Baseline studies of radon/thoron concentration levels in and around the Lambapur and Peddagattu areas in Nalgonda district, Andhra Pradesh, India

Studies conducted by Atomic Minerals Directorate of Exploration and Research (AMD) of Hyderabad, India had established the presence of higher concentrations of uranium in Lambapur and Peddagattu areas of Nalgonda district, AP, India and it was estimated that it could be a viable source for commercial extraction. The envisaged extraction process involves dispersion of radioactive particulate matter into atmosphere. Environmental radioactive studies in and around proposed mining areas at this point of time will be extremely useful for establishing base line data before a large scale uranium extraction process comes into existence. To this end, Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors were installed to evaluate indoor radon and thoron concentration levels in the dwellings of the area. The geometric means of radon and thoron concentration levels were found to be (7.1±0.2)×10¹ and (6.7±0.3)×10¹ Bq/m³, respectively. Simultaneously, natural background radiation measurements were also made and these levels are found to vary from 770 to 3995 μGy/y in the spatial distribution.     

VSWR reduction for large millimeter-wave cassegrain radiotelescopes

Multiple reflections in large radiotelescopes used for astronomical spectroscopy cause characteristic modulations of the observed spectrum (baseline ripple). For a given mechanism, the magnitude of the effect depends primarily on the reflection coefficient, which for the most important paths is proportional to . Although ripple is thus generally negligible at mm-wavelengths, there are some instances where it may still be significant, and a recent experiment at the15 m James Clerk Maxwell Telescope was severely affected. We describe a technique which has proved effective in reducing the ripple to an acceptable level.The purpose of this research note is to draw this technique to the attention of the astronomical community. We calculate the reflection coefficient for a typical instrument and show that it can be greatly reduced over a very broad bandwidth by means of a tapered absorber in the centre of the secondary mirror. The graphical analysis of the tapered absorber also demonstrates that the scattering cones and circular absorbers widely used in radioastronomy donot in fact reduce the reflection coefficient significantly.     

A dynamic process interpretation of the sparse ERGM reference model

Exponential family random graph models (ERGMs) can be understood in terms of a set of structural biases that act on an underlying reference distribution. This distribution determines many aspects of the behavior and interpretation of the ERGM families incorporating it. One important innovation in this area has been the development of an ERGM reference model that produces realistic behavior when generalized to sparse networks of varying sizes. Here, we show that this model can be derived from a latent dynamic process in which tie formation takes place within small local settings between which individuals move. This derivation provides one possible micro-process interpretation of the sparse ERGM reference model and sheds light on the conditions under which constant mean degree scaling can emerge.     

离散孔纵向波纹隔热屏气膜冷却特性研究

本文对离散气膜孔型纵向波纹隔热屏的冷却特性进行数值计算.研究中主要参数有冷却通道无量纲高度h,波纹板无量纲高度b及气膜孔无量纲直径d.波纹板高度的变化对冷却效果的影响最为明显.波纹板高度越小,隔热屏壁面冷却效果越好.降低冷却通道高度可以提高隔热屏前面部分的冷却效果.开孔率一定,气膜孔直径较小,隔热屏冷却效果较好.     

Improved DOSY NMR data processing by data enhancement and combination of multivariate curve resolution with non-linear least square fitting

The quality of DOSY NMR data can be improved by careful pre-processing techniques. Baseline drift, peak shift, and phase shift commonly exist in real-world DOSY NMR data. These phenomena seriously hinder the data analysis and should be removed as much as possible. In this paper, a series of preprocessing operations are proposed so that the subsequent multivariate curve resolution can yield optimal results. First, the baseline is corrected according to a method by Golotvin and Williams. Next, frequency and phase shift are removed by a new combination of reference deconvolution (FIDDLE), and a method presented by Witjes et al. that can correct several spectra simultaneously. The corrected data are analysed by the combination of multivariate curve resolution with non-linear least square regression (MCR-NLR). The MCR-NLR method turns out to be more robust and leads to better resolution of the pure components than classic MCR.     

基于性能的直流电机系统未知推力波动的自适应补偿控制

针对一类直流电机系统,设计基于性能的未知推力波动的自适应补偿控制器.由于推力波动中含有非线性化的未知参数,因此无法利用常规的自适应方法,通过直接估计这些参数对其影响进行补偿.根据未知推力波动的结构特性,基于Lipshitz条件引入推力波动项的放大技术,设计其内部非线性化未知参数的自适应估计律,精确补偿其影响,从而避免了简单的把波动看作未知扰动所造成的系统性能的损失.有别于现有模型,在模型变换中并未忽略微小等效电感的影响,使得系统模型更具一般性.仿真结果表明该自适应控制器可有效补偿推力波动的影响,实现对指令信号的高精度快速跟踪且具有较强的抗干扰性和鲁棒性.     

Vocal Fold Vibration and Phonation Start in Aspirated, Unaspirated, and Staccato Onset

Objectives/Hypotheses

Singers learn to produce well-controlled tone onsets by accurate synchronization of glottal adduction and buildup of subglottal pressure. Spectrographic analyses have shown that the higher spectrum partials are present also at the vowel onset in classically trained singers’ performances. Such partials are produced by a sharp discontinuity in the waveform of the transglottal airflow, presumably produced by vocal fold collision.

Study Design

After hearing a prompt series of a triad pattern, six singer subjects sang the same triad pattern on the vowel /i/ (1) preceded by an aspirated /p/, (2) preceded by an unaspirated /p/, and (3) without any preceding consonant in staccato.

Methods

Using high-speed imaging we examined the initiation of vocal fold vibration in aspirated and unaspirated productions of the consonant /p/ as well as in the staccato tones.

Results

The number vibrations failing to produce vocal fold collision were significantly higher in the aspirated /p/ than in the unaspirated /p/ and in the staccato tones. High frequency ripple in the audio waveform was significantly delayed in the aspirated /p/.

Conclusions

Initiation of vocal fold collision and the appearance of high-frequency ripple in the vowel /i/ are slightly delayed in aspirated productions of a preceding consonant /p/.     

宽带FRA中同时实现信号增益与噪声平坦的快速算法

首先优化了多波抽运拉曼光纤放大器的功率耦合方程,并利用小信号方法解决反向抽运的边值问题,其次采用遗传算法同时实现了信号增益谱和噪声谱的平坦.计算表明:双向抽运方式下系统噪声谱在C L波段(1.53~1.61μm)比反向抽运更为平坦;抽运光数目与增益平坦度呈非线性关系并存在下限值.通过多次测试,对于10波抽运,100信道的DWDM系统(带宽为80 nm),增益波动小于1 dB的优化时间可控制在400 s以内.     

比较逻辑与异步触发时序电路的分析和综合

本文从触发器的完整状态方程出发,研究了异步触发时序电路的分析与综合的新方法,提出了触发器的α跃变、β跃变行为可用比较运算中的小于、大于运算表示,而各触发器的α跃变、β跃变之间的覆盖关系则可用大于等于运算进行检验。在此基础上提出了适用于使用计算机的异步触发时序电路的分析和综合程序。     

涤棉混纺织物近红外定量分析模型的建立及相关问题探讨

在废旧纺织品回收再利用中,纤维类型和含量的快速、准确测定是回收方案的关键部分。以598个废旧涤棉混纺织物为研究对象,采用便携式近红外（NIR）光谱仪测试了样品的原始近红外光谱。在1 400～1 700和1 900～2 200 nm光谱区域,100％棉和100％聚酯样品的光谱存在明显差异,并且这些光谱差异存在于各种颜色纤维上。同时探讨了斜线光谱产生的原因可能是由于织物表面效果、着色方法及粘附在纤维表面的细小颗粒造成的。深色样品易造成其光谱基线在短波区发生漂移,经导数预处理后,基线漂移基本消除,斜线光谱呈现出正常光谱的特征。利用偏最小二乘（PLS）法结合一阶导数、S-G平滑、均值中心化和正交信号校正法,建立了废旧棉-涤混纺织物定量分析模型。为了验证模型的可靠性,选取346个样本采用内部交叉验证均方根误差（RMSECV）和预测样品集外部检验法对模型进行检验,模型的RMSECV值0.002、校正集相关系数R_C＝0.998、预测相关系数R_P=0.997、预测标准差SEP＝1.121,模型预测正确率可达97％。对模型进行匹配样本t检验结果显示,NIR方法与国家标准方法无显着性差异。NIR预测值与重量法测定值误差在±3％以内时,二者的一致性在90％以上,当误差在±5％以内,二者的一致性在95％以上,分析时间小于10 s。因此,利用近红外技术结合所建模型可以快速、准确地预测废旧棉/涤混纺织物纤维成分的含量。