Steady-state analysis of a complex adaptive notch filter using modified gradient algorithm

Based on power spectral density (PSD) analytical technique, mean square error (MSE) (or variance) of the frequency estimate of a first-order complex adaptive IIR notch filter (ANF) using modified complex plain gradient (MCPG) algorithm is investigated in this paper. The steady-state expression for MSE is derived in closed form. A quantitative analysis for the estimation MSE has been carried out. It has been revealed that the MSE of frequency estimate is independent of an input frequency of a complex sinusoid. In addition, computer simulations are treated to corroborate the theoretical analysis and the relationships between MSE and system parameters are shown.     

Three-dimensional localization of atoms in the polychromatic optical superlattice

Quasiclassical kinetic theory of the light pressure force has been applied to describe the localization of atoms (or ions) with the transition F=1→F=0 in the three-dimensional (3D) dissipative optical superlattice of a new type. Its action is based on the effect of the gradient force rectification in the polychromatic field: superposition of the three color far-off-resonant field and partially coherent resonant field. An approximate explicit solution of the kinetic equation for 3D motion of atoms in such a (multicolor) field has been achieved. This solution demonstrates the capability of the polychromatic superlattice to provide efficient cooling and strong spatial localization of the particles and to form an atomic (or ionic) grating with highly controllable characteristics.     

分段滤波用于消除脉搏血氧检测中多种运动干扰的研究

脉搏血氧饱和度检测仪可以无损、实时地检测动脉血液中的含氧百分比,从而快速对人体的呼吸状况以及心肺功能作出判断,但其检测精度极易受到测试部位运动的影响.人体测试部位的运动大致可以分为突发性运动干扰以及周期性的运动干扰.突发性干扰表现在局部脉搏波的波形突变上,而周期性的干扰体现在多个局部脉搏波的波形的周期性变化上.文章有针对性地提出了一种将微分阈值分段与迭带中值滤波相结合的方法来剔除突发扰动的方法,并且在上诉方法上再加上一级多点移动平滑以消除周期性运动干扰.实验证明该方法在消除多种运动伪差上有着较好的效果,且该方法计算简单,易于实现,有着一定的实际应用价值.     

A filter‐based,mass‐conserving lattice Boltzmann method for immiscible multiphase flows

Some issues of He–Chen–Zhang lattice Boltzmann equation (LBE) method (referred as HCZ model) (J. Comput. Physics 1999; 152 :642–663) for immiscible multiphase flows with large density ratio are assessed in this paper. An extended HCZ model with a filter technique and mass correction procedure is proposed based on HCZ's LBE multiphase model. The original HCZ model is capable of maintaining a thin interface but is prone to generating unphysical oscillations in surface tension and index function at moderate values of density ratio. With a filtering technique, the monotonic variation of the index function across the interface is maintained with larger density ratio. Kim's surface tension formulation for diffuse–interface method (J. Comput. Physics 2005; 204 :784–804) is then used to remove unphysical oscillation in the surface tension. Furthermore, as the density ratio increases, the effect of velocity divergence term neglected in the original HCZ model causes significant unphysical mass sources near the interface. By keeping the velocity divergence term, the unphysical mass sources near the interface can be removed with large density ratio. The long‐time accumulation of the modeling and/or numerical errors in the HCZ model also results in the error of mass conservation of each dispersed phase. A mass correction procedure is devised to improve the performance of the method in this regard. For flows over a stationary and a rising bubble, and capillary waves with density ratio up to 100, the present approach yields solutions with interface thickness of about five to six lattices and no long‐time diffusion, significantly advancing the performance of the LBE method for multiphase flow simulations. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Novel correction method for X-ray beam energy fluctuation of high energy DR system with a linear detector

A high energy digital radiography (DR) testing system has generated diverse scientific and technological interest in the field of industrial non-destructive testing. However, due to the limitations of manufacturing technology for accelerators, an energy fluctuation of the X-ray beam exists and leads to bright and dark streak artifacts in the DR image. Here we report the utilization of a new software-based method to correct the fluctuation artifacts. The correction method is performed using a high pass filtering operation to extract the high frequency information that reflects the X-ray beam energy fluctuation, and then subtracting it from the original image. Our experimental results show that this method is able to rule out the artifacts effectively and is readily implemented on a practical scanning system.     

Perceptual image quality assessment using phase deviation sensitive energy features

Full reference image quality assessment (FR-IQA) algorithms aim to establish generic measures of perceptual image quality independent of distortion types. Recent developments in FR-IQA have marked the use of phase congruency features. Phase congruency is a dimensionless, normalized feature calculated from the log-Gabor energy of the image, equipped to be relatively insensitive to noise variations due to calculation of noise circle. The underlying assumptions on the nature of the noise used in this calculation affect the performance of phase congruency based FR-IQA measures. In this work, we (a) test the hypothesis that using the phase deviation sensitive energy features obtained from the log-Gabor filtered image instead of the noise adjusted, normalized phase congruency features will improve the general applicability of an FR-IQA measure, (b) reduce execution time by omitting noise circle calculation and (c) study how the modifications in parameter values, changes the correlation between the subjective scores and objective image quality values. Experiments on six benchmark databases suggest the effectiveness of the proposed method which improves over the existing phase congruency based algorithms, achieves competitive performance with the state-of-the-art methods and delivers the best average performance across all databases in terms of prediction monotonicity and accuracy.     

Pricing caps with HJM models: The benefits of humped volatility

In this paper we compare different multifactor HJM models with humped volatility structures, to each other and to models with strictly decreasing volatility. All the models are estimated on Euribor and swap rates panel data maximizing the quasi-likelihood function obtained from the Kalman filter. We develop the analysis in two steps: first we study the in-sample properties of the estimated models, then we test the pricing performance on caps. We find the humped volatility specification to greatly improve the model estimation and to provide sufficiently accurate cap prices, although the models has been calibrated on interest rates data and not on cap prices. Moreover, we find the two-factor humped volatility model to outperform the three-factor models in pricing caps.     

Toxicokinetics and metabolic study of 2,2′-dihydroxy-4,4′- dimethoxybenzophenone

2,2′-Dihydroxy-4,4′-dimethoxybenzophenone (UV-D) is one of the benzophenones, which is widely used as UV filter to protect industrial and commercial products from light. This compound is suspected as a kind of endocrine-disrupting chemical, which might interfere with hormonal signaling pathways, and have potential adverse effects on human health. Thus, toxicity and metabolism of it could be important to know its biological effect. As little is known about the toxicokinetics and metabolism of UV-D, herein, the related study was performed on rats by orally administrating with UV-D. UV-D was found to be promptly metabolized to five main metabolites, which were further identified by high-performance liquid chromatography–quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Demethylation, hydroxylation, sulfonation, and glucuronidation were the main metabolic pathways for UV-D.