Bridgman growth and site occupation in LuAG:Ce scintillator crystals

LuAG:Ce single crystals with various activator concentrations were grown by the vertical Bridgman technique. Characterization of crystals was done in terms of actual doping level, macroscopic defects and degree of non-equivalent substitutions by Lu for Al in octahedral lattice sites. Scintillation measurements were performed using 2×2×8 mm³ shaped samples with Ce concentration in the range 0.05–0.55 at%. Essential improvement of performance was demonstrated in samples containing ≥0.2 at% of Ce; the light yield measured in LuAG:Ce (0.55 at%) was about 26000 ph/MeV, or close to that of LSO.     

一种基于定向天线的邻节点发现算法

为充分利用定向天线的引入而带来的技术上的优势,提出了一种基于定向天线的自组网邻节点发现算法。通过空闲节点定向快扫描侦听信道,发送节点在相同方向上发送6次HELLO信息来减少隐藏终端问题,同时引入节点信息共享机制。仿真结果表明,该发现算法具有发现速度快,对节点密度有较好的适应性等特点。     

浸渍-煅烧法合成纳米氧化铜的研究

纳米氧化铜是一种重要的功能材料,在高温超导、有机催化、传感器、锂离子电极材料等方面均具有广泛的应用前景.由于CuO在应用效果上与其形貌、粒径大小以及粒径分布有密切关系,因此,纳米CuO的可控研究仍具有重要意义.     

A multigrid approach for steady state laminar viscous flows

In this paper, we use the laminar viscous flow in a lid‐driven cavity as an example to describe and verify a numerical scheme for non‐linear partial differential equations. The proposed scheme combines a new analytical method for strongly non‐linear problems, namely the homotopy analysis method, with the multigrid techniques. A family of formulas at different orders is given. At the lowest order, the current approach is the same as the traditional multigrid methods. However, our high‐order scheme needs a fewer number of iterations and less CPU time than the classical ones. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Focal plane wave-front sensing algorithm for high-contrast imaging

High-contrast imaging provided by a coronagraph is critical for the direction imaging of the Earth-like planet orbiting its bright parent star. A major limitation for such direct imaging is the speckle noise that is induced from the wave-front error of an optical system. We derive an algorithm for the wave-front measurement directly from 3 focal plane images. The 3 images are achieved through a deformable mirror to provide specific phases for the optics system. We introduce an extra amplitude modulation on one deformable mirror configuration to create an uncorrelated wave-front, which is a critical procedure for wave-front sensing. The simulation shows that the reconstructed wave-front is consistent with the original wave-front theoretically, which indicates that such an algorithm is a promising technique for the wave-front measurement for the high-contrast imaging. Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10873024)     

住宅小区用户驻地网共建共享方案研究

在多运营商全业务竞争环境下,对住宅小区用户驻地网的共建共享问题进行分析研究,提出住宅小区用户驻地网的建设思路、网络分层及共建共享方案,对于多运营商和谐有序竞争、落实共建共享、避免重复建设政策有一定的借鉴作用和指导意义。     

Variational technique and principal solution in half-linear oscillation criteria

We investigate oscillatory properties of half-linear differential equations. The investigated half-linear equation is viewed as a perturbation of another (nonoscillatory) equation of the same form and perturbation is allowed both in the absolute term and in the derivative term. First, the Sturmian type theorem for solutions of the associated Riccati equation is established. In the second part of the paper we prove new half-linear oscillation criteria using the variational technique.     

Recent advances in clinical microdialysis

Clinical microdialysis (MD) is a minimally invasive sampling technique that offers selective in-vivo measurement of free, active drug or biomolecule concentrations in human tissues and organs. From a regulatory perspective, MD can thus be seen as a suitable scientific tool that meets regulatory requirements for the study of tissue distribution or bioequivalence during drug development. From a clinical perspective, the use of MD in different applications has shown the potential to rationalize drug-dosing regimens and to influence clinical decision-making, although validation and correlation of MD-derived results with clinical response are required to promote routine clinical use of the technique. From an analytical perspective, highly sensitive analytical systems have increasingly become available for MD-sample analysis, and these have further improved the quality and the power of MD-derived information. Given the constant development in recent years, MD data might become an important part of new drug submissions and clinical treatment algorithms, and might positively influence patient benefit in the future.     

Elementary symmetric polynomials in Shamir's scheme

The concept of k-admissible tracks in Shamir's secret sharing scheme over a finite field was introduced by Schinzel et al. (2009) [10]. Using some estimates for the elementary symmetric polynomials, we show that the track (1,…,n) over Fp is practically always k-admissible; i.e., the scheme allows to place the secret as an arbitrary coefficient of its generic polynomial even for relatively small p. Here k is the threshold and n the number of shareholders.     

Microelectrochemical investigation on aluminium–steel friction welds

Aluminium–steel friction welds (AlMgSi0.5/C35 and AlMgSi0.5/X5CrNi18‐10) were electrochemically investigated in a NaAc/HAc buffer (pH 5.9) and 0.1 mol/l NaCl using the microcapillary technique. This technique allows a lateral resolution of electrochemical measurements. However, microscopic investigations and scanning electron microscopy/energy dispersive X‐ray SEM/EDX measurements show that the reaction zone (RZ) and the heat affected zone (HAZ) of the welds are smaller than the microcapillary diameter. This paper discusses the advantages and limitations of the microcapillary technique in view of friction welds. Nevertheless, the electrochemical experiments allow a clear detection of the changing active surface area and the correlation to the microstructure (intermetallics). The application of microcapillary measurements on samples which were exposed in marine climate for 2 years shows a good correlation between the local potential measurements and the local corrosion phenomena. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.