In order to improve the registration accuracy of brain magnetic resonance images(MRI),some deep learning registration methods use segmentation images for training model.How-ever,the segmentation values are constant fo...In order to improve the registration accuracy of brain magnetic resonance images(MRI),some deep learning registration methods use segmentation images for training model.How-ever,the segmentation values are constant for each label,which leads to the gradient variation con-centrating on the boundary.Thus,the dense deformation field(DDF)is gathered on the boundary and there even appears folding phenomenon.In order to fully leverage the label information,the morphological opening and closing information maps are introduced to enlarge the non-zero gradi-ent regions and improve the accuracy of DDF estimation.The opening information maps supervise the registration model to focus on smaller,narrow brain regions.The closing information maps supervise the registration model to pay more attention to the complex boundary region.Then,opening and closing morphology networks(OC_Net)are designed to automatically generate open-ing and closing information maps to realize the end-to-end training process.Finally,a new registra-tion architecture,VM_(seg+oc),is proposed by combining OC_Net and VoxelMorph.Experimental results show that the registration accuracy of VM_(seg+oc) is significantly improved on LPBA40 and OASIS1 datasets.Especially,VM_(seg+oc) can well improve registration accuracy in smaller brain regions and narrow regions.展开更多
Lane change prediction is critical for crash avoidance but challenging as it requires the understanding of the instantaneous driving environment.With cutting-edge artificial intelligence and sensing technologies,auton...Lane change prediction is critical for crash avoidance but challenging as it requires the understanding of the instantaneous driving environment.With cutting-edge artificial intelligence and sensing technologies,autonomous vehicles(AVs)are expected to have exceptional perception systems to capture instantaneously their driving environments for predicting lane changes.By exploring the Waymo open motion dataset,this study proposes a framework to explore autonomous driving data and investigate lane change behaviors.In the framework,this study develops a Long Short-Term Memory(LSTM)model to predict lane changing behaviors.The concept of Vehicle Operating Space(VOS)is introduced to quantify a vehicle's instantaneous driving environment as an important indicator used to predict vehicle lane changes.To examine the robustness of the model,a series of sensitivity analysis are conducted by varying the feature selection,prediction horizon,and training data balancing ratios.The test results show that including VOS into modeling can speed up the loss decay in the training process and lead to higher accuracy and recall for predicting lane-change behaviors.This study offers an example along with a methodological framework for transportation researchers to use emerging autonomous driving data to investigate driving behaviors and traffic environments.展开更多
This paper introduces the architecture and components of LXI instrument development platform based on an open embedded operating system,which is a modular and configurable platform.The platform is a total solution to ...This paper introduces the architecture and components of LXI instrument development platform based on an open embedded operating system,which is a modular and configurable platform.The platform is a total solution to develop LXI instrument modules and systems.On the other hand,it also supports other types of instrument development.This is a generic and efficient platform.At the end,this paper addresses the technical tends, challenges,and recormnends solutions.展开更多
With the emergence of digital transformation success stories,more and more enterprises are launching digital solutions to improve business efficiency or achieve optimal revenue growth.The traditional communication mar...With the emergence of digital transformation success stories,more and more enterprises are launching digital solutions to improve business efficiency or achieve optimal revenue growth.The traditional communication market tends to be saturated,and the digital transformation of telecom operators is imminent.This article combining the development trend of telecom operators’product business and the application situation of the pilot summarizes the innovative application categories that telecom operators continue to launch based on their own advantages and in response to the needs of the industry.This article focuses on the transformation of security capabilities in communication services,big data,Internet of Things,artificial intelligence,unified authentication and network information security,and deeply analyzes the business characteristics and application modes from the aspects of resource integration,open platform construction,new connection construction,and innovative business development.This article puts forward suggestions for the security development of telecom operators,and provides basic research content for the subsequent research on the innovative application of telecom operators’capability openness.展开更多
AIM To compare outcomes after open simple prostatectomy without bladder irrigation, in subjects drained by combined 2-way urethral catheter and suprapubic catheter(SPC) vs those drained by 2-way urethral catheter only...AIM To compare outcomes after open simple prostatectomy without bladder irrigation, in subjects drained by combined 2-way urethral catheter and suprapubic catheter(SPC) vs those drained by 2-way urethral catheter only.METHODS A total of 84 participants undergoing Freyer's simple prostatectomy over an 18-mo period were randomized into 2 groups(n=42). Subjects in group 1 were managed with 2-way urethral catheter and in situ 2-way SPC while subjects in group 2 had a 2-way urethral catheter drainage only. In group 1 subjects, the SPC was spigotted and only used for drainage if there was clot retention. The primary outcomes were number of clot retention episodes, and number of clot retention episodes requiring bladder syringe evacuation. Other secondary outcomes evaluated were blood loss, requirement of extra analgesics, duration of surgery, hospital stay and presence or absence of post-op complications. RESULTS The mean age in the groups was 65.7(± 7.6) in group 1 vs 64.8(±6.8) in group 2.The groups were similar with respect to age, prostate specific antigen, prostate volume, blood loss, duration of surgery, blood transfusion and overall complication rate. However statistically significant differences were observed in clot retention episodes between group 1 and 2:0.8(±1.5)vs3.5(±4.4), P<0.000, clot retention episodes requiring evacuation with bladder syringe 0.4(± 0.9) vs 2.6(± 3.8), P = 0.001, requirement of extra analgesics 0.4(±0.5)vs4.0(±1.5), P<0.000 and duration of admission 8.6d(± 1.2) vs 7.3 CONCLUSION Subjects drained with a combination of urethral and SPCs have fewer clot retention episodes and reduced requirement of extra analgesics but slightly longer hospital stay.展开更多
Window opening operations are considered as one of the significant way of regulating indoor climate and maintaining thermal comfort in buildings,even when alternative active devices such as fans and air conditioners a...Window opening operations are considered as one of the significant way of regulating indoor climate and maintaining thermal comfort in buildings,even when alternative active devices such as fans and air conditioners are available.This study investigates responses of occupants of the traditional core areas of Ibadan and Ogbomoso to thermal comfort conditions(thermal stress)through window opening behaviours.Climatic data of the two cities were subjected to Evans scale to predict their day and night thermal stress and questionnaires were administered to know how occupants respond to changing thermal conditions through window opening behaviours.Descriptive and inferential statistics were used in analysing the data.The study found the morning periods to be the most comfortable,the afternoon periods offer the most hot discomfort condition and cold discomfort is mostly experienced in the evening periods in both cities.Findings revealed that majority of occupants in both cities prefer to keep their windows opened in the morning and afternoon periods and an increase was observed in the numbers of occupants who prefer to keep their windows closed in the evening periods.This is an indication that building occupants in both cities actively respond to thermal stress using window opening operations.Results obtained from chi square analysis concluded that there is a significant relationship between occupants’window opening behaviour and thermal conditions at different periods of the day in both cities.Recommendations were given on how to improve on window opening systems in the future.展开更多
At the launch of the operational phase of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement in the Niger capital Niamey early this July, the chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commissi on Mousa Faki Mahama...At the launch of the operational phase of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement in the Niger capital Niamey early this July, the chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commissi on Mousa Faki Mahamat described it as a "historic moment," adding that "the speedy entry into force of the AfCFTA has been a major pride to all of us."展开更多
The reliability of electric supply to consumers is one of the most important factors that determine the requirements imposed on modem utility companies. This paper presents the results of investigation by computer sof...The reliability of electric supply to consumers is one of the most important factors that determine the requirements imposed on modem utility companies. This paper presents the results of investigation by computer software of the overvoltages resulting from a ferroresonance conditions in MV networks at open phase operating condition with and without connection to earth on source and load sides of distribution transformer. This overvoltage may reach 4.2 pu on one of the HV side of transformer unswitched phases. The results of the study show that ferroresonance overvoltage may be controlled by replacing fuses with circuit breakers on HV side to ensure switching-off all phases. Insertion of resistor or reactor in the neutral of source and loadsides of the transformer with 5% active load will help in suppressing overvoltages.展开更多
为研究兆瓦级高效紧凑型核动力系统的运行特性,使用自主开发的热管堆瞬态分析程序TAPIRS(Transient Analysis code for heat Pipe and AMTEC power conversion space Reactor power System)和超临界二氧化碳布雷顿循环的瞬态分析程序SCT...为研究兆瓦级高效紧凑型核动力系统的运行特性,使用自主开发的热管堆瞬态分析程序TAPIRS(Transient Analysis code for heat Pipe and AMTEC power conversion space Reactor power System)和超临界二氧化碳布雷顿循环的瞬态分析程序SCTRAN/CO_(2)(Super Critical reactors Transient Analysis code/Carbon Dioxide)的耦合程序对其反应性、负荷、冷却水温度和流量等扰动进行了开环动态响应分析,并据此进行了控制系统设计。在此基础上,对线性变负荷、阶梯式变负荷以及甩负荷这三种变负荷运行工况进行了计算分析。结果表明:该核动力系统的转速对扰动的变化较为敏感,需要加以控制;低负荷下旁通会使压缩机流量上升,需对压缩机流量加以控制;系统在控制方案下能以6%FP(Full Power)·min^(−1)的速度实现0%~100%的负荷变动,且可以在任意负荷水平下运行;甩负荷下系统的波动时间变长,但是仍可达到新的稳态进行工作,且各参数处于安全范围内。本研究可为新型核动力系统的概念设计提供参考。展开更多
基金supported by Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation(No.ZR2023MF062)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61771230).
文摘In order to improve the registration accuracy of brain magnetic resonance images(MRI),some deep learning registration methods use segmentation images for training model.How-ever,the segmentation values are constant for each label,which leads to the gradient variation con-centrating on the boundary.Thus,the dense deformation field(DDF)is gathered on the boundary and there even appears folding phenomenon.In order to fully leverage the label information,the morphological opening and closing information maps are introduced to enlarge the non-zero gradi-ent regions and improve the accuracy of DDF estimation.The opening information maps supervise the registration model to focus on smaller,narrow brain regions.The closing information maps supervise the registration model to pay more attention to the complex boundary region.Then,opening and closing morphology networks(OC_Net)are designed to automatically generate open-ing and closing information maps to realize the end-to-end training process.Finally,a new registra-tion architecture,VM_(seg+oc),is proposed by combining OC_Net and VoxelMorph.Experimental results show that the registration accuracy of VM_(seg+oc) is significantly improved on LPBA40 and OASIS1 datasets.Especially,VM_(seg+oc) can well improve registration accuracy in smaller brain regions and narrow regions.
文摘Lane change prediction is critical for crash avoidance but challenging as it requires the understanding of the instantaneous driving environment.With cutting-edge artificial intelligence and sensing technologies,autonomous vehicles(AVs)are expected to have exceptional perception systems to capture instantaneously their driving environments for predicting lane changes.By exploring the Waymo open motion dataset,this study proposes a framework to explore autonomous driving data and investigate lane change behaviors.In the framework,this study develops a Long Short-Term Memory(LSTM)model to predict lane changing behaviors.The concept of Vehicle Operating Space(VOS)is introduced to quantify a vehicle's instantaneous driving environment as an important indicator used to predict vehicle lane changes.To examine the robustness of the model,a series of sensitivity analysis are conducted by varying the feature selection,prediction horizon,and training data balancing ratios.The test results show that including VOS into modeling can speed up the loss decay in the training process and lead to higher accuracy and recall for predicting lane-change behaviors.This study offers an example along with a methodological framework for transportation researchers to use emerging autonomous driving data to investigate driving behaviors and traffic environments.
文摘This paper introduces the architecture and components of LXI instrument development platform based on an open embedded operating system,which is a modular and configurable platform.The platform is a total solution to develop LXI instrument modules and systems.On the other hand,it also supports other types of instrument development.This is a generic and efficient platform.At the end,this paper addresses the technical tends, challenges,and recormnends solutions.
文摘With the emergence of digital transformation success stories,more and more enterprises are launching digital solutions to improve business efficiency or achieve optimal revenue growth.The traditional communication market tends to be saturated,and the digital transformation of telecom operators is imminent.This article combining the development trend of telecom operators’product business and the application situation of the pilot summarizes the innovative application categories that telecom operators continue to launch based on their own advantages and in response to the needs of the industry.This article focuses on the transformation of security capabilities in communication services,big data,Internet of Things,artificial intelligence,unified authentication and network information security,and deeply analyzes the business characteristics and application modes from the aspects of resource integration,open platform construction,new connection construction,and innovative business development.This article puts forward suggestions for the security development of telecom operators,and provides basic research content for the subsequent research on the innovative application of telecom operators’capability openness.
文摘AIM To compare outcomes after open simple prostatectomy without bladder irrigation, in subjects drained by combined 2-way urethral catheter and suprapubic catheter(SPC) vs those drained by 2-way urethral catheter only.METHODS A total of 84 participants undergoing Freyer's simple prostatectomy over an 18-mo period were randomized into 2 groups(n=42). Subjects in group 1 were managed with 2-way urethral catheter and in situ 2-way SPC while subjects in group 2 had a 2-way urethral catheter drainage only. In group 1 subjects, the SPC was spigotted and only used for drainage if there was clot retention. The primary outcomes were number of clot retention episodes, and number of clot retention episodes requiring bladder syringe evacuation. Other secondary outcomes evaluated were blood loss, requirement of extra analgesics, duration of surgery, hospital stay and presence or absence of post-op complications. RESULTS The mean age in the groups was 65.7(± 7.6) in group 1 vs 64.8(±6.8) in group 2.The groups were similar with respect to age, prostate specific antigen, prostate volume, blood loss, duration of surgery, blood transfusion and overall complication rate. However statistically significant differences were observed in clot retention episodes between group 1 and 2:0.8(±1.5)vs3.5(±4.4), P<0.000, clot retention episodes requiring evacuation with bladder syringe 0.4(± 0.9) vs 2.6(± 3.8), P = 0.001, requirement of extra analgesics 0.4(±0.5)vs4.0(±1.5), P<0.000 and duration of admission 8.6d(± 1.2) vs 7.3 CONCLUSION Subjects drained with a combination of urethral and SPCs have fewer clot retention episodes and reduced requirement of extra analgesics but slightly longer hospital stay.
文摘Window opening operations are considered as one of the significant way of regulating indoor climate and maintaining thermal comfort in buildings,even when alternative active devices such as fans and air conditioners are available.This study investigates responses of occupants of the traditional core areas of Ibadan and Ogbomoso to thermal comfort conditions(thermal stress)through window opening behaviours.Climatic data of the two cities were subjected to Evans scale to predict their day and night thermal stress and questionnaires were administered to know how occupants respond to changing thermal conditions through window opening behaviours.Descriptive and inferential statistics were used in analysing the data.The study found the morning periods to be the most comfortable,the afternoon periods offer the most hot discomfort condition and cold discomfort is mostly experienced in the evening periods in both cities.Findings revealed that majority of occupants in both cities prefer to keep their windows opened in the morning and afternoon periods and an increase was observed in the numbers of occupants who prefer to keep their windows closed in the evening periods.This is an indication that building occupants in both cities actively respond to thermal stress using window opening operations.Results obtained from chi square analysis concluded that there is a significant relationship between occupants’window opening behaviour and thermal conditions at different periods of the day in both cities.Recommendations were given on how to improve on window opening systems in the future.
文摘At the launch of the operational phase of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement in the Niger capital Niamey early this July, the chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commissi on Mousa Faki Mahamat described it as a "historic moment," adding that "the speedy entry into force of the AfCFTA has been a major pride to all of us."
文摘The reliability of electric supply to consumers is one of the most important factors that determine the requirements imposed on modem utility companies. This paper presents the results of investigation by computer software of the overvoltages resulting from a ferroresonance conditions in MV networks at open phase operating condition with and without connection to earth on source and load sides of distribution transformer. This overvoltage may reach 4.2 pu on one of the HV side of transformer unswitched phases. The results of the study show that ferroresonance overvoltage may be controlled by replacing fuses with circuit breakers on HV side to ensure switching-off all phases. Insertion of resistor or reactor in the neutral of source and loadsides of the transformer with 5% active load will help in suppressing overvoltages.
文摘为研究兆瓦级高效紧凑型核动力系统的运行特性,使用自主开发的热管堆瞬态分析程序TAPIRS(Transient Analysis code for heat Pipe and AMTEC power conversion space Reactor power System)和超临界二氧化碳布雷顿循环的瞬态分析程序SCTRAN/CO_(2)(Super Critical reactors Transient Analysis code/Carbon Dioxide)的耦合程序对其反应性、负荷、冷却水温度和流量等扰动进行了开环动态响应分析,并据此进行了控制系统设计。在此基础上,对线性变负荷、阶梯式变负荷以及甩负荷这三种变负荷运行工况进行了计算分析。结果表明:该核动力系统的转速对扰动的变化较为敏感,需要加以控制;低负荷下旁通会使压缩机流量上升,需对压缩机流量加以控制;系统在控制方案下能以6%FP(Full Power)·min^(−1)的速度实现0%~100%的负荷变动,且可以在任意负荷水平下运行;甩负荷下系统的波动时间变长,但是仍可达到新的稳态进行工作,且各参数处于安全范围内。本研究可为新型核动力系统的概念设计提供参考。
