简介:TheU.S.troopsandintelligenceagentshadbeensearchinginvainforSaddamsinceApril.The(1)by600soldiersandspecialforcestookplaceonSaturdaynightatafarminAdwar,10milesfromSaddam'shometownofTikrit,lessthanthreehoursafterthepivotal(关键的)(2)wasreceivedfromanIraqi.TheU.S.troopsfoundSaddamhidinginan(3)crawlspaceatthe(4)compound.
简介:Inordertohighrealityandefficiency,thetechniqueofmotioncapture(MoCap)hasbeenwidelyusedinthefieldofcomputeranimation.Withthedevelopmentofmotioncapture,alargeamountofmotioncapturedatabasesareavailableandthisissignificantforthereuseofmotiondata.Butduetothehighdegreeoffreedomsandhighcapturefrequency,thedimensionofthemotioncapturedataisusuallyveryhighandthiswillleadtoalowefficiencyindataprocessing.Sohowtoprocessthehighdimensiondataanddesignanefficientandeffectiveretrievalapproachhasbecomeachallengewhichwecan'tignore.Inthispaper,firstwelayoutsomeproblemsaboutthekeytechniquesinmotioncapturedataprocessing.Thentheexistingapproachesareanalyzedandsummarized.Atlast,somefutureworkisproposed.
简介:TheChnstantMndulusAlgoriihm(CMA)enjoyWidepreadpopularityasmethodsforblindbeamform-ingandequalzzationofcommunicationsignals.CMAisstraightforwardtoimplement,robust,andcomputation-zllyofmixierarecomplexity.Furtherlnore,itisinsensitiuetoarrayimperfection.Inanenvironmentcontaintingmultipleconsrantmndulussignals,thesignalextractedbyCMAdependsontherelativepoweroftheincidentsig-nals.Accordingpreviousanrks,theCMAisI,ronewcapturetheStrongestConstantModulus(CM)Signalatthe,outputofthearray.Inthispoper,weshowthattheweakCMsignalcouldberecoveredbyCMA1-2andCMA2-1whenseuingspecialstep-siss.Szmulatzonexamplesconfzrmourremarks.
简介:Thisstudydefinesandassessestheselectionciiteriaforsuitableparticulatematerialstobeusedinanupflowbubblingfluidizedbed(UBFB)ordenseup-flowpowdercirculationsystemforsolarenergycaptureandstorage.Themaincriteriaidentifiedarebasedonthethermophysicalandthermomechanicalproperties,attritionbehavior,andtheconsiderationsofhealthandenvironmentalhazardsofthecandidatepowders.Finally,acostcomparisonandtentativerankingofthedifferentcandidatepowdersispresentedinadditiontoaweightedscoring.Significantscoringdifferencescanbeobservedbetweenthevariousmaterials.Olivinepossessesthemostfavorablecharacteristicsandappearstobetheparticulatematerialofchoiceforsolid/gassuspensionheattransferfluids.
简介:CirculatingTumorCells(CTC)havethepotentialtobeusedclinicallyasadiagnostictoolandatreatmenttoolinthefieldofoncology.Asadiagnostictool,CTCmaybeusedtoindicatethepresenceofatumorbeforeitislargeenoughtocausenoticeablesymptoms.Asatreatmenttool,CTCisolatedfrompatientsmaybeusedtotesttheefficacyofchemotherapyoptionstopersonalizepatienttreatment.Onewayfortumorstospreadisthroughmetastasisviathecirculatorysystem.CTCareabletoexploitthenaturalleukocyterecruitmentprocessthatisinitiallymediatedbyrollingontransientselectinbonds.OurcapturedevicestakeadvantageofthisnaturallyoccurringrecruitmentsteptoisolateCTCfromwholebloodbyflowingsamplesthroughselectinandantibody-coatedmicrotubes.Wholebloodwasspikedwithaknownconcentrationoflabeledcancercellsandthenperfusedthroughpre-coatedmicrotubes.Microtubeswerethenrinsedtoremoveunboundcellsandthenumberoflabeledcellscapturedonthelumenwasassessed.CTCweresuccessfullycapturedfromwholebloodataclinicallyrelevantlevelontheorderof10cellspermL.Combinationtubeswithselectinandantibodycoatedsurfaceexhibitedhighercaptureratethantubescoatedwithselectinaloneorantibodyalone.Additionally,CTCcapturewasdemonstratedwiththeKG1ahematopoieticcelllineandtheDU145epithelialcellline.Thus,theinvivoprocessofselectin-mediatedCTCrecruitmenttodistantvesselwallscanbeusedinvitrototargetCTCtoatubelumen.ThebiomolecularcoatingscanalsobeusedtocaptureCTCofhematopoieticandepithelialtumororiginandisdemonstratedtosensitivitiesdowntotheorderof10CTCpermL.Inarelatedstudyaimedatreducingthebloodbornemetastaticcancerload,wehaveshownthatcellscapturedtoasurfacecanbeneutralizedbyareceptor-mediatedbiochemicalsignal.IntheproposedmethodwehaveshownthatusingacombinedselectinandTRAIL(TNFRelatedApoptosisInducingLigandorApo2L)functionalizedsurfaceweareabl
简介:Nano-particlecaptureisakeyprocessinfltration,separation,andbiomedicalapplications.Hereweexploredthemechanismsofsoftparticlecaptureusingnanofbernetworks.Weidentifedpossiblestatesofthecaptureprocess,whicharedefnedbytheirstructuralandmaterialparameters.Byperformingnumericalanalysis,weprovidedaphasediagramintheparametricspaceofthenetworkstructureandinterfacialadhesion.Theworkprovidesaconceptualmodelforrationaldesignofsyntheticmaterialsinrelatedapplicationsthatfocusontheprotectionagainstorremovalofvirus,aswellasothersoftparticles.
简介:InHL-2Aexperiments,thescreencapturesoftwareisdevelopedtogetthescreenimagesontheremotecomputers.TheimagescanbesavedintothecorrespondingdirectoryasBMPorJPGfiles.Beforethisprogramstarts,itisnecessarytodetectwhetherthenetworkisblockedornot.Ifthenetworkisokay,thesetupparametersforlasttimewillbeloadedin.Ifthetriggersignalarrives,thesystemstartsworkingaccordingtothegivensetup.Atthesametime,
简介:Urbantransportationiscloselyrelatedtolanduse.Thechangesoftransportationcostandaccessibilityhaveadirectimpactonlanduseandlandprices.Landexploitationandlanduseplayaroleofredistributingtrafficflowintheurbandistricts.]Realpropertyvaluesareregardedasasolecomprehensiveindexrepresentingallthebenefitsgeneratedbytransportinvestment.Wehaveappliedthetheoryoftimevalueontransportationtolandpricemodeltoevaluatetheincreasedvalueofrealestateresultingfromimprovedaccessibility.Agencyresponsibleforthedevelopmentofurbantransportinfrastructurecancapturepartofthefinancialbenefitgainedbyrealestatedevelopmentthroughavarietyofvaluecapture.Thisenablesustotransferindirectbenefitoftransportinfrastructureconstructiontotransportenterpriseandachieveabenigncyclebetweenurbantransportinvestmentandlandexploitation.
简介:Calculatingthemineralcompositionisacriticaltaskinloginterpretation.Elementalcapturespectroscopy(ECS)logprovidestheweightpercentagesoftwelvecommonelements,whichlaysthefoundationfortheaccuratecalculationofmineralcompositions.Previousprocessingmethodscalculatedtheformationcompositionviatheconversionrelationbetweentheformationchemistryandminerals.Thus,theirapplicabilityislimitedandthemethodprecisionisrelativelylow.Inthisstudy,wepresentamultimineraloptimizationprocessingmethodbasedontheECSlog.WederivedtheECSresponseequationsforcalculatingtheformationcomposition,then,determinedtheloggingresponsevaluesfortheelementsofcommonmineralsusingcoredataandtheoreticalcalculations.Finally,asoftwaremodulewasdeveloped.Theresultsofthenewmethodareconsistentwithcoredataandthemeanabsoluteerrorislessthan10%.
简介:ReducingtheanthropogenicCO2emissionsfromfossilresourcecombustionandhumanactivitieshasbecomeoneofthemajorchallengeswearefacingtoday.BeyondthosepracticalapplicationsfortheutilizationofCO2,suchasthesynthesisofsalicylicacid,methanol,urea,NaHCO3-Na2CO3chemicalsandrecentlydevelopedpolycarbonatesynthesis,scientistsarestillseekingnewmaterialsandtechnologiesforefficientcapture,
简介:Opticalmotioncaptureisanincreasinglypopularanimationtechnique.Inthelastfewyears,plentyofmethodshavebeenproposedforkey-frameextractionofmotioncapturedata,anditisacommonmethodtoextractkey-frameusingquaternion.Here,onemaindifficultyisduetothefactthatpreviousalgorithmsoftenneedtomanuallysetvariousparameters.Inaddition,itisproblematictopredefinetheappropriatethresholdwithoutknowingthedatacontent.Inthispaper,wepresentanoveladaptivethreshold-basedextractionmethod.Key-framecanbefoundaccordingtoquaterniondistance.Weproposeasimpleandefficientalgorithmtoextractkey-framefromamotionsequencebasedonadaptivethreshold.Itisconvenientwithnoneedtopredefineparameterstomeetcertaincompressionratio.Experimentalresultsofmanymotioncaptureswithdifferenttraitsdemonstrategoodperformanceoftheproposedalgorithm.Ourexperimentsshowthatonecantypicallycutdowntheprocessofextractionfromseveralminutestoacoupleofseconds.
简介:Amine-silicacompositematerialsforpost-combustionCO2capturehaveattractedconsiderableattentionbecauseoftheirhighCO2uptakeatlowCO2concentrations,excellentCO2captureselectivityinthepresenceofmoisture,andlowerenergyrequirementsforsorbentregeneration.Thisreviewdiscussestherecentadvancesinamine-silicacompositesforCO2capture,includingadsorbentpreparationandcharacterization,CO2captureunderdryandmoistureconditionsatdifferentCO2partialpressures,sorbentregeneration,andstabilityaftermanycyclicsorption-desorptionruns.
简介:Compactlysupportedradialbasisfunctioncanenablethecoefficientmatrixofsolvingweighlinearsystemtohaveasparsebandedstructure,therebyreducingthecomplexityofthealgorithm.Firstly,basedonthecompactlysupportedradialbasisfunction,thepapermakesthecomplexquadraticfunction(Multiquadric,MQforshort)tobetransformedandproposesaclassofcompactlysupportedMQfunction.Secondly,thepaperdescribesamethodthatinterpolatesdiscretemotioncapturedatatosolvethemotionvectorsoftheinterpolationpointsandtheyareusedinfacialexpressionreconstruction.Finally,accordingtothischaracteristicoftheunevendistributionofthefacemarkers,themarkersarenumberedandgroupedinaccordancewiththedensitylevel,andthenbeinterpolatedinlinewitheachgroup.Theapproachnotonlyensurestheaccuracyofthedeformationoffacelocalareaandsmoothness,butalsoreducesthetimecomplexityofcomputing.
简介:ThecaptureoforthophosphatesandtotalphosphorusfromthePudongCanalriverinthePudongDistrictofShanghaibyTiO2nanoparticlesisstudiedusingarotatingphotoreactorandthenano-TiO2photocatalystDegussaP25.TheeffectsofUVirradiationintensityinarangeof20-74mW/cm2.theloadingoftheTiO2nanoparticlesinarangeof0.05-0.1g/L,irradiationtimeupto4h,andpHvaluesinarangeof2-10.5onthecaptureefficiencyareinvestigated.TheresultsshowthatthecaptureoforthophosphatesandtotalParesignificantlyenhancedbyUVirradiation;ataloadingof0.1g/Landanirradiationintensityabove36mW/cm2,orthophosphatesandtotalphosphorusarerapidlycapturedbyTiO2nanoparticles,causinganobservedreductionfrom0.4mg/Ldownto0.02mg/L.pHvaluesinarangeof2-10.5havelittleeffectonthecaptureefficiencyoforthophosphatesandtotalphosphorus.