Entropy Could Quantify Brain Activation Induced by Mechanical Impedance-Restrained Active Arm Motion: A Functional NIRS Study

Brain activation has been used to understand brain-level events associated with cognitive tasks or physical tasks. As a quantitative measure for brain activation, we propose entropy in place of signal amplitude and beta value, which are widely used, but sometimes criticized for their limitations and shortcomings as such measures. To investigate the relevance of our proposition, we provided 22 subjects with physical stimuli through elbow extension-flexion motions by using our exoskeleton robot, measured brain activation in terms of entropy, signal amplitude, and beta value; and compared entropy with the other two. The results show that entropy is superior, in that its change appeared in limited, well established, motor areas, while signal amplitude and beta value changes appeared in a widespread fashion, contradicting the modularity theory. Entropy can predict increase in brain activation with task duration, while the other two cannot. When stimuli shifted from the rest state to the task state, entropy exhibited a similar increase as the other two did. Although entropy showed only a part of the phenomenon induced by task strength, it showed superiority by showing a decrease in brain activation that the other two did not show. Moreover, entropy was capable of identifying the physiologically important location.     

垂直悬挂质点弹簧系统的振动

讨论了振动的振幅与周期的变化规律,给出了当质点质量m0与弹簧质量m之比趋于零与趋于无穷大以及系统水平放置时的振动解.     

Transition to Amplitude Death in Coupled System with Small Number of Nonlinear Oscillators

In this work, we investigate the amplitude death in coupled system with small number of nonlinear oscillators. We show how the transitions to the partial and the complete amplitude deathes happen. We also show that the partial amplitude death can be found in globally coupled oscillators either.     

Soliton squeezing generated in an all-fiber contiguration

We experimentally demonstrate amplitude squeezed soliton utilizing intensity-dependent self-phase modulation in an asymmetric Sagnac interferometer.The system.whose components are connected via ferrule connector/physical connection(FC/PC)fiber connectors,constitutes all-fiber configuration to generate squeezed soliton.Soliton amplitude reduction measured by homodyne detection is near 4.0 dB below the shot-noise level.Optimal squeezing fields in both simple and compact all-fiber configuration are obtained.     

A study of time over threshold (TOT) technique for plastic scintillator counter

A new charge measurement method, time over threshold (TOT), has been used in some gas detectors lately. Here TOT is studied for TOF system, made of plastic scintillator counter, which can simplify the electronics of the system. The signal characteristics are measured and analyzed with a high quality oscilloscope, including noise, pedestal, signal amplitude, total charge, rise time and the correlation between them. The TOT and charge are related and can be fitted by some empirical formula. The charge measurement resolution by TOT is given and this will help the design of TOF electronics.     

旋转不变振幅位相合成圆谐滤波器

提出了振幅位相合成圆谐滤器用于旋转不变模式识别，该滤波器的振幅是圆谐滤波器的振幅谱加偏移量后的逆函数，位相是圆谐滤波器的位相谱。计算机模拟实验证明，与传统的圆谐滤波器和纯位相圆谐滤波器相比，振幅位相合成圆谐滤波器具有更好的识别能力，能产生更尖锐的相关峰和更大的输出信噪比。     

对过程e~＋e~－→J／ψ→γ＋X（J~（PC），X→BB（重子，反重子）的角分布和共振态X的自旋－宇称分析

用螺旋度角分布方法对过程ｅ＋ｅ－～Ｊ／ψ→γ＋Ｘ（ＪＰＣ）→ＢＢ（重子，反重子）进行了分析，得到了Ｘ具有不同自旋─—宇称时角分布及投影角分布的形式，从而可以通过对实验数据的分析来确定共振态Ｘ的自旋性质．     

Acceleration waves analyzed by a new continuum model of solids incorporating microscopic thermal vibrations

Acceleration waves propagating in isotropic solids at finite temperatures are studied by applying the method of singular surfaces to a new continuum model derived statistical-mechanically from a three-dimensional lattice model. The continuum model explicitly takes into account the microscopic thermal vibrations of the constituent atoms as one of the field variables. The propagation speeds and the ratios of mechanical and thermal amplitudes for both longitudinal and transverse waves are consistently determined. The differential equations that govern the time variation of the amplitudes of the waves are also derived. The analytical results, which are valid over a wide temperature range that includes the melting point, are evaluated numerically for several materials, and their physical implications are discussed. One of the findings to be emphasized is that of the singularities of the characteristic quantities at the melting point.Received: 13 March 2003, Accepted: 20 June 2003PACS: 62.30. + d, 65.40.-bM. Sugiyama: Correspondence to Dedicated to Prof. Ingo Müller on the occasion of his 65th birthday.     

偏置调幅波调制噪声的单模激光随机共振

采用偏置信号的调幅波调制抽运噪声的单模激光增益模型，用线性化近似方法计算了以e指数形式关联的两色噪声驱动下光强的功率谱及信噪比.结果表明，信噪比随着噪声强度的变化、抽运噪声自关联时间的变化、激光系统参数的变化、载波频率及信号频率的变化均存在随机共振现象. 关键词： 抽运噪声 单模激光 随机共振 调幅波