Vibration analysis of long cylindrical shells using acoustical excitation

Acoustical excitation along with two other methods was used to excite a long circular cylindrical shell, with simply supported boundary conditions. By comparing different types of excitation, the acoustical method was discovered to have many advantages over other methods of excitation used by previous researchers. Five different analytical methods based on the Love and Flugge theories, were also studied. The objective of this study was to identify the accuracy of each theory, in predicting the natural frequencies and mode shapes of a long circular cylindrical shell. A study was made to compare the predictions of the five analytical methods with experimental measurements. Interesting theoretical and experimental observations were observed for the long shell. Finally, a simple method is proposed to reduce the errors found in some of the analytical methods.     

On Some Modified Methods on Fractional Delay and Nonlinear Integro-Differential Equation

The fundamental objective of this work is to construct a comparative study of some modified methods with Sumudu transform on fractional delay integro-differential equation. The existed solution of the equation is very accurately computed. The aforesaid methods are presented with an illustrative example.     

Tensile and indentation behavior of rigid PVC

The purpose of this study was the evaluation by mechanical testing of the durability of PVC. To that end, the mechanical behavior of PVC was subjected to systematic testing by traction and indentation methods, in order to define the brittle transition in time-temperature space. In a second portion we began a study of the change in the brittle transition by indentation methods after artificial weathering of the PVC.     

应用化学计量学技术研究同时定量分析重叠光谱

在八种化学计量学除噪技术比较研究的基础上,研制了小波包变换Elman回归神经网络方法(WPERNN)用于研究重叠光谱的同时定量测定。结合小波包变换和Elman回归神经网络改进除噪质量及回归能力。通过最佳化,选择了小波函数、小波包分解水平和Elman回归神经网络(ERNN)的结构及参数。两个程序PWPERNN和PERNN被设计执行WPERNN和ERNN方法计算。七种化学计量学方法用于比较研究。实验结果显示WPERNN方法是成功的且优于其他六种方法。     

利用生物发光分析技术快速检测微生物的方法学研究

阻碍三磷酸腺苷－虫萤光素酶发光体系用于微生物快速检测的主要因素之一，在于使用了不适当的非微生物ＡＴＰ清除方法和微生物ＡＴＰ提取方法。文章对非微生物ＡＴＰ的清除和微生物ＡＰＴ提取方法进行了实验研究。     

Feasibility of optical computerized tomography for measuring the species concentration distribution of flow fields

In this paper, the feasibility of using optical computerized tomography (OCT) methods for measuring the distribution of species concentration for flow fields is analyzed and discussed. First, feasible methods are chosen for two or three objects composed flow fields from the perspective of the measurable principle. Second, both common gas and plasma are chosen as two typical examples for specific analysis and discussion. The results show that the feasibility and applicable range of OCT methods are related to the temperature, pressure, and species composition of the measured flow fields. Finally, the study indicates that OCT methods are more suitable for measuring the distribution of species composition for common gas rather than plasma. In a word, this study could be helpful for extending the applicable range of OCT methods, which are based on the measurement of the refractive index.     

An Adaptive Rank Aggregation-Based Ensemble Multi-Filter Feature Selection Method in Software Defect Prediction

Feature selection is known to be an applicable solution to address the problem of high dimensionality in software defect prediction (SDP). However, choosing an appropriate filter feature selection (FFS) method that will generate and guarantee optimal features in SDP is an open research issue, known as the filter rank selection problem. As a solution, the combination of multiple filter methods can alleviate the filter rank selection problem. In this study, a novel adaptive rank aggregation-based ensemble multi-filter feature selection (AREMFFS) method is proposed to resolve high dimensionality and filter rank selection problems in SDP. Specifically, the proposed AREMFFS method is based on assessing and combining the strengths of individual FFS methods by aggregating multiple rank lists in the generation and subsequent selection of top-ranked features to be used in the SDP process. The efficacy of the proposed AREMFFS method is evaluated with decision tree (DT) and naïve Bayes (NB) models on defect datasets from different repositories with diverse defect granularities. Findings from the experimental results indicated the superiority of AREMFFS over other baseline FFS methods that were evaluated, existing rank aggregation based multi-filter FS methods, and variants of AREMFFS as developed in this study. That is, the proposed AREMFFS method not only had a superior effect on prediction performances of SDP models but also outperformed baseline FS methods and existing rank aggregation based multi-filter FS methods. Therefore, this study recommends the combination of multiple FFS methods to utilize the strength of respective FFS methods and take advantage of filter–filter relationships in selecting optimal features for SDP processes.     

Evaluation of parameters from thermal desorption spectra – methods borrowed from the analysis of thermoluminescence

A number of methods for extracting the activation energy, pre-exponential factor and reaction order associated with the Polanyi–Wigner rate formulation have been reported in the literature. An entirely analogous equation had been utilized in the study of thermoluminescence (TL) and several methods have been developed for the extraction of the relevant parameters. Some of these methods are practically identical to those developed for the study of thermal desorption, whereas others have not been developed for thermal desorption but can be used with only very minor adjustment to the analysis of thermal desorption curves. In the present work, the utilization of the methods developed for the analysis of TL for the study of thermal desorption data is advocated.     

The effect of velocity field forcing techniques on the Karman–Howarth equation

Many velocity field forcing methods exist to simulate isotropic turbulence, but no in-depth analysis of the effects that these methods have on the generated turbulence has been performed. This work contains such a detailed study. It focuses on Lundgren’s linear and Alvelius’ spectral velocity forcing methods. Based on the constraints imposed on their associated forcing terms, these two are representative of the numerous forcing methods available in the literature. This study is conducted in the context of the Karman–Howarth equation, which, as a consequence of velocity forcing, has a source term appended to it. The expressions for the forcing method-specific Karman–Howarth source terms are derived, and their effect on key turbulent metrics, e.g. structure functions and spectra, is investigated. The behaviour of these source terms determines the state to which all turbulent metrics evolve, allowing for the differences noted between linearly and spectrally forced turbulent fields to be explained.     

High-Order Finite Volume Methods for Aerosol Dynamic Equations

Aerosol modeling is very important to study the behavior of aerosol dynamics in atmospheric environment. In this paper we consider numerical methods for the nonlinear aerosol dynamic equations on time and particle size. The finite volume element methods based on the linear interpolation and Hermite interpolation are provided to approximate the aerosol dynamic equation where the condensation and removal processes are considered. Numerical examples are provided to show the efficiency of these numerical methods.     

新型CaO／MgO高温CO2吸收剂的循环反应特性

本文采用3种方法制备了新型复合CaO／MgO吸收剂，考察了不同制备方法对复合钙基吸收剂碳化／煅烧循环反应性能的影响。结果表明，不同制备方法能决定了钙基吸收剂中CaO颗粒与MgO颗粒在微观层面上的不同均匀混合程度，因此得到吸收剂的性能差异巨大。采用溶胶凝胶燃烧合成法制备的CaO／MgO吸收剂的性能明显优于其他两种常见方法...     

Laser Blow-Off Injected Impurity in HL-2A Tokamak

Transient perturbation methods are most appropriate to study particle transport in tokamaks. Two most commonly used techniques of impurity injection are laser blow-off and gas puffing. Short bursts of impurities, injected using the laser blow-off injection technique, are among other transient perturbation methods, undoubtedly best suited to study impurity transport The injection time and the amount of injected material can be controlled in order to study a certain phase of the discharge with a minimum perturbation of the plasma parameters. Furthermore, the source is of very short duration and thus provides an experimentally more direct measure of impurity transport.     

扩散张量图像的插值方法综述

扩散张量成像能够通过获得组织内水分子的三维位移分布来研究脑部结构，是近年来医学成像技术的研究热点.在采集、转换以及处理张量的进程中，研究者需要进行插值处理来提高图像分辨率或改善可视化效果.如在人脑模板构建、脑白质纤维追踪以及配准等应用中，张量插值是一个具有重要作用的处理步骤.本文对现有的张量插值方法进行综述，首先介绍了插值方法的理论内容，阐明各张量插值方法中所解决的技术问题及存在的局限性，然后介绍了常用的插值方法的评估指标，再利用现有的典型插值方法分别对仿真数据和真实数据进行插值实验和结果分析，最后对张量插值方法的未来发展趋势提出建议.     

Estimating Granger causality from fourier and wavelet transforms of time series data

Experiments in many fields of science and engineering yield data in the form of time series. The Fourier and wavelet transform-based nonparametric methods are used widely to study the spectral characteristics of these time series data. Here, we extend the framework of nonparametric spectral methods to include the estimation of Granger causality spectra for assessing directional influences. We illustrate the utility of the proposed methods using synthetic data from network models consisting of interacting dynamical systems.     

Laser photonics application in prosthetic dentistry for denture design optimization

The aim of this work is to demonstrate that holographic and speckle interferometry—laser photonics methods are compatible and useful for prosthetic stomatology. These methods allow to study the deformation of the mandible after insertion of mini-implants of various forms, and to give the practical medical recommendations.     

Deposition of copper iodide thin films by chemical bath deposition (CBD) and successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) methods

In this paper, we report structural, morphological, electrical studies of copper iodide (CuI) thin films deposited onto glass substrates by chemical bath deposition (CBD) and successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) methods. CuI thin films were characterized for their structural, morphological and wettability studies by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD), FT-Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), optical absorption, and contact angle measurement methods. Thickness of thin films was 1 ± 0.1 μm measured by gravimetric weight difference method. The CuI thin films were nanocrystalline, with average crystal size of ～60 nm. The FT-IR study confirmed the formation of CuI on the substrate surface. SEM images revealed the compact and cube like structure for CuI thin films deposited by CBD and SILAR methods, respectively. Optical absorption study revealed optical energy gaps as 2.3 and 3.0 eV for CBD and SILAR methods, respectively. Wettability study indicated that CuI thin films deposited by SILAR method are more hydrophobic as compared to CBD method.     

Uplink CFO compensation for FBMC multiple access and OFDMA in a high mobility scenario

We study in this work CFO compensation methods for two multicarrier multiple access techniques in a high mobility scenario. In particular, we consider orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) and filter bank multicarrier multiple access (FBMC-MA). The main motivation for this study is not only the different sensitivity these multicarrier techniques have to CFO but also the different methods they use to reduce CFO effect. In a high mobility scenario the CFO is re-estimated to follow its variation. We show that the frequency at which the CFO is re-estimated has a strong influence in the performance and the complexity of the proposed compensation methods. Additionally, we present a low-complexity CFO compensation method for OFDMA that employs a better approximation of the intercarrier interference than previous approaches. Regarding FBMC-MA, we introduce an extension of a CFO-compensation method that allows to consider a multitap channel equalizer. Finally, using simulations, we compare the performance of the compensation methods over several channel and time-varying CFO conditions.     

Cryopreservation of Dioscorea rotundata poir.: a comparative study with two cryogenic procedures and assessment of true-to-type of regenerants by RAPD analysis

The aim of this study was to develop a cryopreservation protocol for Dioscorea rotundata with maintenance of genetic stability of regenerated plants after cryopreservation. In vitro shoot tips were cryopreserved using vitrification and encapsulation-dehydration to compare the efficacy of the two methods. Both methods produced high levels of plant regeneration from cryopreserved shoot tips. The regeneration level obtained using vitrification (71%) was not significantly different from that obtained using encapsulation-dehydration (67%). Genetic stability of plants derived from cryopreserved shoot tips was evaluated using RAPD markers. Analysis of 50 cryopreserved-derived and 20 in vitro- maintained (control) plantlets showed that 10 primers produced 77 clear, reproducible bands, with the amplification products being monomorphic for all the plantlets tested. A total of 5,390 bands obtained from this study exhibited no aberration in RAPD banding. Thus, the present study showed that both vitrification and encapsulation-dehydration methods are equally applicable to D. rotundata for cryopreservation. The in vitro plantlets derived from cryopreservation were genetically stable at the molecular level tested.     

Remote sensing by open-path FTIR spectroscopy. Comparison of different analysis techniques applied to ozone and carbon monoxide detection

The analysis of FTIR spectra is usually carried out by commercial programs that use methods based on classical least-squares (CLS) procedures These procedures are normally appropriate to analyse O-P FTIR spectra, but some occasional discrepancies with standard extractive methods have been observed.In this work, a line-by-line method (SFIT) is additionally used. Our purpose is to explain the sporadic discrepancies observed between CLS and standard extractive method results and to study the capability of both methods (CLS and SFIT) to analyse open-path measurements. This capability has been studied for ozone and carbon monoxide.It has been demonstrated that in CLS-based methods discrepancies are induced by the experimental background reference spectrum. In these cases, SFIT results are in very good agreement with the standard extractive methods.