Single-phase Ba(Cd1/3Ta2/3)O3 ceramics have been produced using conventional powder processing methods. In our initial investigations, 2wt% ZnO powder was added to act as a sintering aid since a high-density ceramic w...
Single-phase Ba(Cd1/3Ta2/3)O3 ceramics have been produced using conventional powder processing methods. In our initial investigations, 2wt% ZnO powder was added to act as a sintering aid since a high-density ceramic was not formed from solid-state diffusion alone. The resulting Ba(Cd0.327Zn0.006Ta2/3)O3 material sintered at 1550° C exhibits a dielectric constant of ∼33 and loss tangent of <5×10−5 at 2 GHz. In our more recent work, we have used boron as a sintering aid to facilitate sintering at temperatures as low as 1300° C, enhance the structural quality and improve the microwave properties of Ba(Cd1/3Ta2/3)O3 dielectrics. TEM results indicate that the liquid sintering mechanism is an important factor for boron concentrations exceeding 0.5wt%, while a point defect mechanism plays the dominant role at lower boron concentrations. The presence of superstructure peaks and splitting of the (220) and (214) peaks in X-ray diffraction spectra are direct evidence for the distortion from cubic symmetry as a result of Cd and Ta ordering on the ***-initio electronic structure calculations within the local density functional approximation have been used to give insight into the unusual properties of this class of materials. In both Ba(Zn1/3Ta2/3)O3 and Ba(Cd/3Ta2/3)O3, the conduction band maximum and valence band minimum are composed of mostly weakly itinerant Ta 5d-and Zn-3d/Cd-4d levels, respectively. The covalent nature of the directional d-electron bonding in these high-Z oxides plays an important role in producing a more rigid lattice with higher melting points and enhanced phonon energies, and possibly inherently lower intrinsic microwave loss than comparable ionic materials.
The morphology of nanocrystalline (nc)-Si/amorphous (a)-SiO2 superlattices (SLs) is studied using Raman spectroscopy in the acoustic and optical phonon ranges, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and atomic force ...
The morphology of nanocrystalline (nc)-Si/amorphous (a)-SiO2 superlattices (SLs) is studied using Raman spectroscopy in the acoustic and optical phonon ranges, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and atomic force microscopy (AFM). It is demonstrated that high temperature annealing (up to 1100°C) and oxidation in O2/H2O ambient do not destroy the SL structure, which retains its original periodicity and nc-Si/a-SiO2 interface abruptness. It is found that oxidation at high temperatures reduces the defect density in nc-Si/a-SiO2 SLs and induces the lateral coalescence of Si nanocrystals (NCs). The size, shape, packing density, and crystallographic orientation of the Si nanocrystals are studied as a function of the oxidation time.
Achieving high performance optimization algorithms for embedded applications can be very challenging, particularly when several requirements such as high accuracy computations, short elapsed time, area cost, low power...
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This paper presents a novel interval type-2 fuzzy logic control architecture for flocking system when the system has noisy sensor measurements. The traditional type-1 fuzzy logic controller (FLC) using precise type-1 ...
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This paper presents a novel interval type-2 fuzzy logic control architecture for flocking system when the system has noisy sensor measurements. The traditional type-1 fuzzy logic controller (FLC) using precise type-1 fuzzy sets cannot fully model and handle the uncertainties of sensor data. However, type-2 FLC using type-2 fuzzy sets with a footprint of uncertainty (FOU) produces better performances under noisy environments. In this paper, therefore, we present a reactive control architecture for flocking algorithm that is based on interval type 2 FLC to implement the flocking behaviors consisting separation, obstacle avoidance, and velocity matching behaviors. The type-2 based control system could cope with the uncertainties of noisy sensor measurements and resulted in good performances that outperformed the type-1 FLC.
Neurons in the brain form complicated networks through synaptic connections. Traditionally, functional connectivity between neurons has been analyzed using simple metrics such as correlation, which do not provide dire...
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Neurons in the brain form complicated networks through synaptic connections. Traditionally, functional connectivity between neurons has been analyzed using simple metrics such as correlation, which do not provide direction of influence. Recently, an information theoretic measure known as directed information has been proposed as a way to capture directionality in the relationship, thereby moving towards a model of effective connectivity. This measure is grounded upon the concept of Granger causality and can be estimated by modeling neural spike trains as point process generalized linear models. However, the added benefit of using directed information to infer connectivity over conventional methods such as correlation is still unclear. Here, we propose a novel estimation procedure for the directed information. Using physiologically realistic simulations, we demonstrate that directed information can outperform correlation in determining connections between neural spike trains while also providing directionality of the relationship, which cannot be assessed using correlation.
Chronic diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes, and obesity, have been linked with diet. Nutrient intake is also associated with diet. However, much of the research completed to elucidate these associations has not...
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In this paper, we consider the multidimensional zero-one knapsack problem (0-1 MKP). The objective of the problem is to find a subset of objects that yields maximum profit without violating knapsack constraints. The 0...
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In this paper, we consider the multidimensional zero-one knapsack problem (0-1 MKP). The objective of the problem is to find a subset of objects that yields maximum profit without violating knapsack constraints. The 0-1 MKP is known to be NP-hard. Due to the intractability of the problem, numerous research efforts have focused on various approximation algorithms to acquire satisfactory suboptimal solutions within a reasonable amount of computation cost. However, most realistic approaches for solving the 0-1 MKP still remain to be improved. On the basis of ant colony optimization, we therefore propose a novel constructive algorithm. The proposed algorithm, namely AST-MKP, adopts a new type of constructive graph for leading artificial ants in making decisions to select effective solution components. Moreover, we also devise a local search scheme to advance the quality of solutions obtained. The performance of the AST-MKP algorithm is demonstrated by comparing it against other existing algorithms in terms of overall profit for a set of problem instances obtained form the OR-Library. Experimental results indicate that the algorithm proposed here performs significantly better than the competitive approaches.
The fractal art graphic is one of the main manifestations of fractal art,which can be produced through mathematical models and programming on a computerThe paper investigates the designing concept of fractal art based...
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The fractal art graphic is one of the main manifestations of fractal art,which can be produced through mathematical models and programming on a computerThe paper investigates the designing concept of fractal art based on its self similarity and the iterative method,elaborates in detail the algorithms and steps of several kind of typical fractal graphics,and by properly inserting some controlling variables,has generated a large number of exquisite and inspiring fractal graphics using the JAVA programming language,confirming the validity and usability of presented algorithm's
The rapid growth in IEEE 802.11 based wireless LANs has led to new implementations like VoIP applications that require seamless handover. But handoff delays provide a serious barrier for such services to be made avail...
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(纸本)9781424489411
The rapid growth in IEEE 802.11 based wireless LANs has led to new implementations like VoIP applications that require seamless handover. But handoff delays provide a serious barrier for such services to be made available to mobile platforms. Throughout the last few years there has been plenty of research aimed towards reducing the handoff delay incurred in the various levels of wireless communication. Here we propose new scanning method in which we determine the distance of nearest access points from the mobile node to bypass the main processes involved in increasing MAC layer handoff latency.
Synthesis of musical instruments or human voice is a time consuming process which requires theoretical and experimental knowledge about the synthesis engine. Commonly, performers need to deal with synthesizer interfac...
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