环境噪声对儿童短时记忆力和注意力的影响

通过实验室研究探讨了不同噪声源在不同声压级条件下对儿童短时记忆力和注意力的影响。在每一个实验中都选取了30名710岁的儿童作为被试,在他们完成相应认知任务的同时,用耳机随机播放3565 dBA的交通噪声、白噪声和空调噪声,考察各种噪声条件对被试认知成绩和主观烦恼度的影响。研究结果表明,噪声对儿童的影响主要体现在主观烦恼度的变化上,不同的噪声条件并没有引起作业成绩的显著差异。影响儿童主观烦恼度的主要因素是声压级,随着声压级的增大,儿童的烦恼度会增加,当声压级在4550 dBA时,儿童对噪声开始产生烦恼感,当声压级在6065 dBA时,儿童对噪声产生了较显著的烦恼感。声压级对儿童烦恼度的影响没有随着噪声源的改变而改变。在相同的噪声条件下,短时记忆力实验中儿童的主观烦恼度都高于注意力实验,说明随着认知过程复杂程度的增加,噪声引起的烦恼度会相应增加。      

Noise impact assessment by utilizing noise map and GIS: A case study in the city of Chungju, Republic of Korea

In this study, a scheme to develop a noise map and noise impact assessment method using GIS has been suggested. After developing a road-traffic noise map for the city of Chungju, Republic of Korea, noise impact assessment was performed through analyzing the map. A 3-dimensional terrain model was generated using digital maps and building models were prepared using the information from draft and digital maps. To develop a noise evaluation model, a noise-source map for each road was generated. The noise levels at 25 locations close to roads were measured and compared with the expected noise levels to verify the developed noise map. An excess noise map was generated by comparing the road-traffic noise map with a noise-standard map. Using the excess noise map, the areas exceeding environmental noise standards were effectively evaluated through a GIS space analysis. The 3-dimensional facade noise map was generated to calculate the number of people exposed to a certain noise level.     

Effects of different noise combinations on sleep, as assessed by a general questionnaire

In the present study, the effects of different noise combinations on sleep were assessed in two contexts, with a single noise source and with combined noise sources. Road traffic noise, and construction or movie noise combined with road traffic noise were used as the single noise source and the combined noise sources, respectively. When the sound pressure level of road traffic noise was kept constant, levels of the construction and movie noise were changed. Twenty participants were followed for approximately 2 weeks, during which their sleep was evaluated using a questionnaire, including questions on sleeping behavior, premature awakening, and subjective responses. The results showed that the combined noise sources including construction noise decreased the number of participants who fell asleep within an hour and increased the number that were awakened prematurely compared to the effects of road traffic noise combined with movie noise. However, similar tendencies were observed while evaluating sleep quality, sleep disturbance, and annoyance.     

纳米尺度MOSFET过剩噪声的定性分析

最近实验表明纳米尺度MOSFET中的过剩噪声主要为散粒噪声,而此前研究认为MOSFET中不存在散粒噪声,短沟道MOSFET中的过剩噪声为热噪声. 本文基于器件电流模型分析散粒噪声取代热噪声成为过剩噪声主要成分的转变条件,根据该条件对纳米尺度MOSFET噪声特性的预测与文献报道的实验现象、模拟结果以及介观散粒噪声相关结论相符合. 关键词： 散粒噪声 过剩噪声 纳米尺度MOSFET     

填充系数对脉冲爆轰发动机爆轰噪声影响的实验研究

为探索不同填充系数下气液两相脉冲爆轰发动机爆轰噪声特点,搭建了能够准确调节气液两相脉冲爆轰发动机填充系数的噪声测试实验系统,对800 mm和3000 mm处不同角度下脉冲爆轰发动机爆轰噪声特性进行了研究。结果表明,随着填充系数的增加,冲击噪声幅值与射流噪声幅值随之增大,但射流噪声幅值与冲击噪声幅值的比值降低;在爆燃与爆轰的转折点,冲击噪声幅值与射流噪声幅值显著增加;爆燃阶段下的冲击噪声幅值与射流噪声幅值增加速率小于爆轰阶段;随着距离的增加,填充系数对冲击噪声与射流噪声的增强作用有所减弱,冲击噪声的衰减速度快于射流噪声;随着填充系数的增加,当距离较小时指向性明显,当距离较大时指向性不明显。      

Noise power fluctuations and the masking of sine signals

This article is concerned with fluctuations in noise power and with the role that such fluctuations play in the masking of sine signals by noise. Several measures of noise fluctuations are discussed: the fourth moment of the waveform, the fourth moment of the envelope, and the crest factor. Relationships among these quantities are found for cases of equal-amplitude random-phase noise and Rayleigh-distributed-amplitude noise. Of particular interest is a special non-Gaussian noise called low-noise noise in which the fluctuations are small by any of our measures. The results of frozen-noise masking experiments are reported, where the noise waveform was fixed for all stimulus presentations. In separate experiments, equal-amplitude random-phase Gaussian noise, with typical fluctuations, and low-noise noise, with almost no fluctuations were used. The data show that for a noise bandwidth less than the critical bandwidth, the masked threshold is about 5 dB lower for low-noise noise than for Gaussian noise. When the noise bandwidth is larger than the critical bandwidth, the masked threshold is the same for both kinds of noise. It is concluded that noise power fluctuations increase masked threshold by about 5 dB and that filtering by the auditory system reintroduces fluctuations into broadband low-noise noise.     

Observation of nonconservation characteristics of radio frequency noise mechanism of 40-nm n-MOSFET

Bias non-conservation characteristics of radio-frequency noise mechanism of 40-nm n-MOSFET are observed by modeling and measuring its drain current noise. A compact model for the drain current noise of 40-nm MOSFET is proposed through the noise analysis. This model fully describes three kinds of main physical sources that determine the noise mechanism of 40-nm MOSFET, i.e., intrinsic drain current noise, thermal noise induced by the gate parasitic resistance, and coupling thermal noise induced by substrate parasitic effect. The accuracy of the proposed model is verified by noise measurements, and the intrinsic drain current noise is proved to be the suppressed shot noise, and with the decrease of the gate voltage, the suppressed degree gradually decreases until it vanishes. The most important findings of the bias non-conservative nature of noise mechanism of 40-nm n-MOSFET are as follows.(i) In the strong inversion region, the suppressed shot noise is weakly affected by the thermal noise of gate parasitic resistance. Therefore, one can empirically model the channel excess noise as being like the suppressed shot noise.(ii) In the middle inversion region, it is almost full of shot noise.(iii) In the weak inversion region, the thermal noise is strongly frequency-dependent, which is almost controlled by the capacitive coupling of substrate parasitic resistance. Measurement results over a wide temperature range demonstrate that the thermal noise of 40-nm n-MOSFET exists in a region from the weak to strong inversion, contrary to the predictions of suppressed shot noise model only suitable for the strong inversion and middle inversion region. These new findings of the noise mechanism of 40-nm n-MOSFET are very beneficial for its applications in ultra low-voltage and low-power RF, such as novel device electronic structure optimization, integrated circuit design and process technology evaluation.     

光电耦合器件1/f噪声和g-r噪声的机理研究

对光电耦合器件1/f噪声和g-r噪声(产生－复合噪声) 的偏置特性及其产生机理进行了实验和理论研究.结果表明：在低频段,光电耦合器件的g-r噪声通常表现为叠加1/f噪声,且两者均随输入电流的增加呈现先增大后减小的规律.通过测量前级噪声和后级噪声,发现光电耦合器件的g-r噪声源为后级光敏三极管.理论分析表明：光电耦合器件的1/f噪声主要为表面1/f噪声,g-r噪声则源于光敏三极管发射结空间电荷区的深能级对载流子的俘获和发射.     

Noise sensitivity and reactions to noise and other environmental conditions

This article integrates findings from the literature and new results regarding noise sensitivity. The new results are based on analyses of 28 combined datasets (N = 23,038), and separate analyses of a large aircraft noise study (N = 10,939). Three topics regarding noise sensitivity are discussed, namely, its relationship with noise exposure, its working mechanism, and the scope of its influence. (1) A previous review found that noise sensitivity has no relationship with noise exposure. The current analyses give consistent results, and show that there is at most a very weak positive relationship. (2) It was observed earlier that noise sensitivity alters the effect of noise exposure on noise annoyance, and does not (only) have an additive effect. The current analyses confirm this, and show that the relation of the annoyance score with the noise exposure is relatively flat for nonsensitives while it is steeper for sensitives. (3) Previous studies showed that noise sensitivity also influences reactions other than noise annoyance. The current analyses of the aircraft noise study extend these results, but also indicate that noise sensitivity has relatively little influence on reactions to nonenvironmental conditions.     

基于改进中值滤波和提升小波变换的阈值去噪方法研究

对于实际拍摄的一些图像信噪比低,噪声密度大,且含有混合噪声,而现有算法大多只能去除单一噪声的问题。针对混合噪声中含有的脉冲噪声和高斯噪声,提出基于改进中值滤波和提升小波变换去噪相结合的方法。去噪过程中,使用中值滤波器提取脉冲噪声并采用中值滤波算法滤波后,构造提升小波,采用改进阈值函数提升小波阈值去噪方法去除高斯噪声。实验结果表明,当噪声值(,)=(0.4, 20)时,采用本文去噪方法,峰值信噪比（PSNR）为34.002 1,平均绝对误差（MAE）为2.365 3。     

间歇性排气噪声源的特性及消声器结构的研究

排气噪声可分为稳定排气噪声，周期性排气噪声和间歇性排气噪声，通过对锻压机离合器与制动器的排气噪声源的特性研究，指出间歇性气噪声是由管道噪声，阀门噪声和喷口噪声所组成，首次指出了间歇性排气噪声存在单极子噪声及爆炸声。通过理论计算及试验建立了一种有效的滤波了噪消声器结构。     

Inquiry on noise causing complaints in residential areas near chemical plants

Industrial noise may lead to noise annoyance in residential areas, in particular when such areas are located close to industrial plants. Specific reduction of noise requires detailed knowledge of the complaints from the residential neighbourhood and their relation to the noise source.The membership companies of the German Federation of Chemical Industry have recorded 230 noise complaints from 1977 to 1979. In relation to these complaints, parameters, e.g. nature of noise source, noise character, time of noise occurrence, meteorological conditions, were investigated and statistically evaluated.Fifty complaints out of the 230 were quantitatively evaluated with respect to the background and noise level at the location of complaint. It resulted, that only 16% of the complaints are based on broad band noise, whereas 84% on impulse noise and single tones. Broad band noise causes complaints beginning at 65 dB(A), impulse noise at 56 dB(A) and single tones at 50 dB(A).     

An analysis of quasi-frequency-modulated noise and random-sideband noise as comparisons for amplitude-modulated noise

Experiments were performed to determine under what conditions quasi-frequency-modulated (QFM) noise and random-sideband noise are suitable comparisons for AM noise in measuring a temporal modulation transfer function (TMTF). Thresholds were measured for discrimination of QFM from random-sideband noise and AM from QFM noise as a function of sideband separation. In the first experiment, the upper spectral edge of the noise stimuli was at 2400 Hz and the bandwidth was 1600 Hz. For sideband separations up to 256 Hz, at threshold sideband levels for discriminating AM from QFM noise, QFM was indiscriminable from random-sideband noise. For the largest sideband separation used (512 Hz), listeners may have used within-stimulus envelope correlation in the QFM noise to discriminate it from the random-sideband noise. Results when stimulus bandwidth was varied suggest that listeners were able to use this cue when the carrier was wider than a critical band, and the sideband separation approached the carrier bandwidth. Within-stimulus envelope correlation was also present in AM noise, and thus QFM noise was a suitable comparison because it made this cue unusable and forced listeners to use across-stimulus envelope differences. When the carrier bandwidth was less than a critical band or was wideband, QFM noise and random-sideband noise were equally suitable comparisons for AM noise. When discrimination thresholds for QFM and random-sideband noise were converted to modulation depth and modulation frequency, they were nearly identical to those for discrimination of AM from QFM noise, suggesting that listeners were using amplitude modulation cues in both cases.     

听觉感知中的噪声特性语义描述及其分析

基于听觉感知的噪声语义描述是噪声声品质研究的基础性问题,已有研究未将语义描述与噪声来源、频谱特性以及产品运行状态等物理信息联系起来。该文分别针对飞机舱内噪声、车辆噪声和空气净化器噪声这3组典型噪声开展了主观评价实验,并通过多维尺度分析和主成分分析描述了3组噪声的语义空间,系统分析了不同类型噪声的描述词,同时解释了描述词与噪声物理属性之间的联系。研究发现：飞机舱内噪声、车辆噪声以及空气净化器噪声可以由4维、4维和3维语义空间进行描述;不同类型噪声在语义描述中具有共性与个性,3组噪声语义的主要维度均与嘈杂感相关,而噪声的个性描述词与其声源的物理属性密切相关;进行声品质建模及应用时,应同时考虑噪声共性和个性描述词对听觉感知的影响,采取有针对性的措施以提升产品声品质。该文从听觉感知的角度进行了噪声特性的语义描述和分析,研究结果可为产品声品质以及噪声控制研究提供帮助。     

Correlated noise induced spatiotemporal coherence resonance in a square lattice network

The effects of additive correlated noise, which is composed of common Gaussian white noise and local Gaussian colored noise, on a square lattice network locally modelled by the Rulkov map are studied. We focus on the ability of noise to induce pattern formation in a resonant manner. It is shown that local Gaussian colored noise is able to induce pattern formation, which is more coherent at some noise intensity or correlation time, so it is able to induce spatiotemporal coherence resonance in the network. When common Gaussian white noise is applied in addition, it is seen that the correlated noise can induce coherent spatial structures at some intermediate noise correlation, while this is not the case for smaller and larger noise intensities. The mechanism of the observed spatiotemporal coherence resonance is discussed. It is also found that the correlation time of local colored noise has no evident effect on the optimal value of the noise strength for spatiotemporal coherence resonance in the network.     

The effects of sound level and vibration magnitude on the relative discomfort of noise and vibration

The relative discomfort caused by noise and vibration, how this depends on the level of noise and the magnitude of vibration, and whether the noise and vibration are presented simultaneously or sequentially has been investigated in a laboratory study with 20 subjects. Noise and vertical vibration were reproduced with all 49 combinations of 7 levels of noise and 7 magnitudes of vibration to allow the discomfort caused by one of the stimuli to be judged relative to the other stimulus using magnitude estimation. In four sessions, subjects judged noise relative to vibration and vibration relative to noise, with both simultaneous and sequential presentations of the stimuli. The equivalence of noise and vibration was not greatly dependent on whether the stimuli were simultaneous or sequential, but highly dependent on whether noise was judged relative to vibration or vibration was judged relative to noise. When judging noise, higher magnitude vibrations appeared to mask the discomfort caused by low levels of noise. When judging vibration, higher level noises appeared to mask the discomfort caused by low magnitudes of vibration. The judgment of vibration discomfort was more influenced by noise than the judgment of noise discomfort was influenced by vibration.     

色噪声对光学双稳态的影响

采用统一色噪声近似构建了由乘法色噪声驱动的纯吸收型光学双稳态状态方程,并分析了色噪声对光学双稳态的影响,将结果与白噪声驱动的光学双稳态进行比较.结果表明:当乘法噪声与加法噪声处在正关联时,增加乘法色噪声的自关联时间r,光学双稳性的区域显著变宽,即磁滞回线面积变大;当乘法噪声与加法噪声处在负关联时,只有乘法噪声较小时,改变乘法色噪声的自关联时间r,光学双稳态才发生改变;当乘法噪声的自相关时间等于零时,本文模型退化为乘法白噪声驱动的光学双稳性状态方程.     

A new method for removing impulse noise based on noise space characteristic

This paper proposes a new method for eliminating impulse noise. Based on the space characteristic of object and noise, three kinds of basic noise patterns are introduced to describe noise and detect noise candidates. Correspondingly, noise removal operators are presented to remove the impulse noise. Extensive experiment results have shown that the proposed method is better than some of the state-of-the-art methods.     

利用自相关函数和双耳自相关函数分析对交通噪声特征参量的提取~

对实地双通道测量获得的道路交通噪声和铁路噪声信号样本进行了自相关函数和双耳自相关函数(Interaural CrossCorrelation Function)的分析。进而通过对噪声样本时间因子和空间因子的相关性分析、主成分分析和主观评价实验,得到了3个铁路噪声源特征参量物理因子和4个道路交通噪声源特征参量物理因子。发现与传统的声压级测量相比,表征声音信号时间特性和空间特性的这7个物理量可以更全面、准确地表征交通噪声的特性。在对道路噪声进行测量或分析时,掌握与声源视觉宽度和音调感相对应的物理因子以及双耳时延和初始能量,就可获悉与人的主观评价相一致的道路交通噪声特征信息;对铁路噪声而言,掌握与声源视觉宽度相对应的物理因子以及双耳时延和声音的重复性特征,就可以得到与入主观评价相一致的铁路噪声特征信息。综合道路噪声特征参量和铁路噪声特征参量可以发现,双耳时延和与声源视觉宽度相对应的物理因子是与人的主观反应最为一致的主成分指标,说明噪声中决定人的评价的最主要的因素是代表空间特征的信号因子。      

Multiplicative non-Gaussian noise and additive Gaussian white noise induced transition in a piecewise nonlinear model

We study the transition problems in a piecewise nonlinear model induced by correlated multiplicative non-Gaussian noise and additive Gaussian white noise. Firstly, applying the path integral approach, the unified colored noise approximation, the analytical expression of the steady-state probability density function (SPD) is derived. Then the change regulation of the SPD is analyzed with the change of the strength and relevance of multiplicative noise and additive noise. From numerical computations we obtain some new nonlinear phenomena: the transition can be induced by the cross-correlation strength between noises, the non-Gaussian noise intensity and the Gaussian noise intensity as well as the non-Gaussian noise deviation parameter. This indicates that the effect of the non-Gaussian noise intensity on SPD is the same as that of the Gaussian noise intensity. Moreover, we also find the correlation time of the non-Gaussian noise can not induce the transition.