A Fast Approach to Removing Muscle Artifacts for EEG with Signal Serialization Based Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition

An electroencephalogram (EEG) is an electrophysiological signal reflecting the functional state of the brain. As the control signal of the brain–computer interface (BCI), EEG may build a bridge between humans and computers to improve the life quality for patients with movement disorders. The collected EEG signals are extremely susceptible to the contamination of electromyography (EMG) artifacts, affecting their original characteristics. Therefore, EEG denoising is an essential preprocessing step in any BCI system. Previous studies have confirmed that the combination of ensemble empirical mode decomposition (EEMD) and canonical correlation analysis (CCA) can effectively suppress EMG artifacts. However, the time-consuming iterative process of EEMD may limit the application of the EEMD-CCA method in real-time monitoring of BCI. Compared with the existing EEMD, the recently proposed signal serialization based EEMD (sEEMD) is a good choice to provide effective signal analysis and fast mode decomposition. In this study, an EMG denoising method based on sEEMD and CCA is discussed. All of the analyses are carried out on semi-simulated data. The results show that, in terms of frequency and amplitude, the intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) decomposed by sEEMD are consistent with the IMFs obtained by EEMD. There is no significant difference in the ability to separate EMG artifacts from EEG signals between the sEEMD-CCA method and the EEMD-CCA method (p > 0.05). Even in the case of heavy contamination (signal-to-noise ratio is less than 2 dB), the relative root mean squared error is about 0.3, and the average correlation coefficient remains above 0.9. The running speed of the sEEMD-CCA method to remove EMG artifacts is significantly improved in comparison with that of EEMD-CCA method (p < 0.05). The running time of the sEEMD-CCA method for three lengths of semi-simulated data is shortened by more than 50%. This indicates that sEEMD-CCA is a promising tool for EMG artifact removal in real-time BCI systems.     

Ni nanoparticles encapsulated within H-type ZSM-5 crystals for upgrading palmitic acid to diesel-like fuels

Meso-Ni@HZSM-5 bi-functional catalysts were successfully post-encapsulated with about 3–7 nm Ni nanoparticles within HZSM-5 crystals,which exhibited significantly efficient conversion activity (67.4g[palmitic acid]g[Ni]^-1h^-1) of palmitic acid and 100%selectivity of hydrocarbons with the outstanding stability during recycling application,compared to the impregnated Ni/HZSM-5 catalyst (14.0 g[palmitic acid]g[Ni]^-1h^-1).     

傅里叶变换红外光谱用于胃镜样品的检测

应用傅里叶变换红外光谱(FTIR) 法对184例不同病理状态的胃镜下活检组织样品进行检测和分析,结果表明,慢性浅表性胃炎的基本谱图特征包括：较强的酰胺Ⅱ带;1 460 cm-1处的峰强高于1 400 cm-1处的峰强。典型的胃癌组织的谱图特征包括：较低的酰胺Ⅱ带;1 460 cm-1处的峰强低于1 400 cm-1处的峰强;1 300 cm-1的峰强明显增加。慢性萎缩性胃炎呈现出部分胃癌的光谱特征。这一结果表明,应用FTIR可以对胃镜下活检的小块组织进行鉴别诊断。     

The dispersive properties of a dielectric-rod loaded waveguide immersed in a magnetized annular plasma

Propagation properties of electromagnetic waves in a dielectric-rod waveguide immersed in a magnetized annular plasma are presented in this paper. The dispersion relations are derived and calculated. The results show that the dielectric-rod loading can make the structure less dispersive and the transmission frequency-band broadened.     

Modulational instability of ion—acoustic waves in a warm plasma

Using the standard reductive perturbation technique,a nonlinear Schroedinger equation is derived to study the modulational instability of finite-amplitude ion-acoustic waves in a non-magnetized warm plasma.It is found that the inclusion of ion temperature in the equation modifies the nature of the ion-acoustic wave stability and the soliton stuctures.The effects of ion plasma temperature on the modulational stability and ion-acoustic wave properties are inestigated in detail.     

Dichloro(2,2′‐diamino‐4,4′‐bi‐1,3‐thiazole‐N3,N3′)copper(II)

The title complex, [CuCl₂(C₆H₆N₄S₂)], has a flattened tetrahedral coordination. The Cu^II atom is located on a twofold rotation axis and is coordinated by two N atoms from a chelating 2,2′‐di­amino‐4,4′‐bi‐1,3‐thia­zole ligand and by two Cl atoms. Intramolecular hydrogen bonding exists between the amino groups of the 2,2′‐di­amino‐4,4′‐bi‐1,3‐thia­zole ligand and the Cl atoms. The intermolecular separation of 3.425 (1) Å between parallel bi­thia­zole rings suggests there is a π–π interaction between them.     

霍尔推进器中磁化二次电子对鞘层特性的影响

为进一步研究霍尔推进器壁面二次电子发射对推进器性能的影响,采用流体模型数值模拟了二次电子磁化效应的等离子体鞘层特性.得到二次电子磁化鞘层的玻姆判据.讨论了不同的磁场强度和方向、二次电子发射系数以及不同种类等离子体推进器的鞘层结构.结果表明:随器壁二次电子发射系数的增大,鞘层中粒子密度增加,器壁电势升高,鞘层厚度减小;鞘层电势及粒子密度随着磁场强度和方位角的增加而增加;而对于不同种类的等离子体,壁面电势和鞘层厚度也不同.这为霍尔推进器的磁安特性实验提供了理论解释. 关键词： 霍尔推进器 磁鞘 二次电子     

相对论速调管中间腔与调制电子束间的非线性互作用

在强流相对论电子束驱动的相对论速调管放大器中, 由于强流和高场强的影响, 尤其是中间腔具有高Q值, 微波腔与电子束之间的非线性作用很明显, 严重影响器件性能. 根据麦克斯韦方程组以及电子在微波场作用下运动方程给出了中间腔的束-波互作用自洽方程. 从这些方程出发, 研究了调制深度和调制频率对间隙电压幅度和相位的影响. 对比常规速调管的等效电路模型, 自洽公式给出的间隙电压幅值同粒子模拟结果更接近, 尤其是较高调制深度的情况. 同时器件带宽随调制深度的增加而变宽, 这也同粒子模拟结果一致. 由此设计了一个S波段高增益相对论放大器, 在LTD (长脉冲螺旋线)加速器上开展了相应的实验工作, 实验上获得了1.1 GW的输出功率, 器件增益49 dB. 关键词： 相对论速调管 非线性互作用 自洽方程     

黏滞等离子体中双撕裂模不稳定性的数值模拟研究

本文采用磁流体力学模型,数值研究了平板位形下双撕裂模线性增长率关于等离子体电阻η和黏滞v的定标关系.结果表明,对于有理面间距较大的情况,线性增长率关于电阻和黏滞的指数定标率随着黏滞的增加逐渐由γ∝ η3/5v0的定标变化到γ∝η5/6v-1/6的定标;而对于有理面间距较小的情况,其指数定标率随着黏性的增加从γ∝η 1/3 v0的定标逐渐变化到γ∝η2/3v-1/3的定标.本文还给出了初始阶段对称的双撕裂模的非线性演化,发现在非线性阶段对称的双撕裂模将转化为反对称的双撕裂模,并解释了相应的物理机理.     

Judd--Ofelt analysis of spectra and experimental evaluation of laser performance of Tm3+ doped Lu2SiO5 crystal

This paper reports that the Tm^3＋：Lu2SiO5 （Tm：LSO） crystal is grown by Czochralski technique. The roomtemperature absorption spectra of Tm：LSO crystal are measured on a b-cut sample with 4 at.% thulium. According to the obtained Judd-Ofelt intensity parameters Ω2=9.3155×10^-20 cm^2, Ω4=8.4103×10^-20 cm^2, Ω6=1.5908×10^-20 cm^2, the fluorescence lifetime is calculated to be 2.03 ms for ^3F4 → ^3H6 transition, and the integrated emission cross section is 5.81×10^-18 cm^2. Room-temperature laser action near 2μm under diode pumping is experimentally evaluated in Tm：LSO. An optical-optical conversion efficiency of 9.1% and a slope efficiency of 16.2% are obtained with continuouswave maximum output power of 0.67 W. The emission wavelengths of Tm：LSO laser are centred around 2.06μm with spectral bandwidth of -13.6 nm.