Determination of equivalent salt deposit density using wind velocity for a contaminated insulator

This paper illustrates a new analytical model for determining equivalent salt deposit density (ESDD) on contaminated insulators using wind velocity. The analytical model is derived using the dimensional analysis technique. The values of ESDD from the analytical model are calculated using different values of wind velocity. These results are compared with the experimental results obtained from sites. The analytical results are also compared with the polynomial model output obtained via least-squares analysis of experimental data. It is found that the results obtained by the analytical model are quite consistent with the experimental results for different range of wind velocity.     

Time scales of overdamped nonlinear Brownian motion in arbitrary potential profiles

This paper presents a new approach and new results concerning the problem of the rate of the nonlinear Brownian motion in a field of force. Within the scope of one-dimensional overdamped Brownian motion the exact values of time scales are obtained in detail for three types of arbitrary dimensionless potential profiles varphi(x) which differ from one another by their limiting values at x=+/- infinity. Three time scales, the relaxation time, the decay time of a metastable state and the life time of a nonstable state, are found via given potential profiles varphi(x) by explicit quadrature formulae, as it takes place for the well-known mean first passage times. Specific examples are considered. (c) 1997 American Institute of Physics.     

MCMCINLA Estimation of Missing Data and Its Application to Public Health Development in China in the Post-Epidemic Era

Medical data are often missing during epidemiological surveys and clinical trials. In this paper, we propose the MCMCINLA estimation method to account for missing data. We introduce a new latent class into the spatial lag model (SLM) and use a conditional autoregressive specification (CAR) spatial model-based approach to impute missing values, making the model fit into the integrated nested Laplace approximation (INLA) framework. Combining the advantages of both the Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) and INLA frameworks, the MCMCINLA algorithm is used to implement imputation of the missing data and fit the model to derive estimates of the parameters from the posterior margins. Finally, the economic data and the hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) disease data of mainland China from 2016–2018 are used as examples to explore the development of public health in China in the post-epidemic era. The results show that compared with expectation maximization (EM) and full information maximum likelihood estimation (FIML), the predicted values of the missing data obtained using our method are closer to the true values, and the spatial distribution of HFRS in China can be inferred from the imputation results with a southern-heavy and northern-light distribution. It can provide some references for the development of public health in China in the post-epidemic era.     

分解-组合法推求等价组态j-j耦合谱项的J值

本文提出一种用以推求等价组态ｊ－ｊ耦合原子光谱项的Ｊ值的方法——分解－组合法。使用Ｃ语言编写了计算组合组态（ｊ）ｎｊ的ＭＪ值的程序,人工方法得到Ｊ值。结果与文献相符。     

屏蔽理论对LiⅠ等电子序列离子基组态能量的计算方法研究

在屏蔽理论和多体微扰理论的基础上,文中提出了一种新的计算等电子序列离子基组态能量的方法,用该方法和作者设计的FORTRAN程序,计算了LiⅠ等电子序列离子 (3≤Z≤20)基组态能量,计算结果与已有实验结果十分接近,表明该方法对低Z原子体系基组态能量的计算是可行的.     

Modified Vonk's Method to Determine Crystallinity and Crystal Distortion in Polymers

Using a modified method developed from Vonk's method, detailed values of crystallinity and crystal disorder were obtained by wide angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD). In Vonk's method, the crystallinity (w) is determined by extrapolation of the WAXD experimental curve back to zero scattering angle, while the distortion factor (k) is determined by the inclination of the experimental curve at zero scattering angle. In our new method, both w and k are determined at the same time by using the least squares method. In order to show the efficiency of our method, the new fitting procedure was applied to the experimental values of polyethylene and polyethylene terephthalate as measured by Vonk, and the values of w and k determined by our new method were compared with those found by Vonk's method. The new fitting method has the advantage that it uses the whole experimental curve. Moreover, our modified Vonk's method enables us to discuss crystal distortions as arising from first-kind (thermal) disorder and second-kind (paracrystalline) disorder.     

Elastic scattering susceptibility of the high temperature superconductor Bi2Sr2CaCu2O(8+delta): a comparison between real and momentum space photoemission spectroscopies

The joint density of states of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O(8+delta) is calculated by evaluating the autocorrelation of the single particle spectral function A(k, omega) measured from angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES). These results are compared with Fourier transformed (FT) conductance modulations measured by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). Good agreement between the two experimental probes is found for two different doping values examined. In addition, by comparing the FT-STM results to the autocorrelated ARPES spectra with different photon polarization, new insight on the form of the STM matrix elements is obtained. This shines new light on unsolved mysteries in the tunneling data.     

Precision Measurement of {\mu G_{E}^{p}/G_{M}^p} at Low Q 2

Precision measurements are presented of the proton electric to magnetic form-factors ratios at Q ²?=?0.3 ? 0.8 (GeV/c)², obtained by polarization-transfer in Hall A of the Jefferson Laboratory. The measured ratios are significantly lower than published values. New global fits to the individual form factors indicate a lower electric form factor and a slightly higher magnetic form factor. The proton charge radius extracted from the new results is somewhat smaller but consistent with previous values obtained from electron?Cproton scattering, and is in significant disagreement with the recent value obtained from muonic hydrogen. The effects of the new results on other quantities are briefly discussed.     

A simple empirical model of polyester fibre materials for acoustical applications

A new empirical model has been developed by the authors to predict the flow resistivity, acoustic impedance and sound absorption coefficient of polyester fibre materials. The parameters of the model have been adjusted to best fit the values of airflow resistivity and sound absorption coefficient measured over a set of 38 samples. Calculated results are compared with normal incidence measurements carried out using two different techniques: the transfer-function method in an impedance tube (ISO 10534-2) and the free-field impulse response method (ISO 13472-1). Measurements performed on polyester fibre materials with different density and thickness values, and diameter ranging from 18 to 48 μm, are in good agreement with the predictions of the new model. It is concluded that the new model can predict the basic acoustic properties of common polyester fibre materials with any practical combination of thickness and density².     

Q value of the superallowed decay of 46V and its influence on Vud and the unitarity of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix

The masses of the radioactive nuclei (46)V and its decay daughter (46)Ti have been measured with the Canadian Penning Trap on-line Penning trap mass spectrometer to a precision of 1 x 10(-8). A Q(EC) value of 7052.90(40) keV for the superallowed beta decay of (46)V is obtained from the difference of these two masses. With this precise Q value, the Ft value for this decay is determined with improved precision. An investigation of an earlier Q-value measurement for (46)V uncovers a set of 7 measurements that cannot be reconciled with modern data and affects previous evaluations of V(ud) from superallowed Fermi decays. A new evaluation, adding our new data and removing the discredited subset, yields new values for G(V) and V(ud). When combined with recent results for V(us), this yields modified constraints for the unitarity of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix and other extensions of the standard model.     

Relativistic configuration interaction calculations on Kα X-ray satellites of magnesium ions

In this work, the multi-configuration Dirac-Fock (MCDF) and relativistic configuration interaction (RCI) methods have been used to calculate the transition wavelengths, electric dipole transition probabilities, line strengths and absorption oscillator strengths for the Kα X-ray from Mg III to Mg XI. We also take the contributions from the Breit interaction, finite nuclear mass corrections and quantum electrodynamics corrections to the initial and final levels, into account. The present values for Mg X and Mg XI were in good agreement with the previous experimental and theoretical results. The new data in this work provide reference values for the level lifetimes, charge state distributions, and average charge of magnesium plasmas.     

New pattern recognition system in the e-nose for Chinese spirit identification

This paper presents a new pattern recognition system for Chinese spirit identification by using the polymer quartz piezoelectric crystal sensor based e-nose. The sensors are designed based on quartz crystal microbalance(QCM) principle,and they could capture different vibration frequency signal values for Chinese spirit identification. For each sensor in an8-channel sensor array, seven characteristic values of the original vibration frequency signal values, i.e., average value(A),root-mean-square value(RMS), shape factor value(S_f), crest factor value(C_f), impulse factor value(I_f), clearance factor value(CL_f), kurtosis factor value(K_v) are first extracted. Then the dimension of the characteristic values is reduced by the principle components analysis(PCA) method. Finally the back propagation(BP) neutral network algorithm is used to recognize Chinese spirits. The experimental results show that the recognition rate of six kinds of Chinese spirits is 93.33% and our proposed new pattern recognition system can identify Chinese spirits effectively.     

Mass exponent spectrum analysis of human ECG signals and its application to complexity detection

The complexity of electrocardiogram (ECG) signal may reflect the physiological function and healthy status of the heart. In this paper, we introduced two novel intermediate parameters of multifractality, the mass exponent spectrum curvature and area, to characterize the nonlinear complexity of ECG signal. These indicators express the nonlinear superposition of the discrepancies of singularity strengths from all the adjacent points of the spectrum curve and thus overall subsets of original fractal structure. The evaluation of binomial multifractal sets validated these two variables were entirely effective in exploring the complexity of this time series. We then studied the ECG mass exponent spectra taken from the cohorts of healthy, ischemia and myocardial infarction (MI) sufferer based on a large sets of 12 leads’ recordings, and took the statistical averages among each crowd. Experimental results suggest the two values from healthy ECG are apparently larger than those from the heart diseased. While the values from ECG of MI sufferer are much smaller than those from the other two groups. As for the ischemia sufferer, they are almost of moderate magnitude. Afterward, we compared these new indicators with the nonlinear parameters of singularity spectrum. The classification indexes and results of total separating ratios (TSR, defined in the paper) both indicated that our method could achieve a better effect. These conclusions may be of some values in early diagnoses and clinical applications.     

Measurements and modeling of long range 3He diffusion in the lung using a "slice-washout" method

In healthy lung tissue, pulsed-gradient-spin-echo (PGSE) methods reveal apparent diffusion coefficients (ADC) of the order 0.20 cm2 s(-1); for diffusion times of approximately 2 ms. For these short diffusion times the ADC is only sensitive to structures approximately (2Dt)1/2 approximately 0.6mm in size. Recent work, using magnetic tagging of the longitudinal magnetization has revealed much smaller ADC values for longer length scales. In this work, the in vivo ADC from within the air-spaces, was measured using a new technique. The signal from a series of images was analyzed from a slice that was repeatedly imaged. Diffusion tends to "top-up" the non-renewable polarization within the slice, which leads to a non-exponential decay in image signal. Image data were compared to 1D finite-difference simulations of diffusion to calculate a long range ADC value. The results yield values of the order 0.034 cm2 s(-1), which are nearly an order of magnitude smaller than those reported by PGSE measurements at shorter diffusion times.     

两种新型电荷转移盐的合成和光谱研究

合成了两种新的有机盐[NO₂BzPy]Cl(1)和[NO₂BzPyNH₂]Cl(2),(1)[或(2)]与K[TCNQ]₂进一步反应生成[NO₂BzPy] [TCNQ]₂ (3)和[NO₂BzPyNH₂] [TCNQ]₂(4)。光谱数据表明：TCNQ盐中存在TCNQ0和TCNQ-,并形成了一维TCNQ分子柱,且TCNQ₀和TCNQ-之间存在相互作用,部分电荷从[TCNQ]-₂向阳离子([NO₂BzPy]+和[NO₂BzPyNH₂]+)转移。     

Evaluation of the 1077 keV γ-ray emission probability from 68Ga decay

⁶⁸Ga decays to the excited states of ⁶⁸Zn through the electron capture decay mode. New recommended values for the emission probability of 1077 keV γ-ray given by the ENSDF and DDEP databases all use data from absolute measurements. In 2011, JIANG Li-Yang deduced a new value for 1077 keV γ-ray emission probability by measuring the ⁶⁹Ga(n,2n) ⁶⁸Ga reaction cross section. The new value is about 20% lower than values obtained from previous absolute measurements and evaluations. In this paper, the discrepancies among the measurements and evaluations are analyzed carefully and the new values are re-recommended. Our recommended value for the emission probability of 1077 keV γ-ray is (2.72± 0.16)%.     

Advances in pulsed laser weld monitoring by the statistical analysis of reflected light

This paper describes two new techniques for monitoring the quality of laser welds by statistical analysis of the reflected light signal from the weld surface. The first technique involves an algorithm that analyses the variance of the peak values of the reflected signal as a measure of the stability of the surface during pulsed Nd:YAG laser welding in the heat conduction mode. Kalman filtering is used to separate a useful signal from the background noise. A good correlation between weld disruption and signal fluctuation has been identified. This technique could be used in tandem with the present practice of simply using the peak values of reflected (or emitted) light as an indicator of weld quality. The second technique investigated involves an assessment of the temporal shape of the power distribution of individual reflected pulses in comparison with an average of the results from a high quality weld. Once again a high correlation between a poor signal match and inferior quality welding was discovered, which may pave the way towards a new generation of optical weld monitoring devices.     

A deeper analysis of the second order polarization mode dispersion in optical communications systems

This article presents a new approach to the combined analysis of the first and second-order polarization mode dispersion (SOPMD) and shows their importance in optical communication systems performance. How it affects the relation between second-order polarization mode dispersion (PMD) and the differential group delay (DGD) in a single mode fiber is discussed. The analysis is based on time or wavelength and temperature variations changing/impacting PMD and DGD measured values. We present long term statistical characteristics of second-order PMD over a PMD emulator, and investigate the correlation between SOPMD, depolarization (DEP) and polarization dependent chromatic dispersion (PCD). Some authors calculate these modes from measurements obtained from the first order polarization mode dispersion, assuming a positive correlation between these effects, but this not the real relationship between them. A new interpretation of SOPMD was used to analyze the problem of the spectral stability in terms of the temperature. Actual techniques for determination SOPMD, consequently DEP and PCD, use the variation in time and/or wavelength. In some studies the results obtained for SOPMD are correlated to first-order PMD (FOPMD). This paper shows, based on measurements, that the correlation between first and second order Polarization Mode Dispersion (PMD) in the case where the last one is a function of the temperature can assume positive or negative values.     

Interpolation algorithm for recovering the missing phase values in 3D measurement

In the three-dimensional (3D) phase measurement, some marks are usually adhered to the object in order to make the 3D registration process faster and easier. As covered with marks, local phase data are missing and have to be interpolated later. Considering the phase distribution nearby the marks, a gradient estimate (GE) interpolation algorithm is provided here. This algorithm recovers one pixel's missing phase value with the average of the estimated values which is calculated by gradients in eight directions nearby. Since this algorithm is a local processing, the missing phase values should be interpolated from the edge of the marks to the center. In the computer simulation and the practical experiment, compared with the same-size neighborhood mean (NM) algorithm and the Gerchberg-Saxton (GS) algorithm, this new algorithm achieves very good fit results with the least time. So it can be used as a practical tool for automatic missing phase interpolation.