a low embedding rate. To enhance the security, a modified scheme is proposed in this paper, which can defeat the above-mentioned analysis and keep the visual quality better than EA-LSBMR in higher embedding rates. Experimental results using a latest universal steganalysis method have demonstrated the proposed method's good performance.
文摘Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors with SiGe base and Si emitter and collector have increasingly become important in high speed applications in electronics due to better performance of these devices with a modest increase in complexity of fabrication process. Speed of these devices is mainly determined by transit time of minority carriers across the device. Base transit time is the most important component of the total transit time. An analytical model is developed here to predict the variation of base transit time with Ge content, base doping concentration, temperature, and other device parameters. Studies have been made for both uniform and exponential doping distributions with different Ge profiles in the base region. Band gap narrowing effect due to high doping concentration is also taken into account in the model.
基金supported by"MOST"under Grant No.104-2221-E-011-056
文摘With the advance of multimedia technology and communications, images and videos become the major streaming information through the Internet. How to fast retrieve desired similar images precisely from the Internet scale image/video databases is the most important retrieval control target. In this paper, a cloud based content-based image retrieval (CBIR) scheme is presented. Database-categorizing based on weighted-inverted index (DCWII) and database f'dtering algorithm (DFA) is used to speed up the features matching process. In the DCWII, the weights are assigned to discrete cosine transform (DCT) coefficients histograms and the database is categorized by weighted features. In addition, the DFA filters out the irrelevant image in the database to reduce unnecessary computation loading for features matching. Experiments show that the proposed CBIR scheme outperforms previous work in the precision-recall performance and maintains mean average precision (mAP) about 0.678 in the large-scale database comprising one million images. Our scheme also can reduce about 50% to 85% retrieval time by pre-filtering the database, which helps to improve the efficiency of retrieval systems.
文摘This paper introduces the base-X notation and discusses the conversion between numbers of different bases. It also introduces the tri-value logic that is associated with the base-3 system.
文摘A novel content based image retrieval (CBIR) algorithmusing relevant feedback is presented. The proposed frameworkhas three major contributions: a novel feature descriptor calledcolor spectral histogram (CSH) to measure the similarity betweenimages; two-dimensional matrix based indexing approach proposedfor short-term learning (STL); and long-term learning (LTL).In general, image similarities are measured from feature representationwhich includes color quantization, texture, color, shapeand edges. However, CSH can describe the image feature onlywith the histogram. Typically the image retrieval process starts byfinding the similarity between the query image and the imagesin the database; the major computation involved here is that theselection of top ranking images requires a sorting algorithm to beemployed at least with the lower bound of O(n log n). A 2D matrixbased indexing of images can enormously reduce the searchtime in STL. The same structure is used for LTL with an aim toreduce the amount of log to be maintained. The performance ofthe proposed framework is analyzed and compared with the existingapproaches, the quantified results indicates that the proposedfeature descriptor is more effectual than the existing feature descriptorsthat were originally developed for CBIR. In terms of STL,the proposed 2D matrix based indexing minimizes the computationeffort for retrieving similar images and for LTL, the proposed algorithmtakes minimum log information than the existing approaches.