简介:Nano-particlecaptureisakeyprocessinfltration,separation,andbiomedicalapplications.Hereweexploredthemechanismsofsoftparticlecaptureusingnanofbernetworks.Weidentifedpossiblestatesofthecaptureprocess,whicharedefnedbytheirstructuralandmaterialparameters.Byperformingnumericalanalysis,weprovidedaphasediagramintheparametricspaceofthenetworkstructureandinterfacialadhesion.Theworkprovidesaconceptualmodelforrationaldesignofsyntheticmaterialsinrelatedapplicationsthatfocusontheprotectionagainstorremovalofvirus,aswellasothersoftparticles.
简介:Withthedevelopmentofwirelessnetworksandmobilecomputing,moreadvancedapplicationswithcontext-awarenessandadaptabilitytotheirchangingcontextareneeded.However,buildingcontext-awareapplicationsisdifficultduetothelackofadequateinfrastructuresupport.Inthispaper,awebmiddlewarearchitectureforthedevelopmentofcontext-awarenessapplicationsusingnearfieldcommunication(NFC)isproposed.Basedonit,theefficientsupportforacquiring,interpreting,andaccessingcontextisprovided,andtheuser’squalityofexperienceisimproved.Moreover,amobilewebmiddlewareforthetestingandfullrealizationofNFCcontext-awarenessapplicationshasbeendevelopedtogetherwithtwoapplicationexamples.
简介:Opticalmotioncaptureisanincreasinglypopularanimationtechnique.Inthelastfewyears,plentyofmethodshavebeenproposedforkey-frameextractionofmotioncapturedata,anditisacommonmethodtoextractkey-frameusingquaternion.Here,onemaindifficultyisduetothefactthatpreviousalgorithmsoftenneedtomanuallysetvariousparameters.Inaddition,itisproblematictopredefinetheappropriatethresholdwithoutknowingthedatacontent.Inthispaper,wepresentanoveladaptivethreshold-basedextractionmethod.Key-framecanbefoundaccordingtoquaterniondistance.Weproposeasimpleandefficientalgorithmtoextractkey-framefromamotionsequencebasedonadaptivethreshold.Itisconvenientwithnoneedtopredefineparameterstomeetcertaincompressionratio.Experimentalresultsofmanymotioncaptureswithdifferenttraitsdemonstrategoodperformanceoftheproposedalgorithm.Ourexperimentsshowthatonecantypicallycutdowntheprocessofextractionfromseveralminutestoacoupleofseconds.
简介:Evaluationofqualityofsingingisanissuesubjectivelyrealizedbytheexperts.Thispaperpresentstheresultsoftheanalysisofthevibratoparameterinthesinging.Thewell-knownfactistheexistenceofvibratoofsufficientqualityinthevoicesofprofessionalsingers.Theauthorsfocushereonthechoralvoicestoassessthequalityoftheirsingingfromthepointofviewofthevibratoparameter.Themethodpresentedhereisdevelopedtoevaluatethevibratowhilesingingunderconditionsclosetotherealones.Thestudywascarriedoutontherecordingsofthemembersofanacademicchoir.Asaresultoftestsitwasfoundthatnotallsingerspresentthesamequalityofvibratointermsofdeviationofvibratoconfidence(STDCV).
简介:Climatechangehasbecomewidelyacceptedasachallengethathumanswillfaceinthenot-too-distantfuture.Mountainecosystemsandtheirinhabitantsareamongthemostvulnerabletoclimatechange.ThispaperseekstoexplainmigrationdriversinspecificmountainregionsinthecontextofclimatechangebasedonForesight’sconceptualframework.AclimatechangesensitivefieldnamedShangnanCountyinsouthernShaanxiProvinceischosenasthecasestudyareatoinvestigatelocalmigrationdrivers.Aseriesofqualitativeresearchmethodsisemployedinthecasestudyincludingparticipantobservation,semi-structuredinterviews,andfocusgroupdiscussions.Theevidenceofsurveysuggeststhatmigrationdecisionsarenotonlyshapedbymacrofactorsinaspectsofenvironmental,economics,demographic,social,politicsandpsychological,butalsoinfluencedbyplaced-relatedbarriersandfacilitatingmechanismsandpersonalcharacteristics.
简介:Throughournewly-developed'chemicalvapordepositionintegratedprocess(CVD-IP)'usingcarbondioxide(CO2)astherawmaterialandonlycarbonsourceintroduced,CO2couldbecatalyticallyactivatedandconvertedtoanewsolid-formproduct,i.e.,carbonnanotubes(CO2-derived)ataquitehighyield(thesingle-passcarbonyieldinthesolid-formcarbon-productproducedfromCO2catalyticcaptureandconversionwasmorethan30%atasingle-passcarbon-base).Forcomparison,whenonlypurecarbondioxidewasintroducedusingtheconventionalCVDmethodwithoutintegratedprocess,nosolid-formcarbon-materialproductcouldbeformed.IntheadditionofsaturatedsteamatroomtemperatureinthefeedforCVD,thereweremuchmoreend-openingcarbonnano-tubesproduced,ataslightlyhighercarbonyield.Theseinspiringworksopenedaremarkableandalternativenewapproachforcarbondioxidecatalyticcapturetosolid-formproduct,comparingwiththatofCO2sequestration(CCS)orCO2mineralization(solidification),etc.Asaresult,therewasmuchlessbodyvolumeandalmostnogreenhouseeffectforthissolid-formcarbon-materialthanthoseofprimitivecarbondioxide.