Multivariate Time Series Imputation: An Approach Based on Dictionary Learning

The problem addressed by dictionary learning (DL) is the representation of data as a sparse linear combination of columns of a matrix called dictionary. Both the dictionary and the sparse representations are learned from the data. We show how DL can be employed in the imputation of multivariate time series. We use a structured dictionary, which is comprised of one block for each time series and a common block for all the time series. The size of each block and the sparsity level of the representation are selected by using information theoretic criteria. The objective function used in learning is designed to minimize either the sum of the squared errors or the sum of the magnitudes of the errors. We propose dimensionality reduction techniques for the case of high-dimensional time series. For demonstrating how the new algorithms can be used in practical applications, we conduct a large set of experiments on five real-life data sets. The missing data (MD) are simulated according to various scenarios where both the percentage of MD and the length of the sequences of MD are considered. This allows us to identify the situations in which the novel DL-based methods are superior to the existing methods.     

Combining Metabolic Alkyne Labeling and Click Chemistry for Secretome Analysis of Serum-Containing Conditioned Medium

Main observation and conclusion Bioorthogonal click chemistry has emerged as a powerful tool for the specific modification of proteins in complex mixtures.Metab...     

单片超导微带延迟线

设计仿真了微带曲折结构的延迟线,并采用直径为2英寸,厚度为0.3mm的铝酸镧衬底双面超导薄膜制备了实际的电路。实测结果显示:此单片高温超导微带延迟线样品在1~6GHz的频率范围内,延时26ns以上,插入损耗小于0.11dB/ns,驻波比优于1.3。     

Carbon nanotube supported PtOx nanoparticles with hybrid chemical states for efficient hydrogen evolution

Efficient electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in alkaline solution are highly required for water splitting.Here we design an ultra-small PtOx...     

Inherent mass transfer engineering of a Co,N co-doped carbon material towards oxygen reduction reaction

Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is an important process for the conversion and utilization of a wide range of renewable energy sources, and is critical for the ...     

Insight into the combustion mechanism of nitroglycerin/nano-aluminum composite materials

Structural Chemistry - The ReaxFF-lg is used to simulate the thermal decomposition of the pure nitroglycerin (NG) and nitroglycerin/nano-Al (NG/Al) systems. The simulation results show that the...     

A Hybrid Quantum Image-Matching Algorithm

Image matching is an important research topic in computer vision and image processing. However, existing quantum algorithms mainly focus on accurate matching between template pixels, and are not robust to changes in image location and scale. In addition, the similarity calculation of the matching process is a fundamentally important issue. Therefore, this paper proposes a hybrid quantum algorithm, which uses the robustness of SIFT (scale-invariant feature transform) to extract image features, and combines the advantages of quantum exponential storage and parallel computing to represent data and calculate feature similarity. Finally, the quantum amplitude estimation is used to extract the measurement results and realize the quadratic acceleration of calculation. The experimental results show that the matching effect of this algorithm is better than the existing classical architecture. Our hybrid algorithm broadens the application scope and field of quantum computing in image processing.     

用镀有钛过渡层的钼衬底制备无裂纹自支撑金刚石膜

为了解决金刚石膜脱膜开裂的问题,尝试了一种复合衬底,即镀有钛过渡层的钼衬底.利用直流等离子体喷射法在复合衬底上制备了不同厚度无裂纹的自支撑金刚石膜.用扫描电镜(SEM)、拉曼谱和X射线衍射表征金刚石膜的特征,并检测了其断裂强度.结果表明,用复合衬底制备的金刚石膜在950℃具有最小半高宽,在实验温度下所获得的金刚石自支撑膜的断裂强度均超过了500MPa.     

沉积温度对LaNiO3薄膜结构和性能的影响

采用磁控溅射法在(001)SrTiO3 基片上制备了LaNiO3氧化物薄膜,应用X射线衍射(XRD)、反射式高能电子衍射(RHEED)、原子力显微镜(AFM)、四探针测试仪等技术系统研究了沉积温度对LaNiO3薄膜结构和性能的影响.结果表明在较低的生长温度和较宽的温度范围内(250～400℃)都能得到外延LaNiO3薄膜.输运性质的测量结果表明在其它条件不变的情况下,250℃温度下生长的LaNiO3薄膜具有最高的电导率.     

Syntheses,crystal structures and properties of Cd(II) and Ag(I) complexes based on 2-p-methylphenyl-5-(2-pyridyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazole

Abstract

Complexes of [CdL₂(NO₃)₂]·1.5H₂O and [Ag₂(μ-L)₂(NO₃)₂] were synthesized by the reactions of 2-p-methylphenyl-5-(2-pyridyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazole (L) with Cd(NO₃)₂·4H₂O and AgNO₃, respectively. Their structures were determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The photophysical property and thermal stability were characterized by FT???IR, UV???Vis absorption, fluorescence, and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Both complexes belong to the triclinic system with space group p???1. The central metal of [CdL₂(NO₃)₂]·1.5H₂O has a distorted octahedral geometry [CdN₄O₂], while two central Ag(I) atoms of [Ag₂(μ-L)₂(NO₃)₂] exhibit distorted tetrahedral geometries [AgN₃O].