Land cover classification of remotely sensed image with hierarchical iterative method

Land cover classification is one of the most wide ly used applications of remote sensing. The use ofmultitemporal remote sensing data in land cover clas sification is one of the effective methods of obtainingaccurate land cover/land use data. For a particularimage, different land cover types often show a similarspectral response and are difficult to separate. Theadvantage of using multitemporal data is that differentvegetation types show different spectral characteristicsin…     

Constructing a quasi-Legendre basis based on the C-Bézier basis

Inmostcomputeraideddesign(CAD)andcom puteraidedgeometricdesign(CAGD)systems,the BernsteinpolynomialsrepresentationofB啨ziercurves andsurfaceshasbeenastandard.Legendrepolynomi alshavesomeremarkableproperties.Firstly,Legen drepolynomialsconstituteanorthogonalbasisandthe degreeoftheLegendrebasisfunctionsgraduallyin creases,whichallowsthecoefficientsoftheapproxi mationtobedetermineddirectlywithoutneedingto solvealinearsysteminmanygeometricoperations whereapproximationisinvolved.Forexample,Lie…     

Atomic-scale computer simulation for early precipitation process of Ni_(75) Al_x V_(25-x) alloy with intermediate Al composition

SincethepublicationoftheclassicalworkofChan[1] andHilliard[2 ] ,therehavebeenextensiveex perimentalandtheoreticalstudiesonthethermody namicsandkineticsofprecipitation process .Recentresearchworkhasbeenconcentratedoncomputersimulation ,mostofwhichwerereviewedbyChen[3] .Mostcomputersimulationswerecarriedoutinbinarysystems[4— 8] .However ,theternaryormulti compo sitionsystemsaremoreimportantinindustries .MechanicalpropertiesofNi Albasedsuperalloyscanbestronglyaffectedbythemorphology ,distribu …     

SINGULARLY PERTURBED MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES WITH INCLUSION OF TRANSIENT STATES

1 IntroductionMarkov decision processes (MDP) have drawn much sttention because of their capabilityin dealing with a wide range of application under UnCertainty. Many problems in operationsresearch such as resource allocation, queueing networks, and maChine replaCement etc., fit wellin the framework of Markov decision processes. Classical aPProaChes of discrete-time MDPmodels can be foUnd in Dermanll], RDssIZ], and ~e[3] among others.Because most of the systems in real life are large a…     

Expression of human clotting factor Ⅸ mediated by recom- binant lentiviral vector in cultured cells and hemophilia B mice

Hemophilia B, a serious bleeding disorder, is an inherited X chromosome-linked disease for the deficiency or inactivity of human clotting factor Ⅸ (hFⅨ). Though factor substitution therapy has greatly improved the lives of hemophiliac patients, there are still limitations to the current treatment, which have triggered interest in alternative treatments by gene therapy[1]. Based on preclinical studies in rabbits[2], our lab had first initiated an ex vivo gene therapy clinical trial whereby a…     

爱若琴弦

66岁的她静静地站着。“这是我在这个世界里的最后一天了,等到今天过去,我会永远的离开这个世界。”她这样想着,并留恋地看着自己的影子、自己亲手一砖一瓦建起来的城邦和曾经每天陪着自己练功的那150个女仆。“不要再想了,都已经决定了的事。”她勉强地给自己一个笑容。“直的决定了吗?”他问。     

一类q-差分亚纯函数零点及不动点的估计

利用Nevanlinna的基本理论与方法,讨论了一类慢增长亚纯函数差分的零点和不动点,设f是超越亚纯函数,在一定条件下,证明了q-差分函数Fk(z)=f(q1z)+f(q2z)+…+f(qkz)-kf(z)或者q-差商函数Gk(z)=Fk(z)/f(z)至少有一个具有无穷多个零点和至少有一个具有无穷多个不动点.     

Carbon sequestration within millet phytoliths from dry-farming of crops in China

Phytoliths are noncrystalline minerals that form inside cells and cell walls of different parts of plants. Organic carbon in living cells can be occluded in phytoliths during plant growth. It has been documented that the occluded carbon within phytoliths is an important long-term terrestrial carbon reservoir that has a major role in the global carbon cycle. Common millet and foxtail millet have become typical dry-farming crops in China since the Neolithic Age. The study of carbon conservation within phytoliths in these crops could provide insights into anthropogenic influences on the carbon cycle. In this study, we analyzed the carbon content in phytoliths of common millet and foxtail millet. The results indicated that (1) common millet and foxtail millet contained 0.136% ± 0.070% and 0.129% ± 0.085% phytolith-occluded carbon (PhytOC) on a dry mass basis, respectively; (2) based on the mean annual production of common millet and foxtail millet in the last 10 years, the phytolith occluded carbon accumulation rate of common millet and foxtail millet was approximately 0.023 ± 0.015 and 0.020 ± 0.010 t CO 2 ha 1 a 1 , respectively; (3) assuming a similar phytolith occluded carbon accumulation rate as for common millet (the highest accumulation rate was 0.038 t CO 2 ha 1 a 1 ), this could result in the sequestration of 2.37 × 10 6 t CO 2 per year for the 62.4 × 10 6 ha dry-farming crops in China. Although there was a decline in the annual production rate and planting area of foxtail millet during 1949 to 2008, the total phytolith carbon sequestration rate was 7×10 6 t CO 2 within the 60-year period. However, phytolith occluded carbon has not yet been fully considered as a global carbon sink. Also, this carbon fraction is probably one of the best candidates for the missing carbon sink.