Passivation of porous silicon sensors is a critical issue for achieving high sensitivity and selectivity toward biomolecule targets that may be detected in complex physiologic solution. Without appropriate passivation...
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Background: Negated biomedical events are often ignored by text-mining applications;however, such events carry scientific significance. We report on the development of BioN∅T, a database of negated sentences that can ...
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Variable speed wind turbine with full scale converter or so-called type-D wind turbine generator worldwide installation has been significantly increased in the last few years. Voltage Swell in the grid side may cause ...
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Variable speed wind turbine with full scale converter or so-called type-D wind turbine generator worldwide installation has been significantly increased in the last few years. Voltage Swell in the grid side may cause the wind turbine to be disconnected from the grid. In this paper, STATCOM is applied to improve the high voltage ride through capability of type-D wind turbine during voltage swell in the grid side. Simulation is carried out using MATLAB/Simulink software. Results show that STATCOM can significantly improve the high voltage ride through (HVRT) capability of type-D wind turbine and prevents it from being disconnected from the grid during certain level of voltage swell in the grid side.
Information encoded in neuron ensembles has previously been hypothesized to be highly redundant, despite the apparent inefficiency of a redundant encoding system. The recent availability of intracortical, multi-electr...
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Information encoded in neuron ensembles has previously been hypothesized to be highly redundant, despite the apparent inefficiency of a redundant encoding system. The recent availability of intracortical, multi-electrode recordings has enabled the possibility of exploring how neuronal ensembles encode information as a whole. Applying concepts from information theory, we examined the redundancy of the target information encoded in both contralateral and ipsilateral hemispheres of the primary motor cortex (M1) in macaque monkeys performing a center-out reaching task. During movement, we reliably found neurons in contralateral M1 to contain higher target information and to be more redundant than ipsilateral M1 neurons, which is consistent with the conventional understanding that motor control is mainly governed by contralateral M1. Secondly, neuron ensembles in both hemispheres showed largely redundant information encoding. These results suggest that redundancy in information encoding is highly prevalent in the motor cortex and may contribute to proficient motor control.
We report a microfluidic 'megapixel' digital polymerase chain reaction (PCR) device that uses a surface tension-based sample partitioning approach along with integrated dehydration control to enable high-fidel...
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We have developed novel opto-thermo-mechanical actuators by effectively distributing a significant amount of single-wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT, up to 0.7%w/w) into liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) matrices. These SWCNT...
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We have developed novel opto-thermo-mechanical actuators by effectively distributing a significant amount of single-wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT, up to 0.7%w/w) into liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) matrices. These SWCNT/LCE actuators exhibit a great potential to be utilized in MEMS applications, as they respond to a wide spectrum of visible/near-infrared light, and possess a large reversible compressive strain (up to 35%) when stimulated. Autonomous and passive light tracking is demonstrated here as one of the applications. With a simple design, the actuators are able to adaptively tilt a solar cell towards the light source by a degree of ~15° (with an incident light intensity of 1.6 kW/m 2 ). As a result, the photocurrent output of the solar cell is significantly enhanced (up to 247.10%) without any other control system or external energy source.
Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a non-invasive neuroimaging technique that recently has been used to measure changes in cerebral blood oxygenation associated with brain activity. Numbers of research groups have a...
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(纸本)9781424441273
Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a non-invasive neuroimaging technique that recently has been used to measure changes in cerebral blood oxygenation associated with brain activity. Numbers of research groups have applied general linear model (GLM) based method to analyze the NIRS data. However, classical GLM based method cannot provide on-line analysis. Therefore, its usage is constrained in processing NIRS data where real-time feedback is required. In the present paper, we are proposing a framework for NIRS based on-line brain activation mapping. The framework employs an extended GLM with coefficients updated by an extended Kalman particle filter for on-line brain activation mapping. A set of data recorded in a finger tapping experiment was studied using the proposed framework. The results so obtained, suggested that the method can effectively locate brain activation areas on-line with the noisy NIRS signal, thereby demonstrating its potential for real-time NIRS-based brain imaging applications.
Topological insulators is a newly discovered class of materials with the Dirac cone type dispersion at the surface and conventional band in the volume of the material. We present results of the study of the low-freque...
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(纸本)9781457701894
Topological insulators is a newly discovered class of materials with the Dirac cone type dispersion at the surface and conventional band in the volume of the material. We present results of the study of the low-frequency excess noise in thin films made of Bi 2 Se 3 topological insulator material. The films were prepared through mechanically cleavage from the bulk crystal via the “graphene-like” exfoliation procedure. We verified the quality and crystallinity of Bi 2 Se 3 samples with the micro-Raman spectroscopy. Our fabricated devices have linear current voltage characteristics in the low bias region with the current fluctuation noise spectral density SI proportional to 1/f for frequency f less than 10 kHz. The noise spectral density SI showed the square law dependence on the source-drain current and changed from about ~10 -22 to 10 -18 A 2 /Hz as current changes form ~10 -7 to 10 -5 A. Our results can be used for understanding electron transport and trap dynamics, and for reducing low-frequency noise in topological insulator devices.
Soft and high magnetic moment Co37Fe63 films were electro-deposited with variable additives on Cu/Ti/Si substrates. The correlation between structure and magnetic properties has been investigated. TEM showed the cryst...
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(纸本)9781118029473
Soft and high magnetic moment Co37Fe63 films were electro-deposited with variable additives on Cu/Ti/Si substrates. The correlation between structure and magnetic properties has been investigated. TEM showed the crystal structure of the films to be BCC with a 〈111〉 texture, and a grain size in the range of 10-20 nm. Oxygen in the deposited films has been identified by EDS and EELS using HAADF STEM. SIMS analysis revealed the presence of hydrogen and oxygen in the deposited CoFe films. Electron microscopy results showed that the oxygen was mainly distributed along the grain boundaries in the CoFe film. In regions where oxygen was present in the films, the Fe content was enhanced relative to Co. The magnetic properties of the deposits have been measured by Vibrating Sample Magnetometer (VSM), quantifying the impact of incorporated oxygen in the film on the saturation magnetization and the coercivity.
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