Rock bursts represent a formidable challenge in underground engineering,posing substantial risks to both infrastructure and human safety.These sudden and violent failures of rock masses are characterized by the rapid ...Rock bursts represent a formidable challenge in underground engineering,posing substantial risks to both infrastructure and human safety.These sudden and violent failures of rock masses are characterized by the rapid release of accumulated stress within the rock,leading to severe seismic events and structural damage.Therefore,the development of reliable prediction models for rock bursts is paramount to mitigating these hazards.This study aims to propose a tree-based model—a Light Gradient Boosting Machine(LightGBM)—to predict the intensity of rock bursts in underground engineering.322 actual rock burst cases are collected to constitute an exhaustive rock burst dataset,which serves to train the LightGBMmodel.Two population-basedmetaheuristic algorithms are used to optimize the hyperparameters of the LightGBM model.Finally,the sensitivity analysis is used to identify the predominant factors that may incur the occurrence of rock bursts.The results show that the population-based metaheuristic algorithms have a good ability to search out the optimal hyperparameters of the LightGBM model.The developed LightGBM model yields promising performance in predicting the intensity of rock bursts,with which accuracy on training and testing sets are 0.972 and 0.944,respectively.The sensitivity analysis discloses that the risk of occurring rock burst is significantly sensitive to three factors:uniaxial compressive strength(σc),stress concentration factor(SCF),and elastic strain energy index(Wet).Moreover,this study clarifies the particular impact of these three factors on the intensity of rock bursts through the partial dependence plot.展开更多
When building geotechnical constructions like retaining walls and dams is of interest,one of the most important factors to consider is the soil’s shear strength parameters.This study makes an effort to propose a nove...When building geotechnical constructions like retaining walls and dams is of interest,one of the most important factors to consider is the soil’s shear strength parameters.This study makes an effort to propose a novel predictive model of shear strength.The study implements an extreme gradient boosting(XGBoost)technique coupled with a powerful optimization algorithm,the salp swarm algorithm(SSA),to predict the shear strength of various soils.To do this,a database consisting of 152 sets of data is prepared where the shear strength(τ)of the soil is considered as the model output and some soil index tests(e.g.,dry unit weight,water content,and plasticity index)are set as model inputs.Themodel is designed and tuned using both effective parameters of XGBoost and SSA,and themost accuratemodel is introduced in this study.Thepredictionperformanceof theSSA-XGBoostmodel is assessedbased on the coefficient of determination(R2)and variance account for(VAF).Overall,the obtained values of R^(2) and VAF(0.977 and 0.849)and(97.714%and 84.936%)for training and testing sets,respectively,confirm the workability of the developed model in forecasting the soil shear strength.To investigate the model generalization,the prediction performance of the model is tested for another 30 sets of data(validation data).The validation results(e.g.,R^(2) of 0.805)suggest the workability of the proposed model.Overall,findings suggest that when the shear strength of the soil cannot be determined directly,the proposed hybrid XGBoost-SSA model can be utilized to assess this parameter.展开更多
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide.Recently,advancements in our ability to identify and study stem cell populations in the lung have helped researchers to elucidate the central role th...Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide.Recently,advancements in our ability to identify and study stem cell populations in the lung have helped researchers to elucidate the central role that cells with stem cell-like properties may have in lung tumorigenesis.Much of this research has focused on the use of the airway repair model to study response to injury.In this review,we discuss the primary evidence of the role that cancer stem cells play in lung cancer development.The implications of a stem cell origin of lung cancer are reviewed,and the importance of ongoing research to identify novel therapeutic and prognostic targets is reiterated.展开更多
Lung cancer is responsible for 29% of cancer deaths in the United States and has very low 5-year survival rates of approximately 11% in men and 15% in women.Although the early diagnosis of lung cancer may increase the...Lung cancer is responsible for 29% of cancer deaths in the United States and has very low 5-year survival rates of approximately 11% in men and 15% in women.Although the early diagnosis of lung cancer may increase the survival rate with adequate treatment,advanced lung cancers are often metastasized and receive limited benefit from therapeutic regimens.As conventional treatments for lung cancer reach their limitations,researchers have attempted to discover novel drug therapies aimed at specific targets contributing to the progression of tumorigenesis.Recent advances in systems biology have enabled the molecular biology of lung carcinogenesis to be elucidated.Our understanding of the physiologic processes of tumor development provide a means to design more effective and specific drugs with less toxicity,thereby accelerating the delivery of new drug therapies to the patient's bedside.展开更多
In this study,we systematically investigated the two-proton(2p)radioactivity half-lives from the excited state of nuclei near the proton drip line within the Gamowlike model(GLM)and modified Gamow-like model(MGLM).The...In this study,we systematically investigated the two-proton(2p)radioactivity half-lives from the excited state of nuclei near the proton drip line within the Gamowlike model(GLM)and modified Gamow-like model(MGLM).The calculated results were highly consistent with the theoretical values obtained using the unified fission model[Chin.Phys.C 45,124105(2021)],effective liquid drop model,and generalized liquid drop model[Acta Phys.Sin 71,062301(2022)].Furthermore,utilizing the GLM and MGLM,we predicted the 2p radioactivity halflives from the excited state for some nuclei that are not yet available experimentally.Simultaneously,by analyzing the calculated results from these theoretical models,it was found that the half-lives are strongly dependent on Qand l.展开更多
In the present work,we extend the Coulomb and Proximity Potential Model(CPPM)to study two-proton(2p)radioactivity from excited states while the proximity potential is chosen as AW95 proposed by Aage Withner in 1995.De...In the present work,we extend the Coulomb and Proximity Potential Model(CPPM)to study two-proton(2p)radioactivity from excited states while the proximity potential is chosen as AW95 proposed by Aage Withner in 1995.Demonstration reveals that the theoretical results acquired by CPPM exhibit a high level of consistency with prior theoretical models such as the unified fission model(UFM),generalized liquid-drop model(GLDM)and effective liquid-drop model(ELDM).Furthermore,within the CPPM,we predicted the half-lives of potential 2p radioactive nuclei for which experimental data are currently unavailable.The predicted results were then assessed,compared with UFM,ELDM and GLDM models,and examined in detail.展开更多
Physical layer security is an emerging technique for improving wireless communication security, which is widely regarded as a complement to cryptographic technologies. To design physical layer security techniques for ...Physical layer security is an emerging technique for improving wireless communication security, which is widely regarded as a complement to cryptographic technologies. To design physical layer security techniques for practical scenarios,uncertainty and imperfections in the channel knowledge need to be taken into account. This paper is a survey of recent research on physical layer security that considers imperfect channel state information(CSI) at communication nodes.We first give an overview of the main information-theoretic measures of secrecy performance with imperfect CSI. Then,we describe several signal processing enhancements in secure transmission designs. These enhancements include secure on-off transmission, beamforming with artificial noise, and secure communication assisted by relay nodes or in cognitive radio systems. Recent studies of physical layer security in large-scale decentralized wireless networks are also summarized. Finally, open problems for on-going and future research are discussed.展开更多
Three-dimensional(3D)high-fidelity surface models play an important role in urban scene construction.However,the data quantity of such models is large and places a tremendous burden on rendering.Many applications must...Three-dimensional(3D)high-fidelity surface models play an important role in urban scene construction.However,the data quantity of such models is large and places a tremendous burden on rendering.Many applications must balance the visual quality of the models with the rendering efficiency.The study provides a practical texture baking processing pipeline for generating 3D models to reduce the model complexity and preserve the visually pleasing details.Concretely,we apply a mesh simplification to the original model and use texture baking to create three types of baked textures,namely,a diffuse map,normal map and displacement map.The simplified model with the baked textures has a pleasing visualization effect in a rendering engine.Furthermore,we discuss the influence of various factors in the process on the results,as well as the functional principles and characteristics of the baking textures.The proposed approach is very useful for real-time rendering with limited rendering hardware as no additional memory or computing capacity is required for properly preserving the relief details of the model.Each step in the pipeline is described in detail to facilitate the realization.展开更多
The underlying complexity of urban space can be manifested by its fractal forms and scaling statistics.This paper examines these characteristics at the intra-urban scale through the lens of clustered street junctions(...The underlying complexity of urban space can be manifested by its fractal forms and scaling statistics.This paper examines these characteristics at the intra-urban scale through the lens of clustered street junctions(including road ends)in two Chinese metropolitan areas:Beijing and Shenzhen.We derived the cluster sets with Euclidean distance thresholds starting at 100 meters(m)and ending at 1000 m,and outlined each cluster using a concave-hull method to maintain their original irregular shapes.Within each delimited cluster,we examined four urban attributes:gross domestic product,number of street nodes,polygon area,and population.Our analysis revealed that power law distribution applied to almost every cluster set in terms of the four attributes,but varied from one attribute to another or from city to city,represented primarily byfluctuated power law exponents and ht-index values whose profiles along with the cluster growth can effectively characterize the urban structure.Additionally,we computed the spectrum of intra-urban scaling exponents with cluster size increments,contributing new insights into the allometric relationships between urban configuration and function.展开更多
Based on the liquid-drop model and using the first derivative of the normalized Gaussian function to consider the shell correction,a simpleα-decay energy formula is proposed for heavy and superheavy nuclei.The values...Based on the liquid-drop model and using the first derivative of the normalized Gaussian function to consider the shell correction,a simpleα-decay energy formula is proposed for heavy and superheavy nuclei.The values of corresponding adjustable parameters are obtained by fittingα-decay energies of 209 nuclei ranging from Z=90 to Z=118 with N≥140.The calculated results are in good agreement with the experimental data.The average and standard deviations between the experimental data and theoretical results are 0.141 and 0.190 Me V,respectively.For comparison,the reliable formulae proposed by Dong T K et al(2010,Phys.Rev.C 82,034320),Dong J M et al(2010,Phys.Rev.C 81,064309)and the WS3+nuclear mass model proposed by Wang N et al(2011,Phys.Rev.C 84,051303)are also used.The results indicate that our improved 7-parameter formula is superior to these empirical formulae and is largely consistent with the WS3+nuclear mass model.In addition,we extend this formula to predict theα-decay energies for nuclei with Z=117,118,119 and 120.The predicted results of these formulae are basically consistent.展开更多
The sulfide stress corrosion(SSC)behaviors of the high strength low alloy steel at the different temperatures were investigated by the microstructural observation and electrochemical noise(EN)analysis.With the corrosi...The sulfide stress corrosion(SSC)behaviors of the high strength low alloy steel at the different temperatures were investigated by the microstructural observation and electrochemical noise(EN)analysis.With the corrosion temperature increasing from 20 to 40℃,SSC ruptured time is prolonged.The increase in corrosion temperature results in the decrease of the saturation solubility of H_(2)S in the solution and thus increases pH value of solution.The increase in corrosion temperature decreases the size of the holes and cracks in the corrosion product film on the surface of the sample,which is due to the formation of the dense FeS corrosion product film.The current kurtosis results indicate that the time for the first occurrence of crack initiation is postponed by the increase in the corrosion temperature.The standard deviation of current noise signals,current kurtosis,power spectral density and energy distribution plot results shows a great consistency,which suggests that EN analysis method can reflect SSC behaviors in real time.展开更多
Dear Editor,Parechoviruses(PeVs)are non-enveloped,spherical viruses of genus Parechovirus and family Picomaviridae.Within the capsid is a naked monopartite,linear,singlestranded positive-sense RNA genome of 7.3 kb,com...Dear Editor,Parechoviruses(PeVs)are non-enveloped,spherical viruses of genus Parechovirus and family Picomaviridae.Within the capsid is a naked monopartite,linear,singlestranded positive-sense RNA genome of 7.3 kb,comprising a single long open reading frame(ORF)encoding a polyprotein containing regions Pl,P2,and P3.The Pl region encodes three structural proteins(VP0,VP3,and VP1);P2 and P3,non-structural proteins(P2 encoding proteins 2A,2B,and 2C,and P3 encoding proteins 3A,3B,3C,and 3D)(ICTV 2018).展开更多
In this work,based on the liquid-drop model and considering the shell correction,we propose a simple formula to calculate the released energy of proton radioactivity(Q_(p)).The parameters of this formula are obtained ...In this work,based on the liquid-drop model and considering the shell correction,we propose a simple formula to calculate the released energy of proton radioactivity(Q_(p)).The parameters of this formula are obtained by fitting the experimental data of 29 nuclei with proton radioactivity from ground state.The standard deviation between the theoretical values and experimental ones is only 0.157 Me V.In addition,we extend this formula to calculate 51 proton radioactivity candidates in region 51≤Z≤83 taken from the latest evaluated atomic mass table AME2016 and compared with the Q_(p)calculated by WS4 and HFB-29.The calculated results indicate that the evaluation ability of this formula for Q_(p)is inferior to WS4 while better than HFB-29.展开更多
In this work,we systematically study the two-proton(2_(p))radioactivity half-lives using the two-potential approach,and the nuclear potential is obtained using the Skyrme-Hartree-Fock approach and the Skyrme effective...In this work,we systematically study the two-proton(2_(p))radioactivity half-lives using the two-potential approach,and the nuclear potential is obtained using the Skyrme-Hartree-Fock approach and the Skyrme effective interaction of SLy8.For true 2_(p) radioactivity(Q2_(p)>0 and Q_(p)<0,where Q_(p) and Q2_(p) are the released energies of the one-proton and two-proton radioactivity,respectively),the standard deviation between the experimental half-lives and our theoretical calculations is 0.701.In addition,we extend this model to predict the half-lives of 15 possible 2_(p) radioactivity candidates with Q2_(p)>0 obtained from the evaluated atomic mass table AME2016.The calcu-lated results indicate a clear linear relationship between the logarithmic 2_(p) radioactivity half-lives(logio10T_(1/2))and coulomb parameters[(Z_(d)^(0.8)+l^(0.25))Q_(2_(p))^(-1/2)]considering the effect of orbital angular momentum proposed by Liu et al.[Chin.Phys.C 45,024108(2021)].For comparison,the generalized liquid drop model(GLDM),effective liquid drop model(ELDM),and Gamow-like model are also used.Our predicted results are consistent with those obtained using other relevant models.展开更多
In this study,derived from Balasubramaniam’s formula[Phys.Rev.C 70,017301(2004)]and further considering the effect of the parent nucleus mass,blocking effect,and effect of reduced mass on cluster radioactivity half-l...In this study,derived from Balasubramaniam’s formula[Phys.Rev.C 70,017301(2004)]and further considering the effect of the parent nucleus mass,blocking effect,and effect of reduced mass on cluster radioactivity half-lives,we propose a new Geiger-Nuttall law that is model-independent to systematically evaluate the halflives of this process for 16 even-even nuclei and 10 odd-A nuclei.For comparison,a single universal curve for cluster radioactivity andαdecay proposed by Poenaru[Phys.Rev.C 83,014601(2011)],a scaling law proposed by Horoi[J.Phys.G:Nucl.Part.Phys.30,945(2004)],an extension of the Viola-Seaborg formula fromαdecay to cluster radioactivity proposed by Ren et al.[Phys.Rev.C 70,034304(2004)],a new semi-empirical formula for exotic cluster decay proposed by Balasubramaniam et al.[Phys.Rev.C 70,017301(2004)],and a unified formula for the half-lives ofαdecay and cluster radioactivity proposed by Ni et al.[Phys.Rev.C 78,044310(2008)]are also used.The calculated results of our new Geiger-Nuttall law are in good agreement with the experimental half-lives,with the least rms being 0.606,and are better than the compared values.Moreover,we extend this formula to predict the cluster radioactivity half-lives of 51 nuclei whose decay energies are energetically allowed or observed but not yet quantified in NUBASE2020.展开更多
Bats have been implicated as important reservoir hosts of alpha- and betacoronaviruses. In this study, diverse coronaviruses(CoVs) were detected in 50 of 951(positive rate 5.3%) intestinal specimens of eight bat speci...Bats have been implicated as important reservoir hosts of alpha- and betacoronaviruses. In this study, diverse coronaviruses(CoVs) were detected in 50 of 951(positive rate 5.3%) intestinal specimens of eight bat species collected in four provinces and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China by pan-coronavirus RT-PCR screening. Based on 400-nt RNA-dependent RNA polymerase(Rd RP) sequence analysis, eight belonged to genus Alphacoronavirus and 42 to Betacoronavirus.Among the 50 positive specimens, thirteen gave rise to CoV full-length Rd RP gene amplification for further sequence comparison, of which three divergent sequences(two from a unreported province) were subjected to full genome sequencing. Two complete genomes of betacoronaviruses(JTMC15 and JPDB144) and one nearly-complete genome of alphacoronavirus(JTAC2) were sequenced and their genomic organization predicted. The present study has identified additional numbers of genetically diverse bat-borne coronaviruses with a wide distribution in China. Two new species of bat CoV, identified through sequence comparison and phylogenetic analysis, are proposed.展开更多
Dear Editor,Noroviruses(No Vs)are second only to the rotaviruses as etiologic agents of acute fulminant gastroenteritis in infants and young children worldwide,with an estimated 200,000deaths per year in children youn...Dear Editor,Noroviruses(No Vs)are second only to the rotaviruses as etiologic agents of acute fulminant gastroenteritis in infants and young children worldwide,with an estimated 200,000deaths per year in children younger than 5 years of age in developing countries(Patel et al.2008).No Vs are classified within the genus Norovirus of the family Caliciviridae with Norwalk virus as its prototype member(ICTV 2017).The virions are small(38–40 nm in diameter)nonenveloped,with an icosahedral capsidanda linear,positive-展开更多
In this work,we systematically study theαdecay half-lives of 196 even–even nuclei using a two-potential approach improved by considering nuclear deformation.The results show that the accuracy of this model has been ...In this work,we systematically study theαdecay half-lives of 196 even–even nuclei using a two-potential approach improved by considering nuclear deformation.The results show that the accuracy of this model has been improved after considering nuclear deformation.In addition,we extend this model to predict theαdecay half-lives of Z=118 and 120 isotopes by inputting theαdecay energies extracted from the Weizsacker–Skyrme-type(WS-type)mass model,a simple nuclear mass formula,relativistic continuum Hartree–Bogoliubov theory and Duflo-Zuker-19(DZ19)mass model.It is useful for identifying the new superheavy elements or isotopes for future experiments.Finally,the predictedαdecay energies and half-lives of Z=118 and 120isotopes are analyzed,and the shell structure of superheavy nuclei is discussed.It shows that the shell effect is obvious at N=184,while the shell effect at N=178 depends on the nuclear mass model.展开更多
In the present work,we systematically study the α-decay half-lives of uranium(Z=92) isotopes based on the Gamow model with a screened electrostatic barrier.There are only two adjustable parameters in our model i.e.th...In the present work,we systematically study the α-decay half-lives of uranium(Z=92) isotopes based on the Gamow model with a screened electrostatic barrier.There are only two adjustable parameters in our model i.e.the parameter g and the screening parameter t in the Hulthen potential for considering the screened electrostatic effect of the Coulomb potential.The calculated results are in good agreement with experimental data,and the corresponding root-mean-square(rms) deviations of uranium isotopes with α transition orbital angular momentum l=0 and l=2 are 0.141 and 0.340,respectively.Moreover,we extend this model to predict α-decay half-lives of uranium isotopes whose a decay is energetically allowed or observed but not yet quantified in NUBASE2020.For comparison,the modified Hatsukawa formula(XLZ),the unified Royer formula(DZR),the universal decay law(UDL) and the Viola-Seaborg-Sobiczewski formula(VSS) are also used.The predictions are basically consistent with each other.Meanwhile,the results also indicate that N=126 shell closure is still robust at Z=92 and the spectroscopic factor S_(α) is almost the same for uranium isotopes with the same l.展开更多
文摘Rock bursts represent a formidable challenge in underground engineering,posing substantial risks to both infrastructure and human safety.These sudden and violent failures of rock masses are characterized by the rapid release of accumulated stress within the rock,leading to severe seismic events and structural damage.Therefore,the development of reliable prediction models for rock bursts is paramount to mitigating these hazards.This study aims to propose a tree-based model—a Light Gradient Boosting Machine(LightGBM)—to predict the intensity of rock bursts in underground engineering.322 actual rock burst cases are collected to constitute an exhaustive rock burst dataset,which serves to train the LightGBMmodel.Two population-basedmetaheuristic algorithms are used to optimize the hyperparameters of the LightGBM model.Finally,the sensitivity analysis is used to identify the predominant factors that may incur the occurrence of rock bursts.The results show that the population-based metaheuristic algorithms have a good ability to search out the optimal hyperparameters of the LightGBM model.The developed LightGBM model yields promising performance in predicting the intensity of rock bursts,with which accuracy on training and testing sets are 0.972 and 0.944,respectively.The sensitivity analysis discloses that the risk of occurring rock burst is significantly sensitive to three factors:uniaxial compressive strength(σc),stress concentration factor(SCF),and elastic strain energy index(Wet).Moreover,this study clarifies the particular impact of these three factors on the intensity of rock bursts through the partial dependence plot.
文摘When building geotechnical constructions like retaining walls and dams is of interest,one of the most important factors to consider is the soil’s shear strength parameters.This study makes an effort to propose a novel predictive model of shear strength.The study implements an extreme gradient boosting(XGBoost)technique coupled with a powerful optimization algorithm,the salp swarm algorithm(SSA),to predict the shear strength of various soils.To do this,a database consisting of 152 sets of data is prepared where the shear strength(τ)of the soil is considered as the model output and some soil index tests(e.g.,dry unit weight,water content,and plasticity index)are set as model inputs.Themodel is designed and tuned using both effective parameters of XGBoost and SSA,and themost accuratemodel is introduced in this study.Thepredictionperformanceof theSSA-XGBoostmodel is assessedbased on the coefficient of determination(R2)and variance account for(VAF).Overall,the obtained values of R^(2) and VAF(0.977 and 0.849)and(97.714%and 84.936%)for training and testing sets,respectively,confirm the workability of the developed model in forecasting the soil shear strength.To investigate the model generalization,the prediction performance of the model is tested for another 30 sets of data(validation data).The validation results(e.g.,R^(2) of 0.805)suggest the workability of the proposed model.Overall,findings suggest that when the shear strength of the soil cannot be determined directly,the proposed hybrid XGBoost-SSA model can be utilized to assess this parameter.
文摘Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide.Recently,advancements in our ability to identify and study stem cell populations in the lung have helped researchers to elucidate the central role that cells with stem cell-like properties may have in lung tumorigenesis.Much of this research has focused on the use of the airway repair model to study response to injury.In this review,we discuss the primary evidence of the role that cancer stem cells play in lung cancer development.The implications of a stem cell origin of lung cancer are reviewed,and the importance of ongoing research to identify novel therapeutic and prognostic targets is reiterated.
文摘Lung cancer is responsible for 29% of cancer deaths in the United States and has very low 5-year survival rates of approximately 11% in men and 15% in women.Although the early diagnosis of lung cancer may increase the survival rate with adequate treatment,advanced lung cancers are often metastasized and receive limited benefit from therapeutic regimens.As conventional treatments for lung cancer reach their limitations,researchers have attempted to discover novel drug therapies aimed at specific targets contributing to the progression of tumorigenesis.Recent advances in systems biology have enabled the molecular biology of lung carcinogenesis to be elucidated.Our understanding of the physiologic processes of tumor development provide a means to design more effective and specific drugs with less toxicity,thereby accelerating the delivery of new drug therapies to the patient's bedside.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.12175100 and 11975132)the Construct Program of the Key Discipline in Hunan Province+3 种基金the Research Foundation of the Education Bureau of Hunan Province,China(No.18A237)the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province,China(No.2018JJ2321)the Innovation Group of Nuclear and Particle Physics in USCthe Opening Project of the Cooperative Innovation Center for Nuclear Fuel Cycle Technology and Equipment,University of South China(No.2019KFZ10)。
文摘In this study,we systematically investigated the two-proton(2p)radioactivity half-lives from the excited state of nuclei near the proton drip line within the Gamowlike model(GLM)and modified Gamow-like model(MGLM).The calculated results were highly consistent with the theoretical values obtained using the unified fission model[Chin.Phys.C 45,124105(2021)],effective liquid drop model,and generalized liquid drop model[Acta Phys.Sin 71,062301(2022)].Furthermore,utilizing the GLM and MGLM,we predicted the 2p radioactivity halflives from the excited state for some nuclei that are not yet available experimentally.Simultaneously,by analyzing the calculated results from these theoretical models,it was found that the half-lives are strongly dependent on Qand l.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.12175100 and 11975132)the Construct Program of the Key Discipline in Hunan Province,the Research Foundation of Education Bureau of Hunan Province,China(No.18A237)+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province,China(No.2018JJ2321)the Innovation Group of Nuclear and Particle Physics in USC,the Opening Project of Cooperative Innovation Center for Nuclear Fuel Cycle Technology and Equipment,University of South China(No.2019KFZ10).
文摘In the present work,we extend the Coulomb and Proximity Potential Model(CPPM)to study two-proton(2p)radioactivity from excited states while the proximity potential is chosen as AW95 proposed by Aage Withner in 1995.Demonstration reveals that the theoretical results acquired by CPPM exhibit a high level of consistency with prior theoretical models such as the unified fission model(UFM),generalized liquid-drop model(GLDM)and effective liquid-drop model(ELDM).Furthermore,within the CPPM,we predicted the half-lives of potential 2p radioactive nuclei for which experimental data are currently unavailable.The predicted results were then assessed,compared with UFM,ELDM and GLDM models,and examined in detail.
文摘Physical layer security is an emerging technique for improving wireless communication security, which is widely regarded as a complement to cryptographic technologies. To design physical layer security techniques for practical scenarios,uncertainty and imperfections in the channel knowledge need to be taken into account. This paper is a survey of recent research on physical layer security that considers imperfect channel state information(CSI) at communication nodes.We first give an overview of the main information-theoretic measures of secrecy performance with imperfect CSI. Then,we describe several signal processing enhancements in secure transmission designs. These enhancements include secure on-off transmission, beamforming with artificial noise, and secure communication assisted by relay nodes or in cognitive radio systems. Recent studies of physical layer security in large-scale decentralized wireless networks are also summarized. Finally, open problems for on-going and future research are discussed.
基金supported by the Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China[grant no 41930104].
文摘Three-dimensional(3D)high-fidelity surface models play an important role in urban scene construction.However,the data quantity of such models is large and places a tremendous burden on rendering.Many applications must balance the visual quality of the models with the rendering efficiency.The study provides a practical texture baking processing pipeline for generating 3D models to reduce the model complexity and preserve the visually pleasing details.Concretely,we apply a mesh simplification to the original model and use texture baking to create three types of baked textures,namely,a diffuse map,normal map and displacement map.The simplified model with the baked textures has a pleasing visualization effect in a rendering engine.Furthermore,we discuss the influence of various factors in the process on the results,as well as the functional principles and characteristics of the baking textures.The proposed approach is very useful for real-time rendering with limited rendering hardware as no additional memory or computing capacity is required for properly preserving the relief details of the model.Each step in the pipeline is described in detail to facilitate the realization.
基金supported and funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.42001180)Shenzhen Science and Technology Program(No.20220809120650001)Guangdong Science and Technology Strategic Inno-vation Fund(the Guangdong Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory Program,No.2020B1212030009).
文摘The underlying complexity of urban space can be manifested by its fractal forms and scaling statistics.This paper examines these characteristics at the intra-urban scale through the lens of clustered street junctions(including road ends)in two Chinese metropolitan areas:Beijing and Shenzhen.We derived the cluster sets with Euclidean distance thresholds starting at 100 meters(m)and ending at 1000 m,and outlined each cluster using a concave-hull method to maintain their original irregular shapes.Within each delimited cluster,we examined four urban attributes:gross domestic product,number of street nodes,polygon area,and population.Our analysis revealed that power law distribution applied to almost every cluster set in terms of the four attributes,but varied from one attribute to another or from city to city,represented primarily byfluctuated power law exponents and ht-index values whose profiles along with the cluster growth can effectively characterize the urban structure.Additionally,we computed the spectrum of intra-urban scaling exponents with cluster size increments,contributing new insights into the allometric relationships between urban configuration and function.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.12175100)the construct program of the key discipline in Hunan province,the Research Foundation of Education Bureau of Hunan Province,China(Grant No.18A237)+1 种基金the Innovation Group of Nuclear and Particle Physics in USC,the Shandong Province Natural Science Foundation,China(Grant No.ZR2022JQ04)the Hunan Provincial Innovation Foundation For Postgraduate(Grant No.CX20210942 and No.CX20220993)
文摘Based on the liquid-drop model and using the first derivative of the normalized Gaussian function to consider the shell correction,a simpleα-decay energy formula is proposed for heavy and superheavy nuclei.The values of corresponding adjustable parameters are obtained by fittingα-decay energies of 209 nuclei ranging from Z=90 to Z=118 with N≥140.The calculated results are in good agreement with the experimental data.The average and standard deviations between the experimental data and theoretical results are 0.141 and 0.190 Me V,respectively.For comparison,the reliable formulae proposed by Dong T K et al(2010,Phys.Rev.C 82,034320),Dong J M et al(2010,Phys.Rev.C 81,064309)and the WS3+nuclear mass model proposed by Wang N et al(2011,Phys.Rev.C 84,051303)are also used.The results indicate that our improved 7-parameter formula is superior to these empirical formulae and is largely consistent with the WS3+nuclear mass model.In addition,we extend this formula to predict theα-decay energies for nuclei with Z=117,118,119 and 120.The predicted results of these formulae are basically consistent.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51975404,52034004 and 52171123)for grant and financial support.
文摘The sulfide stress corrosion(SSC)behaviors of the high strength low alloy steel at the different temperatures were investigated by the microstructural observation and electrochemical noise(EN)analysis.With the corrosion temperature increasing from 20 to 40℃,SSC ruptured time is prolonged.The increase in corrosion temperature results in the decrease of the saturation solubility of H_(2)S in the solution and thus increases pH value of solution.The increase in corrosion temperature decreases the size of the holes and cracks in the corrosion product film on the surface of the sample,which is due to the formation of the dense FeS corrosion product film.The current kurtosis results indicate that the time for the first occurrence of crack initiation is postponed by the increase in the corrosion temperature.The standard deviation of current noise signals,current kurtosis,power spectral density and energy distribution plot results shows a great consistency,which suggests that EN analysis method can reflect SSC behaviors in real time.
基金supported by the NSFC-Xinjiang joint fund (U1503283)
文摘Dear Editor,Parechoviruses(PeVs)are non-enveloped,spherical viruses of genus Parechovirus and family Picomaviridae.Within the capsid is a naked monopartite,linear,singlestranded positive-sense RNA genome of 7.3 kb,comprising a single long open reading frame(ORF)encoding a polyprotein containing regions Pl,P2,and P3.The Pl region encodes three structural proteins(VP0,VP3,and VP1);P2 and P3,non-structural proteins(P2 encoding proteins 2A,2B,and 2C,and P3 encoding proteins 3A,3B,3C,and 3D)(ICTV 2018).
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11205083 and No.11975132)the construct program of the key discipline in Hunan province,the Research Foundation of Education Bureau of Hunan Province,China(Grant No.18A237)+1 种基金the Innovation Group of Nuclear and Particle Physics in USC,the Shandong Province Natural Science Foundation,China(Grant No.ZR2019YQ01)the Hunan Provincial Innovation Foundation For Postgraduate(Grant No.CX20200909)。
文摘In this work,based on the liquid-drop model and considering the shell correction,we propose a simple formula to calculate the released energy of proton radioactivity(Q_(p)).The parameters of this formula are obtained by fitting the experimental data of 29 nuclei with proton radioactivity from ground state.The standard deviation between the theoretical values and experimental ones is only 0.157 Me V.In addition,we extend this formula to calculate 51 proton radioactivity candidates in region 51≤Z≤83 taken from the latest evaluated atomic mass table AME2016 and compared with the Q_(p)calculated by WS4 and HFB-29.The calculated results indicate that the evaluation ability of this formula for Q_(p)is inferior to WS4 while better than HFB-29.
基金Supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11205083, 11505100, 11705055)the Construct Program of the Key Discipline in Hunan Province+5 种基金the Research Foundation of Education Bureau of Hunan Province,China (18A237)the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province,China (2018JJ2321)the Innovation Group of Nuclear and Particle Physics in USCthe Shandong Province Natural Science Foundation,China (ZR2015AQ007)the National Innovation Training Foundation of China (201910555161)the Opening Project of Cooperative Innovation Center for Nuclear Fuel Cycle Technology and Equipment,University of South China (2019KFZ10)
文摘In this work,we systematically study the two-proton(2_(p))radioactivity half-lives using the two-potential approach,and the nuclear potential is obtained using the Skyrme-Hartree-Fock approach and the Skyrme effective interaction of SLy8.For true 2_(p) radioactivity(Q2_(p)>0 and Q_(p)<0,where Q_(p) and Q2_(p) are the released energies of the one-proton and two-proton radioactivity,respectively),the standard deviation between the experimental half-lives and our theoretical calculations is 0.701.In addition,we extend this model to predict the half-lives of 15 possible 2_(p) radioactivity candidates with Q2_(p)>0 obtained from the evaluated atomic mass table AME2016.The calcu-lated results indicate a clear linear relationship between the logarithmic 2_(p) radioactivity half-lives(logio10T_(1/2))and coulomb parameters[(Z_(d)^(0.8)+l^(0.25))Q_(2_(p))^(-1/2)]considering the effect of orbital angular momentum proposed by Liu et al.[Chin.Phys.C 45,024108(2021)].For comparison,the generalized liquid drop model(GLDM),effective liquid drop model(ELDM),and Gamow-like model are also used.Our predicted results are consistent with those obtained using other relevant models.
基金Supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(12175100,11975132)the construct program of the key discipline in hunan province+4 种基金the Research Foundation of Education Bureau of Hunan Province,China(18A237)the Shandong Province Natural Science Foundation,China(ZR2022JQ04)the Opening Project of Cooperative Innovation Center for Nuclear Fuel Cycle Technology and Equipment,University of South China(2019KFZ10)the Innovation Group of Nuclear and Particle Physics in USCHunan Provincial Innovation Foundation for Postgraduate(CX20210942)。
文摘In this study,derived from Balasubramaniam’s formula[Phys.Rev.C 70,017301(2004)]and further considering the effect of the parent nucleus mass,blocking effect,and effect of reduced mass on cluster radioactivity half-lives,we propose a new Geiger-Nuttall law that is model-independent to systematically evaluate the halflives of this process for 16 even-even nuclei and 10 odd-A nuclei.For comparison,a single universal curve for cluster radioactivity andαdecay proposed by Poenaru[Phys.Rev.C 83,014601(2011)],a scaling law proposed by Horoi[J.Phys.G:Nucl.Part.Phys.30,945(2004)],an extension of the Viola-Seaborg formula fromαdecay to cluster radioactivity proposed by Ren et al.[Phys.Rev.C 70,034304(2004)],a new semi-empirical formula for exotic cluster decay proposed by Balasubramaniam et al.[Phys.Rev.C 70,017301(2004)],and a unified formula for the half-lives ofαdecay and cluster radioactivity proposed by Ni et al.[Phys.Rev.C 78,044310(2008)]are also used.The calculated results of our new Geiger-Nuttall law are in good agreement with the experimental half-lives,with the least rms being 0.606,and are better than the compared values.Moreover,we extend this formula to predict the cluster radioactivity half-lives of 51 nuclei whose decay energies are energetically allowed or observed but not yet quantified in NUBASE2020.
基金supported by the Science and Technology Basic Work Program from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2013FY113600)NSFC-Yunnan Province Joint Fund(U1036601)Military Medical Health(13CXZ024)
文摘Bats have been implicated as important reservoir hosts of alpha- and betacoronaviruses. In this study, diverse coronaviruses(CoVs) were detected in 50 of 951(positive rate 5.3%) intestinal specimens of eight bat species collected in four provinces and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China by pan-coronavirus RT-PCR screening. Based on 400-nt RNA-dependent RNA polymerase(Rd RP) sequence analysis, eight belonged to genus Alphacoronavirus and 42 to Betacoronavirus.Among the 50 positive specimens, thirteen gave rise to CoV full-length Rd RP gene amplification for further sequence comparison, of which three divergent sequences(two from a unreported province) were subjected to full genome sequencing. Two complete genomes of betacoronaviruses(JTMC15 and JPDB144) and one nearly-complete genome of alphacoronavirus(JTAC2) were sequenced and their genomic organization predicted. The present study has identified additional numbers of genetically diverse bat-borne coronaviruses with a wide distribution in China. Two new species of bat CoV, identified through sequence comparison and phylogenetic analysis, are proposed.
基金supported by General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31572529)the National Key Basic Research and Development Program of China (2016YFC1200100)the Youth Innovation Fund of the Academy of Military Medical Science (2015CXJJ28)
文摘Dear Editor,Noroviruses(No Vs)are second only to the rotaviruses as etiologic agents of acute fulminant gastroenteritis in infants and young children worldwide,with an estimated 200,000deaths per year in children younger than 5 years of age in developing countries(Patel et al.2008).No Vs are classified within the genus Norovirus of the family Caliciviridae with Norwalk virus as its prototype member(ICTV 2017).The virions are small(38–40 nm in diameter)nonenveloped,with an icosahedral capsidanda linear,positive-
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grants No.12175100 and No.11975132)the Construct Program of the Key Discipline in Hunan Province+4 种基金the Research Foundation of Education Bureau of Hunan Province,China(Grant No.18A237)the Innovation Group of Nuclear and Particle Physics in USCthe Shandong Province Natural Science Foundation,China(Grant No.ZR2019YQ01)Hunan Provincial Innovation Foundation For Postgraduate(Grant No.CX20210942 and No.CX20200909)the Opening Project of Cooperative Innovation Center for Nuclear Fuel Cycle Technology and Equipment,University of South China(Grant No.2019KFZ10)。
文摘In this work,we systematically study theαdecay half-lives of 196 even–even nuclei using a two-potential approach improved by considering nuclear deformation.The results show that the accuracy of this model has been improved after considering nuclear deformation.In addition,we extend this model to predict theαdecay half-lives of Z=118 and 120 isotopes by inputting theαdecay energies extracted from the Weizsacker–Skyrme-type(WS-type)mass model,a simple nuclear mass formula,relativistic continuum Hartree–Bogoliubov theory and Duflo-Zuker-19(DZ19)mass model.It is useful for identifying the new superheavy elements or isotopes for future experiments.Finally,the predictedαdecay energies and half-lives of Z=118 and 120isotopes are analyzed,and the shell structure of superheavy nuclei is discussed.It shows that the shell effect is obvious at N=184,while the shell effect at N=178 depends on the nuclear mass model.
基金Supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(12175100,11975132)the Construct Program of the Key Discipline in Hunan Province+5 种基金the Research Foundation of Education Bureau of Hunan Province,China(21B0402,18A237)the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province,China(2018JJ2321)the Innovation Group of Nuclear and Particle Physics in USCthe Shandong Province Natural Science Foundation,China(ZR2019YQ01)the Hunan Provincial Innovation Foundation For Postgraduate(CX20210942)the Opening Project of Cooperative Innovation Center for Nuclear Fuel Cycle Technology and Equipment,University of South China(2019KFZ10)。
文摘In the present work,we systematically study the α-decay half-lives of uranium(Z=92) isotopes based on the Gamow model with a screened electrostatic barrier.There are only two adjustable parameters in our model i.e.the parameter g and the screening parameter t in the Hulthen potential for considering the screened electrostatic effect of the Coulomb potential.The calculated results are in good agreement with experimental data,and the corresponding root-mean-square(rms) deviations of uranium isotopes with α transition orbital angular momentum l=0 and l=2 are 0.141 and 0.340,respectively.Moreover,we extend this model to predict α-decay half-lives of uranium isotopes whose a decay is energetically allowed or observed but not yet quantified in NUBASE2020.For comparison,the modified Hatsukawa formula(XLZ),the unified Royer formula(DZR),the universal decay law(UDL) and the Viola-Seaborg-Sobiczewski formula(VSS) are also used.The predictions are basically consistent with each other.Meanwhile,the results also indicate that N=126 shell closure is still robust at Z=92 and the spectroscopic factor S_(α) is almost the same for uranium isotopes with the same l.
