A real-time monitoring approach for bivariate event data

Early detection of changes in the frequency of events is an important task in many fields, such as disease surveillance, monitoring of high-quality processes, reliability monitoring, and public health. This article focuses on detecting changes in multivariate event data by monitoring the time-between-events (TBE). Existing multivariate TBE charts are limited because they only signal after an event occurred for each of the individual processes. This results in delays (i.e., long time-to-signal), especially when we are interested in detecting a change in one or a few processes with different rates. We propose a bivariate TBE chart, which can signal in real-time. We derive analytical expressions for the control limits and average time-to-signal performance, conduct a performance evaluation and compare our chart to an existing method. Our findings showed that our method is an effective approach for monitoring bivariate TBE data and has better detection ability than the existing method under transient shifts and is more generally applicable. A significant benefit of our method is that it signals in real-time and that the control limits are based on analytical expressions. The proposed method is implemented on two real-life datasets from reliability and health surveillance.     

Estimation of the total population moving into and out of the 20 km evacuation zone during the Fukushima NPP accident as calculated using “Auto-GPS” mobile phone data

The first objective data showing the geographical locations of people in Fukushima after the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant accident, obtained by an analysis of GPS (Global Positioning System)-enabled mobile phone logs, are presented. The method of estimation is explained, and the flow of people into and out of the 20 km evacuation zone during the accident is visualized.     

基于光纤振动安全预警系统的振源识别算法研究

光纤振动预警系统可自动采集周边振动信号,面对大量复杂的振动信号,如何准确识别目标振源是系统研究的难点。针对光纤振动安全预警系统采集到的振动信号进行属性特征分析,建立相应的特征模型,并建立振源属性特征模型,包括识别下雨振源的能量信息熵模型,以及区分机械施工和车辆经过振源的基频稳定性模型等。通过振源识别算法,提高了振源类型识别的准确性。测试结果表明,特征模型的设计和选择合理,识别准确率高。     

Single-machine scheduling with time-and-resource-dependent processing times

We consider single-machine scheduling problems in which the processing time of a job is a function of its starting time and its resource allocation. The objective is to find the optimal sequence of jobs and the optimal resource allocation separately. We concentrate on two goals separately, namely, minimizing a cost function containing makespan, total completion time, total absolute differences in completion times and total resource cost; minimizing a cost function containing makespan, total waiting time, total absolute differences in waiting times and total resource cost. We show that the problems remain polynomially solvable under the proposed model.     

幼儿反复呼吸道感染与头发中微量元素含量关系研究

报道了2886名正常儿童与718例反复呼吸道感染儿童头发中微量元素含量对比研究结果。研究表明,患儿的身高、体重和发Zn明显低于正常儿童,而发Cu、Ca、Pb则明显高于正常和童。因子提取分析显示,Zn和Pb在儿童反复呼吸道感染发病中起非常重要的作用。患反复呼吸道感染儿童约占儿童总数的20％左右。     

Topotactic reversible phase transition between room-temperature and a new low-temperature modification in the MCl3(THF)3 system

Both single crystals of VCl₃(THF)₃ as well as isotypic cocrystals of the composition MCl₃(THF)₃, M=Ti/V 1/3, undergo a topotactic reversible phase transition to a hitherto unknown low-temperature modification. The close relationship between this new structure and the room-temperature phase determined by Cottonet al. is discussed from the molecular and the intermolecular point of view: Both modifications are built up by conformationally very similar molecules which change their arrangement during the phase transition. Lattice energy calculations confirm that these two alternative arrangements correspond to minima of almost the same packing energy.Dedicated to Professor Dr. G. E. Herberich on the occasion of his 60th birthday.     

K~+-FREE INDUCED EARLY AFTERDEPOL-ARIZATION IN CARDIAC VENTRICULAR FIBERS OF GUINEA PIG AFTER COLD TREATMENT

The genesis and elimination of early afterdepolarizations (EADs) have been investigated in guinea pig cardiac ventricular fibers after a short period of cooling (5h, 2—4℃). After rewarming them to 37℃, EADs could be induced by K~+-free superfusion at an appropriate driving stimulation (0.2 Hz) in all preparations. A high level plateau, which linearly increases its duration with time, appears ahead of EADs. The critical point of the plateau occurred steadily at the level of -47±4 mV. Two types of triggered activity, all of which are the rhythmic activities in low level of membrane potential (-50 to -60 mV), appear on the platcau. There is no significant change after overdriving. Agonists of the Na-K pump (K~+ and Tl~+) could stop the rhythmic activity immediately and turn the low level of membrane potential to high one. The results showed that high level plateau is the basis of genesis of EADs, and the activation of Na-K pump plays an important part in stopping triggered rhythms arising from EADs.     

血清HCG、孕酮联合检测在早期先兆流产治疗中的价值分析

目的通过研究探讨血清β-HCG、孕酮联合检测在早期先兆流产治疗中的临床价值。方法随机选取广东省中山市东升镇东升医院2015年1月—2016年9月期间收治的100例早期先兆流产患者作为研究对象,并按随机数字分组法将所有入选患者分为观察组与对照组(各50例),观察组给予血清β-HCG、孕酮联合检测,对照组仅给予血清孕酮检测,分析比较两组患者检验的有效率。结果观察组经联合检测后血清β-HCG、孕酮水平较仅给予血清孕酮检测对照组的水平低(P0.05);观察组经血清β-HCG、孕酮联合检测后临床检验有效率显著优于仅给予血清孕酮检测的对照组,其临床检验的敏感度、阴性预测值及诊断准确率均显著优于仅给予血清孕酮检测的对照组(P0.05)。结论血清β-HCG、孕酮联合检测具有较高的诊断准确率,在早期先兆流产诊断中更具有指导意义,有利于临床根据血清β-HCG、孕酮检测值采取有效治疗措施。     

Metabolic characterization of the early stage of hepatic fibrosis in rat using GC‐TOF/MS and multivariate data analyses

The aim of this study was to explore the changes in the urine metabolic spectrum in rats with the early stage of liver fibrosis using gas chromatography–time of flight/mass spectrometry (GC‐TOF/MS), try to search for potential biomarkers and elucidate the probably metabonomic pathogenesis. The early stage of liver fibrosis was established with a single subcutaneous injection of carbon tetrachloride twice each week for 4 weeks continuously. At the end of the experiment, GC‐TOF/MS technology with multivariate statistical approaches such as principal component analysis, partial least squares‐discriminant analysis and orthogonal partial least squares‐discriminant analysis was used to analyze the changes in the metabolic spectrum trajectory and identify potential biomarkers. Twelve potential biomarkers in the model group, such as succinic acid, threonine and lactose, were selected, which indicate that the metabonomic pathogenesis of the early stage of liver fibrosis may be related to disorders of energy metabolism, amino acid metabolism and fatty acid metabolism.     

Reaction of early transition metal complexes with macrocycles. II. Synthesis and structure of TiCl3(H2O) · 18-crown-6, a compound with a unique bidentate bonding mode for the 18-crown-6 molecule

18-crown-6 reacts with TiCl₃ in CH₂Cl₂ to form a complex in which the crown ether functions as a tridentate ligand. Addition of moist hexane affords a molecular complex in which the crown ether functions as a bidentate ligand. A water molecule is bonded directly to the titanium atom and is further hydrogen bonded to three of the oxygen atoms of the crown. The deep blue crystals of the CH₂Cl₂ adduct belong to the monoclinic space groupP2₁/n witha=13.481(8),b=8.021(5),c=21.425(9) Å, =97.32(5)°, and _calc = 1.51 g cm^–3 forZ=4. Refinement led to a conventionalR value of 0.040 based on 873 observed reflections. The Ti–O bond distances for the crown oxygen atoms are 2.123(8) and 2.154(9) Å, while the oxygen atom of the water molecule is bonded at 2.072(8) Å. The octahedral coordination sphere of the titanium atom is completed by the three chlorine atoms at distances of 2.340(5), 2.352(4), and 2.373(4) Å. Supplementary Data relating to this article are deposited with the British Library as Supplementary Publication No. SUP 82034 (10 pages).