The Greatest Lower Bound of a Boros–Moll Sequence

Mathematical Notes - The Boros–Moll polynomials $$P_m(a)$$ arise in the evaluation of a quartic integral. In the past few years, there has been some remarkable research on the properties of...     

Riemann–Hilbert approach and $$N$$ -soliton solutions of the generalized mixed nonlinear Schrödinger equation

Theoretical and Mathematical Physics - We apply the Riemann–Hilbert method to the generalized mixed nonlinear Schrödinger equation and obtain a new formula for an explicit $$N$$ -soliton...     

An incremental bundle method for portfolio selection problem under second-order stochastic dominance

Numerical Algorithms - We propose a preconditioner to accelerate the convergence of the GMRES iterative method for solving the system of linear equations obtained from discretize-then-optimize...     

The Crossing Number of Cartesian Products of Complete Bipartite Graphs K 2, m with Paths P n

Most results on the crossing number of a graph focus on the special graphs, such as Cartesian products of small graphs with paths P_n, cycles C_n or stars S_n. In this paper, we extend the results to Cartesian products of complete bipartite graphs K_2,m with paths P_n for arbitrary m ≥ 2 and n ≥ 1. Supported by the NSFC (No. 10771062) and the program for New Century Excellent Talents in University.     

Cross -sections of star bodies and dual mixed volumes

In this paper, we establish an extension of Funk's section theorem. Our result has the following corollary: If is a star body in whose central -slices have the same volume (with appropriate dimension) as the central -slices of a centered body , then the dual quermassintegrals satisfy , for any , with equality if and only if . The case that is a centered body implies Funk's section theorem.

     

Dynamics of an impact-progressive system

An impact oscillator with a frictional slider is considered. The basic function of the investigated system is to overcome the frictional force and move downwards. Based on the analysis of the oscillatory and progressive motions of the system, we introduce an impact Poincaré map with dynamical variables defined at the impact instants. The nonlinear dynamics of the impact system with a frictional slider is analyzed by using the impact Poincaré map. The stability and bifurcations of single-impact periodic motions are analyzed, and some information about the existence of other types of periodic-impact motions is provided. Since the system equilibrium is moving downwards, one way to monitor the progression rate is to calculate its progression in a finite time. The simulation results show that in a finite time, the largest progression of the system is found to occur for period-1 multi-impact motions existing in the regions of low forcing frequencies. Secondly, the progression of the period-1 single-impact motion with peak-impact velocity is also distinct enough. However, it is important to note, that the largest progression for period-1 multi-impact motion existing at a low forcing frequency is not an optimal choice for practical engineering applications. The greater the number of the impacts in an excitation period, the more distinct the adverse effects such as high noise levels and wear and tear caused by impacts. As a result, the progression of the period-1 single-impact motion with the peak-impact velocity is still optimal for practical applications. The influence of parameter variations on the oscillatory and progressive motions of the impact-progressive system are elucidated accordingly, and feasible parameter regions are provided.     

An identification method to estimate surface shortwave fluxes on temperature and thickness observations of sea ice in CHINARE 2006

In this paper, a parameter identification method to determine surface shortwave fluxes using temperature and thickness measurements of sea ice in CHINARE 2006 is presented. Adopting a new standard for the calculation of the thermodynamic properties of seawater named TEOS‐10, the surface shortwave fluxes are calculated by the temperature and thickness observations that were measured at Nella Fjord around Zhongshan Station, Antarctica. New simulations for temperature profiles in a different measurement period are performed by three parameterization schemes including the present method, Zillman and Shine. All numerical results are compared with in situ measurements. Results show that better simulations of the surface shortwave radiations and temperature distributions are possible with the identification method than Zillman and Shine. Therefore this method is valid, and the obtained shortwave radiation function can be applied in sea ice modeling. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

界约束下算子方程最小二乘问题的条件梯度法

研究如下界约束下算子方程最小二乘问题:min x∈Ω‖L(X:A_1,…,At;B_1,…,B_t)-T‖~2,其中‖.‖为Frobenius范数,L(X:A_1…A_t;B_1,…,B_t)为关于X的线性矩阵算子(或齐次线性变换),Ai∈R~(p×m),B_j∈R~(n×q)i,j=1,…,n为算子L的系数矩阵,丁为右端矩阵,ΩR~(m×n)为界约束凸集合.提出了求解问题的条件梯度迭代算法及其简要收敛性分析,并给出条件梯度算法的几类加速形式.随机数据和图像恢复模型数据的实验结果表明说明算法是可行高效的.     

两种不同麻醉和镇痛方法对糖耐量减低的老年高血压患者全膝置换术后糖代谢的影响

目的两种不同麻醉和镇痛方法对糖耐量减低的老年患者全膝置换术后糖代谢的影响。方法60例择期行全膝置换术的糖耐量减低患者随机分成腰硬联合麻醉联合术后硬膜外镇痛组（腰硬组）和全身麻醉联合术后静脉镇痛组（全麻组）各30例,分别测定入手术室后,术后30min、1、3、7d的空腹血糖和胰岛素浓度;术后10d空腹和口服糖耐量试验（OGTT）2h的血糖和胰岛素浓度,并计算相应胰岛素抵抗指数,以视觉模糊疼痛评分（VAS）评估术后1h、1、3、7d的疼痛评分,并记录围手术期相关不良事件发生率。结果腰硬组术后30min、1、3d的空腹血糖相比全麻组明显较低（均P＜0.05）;腰硬组在术后30min、1、3、7d的胰岛素浓度和胰岛素抵抗指数相比全麻组明显较低（均P＜0.05）。腰硬组在术后1d和3d的中餐后2h血糖浓度相比全麻组明显较低（均P＜0.05）。全麻组术后10d空腹、OGTT2h的胰岛素浓度和胰岛素抵抗指数相比术前均明显升高（均P＜0.05）,且相比腰硬组明显更高（均P＜0.05）。术后1h和术后1d腰硬组VAS评分明显小于全麻组（均P＜0.05）。结论腰硬联合麻醉和硬膜外镇痛能减轻糖耐量减低的老年高血压患者的全膝置换术后糖代谢紊乱。     

Survey study and experimental investigation on the local behavior of pedestrian groups

Current research on pedestrian dynamics mainly focuses on the interactions among isolated individuals, the impact of the presence of groups is not fully considered. In recent 5 years, researchers have started to investigate pedestrian group movement. The aim of this work is to explore the local behavior of pedestrian groups by questionnaires and field observation. Survey study focused on pedestrians' psychology when walking in groups, which included five parts: group size, interpersonal distance, spatial relationship among group members, speed adjustment of group members, information transmission, and acid action among group members. Meantime a field observation was carried out to study group movement characteristics, which contained speed, step frequency, offset angle and interpersonal distance. The survey results show that group members have a closer interpersonal distance, faster information transmission and plenty of acid action. Conversely, group walking has a negative influence on pedestrian's speed, step frequency by comparing with the way isolated pedestrian walks. In addition, it is found that for a certain group, the group members are able to keep movement consistent. Also there exists obvious movement diversity among different group types (male dyads, female dyads, couple groups, and ordinary‐friend groups) because of different gender and social relationship. Ultimately the results will be more promising for helping to model the movement of pedestrian groups. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Complexity 20: 87–97, 2015