Time-varying human mobility patterns with metapopulation epidemic dynamics

In this paper, explicitly considering the influences of an epidemic outbreak on human travel, a time-varying human mobility pattern is introduced to model the time variation of global human travel. The impacts of the pattern on epidemic dynamics in heterogeneous metapopulation networks, wherein each node represents a subpopulation with any number of individuals, are investigated by using a mean-field approach. The results show that the pattern does not alter the epidemic threshold, but can slightly lower the final average density of infected individuals as a whole. More importantly, we also find that the pattern produces different impacts on nodes with different degree, and that there exists a critical degree _kc$k_c$. For nodes with degree smaller than _kc$k_c$, the pattern produces a positive impact on epidemic mitigation; conversely, for nodes with degree larger than _kc$k_c$, the pattern produces a negative impact on epidemic mitigation.     

Lattice orientation within stirring-induced crystals of polyethylene

Micro-shish-kebab stirring-induced polyethylene crystals, as defined and described in the preceding paper, are flat, ribbon-shaped fibers. Selected area electron-diffraction techniques were used to determine the orientation of the crystal axes with respect to the external fiber shape. It has been shown that in addition to the crystal-lographic c-axis laying along the fiber direction, the normal to the ribbon plane is parallel to the crystallographic a-axis.     

Static and time-dependent properties of polymer gels around the volume phase transition

Recent progress in the study of the volume phase transition of polymer gels is reviewed. The phenomenological theories of swelling equilibrium and phase transition of gels are summarized, and some basic experimental results on poly-N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPA) gels are compared with the prediction from these theories. Special attention is paid to the elastic properties of the gel network near the volume phase transition. The effect of external stresses on the swelling and the phase transition is analyzed. Some anomalous and unique characteristics revealed in NIPA gels such as shape- and size-dependent swelling and phase transition properties, curious phase coexistence, and domain structure are presented. Experimental results on some time-dependent phenomena such as phase separation, spinodal decomposition, and pattern formation are also presented and discussed. Some problems inherent to gels from biological bodies are briefly discussed.     

基于数字全息的热透镜效应测量

提出一种数字全息定量测量半导体激光二极管侧面泵浦Nd∶YAG晶体热透镜效应的方法。CCD采集Nd∶YAG晶体在不同泵浦电流下的数字全息图,通过数值重建得到热透镜效应引起的相位分布及其变化过程。再由相位分布计算得到对应的热透镜焦距。实验结果表明,利用数字全息技术可以准确和有效测量热透镜效应及热透镜焦距。     

Real time addition or subtraction of two images by vector wave interferometry

The present article reports a new optical method for real time addition or subtraction of two photographic images. Two transparencies which are placed in the two arms of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with two orthogonal polarizers are subsequently added or subtracted by rotating an analyser inserted in the output beam. A linear combination of the amplitudes of the two images can also be observed for different orientations of the transmission axis of the analyser. Some experimental results are presented.     

用维纳滤波法复原闪光X光图片

 本文对某系统拍摄的闪光X光模糊图片成功地进行了复原处理，把闪光X光照相系统简化为线性位移不变系统，建立了成像过程的数学模型；系统的退化效应用综合点扩展函数描述，并用针孔和台阶照相的方法进行测量；提出了校正图片上数据非线性及削弱图片中噪声的方法；采用维纳滤波方法作复原运算，给出了复原结果。     

双参考光全息—散斑干涉术的原理和实验

本文用统计光学方法对双参考光全息——散斑干涉术进行了详尽的理论分析,给出了全息和散斑干涉场区域平均光强分布与光学系统主要参数及三维变形场各分量之间关系的解析表达式,进而讨论了离面位移和面内位移测量的上、下限,最后还给出了有关的实验结果。     

离焦对散斑测量灵敏度的影响

本文分析了象差函数对光学传递函数的性态影响,指出在用白光主观散斑法测量曲面变形时,由于成象系统不能对曲面上各点同时对焦,各物点有不同程度的离焦,而造成光学传递函数对频率响应的下降,有效截止频率的降低,从而影响其测量灵敏度的提高。     

Singularly perturbed nonlinear second order elliptic equation

In this paper, we study singular perturbation problems of some semi-linear second order elliptic equations with nonlinear boundary value conditions: where ε is a small positive parameter and u/ l is a directional derivative, which lies on an oblique vector (x,ε). We have given a construction of the asymptotic solutions and proof of their asymptotic correctness, which is based on the principle of contraction mapping.     

Non-contacting laser based displacement measurements from solid objects

This note reports a laser Doppler interferometer for measuring the axial motion of solid targets which have had no prior preparation. Both magnitude and sense of motion are measured to a resolution at least 0.316 μm usinga passive optical system and simple signal processing, making the device relatively cheap to construct. Results indicate that the LDI is capable of good linearity over a substantial range of target amplitudes and has a reasonable degree of immunity from speckle effects.