简介:Makinguseofaneasiermethod,thispaperderivestheprobabilitydensityfunction(pdf)ofthelinearcombinationofrandomvariableZ=αX+βY.Furthermore,cumulativedistributionfunction(cdf)ofZ=αX+βY,whereXandYhavethebivariateexponentialdistributions,hasalsobeenproposedinthispaper.Resultsfromthispaperwouldhaveimportantroleinthereliabilitystudy.
简介:Inrecentyears,Asiabecametheregionwiththehighestincreaseinrateofurbanizationandeconomicdevelopmentintheworld.AccordingtorecentestimatesfromtheUnitedNations,theworldpopulationwillincrease36%between2000and2030,leadingtoadoublingofthenumberofurbandwellersinlessdevelopedregions,likeAsia.Suchrapideconomicdevelopmenthasmanyassociatedenvironmentalproblems,includingdevelopmentofheavyaerosolpollutionoverAsia.Aerosolparticleshaveadirectradiativeforcingeffectonclimatebecausetheyscatterandabsorbsolarandinfrared
简介:Measurementsofparticulatematter(PM),i.e.,PM10,PM2.5,andPMl,havebeenperformedontheCantonTower,alandmarkbuildinginGuangzhou,atheightsof121and454msinceNovember2010,usingaGRIMM180aerosolparticlespectrometer(Germany).AnalysesofdatafromNovember2010toMay2013showedthattheannualaveragevaluesofPM10,PM2.5,andPMlattheobservationheightof121mabovethegroundwere44.1,38.2,and34.9μg/m3,respectively,andthoseat454mabovethegroundwere35.7,30.4,and27.5μg/m3,respectively.ByconsideringthevaluesofthesecondaryconcentrationlimitsgivenintheAmbientAirQualityStandardsissuedin2012,itwasobservedthattheannualaveragevaluesofPM10attheobservationheightsof121and454m,aswellasthoseofPM2.5at454m,reachedthosestandards.Furthermore,theover-standardamplitudeoftheannualaveragevalueofPM2.5attheobservationheightof121mwas9.1%.Duringtheobservationperiod,themaximumdailyaveragevaluesofPM10,PM2.5,andPM1attheobservationheightof121mwere183.3,144.8,and123.8μg/m~3,respectively,andthoseat454mwere102.8,92.7,and86.4μg/m3.ThedailyaveragevaluesofPM10attheobservationheightof454mwerenotabovethestandards.Theover-standardfrequenciesofthedailyaveragevaluesofPM10andPM2.5attheobservationheightof121mwere0.6%and10.7%,respectively,andtheover-standardamplitudeswere9.0%and24.4%,respectively.Theover-standardfrequencyofthedailyaveragevalueofPM2.5attheobservationheightof454mwas2.0%,andtheover-standardamplitudewas10.4%.Accordingly,itcanbestatedthattheairattheobservationheight454mabovethegrounddidnotreachthesecondarylimitofthenewstandards.Thepollutionwasmostseriousduringwinter,andtheairwasrelativelycleanerduringsummer.Overall,theverticaldistributionsofPM10,PM2.5,andPMldecreasedwithheight.Thelapseratesshowedthefollowingsequence:PM10>PM2.5>PM1,whichindicatesthattheverticaldistributionoffineparticles
简介:AIM:Toinvestigatethediagnosticaccuracyofthemeanplateletvolumeandplateletdistributionwidthinacuteappendicitis.METHODS:Thisretrospective,case-controlledstudycompared295patientswithacuteappendicitis(Group?Ⅰ),100patientswithotherintra-abdominalinfections(GroupⅡ),and100healthyindividuals(GroupⅢ)betweenJanuary2012andJanuary2013.Theage,gender,andwhitebloodcellcount,neutrophilpercentage,meanplateletvolume,andplateletdistributionwidthvaluesfrombloodsampleswerecomparedamongthegroups.StatisticalanalyseswereperformedusingSPSSforWindows21.0software.Inaddition,thesensitivity,specificity,positiveandnegativepredictivevaluesandlikelihoodratios,anddiagnosticaccuracywerecalculated.RESULTS:Themeanagesofpatientswere29.9±12.0yearsforGroup?Ⅰ,31.5±14.0yearsforGroupⅡ,and30.4±13.0yearsforGroupⅢ.Demographicfeaturessuchasageandgenderwerenotsignificantlydifferentamongthegroups.Whitebloodcellcount,neutrophilpercentageandplateletdistributionwidthweresignificantlyhigherinGroup?Ⅰ?comparedtogroupsⅡandⅢ(P<0.05).Diagnostically,thesensitivity,specificityanddiagnosticaccuracywere73.1%,94.0%,and78%forwhitebloodcellcount,70.0%,96.0%,and76.0%forneutrophilpercentage,29.5%,49.0%,and34.0%formeanplateletvolume,and97.1%,93.0%,and96.0%forplateletdistributionwidth,respectively.ThehighestdiagnosticaccuracydetectedwasforplateletdistributionwidthbetweenGroup?Ⅰ?andGroupⅢ(P<0.01).CONCLUSION:Plateletdistributionwidthanalysiscanbeusedfordiagnosisofacuteappendicitiswithoutrequiringadditionaltests,thusreducingthecostandlossoftime.
简介:Quantumkeydistribution(QKD)isamajorresearchtopicbecauseitprovidesunconditionalsecurity.Unfortunately,manyimperfectionsremaininQKD’sexperimentalrealization.TheFaraday–Michelson(FM)QKDsystemisproposedtoeliminatetheseimperfectionsusingpolarization.However,thelongarm’sphasemodulator(PM)hasanunexpectedinsertionloss,meaningthatthestatesentisnolongerperfect.Inthisletter,weproposeanalternativeFM-QKDsystemstructure,andanalyzethesecurityandkeygenerationrateincomparisonwiththeoriginalsystemviadifferentanalysismethods.WefindanobviouskeyrateimprovementwhenthePMinsertionlossisnotextremelysmall.
简介:Thispapershowsthemethodofestimatingspatiotemporaldistributionofpedestriansbyusingwatchcameras.Weestimatethedistributionwithouttrackingtechnology,withpedestrian’sprivacyprotectedandinUmedaundergroundmall.Latelyspatiotemporaldistributionofpedestrianshasbeingincreasinglyimportantinthefieldofurbanplanning,disasterpreventionplanning,marketingandsoon.Althoughmanyresearchershavetriedtocapturetheinformationoflocationasdealingwithsomesensors,someproblemsstillremain,suchastheinvestmentofsensors,therestrictionofthenumberofpeoplewhohasthedevicetheyareabletocapture.Fromsuchbackground,wedevelopanoriginallabellingalgorithmandestimatethespatiotemporaldistributionofpedestriansandtheinformationofthepassingtimeandthedirectionofpedestriansfromsequentialimagesofawatchcamera.
简介:Thereisaneedtostandardizemethodsassociatedwiththedispersionofnanomaterialsinnano(eco)toxicologicalinvestigations.Thefirststeptowardthisgoalistounderstandthedegreeofvariabilitythatexistsinnanomaterialdispersionspreparedbyusingdifferentprotocols.Usingtwocasestudies,thedegreeofvariabilityinTiO2nanomaterialdispersionswasassessedbydifferentialcentrifugalsedimentation(DCS)methods.Casestudy1addressesthevariabilitythatarisesfromvariationswithinoneprotocol,investigatingtheeffectsofdispersionaging,sonicationexposuretime,sonicationinthepresence/absenceofanicebath,materialsubsampling,particleconcentrationandhavingapre-wettingstep.Casestudy2addressesthevariabilitybetweenfourdifferentprotocolsdevelopedthroughpastresearchactivitiesandprojects.Theresultsindicatethatthereisalargedegreeofvariability(relativestandarddeviation(RSD)ofmeanparticlediameter=26%)inthedispersionofTiO2nanomaterialsbetweenthefourdifferentprotocolsstudiedandthatseveralstepsinadispersionprotocolarepotentialsourcesofvariation,withfinalparticleconcentrationbeingthemostsignificant.Theimplicationofthisstudyisclear:forthepurposeofdatacomparability,thereisaneedtoprovidetheexactdetailsofallstepsinvolvedinadispersionprotocol.
简介:Theeffectofparticlesizedistributionofaluminahasbeeninvestigatedforsilica-freetabularaluminalowcementcastables(LCC).Threedifferentcombinationsofaluminahavebeenincludedinthematrixformulationofthecastables.Allthethreecombinationsarecomposedofabimodalreactivealuminaandafinegroundmonomodalreactivealumina.ThefirstA1andsecondA2combinationsarerespectivelycomposedofbimodalandmonomodalaluminasfromAlteo,withadifferentfine/coarseparticlesratioforthebimodalalumina.ThetwoAlteocombinationshavebeencomparedwithathirdcombinationCcomposedofabimodalcommerciallyavailablegradeandamonomodalcommerciallyavailablegrade.OptimizationofparticlesizepackinghasbeenperformedforthethreedifferentformulationsusingtheDingerandFunkmodel.Withthisoptimization,thetwoformulationsbasedonAlteomaterial(PFR,PBRandPFR40)achievethesamelevelofperformanceinapplicativetests(flowability,coldphysicalproperties,mechanicalresistance,crystallinephases,thermalshocksandcorrosion)asreferencesolutionsonthemarket.
简介:在在东方的种类和土壤因素之间的植物种类和关系的分发Gurbantunggut沙漠的中央部分被学习提供更多的卓见进植物群并且越过沙漠的各种各样的部分在植被决定差别。双向簇分析证明在区域的植被能被划分成三个组,第一个组被灌木种类,Ephedraprzewalskii和草种类统治,主要在扁平的根据和轻轻的斜坡的区域的Carexphysodes;第二个组被C统治。physodes,Artemisiasongorica和A。主要沙沙丘和第三个组的斜坡上的xerophytica被灌木种类统治,主要沙沙丘的顶上的Haloxylonpersicum。在植物密度在之间没有差别组织1和2,但是在组3有重要减少。不到植被组3的土壤水比在其它,二个组根本玷污深度的低得多。EC,有机物,全部的P和可溶的Na,Ca和Mg与土壤水很同样变化了。正规通讯分析(CCA)令人满意地在区域估计了种类土壤关系。植物种类的分发强烈与水内容,有机物,EC和营养素的土壤因素被相关。在三把CCA斧子解释的种类出现的变化是大约70%,显示一些解释地点变量可以在我们的学习参数外面存在。土壤质地被建议在未来研究被包括改进CCA的解释。
简介:Thecurrentsheathvelocityin0.25TorrgaspressureofFilippovtypeplasmafocusisstudiedexperimentally.Byusingtwotridimensionalmagneticprobesontopoftheanodesurface,thecurrentsheathvelocityismeasuredforargon,oxygenandnitrogen.Additionally,theeffectofchargingvoltageonthecurrentsheathvelocityisstudiedinbothaxialandradialphases.Wefoundthat,themaximumcurrentsheathvelocitiesatbothradialandaxialphasesarerespectively4.33±0.28(cm/μs)and3.92±0.75(cm/μs)withargonastheworkinggasat17kV.Also,theminimumvaluesofcurrentsheathvelocityare1.48±0.15(cm/μs)attheradialphaseand1.14±0.09(cm/μs)attheaxialphasewithoxygenat12kV.Thecurrentsheathvelocityattheradialphaseishigherthanthatattheaxialphaseforallgasesandvoltages.Inthisstudy,variationofthefullwidthhalfmaximum(FWHM)ofmagneticprobesignalswithvoltageisinvestigatedfordifferentgasesatradialandaxialphases.
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