Applications of two-way satellite time and frequency transfer in the BeiDou navigation satellite system

A two-way satellite time and frequency transfer(TWSTFT) device equipped in the BeiDou navigation satellite system(BDS)can calculate clock error between satellite and ground master clock. TWSTFT is a real-time method with high accuracy because most system errors such as orbital error, station position error, and tropospheric and ionospheric delay error can be eliminated by calculating the two-way pseudorange difference. Another method, the multi-satellite precision orbit determination(MPOD)method, can be applied to estimate satellite clock errors. By comparison with MPOD clock estimations, this paper discusses the applications of the BDS TWSTFT clock observations in satellite clock measurement, satellite clock prediction, navigation system time monitor, and satellite clock performance assessment in orbit. The results show that with TWSTFT clock observations, the accuracy of satellite clock prediction is higher than MPOD. Five continuous weeks of comparisons with three international GNSS Service(IGS) analysis centers(ACs) show that the reference time difference between BeiDou time(BDT) and golbal positoning system(GPS) time(GPST) realized IGS ACs is in the tens of nanoseconds. Applying the TWSTFT clock error observations may obtain more accurate satellite clock performance evaluation in the 104 s interval because the accuracy of the MPOD clock estimation is not sufficiently high. By comparing the BDS and GPS satellite clock performance, we found that the BDS clock stability at the 103 s interval is approximately 10.12, which is similar to the GPS IIR.     

Tin oxide nano-flower-anchored graphene composites as high-performance anode materials for lithium-ion batteries

The SnO₂ nano-flower/graphene (SnO₂-NF/GN) composites were synthesized by using graphene (GN) and SnO₂ nano-flower (SnO₂-NF). Among them, the SnO₂-NFs were prefabricated by using sodium hydroxide and stannic chloride pentahydrate (SnCl₄·5H₂O) as raw materials. The results of SEM show that the SnO₂-NFs are uniformly dispersed on the surface of GN. Furthermore, compared with the pure SnO₂, the as-prepared SnO₂-NF/GN composites displayed superior cycle performace and high rate capability. The SnO₂-NF/GN composite delivers a specific capacity of 650 mAh g^?1 after 60 cycles and an excellent rate capability of 480 mAh g^?1 at 2000 mA g^?1.     

Effects of Colored Noise on Self-Propelled Particles in a Two-Dimensional Potential

The effects of colored noise on self-propelled particles in a two-dimensional potential are investigated. The resonance phenomenon was found as the the average velocity has a maximum value with increasing x direction noise intensity. The average velocity takes its maximal value as the parameters (the y direction noise intensity, the self-propelled angle noise intensity, and so on) take suitable values. The y direction noise and the self-propelled angle noise have great effects on the x direction particles transport. The y direction noise and the self-propelled angle noise cannot induce x direction particles transport in the absence of x direction noise. The ratchet effect should disappear when there is no coupling between the x direction potential and the y direction potential.     

Study on the algorithm of computational ghost imaging based on discrete fourier transform measurement matrix

We have developed a model and realized an algorithm for the calculation of the coefficient of coherent (direct) transmission of light through a layer of liquid crystal (LC) droplets in a polymer matrix. The model is based on the Hulst anomalous diffraction approximation for describing the scattering by an individual particle and the Foldy-Twersky approximation for a coherent field. It allows one to investigate polymer dispersed LC (PDLC) materials with homogeneous and inhomogeneous interphase surface anchoring on the droplet surface. In order to calculate the configuration of the field of the local director in the droplet, the relaxation method of solving the problem of minimization of the free energy volume density has been used. We have verified the model by comparison with experiment under the inverse regime of the ionic modification of the LC-polymer interphase boundary. The model makes it possible to solve problems of optimization of the optical response of PDLC films in relation to their thickness and optical characteristics of the polymer matrix, sizes, polydispersity, concentration, and anisometry parameters of droplets. Based on this model, we have proposed a technique for estimating the size of LC droplets from the data on the dependence of the transmission coefficient on the applied voltage.     

Reverse depletion effects and the determination of ligand density on some spherical bioparticles

In cell environments crowded with macromolecules, the depletion effects act and assist in the assembly of a wide range of cellular structures, from the cytoskeleton to the chromatin loop, which are well accepted. But a recent quantum dot experiment indicated that the dimensions of the receptor–ligand complex have strong effects on the size-dependent exclusion of proteins in cell environments. In this article, a continuum elastic model is constructed to resolve the competition between the dimension of the receptor–ligand complex and depletion effects in the endocytosis of a spherical virus-like bioparticle. Our results show that the depletion effects do not always assist endocytosis of a spherical virus-like bioparticle; while the dimension of the ligand–receptor complex is larger than the size of a small bioparticle in cell environments, the depletion effects do not work and reverse effects appear. The ligand density covered on the virus can be identified quantitatively.     

Social network structures and bank runs

This paper investigates the impact of social network structures of depositors on bankruns. The analyzed network structures include random networks, small-world networks andscale-free networks. Simulation results show that the probability of bank run occurrencein random networks is larger than that in small-world networks, but the probability ofbank run occurrence in scale-free networks drops from the highest to the lowest among thethree types of network structures with the increase of the proportion of impatientdepositors. The average degree of depositor networks has a significant impact on bankruns, but this impact is related to the proportion of impatient depositors and theconfidence levels of depositors in banks.     

基于案例和规则融合的民用客机故障诊断系统设计

目前很多工程应用中的飞机故障诊断方法,只考虑单一的基于案例或基于规则的诊断方法,故障诊断的效率有待提高。本文针对民用客机地面运营支持系统的特点和要求,将案例和规则融合的推理机制引入到飞机故障诊断系统的设计中。该方法采用规则推理为前导、案例推理后置补充的结合方式,最大化地利用飞机故障隔离手册知识和从维修记录中提取的案例知识,从而提高首次故障隔离效率、降低无效排故时间。以民用客机某系统的典型故障为例,阐述了该推理机制在故障诊断中的应用。通过历史飞行数据试验,验证了提出的基于案例与规则融合诊断方法的有效性,以此为基础设计的故障诊断方案可为航空公司构建更完善的专家系统提供参考。