A high accuracy flow segmentation method in crowded scenes based on streakline

Flow segmentation based on similar motion patterns in crowded scenes remains an open problem in computer vision due to inherent complexity and vast diversity found in such scenes. To solve this problem, the streakline framework based on Lagrangian fluid dynamics had been proposed recently. However, this framework computed optical flow field using conventional optical flow method (Lucas Kanade method) which has poor anti-interference performance, and serious deviation would be brought to the computation of optical flow field. Moreover, our experimental results show that using the formulation of streak flow similarity in this framework can result in incorrect flow segmentation. Therefore, we combine this framework with a high accurate variational model, and modify the corresponding formulation of streak flow similarity after analyzing the streakline framework in detail. Finally, an improved method is proposed to solve flow segmentation in crowded scenes. Experiments are done to compare these two methods and results verify the validity and accuracy of our method.     

Small Scale Models Subjected to Buried Blast Loading Part I: Floorboard Accelerations and Related Passenger Injury Metrics with Protective Hulls

Small scale models representing key vehicle structural elements, including both floorboards and bottom-mounted, downward V-shape hulls in various configurations, have been manufactured and subjected to a range of buried blast loading conditions. By varying surface stand-off distance and depth of burial for several hull and structure configurations, the input-scaled response of aluminum full-scale vehicle floorboards has been quantified using high speed stereo-vision. Specifically, the maximum vertical acceleration on the floorboard and the corresponding Head Injury Criterion (HIC₁₅) are quantified as metrics to assess the severity of the blast event. Results show standard V-shaped hulls provide essential blast mitigation, with reductions in floorboard measurements up to 47X in maximum acceleration and HIC₁₅. Though variations in protective hull geometry provide modest reductions in the severity of a floorboard blast event, results also show that personnel on typical floorboard structures during blast loading events will incur unacceptable shock loading conditions, resulting in either serious or fatal injury. A more appropriate design scenario would be to consider situations that employ frame-mounted passenger seating to reduce the potential for injury. A second set of experiments will be presented in Part II that focuses on frame motions and accelerations when steel frames and steel structures are employed with various frame connections and coatings for frame blast mitigation.     

重度子痫前期产妇剖宫产布比卡因蛛网膜下腔阻滞麻醉适合剂量的临床研究

目的 探讨重度子痫前期产妇剖宫产重比重布比卡因蛛网膜下腔阻滞麻醉（腰麻）的适合剂量。方法 选取200例重度子痫前期产妇,ASAⅠ级或Ⅱ级,按随机数字表法分为4组,每组各50 例,相应各组鞘内注入布比卡因剂量分别为10、8、6 及4mg,并混合2.5μg 舒芬太尼。选择L3~4行腰硬联合穿刺,注药10min 后记录麻醉平面。根据结果进行Probit 回归分析,计算布比卡因腰麻的ED50和ED95。观察各组利多卡因及去氧肾上腺素的用量、肌松效果及患者麻醉满意度,观察各组术中并发症以及新生儿的Apgar 评分和脐动脉pH。结果 重度子痫前期患者腰麻剖宫产布比卡因ED50 和ED95分别为：6.51（95%CI：5.81～7.01）和8.68（95%CI：7.96～10.26）。4 组患者10min 后麻醉平面的差异均有统计学意义（均P＜0.05）。4mg 组利多卡因用量高于其他3组,差异有统计学意义（P＜0.05）。8mg 组、10mg 组去氧肾上腺素的用量高于其他两组,差异均有统计学意义（均P＜0.05）。低血压的发生率8mg 组、10mg 组高于其他两组,差异均有统计学意义（均P＜0.05）。４ 组间其他不良反应恶心、呕吐、寒战以及心动过缓发生率的差异无统计学意义（P＞0.05）。4 组胎儿娩出后1、5min Apgar 评分及脐动脉血气分析的结果差异均无统计学意义（均P＞0.05）。结论 重度子痫前期产妇剖宫产鞘内注入6mg 布比卡因混合2.5μg舒芬太尼,必要时辅以硬膜外麻醉,麻醉效果确切,血流动力学稳定,适合该类患者手术麻醉。     

The Reaction Activity of Aromatic Carbonyl Compounds with Diphenylphosphine Oxide Studied by 31P NMR

Abstract

A series of α-hydroxyphosphine oxides were prepared by the reactions of diphenylphosphine oxide and aromatic carbonyl compounds and characterized by ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, ³¹P NMR, FT-IR, ESI-MS, and HR-MS spectra. The reaction rates and experimental conditions of aromatic aldehydes and aromatic ketones were obviously different due to the activity of their carbonyls. The different substituents of the aromatic aldehydes affected the reaction rate too, and the quantitative reactivity of their substituent conformed to the Hammett equation. The results were confirmed by ³¹P NMR spectroscopy.     

Synthesis and Characterization of Nitrogen Heterocyclic Derivatives Containing Sulfur–Ether and Schiff Base

Abstract

A series of new nitrogen heterocyclic compounds containing sulfur–ether (8a–8f) and Schiff-base (9a–9q) functionalities were synthesized by the reaction of the pharmaceutical lead compound containing both benzimidazole and 1,2,4-triazole rings. The compounds were characterized by ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, FT-IR, HR-MS, and ESI-MS.     

Phase‐preserved macroscopic visible‐light carpet cloaking beyond two dimensions

Transformation optics, a recent geometrical design strategy of light manipulation with both ray trajectories and optical phase controlled simultaneously, promises an invisibility cloaking device that can render a macroscopic object invisible even to a scientific instrument measuring optical phase. Recent “carpet” cloaks have extended their cloaking capability to broadband frequency ranges and macroscopic scales, but they only demonstrated the recovery of ray trajectories after passing through the cloaks, while whether the optical phase would reveal their existence still remains unverified. In this paper, a phase‐preserved macroscopic visible‐light carpet cloak is demonstrated in a geometrical construction beyond two dimensions. As an extension of previous two‐dimensional (2D) macroscopic carpet cloaks, this almost‐three‐dimensional carpet cloak exhibits three‐dimensional (3D) invisibility for illumination near its center (i.e. with a limited field of view), and its ideal wide‐angle invisibility performance is preserved in multiple 2D planes intersecting in the 3D space. Optical path length is measured with a broadband pulsed‐laser interferometer, which provides unique experimental evidence on the geometrical nature of transformation optics.

     

Identification,Characterization and Antihypertensive Effect In Vivo of a Novel ACE-Inhibitory Heptapeptide from Defatted Areca Nut Kernel Globulin Hydrolysates

The areca (Areca catechu L.) nut kernel (ANK) is a good potential protein source for its high protein content of 9.89–14.62 g/100 g and a high yield of around 300,000 tons per year in China. However, utilization of the areca nut kernel is limited. To expand the usage of ANK in pharmaceutical or foods industries, areca nut kernel globulin was extracted and angiotensin-I converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition peptides were prepared and identified using gel chromatography, reversed phase HPLC separation, UPLC-ESI-MS/MS analysis and in silico screening. Finally, a novel ACE-inhibitory heptapeptide (Ala–Pro–Lys–Ile–Glu–Glu–Val) was identified and chemically synthesized. The combination pattern between APKIEEV and ACE, and the inhibition kinetics, antihypertensive effect and endothlein-1 inhibition activity of APKIEEV were studied. The results of the molecular docking demonstrated that APKIEEV could bind to four active sites (not the key active sites) of ACE via short hydrogen bonds and demonstrated high ACE-inhibitory activity (IC₅₀: 550.41 μmol/L). Moreover, APKIEEV exhibited a significantly lowering effect on both the systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure of spontaneously hypertensive rats, and had considerable suppression ability on intracellular endothelin-1. These results highlight the potential usage of APKIEEV as ingredients of antihypertensive drugs or functional foods.     

Tibetan plateau aridification linked to global cooling at the Eocene-Oligocene transition

Continental aridification and the intensification of the monsoons in Asia are generally attributed to uplift of the Tibetan plateau and to the land-sea redistributions associated with the continental collision of India and Asia, whereas some studies suggest that past changes in Asian environments are mainly governed by global climate. The most dramatic climate event since the onset of the collision of India and Asia is the Eocene-Oligocene transition, an abrupt cooling step associated with the onset of glaciation in Antarctica 34 million years ago. However, the influence of this global event on Asian environments is poorly understood. Here we use magnetostratigraphy and cyclostratigraphy to show that aridification, which is indicated by the disappearance of playa lake deposits in the northeastern Tibetan plateau, occurred precisely at the time of the Eocene-Oligocene transition. Our findings suggest that this global transition is linked to significant aridification and cooling in continental Asia recorded by palaeontological and palaeoenvironmental changes, and thus support the idea that global cooling is associated with the Eocene-Oligocene transition. We show that, with sufficient age control on the sedimentary records, global climate can be distinguished from tectonism and recognized as a major contributor to continental Asian environments.     

风险投资制度创新分析——基于“种子期”投资的研究

随着国际竞争的日益激烈,我国提出了建立以企业为主体的技术创新体系,并指出现阶段我国企业进行自主创新具有重要意义。创新活动具有高投入、高风险、高收益的特点,需要大量的资金支持,伴随着高新技术产业的产生而产生的风险投资可以提供这种资金支持。但是目前我国风险投资对企业"种子期"的投入不够,使我国企业自主创新能力不强,随着我国经济的发展,加强"种子期"投资不仅是我国高技术产业发展的要求也是风险投资发展到一定阶段的必然选择。因此现阶段必须从国家和风险投资企业两个层面采取措施以加强"种子期"投资。     

定轴转动中打击中心位置分析

刚体定轴转动的打击中心是一个很重要的力学概念,但在很多《大学物理》教材中都没有介绍.本文以一根质量均匀分布的细杆绕端点作定轴转动为例,首先从动力学的角度,分析刚体的受力和力矩,根据动力学方程,分别计算出打击中心位置;然后从运动学角度出发,以转轴O点的切向速度和切向加速度等于零为条件,再分别寻找打击中心的位置.计算结果表明:上述4种方法得出的刚体打击中心位置是相同的.最后简介刚体打击中心在体育运动、日常生活中一些应用.