饱和非线性波导阵列的离散孤子

利用扩展的双曲函数展开法,对饱和离散非线性波导阵列模型离散非线性薛定谔方程进行了研究,获得了多组新的精确解析局域解,包括亮孤子解、暗孤子解,以及亮、暗复合孤子解等,并给出了这些解存在对方程系数的特殊约束关系     

基于改进LGDF模型的超声图像自动分割方法

基于局部高斯分布拟合能量(LGDF)模型的图像分割方法,对初始轮廓选取及参数选择较敏感.如果初始轮廓手动选取不当会由于陷入局部极小值而导致分割失败,且分割速度较慢.针对以上不足,提出了一种改进的LGDF模型的超声图像自动分割方法.该方法的正则化项由具有双极值点的势函数构成,在水平集函数进化过程中,可以避免由单极值点势函数造成的水平集函数震荡和扭曲,从而加快了收敛;另外,将局部熵阈值分割的结果作为LGDF模型的初始轮廓,接近真实轮廓,可以克服手动选取初始轮廓的影响.实验结果表明,该方法能自动获取合适的超声图像初始轮廓,并得到较好的分割结果,同时大大提高了分割速度.     

基于惯性测量器件的无线步态分析平台

步态定量测量方法应用于许多领域,如临床医学、双足机器人控制等.采用惯性测量单元结合无线传感器网络建立了一个步态分析平台,将两个无线惯性测量单元传感器节点分别绑定在左右双侧脚踝,以同时采集双脚运动过程中的加速度和角速度信号,并将其通过无线方式发送到远程终端.通过模式识别、时间序列分析、阈值检测和零速修正等多种数据融合方法计算步态参数,并通过融合双足传感器数据得到双支撑相、双脚步行周期等重要的双足步态参数,其中双支撑相参数对人体日常动作的识别有重要意义.实验结果显示该研究具有较高的计算精度.     

双层异构网络下多用户干扰对齐算法

针对多个毫微微蜂窝网络与宏蜂窝网络共存的网络环境,基于干扰对齐技术,提出了一种双层预编码方案,首先定义宏蜂窝网络对毫微微蜂窝网络造成的干扰为跨层干扰,毫微微蜂窝网络之间的干扰为同层干扰,分别对毫微微蜂窝用户和宏蜂窝用户进行预编码,宏蜂窝用户的预编码使得跨层干扰最小,使之可比拟于背景噪声,毫微微蜂窝用户的预编码与毫微微蜂窝基站的后置编码进行迭代,以最小均方误差(MMSE)准则输出,仿真结果表明所提算法使得毫微微蜂窝网络的吞吐量相较于单层MMSE算法在信噪比为0~30 d B区间内平均提高了3 bps/Hz.     

基于无速度传感器的直接转矩控制系统优化

针对传统异步电机直接转矩控制系统在低速运行状态下存在磁链轨迹发生波动、转矩脉动大的问题,提出一种新型异步电机直接转矩控制策略。采用滑模控制和空间矢量脉宽调制技术(SVPWM: Space Voltage Pwlse-Width Modulation), 引入滑模控制器, 以提高系统对参数变化和外界干扰的鲁棒性。利用空间电压矢量脉宽调制技术产生系统所需要的任意期望空间电压矢量, 使磁链轨迹更趋近于圆形, 即降低了转矩和磁链脉动,又增强了系统的鲁棒性。同时引入无速度传感器技术, 以提高系统工程应用性。通过在Matlab/ Simulink软件仿真结果表明, 新型直接转矩控制系统改善了磁链轨迹波动并有效地降低了转矩脉动, 使转速估计具有较高精度。     

单片机原理与应用设计实验教学改革

针对单片机原理与应用设计实验教学存在的问题,提出实验教学改革措施。通过将Proteus仿真电路设计引入实验教学,提高学生嵌入式系统设计能力。通过设计实验课程知识地图、录制"微课"、设计仿真实验平台等教学资源建设,对实验课教学进行有效支撑,提高学生学习兴趣。此外,改革了课程考核方式,通过成绩杠杆实现对学生的多样性引导,激发学生自主学习积极性。经过两年实践证明,上述实验教学改革措施取得了较好效果。     

Silicon in the Earth's core

Small isotopic differences between the silicate minerals in planets may have developed as a result of processes associated with core formation, or from evaporative losses during accretion as the planets were built up. Basalts from the Earth and the Moon do indeed appear to have iron isotopic compositions that are slightly heavy relative to those from Mars, Vesta and primitive undifferentiated meteorites (chondrites). Explanations for these differences have included evaporation during the 'giant impact' that created the Moon (when a Mars-sized body collided with the young Earth). However, lithium and magnesium, lighter elements with comparable volatility, reveal no such differences, rendering evaporation unlikely as an explanation. Here we show that the silicon isotopic compositions of basaltic rocks from the Earth and the Moon are also distinctly heavy. A likely cause is that silicon is one of the light elements in the Earth's core. We show that both the direction and magnitude of the silicon isotopic effect are in accord with current theory based on the stiffness of bonding in metal and silicate. The similar isotopic composition of the bulk silicate Earth and the Moon is consistent with the recent proposal that there was large-scale isotopic equilibration during the giant impact. We conclude that Si was already incorporated as a light element in the Earth's core before the Moon formed.     

Sexually antagonistic genetic variation for fitness in red deer

Evolutionary theory predicts the depletion of genetic variation in natural populations as a result of the effects of selection, but genetic variation is nevertheless abundant for many traits that are under directional or stabilizing selection. Evolutionary geneticists commonly try to explain this paradox with mechanisms that lead to a balance between mutation and selection. However, theoretical predictions of equilibrium genetic variance under mutation-selection balance are usually lower than the observed values, and the reason for this is unknown. The potential role of sexually antagonistic selection in maintaining genetic variation has received little attention in this debate, surprisingly given its potential ubiquity in dioecious organisms. At fitness-related loci, a given genotype may be selected in opposite directions in the two sexes. Such sexually antagonistic selection will reduce the otherwise-expected positive genetic correlation between male and female fitness. Both theory and experimental data suggest that males and females of the same species may have divergent genetic optima, but supporting data from wild populations are still scarce. Here we present evidence for sexually antagonistic fitness variation in a natural population, using data from a long-term study of red deer (Cervus elaphus). We show that male red deer with relatively high fitness fathered, on average, daughters with relatively low fitness. This was due to a negative genetic correlation between estimates of fitness in males and females. In particular, we show that selection favours males that carry low breeding values for female fitness. Our results demonstrate that sexually antagonistic selection can lead to a trade-off between the optimal genotypes for males and females; this mechanism will have profound effects on the operation of selection and the maintenance of genetic variation in natural populations.     

Genome-wide detection and characterization of positive selection in human populations

With the advent of dense maps of human genetic variation, it is now possible to detect positive natural selection across the human genome. Here we report an analysis of over 3 million polymorphisms from the International HapMap Project Phase 2 (HapMap2). We used 'long-range haplotype' methods, which were developed to identify alleles segregating in a population that have undergone recent selection, and we also developed new methods that are based on cross-population comparisons to discover alleles that have swept to near-fixation within a population. The analysis reveals more than 300 strong candidate regions. Focusing on the strongest 22 regions, we develop a heuristic for scrutinizing these regions to identify candidate targets of selection. In a complementary analysis, we identify 26 non-synonymous, coding, single nucleotide polymorphisms showing regional evidence of positive selection. Examination of these candidates highlights three cases in which two genes in a common biological process have apparently undergone positive selection in the same population:LARGE and DMD, both related to infection by the Lassa virus, in West Africa;SLC24A5 and SLC45A2, both involved in skin pigmentation, in Europe; and EDAR and EDA2R, both involved in development of hair follicles, in Asia.