Diffusion properties of cortical and pericortical tissue: regional variations, reliability and methodological issues

Characterizing the diffusion properties of cortical tissue is complicated by intersubject variability in the relative locations of gyri and sulci. Here we extend methods of measuring the average diffusion properties of gyral and sulcal structures after they have been aligned to a common template of cortical surface anatomy. Diffusion tensor image (DTI) data were gathered from 82 young subjects and co-registered with high-resolution T1 images that had been inflated and co-registered to a hemispherically unified spherical coordinate system based on FreeSurfer. We analyzed fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity (MD) and the novel quantity of cortical primary diffusion direction (cPDD) at five surfaces parallel to the white/gray junction, spanning approximately 5 mm from the pial surface into white matter. FA increased with increasing depth, whereas MD and cPDD were reduced. There were highly significant and reliable regional differences in FA, MD and cPDD as well as systematic differences between cortical lobes and between the two hemispheres. The influence of nearby cortical spinal fluid (CSF), local cortical curvature and thickness, and sulcal depth was also investigated. We found that FA correlated significantly with cortical curvature and sulcal depth, while MD was strongly influenced by nearby CSF. The measurement of FA, MD and cPDD near the cortical surface clarifies the organization of fiber projections to and from the cortex.     

含指数项广义平方映射的分岔和吸引子

由平方映射延伸构造出了一类含指数项的广义平方映射,并由一维映射通过一次耦合项得到了二维映射.利用一参数分岔图、二参数动力学行为分布图、映射迭代曲线和吸引子相图等方法对这类广义平方映射进行了分析和仿真.研究结果表明：一维广义平方映射分布在一个单位区域内的,有着与单峰平方映射相类似的非线性动力学现象;而二维广义平方映射则存在Hopf分岔和锁频等现象,有着复杂多变、形状奇异的极限环和混沌吸引子. 关键词： 广义平方映射 分岔 迭代曲线 吸引子     

Diode-pumped Q-switched and mode-locked Nd:Gd0.3Lu0.33Y0.37VO4 laser with EO modulator and single-walled carbon nanotube

By using both the single-walled carbon nanotube saturable absorber (SWCNT-SA) and the electro-optic (EO) modulator, the stably doubly Q-switched and mode-locked (QML) operation of Nd:Gd_0.3Lu_0.33Y_0.37VO₄ laser has been demonstrated. The QML laser characteristics such as the pulse width, single-pulse energy, etc., have been measured for different modulation frequencies of the EO modulator (f_e) and reflectivity (R) of output coupler. In comparison with the solely passively QML laser with SWCNT-SA, the experimental results show that the doubly QML laser can generate more stable and shorter pulses with higher pulse energy. At 9.24 W pump power, f_e=1 kHz and R=93.5%, the doubly QML laser has compressed the Q-switched envelope pulse width 88% and improved the mode-locked pulsed energy 55 times.     

Li(2P)+H_2→LiH+H反应截面的测量

在样品池条件下,用脉冲激光670.8 nm线激发Li原子基态至2P态,测量了的反应碰撞能量转移截面。池温保持在888 K,Li原子密度为10~(13)cm~(-3)量级,而H_2气压控制在60～300 Pa之间,测量时间分辨荧光光谱,它由两部分组成,在脉冲激光激发的瞬间(不超过10 ns),荧光迅速增强至最大值;激发结束后,荧光强度按指数衰减,由衰减曲线得到2P态原子在不同H_2气压下的有效寿命。根据Stern-Volmer方程,有效寿命与H_2气压成线性关系,由该直线的斜率给出了总的猝灭截面(25.1±4.0)×10~(-16)cm~2,而从直线的截距得到辐射寿命为(270±54)ns。总的猝灭截面是反应与非反应碰撞截面之和,由在不同H_2气压下记录的瞬态(10 ns)荧光快速增强信号得到反应截面为(0.2±0.1)×10~(-16)cm~2,虽只占总猝灭截面的1/125,但它在Li(2P)+H_2的碰撞传能中所起的作用是不能略去的。     

对于金属丝在准直激光照射下形成环形光的研究

准直激光照射下的金属丝,会在垂直于金属丝方向的光屏上出现环形光。本文采用在金属丝表面包裹碳颗粒的方法,分离反射光和衍射光,研究光路的组成。接着探究金属丝的半径和粗糙程度对环形光的影响。并在此基础上,测量环形光光强分布规律,结合几何光学和夫琅禾费衍射进行解释。光源也是潜在的影响因素,本文探究了不同波长激光对环形光的影响。     

基于最小二乘支持向量机的番茄汁糖酸度分析研究

近红外光谱应用于农产品内部品质无损检测的方法引起人们的广泛关注,在分析过程中建立一个稳定可靠的模型用于处理非线性数据集是十分重要的,也是有一定难度的。目前常用的偏最小二乘(PLS)、主成分回归(PCR)以及逐步多元线性回归(SMLR)等方法还不能解决这类问题。文章提出了将基于统计学原理的最小二乘支持向量机(LS-SVM)回归方法用于番茄汁的近红外(NIR)光谱分析,预测番茄汁品质(糖度和有效酸度)。运用LS-SVM方法以67个番茄汁样本建模,采用高斯径向基函数(RBF)为核函数,对33个样本进行糖酸度预测,糖度的相关系数为0.990 25,均方根标准预测误差为0.0056° Brix;有效酸度的相关系数为0.967 5,均方根标准预测误差为0.024 5。结果表明,LS-SVM方法要优于PLS和PCR建模方法,是一种快速、准确的近红外光谱分析方法。     

Brittle and ductile fracture of semiconductor nanowires – molecular dynamics simulations

Fracture of silicon and germanium nanowires in tension at room temperature is studied by molecular dynamics simulations using several interatomic potential models. While some potentials predict brittle fracture initiated by crack nucleation from the surface, most potentials predict ductile fracture initiated by dislocation nucleation and slip. A simple parameter based on the ratio between the ideal tensile strength and the ideal shear strength is found to correlate very well with the observed brittle versus ductile behaviours for all the potentials used in this study. This parameter is then computed by ab initio methods, which predict brittle fracture at room temperature. A brittle-to-ductile transition (BDT) is observed in MD simulations at higher temperature. The BDT mechanism in semiconductor nanowires is different from that in the bulk, due to the lack of a pre-existing macrocrack that is always assumed in bulk BDT models.     

Air stability of PTCDI‐C13‐based n‐OFETs on polymer interfacial layers

This Letter reports the novel use of poly(9‐vinylcarbazole) (PVK) as a dielectric interfacial layer for n‐type organic field‐effect transistors (n‐OFETs). With PVK, both the air stability and electron mobility of N,N′‐ditridecylperylene‐3,4,9,10‐tetracarboxylic diimide (PTCDI‐C13)‐based OFETs were improved. Among the PVKs with different weight‐average molecular weight (M_w), PVK with high M_w showed good performance. The high glass transition temperature of PVK enabled thermal post annealing of the active layer, which resulted in a high electron mobility of 0.61 cm²/Vs. This mobility was maintained at 90% and 59% after 4 days and 105 days in air, respectively. The PVK interfacial layer reduced the trapped charges in the PTCDI‐C13‐based n‐OFET for air‐exposure and caused a decrease in the threshold voltage shift.

     

Propagation of time-reversed Lamb waves in acrylic cylindrical tubes as cortical-bone-mimicking phantoms

The present study aims to investigate the propagation of time-reversed Lamb waves in acrylic cylindrical tubes as cortical-bone-mimicking phantoms. Time-reversed Lamb waves could be successfully launched in 6 acrylic tubes with wall thicknesses from 2 to 12 mm by using a modified time reversal method. The group velocities of the time-reversed Lamb waves in the acrylic tubes were measured by using the axial transmission technique. They decreased very slightly with increasing wall thickness, showing good agreement with the theoretical group velocity of the A0 Lamb wave in the acrylic plate. These results suggest that the time-reversed Lamb waves in the acrylic tubes would essentially behave as the A0 Lamb wave, consistent with the behavior of the slow guided wave in long cortical bones. It is expected that the application of the time-reversed Lamb waves in long bones would enhance clinical potential of ultrasonic technologies for the diagnosis of osteoporosis.